Question

Passage 1:

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the 1. and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle . She 2. the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten minutes later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other 3. now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

Passage 2:

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter , she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a 4. . We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun 5. my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks6. to some people. It 7. be the only modern house in the district.

Passage 3:

I enter the hotel manager’s office and sat down. I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.‘I left the money in my room,’I said, ‘and it’s not there now.’The manager was

8. , but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was 9. by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelop on his desk. It contained £50 . ‘I found this10. this gentleman’s room,’she said. ‘Well,’I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world! ’

Answer 1