When you drive a car, it is important to always look at what is going on around you. Cars, scooters, bicycles and people are everywhere, and it is necessary to always be  21   the lookout for them. When you  22   a left or right turn, you have to make sure that no one is trying to get around you. It is a good idea to always look in your mirrors. If you are careful, you can  23   many accidents. Each year, thousands of people die because people are careless when they drive. These accidents don’t have to  24   . Being a careful driver is one of the best things  25   a person can do when they are on the road. (excerpted from GEPT cloze test by Jolihi Press, 2003)

        There is a(n)  27  – a surprising, opposite result – to all this dieting. While many people are becoming thin, other people are becoming overweight. More people are overweight than in the past! In many countries, there is a  28  problem with obesity. There are two main reasons. First, these days, many people often go to fast-food restaurants. At these restaurants, many of the foods (such as fried potatoes and deep-fried meat) are  29  in fat, so are some of the dairy products. Second, dieting doesn’t often work. Sometimes people  30  weight fast, but they usually gain it back again. Almost 95 percent of all people gain back weight after  31  . One problem with obesity is easy to see: overweight people have more sicknesses, such as heart disease and diabetes. (excerpted from Interactions Access by McGraw-Hill, 2007)

        Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then all of the network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It had to be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could still be sent through another part. In this way, the computer network system would keep working all the time. 

        In the early 1970s, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became less expensive and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made surfing the Internet more convenient. 

        Today, it is easy to get on line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular with students. (excerpted from GEPT reading comprehension by Jolihi Press, 2003)