QUICK TESTS – INCOMPLETE TEXTS – TEST 4

Questions 1 through 4 refer to the following note.
Hi Mary,

I tried to call you, but there was no answer. I might be a bit late getting home tonight. I’ll __1__ to cook dinner as I promised, but I won’t have time to go to the supermarket. Can you pick up the following items on your way home? I’d really -__2__ it. I need one kilogram of tomatoes, two onions, some garlic, two carrots, a kilogram of green beans, some parmesan cheese, and a packet of spaghetti. You can get a bottle of wine, too. Get whatever you like. I don’t mind. Could you also get half a dozen eggs, a bag of flour (I think that we have run __3__) . I know we have sugar, so you don’t need to buy that, and a 10og bar of dark chocolate.

Better make that 2 bars.

Thanks.

See you __4__

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Questions 5 through 8 refer to the following article.
Many parents worry that their children don’t eat properly when they go off to university.

While ____5______students live off instant noodles, they are not the average according to the results of a recent survey. Most of the university sophomores surveyed last month said that they cook for themselves at least three times a week. The other days they eat with friends. Many of the students said they take it _6___ to cook for each other. On the days that they don’t cook, they said that they often eat cereal. This __7__ a bad thing.  Most cereals these days are fortified with a wide range of vitamins and minerals. So although it is not the most appetizing diet, provided they don’t _____8______too many sugary cereals, it is not a completely unhealthy choice of foods.

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Questions 9 through 12 refer to the following notice.
Grow your own vegetables! It’s  __9__ you think.

The Bradley Community Allotment Society has 10 new allotments available for local residents.

We will distribute them on a first come, first served basis, so if you are  __10___,  don’t delay.

Annual rent for each allotment is $50 dollars. You will be able to grow a lot of the vegetables you normally buy, so eventually you will be saving money. The Allotment Society will be __11___ lessons on how to grow vegetables successfully at the community center this coming weekend. If you are interested in __12__ one of the allotments, why not come along to the lectures and get some useful tips.

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