Red River rising

As the (0) D sun turned its warming (1)... on the frigid (2)..., it set in motion a deadly chain of (3).... The snow and ice of the long, cold winter (4)... into water that fed and swelled the Red River, which forms on the North Dakota — Minnesota (5).... The river grew and spread swallowing everything in its (6)....

The water rose with such speed that some people (7)... their vehicles in the street and escaped (8)... city dump trucks. Hospitals and nursing homes were (9).... Family members were scattered, (10)... refuge in shel­ters (11)... North Dakota and Minnesota,

(12)... downtown Grand Forks under five feet of water and more than 40,000people (13)..., there (14)... to be but one mild consolation: things could not possibly (15)... any worse.

0 A. season	C. wintry
B. cold	D. spring
1 A. lights	C. sunset
B. rays	D. lines
2 A. landscape	C. space
B. view	D. scenery
3 A. causes	C. events
B. effects	D. occasions
4 A. heated	C. melted
B. dripped	D. washed
5 A. valley	C. region
B. countryside	D. border
6 A. path	C. route
B. passage	D. slope
7 A. neglected	C. abandoned
B. ignored	D. forgot
8 A. boarding	C. boarded
B. aboard	D. abroad
9 A. disappeared	C. emptied
B. departed	D. exited
10 A. having	C. finding
B. knowing	D. waiting
11 A. through	C. among
B. across	D. together
12 A. As	C. With
B. Like	D. From
13 A. lonely	C. deserted
B. survived	D. homeless
14 A. used	C. had
B. seemed	D. found
15 A. turn	C. get
B. develop	D. come

Part 2

Questions 16-25

Read the text below. Use the words in the box to form one word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. Write the new word in the correct box on your Answer Sheet.

(16) COMMUNICATE

(17) ABLE

(18) SUCCESS

(19) SPECIAL

(20) FULL

(21) COMPETENT

(22) ADVANCE

(23) ORGANISE

(24) DEVELOP

(25) ISOLATE

Learn your job skills from your teacher

A teacher standing at the front of a History class is seldom teaching history alone. A good teacher is also demonstrating self-expression, management ability, (16)... skills, and a whole host of other skills that may be useful for you later in life. There are certain basic (17)... that everyone needs to have if they are to be (18)... in education, employment and even in social circumstances.

Learning these skills is (19)... important at secondary school level, in order to (20)... prepare for further education or the working world. A minimum level of (21)... is demanded by all employers, colleges and universities. The more (22)... you are in those areas the more the (23)... believes you will be competent.

These personal (24)... skills differ from other school subjects in that they cannot be taught in (25)... from the rest of the school curriculum.

Part 3

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