I.

Read the text carefully:

" Eighteen-year-old Lauren Clark is a student, but she isn't at university yet. Instead
she's taking a gap year. 'I decided not to start my maths course immediately. Instead I'm here
in Ghana for six months. I'm teaching English and maths to school children. I'm also helping
to build the school library. I'm so surprised I can actually do all of this. I'm developing
qualities I didn't know I had. I'm more patient and polite – and I'm certainly not lazy here! I
feel more responsible and I think I'm growing up.'
In Europe, taking a gap year is very common. Instead of heading straight to college after
school, more and more students take a year off to travel, work, explore special interests or
volunteer.
'Colleges find that students who made this choice are more confident and mature when
they arrive and do better on their courses,' said Dr Edwin Chance, Rector of York University."

I.1. Mark T (true) or F (false) the following sentences:

1. Lauren doesn't want to study maths at university next year.----------
2. She's helping Ghanaian children with their maths.--------
3. She's learning about herself.-------
4. Lots of young people are doing a similar thing to Lauren.---------
5. When students take a gap year, it's not good for their studies.----------

II. Choose only one correct answer:

1. He……………..the best in the world.
a. are b. is c. am
2. ………do you live?
a. who b. when c. where
3. …………..did you buy this car?
a. what b. when c. which
4. How ………. does it cost?
a. more b. many c. much
5. Mary is ………….. than me.
a. younger b. more young c. youngest
6. John ……………..this every day.
a. do b. does c. is doing
7. I…………….. the dentist tomorrow.
a. am seeing b. see c. saw
8. My mother……………..to the hospital yesterday.
a. goes b. will go c. went
9. Our uncle ……………to visit us next week.
a. will come b. came c. come
10. This flower……………good.
a. smell b. smells c. will smell

III. Write a short paragraph on the following topic: "The happiest day of my life."