Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

As well as being a necessary life-saving skill, swimming also (26)________us with a source of great pleasure and relaxation. Swimming, as well as other water sports like diving, surfing or just floating on your back, are some of the best ways to have (27)________and keep fit at the same time. Water sports are enjoyable for people of (28)________ages and even babies can learn to swim.

For elderly people or (29)________with physical handicaps, swimming provides gentle, yet effective exercise. Swimming for fitness and recreation has been popular (30) ________the earliest times, for instance in ancient Egypt, Greece and Roma. Swimming competitions developed in the nineteenth century and swimming races were (31)_______ in the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Now water sports are (32)________ all over the world and most towns have at least one swimming pool.

Most water sports - swimming, surfing and water-skiing, etc, take (33)________on the surface of the water, but scuba divers explore deep below the waves.

There they can find fascinating sea creatures and strange rockformations. Some archaeologists are divers. (34)________search the seabed for wrecks of ships sunk hundreds of years ago which (35)________ objects that show how people lived in ancient times.

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Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: As the fairy tale goes., the prince ….. into a frog by an evil magician, and only a kiss from a beautiful princess could restore him to his original State.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

Cranford Culinary Academy offers 35 different classes for____________chefs.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

Curitour Travel offers _________ throughout Asia that vary in length, cost, and group size.

................. , Tim recovered from the sickness quickly.

Since moving to another country, some people decide to follow the customs of the new country, while ...............    prefer to keep their own customs.

Why didn’t you tell me? – If you _________ me, I _________ you. 

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

Mr. Sokolov__________ a positive review of his stay at the Olana Hotel.

He is not really friendly and makes no attempt to be _______. 

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence: All students have to …. the rules

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentence below: 
Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and …..…. Simple in its principal rules and essential equipment, the sport can be played almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches.

They have plenty of time, so they need not _______.

People in ............   Western countries are often surprised to learn that   ...............  Japanese celebrate Christinas.

Never agree _________ something you know to be wrong

Despite _    a headache, John tried to finish the test.

Choose the correct answer to complete each following sentence by circling A, B, C or D. 

The lead role_________ the film Sunpocket was created especially for Ms. Abele.

Nowadays, people ............. social networks with more and more caution.

Identify the error in each sentence: The tree that was struck by (A) lightning had been (B) the tallest of (C) the two trees we had (D) in the yard.

Hue is famous for its __________spots. 

Every country has its (1) _________ traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. In my opinion, we should do everything possible to preserve them.
Some people think that in today's high-tech world traditional celebrations are too old-fashioned and (2) _________ to our lives. However, (3) _________ such as Carnival, are important, as they bring communities together and make us think about other people and not just computers. 
(4) _________ argument against traditional festivals is that they are expensive to organise. To some extent this is true, particularly when there are firework (5) _________ or parades. On the other hand, it is a small price to pay for brightening up our lives with entertainment and colour. (6) _________, celebrations like the 'Fallas' in my home town of Valencia (7) _________ many tourists and their money.
Finally, although I agree that some traditional customs (8) _________ their original significance, they can provide an opportunity for us to learn about our past. For example, Bonfire Night teaches British children about a particular period of their country's history.
To conclude, traditional celebrations are (9) _________ great pleasure and interest, and they are certainly (10) _________ keeping.
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I ________ my weekend to help him paint his apartment.