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 blank with one suitable word to complete the text.
IN THE BATHROOM
Wasting water wastes electricity. Why? Because the biggest use of (1) =>electricity in most cities is supplying water and cleaning it up after it's been (2)=>used ! About 75 percent of the (3) =>water we use in our homes is used in the bathroom. Unless you have (4)=> a low flush toilet, for example, you use about five gallons (5)=> to seven gallons of water with every flush! A leaky toilet can (6)=>waste more than 10,000 gallons of water a year. Wow!
Dripping faucets (7)=> are bad, too. A faucet that leaks (8)=> enough water to fill a soda bottle every 30 minutes will waste 2,912 gallons of water a year.
Another simple way to (9)=> save water and energy is to take shorter showers. You'll use less hot water and water heaters account (10)=> for nearly 1/4 of your home's energy use.
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