VI. Reading A. Gap-filling Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be (1) ................., but they don't want to look exactly (2) ................ everybody else. Not all clothes are (3)........... for work or school, perhaps because they are not (4)............. enough, or simply not (5) .................. It is easy to buy the (6)............, and find that your trousers are too (7)............. , especially if you are a little bit (8)............... Very loose clothes make you feel slim, but when they have shrunk in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light (9)............... clothes, then they might not be (10)............. enough for winter. 1. a. of fashion b. fashioned c. fashionable d. fashion 2. a. alike b. like c. similar d. same 3. a. fitted b. suitable c. comfort d. equal 4. a. formal b. strict c. uniform d. suited 5. a. comforting b. comfort c. comforted d. comfortable 6. a. false b. mistake c. wrong d. error 7. a. straight b. close c. stiff d. tight 8. a. slim b. overweight c. thin d. enormous 9. a. of cotton b. in cotton c. cotton d. cottoned 10. a. warm b. cold c. hot d. cool B. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. The first stamp in the world was an English stamp. It was made in 1840. Before that, people paid money to the postman for every letter that they received and the postman did not give the letters to anybody who did not pay him. An English teacher, whose name was Rowland Hill, thought much about this. One day, he said that the people who wrote the letter should pay for them, and not the people who got the letters. He then spoke about it to the people in the Government. Soon the post offices began to sell little pieces of paper with a stamp on them. 1. Which country made the first stamp?__________________________________________________ 2. When did the first stamp appear?___________________________________________ 3. Before that, what did people have to do when they got a letter? ______________________________________________________ 4. Did people get the letter if they refused to pay? ______________________________________________________ 5. Who invented the stamp?______________________________________________________