X. Read the following passage choose the correct answer to each of the questions.

More and more often, the term global village is used to describe the world and its people. In a
typical village, however, everyone knows everyone else and the people face the same kind of
problems. How can the world be a village, when it is the home to almost 7.5 billion people?
Technological changes in the past century have made the global village possible.
With the help of technological achievements people now are communicating by means of
satellites and computers. These high-tech communications allow news and ideas to travel quickly
from country to country. People in one country now know about their neighbours around the
globe in dramatic new ways. Through the Internet, we can get information from computers
anywhere and carry on electronic conversations with people everywhere. Through television
programs transmitted by satellite, we can learn much about many cultures.
What will happen as we move into the middle of twenty-first century and beyond? Almost
certainly the development of the global village will continue. Not only is this possible, but the
challenges that the world faces - for example, global warming, pollution, population growth, etc.
- will make it necessary.
(Adapted from “Interchange Student’s Book 3” by Jack C. Richards, CambridgeUniversityPress)
1. Which of the following is the main idea of the article?
A. Technological achievements have changed the way people communicate.
B. People around the world have better lives thanks to technological achievements.
C. Television programs have brought many changes to people’s lives.
D. Global village is possible thanks to technological achievements.
2. The term global village refers to__________.
A. a typical village B. the world and its people
C. a television program D. a kind of problem
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Satellites and computers are form of high-tech communication.
B. The development of the global village is not necessary.
C. The global village will continue to develop.
D. The internet helps people around the world communicate.
4. The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to ________.
A. the world B. the typical village. C. the past century D. the Internet
5. The word “achievements” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. agreements B. reductions C. explanations D. developments
XI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Hello, my name ___(24)___ Joe Hayden, and I am twelve years old. My eldest brother, David, is
sixteen and Michael is fourteen. I have three younger brothers. My little sister, who is called
Naomi, is only two.
David, Michael and I all enjoy ___(25)___ to music. David plays the drums and Michael plays
the guitar. I ___(26)___ on well with David but not so much with my younger brothers Jacob and
Sam. We go to a school that is far, far away and we are only at home during the holidays. It’s
good being in a big family. You can play games like football and cricket with everyone. In
smaller families, this is not ___(27)____.
The bad things are that you always get little kids bugging you. They can be so noisy! Everything
around you is very busy and really messy, and there’s lots of washing up ___(28)_____ laundry
to do. It also costs much more to go anywhere. But I prefer being in a big family.
24. A. is B. will be C. is being D. was
25. A. listen B. listened C. to listen D. listening
26. A. make B. take C. get D. build
27. A. impossible B. possible C. possibility D. possibly
28. A. so B. nor C. but D. and