II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.MY HOME TOWNI was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (1) .......................... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (2) ......................... longer the trade centre that it once (3) ....................... . It is difficult to imagine that at one time its harbour (4)...
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II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.
MY HOME TOWN
I was born in one of the most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (1) .......................... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (2) ......................... longer the trade centre that it once (3) ....................... . It is difficult to imagine that at one time its harbour (4) ....................... to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (5) ......................... full of spices and silks, jewels and tea.
The old city centre is small, which (6) ......... it very easy to explore (7) ....................... foot. A river neatly divides the town, (8) ....................... only physically but in spirit, too. On one side, you find many grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where you really take a step back into the past.
It is great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As well as having shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (9) ............................ high quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However, (10) ........................ you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenvir.
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, who (1) ……was………. born in 1890 and(2) …………died….. in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician. He used to be known as “Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all his (3)……life………. As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to (4) …play………… the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who(5) ……had……… got into trouble with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) …joined………… various bands and then he formed his own. Between 1925 (7) ……and……… 1928 he made about 60 records. These records made him one (8) ……of……… the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) …music…………. When he died, he had (10) ……been……… making records and he had been touring all over the (11) ……world……… for more than forty years, and he (12) …was………… just as popular (13) ……as……… he had been before. He even (14) ……was……….. a number one pop record – What A Wonder World – (15) ……in……….. the 1960s.
Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (0.2 x 15 =3.0 pts)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, who (1) was born in 1890 and(2) died in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician. He used to be known as “Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all his (3) life. As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to (4) play the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who(5) had got into trouble with the police. When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) joined various bands and then he formed his own. Between 1925 (7) and 1928 he made about 60 records. These records made him one (8) of the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) music. When he died, he had (10) been making records and he had been touring all over the (11) world for more than forty years, and he (12) was just as popular (13) as he had been before. He even (14) had a number one pop record – What A Wonder World – (15) in the 1960s.