VOCABULARY QUIZ 10  (S)
Name..................................................

Part A.  Recognition (1 each = 15 points)
Write the number of the word next to the correct definition.

1. spring
2. shower	__ smooth cloth from China
3. stomach	__ your food goes there
4. stocking	__ the train stops there
5. sweater	__ season before summer
6. station
7. silk

1. smile
2. spill	__ use a gun
3. shoot	__ show a happy face
4. scratch	__ turn off or on
5. switch	__ angry bees do it
6. sting
7. suppose

1. shallow
2. solid	__ good enough, OK
3. sore	__ hurting, painful
4. sudden	__ quick, unexpected
5. satisfactory	__ like jam on your fingers
6. single			
7. sticky

1. shock
2. sleeve	__ unpleasant surprise
3. shoulder	__ tool for cutting
4. square	__ part for your arm in a shirt or blouse
5. scissors		
6. signal

Part B. Cloze  (1 each = 10 points)
Choose from these words to complete the passage:

staff	salary	silly	
servant	succeeded 	spend	
society	several 	spite	
sightseeing	serious	social

The Queen's Money Problems

How much money does the Queen of England earn?   I don't know exactly what her yearly (1).................................. is, but it must be hundreds of thousands of pounds.  It is well known that 69-year-old Queen Elizabeth II is one of the richest women in the world.  So it may surprise you to hear that the Queen has money problems, in (2)................................. of her great wealth. 

In fact, the Queen has enormous bills to pay.  One of her biggest expenses is paying all the people who work for her.  As you know the royal family has (3)................................ huge palaces and each of these needs cleaners, cooks, gardeners, accountants, secretaries and so on.  In addition to paying her (4)................................, she has to pay for keeping the palaces in good condition.   Last year there was a big fire at Windsor Castle and a lot of (5)................................ damage was done.  Famous paintings were lost and a lot of beautiful old furniture was destroyed.  Since it is her house, she is responsible for paying the millions of pounds it  will cost to repair the damage.  Recently a new expense was added.  A law passed last year says that she has to pay taxes (money to the government), just like any ordinary wage earner in British (6)................................. . So the Queen is no longer a special case. 

For these reasons, the Queen has been looking for ways to reduce her expenses and increase her earnings.   One way is employing fewer workers and she has (7)................................ in doing this.  As a result, she has some spare houses on her land that are empty.  Last week, it was announced that some these furnished cottages are for rent.  She is looking for people -- rich Americans, perhaps -- who would be happy to (8)................................ £35,000 a year just to be able to say that they lived near a palace and rented from the Queen of England.   

Yet another idea for making money was to open her most famous home, Buckingham Palace in London, to the public.  So the next time you set out to do some (9)............................. in London, after you've visited Big Ben, London Bridge and the Tower of London, you can go and have a look around Buckingham Palace.  Do you think you will get in for free?  Don't be (10)................................!  You have to pay an entrance charge, and the Queen is hoping to sell lots of tickets. 

 --based on an article in The Guardian Weekly, 	April 23, 1995 
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