Writing Test 11th grade

Choose the correct item to complete the spaces (1–12) and one correct word to complete the spaces (13–18) in the letter.

27 Godstow Road
Oxford
Dear Keith
Thank you for your letter. I have just (1)        [bought, moved, went] __ into my new home. I said I (2)        [wanted, will, would] __ send you my new address so (3)      [do, have, make] __ sure you come and see me!
As far (4)      [as, than, that] __ I am concerned, it’s the nicest house I’ve seen — I am extremely (5)          [excite, excited, exciting] __ about it! A builder looked at it last week and said that the windows needed (6)              [mend, to mend, to be mended] __ . He (7)           [promised, suggested, warned] __ that I replace them. I think I’ll have (8)      [her, him, them] __ do that before the winter. The garden (9)          [is, has, has been] __ overgrown too. I can do most of the gardening (10)        [me, my, myself] __ . If it’s too much work, perhaps (11)      [I, I’ll, I’m] __ get a gardener to help me.
On Saturday Peter phoned. (Peter’s the friend (12) __ knows my
sister.) He asked (13)       [which, who’s, who] __ I was busy. 
I hope you can come and see ms soon.
Love,
Isabel

Fill in the correct word.

A (1)       __ destroyed a large (2)       __ of a forest in the north of Italy (3)       __ Saturday. Thousands of trees (4)       __ burned in one of (5)      __ worst forest fires in the country’s history.
The fire (6)          __ early on Saturday afternoon after a long (7)         __ of drought. The fire very quickly burned vast (8)        __ of the forest due (9)     __ high winds. Fire-fighters battled on foot and from the air (10)      __several hours (11)         __ to bring the fire under control. By the (12)       __this was achieved, however a large part of the forest(13)           __ totally destroyed. The (14)        __ from the fire formed such a large and (15)       __ cloud that it was said to have turned day into (16)        __ .
Several people (17)       __ injured in the fire, but fortunately no
(18)      __ was killed. Rescue workers have picked up (19)             __ by helicopter and have taken them to the nearest (20)           __ It is also feared that many animals have lost their (21)        __ or were killed in the fire.

A project will be set up by the government to clear the area so that the (22)        __ authorities can begin planting trees as soon (23)     __ possible.
“It’s a terrible disaster”, a fire-fighter said. “It will take years for the forest to (24)       __ again”.