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1.- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.

Use only one word in


each space.

Dear Angela,

Six years ago, when I was a student, I was short of money. So once a week,
I ..................(1) to go home to see my parents and get a decent meal. Although I had a
good relationship with my mother, I never got .............(2) well with my father. I could
never live up to.............(3) his high expectations of me.
One day I did a ................(4) terrible thing. I stole money from him. I ..............
(5)started off by asking him if he ..............(6) lend me ten pounds. He refused saying he
had.............(7)given me enough and it was .................(8) I became more responsible
with money. You know what it is like .............(9) a student. I’d run out of money and
wanted to take a girl out. When he refused, I .................(10) him of being mean and we
had a terrible row. He left the house and I was....................(11) angry that I stole ten
pounds from his wallet.
When he found out that the money was gone, he...................(12)who
had ................(13) it and banned me from the house. ..............(14) then I have returned
but he has never really forgiven me and still looks down on me for ................(15) I did.
My mother is very upset and I really...............(16) to work towards creating a
happy relationship with my father for .......................(17) our shakes. Half of me wants
to say sorry Dad while ..............(18) other half still thinks he is ridiculous .................
(19) having kept this attitude up for so long. How can I bridge ...................(20) endless
misunderstanding?

Yours sincerely,
Richard A

2.- Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in
each space.

KING’S COLLEGE CHAPEL


This chapel, which is set in the grounds of king’s College , is.................question
the ...........beautiful building in Cambridge. It’s ...............five hundred years old and is a
magnificient ....................of late medieval architecture.
It was................by king Henry VI in 1446, but was not completed until the
...................century. this probably explains ................use of different types of stone
in ................construction. the exterior is an elegant combination of stone and glass.
We .................best admire its beautiful stained-glass windows ..............the inside. It
took craftsmen from Belgium over 30 years to put ..................in.
We can .................see The Adoration of the Magi, an imposing
painting .................the artist, Paul Rubens, ......................was given to the chapel in
1961. the painting .................the three wise men with the baby Jesus in the stable at
Bethlehem. The chapel is also famous..................its choir of boy singers ..................the
regular recitals it gives. ................ Christmas, people .................for hours to get a seat
for the carol concert which .................broadcast all over the world.

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