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1. Choose the best option

Miss Daisy - the Yorkie

Daisy is a Teacup Yorkie. She has her hair combed twice a day and she (1) ... to the
dog's hairdresser every month. She wears ribbons and a woollen sweater (2) ... cold
days. She gets bets quality fillet steak and a bowl of milk twice (3) ... day. If she
shows any sign of a cold or fever, she is immediately taken to a vet. She always
takes part in (4) ... family celebrations: she sits in her mistress' lap and is fed with a
spoon. She is loved, adored and pampered. An average of £300 is spent on her
every month.
Some animal lovers go as far as burying their pets in animal cemeteries. (5) ... buy
them jewellery and treat them as their own children, if not better. At the same time
there are thousands of animals (6) ... have nothing to eat and nowhere to go. Very
often (7) ... animals have once also had their own homes and masters, (8) ... they
were thrown away.

1. A) go B) goes C) going

2. A) on B) in C) at

3. A) a B) the C) an

4. A) each B) every C) all

5. A) They B) It C) She

6. A) that B) where C) why

7. A) this B) these C) that

8. A) if B) so C) but
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Have a great holiday!

Millions of Irish people travel to foreign countries on holiday each year. Many people
go on package holidays with travel companies (1) C... they can arrange everything
for you. The company books your train, plane or bus tickets and finds you a hotel or
a flat. (2) ... summer, many people go to places 3) ... the weather is warmer (4) ... in
Ireland. They go to the beach and swim or sunbathe.
Skiing holidays are (5) ... popular in winter. Many people travel to countries (6) ... as
Austria , France, Switzerland, Sweden and Canada to go skiing and snowboarding.
Many people also go on more adventurous holidays, like wildlife safaris in Africa.
Irish people usually (7) ... holidays and in winter in Ireland there are a (8) ... of TV
programmes about holidays. Irish people also have holidays in Ireland. They go to
the seaside to swim and sunbathe, or go hiking in the country.

1. A) if B) although C) because

2. A) In B) On C) At

3. A) where B) what C) which

4. A) then B) than C) as

5. A) enough B) too C) very

6. A) like B) such C) so

7. A) have B) has C) having

8. A) many B) lot C) much

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Message in the Bottle

More than 110 years ago a young woman named Sofia Nielsen was walking (1) ...
the seaside of the North Sea. (2) ... the trip she got a crazy idea. She wrote a
message, put it in a green bottle and threw the bottle into the North Sea. What she
didn't know is that the bottle would survive (3) .A.. long. Last week, a Danish
fisherman found Nielsen's bottle when he was on his every day fishing trip. He
carried it to a museum.
The historians there discovered that it's the (4) ... message in the bottle in the world!
They also found Nielsen's grandson, Malthe, (5) ... is now 72 years old. He lives in
Copenhagen and never (6) ... his grandmother who died in 1940. What did the bottle
contain? Well, there was a letter inside. Nielsen asked the finder to return (7) ... to
his home address in Copenhagen. They couldn't read the rest of the message (8) ...
water got inside and damaged the ink. But it didn't stop the specialists. They're trying
to figure out the entire message and hope it'll be possible to read it soon.

1. A) in B) on C) at

2. A) When B) While C) During

3. A) so B) too C) enough

4. A) oldest B) old C) older

5. A) who B) which C) what

6. A) meets B) met C) meeting

7. A) them B) it C) its

8. A) Some B) Any C) A