Read the article about gold. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. For questions 12-18, mark A, B or C.

Gold

People (0) _____________always loved gold because it is beautiful and useful. Gold is a soft, heavy, brilliant yellow metal (12) ______________ it doesn’t change colour in the air or water.

People have used gold money for hundreds (13) ______________ years, but people all (14) _______________ the world wear gold wedding rings too. You can even (15) ____________ gold in racing-car engines because gold is able to carry electricity. (16) _______________1880 and 2002 most gold came from South Africa, but now more gold comes from China .  People in India buy more gold (17) ________________ any other nationality. One kilo of gold (18) ____________ about 35,000 dollars at the moment. That’s a lot of money! But if you want some gold for free, remember that all the winners of the Olympic Games are given gold medals. Train hard at school in your sports lessons!

Example:

Answer: 0 A do B have C be

12.A and  B or  C after

13.A by  B of  C from

14.A above  B over  C about

15.A finds  B finding  C find

16.A Between  B Before  C Through

17. what  B when C than

18.A cost  B costs  C costing