Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman ro recieve the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya. Maathai played an active part in the (17) __________ for democracy in Kenya.

As a young girl in Kenya, she was surrounded by a rich, beautiful forest. As she saw the forest being cut down, she understood how the lack of forests (18) __________ farming and life more difficult for her community. People fought over water and over food. She decided to plant nine seedings and as the trees grew, she had her plans to plant trees for (19) __________.

In 1977 she started a movement aimed at opposing the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population. The campaign encouraged women to plant trees in their local environments and to think ecologically. The so-called Green Belt Movement spread to other African countries, and (20) __________ to the planting of over thirty million trees.

Maathai’s Green Belt Movement for African women was not limited in its visions to work (21) __________ sustainable development, she saw tree-planting in a broader perspective which included democracy, women’s rights, and international solidarity, as in the words of the Nobel Committee, “She thinks globally and acts locally.”

I am looking forward to go swimming in the ocean.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 He was a gifted composer, so he had to suffer poor health.

I _______ Peter while he at the Heart to Heart Charity office at 5 P.M. yesterday.

The laptop ___________by Ann now.

The song was specially ___________ for the wedding.

We all feel ___________ of doing the household chores.

She is totally dedicated ___________ helping the disable children.

It is convenient for you to read__________ when you travel.

She does ___________ work for the Red Cross of her school.

I really wanted to take part in this contest, ___________ my parents allowed me to.

___________is the controller of the body.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

My husband and I both go out to work so we share the ___________.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Which sport did Debbie not volunteer to help with?

2. When did she join the Sisters of Loreto?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions.

Mother Teresa was one of the most influential personalities of the twentieth century. However, her life was neither easy nor glamorous. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1910. At the age of 18 she left her home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. She went to India as a missionary. She became a teacher of English in a secondary school. The school was in a nice area but there were slums nearby. Conditions there were absolutely terrible. She was horrified by what she saw. She insisted on leaving her comfortable convent and going to live among the poor. At first her superiors tried to discourage her from leaving the convent but in the end they agreed to let her go.

Soon other people heard about her work and came to help her. Although she had no money herself, she succeeded in building shelters for the dying and schools for the poor. By the 1990s she had become famous and she was eventually given the Nobel Prize for her service to the poor. Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997.

1.Where was Mother Teresa born?

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

More and more young people are (20) __________ voluntary work abroad. The wild variety of jobs and destinations available is making it an increasingly attractive option for those who have just left school and have a year free before university. Many choose to spend these twelve months working in poor countries. There they will earn little (21) __________ no money. But they will be doing something useful and enjoying the experience.

The work may(22) __________ of helping the local communities, for example by helping to build new road or provide water supplies to isolated rural villages. Other projects may concentrate more on conservation or (23) __________ protection. Whatever kind of job it is, it is certain to be worthwhile, and an experience that will never be forgotten.