Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, four words are suggested. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Every month, scientists (i) new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) (ii) and (such as computer games and MP3s) (iii) suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem (iv) a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology (v) and different. But if you’re a teenager who criticizes your parents for their (vi) of technological awareness, don’t be too hard on them ! Sometime (vii) the future, when you’ve got children of your own, your (viii) to deal with new technology will probably (ix) and your children will feel more (x) with new technology than you do.

Direction: In the following questions, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

In Britain, the (826) is very varied. People never know (827) it will be like the next day. The summer is (828) than the winter but even (829) summer the average temperature (830) only 16°C. Sometimes the sun keeps (831) but at other times the sky is covered with clouds and it starts (832). In winter it is sometimes terribly (833), especially in the north to the country. The temperature (834) below 0°C and (835) is often snow and ice.