Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

Directions: Choose the BEST alternative to complete the passage below.
   It is said that bananas are the most popular fresh fruit in the United States. While some fruits, like apples and oranges, are also   1   as juice and in other ways, almost all bananas are eaten   2   right out of the peel.
   What is so great about bananas? Well, for one thing, they are rich in nutrients and   3   like potassium and iron. For another, they have no cholesterol and   4   any fat. And most important, for people watching their food bills, they are   5  .
   But this was not always the   6  . For many years, bananas were so expensive in America that most people   7   them a rare delicacy. The first bananas were brought over here in 1516 by a Spanish priest. They grew well in Central America, but could not   8   in the colder North America climate. The Puritans got their first   9   of bananas in the 1960s, but they hated them! This is not   10  , for they boiled them and then ate them-skin and all.

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____ has been designed especially for pre-intermediate and intermediate students.

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____ has a different title in American English.

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What’s Up? was written by        .

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_____ can be used for self-study.

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_____ books also provide a handbook for teachers.

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TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

The headline of this news story is likely to be ______.

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

All of the following statements are true EXCEPT _______

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

In the end, the detainees _____.

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

The word that refers to the ______.

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

The word sneak can best be replaced by ___.

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

The phrase caught red-handed means “_____”.

Director: Read the extracts below and choose the BEST answer to each question that follows.

TIJUANA: Nine people in Maxico were caught red-handed on Tuesday digging a tunnel that was apparently to be used to sneak drugs into California, officials said. The detatinees had been digging from inside a house in the north-west border town of Tijuana and tried in vain to flee, the National Defence secretariat said. The tunnel was about 20m underground and reachable by climbing down a ladder through a closet in the house.  Army troops also seized a truck that the detainees had been using to take away soil from the digging operations. APP

It can be inferred that the nine Mexicans _____.