Tom: “Where can we meet for dinner?”

Jane: “__________”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Football, or soccer in the U.S, dates back to 2500 B.C with the Chinese game of tsu chu. The sport we know today originated from Britain. Today, more than 120 million players over the globe participate in the game, making soccer the world’s sport.

So, why is soccer so popular? Maybe it’s the feeling that the team on the field is your team; their win is your victory, and their loss is your defeat. Or maybe it is the game’s international quality. In countries like France. England, Spain. Brazil, major teams have players from many different nations, and these clubs now have fans all over the world. Or perhaps it’s the promise of great wealth. A number of professional soccer players, including Cameroon’s Samuel Bto o and Portugal's Cristiano Rolnado. come from poor families. Today, both of these players make millions of euros every year.

However, ultimately, the main reason for its universal appeal may be this. It’s a simple game. It can be played anywhere with anything - a ball, a can. or even some bags tied together. And anyone can play it.

In the mid-1800s, European colonists brought the game to Africa, Early matches were first played in the South African cities of Cape Town in 1862: Today, some of the game’s best players come from African nations and all over the continent, thousands of soccer academies now recruit boys from poorer cities and towns to play the game, l heir dream is to join a national team or one of the big clubs in Europe someday. For some, the dream comes true, but for most, it doesn’t.

What is the main topic of the passage?

The movie was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

CULTURE SHOCK

Many people dream of living in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience for those (46)__________ are willing to settle down in a new place. (47) __________, there's one potential problem you should be aware of: culture shock. Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we grew up that we are not sure how to deal with it. Societies are (48) __________ in many different ways. Customs and traditions can be very different and that can sometimes make it difficult to get on with (49) __________ people who might not approve of things you do and might object to things you say. You might be banned from doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (50) __________ example, in Singapore people can be forced to pay a large fine just for dropping rubbish. Eventually, though, most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences

I often spend some money each month to buy English books.

What does the word “some” in the last sentence of the paragraph 4 to refer?