Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.

I can clearly remember the first time I __1__ Mr. Andrews, my old

headmaster, __2__ __3__. During the war, I had been __4__ school in

the north of England but my family had just returned to London. __5__ for

children to go to and my father had to go from __6__ asking them __7__

__8__ pupil. I used to go with him but he had __9__ hard time trying to

persuade people __10__ him that I seldom had to do __11__. We had

been to all the schools __12__ we lived, but __13__ my father argued,

the more impossible it became. In the end, we went to a school __14__

from home. The headmaster __15__ for at least an hour. While we were

waiting, I looked round that the __16__, __17__ was one of those old

Victorian structures, completely __18__ but still standing. I could hear

the boys playing in the playground outside. When the headmaster’s

secretary finally let us __19__ his office, Mr. Andrews spoke to me first .

“Why do you want to come here?” he said. I had been thinking __20__

something about studying but I couldn’t help __21__ the boys outside.

“I don’t know __22__ in London,” I said.” I’d like __23__ with the other

boys. I read a lot of books, too” I added. “All right,” Mr. Andrews said.

“We have one place free, __24__”

My two years at that school were among the __25__ of my life.

1. A) met B) knew C) found D) discovered

2. A) even B) nevertheless C) although D) in spite

3. A) it’s now since over 20 years

B) it’s over 20 years ago now

C) it’s since more than 20 years now

D) it makes more than 20 years now

4. A) in the B) in C) at D) at the

5. A) There were not enough schools left

B) There were not still enough schools

C) There didn’t stay enough schools

D) Not enough schools rested

6. A) one to another B) each to other

C) one to other D) the ones to the others

7. A) that they took me B) for taking me

C) for to take me D) to take me

8. A) as B) as a C) like D) like a

9. A) such B) such a C) so D) a so

10. A) just for seeing B) just for to see

C) even seeing D) even to see

11. A) no test B) one test

C) any test D) some test

12. A) near where B) near

C) near to D) near the place there

13. A) the most B) the more

C) how much D) for how much

14. A) at five miles B) five miles long

C) about five miles away D) about five miles far

15. A) kept us to wait B) kept us waiting

C) made us to waiting D) made us waiting

16. A) building of the school B) building school

C) school’s building D) school building

17. A) which B) that C) what D) it

18. A) of the old time B) outside its time

C) past its date D) out of date

19. A) to enter B) to pass in C) to come into D) into

20. A) of saying B) to say C) of telling D) to tell

21. A) to remember B) remembering

C) to remind D) reminding

22. A) no one B) none C) someone D) anyone

23. A) that I played B) the play C) to play D) playing

24. A) in truth B) it’s the truth C) in fact D) it’s fact

25. A) happier B) happiest C) more happy D) most happy