3 Read the article about Katrina Norris. Choose the best word (a, b or c) for each space (1- 20).

Katrina Norris is a police officer in Telford. She (1) __ her work. ‘ It’s (2) ___ boring,’ she says.’ I’m (3) ___ here at eight (4) ___the morning. But I (5) __ my work (6) __ at eight (7) __ night.

Katrina (8) ___ around Telford in a police car. She also uses a computer (9) ___. She (10) ___works (11)___the weekends. It is a problem. (12) ___ boyfriend, Andy, is a sports teacher and he (13) ___work (14) ___ the weekends. (15) ____ Katrina can’t go out with him (16) ___ Saturday evenings. Katrina says, ‘(17) ___ Andy asks me, “Which (18) ___ : (19) ___ or your job?“ It’s a difficult question and I (20) ___ the answer.’

1 A love B loving C loves

2 A never B always C usually

3 A sometimes B every day C seldom

4 A at B in C on

5 A sometimes B never C rarely

6 A starts B starting C start

7 A at B in C -

8 A drive B driving C drives

9 A a lot B many C lots of

10 A never B often C seldom

11 A in B on C at

12 A she B her C him

13 A doesn’t work B no work C don’t work

14 A in B on C at

15 A never B always C sometimes

16 A in B at C on

17 A never B sometimes C always

18 A you prefer B prefer you C do you prefer

19 A me B I C my

20 A doesn’t know B don’t know C not know

4 Read the passage below and choose the best word (a, b or c) for each space (1- 9). For questions 1- 9, choose a, b or c.

Swedes have (1) ___ free time because their hours of work are short and holidays are long. After work many people relax with a newspaper or magazine. The Swedes are among (2) ___ newspaper readers in the world. Watching television is also a favourite way of relaxing.

Many Swedes (3) ___ to evening classes to learn a foreign language for their holidays abroad or to practice some handicraft. Another favourite evening pastime is entertaining at home. Most people prefer to meet friends in (4) ___ own homes, since restaurants are (5) ___ very expensive.

The winters are very long in Sweden, so there’s (6) ____ opportunity for winter sports. Skiing is very popular, (7) ___ cross-country skiing. The Swedes like football but they only play it in summer. In winter they play ice hockey. The Swedish national ice hockey (8) ____ is one of (9) ___ in the world.

1 A plenty of B many C a lot

2 A a big B a bigger C the biggest

3 A go B goes C are going

4 A they B them C their

5 A never B usually C seldom

6 A a lot of B many C a lot

7 A too B especially C also

8 A team B band C company

9 A a good B a better C the best