Questions 17– 23

Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

In some families of one child or more, there is only one parent. Sometimes the parent who
looks after the child or children is a (17) or widower and some of them are
divorced. In the (18) of one-parent families, the parent is a woman and, in some
countries, a (19) proportion of these women have never been married.

Life in such a family could be very (20). The single parent

(21) to (22) the needs of her family with the demands of her career.
Particularly, when the children are very young, the parents have to stay at home to
(23) care of them.

17 A spouse C mother
B widow D father

18 A most C majority
B whole D all

19 A large C whole
B big D largest

20 A difficult C difficulty
B difficulties D different

21 A has C is having
B have D had

22 A care C juggle
B run D stable

23 A took C takes
B take D taken

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 Questions 24 – 30

Read the following passage and choose the best answer.

The design and building of any type of power station involves a significant amount of
__________ (24). The project has to be __________ (25) or it will cause an economic __________ (26).
Nuclear power stations are extremely __________ (27) to design and build, but the cost of running a
nuclear power station is lower than a fossil fuel power station. Large amounts of power can be
__________ (28) faster with less __________ (29) and fewer people are needed to __________ (30) the
equipment. In the case of nuclear power stations, they do not cause pollution to the environment in their
day-to-day running.

24 A flow C spent
B expenditure D spend

25 A elegant C efficient
B effective D extraordinary

26 A strain C growth
B restrain D drop

27 A effective C expensive
B efficient D extravagant

28 A generated C generates
B generate D generating

29 A instruments C workers
B machines D equipments

30 A work C run
B hold D take care of