Complete the passage choosing the right words from those given below. Each blank is numbered and for each blank four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) in the blanks. 1. life in a big oasis ....... (1) extremely busy. There is ......... (2) busy market in the oasis ....... (3) the people from the neigh bouring desert bring (4) animals to exchange for the goods of the oasis. 1) A) is B) was C) are D) were 2) A) the B) a C) an D) some 3) A) but B) and C) or D) yet 4) A) her B) his C) our D) their2. (1) Earth rotates around itself and also revolves round the Sun. To .......... (2) Itself. It ........... (3) One day and to revolve round the Sun. It takes 365.25 days. The earth revolves round the Sun ......... (4) an elliptic orbit. 1) A) an B) a C) the D) that 2) A) rotating B) rotate C) rotates D) rotated 3) A) take B) took C) takes D) taking 4) A) on B) of C) in D) by 3. The Banyan trees ......... (1) aerial roots ........ (2) is its branches .......... (3) to the ground, take root again and send more branches ......... (4) their own. 1) A) has B) had C) have D) h ing 2) A) which B) that C) who D) whom 3) A) drops B) dropped C) drop D) dropping 4) A) of B) on C) in D) at4. Lizards are closely related ......... (1) snakes. Like snakes, ......... (2) are cold blooded reptiles ......... (3) scaly skins. Unlike snakes their long bodies are usually divided into the three distinct parts : head. trunk .............. (4) tail. 1) A) with B) for C) to D) from 2) A) we B) they C) she D) he 3) A) of B) with C) for D) in 4) A) and B) or C) but D) yet5. The Dinosaurs ........... (1) cold-blood creatures. They could not heat ........ (2) own bodies. They needed the heat .......... (3) the Sun to stay alive and .......... (4) about. 1) A) are B) were C) is D) was 2) A) his B) its C) their D) our 3) A) of B) from C) for D) with 4.) A) moves B) moved C) moving D)