B. Reading. I. Complete the passage with the words in the box. clean are lots live and for sell prices city goods SINGAPORE Singapore is an island city of about three million people. It's a beautiful (1) ________ with lots of parks and open spaces. It's also a very (2) ________ city. Most of the people (3) ________ in high rise flats in different parts of the island. The business district is very modern with (4) ________ of high new office buildings. Singapore also has some nice older sections. In China town, there (5) ________ rows of old shop houses. The Government buildings in Singapore are very beautiful (6) _______ date from the colonial days. Singapore is famous (7) ________ its shops and restaurants. There are many good shopping centers. Most of the (8) ________ are duty free. Singapore's restaurants (9) ________ Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the (10) ________ are quite reasonable. II. Read the passage and answer the questions below by circling A, B or C. John Robinson is an English teacher from the USA. He teaches English at a high school in Hanoi. Now he is looking for an apartment near the school. There are three empty apartments. The first one is a big apartment. It is comfortable, but it is very expensive. The second one is also a lovely apartment, but it is quite expensive, too. The last one is smaller than the other two, but it is the cheapest of the three. It has a bright living room, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a modern kitchen. Mr. Robinson thinks the third apartment is the most suitable for his family. 1. What does Mr. Robinson do? A. a teacher B. a worker C. a nurse 2. What is he looking for? A. a school B. a house C. an apartment 3. How many empty apartments are there? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 4. How is the third apartment? A. big and comfortable B. big and cheap C. small and cheap 5. According to Mr. Robinson, which apartment is the most suitable for his family? A. The first one B. The second one C. The last one III. Read the passage and circle A, B or C to complete the sentences. Every Sunday, Chi often gets up early to cycle around the lake near her house. After that, she has some bread with omelets or a bowl of noodles and then goes to the English club to take part in some English activities. Last Sunday morning, Chi went to the supermarket with her mother to do some shopping. Because Chi gets good marks at her mid-term exam and she likes eating pancakes very much so her mother decided to make some for her. Her mother bought half a dozen eggs, a bottle of cooking oil, a kilo of sugar, half a kilo of flour, some vegetables. She also bought three kilos of oranges and apples. She often tells Chi that fresh fruit is very good for heath. She didn’t forget to buy Chi a bar of chocolate and a packet of biscuits. She bought a lot of other food for the whole week so Chi helped her to bring them home . 1. Chi’s favourite food is _________. A. bread B. pancakes C. noodles 2. Her mother decided to _________her some pancakes. A. buy B. give C. make 3. Her mother bought half a dozen eggs, a _________of cooking oil, a kilo of sugar, half a kilo of flour and some vegetables. A. box B. bottle C. bag 4. She often tells Chi that fresh fruit is very good for heath so she bought _______kilos of oranges and apples. A. one B. two C. three 5. She didn’t forget to buy Chi a bar of chocolate and a _________of biscuits. A. bottle B. bar C. packet