Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:          Emma Harte, in Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, was a poor lonely girl who became the (1)_________ owner of an international chain of stores. Like the woman she writes about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2)________. She left school at sixteen and became a (3)________. After twenty-three years of this work, she made the (4)_________ to start writing novels. She is now one of the most (5)_________ -paid novelists in the world.         Was Emma Harte's story based on Ms Bradford's own (6)_______ successful life? "I'm afraid not," she said with (7)_______ . "My life has been quite different from Emma Harte's. She was (8)__________ to be born into a poor family. I came from a middle-class home and I'm (9)_________ married to a rich American film producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is her (10)________ to work hard."   1. A. wealth                    B. unhealthy                    C. richness               D. wealthy 2. A. ambition                 B. ambitious                     C. greed                  D. greedy 3. A. journal                   B. report                           C. journalist            D. newspaperman 4. A. decide                    B. decided                        C. decisive               D. decision 5. A. high                       B. badly                            C. highly                   D. height 6. A. incredible               B. incredibly                     C. credible                D. credibly 7. A. amusement           B. amuse                          C. amused                D. amusing 8. A. luck                       B. lucky                             C. unlock                   D. unlucky 9. A. happy                   B. happiness                     C. happily                  D. unhappily 10. A. ability                  B. probability                    C. opportunity          D. possibility     Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:         Mr. Vy is a farmer. He always gets (1)___________ at 4.30 every morning. He goes down to the kitchen to boil (2)________ water for his morning tea. After drinking several cups of tea (3)__________ having a quick breakfast, he leads the buffalo to the field. (4)____________ takes him 45 minutes to get ready. He (5)__________ the house at a quarter past five and arrives in the (6)________ at 5.30. He (7)__________ and harrows his plot of land and then takes a short (8)________ at a quarter to eight. He often drinks tea with his fellow peasants and smokes local tobacco (9)_________ the break. He continues working (10)_______ 10.30. He goes home, takes a short rest and has lunch with his family at 11.30.   1. A. up                     B. down                    C. over                     D. in 2. A. a                       B. an                         C. some                   D. any 3. A. but                    B. and                       C. however              D. then 4. A. This                   B. It                          C. That                     D. Which 5. A. quits                 B. goes                     C. comes                  D. leaves 6. A. area                  B. field                      C. site                      D. ground 7. A. ploughs            B.takes                     C. digs                      D. brings 8. A. nap                   B.lunch                     C. sleeping               D. rest 9. A. in                      B. for                        C. at                         D. of 10. A. to                   B. by                         C. at                         D. until