Book publishers haven't been (30)________to realise this

A. behind

B. slow

C. delayed

D. overdue

But in the (29)________world, time is something that can be in shortsupply

A. current

B. new

C. present

D. modern 

it can take a (28)________amount of time to finish a novel, for example

A. plentiful

B. broad

C. considerable

D. lasting  

Sometimes it seems that reading is (27)________ because, even if you'rea fast reader, …

A. neglected

B. declined

C. lessened

D. disposed 

Entertainment industries (26)________for your leisure time.

A. chase

B. compete

C. oppose

D. pursue

The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.

A. visits

B. visited

C. can visit

D. can be visited 

The room ________ once a day.

A. should clean

B. should be cleaning

C. should be cleaned

D. should have cleaned

I think the match ________. Everybody's gone into the stadium and youcan hear them cheering.

A. was started     

B. will be started

C. must started   

D. must have started

The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.

A. might delay

B. might be delaying

C. might have delayed

D. might have been delayed 

What should I tell the mechanic?" ~ "The oil needs_______"  

A. to change

B. to be changed

C. change

D. changing it

I had my hair________by my brother.   

A. to cut

B. cut

C. cutting

D. be cut

I_______this book to all who enjoy an exciting story.   

A. praise

B. approve of

C. compliment

D. recommend

_______is one of my favourite leisure activities.

A. To reading books

B. Reading books           

C. Books to read

D. The reading books

He picked ________ the book and turned page after page. 

A. up

B. on 

C. away

D. in

Dark glasses are sometimes worn to________the eyes from strongsunlight.

A. protect

B. care

C. ensure

D. keep safe

Because of their convenience, cellular phones and other portable phoneshave become ________ popular.

A. widespread

B. widely

C. wide

D. widening

The hole in the side indicated that the crate had been________duringshipment

A. hurt

B. injured

C. wounded

D. damaged

Our son is very________on detective stories.

A. interested

B. keen

C. fond

D. concerned

I think access to cinemas and theatres is the main______of city life.

A. attraction

B. amenity

C. leisure

D. recreation

The________document describes the new regulations.   

A. enclosed

B. enclose

C. enclosing

D. enclosure

A. killed

B. enjoyed

C. described

D. digested

A. reading

B. easy

C. pleasure

D. please 

A. enough

B. loud

C. about

D. amount 

A. swallow

B. below

C. slowly

D. allow

A. picture

B. action

C. question

D. future  

A. knowledge

B. forever

C. journey

D. action 

A. different

B. carefully

C. holiday

D. reviewer 

A. imagine

B. important

C. example

D. wonderful 

A. swallow

B. subject

C. digest

D. wonder

A. entertainment

B. information

C. difficulty

D. understanding  

There are many benefits that we may be gainedby actuallytaking the time to read a book instead ofsitting in front of the TV or doing some  otherforms of mindless entertainment.

A. may be gained

B. actually

C. instead of

D. or

It is reallysad how manypeople have the misconceptionthat readingis bored

A. really

B. how many

C. misconception

D. bored

Reading cannot makeyour life longer , but reading reallymakes your life more thicker

A. cannot make

B. longer

C. really

D. more thicker

Neil Postman, an author of some great books, pointed out that reading teaches us to think in a logically connected way, and cultivating a sustained attention span.  

A. an author

B. pointed out

C. teaches

D. cultivating

Too much television can has negative effects on young minds  because of higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, especially reading scores.

A. negative effects

B. because of

C. correlate with

D. especially

The Old Man and the Sea is noteworthy in twentieth century fiction, reaffirming Hemingway's worldwide literary prominence________

A. as well as being a significant factor in his selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

B. he was a significant factor in his selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

C. a significant factor because of he was selected for the Nobel Prize in Literature in1954.

D. but to be a significant factor in his selection for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

When he reaches the coast, there is only the skeleton of the fish left because a pack of sharks follow the trail to Santiago's boat ________.

A. so that the marlin is bitten largely by each of them

B. it is taken an enormous bite by each shark

C. and each shark takes an enormous bite out of the marlin

D. but each shark takes the marline an enormous bite

________two days and nights' pass in this manner, during which the old man bears the tension of the line with his body.

A. The fish is too huge to pull his boat

B. The fish is so huge that it pulls his boat

C. The fish is very huge pulling his boat

D. The huge fish it pulls his boat

The story centers upon Santiago, ________. 

A. he is the main character, an aging Cuban fisherman, he struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

B. the main character, an old Cuban fisherman, to struggle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

C. who was a Cuban old fisherman struggles with a giant marlin off the Gulf Stream.

D. an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

The Old Man and the Sea is a novel of  just over 100 pages in length by Ernest Hemingway, ________.

A. who should have written it and published it in 1952

B. it was written in Cuba in 1951 and it was published in 1952

C. which must have written and published in 1952

D. written in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952.