Use the words to complete the blanks in the sentences below: horoscopes, headlines, soap operas, editorial, advice column, forecast, sitcoms, forums.

1) You can read the newspaper ... when you want an anwser to your problems. 2) Some ... continue for many years with the same actors. 3) the editor worte an interesting ... in today's newspaper. 4) Kelvn always reads the ... to see what his week will be like.5) The plane crash is in the ... of all tthe newspaper today. 6) online ... are good places to exchange ideas with  people around the world. 7) Did you see today' weather ...? 8) ' Friends' is one of the most popular ... in the world.

EX1  :Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question 1 -5, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 

     Robots can work in places humans can't easily get to. These include deep oceans on distant planets or on sites with bad pollution. Robots are also used in factories (1) ________ they can work more quickly and accurately than a human,  and without needing to rest. Improvements in technology over the past 50 years have (2) _______ that scientists are now able to create very clever robots. The most complicated of these can make (3) _______ for themselves, learn new things, and deal with problems. However, while robots that look like people are very common in science fiction films, they are very (4) _______ in real life. Making a machine that can balance and move on two legs is a real challenge and is unnecessary for most of the jobs we need robots to do for us. However, a Japanese robot (5)_____ as Asimo does walk on two legs and can even climb up and down stairs. 

1.   A. unless         B. because       C. although     D. despite 

2.   A. intended     B. supposed     C. said             D. meant 

3.   A. results         B. decisions     C. thoughts     D. options 

4. A. rare               B. thin              C. little           D. narrow 

5.A. called          B. known          C. named        D. said

EX2: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underline word(s) in each of the following question.

Her father died  after he had brought up all of his children.

A. was in the dust

B. was out of this world 

C. was the apple of her eyes

D. called it a day