• Exam: PET-O
  • Course:
    READING
  • Part 5, Exam 3

Instructions

For questions 1 - 10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Choose the correct answer, drag it and drop it, or type the corresponding letter into the corresponding box.

The pass mark for this exam is 60% or over.

The recommended time for this exam is 10 minutes or under.

Example:

  • (0) :
  • A) MORE
  • B) MOST
  • C) BEST
  • D) BETTER

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Thomas Cruise Mapother

Thomas Cruise Mapother, better known as Tom Cruise, was born on the 3rd of July, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. He is one of the (0) successful actors in cinema history, but life wasn't always easy for him. As a child, he was shy and had (1) in finding friends, although his favourite activity was (2) part in school plays. (3) finishing High School, Tom went to New York looking for work and found employment as a porter while he (4) drama classes. His big break came in 1980, when Franco Zeffirelli, the famous director, (5) him his first part in a film. Today, he has become (6) successful that he is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, (7) millions of dollars for (8) film. He has become a director, but (9) appears in films and is as (10) as ever with his thousands of fans from all around the world.

(0) A) more B) most C) best D) better
(1) A) worry B) problem C) fear D) difficulty
(2) A) making B) holding C) taking D) finding
(3) A) while B) during C) after D) until
(4) A) prepared B) waited C) attended D) happened
(5) A) suggested B) offered C) tried D) advised
(6) A) so B) such C) too D) very
(7) A) paying B) earning C) winning D) reaching
(8) A) another B) all C) each D) some
(9) A) yet B) ever C) already D) still
(10) A) popular B) favourite C) preferred D) approved

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