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Reading comprehension ? Fill in each number blank with one suitable word to complete the 06. Google The word "Google" has many uses. It is an adjective, used to describe very large numbers. It is also a proper noun. "Google" is the (1) of a popular internet search engine. It also has (2) new meaning. The writers of a new edition of a dictionary have used it (3) a verb. They list Google as a verb. It means to search the (4) This makes terms like "Google me" part of the English (5) A person could say "I wanted to know more (6) volcanoes so I goggled it." Google is now an official part of the English language. The dictionary's editors say that the public has adopted the term. "Google" is one of one hundred new words that were included in the new dictionary. Many other words are based (7) technology. "Mouse potato" is someone who spends a lot of time in front of a computer. "Ringbone" is a sound of a cell phone ringing. Many new technology words have become common. We (8) them every day and don't even think about them. 1. name 2. a 3. as 4. Internet 5. language 6. about 7. on 8. use 07. An unforgettable holiday The first few days after getting home (1) college were okay but then I began to feel rather bored and lonely. My parents were busy working and (2) of my friends (3) either away on holiday or else had holiday jobs. I tried to get a job (4) but without success. I was beginning to wish I had not come home when I saw (5) advertisement for holiday courses in the local newspaper. For a small fee, you can try a lot of different activities organized by the town's youth club. Each activity lasted half a day and they were all exciting. I also met new people as many of the (6) staying in the town joined in. You could do things like painting, acting, play- writing or computing. I met some students from Bulgaria (7) invited me to visit Bulgaria next year. You can imagine how excited I am; in fact, it was one of the (8) summer holidays I've ever had. 1 Reading comprehension 1. from 2. most 3. were 4. myself 5. an 6. tourists 7. who 8. best 08. Computer virus With increasing development and use of computer technology, there is a new disease to worry about. (1) "Viruses" program designed to sabotage computers, are infecting computers in corporation homes and universities. These (20 spread exponentially, much like biological contagion, and then disrupt the affected system. The virus secretly attaches itself to the alter files. The damage is generally activated by (3) computer's clock. Then, any program executed may (4) exposed to the virus including program (5) Through telephone connections. Because (6) the increasing incidents of virus infiltration, businesses and agencies (7) becoming wary of sharing software. Security policies need to be increased as immunity (8) are being developed. 1. computer 2. viruses 3. using 4. be 5. spread 6. of 7. are 8. programs 09. Seasons and life The thing I like about living on a farm when I was small was the change of (1) Spring, summer, autumn and winter- I could see (2) all come and go, each one was completely different. If I hadn't (3) born and raised in the country, I would have never been (4) to tell the difference. Now in the city, you can buy summer flowers in winter and eat the same vegetables all the (5) round. Whereas, in the country, I could only eat things at certain times of a year- for example strawberries in June and turnips in winter. I lived (6) childhood with the seasons. Also we made most of our food and would never eat frozen or tinned food. Everything was fresh- so it must be better (7) type of food I am taking now in the city. City people may think people in the country miss a lot of good things about modern(8) , but in my 2 Reading comprehension opinion they miss a lot more than rural people - they miss real life 1. seasons 2. them 3. been 4. able 5. year 6. my 7. than 8. life 10. Country life The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (1) ………… the summer holidays though they can not live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village (2) ………… that they can go there whenever they can find the time. English villagers are not all alike, but (3) ……. some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of (4) ……… can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, (5) ………. people are buried. The village green (6) ………. a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are (7) ……… round it . Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (8) ………. water brought through pipes into each (9) ………. . Most villages are so close to some small town that people can go there to buy (10) ……… they can’t find in the village shops. 1. for 2. so 3. in 4. which 5. where 6. is 7. built 8. have 9. house 10. what 3 . Reading comprehension ? Fill in each number blank with one suitable word to complete the 06. Google. imagine how excited I am; in fact, it was one of the (8) summer holidays I've ever had. 1 Reading comprehension 1. from 2. most 3. were 4. myself 5. an 6. tourists 7. who 8. best 08. Computer. people may think people in the country miss a lot of good things about modern(8) , but in my 2 Reading comprehension opinion they miss a lot more than rural people - they miss real life 1. seasons