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Hallowe'en is a holiday for children. Test

Directions : Read the texts below and choose the correct answer for each item by circling it.

HALLOWE’EN IS A HOLIDAY.
For children.

Hallowe’en is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, (1)_______ pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the (2)_______ and put lights inside. The children also put on strange (3) _______ and frightening. Some children paint their faces to look like (4)_______. Then they carry many box or bags from house to (5 )_______, they say “ Trick or treat ’’! Money or eat! The adults (6)_______ money or candy in their bags. Some children think of (7) _______ on Hallowe’en. They carry boxes for UNIC EF ( The United (8)_______ International Children’s Emergency) Fund. They ask for money to (9)_______ poor children all around the world and they send the (10) _______. Of course, every time they help UNIC EF, they usually receive a treat for themselves, too.

(Adapted from : Patricia Wilcox Peterson. CHANGING TIMES, CHANGING TENSES. USA
Washington, D.C. 2000. P. 29 – 30.)

1. 1. a man
2.a women
3.a children
4.an old man

2. 1. been
2. tomato
3. pumpkin
4. cucumber

3. 1. hats
2. masks
3. glasses
4. handkerchiefs

4. 1. a ghosts
2. a monsters
3. a stone tigers
4. a demongods

5. 1. flats
2. houses
3. dormitory
4. university

6. 1. care
2. treat
3. solve
4. worry

7. 1. a toy
2. a waste
3. a present
4. a souvenir

8. 1. kings
2. tracts
3. nations
4. populations

9. 1. help
2. care
3. save
4. solve

10. 1. cards
2. letters
3. diaries
4. post cards

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Directions: Read the texts below. Then choose the correct answer to fill in each numbered blank.

WHY DO SOME ANIMALS DIE OUT ?

In the past two hundred years people have caused many kinds of animals to die out-to become extinct. People (1.keep) __________ building houses and factories in fields and woods. As they (2.spread) __________ over the land, they destroy animals’ homes. If the animals can’t find a place to live, they die out. Sixteen kinds of Hawaiian birds have become extinct for this reason. Other animals, such as the Florida Key deer, may soon die out because they are losing their homes. Hunters have caused some animals to become extinct, too. In the last century, hunters (3.killed) __________ all the passenger pigeons in North America and most of the buffaloes.
Today they are fast killing off hawks and wolves. Pollution is killing many animals today, too. As rivers become polluted, fish are poisoned. Many die. Birds that eat the poisoned fish can’t lay strong, healthy eggs. New birds (4.aren’t born) __________. So far, no animals have become extinct because of pollution. But some, such as the bald eagle and the brown pelican, have become rare and may die out.
Scientists think that some animals become extinct because of changes in climate. The places where they (5.live) __________ become hotter or cooler, drier or wetter. The food that they eat cannot grow there any more. If the animals can’t learn to eat something else, they die. Dinosaurs may have died out for this reason.

(Adapted from: Ready to Write. Harvard University Press. P 99.)





1.1.keep
2.kept
3.are keeping
4.were keeping
2.1.spread
2.spreading
3.are spreading
4.were spreading
3.1.kill
2.killed
3.is killing
4.were killing
4. 1.didn’t born
2.don’t born
3.aren’t born
4.weren’t born

5.1.live
2.lived
3.are living
4.were living