11- CK 2-22-23 - READING 2

Read the following passage and choose the answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

1

Why do some (1) ______ objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, (2) ______ others will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, an antiques expert, suggests that (3) ______ what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look (4) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever brought to her (5) ______ an expert opinion. .                                                                        

• A. daily

• B. usual

• C. normal

• D. everyday

ead the following passage and choose the answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

2

Why do some (1) ______ objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, (2) ______ others will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, an antiques expert, suggests that (3) ______ what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look (4) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever brought to her (5) ______ an expert opinion. .    

                                                                       

• A. while

• B. but    

• C. unless

• D. when

ead the following passage and choose the answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

3

Why do some (1) ______ objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, (2) ______ others will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, an antiques expert, suggests that (3) ______ what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look (4) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever brought to her (5) ______ an expert opinion. .    

• A. seeing    

• B. to see

• C. for seeing

• D. by seeing

ead the following passage and choose the answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

4

Why do some (1) ______ objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, (2) ______ others will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, an antiques expert, suggests that (3) ______ what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look (4) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever brought to her (5) ______ an expert opinion. .                                             

• A. up

• B. down

• C. back

• D. forward

ead the following passage and choose the answer that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING COLLECTABLE?

5

Why do some (1) ______ objects become valuable and highly priced by collectors, (2) ______ others will always remain worthless reminders of the past? Hilary Kay, an antiques expert, suggests that (3) ______ what will be valuable in the future, one needs to look (4) ______ to the past. She gives the example of one of the most valuable objects ever brought to her (5) ______ an expert opinion. .                                                                           

• A. from

• B. with  

• C. by

• D. for