Test 8 (В)

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

Life used to 1 fun for teenagers. They used to have money to spend, and free time to spend it in. They used to wear teenage 2 , and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some 3 them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs 4 difficult to find. There's not so 5 money around. Things are more expensive, and it's hard 6 find place to live. Teachers say 7 students work harder 8 they used 9 . They 10 less interested in politics, and more interested in passing exams. They know that good exam results may get them better jobs. Most young people worry more 11 money than their parents 12 twenty years ago. They try to spend 13 and save more. They want to 14 able to get homes of 15 _ own one day.

Test 9 (B-C)

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

Have you ever heard of bird's nest soup? If so, you probably thought it 1 a joke. Or you 2 have believed it was just a figure of speech, intended 3 suggest a poor or misery diet. The truth 4 that bird's nest soup is a real 5 , made from 6 bird's nests, and quite expensive. It is considered a 7 delicacy in the Orient, especially in China. Bird's nest 8 is made only from the nests of certain swifts that live in Southern Asia and 9 the islands of 10 East Indies. The nest of this swift looks 11 a half saucer of milky plastic. It is formed of a mucilage-like substance produced in the bird's special salivary glands. For a 12 time it was thought that the swift obtained his nesting material from a certain seaweed which produces a substance 13 to that from which the nests are made. These unusual nests are found in great 14 attached to the walls 15 caves. The Chinese lease the nesting caves and make a business of gathering and selling the nests. Millions of nests are imported _ 16 _ China annually.

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