II. Choose the options that best fit the blanks. 1. If you can do something to help others, you will find your life ____. A. meaningful B. meaningless C. helpless D. interested 2. Life is sometimes very harsh for ____ families in big cities. A. lowly-income B. low-income C. highly-income D. high-income 3. This charity provides financial support and mental comfort to ____ children. A. advantaged B. disadvantaged C. advantageous D. disadvantageous 4. You can ____ books, clothes, medicine and money to this charity. A. donor B. donate C. devote D. dedicate 5. The Idol program ____ consists of auditions, semi-finals and finals. A. franchise B. step C. round D. process 6. Can you play any ____? - Yes. I can play the flute and the guitar. A. musical tools B. pieces of music C. musical instruments D. musical devices 7. Two of the four contestants will be ____ after tonight's show. A. composed B. removed C. eliminated D. terminated 8. People's lives ____ a lot thanks to the inventions of these devices. A. was changed B. has been changed C. have changed D. is changed 9. She ____ volleyball at high school but she didn’t like it. A. has played B. played C. was playing D. has been playing 10. The first actual robot ____ invented in 1961. A. was B. has been C. used to D. were 11. Where do you live? – I ____ in Boston. I ____ there for ten years now. A. live – have lived B. live – am living C. have lived – live D. live – live 12. This technology has some drawbacks that need improving. A. benefits B. disadvantages C. strong points D. qualities 13. Local people in this neighborhood have been supplied with ____ for five years now. A. pipes B. river water C. running water D. rainwater 14. Mary wrote a letter of ____ to Microsoft yesterday after seeing their advertisement in the morning. A. position B. appliance C. employment D. application 15. Building necessary ____ such as hospitals, schools and parks is important. A. facilities B. services C. equipment D. utensils