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Exercise 5

Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are gathered here today to bid farewell to our beloved teacher, Mrs Lee. She ___1___ in our

school ___2___ fifteen years. Before she came here, she ___3___ in Pontian and Kluang. Her

teaching career has spanned thirty years and now she ___4___. It is indeed a great loss to theschool and the profession. Many students past and present owe their good ___5___ of English to

Mrs Lee. Our volleyball team is the district champion because of her untiring ___6___. Students

who have problems know that ___7___ can always talk to her. She listens without prejudice and___8___ us helpful advice. We shall all ___9___ her. On behalf ___10____ all the students and

teachers of this school, I wish her all the best in her retirement.

1. (A) teach 6. (A) ability

(B) teaches (B) help

(C) taught (C) dedication

(D) has taught (D) efforts

2. (A) for 7. (A) he

(B) since (B) we

(C) during (C) they

(D) wile (D) those

3. (A) serve 8. (A) give

(B) serves (B) gives

(C) served (C) gave

(D) has served (D) given

4. (A) retires 9. (A) miss(B) retired (B) misses

(C) is retiring (C) missed

(D) has retired (D) missing

5. (A) fluency 10. (A) at

(B) command (B) by

(C) technique (C) of

(D) method (D) with

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Exercise 6

Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

When I first worked in Muar in the sixties, the town was quiet and the pace of life unhurried. I

shared a rented room ___1___ a friend. Most people traveled by bicycle ___2___ trishaw asbuses were few. I had never ___3___ a bicycle before in my life ___4___ I was determined to

learn as the alternative was to travel ___5___ trishaw if we wanted to go anywhere. I learned the

hard way the first time I rode a bicycle. My friend had explained where the brake ___6___ andhow to use it. After riding a few meters in great nervousness, I completely forgot about braking

when I ___7___ a bus parked ahead. I rammed into it but ___8___ caused no injury to myself or

___9___ to the bicycle. By the time I left the following year. I was ___10____ to ride a bicyclereasonably well.

1. (A) by 6. (A) is

(B) from (B) are

(C) with (C) was

(D) beside (D) were

2. (A) or 7. (A) see

(B) and (B) saw

(C) as (C) seen

(D) beside (D) seeing

3. (A) ride 8. (A) however

(B) rode (B) unluckily

(C) riding (C) instead

(D) ridden (D) fortunately

4. (A) and 9. (A) hurt

(B) but (B) injury

(C) so (C) damage

(D) until (D) wound

5. (A) by 10. (A) able

(B) on (B) unable

(C) with (C) happy

(D) through (D) good