SAMPLE QUESTIONS.
READING. COMPREHENSION.
Unit I.
Detective stories.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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€5, 000 Bank
Robbery in the City.
There was a bank
robbery in central London yesterday. Just before closing time yesterday, a man
__1__ the Butcher Street Branch of the National Westminster Bank. He was
carrying a shotgun, and wearing a stocking mask over his head. There were only
a few customers in the bank at the time. He __2__ on the floor, and forced the
manager to put the money in a sack. __3__ he was leaving, the security guard
tried to ring the alarm. The robber shot him and the guard is now in St.
Patrick’s Hospital. Surgeons are trying to save __4__.
_5__ the police
arrested a man in South London. He is now trying to prove his alibi.
1. a) entered in
b) entered c) left d) was entering
2. a) made them to
lie b) made them lying c) Made lie to them d)
made them lie
3. a) as b) as
soon as c) after d) before
4. a) him alive b)
his death c) his life d) his from death
5. a) last at night
b) late night c) lastly night d) last night
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) There weren’t many
customers in the Bank when the robber came.
b) Just before
closing time yesterday, a man came into the Butcher Street Branch of the
National Westminster Bank and deposited € 5,000.
c) When the man went
into the Bank, he was carrying a shotgun.
d) €5,000 was stolen
from the National Westminster Bank yesterday.
7. When did the
robbery happen?
a) At midnight a day
ago.
b) Three hours before
closing time of the Bank.
c) Just before the
Bank opened.
d) Shortly before
closing time of the Bank yesterday.
8. How many customers
were there in the Bank when the robbery happened?
a) There weren’t many
customers there.
b) The Bank was
packed with customers.
c) There was only one
customer there.
d) There were quite a
few customers in the Bank.
9. Why did the robber
shoot the security guard?
a) The security guard
wanted to escape with the sack full of money.
b) The security guard
asked the manager not to put the money in the sack.
c) The security guard
tried to ring the alarm.
d) The security guard
didn’t put the money in a sack.
10. Whom did the police arrest last
week?
a) The manager of the
bank.
b) The robber.
c) The security guard
who didn’t manage to ring the alarm.
d) A man trying to
prove that he didn’t rob the bank.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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What’s a Brueghel?
Many stolen paintings have a strange history.
But one of the strangest was __1__ of a painting by the famous
sixteenth-century painter Brueghel, stolen from the Court auld Institute in
London in the eighties.
The four thieves who had stolen the
painting, didn’t know how much it cost. The first art expert who came to see
the painting said it was __2__ and couldn’t name the exact price. The gang
telephoned another art expert who told them that the painting was worth €2-3
million. They then tried to sell the painting __3__ to the gallery from which
it had been stolen. The gallery contacted the police and a meeting was
arranged. The gang asked for the money to be brought in two suitcases in
unmarked banknotes. __4__, the meeting didn’t take place.
A short time __5__ the four were arrested.
The police found the painting on top of a wardrobe. When the gangs were told
they were arrested in connection with Brueghel, one of them said, “What’s a
Brueghel? I thought it was rubbish.”
1. A) this b)
that c) those d) the
2. A) priceless
b) colorless c) hopeless d) useless
3. A) against b)
round c) back d) around
4. A) so b)
while c) sure d) however
5. A) latter b)
late c) before d) later
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) There was no
meeting of the gang with the gallery representatives because there was no place
for шею
b) The four thieves
didn’t know the real value of the painting when they stole it.
c) Representatives of
the gallery were asked to bring the money.
d) The meeting of the
gang with gallery representatives was planned.
7. What’s a Brueghel?
a) An inmarked
banknote.
b) The amous
sixteenth-century painter.
c) A painting by
Brueghel.
d) A mark on top of
the wardrobe.
8.
Why
didn’t the first expert name the exact price?
a) The gallery didn’t
allow him to do шею
b) He didn’t want to
deal with the gang.
c) He thought it was
too valuable to be priced.
d) He wanted to have
the painting himself.
9.
What
is the text about?
a) The Brueghel’s
painting – stolen and found.
b) Strange history.
c) London of the
eighties.
d) Stolen paintings
by Brueghel.
10. The word gang
means:
a)
A
small but friendly company
b) A group of persons
going about of working, especially for criminal purposes.
c)
A
room or a building for the display of painting.
d) A group of
prisoners.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b) had
c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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Mr. Reilly?
“Mr. Reilly? This
is Colonel Montgomery of Scotland Yard. I’m afraid I have some bad news for
you. Your brother-in-law has just been murdered.”
“Oh, my God,” said
the voice __1__ end of the line. “I only saw Mickey last night. I can’t believe
this is true. Are you sure it’s him?”
“The __2__ is
positive, Mr. Reilly. I would like to come straight over and talk to you about
who would have a motive for killing him.”
“It’s no secret
that Mickey had enemies,” said Reilly. His business partner, Harold Smith, once
__3__ him of stealing money from their business. They had some violent
arguments. Then there’s my sister’s husband, Charles Johns, who thought Mickey
had __4__ with his wife. Charles, I am embarrassed to say, is associated with
the underworld. Another person who could have killed Mickey is my wife’s
brother Billy...
There was no need
to continue. From what Mr. Reilly said everything was obvious. He gave himself
__5__ when he mentioned the name of his murdered brother-in-law: he had at
least three brothers-in-law.
1. A) another b)
the other c) other d) an other
2. A)
identification b) confirmation c) interrogation d) location
3. A) deceived b)
proved c) accused d) thought
4. A) love b)
affair c) heavens d) peace
5. A) off b)
from c) back d) away
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) Murder was
committed and Colonel Montgomery was to investigate the crime.
b) Colonel Montgomery
was afraid to break the news to Mr. Reilly.
c) Mr. Reilly was
positive he saw his brother-in-law the day before.
d) Colonel Montgomery
was an efficient investigator.
7. Mr. Reilly was the
only person who:
a) Had an alibi.
b) Recognized the
murderer.
c) Was guilty.
d) Had a motive for
murder.
8. Judging by Mr.
Reilly’s evidence:
a) He had the motive
to kill Mickey.
b) It was impossible
to solve the crime.
c) Mickey was
murdered by his brother-in-law.
d) He had connections
with the underworld.
9. Who murdered
Mickey?
a) Charles.
b) Billy.
c) Mr. Reilly.
d) At least three
brothers-in-law.
10. The word underworld means:
a) The world “down
under”.
b) The world full of
ghosts and goblins.
c) The world of
mystery and magic.
d) Part of society
that lives by vice and crime.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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One evening...
One evening late
in 1941, Colonel Montgomery of Scotland Yard, __1__ himself standing before the
members of the London Mystery Club, a group that enjoyed discussing mystery
novels.
“Recently a
stranger arrived in London from South America,” the colonel said. “Our sources
have informed us that this man is probably a Nazi agent. We believe that he is
__2__ of a great deal of wealth with which to finance espionage in Britain.
“A few hours after
he stepped __3__ the boat we arranged a car accident that sent him to hospital
with a fractured arm. Our staff searched his clothes and luggage, which
consisted of only a briefcase with letters from his friends in British Guiana.
We considered a number of possible ploys but discovered nothing and still don’t
know how he might be concealing something __4__ a hundred thousand pounds.”
The members turned
to one another and whispered for a few moments. Then the president turned and
said. “Colonel, we think you have overlooked a rather obvious possibility: the
letters from South America had rare stamps __5__ thousands of pounds each”.
1. A) founded b)
saw c) found d) was
2. A) a courier b)
a career c) a carriage d) a carry-cot
3. A) of b)
off c) by d) into
4. A) as b)
else c) as if d) like
5. A) worth b)
worse c) with the value d) valuable
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) The detective
problem of Colonel Montgomery was solved by the clubmen.
b) The arm of the
luckless stranger from South America was broken.
c) The stranger came
to London by boat.
d) Colonel Montgomery
told the clubmen about the number of possible ploys the stranger might have.
7. The clubmen came
to the conclusion that the stranger:
a) Posted currency to
him and used stamps.
b) Had valuable
stamps.
c) Had an arm
fractured in the car accident.
d) Was sent to
hospital и Scotland Yard.
8. The London Mystery
Club members:
a) Coped with the problem.
b) Enjoyed discussing
the mystery novel.
c) Were intelligence
service men.
d) Overlooked a
rather obvious possibility.
9. The stranger was:
a) A financier.
b) A Nazi agent in
Mystery Club.
c) A South American
refugee.
d) A possessor of a
great deal of wealth.
10. The word espionage means:
a) Counterfeit.
b) Deceit.
c) Practice of spying
or using spies.
d) Speculation.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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Who was the thief?
Mick,
the __1__ investigator, was wondering who could steal computer designs. It
might have been John Howard. He had recently __2__ the designs for a lot of
money. He could have stolen them himself in order to collect the money. So,
Mick started to look around the office. First, he noticed that the glass from
the broken window was outside the office. So the thief must have broken the
window from inside the room. He wanted to make it look someone had broken
__3__. Also, the safe hadn’t been forced open, so the thief must have known the
combination. A number of the envelopes in the safe had been opened, although
only the designs had been stolen. So, there couldn’t have been John Howard or
Gerald Wilson because they both knew which envelope the designs were in. And
that __4__ only one thing: Mr. Howard’s secretary, Linda Perkins, must have
stolen the designs. She had the key to the office and knew the combination, but
didn’t know about the exact envelope. It took only a few minutes to get a full
__5__ from Linda.
1. A) privileged
b) private c) previous d) proposed
2. A) assured b)
mentioned c) adjusted d) insured
3. A) in b)
to c) away d) out of it
4. A) proved to
b) seemed c) associated d) meant
5. A) consideration
b) confession c) contribution d) cooperation
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) Mick had several
suspects, but he knew how to find the criminal.
b) It seemed like the
safe was unlocked naturally, no damage had been done.
c) The criminal
didn’t want others to think that he had entered the building by force.
d) Only a couple of
people knew where exactly the designs were.
7. What was the main
task of Mick?
a) He was sorting out
the designs in the envelopes.
b) He was trying to
guess of the glass had been broken.
c) He wanted to find
out who could take the designs.
d) He had to find
office clerks.
8. Why did Mick
decide that John Howard was not to blame?
a) Because he knew
about the designs.
b) John couldn’t open
the safe, so he didn’t succeed.
c) There was no need
for him to open more than one envelope.
d) Linda told Mick it
wasn’t John Howard, but Gerald Wilson.
9. Which clue did
Mick find to catch the real thief?
a) He asked Linda
Perkins about the case.
b) Some envelopes had
been opened.
c) It was somebody
who could invest money into the designs.
d) The glass was
everywhere.
10. The word design means:
a) A former sign.
b) A new, fast
computer.
c) A plan or a
sketch.
d) An expensive
envelope.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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The least
well-planned robbery.
Three thieves at Billerica in Essex gave
hours of __1__ in 1971 to raiding the Post Office in Mountnessing Road.
Among the details which they discovered
were the times at which there was __2__ cash and least security guard on the
premises. They also invested in mask, guns and a get-away car. At a __3__ time,
the Mountnessing gang sped through Billerica and screeched to a halt outside
the post office.
It was only __4__ they jumped out of the
car and ran towards the building that they discovered the one detail which they
had omitted to check. The Post Office had been __5__ for twelve years.
1. A) thought b)
schemes c) ideas d) plots
2. A) least b)
larger c) bigger d) most
3. A) pre-ordered
b) pre-arranged c) post-arranged d) predictable
4. A) before b)
while c) after d) as soon as
5. A) stolen b)
open c) closed d) robbed
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) The raid on the
Post office was not a success.
b) The Post Office in
Mountnessing Road was to become a profitable investment for masks, guns and a
get-away car.
c) The three thieves
could not carry out their raid.
d) It was the Post
Office at Billerica in Essex that the three thieves chose for their raid.
7. The thieves
discovered:
a) The Post Office in
Mountnessing Road to raid.
b) The times most
suitable for the raider.
c) All the necessary
details about the Post Office.
d) Cash in the Post
Office at Billerica in Essex.
8. What other
headline would you give to the story?
a) The robbery that
wasn’t.
b) Masks, guns and
the get-away car that did it!
c) The thieves who
terrorized the Post Office.
d) Post Office
raided.
9. Why didn’t the
thieves succeed?
a) Their car couldn’t
get away from the halt outside the post office.
b) The only detail
the thieves didn’t check proved to be very important.
c) The gang sped
through Billerica and screeched to a halt.
d) There wasn’t
enough security guard in the Post Office.
10. The word premises means:
a) Premium, reward,
bonus.
b) Lawn near the Post
Office.
c) House or building
with its land, etc.
d) Land of wealth and
promise.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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The worst bank
robbers.
In August 1975
three men were on their __1__ in to rob the Royal Bank of Scotland at Roth say,
when they got stuck in the revolving doors. They had to be helped free by the
staff and, after thanking everyone, sheepishly left the building. A few minutes
later they returned and announced their intention of robbing the bank, but
__2__ staff believed them. When, at first, they demanded €5000, the head
cashier laughed at them, convinced that it was a __3__ joke. Disheartened by
this, the gang leader reduced his demand first to €500, then to €50 and
ultimately to 50 pence. By this stage the cashier could barely control herself
for __4__.
Then one of the
men jumped over the counter and fell awkwardly on the floor. The other two made
their get-away, but got trapped in the revolving doors for a second time,
desperately pushing the __5__ way.
1. A) road b)
plans c) way d) plain
2. A) no b) none
of the c) nobody of d) the
3. A) practical
b) theoretical c) humorous d) real
4. A) reaction b)
check c) money d) laughter
5. A) right b)
left c) straight d) wrong
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the following
is not true?
a) The staff had to
help the thieves free.
b) The revolving
doors were an obstacle to the unfortunate thieves: they had to revolve
sheepishly.
c) It was in August
1975 that the robbers failed to rob the bank.
d) It was due to the
revolving doors that the robbers could not enter the Royal Bank of Scotland for
the first time.
7. If the staff:
a) Had not given the
thieves €500, they would have stolen the money.
b) Had not lent the
thieves €5000, they would have asked for more money.
c) Had believed the
thieves, they would have treated the three men seriously.
d) Had not borrowed
the money, the gang leader would not have reduced the demand.
8. What made the gang
leader reduce his demand?
a) He was
disheartened by the joke.
b) He was supposed to
demand €5000 first and reduce the demand to €500, then to €50 and then to 50
pence.
c) The way the gang
was treated by the staff.
d) His generosity.
9. What other
headline could you give to the story?
a) The blood-curdling
story of Royal Bank of Scotland: panic and terror.
b) The agony and the
ecstasy of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
c) Revolving
mysteries of the Royal Scotland.
d) The robbery that
wasn’t.
10. The word counter means:
a) Cash machine.
b) Small flat surface
on which customers are served.
c) Cashier’s machine.
d) Cashier’s stool.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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The crimes those
were easiest to detect.
The __1__ crimes
were detected almost immediately after they had been committed.
In 1972 Mr. J.
Egan from London stole a __2__ on the river Thames and was very soon caught.
There was a dock strike an and his was the only craft moving that day.
Mr. J. Ealey
committed a burglary in Detroit in 1968 and left his dog at the scene __3__ the
crime. The police soon arrived and shouted “Home, boy!” They then followed the
dog back to the __4__ house. And arrived only seconds after he did.
In May 1976 Vernon
Drinkwater and Raymond Heap of Blackburn were accused of stealing a car __5__
trying to sell it to its original owner.
1. A) following b)
next c) last d) cruel
2. A) canal b)
barge c) trailer d) truck
3. A) past b)
before c) off d) of
4. A) detectives
b) police c) burglar’s d) criminal
5. A) in spite of
b) instead of c) while d) as soon as
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) The police could
hardly ever solve the crimes mentioned in the text.
b) The three crimes
hardly presented difficulties for those who detected them.
c) The dock strike,
the dog and the effort to sell the car were important clues for the police.
d) The crimes had no
sooner been committed than they were detected.
7. Mr. J. Egan from
London:
a) Could not enjoy
his prey long.
b) Committed the
crime to be detected.
c) Was caught at the
dock strike.
d) Was moving on the
only craft with the strikers.
8. Why was Mr. J.
Ealey’s crime detected?
a) There were few
burglaries in Detroit in 1968.
b) Shouts of the
police frightened the dog.
c) His dog came in
handy for the police.
d) There was a dog
back at his house.
9. How did the police
manage to detect the crime of Mr. Drinkwater and Mr. Heap?
a) They had been
accused of stealing a car by May 1976.
b) The original owner
of the car was accused of stealing.
c) The original owner
recognized his car when he was offered to buy it.
d) The owner of the
car was original.
10. The word craft means:
a) Occupation of
trade.
b) Skill or ability.
c) A boat or a ship.
d) An aircraft.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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The __1__
successful mugger.
87-year-old Lady
Tucker was walking down New York’s East 66th Street. She looked like
an easy prey – small, grey-haired and expensively dressed. Ramos came up on his
bicycle and grabbed her handbag. Lady Tucker hit him on the head with her
umbrella, knocking him off his bicycle, and started screaming.
The __2__ mugger
tried to get back onto his bicycle and escape, but Lady Tucker __3__ hitting
him. A lorry driver, hearing her screams, came and joined in the fight. They
__4__ fighting, until a policeman arrived and took Ramos prisoner. Lady Tucker
__5__ medical help, saying that she felt fine. But she allowed the policeman to
escort her home.
1. A) less b)
least c) worse d) bad
2. A) criminal b)
prolific c) romantic d) unfortunate
3. A) kept b) stayed
c) left d) advised
4. A) were sorry b)
started c) went on d) thought of
5. A) declared b)
detested c) insisted of d) refused
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) Lady Tucker looked
like the previous prey of Ramos – small, grey-haired and expensively dressed.
b) Lady Tucker proved
to be a good fighter.
c) Lady Tucker was
courageous.
d) Lady Tucker was
resourceful.
7. Why did Ramos
decide to mug Lady Tucker?
a) Because he thought
that it won’t be difficult to cope with the task.
b) He liked small,
grey-haired and expensively dressed ladies.
c) He liked Lady
Tucker.
d) New York’s East 66th
Street was the place where he used to mug.
8. Why didn’t Ramos
retreat?
a) Lady Tucker didn’t
want him to leave her at the crucial moment.
b) He didn’t manage
to do it.
c) He was far from
his bicycle.
d) He couldn’t do it
because of the handbag.
9. Why did Lady
Tucker shout?
a) She wanted to
frighten Ramos.
b) Ramos wanted to
hit her.
c) Lady Tucker didn’t
like the mugger.
d) She hoped to get
help.
10. The word mugger means:
a) Person who attacks
violently and robs.
b) Person who wins.
c) Member of police
force.
d) Person who decides
in a contest, dispute, etc.
Unit II.
Not only “Ghost
stories”
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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Seeing a ghost.
The Cromwell Room
at Chavenage Manor was known to be visited by ghosts: no one had dared to
sleep in it __1__ 30 years. So when Nicholas Farrell, a journalist, agreed to
spend one night in the haunted room alone it was the deal he had made __2__ -
to escape would be to fail and break the deal.
Nicholas was not
alone in the room though, his dog Heathcliff was with him. When soon after
midnight he sat in waiting on the old bed the dog slept. Then he saw it, a
headless __3__, moving towards him. In a moment someone was on him, pressing
the weight, breathing. Something cold and wet bent over the man. He tried to
move his head __4__ but could not, being paralyzed.
Nicholas woke up
at dawn confronted by the head of Heathcliff sitting on top of him and licking
his face. He had survived. All he had __5__ in the Cromwell Room was a troubled
dream. But as he left the room, he made the sign of the cross, just in case.
1. A) alone b)
since c) for d) within
2. A) with himself
b) with no one c) with him d) for nothing
3. A) monument b)
Cromwell c) Chavenage d) figure
4. A) away b)
from c) towards d) outside
5. A) tried b)
experimented c) tested d) experienced
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) Nicholas Farrell
promised himself that he would spend a night in the room.
b) Ghosts were known
to visit the Cromwell Room.
c) 30 years ago
people used to sleep in the Cromwell Room.
d) The journalist
agreed to spend a night and haunt the Cromwell Room.
7. What was so
special about the Cromwell Room?
a) It was infamous
for its ghosts.
b) There was hardly
anyone who missed the chance to sleep in шею
c) Nicholas Farrell
and his dog spent a night there.
d) Journalists made
deals about its ghosts.
8. Who frightened the
journalist?
a) His own dog.
b) The ghost who frequented
the room.
c) The lord of
Chavenage Manor he had made the deal with.
d) Cromwell, the
owner of the room.
9. Nicholas Farrell:
a) Woke up soon after
midnight to find something moving towards him.
b) Was alone in the
infamous room, except for his dog Heathcliff.
c) Made the sign of
the cross to be able to leave the room.
d) Failed to escape
the room.
10. The word deal means:
a) Argument.
b) Treaty.
c) Agreement,
bargain.
d) Project.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. b
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It was the ghost
of a man...
It was the ghost
of a man who __1__ in the room at the top of the house because he had a
terrible illness – he was a leper. Anyway, the people of the town made the man
__2__ in the little room. They kept him there and they didn’t let him see his
wife or children.
He had to stay
there for four years. He got worse, and knocked and knocked and knocked on the
door to make somebody hear him. __3__, they let him leave the room. They told
him they __4__ him to go home to see his family again. But when he got into the
street he didn’t see his family. He saw all the town’s people with stones in
their hands. They stoned the poor man __5__ death. No wonder his ghost was so
unhappy.
1. A) locked b) was
locked c) locks d) had locked
2. A) to live b) lives
c) lived d) live
3. A) at last b)
last c) in last d) at least
4. A) will allow
b) allow c) would allow d) will be allowed
5. A) after b)
into c) up d) to
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) The man was happy
to be locked.
b) The man had to
stay in the room.
c) The man got worse
and knocked on the door.
d) When the man left
the room he didn’t see his family.
7. Why did the man
knock on the door?
a) He didn’t know
what to do.
b) He didn’t like the
room.
c) He got bored.
d) He wanted people
to hear him and let him leave the room.
8. Why did the people
make the man stay in the room?
a) They didn’t like
him.
b) They punished the
man.
c) The man had a
terrible illness.
d) It was a joke.
9. How long did the
man stay in the room?
a) For four years.
b) For a month.
c) For two weeks.
d) For a year.
10. What happened to the leper?
a) He killed himself.
b) The people killed
him.
c) He recovered.
d) He was taken to
hospital.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Mrs. Richards as a
ghost...
After her husband
__1__ to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to
her bedroom. She was __2__ excited to do any housework that morning, for in the
evening she was going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to
dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was
impatient to __3__ it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was
very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs to find out
__4__ the costume would be comfortable to wear.
Suddenly Mrs.
Richards heard a knock on the front door. She thought it __5__ be the baker.
She asked him to come in, and not wanting to frighten the man, hid in the
storeroom. First she heard the front door open. Then there were footsteps in
the hall and then... the man entered, and before Mrs. Richards could explain
anything, he let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
1. A) has gone b)
gone c) was going d) had gone
2. A) also b)
too c) very d) even
3. A) switch b)
try c) get d) give
4. A) weather b)
whether c) that d) what
5. A) might b)
can c) ought to d) should
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) In the evening
Mrs. Richards was going to a party.
b) Mrs. Richards sent
her children to school and went upstairs to decorate her bedroom.
c) Mrs. Richards
could think only about the party that morning.
d) Mrs. Richards’
husband was going to accompany his wife to the party.
7. Why did Mrs.
Richards decide to put on a sheet in the morning?
a) The sheet was very
effective.
b) She had nothing
else to wear.
c) She wanted to try
on the costume of a ghost for the fancy dress party.
d) It was fashionable
to wear sheets at the time.
8. Why did Mrs.
Richards go downstairs?
a) It wasn’t
comfortable to wear her costume in the bedroom.
b) She was expecting
the baker.
c) She intended to
check if the costume would be comfortable to wear.
d) She heard a knock
on the front door.
9. How did Mrs.
Richards happen to be in the storeroom?
a) She didn’t want to
be taken for a ghost and hid there.
b) She didn’t like
the baker.
c) She thought that
her husband had come home from work.
d) She always went to
the storeroom when the baker came to her house.
10. What did the amn do t the sight of
Mrs. Richards in the storeroom?
a) He shouted and
left the house.
b) He cried and
jumped away from Mrs. Richards.
c) He let Mrs.
Richards cry out and jumped back several paces.
d) He cried and paced
up and down the storeroom.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Crash-land in a
field.
All 129 passengers
and crew survived yesterday, when a McDonnell Douglas ВС-9 crash-landed in
a field after both engines failed two minutes after the flight from Stockholm
had begun. Nearly all those __1__ the airliner, which was bound for Warsaw via
Copenhagen, walked from the wreck. Seven were seriously injured, and nine
slightly hurt.
The aircraft hit
trees before crashing and breaking into three pieces without __2__ fire. The
wings were torn off. Airline officials said the pilot, Captain Stefan
Rasmussen, had __3__ had one minute to find a place to land.
Captain Rasmussen,
44, who appeared __4__ a news conference wearing a medical collar, said, “
There is perhaps only one flight captain in a million who gets to show what he
can do in such a situation. I am satisfied with the results.” He __5__, “I am
grateful to my crew and the whole organization which enabled me to succeed”.
1. A) abroad b) on
board of c) broad d) aboard
2. A) catching b)
murdering c) rising d) driving
3. A) while b)
only c) additionally d) occasionally
4. A) while b)
into c) at d) to
5. A) supposed b)
talked c) added d) expressed
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The accident
happened because the engines were out of order.
b) The flight was
from Poland to Sweden via Copenhagen.
c) The plane broke
into pieces but no fire followed.
d) Mr. Rasmussen had
not planned to land the aircraft: it was an unexpected landing.
7. The way out
Captain Rasmussen found was:
a) To tear wings,
injure seven passengers and hurt nine passengers.
b) To hit trees but
walk from the wreckage.
c) To fail the
engines and choose the place for landing.
d) To run risks ad
crash-land in a field.
8. What happened to
the passengers and crew of the McDonnell Douglas ВC-9?
a) All of them were
alive although some of them were either injured or hurt.
b) Everybody was
alive – safe and sound.
c) Sixteen of them
died and some of them were injured or hurt including the captain who had to
wear a medical collar.
d) The whole
organization enabled them to succeed: nobody suffered.
9. Captain Rasmussen:
a) Came to the news
conference to wear a medical collar.
b) Was perhaps the
one flight captain in a million who managed to show what he could do in a
crucial moment.
c) Was not pleased
with the results: the plane no longer existed.
d) Got to the
conference to be one in a million.
10. The word wreck means:
a) Tool made of iron.
b) Container for
goods.
c) The remains of
something badly damaged or ruined.
d) Harbor.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The train not
stopping at platform one.
British rail
passengers from London to Oxford had __1__ detour via Swinton after a train
driver forgot to stop at Didcot.
People getting
ready to change for a connection train to Oxford on Saturday evening heard the
guard __2__ Didcot on the train intercom, but only saw the station flash __3__.
The 30
Oxford-bound passengers reached journey’s end 45 minutes late, after getting a
train back from Swinton to Didcot to catch __4__ local train home. The
passengers were offered __5__ explanation or apology for what happened. A
British Rail spokesman said that the driver had simply forgotten to stop at
Didcot. “It’s an error which is regretted,” he said.
1. A) a scheduled
b) an unscheduled c) proposed d) the long awaited
2. A) declare b)
announce c) claim d) passed to
3. A) past them b)
behind it c) past it d) passed to
4. A) various b)
the other c) differently d) another
5. A) rudely b)
nothing c) no d) any
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
|
6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The guard
announced Didcot in order to see the station flash.
b) According to the
schedule, the train was stop at Didcot.
c) In Didcot people
had to change train to Oxford.
d) 30 passengers on
the train wanted to go to Oxford.
7. Did the passengers
manage to reach Oxford?
a) Yes, but they had
to catch 3 more trains to get journey’s end.
b) Yes, but they were
behind the schedule having to change trains at Swinton.
c) No, they couldn’t
reach their journey’s end.
d) Yes, but they had
to get a train from Swinton to Didcot and then back to London.
8. How many times did
the British Rail passengers from London to Oxford have to change the train?
a) Twice.
b) Once.
c) Thrice.
d) Twice or thrice.
9. Why didn’t the
train stop at Didcot?
a) It was an error of
the spokesman – the one “which is regretted”.
b) The tour was
unscheduled.
c) It happened
because the driver was absent-minded.
d) The train intercom
didn’t work.
10. The word detour means:
a) Road, street,
path.
b) Specially prepared
way between places for the use of vehicles.
c) Safety from road
accident.
d) Roundabout way.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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April fools’ joke.
A few years ago
__1__ was a very unclear photograph of a man on the front page of The Guardian
newspaper. The article said that it was the first picture ever taken and that
it was __2__ seventy or more years older than any other photo in the world.
Somebody in Japan discovered it hidden in a cave where it had been untouched
for over two centuries. Apparently an unknown Japanese scientist had invented a
special technique for making photographic negatives before anybody in Europe.
A special
exhibition was arranged just for one day for the public to view it in London.
The reason for that short viewing was because the negative was so old and __3__
in the light for very long. When people went there, there was nothing to see.
The article had
been written __4__ of April, which is April Fools’ Day, the day when people
play __5__ their friends.
1.
A)
it b) there c) their d) -----
2.
A)
at least b) at the least c) at last d) last
3.
A)
could be b) could not be c) could d) be
4.
A)
in the first b) since the first c) at the first d) on the first
5.
A)
in jokes b) jokes on c) with jokes about d) jokes in
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6.
Which of the following is not true?
a) According to The
Guardian, the first photo in the world was taken in Asia.
b) According to The
Guardian, the photo was first discovered and then invented in Japan.
c) According to The
Guardian, an unknown Japanese scientist had invented a special technique for
making photographic negatives before anybody in Europe.
d) According to The
Guardian, a special exhibition was arranged just for one day for the public in
London.
7.
Why
couldn’t the public see the photo in London?
a) The public
couldn’t see the photo because it didn’t exist.
b) The public
couldn’t see the photo because the negative was old and couldn’t be left in the
light for very long.
c) The public
couldn’t see the photo because the exhibition lasted only one day.
d) The police didn’t
let the public see the photo in London.
8.
Why
was the article about the photo published in The Guardian newspaper on the
first day of April?
a) On this day the
first photo in the world was taken.
b) It’s the
traditional day for jokes.
c) Photo exhibitions
are arranged on this day.
d) On this day people
read newspapers.
9.
–
What photograph was there in the newspaper?
It was the
photograph of ____.
a) The author of the
article.
b) Japanese scientist
who invented technique for making photographic negatives.
c) An unknown man.
d) The Guardian’s
editor.
10. How old was the
photo in The Guardian, according to the article?
a) Seventeen years
old.
b) Less than seventy
years old.
c) Seventy years old.
d) Seventy or more
years older than any other photo in the world.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Smuggling trucks.
Sam Lewis was a
customs officer. He worked in a small border town. It wasn’t a busy town and
there wasn’t much work. The road was usually very quiet and __1__ many
travelers. It wasn’t a very interesting job, but Sam liked an easy life. About
once __2__, he used to meet an old man. His name was Draper. He always arrived
__3__ the border in a big truck. The truck was always empty. Sam searched the
truck but never __4__ anything. Once he asked Draper about his job. Draper
laughed and said, “I’m a smuggler”.
__5__ year Sam
retired and went on holiday to Bermuda where one day in a luxury hotel he met
Draper. He asked Draper what he had smuggled. The answer was ... “Trucks!”
1. A) there wasn’t
b) were c) there weren’t d) was
2. A) in a week b)
a week c) in week d) on a week
3. A) at b) to
c) on d) towards
4. A) founded b)
find c) didn’t find d) found
5. A) latest b)
in last c) lastly d) last
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Draper was a
smuggler.
b) Sam Lewis was a customs
officer.
c) Draper’s truck was
empty.
d) Every morning
Draper came to the border in a big truck.
7. What kind of job
did Sam have?
a) Not interesting
but an easy one.
b) It was a very
difficult job.
c) It was a very
demanding job.
d) It was a job to be
proud of.
8. Why did Sam go to
Bermuda?
a) He wanted to
arrest Draper?
b) He gave up his
work and wanted to have a holiday.
c) He went to work
there.
d) He went to search
trucks there.
9. What was there in
the truck?
a) There were many
different things in it.
b) It was full of
goods.
c) There was nothing
there.
d) Gold was there.
10. Why could Sam never find anything
when he searched the truck?
a) Sam was a bad
customs officer.
b) Sam didn’t know
how to search trucks.
c) Sam didn’t want to
find anything.
d) There was nothing
to find – Draper smuggled trucks.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Beatrice and the
nightingale.
One warm night in
1924, the cellist Beatrice Harrison went out to play her cello in the woods
behind her cottage. To her surprise, she heard a bird echoing her playing. The
sound was incredibly beautiful, and she knew it could only be a nightingale.
The next night and nearly every night after that, the nightingale was there
again. Beatrice __1__ believe what was happening: she was playing duets with
__2__.
Beatrice persuaded
the BBC to set up their microphones in her garden. With the technology of the
time, this was __3__. But the sound engineers made careful preparations, and
everything was ready.
For a long time it
seemed as if the nightingale __4__. Beatrice played for two hours with no
reaction. But suddenly, to everybody’s __5__, the wonderful notes began to fill
the night... the record of the duet of Beatrice and the Nightingale became one
of the most successful records sold in the 1930s.
1. A) couldn’t
hardly b) could easy c) could hardly d) tried hard to
2. A) so wild bird
b) a wild bird c) such a wild bird d) a bird wildly
3. A) no easy task
b) not easy task c) easy task d) an easy task
4. A) was going to
come b) was not going to come c) was not going d) went
5. A) success b)
trial c) fame d) relief
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. What
of the following is not true?
a) Beatrice and the
bird played duets after rehearsals one warm May night in 1924.
b) The bird had a
sweet voice.
c) At first Beatrice
didn’t expect the bird to echo her playing.
d) The record of
Beatrice and the nightingale were on sale in the 1930s.
7. How did Beatrice
and the nightingale sing?
a) Beatrice played at
the beginning, and the bird sang at the very end.
b) The bird repeated
what Beatrice played.
c) The bird was
echoed by Beatrice.
d) Beatrice and the
bird sang together.
8. Why did the BBC
decide to set up microphones in the garden of Beatrice?
a) Beatrice was
famous because of the nightingale.
b) The nightingale used
to play for the BBC.
c) The BBC broadcast
with the technology of that time was becoming fashionable.
d) It was the
suggestion of the cellist.
9. The outside
broadcast from the garden was not easy, was it?
a) Both the bird and
the sound engineers did their best – there were no troubles at all.
b) Time passed, and
it seemed that the bird would never sing.
c) Outside broadcast
of the kind were often made at the time.
d) The audience
helped Beatrice and the sound engineers.
10. The word cello means:
a) Large violin.
b) Part of the radio
receiving apparatus.
c) Person who sings.
d) Kind of piano.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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What happened
while the train was in the tunnel?
In the compartment
of a train travelling through the countryside, there were for people – a young
girl, an old lady, an army officer and a young cockney. Suddenly the train went
into a tunnel: for half a minute __1__ was in complete darkness and in the
darkness came the sound of a large kiss __2__ almost immediately by a loud
slap.
When the train
emerged and it was light again, everybody saw the officer with a bleeding nose
and a swollen eye. The old lady thought that the young girl hit the officer
__3__ stealing a kiss.
The young girl
thought it was strange that the officer kissed the old lady and not her. The
poor officer thought that the cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit him. And
the cockney laughed silently at the trick he __4__. “I’m a clever chap,” he
thought __5__. “I kissed the back of my hand; hit the officer in the face and
nobody said a word”.
1. A) the trolley
b) the truck c) the carriage d) the locomotive
2. A) preceded b)
following c) preceding d) followed
3. A) because b)
in spite of c) for d) to
4. A) had smiled
b) was playing c) got d) had played
5. A) oneself b)
to himself c) himself d) to him
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Both the kiss and
the slap were in complete darkness.
b) As soon as the
train left the tunnel there was a kiss then a slap.
c) The kiss was
followed by the slap.
d) The slap followed
the kiss.
7. What actually
happened in the tunnel?
a) The young lady hit
the officer because he dared to kiss her.
b) The officer kissed
the old lady and she hit him.
c) The cockney kissed
the girl and the girl hit the officer.
d) The cockney kissed
the back of his hand and hit the officer in the face.
8. Why did the
cockney hit the officer?
a) He hated officers.
b) He wanted to kill
the officer.
c) He accidentally
hit the officer.
d) He wanted to play
a joke.
9. How did the four
passengers react to what happened in the tunnel?
a) Everybody except
the cockney was at a loss – they didn’t really know what had happened.
b) Nobody was a
scandal as soon as the train emerged out of the tunnel.
c) There was a
scandal as soon as the train emerged out of the tunnel.
d) Everybody liked
the situation.
10. Who was surprised at the thought
that the officer kissed the old lady?
a) The cockney.
b) The old lady.
c) The young lady.
d) Everybody.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Happy __1__ for
the kidnapped girl.
Mr. and Mrs.
Peters were especially happy when they celebrated their daughter Marian’s first
birthday at a restaurant at the Strand yesterday. Marian was kidnapped last
July by Alice McBurg, 31, who had been __2__ to take care of her as a
child-minder. Mrs. Peters had left Marian with McBurg on the first day of her
return to work at a bank in London. Marian was taken to McBurg’s home in Wales,
__3__ police found her, unharmed, three days later.
Mrs. Peters said
yesterday, “At the __4__ times in those three days it seemed we would never see
her again.” She also said she had no thought now of going back to work. She
just couldn’t leave Marian with anybody else. She loved looking __5__ her.
1. A) review b)
Renaissance c) returns d) recall
2. A) given b) paid
c) tried d) stolen
3. A) where b) as
soon as c) until d) consequently
4. A) first b)
worst c) happiest d) tragedy
5. A) for b)
on c) of d) after
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) A one-year old
Marian Peters was a loveable daughter.
b) The restaurant at
the Strand saw the special occasion in the Peters’ family.
c) Marian Peters was
kidnapped by the baby-sitter.
d) As soon as the
happy Peters celebrated the birthday of their one-year old daughter, she was
kidnapped by Alice McBurg.
7. It was due to:
a) The police that
Marian was returned to her parents.
b) Mrs. McBurg that
Marian celebrated her first birthday.
c) The London bankers
that the Peters were especially happy.
d) The care of the
child-minder that Marian was safe and sound.
8. How did Mrs.
McBurg happen to be in the Peters’ house?
a) She was paid by
police.
b) Marian had to be
taken care of when her mother was at work.
c) The Peters hired
her to kidnap their daughter.
d) Mrs. Peters
preferred leaving Marian and working at a bank to taking care of her own
daughters.
9. How did the Peters
feel about having their daughter back at home again?
a) They had no
thought of doing without another child-minder.
b) They seemed not to
see Marian again.
c) They were happy
and looked like they were on cloud nine.
d) They couldn’t do
without work no matter how they loved being with Marian.
10. The word unharmed means:
a) Injured.
b) Safe.
c) Wounded.
d) Endangered.
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Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Casablanca, the
best loved of all motion pictures.
This is the
summary of the film Casablanca, probably the best-loved of all motion pictures.
In 1941
Casablanca was the last stage for refugees hoping to escape from the Nazis via
Lisbon to the United States, which had not yet __1__ World War II. Rick, an
American adventurer, ran __2__ and claimed to be neutral. In Paris, before the
Nazi occupation, he was in love with Ilsa, the widow (as she thought) of a
resistance leader, but she left him (as she thought) when they were going to
escape. __3__, she received hews that her husband was alive and reappeared with
him in Casablanca. Rick, who was __4__ in love with Ilsa, helped her and her
husband to go to the United States, which required the help of the corrupt
prefect of police. In the final scene at the airport, Rick shot Major Strass,
who came to prevent Ilsa and her husband from __5__ the plane. They left and
the perfect of the police changed sides and went to the headquarters of the
Free French with Rick, who decided to take part in the war.
1. A) taken b)
joined to c) entered d) fought
2. A) a cafe b)
the war c) the battle d) a trick
3. A) finally b)
as a fact c) in final d) in fact
4. A) until b)
still c) yet d) last
5. A) flying b)
catching c) enjoying d) throwing
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Casablanca was
probably the best-loved picture that made motions.
b) The text gives to
political the main points of the plot in brief.
c) At the beginning
of the film Rick was indifferent events of the time.
d) Casablanca is the
name of both the film and the place, which was the last step for people, forced
to flee from danger.
7. Rick was an
American:
a) Runner.
b) Manager.
c) Nazi.
d) Resistance leader.
8. Why did Ilsa leave
Rick?
a) Rick claimed to be
neutral.
b) She fell in love
story with her husband.
c) It happened in
Paris before the Nazi occupation, and Rick wasn’t a resistance leader.
d) Ilsa turned out
not to be a widow, she learnt that her husband was alive.
9. In the very last
episode of the film:
a) Major Strass, who
prevented Ilsa and her husband from leaving Casablanca, was shot.
b) Rick, who used to
be neutral, made up his mind to take part in the war.
c) Refugees escaped
from the Nazis via Casablanca to the United States.
d) The perfect of the
police became corrupt and joined the Free French.
10. The word via means:
a) Backwards.
b) Instead of.
c) By way of, through
d) Towards.
PART A.
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Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Sir Ernest
Shackleton, the Antarctic Explorer.
The Antarctic
explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, lost his ship in the ice in 1915, but led his
men to __1__ on Elephant Island. Then he decided to try to reach South Georgia,
800 miles away, in a small boat. He __2__ on the uninhabited south-west coast
of the island, and with two companions crossed the mountains to the whaling
station of Stromness.
When they set off
__3__ the whaling station, not more than a mile and a half distant, they were
shivering with cold, yet with their hearts light and happy. Their beards were
long, they were unwashed and the garments __4__ they had worn for nearly a year
without a change were tattered and stained. More unpleasant-looking ruffians
could hardly be imagined. But the difficulties of the journey lay behind them.
The 22 men left on Elephant Island were __5__ eventually rescued.
1.
A)
luxury b) poverty c) treasure d) safety
2.
A)
reached b) landed c) arrived d) swam
3.
A)
towards b) back c) in the direction d) backwards
4.
A)
what b) whole c) that d) while
5.
A)
partially b) wholly c) all d) almost
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Sir Ernest
Shackleton was a fearless traveler.
b) The ship of Sir
Ernest Shackleton was destroyed by ice.
c) The south-west
coast of the island 800 miles away from South Georgia was packed with people.
d) Wreck of the ship
was the course of tragedy of Sir Shackleton and his men 83 years ago.
7. Sir Ernest
Shackleton lost his ship:
a) But saved his men.
b) Since he couldn’t
see it well in the thick ice of 1915.
c) And failed to
reach South Georgia.
8. Mr. Shackleton’s
men were on Elephant Island:
a) To catch elephants
and eat them to survive.
b) To look for whales
at the whaling station of Stromness.
c) Because they were
protected from danger there.
d) Because more
unpleasant-looking people could hardly be imagined.
9. How many people
were the first to cross the mountains to the whaling station of Stromness?
a) 22 b) 22 c)
1,915 d) 3
10. The word ruffian means:
a) A scientist.
b) A gangster, a
hooligan.
c) An exploiter.
d) A rescuer.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The best stone in
the world.
In 1796 George and
Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing __1__ stone in south-east London.
When soon after it George Coade died, he left his wife and daughter to carry on
business.
The product
developed by the factory’s former owner, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked
clay. The two women __2__ with his recipe, and succeeded in creating a new kind
of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof. The advantage а Coade Stone __3__
natural stone slowly breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be able
to survive in all weather conditions for many years.
After the deaths
of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory __4__ for twenty years, but in
1840 it finally closed. __5__ went the Coade Stone recipe which was lost, and
has never been rediscovered.
1. A) natural b)
abnormal c) artificial d) supernatural
2. A) experimented
b) made c) discovered d) completed
3. A) still b)
just c) as d) while
4. A) opened b)
survived c) reduced d) appeared
5. A) with it b)
alone c) but d) along
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) As far back as 229
years ago stone was manufactured in London.
b) Richard Holt owned
a factory, baked clay and completed with the Coades.
c) The Coades
developed business begun by Richard Holt
d) The product
developed by Richard Holt was not exactly the same as the Coades’ one.
7. Richard Holt’s
recipe:
a) Was left by the
manufacture.
b) Was a kind of
baked clay.
c) Developed the
factory’s owner.
d) Was improved by
the Coades.
8. What was the
advantage of the Coade Stone?
a) It continued to
exist in all kinds of weather for a long time.
b) It was absolutely
weather-proof.
c) It was a natural
stone.
d) Weather proved to
have almost a hundred percent influence on it.
9. What happened with
the Coades’ factory after the death of its owners?
a) Someone else ran
it for twenty years.
b) Finally lack of
recipe made it close.
c) It was lost and
never rediscovered.
d) It continued to
work since 1840.
10. The word recipe means:
a) Something kept
from the knowledge or view of others.
b) Command given with
authority.
c) Direction for
preparing or getting something.
d) A piece of advice.
PART A.
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in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The __1__ musical
trio.
This happened about thirty years ago when
George Enesco, the celebrated violinist, agreed to give lessons to the son of a
Romanian gentleman though he didn’t have musical talent.
Three years later the boy’s father
insisted that the boy gave a public concert. Although Enesco feared the
consequences, he arranged a recital in Paris. However, nobody bought a ticket
since the soloist was unknown. “Then you must __2__ him on the piano,” said the
boy’s father, “and it will be a __3__”. Enesco agreed reluctantly but before
the concert he became nervous and __4__ someone to turn the pages. In the
audience was Alfred Cortot, the brilliant pianist, who __5__ and made his way
to the stage.
Next morning the music critic of Le Figaro
wrote about the recital: “The man whom we adore when he lays the violin played
the piano. Another whom we adore when he plays the piano turned the pages. But
the one, who should have turned the pages, played the violin”.
1. A) worse b)
better c) worst d) best
2. A) follow b)
keep company c) play with d) accompany
3. A) successful
b) sellout c) pleasure d) fancy
4. A) asked for
b) asked about c) was asked for d) ordered
5. A) raised b)
stood c) trembled d) volunteered
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The story happened
thirty years ago when George Enesco had a celebration.
b) George Enesco’s
pupil couldn’t boast of musical talent.
c) George Enesco was
asked to give lessons to the son of a Romanian gentleman with no musical
talent.
d) It was due to
George Enesco that the recital was made possible.
7. How did George
Enesco happen to play the piano at the recital?
a) He used every
chance to take part in recitals.
b) Otherwise, he
wouldn’t be able to arrange the recital in Paris.
c) He feared the
consequences.
8. Why did Alfred
Cortot turn the pages at the recital in Paris?
a) The famous
violinist did it for a change.
b) He happened to be
in the audience and decided to help George Enesco.
c) Someone had to do it.
d) The famous pianist
became nervous before the concert.
9. Did the music
critic of Le Figaro like the recital?
a) Yes, he did. He
adored everyone there.
b) He adored the
well-known musicians, but not the role they played at the recital.
c) He thought that
George Enesco’s pupil should give up playing the violin anв start turning the
pages.
d) He hated trios and
preferred duets.
10. The word recital means:
a) Appointment for
musicians.
b) Performance of
music.
c) Sudden or
unexpected meeting.
d) Arrangement.
PART A.
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in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The __1__
successful car.
Ford produced the
car of the decade in 1957 – the Edsel. Half of the models sold __2__ spectacularly
defective. If lucky, you could have got a car with any or all of the following
__3__: doors that wouldn’t close, bonnets and boots that wouldn’t open,
batteries that went flat, brakes that failed and pushed buttons that couldn’t
be pushed even with three of you trying.
The Edsel, one of
the biggest and most lavish cars ever built, coincided with a phase when people
increasingly wanted economy cars. __4__ Times magazine said, “It was a classic
case of the wrong car for the wrong market at the wrong time.” Unpopular from
the very beginning, the car’s popularity declined. One business writer at the
time __5__ the Edsel’s sales graph to an extremely dangerous ski slope. He
added that, so far as he knew, there was only one case of an Edsel ever being
stolen.
1. A) last b)
least c) best d) bad
2. A) turned b)
drove c) ran d) proved
3. A) features b)
creatures c) models d) codes
4. A) after b)
or c) as d) since then
5. A) likened b)
liked c) disliked d) graphed
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The Edsel’s
deficiencies were numerous.
b) Not more than
three people were able to push buttons of Ford’s cars.
c) Doors of Edsel
cars could hardly if ever close.
d) The Edsel wasn’t a
success.
7. In 1957:
a) People wanted an
economy car and they got шею
b) Bonnets and boots
of cars wouldn’t open.
c) The Edsel sold
out.
d) Ford didn’t
produce a car satisfying the needs of the market.
8. Why wasn’t the
Edsel popular?
a) There were no
other big and lavish cars to be compared to.
b) Only lucky people could
get the car.
c) The popularity
declined before the car appeared.
d) Both the car and
the market for it were improper.
9. The ski slope:
a) Was described by
the business writer.
b) Was the only place
where the Edsel could be driven.
c) Contributed to the
unpopularity of the Edsel.
d) Was compared with
the Edsel’s sales graph.
10. The word lavish means:
a) Marked by or
produced with extravagance or profusion.
b) Greedy.
c) Economic.
d) Large.
Unit III.
Just so stories.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The four-minute
mile.
It is the nature
of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others.
__1__ in many sports events, there is a mark which is not significant in
itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous
of these is the attempt to run the mile __2__ four minutes.
In 1945, the mile
record was brought down to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds. And there, for nine years,
it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student Roger Bannister decided to try and
__3__ the record. He had been training for this day __4__ running the mile in 4
minutes, 2 seconds the previous year.
He wrote
afterwards: “Those last few seconds seemed never-ending. I could see the line
of the finishing tape. I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to say
himself from danger...”
Bannister’s time
was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. Although this record has been broken on many
occasions since, Banister’s __5__ will never been forgotten.
1. A) and b)
though c) although d) yet
2. A) as short as
b) in less than c) less as d) for more than
3. A) set b)
run c) break d) hit
4. A) since b)
for c) in spite d) as soon as
5. A) achievement
b) failure c) advantage d) experiment
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) It is the nature
of athletic records that they might be broken and then set by other athletes.
b) To set four-minute
record for the mile proved to be a difficult task.
c) Roger Bannister
studied medicine and trained for contests.
d) The story of the
medical student who brought down the world record has become a legend.
7. What was so
important about Roger Bannister’s achievement?
a) He managed to save
himself from danger.
b) The way he tried
and did it no matter how difficult it was.
c) He was able to see
the line of the finishing tape.
d) Afterwards he
wrote about his record.
8. How long did it
take Roger Bannister to improve his result from 4 minutes, 2 seconds to the
record time?
a) 9 years.
b) 2.6 seconds.
c) A year.
d) 3 minutes, 59.4
seconds.
9. Has anybody run
the mile in a shorter period of time than 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds?
a) Nobody:
Bannister’s record will never been forgotten.
b) People didn’t dare
to do it: it was a mark in itself.
c) Many people have
done шею
d) A few legendary
athletes have done it.
10. The verb to stick (stuck)
means:
a) To remain
unchanged, in the same position, at the same positin.
b) To change
dramatically.
c) To move fast.
d) To leave behind.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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From the history
of tennis.
Four thousand
years ago, an Egyptian sculptor carved a picture on a wall а two women hitting
a ball back and forth from hand __1__ hand. Is this the ancestor of tennis?
Tennis was __2__
to Norway from Greece in 500 A.D. it became so popular between the twelfth and
fourteenth century that every town in France had own __3__. But this was a very
different game from the one we see at Wimbledon today. At first the game was
played bare-handed with a leather ball filled with dog’s hair. __4__ rougher
materials like sand and chalk were used but these caused injures to the
players’ hands. This led to the use of protective gloves __5__ got bigger and
bigger as time went on until it was necessary to cut out the centuries and
replace them with tight ropes. Gradually these gloves evolved into rackets.
1. A) in b)
under c) out d) to
2. A) sent b)
caught c) known d) brought
3. A) center b)
hall c) courtroom d) court
4. A) later b)
late c) lately d) latter
5. A) it b)
which c) this d) what
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The picture of two
women on the wall could show the game from which tennis originated.
b) As far as four
thousand years ago Egyptian sculptor could make carvings on walls.
c) Sculptors of two
Egyptian women could be the prototype of modern tennis.
d) Tennis was one of
the popular forms of entertainment in France between the twelfth and fourteenth
centuries.
7. When did tennis
become known in Europe?
a) 500 years ago.
b) 1,500 years ago
c) 4,000 years ago
d) Between the 12th
and 14th centuries.
8. To what country do
tennis players of Northern Europe owe the game?
a) Egypt b)
Greece c) France d) Europe
9. Why did tennis players
have to wear gloves?
a) To make hand
bigger and bigger.
b) To cut out
centers.
c) To replace gloves
with ropes.
d) To protect hands
from injuries.
10. The word injury means:
a) An accident.
b) A place in the
body that is hurt or wounded.
c) Warriors.
d) Support.
PART A.
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Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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From the history
of golf.
No __1__ really
knows where the game of golf was first played. __2__ played a game with wooden
sticks and a leather ball filled with features, but the details are not __3__.
In the 15th
century, golf first appeared in the written history of Scotland. In 1457 the
Scottish parliament was displeased with the number of people playing golf
instead of training for the army and the game was banned. __4__, by 1503 even
the King had started playing golf again.
Mary, the Queen of
Scots, is thought to have been the first woman - __5__. People say she played a
few rounds of golf just after her husband was murdered.
1. A) body b)
some c) thing d) one
2. A) Rome b) The
Romans c) Roman d) The Roman
3. A) known b)
covered c) opened d) solved
4. A) So b)
Hence c) That’s why d) However
5. A) golf b)
game c) golfer d) play
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
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on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) It is due to the
written history of Scotland that we know the history of golf in detail.
b) The game of golf
people of Rome played some centuries ago was quite different from the one we
see today.
c) Wooden sticks and
leather balls filled with features have been replaced by golf-clubs and hard
balls when playing golf now.
d) 543 years ago
there appeared a threat that golf would never be played again.
7. Who knows where
exactly the game of golf originated?
a) Nobody.
b) People of Rome.
c) The King of
Scotland.
d) Mary, the Queen of
Scots.
8. Why was the
Scottish parliament displeased with the number of people playing golf?
a) Members of the
Scottish parliament were not allowed to play golf.
b) Playing golf
contradicted Scottish traditions.
c) People who played
golf outnumbered those who trained the army.
d) Many people
preferred to play golf rather than train for the army.
9. What was the
attitude of the Scottish Royal Family of the time to playing golf?
a) His Majesty the
King played golf over and over again.
b) Even Mary, the
Queen of Scots, thought of playing golf.
c) Members of the
Royal Family banned the game.
d) There are some
reasons to believe that Mary, the Queen of Scotland, played golf even after the
tragic event in her family.
10. The verb to ban means:
a) To give
permission.
b) To control.
c) An order that a
thing must not be done.
d) To continue.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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From the history
of football.
Football is a very
old sport, but it was no laughing matter in the early days. Two villages __1__
to kick a ball made from a pig’s intestine to a goal. The goals were thing like
trees or buildings and could be __2__ five miles apart. The game, which was
sometimes extremely violent, could __3__ from sunrise to sunset. A more
controlled form of the game began to be played in England’s public schools in
the early 19th century. Each school played a different __4__ of the
game and the rules varied widely.
In 1863 a Football
Association was established and the members met to decide on the rules. It took
five meetings before they could all __5__.
1. A) Laughed b)
battled c) mattered d) had
2. A) like b) as
much c) much as d) as much as
3. A) go on b)
make for c) do with d) give up
4. A) version b)
fashion c) copy d) issue
5. A) meet b)
disagree c) argue d) agree
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Football of the
early days was a different game from the one people play now.
b) Football was known
in England as far back as in the beginning of the 19th century.
c) In the early days
of football villages competed to win a game.
d) Nobody was allowed
to laugh at football matches in the early days of the game: it was no laughing
matter.
7. It can be
concluded from the text that in the early 19th century football was
played in England:
a) In public to have
publicity.
b) In private
schools.
c) And controlled by
schools.
d) Over more and more
control.
8. How was football
played before 1863?
a) There were no
fixed rules universally recognized.
b) There were no
rules to follow.
c) It was controlled
strictly.
d) It was wide and
varied.
9. When the rules of
football were first officially fixed?
a) 137 years ago.
b) About two
centuries ago.
c) For 2 centuries.
d) At the dawn
civilization.
10. The word violent means:
a) Powerful.
b) Starving,
suffering from hunger.
c) Using, showing,
accompanied by force.
d) Looking forward to
doing something.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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From the history
of windsurfing.
From the deep blue
waters of Waikiki Beach __1__ the cold grey Atlantic of Cornwall, surfers have
a strange bond with the sea. They are part of a tradition that goes back to the
people of Pacific islands, __2__ prayed to the gods for the best waves. From the
beginning of the 16th century Hawaiian legends and songs __3__
surfing as an obsession making surfers forget everything, including work and
family.
In 1911 America
__4__ surfing. The journalist and novelist Jack London wrote about surfing in
his book “The shark Hunt”. Soon the craze swept through California and beyond,
and surfing has never looked back. Generations of surfers, now think of Hawaii
__5__ the Mecca for their sport.
1. A)till b)
under c) to d) in front
2. A) that b)
what c) whom d) who
3. A) sing b)
describe c) listen to d) tell
4. A) opened b)
invented c) discovered d) made
5. A) like b)
as c) so d) than
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Surfers can’t do
without the sea waves.
b) Surfers pray to
the gods for the best waves and go back to the Pacific islands.
c) Surfing – sport in
which one balances oneself on a long narrow board while being carried along by
heavy waves.
d) Surfers are known
to have connections with the sea.
7. One may conclude
from the text that:
a) Hawaiian folklore
treated surfing as a fixed idea that occupied the mind of people.
b) Surfing originated
from the gods of waves.
c) Deep waters of
Waikiki were the best place for surfing.
d) Surfers of
Cornwall were followers of their traditions.
8. The year 1911 is
mentioned in the text mainly to indicate that:
a) Surfing became
known and popular in America.
b) Jack London wrote
the book “The Shark Hunt”.
c) Shark hunting
became fashionable due to the book by J. London.
d) American dream of
the new kind of sport came true.
9. In California:
a) No surfers
appeared.
b) People have been
enthusiastic about surfing since the beginning of the 20th century.
c) Surfing was never
known.
d) Surfing was never
looked фею
10. The word craze means:
a) The Mecca for
surfing.
b) Enthusiastic
interest that may last for some time.
c) Boards of surfing.
d) To look back.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The eight o’clock
news (1).
Good evening and
here is the eight o’clock news.
Jumbo, theу Indian elephant
which __1__ from London zoo this afternoon, has been caught. Jumbo was chased
across Regent’s Park, and was finally captured at __2__ stall in regent’s Park
Road. A tranquillizer gun was used, and Jumbo was loaded onto __3__ and was
taken back to the zoo.
At the zoo, he
__4__ the zoo veterinary surgeon. Fortunately __5__ had been done, and Jumbo
will be returned to the elephant house later tonight. Viewers will be able to
see the highlights of the chase after the news. And lastly, sport...
1. A) hid b)
stole c) escaped d) robbed
2. A) a hot dog b)
the dog c) the warm dog d) the wild cat
3. A) a tram-car
b) the zoo c) the shop d) a truck
4. A) examined b)
shot c) was questioned by d) was examined by
5. A) soon damage
b) no damage c) damages d) lots of damage
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The new about the
Jumbo was the last but one in the Eight o’clock news of the day.
b) Luckily Jumbo was
safe and sound after the chase.
c) The Eight o’clock
news with the news about Jumbo could be heard on the radio on the day of the
chase.
d) Jumbo was an
Indian elephant.
7. Why did the
chasers have to use the gun?
a) They did it to
make Jumbo calm.
b) They wanted to
shoot the elephant.
c) The veterinary
surgeon needed the gun to frighten Jumbo.
d) Guns are always
used when elephants are chased.
8. Why wa the surgeon
necessary?
a) To make sure there
was nothing wrong with Jumbo.
b) The chasers could
not cope with their task without him.
c) Jumbo needed an
operation.
d) Jumbo wouldn’t go
to the elephant house without the surgeon.
9. Did they promise
to show the chase?
a) Yes, they promised
to show everything.
b) Yes, but only the
fragments of it.
c) Yes, but probably
it could hardly be seen because the lights were high.
d) Yes, but the chase
could be easily lost in the high lights.
10. The word stall means:
a) A compartment for
one animal.
b) A small, open shop
used by a trader on a street, in a park, etc.
c) Seats in the part
of a theatre nearest to stage.
d) A car park.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The eight o’clock
news (2).
Good evening and
here is the eight o’clock news.
Five thousand
people marched through the streets of Chesilworth today protesting __1__ plans
for a new international airport near the town. Although there was such a large
number of demonstrators, there __2__.
The demonstrators
marched to the town hall, where the public enquiry into the plans __3__, and
handed in a petition to the chairman of the enquiry. A new airport is needed
because the other airports in the area are __4__. Chesilworth was considered
because it is near both a major motorway and a railway line. Although it was a
protest march, there was almost a carnival atmosphere, and both demonstrators
and police remained __5__.
1. A) for b)
about c) against d) due to
2. A) was no
trouble c) wasn’t a trouble
b) Were
troubles d) was trouble
3. A) had taken
place b) was on the place
c) took many places
d) was taking place
4. a) under the
crowds b) below the crowds c) overcrowded
d) without crowds
5. a) without
humor b) good-humored c) isolated d) depressed
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The new airport
had to be built because the other ones in the neighborhood were too busy.
b) Chesilworth was
the proper place for the new airport because of its location.
c) The plans for a
new airport were not approved by the demonstrators.
d) The demonstrators
didn’t like the idea of having carnivals at the airport, hence the protest
march.
7. What was the
destination of the demonstrators?
a) The major
motorway.
b) Both the motorway
and the railway line.
c) The town hall.
d) The railway line.
8. What was the
chairman of the enquiry given?
a) An invitation to
the carnival.
b) A talisman.
c) A written
document.
d) A schedule of the
town hall meetings.
9. What were the
demonstrators like?
a) They were
peaceful.
b) They were noisy
and troublesome.
c) They were
aggressive.
d) They were inclined
to fight.
10. The word enquiry means:
a) Trouble.
b) Investigation.
c) Celebration.
d) Isolation.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The eight o’clock
news (3).
Good evening and
here is the eight o’clock news.
Air-sea rescue
helicopters from Royal Air Force Sopworth were called out after a yacht
capsized in a storm __1__ the Devon coast. In spite of high seas the
helicopters __2__ rescue teams to try and save the crew. Two men and a girl
were taken to __3__. One was lost at sea. The other was rescued and taken to
hospital but was dead on arrival. The coast-guard __4__ small boats to stay in
the harbor, but the yacht, the “Napoleon III” from Poole, had set out for
France __5__ the warnings.
Viewers will be
able to see the members of the rescue teams after the news.
1. A) near from
b) off c) away d) of
2. A) rose b)
jumped c) ran d) lowered
3. A) safety b)
campaign c) session d) competition
4. A) would say
b) promised c) had asked d) helped
5. A) because of
b) due to c) since d) despite
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The Eight o’clock
news could be heard on the radio.
b) The news tells
about a yacht capsized in a storm.
c) In spite of high
seas the helicopters managed to try and help the crew.
d) The eight o’clock
news could be heard and seen on TV.
7. How many members
of the crew were there on the yacht?
a) 5.
b) 4.
c) More than 5.
d) 2 men and a girl.
8. Could the members
of the crew know about the approaching storm?
a) Yes. The high seas
showed it.
b) Yes. The
helicopters came because of the storm.
c) No. no one had
told them about it.
d) Yes. The
coast-guard had warned them.
9. Where did the
yacht go?
a) To the city of
Napoleon.
b) To France.
c) To Devon.
d) To Sopworth.
10. The verb to capsize means:
a) To start.
b) To keep.
c) To overturn.
d) To leave.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Breaking news.
At 8 p. m.,
October 330th, 1938, millions of Americans listened in to the start
of the Charlie McCarthy Show on their radios. It was a popular show and had a
large __1__ across the U.S. That night, however, the show had a new singer. He
was __2__. After he had started singing, many listeners became bored and tuned
in to a __3__, CBS, to see if there was anything better on there. First, they
heard some Latin American dance music performed by Ramon Raquello’s orchestra.
Then the announcer __4__, “Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our programme to
bring you a special bulletin from the intercontinental radio news. A number of
explosions of gas had been observed on Mars. And, moreover, there are reports
of a “jet of blue flame” moving away from Mars towards the Earth at great
speed”. The music returned.
Later, the
announcer added, “A huge flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, __5__ a
farm in New Jersey. Our reporter will give you a description of the scene
soon”.
1. A)
representation b) audience c) publication d) number
2. A) a nova b)
novice c) an unknown one d) a stranger
3. A) rival
station b) enemy station c) various station d) varied station
4. A) broke through
b) brought in c) scratched d) broke in
5. A) bombed on b)
fell on c) ascended on d) targeted on
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) If a radio
programme was not interesting, people could tune in to another one.
b) The announcer
interrupted some dance music which was very boring.
c) A large cosmic
object landed in America.
d) The text is about
the way once the news was made known or, in other words, how theу news was broken.
7. Why did many
Americans listen to the Charlie McCartney Show?
a) There was good
Latin music on there.
b) They could listen
to the intercontinental news.
c) New and fresh
singers had to start there.
d) It was pretty
famous in America.
8. What kind of
programme were people listening to when the news came in?
a) Male singing.
b) News bulletins.
c) Orchestral music.
d) The Charlie
McCartney Show.
9. When did a
meteorite land in New Jersey?
a) When the announcer
was breaking the news with a description of the scene.
b) When the music was
overdone.
c) On an autumn
evening.
d) When CBS started
broadcasting.
10. The word jet means:
a) A meteorite.
b) A Martian gas.
c) A stream of
burning substance.
d) An object.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The story with no
heading.
The programme
started on the night of Sunday, October 30, 1938 undramatically enough. At 8 p.
m. __1__ heard, “ The Columbia Broadcasting System presents Orson Welles and
his Mercury Theatre of the Air in War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells”. Then came
the unmistakable voice of Orson Welle. He was interrupted by a news announcer
reading a __2__ bulletin, “Tonight’s weather...” Nothing to cause alarm at this
stage.
A few minutes
after 8 o’clock a sombre voice interrupted the radio broadcast to warn
Americans, “Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make...” The
words that followed beamed out in a programme networked across the USA, __3__
remarkable scenes of panic. __4__ the announcement was that Martians had landed
in North America and were moving across the country at great speed. The USA was
being taken over by men from outer space, all resistance was useless.
The announcement
was part of the radio play, but __5__ so realistic and produced by such a
genius of the theatre that most people who heard it took it for the fact.
Besides, people who had tuned in from the start were already beginning to
forget that what they were listening to was really a radio play.
1. A) listeners b)
audience c) spectators d) radio viewers
2. A) weathering
b) startling c) routine d) discouraging
3. A) followed b)
caused c) announced d) alarmed
4. A) so b) as
if c) however d) for
5. A) one b)
this c) that d) radio
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the following
is not true?
a) There was nothing
peculiar about the radio programme at 8 o’clock on October 30, 1938.
b) The Columbia
broadcasting net worked across the USA.
c) The unmistakable
Orson Welles and his actor announced the bulletin of Martians provoking panic
in North America.
d) The genius of
Orson Welles made most people forget it was only the radio play they were
listening to.
7. The sombre voice
interrupting the radio broadcast after 8 o’clock:
a) Could be heard
throughout the United States.
b) Belonged to
Martians.
c) Was too grave to
announce the news.
d) Was panic stricken
by Martians landing in North America.
8. What were
Americans warned against?
a) War of the world.
b) The impending
invasion.
c) News
announcements.
d) Realistic and
disastrous genius of the theatre.
9. What heading would
you give to the story?
a) The weekend in
America.
b) Martians in panic.
c) Bulletins of Orson
Welles.
d) The Martians have
landed.
10. The word resistance means:
a) Opposition.
b) Invasion.
c) Contradiction.
d) Promotion.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Bernie, a St.
Bernard dog.
Bernie, a loveable
two-year old St. Bernard dog, had become excited during a walk with his owner,
Michael Harriman, 58, and __1__ down Mrs. Rae Whyte near her home in Hempland
Avenue, York, in February. The dog seized Mrs. Whyte’s arm and forced her to the
ground. She suffered a wound on her arm, which required several stitches, as
well as suffering from __2__.
Mr. Harriman told
the police that Bernie, who was on a lead, was an inquisitive dog and when Mrs.
Whyte had raised her arm he had thought it was a __3__ to play.
The case was
brought to York Magistrate Court but the dog narrowly escaped the serious
prosecution. Nick Darwin, defending, said, “It was an accident. Bernie had
never shown ant aggression. Several neighbors have confirmed it. It isn’t __4__
a St. Bernard’s nature to bite people and the breed is renowned for saving
human lives”.
Mr. Harriman
agreed to keep the dog __5__ and was ordered to pay the costs of the hearing of
the case in court. Mrs. Whyte was paid damages.
1. A) met b) brought
c) bit d) knocked
2. A) apathy b)
shock c) lethargy d) excitement
3. A) signal b)
start c) tape d) beginning
4. A) in favor b)
against c) over d) in
5. A) over lead
b) uncontrolled c) under control d) under arrest
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Bernie was a
renowned biter.
b) Bernie, two-year
old, was a pet.
c) Excitement caused
the dog to hurt Mrs. Whyte.
d) Mrs. Rae Whyte was
an inhabitant of York.
7. The owner of the
dog:
a) Suffered from the inquisitive
dog.
b) Had to excite
Bernie during the walk.
c) Was too old to
keep the dog on a lead.
d) Explained the
reason of the accident to the police.
8. Why did Mrs. Rae
Whyte raise her hand?
a) To tease the dogs.
b) She did it
accidentally.
c) To suffer
injuries.
d) She was forced to
the ground.
9. What is St.
Bernard’s breed famous for?
a) For the name of
the saint who patronize dogs.
b) It’s natural for
them to be inquisitive.
c) For rescuing
people.
d) For being friendly
with neighbors: several neighbors have confirmed it.
10. The word damages means:
a) Money to be paid
as compensation for injury or loss.
b) Stipend to a
judge.
c) Money paid for
hearing of the case in court.
d) Stipend from a
judge.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Polly at the
arrivals halls.
It was only
yesterday evening when Polly collected her luggage, went through customs and
out into the Arrivals Hall. To her surprise a crowd of people with cameras and
notebooks __1__ her, and began taking pictures of her and shouting out
questions: “Did you have a good flight?”, “Is this your first trip to
England?”, __2__. They were all staring at her intently.
Before __3__, one
of them suddenly pointed to someone behind her and shouted: “That’s her!” Polly
turned __4__ a well-known film star who had been on the same flight with her.
Oh, well, it was nice to think that she __5__ for someone so beautiful and so
famous, even if it was only for a few moments.
1. A) rushed
towards b) were rushing towards c) rushed behind d) rushed
in
2. A) as well b)
too c) and so on d) either
3. A) Polly can
reply b) Polly could reply c) Polly could replied d) there
was no reply
4. A) round and
looked b) around her and saw c) round and saw d) round and
saw at
5. A) am mistaken
b) am mistaking c) made a mistake d) had been
mistaken
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true? The action takes place ____.
a) at the airport
b) in the post office
c) in the shop
d) at the railway
station
7. Why did so many
people pay attention to Polly?
a) Polly was
beautiful.
b) Polly was a famous
film star.
c) They took her for
a film star.
d) Polly pretended to
be a film star.
8. What was Polly’s
reaction to the crowd of people with cameras?
a) She thought it was
nice to imagine that she looked like a film star.
b) She was
frightened.
c) She was at a loss.
d) She greeted the
crowd.
9. Polly was asked:
a) About her health.
b) If she was a film
star.
c) About the actress
who was on the same flight.
d) If she had a good
flight and if she had been to England before.
10. Why didn’t Polly explain
everything to those who took her for the film star?
a) She liked that so
many people paid attention to her.
b) She didn’t have
time to reply.
c) She didn’t know
what to say.
d) She was afraid to
speak.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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__1__ from death.
The other day I
read a story about how parachutist John Marx __2__ death by seconds when he was
doing his first ever parachute jump. Apparently John and his instructor Pete
Richards had been attached together and were going to come down using the same
parachute. Unfortunately __3__ they were jumping from the plane Pete was
knocked unconscious. So John found himself and Pete falling to earth at 125 mph
with no idea how to open the parachute! __4__ another parachutist Ronnie Borne
who was in the middle of his own sky dive saw what was happening.
Ronnie __5__ to
fly over to John and Pete and with only ten seconds to spare he succeeded in
getting their parachute to open allowing them to land safely to the ground.
1. A) run b)
drug c) escape d) transform
2. A) helped b)
heard c) was d) avoided
3. A) as b)
though c) since d) for
4. A)
unfortunately b) luckily c) bad luck d) lucky man
5. A) caught b)
managed c) surprised d) awoke
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following
is not true?
a) Parachutist John
Marx wrote about his experience of parachute jump with Ronnie Burne when they
were attached together.
b) When John Marx was
doing his first parachute jump, he nearly died.
c) Both Pete Richards
and his student intended to use the same parachute.
d) Ronnie Burne had
only seconds to help John and Pete.
7. What happened to
John Marx and Pete Richards?
a) John found Pete
but not the idea of opening the parachute.
b) Their parachute
was out of order – they couldn’t open it.
c) At 125 mph it was
impossible to open the parachute.
d) John Marx was
inexperienced – he couldn’t open the parachute without his instructor’s help.
8. How did Ronnie
Burne happen to be near the unfortunate parachute jumpers?
a) He was a member of
the rescue team.
b) He was jumping
with the parachute nearby.
c) He was able to see
what was happening from the flying field.
d) He was in the
middle of the sky.
9. How did John Marx
and Pete Richards manage to land safely to the ground?
a) Ronnie Burne
allowed them to use his parachute.
b) Ronnie Burne
opened their parachute.
c) Pete Richards
succeeded in opening his parachute.
d) The parachute
didn’t open but the unfortunate jumpers landed safely to the ground.
10. The verb to attach means:
a) To choose, to
decide
b) To fasten or to
join
c) To behave
d) To conclude
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The adopted twins.
In 1939nin Piqua,
Ohio, identical new-born twins were adopted by two families who __1__ that the
other baby had died. The Springers lived in Dayton, the Lewises in Lima, 80
miles away.
Six years later
Mrs. Lewis learnt by accident that the other twin was __2__ and was also called
James.
James Springer
grew up thinking his twin was dead, __3__ James Lewis didn’t know where his
twin was and hesitated for many years before looking for him through the jungle
of adopting courts.
In 1979 they met.
In their lives apart, the two James had married and divorced Lindas and had
remarried Betties; and had taken holidays on the same beach in Florida. __4__
had had the police training. One is now a security guard, the other is a
records clerk. When they met, their families noted similar speech patterns and
mannerism. __5__ James Lewis had short hair combed back and James Springer had
long hair combed forward...
1. A) talked b)
invented c) discovered d) were told
2. A) dead b)
alive c) healthy d) live
3. A) so b)
though c) while d) although
4. A) both b)
some c) both they d) some of the twins
5. A) also b)
besides c) still d) but
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) When the twins
met, they found they had both been married to women called Linda.
b) They had had the
police training and worked as security guards.
c) They spoke and
acted in a similar way.
d) The twins met at
the age of 40.
7. Where did James
Lewis look for his brother?
a) Through the
formalities in courts.
b) In the jungle.
c) On the beach in
Florida.
d) Among security
guards and records clerks.
8. How many years
since their adoption have passed when they met at last?
a) 40
b) 6
c) 46
d) 36
9. How was it
possible to tell the twins apart?
a) By the direction
of their combs.
b) They had different
hand-writing.
c) Their names were
different.
d) By their hair-styles
10. The word twin means:
a) A model of a baby
or person, usually for a child to play with.
b) Either of two
children or animal born together of the same mother.
c) Person united to
others by membership of the same society or profession.
d) A son of the same
parents as another person.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Chance encounter.
Perhaps the most
remarkable tale of a chance encounter is __1__ of Roger Lousier. At the age of
four, he strayed away from his mother along the beach at Salem, Massachusetts.
He paddled for a while and then got caught by a powerful undercurrent, and
would have drowned __2__ for a woman who brought him ashore and revived him.
The rescuer refused all rewards.
Nine years later,
Roger was tracking a shoal of bluefish when he saw that a heavily-built man
__3__ from his powerboat and was floundering helplessly. He paddled his raft
over in time to clutch the drowning man’s hand, and kept him afloat until
another boat got to them, and they went safely ashore.
In the hospital a
woman kissed the boy, “I’m Alice Blaise and I __4__ for saving my Bob”. It was
only during a presentation by the Massachusetts Humane Society, that Roger
learnt that he had saved the husband of the woman who had saved him on the same
beach __5__.
1. A) one b)
this c) encounter d) that
2. A) but b)
except c) with the help d) looking
3. A) fell b) had
fallen c) was fallen d) had felt
4. A) can’t thank you
enough
b) Can thank you enough
c) Can’t enough thank
you
d) Can’t say enough
thanks
5. A) after 9 years
ago b) in 9 years c) 9 years previously d) at 9 years
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Roger Lousier
nearly drowned because of the undercurrent.
b) The rescuer went
ashore with the four-year old Roger.
c) Roger Lousier
rushed to the beach to save the husband of the woman who had saved him.
d) Massachusetts
Human Society arranged a presentation.
7. Why did Bob Blaise
begin to drown?
a) Bob couldn’t help
looking at the bluefish Roger was tracking.
b) Bob fell from his
boat.
c) Bob tried to get
into the raft.
d) The powerboat was
built heavily.
8. How did Roger
Lousier save Bob?
a) Roger kept him
afloat as long as he could and another boat took them ashore.
b) Roger’s raft got
him safely ashore.
c) Bob’s powerboat
got to them.
d) Alice Blaise
helped Roger save her husband.
9. What was Alice
Blaise’s reaction to what Roger did?
a) She was
indifferent enough for saving Bob.
b) She was very
grateful.
c) She didn’t thank
Roger.
d) She couldn’t be grateful.
10. The word encounter means:
a) Charm, delight.
b) A person who
rescues a person or a thing.
c) A sudden or
unexpected meeting.
d) Position,
character.
Unit IV.
Stories of all
kinds.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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From the history
of Cambridge University.
Cambridge is
famous __1__ the world as one of the two oldest university cities in Britain –
Oxford, of course, is the other? Its streets are packed with students going
about their business on bicycles.
The story of the
university began in 1209 when students and scholars __2__ the little town of
Cambridge after they had walked 60 miles from Oxford. These students had been
students in Oxford where was constant trouble between the people living in the
town and the students. Then one day a student accidentally killed a man of the
town. The Mayor arrested three __3__ students who were innocent and they __4__
death. In protest all the students moved __5__, some coming to Cambridge, and so
the new University began.
1. A) through b)
on c) throughout d) out of
2. A) arrived in
b) reached in c) arrived to d) was arrived at
3. A) another b)
the other c) others d) other
4. A) put it b)
were put to c) put to d)were put at
5. A) anywhere b)
to somewhere c) in nowhere d) elsewhere
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which of the
following is not true?
a) Cambridge and
Oxford are the oldest universities in Britain.
b) You can see a few
students going about their business on bicycles in Cambridge.
c) The first students
and scholars came to Cambridge 791 years ago.
d) The first students
of Cambridge were the former students of Oxford.
7. How did the story
of Cambridge University begin?
a) It began as soon
as the first settlers of the little town of Cambridge arrived.
b) The story dates
back to 1209 when students from London University had to leave it and move to
Cambridge.
c) The story of
Cambridge University was connected with the events in Oxford 791 years ago when
the students there decided to leave the city.
d) The story of
Cambridge University began when the Mayor of Oxford asked the students from
Oxford University to move to Cambridge.
8. What do you think
about the relations that were among the citizens of Oxford and the students of
Oxford University? Which of these words describes it best?
a) Peaceful b)
warlike c) good-neighborly d) diplomatic
9. What happened in
Oxford one day 791 years ago?
a) One day a student
decided to kill a citizen of Oxford and killed him.
b) Once a citizen of
Oxford killed a student.
c) It so happened
that a student from Oxford University killed a citizen of Oxford – he didn’t do
it on purpose.
d) The Mayor of
Oxford killed a student.
10. What made the students of Oxford
University leave Oxford?
a) The accident took
place in Oxford in 1209 – the arrest and death of innocent students.
b) The fact that the
Mayor arrested the guilty students.
c) Cambridge
University was better than Oxford University.
d) The Mayor of
Oxford asked them to do it.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Barbara Cartland,
the Queen of Romance.
Barbara Cartland
is known both in Britain and in the United States as «Еру Queen of Romance’.
She __1__ by her publisher as “the world’s most famous romantic novelist” but
she is many other things __2__.
According to the
Guinness book of records she is the world’s most prolific writer, still __3__ a
new book every two weeks, and hold the record as the world’s top-selling
author, having sold some 30 million copies of her books. She wrote her first
book when she was twenty-one and it sold out as soon as it reached the shops.
__4__ she was written over 500 books.
She married in
1927, and after she divorced her first husband, she remarried in 1936. In 196,
she wrote twenty-one book and __5__ the world record, and shortly after this
she sang an album of love songs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. A) is described
b) described c) has described d) is describing
2. A) as also b)
well c) as well d) also
3. A) having
produced b) producing c) produces d) produced
4. A) after that
b) since then c) at that time d) then
5. A) was broken
b) breaks c) broke out d) broke
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Barbara Cartland
has sold 370 million copies of her books.
b) At the beginning
of her career she sang an album of love songs with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra.
c) Barbara Cartland
is famous s “The Queen oа Romance”.
d) Barbara Cartland
is the top-selling author.
7. What is the theme
of Barbara Carland’s books?
a) Her books are
about love.
b) The main theme of
Barbara Cartland’s books is war.
c) Her books are
devoted to the English history.
d) The books are
connected with the album of love songs she sang with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra.
8. How does Barbara
Cartland’s publisher describe her?
a) As a world
traveler.
b) As a love-story
writer and TV personality.
c) As the world’s
most known romantic novelist.
d) As a singer of
love songs.
9. When did Barbara
Cartland divorce her first husband?
a) In 1927.
b) In 1936.
c) At the time
between 1927 and 1936.
d) In 1976.
10. Why is Barbara Cartland included
in the Guinness Book of Records?
a) She’s the only
British author who sang an album of love songs.
b) She’s both a
writer and TV personality.
c) She wrote her
first book when she was twenty-one.
d) She writes more
books than other writers and her books are sold better than books of other
writers.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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The warship Mary
Rose.
The warship Mary
Rose was built in the years 1509-10. In 1544 England started a war against
France, and in 1545 French ships were sent __1__ the Channel towards England.
Some English ships went out from Portsmouth to meet them. One of those ships
was the Mary Rose. It was carrying 91 guns and 700 men – twice __2__ as normal.
It sank quickly to the bottom of the sea even before it was attacked by the
French. About 650 men __3__. The king of England himself saw this terrible
accident.
The next month an
attempt __4__ to raise the Mary Rose, but it failed. The ship was forgotten for
hundreds of years.
The ship was lifted
out of the sea in October 1982. Many people saw the raising of the Mary Rose on
television. __5__ the ship was taken into Portsmouth dock 437 years after she
had sunk.
1. A) to b)
across c) on d) in
2. A) many b)
more c) as much d) as many
3. A) were died
b) dead c) were dead d) died
4. A) has made b)
make c) was made d) made
5. A) Finally b)
Last c) In the final d) Lately
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The ship sank
because it was attacked by the French.
b) The Mary Rose was
built before the war against France.
c) The King of
England invited them.
d) France started a
war against England.
7. What happened to
the people on board the Mary Rose?
a) All the people
sank.
b) Most people died,
only 50 people died.
c) Most people
survived, only 50 people survived.
d) 500 people died,
100 people survived.
8. Why were the
French ships sent towards England?
a) It happened
because England started a war against France.
b) They were tourist
ships.
c) The King of
England invited them.
d) France started a
war against England.
9. When was the first
attempt made to raise the ship?
a) In 1545 b) in
1509 c) in 1982 d) in 1510
10. What was with the Mary Rose after
the first attempt to raise the ship failed?
a) Attempts to raise
the Mary Rose have been made many times since them.
b) The ship was taken
into London dock and made into a museum.
c) The ship was
raised 2 years after the first attempt had failed.
d) The ship was
forgotten for hundreds of years.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Traffic lights.
The first traffic
signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer. It was installed __1__ the
Houses of Parliament in 1868. It looked like any railway signal of the time,
and was operated by gas. However, it exploded and killed a policemen, and the accident
__2__ further development until cars became common. Modern traffic lights are
an American __3__. Red-green systems were installed in 1914. Three-color
signals, operated by hand from a tower in the middle of the street, were
installed in New York in 1918. The first lights of this type in Britain were in
London on the junction between St. James’s Street and Piccadilly, in 1925.
In the past,
traffic lights were __4__. In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los
Angeles the lights didn’t just change __5__ but rang bells to wake the sleeping
motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been replaced by standard
models, which are universally adopted.
1. A) inside b)
in c) outside d) in front
2. A) discouraged
b) disappointed c) displeased d) disarmed
3. A) discovery
b) puzzle c) intelligence d) invention
4. A) tragic b)
useless c)active d) special
5. A) loudly b)
silently c) slowly d) quickly
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The first traffic signal
was the cause of death of a British policeman.
b) The first traffic
signal was invented in the Houses of Parliament.
c) The first traffic
signal didn’t look like the traffic lights of today.
d) The first traffic
signal was placed near the Palace of Westminster.
7. What are traffic
lights?
a) Special signal
controlling road traffic by colored lights.
b) Movement of cars
along roads.
c) An official
controlling over the movement of cars.
d) Regulation of
traffic with the help of colored lights.
8. Whom do we owe the
traffic lights of the type we use now to?
a) Americans.
b) Members of
Parliament from Westminster Palace.
c) British.
d) Sleeping
motorists.
9. Why was the
changing of the traffic lights followed by the bells in 1930s?
a) To break the
silence of Los Angeles at night.
b) To wake the sleeping
drivers.
c) To replace the
standard models of the time.
d) To keep step with
the time.
10. The word junction means:
a) A narrow country
road.
b) The main public
road, main route.
c) A paved way at the
side of a street for people on foot.
d) A place where
roads meet or diverge.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Pilot holds New
York Hostage.
The first word of
__1__ came at 10.20 a.m. when a police department official telephoned the
United Nations and informed the Secretary General that a lunatic pilot in the
area planned __2__ his plane into the UN building.
The UN was
evacuated, fire teams moved into the UN grounds to cope with the disaster.
Then the police
corrected their __3__ report. The target of the pilot, Richard Boudin, was not
the UN, but the publishing company, housed in a building two blocks from the
UN.
Mr. Boudin
apparently felt that his novel, “Confessions of a Counterfeiter”, was not
getting enough publicity, __4__ he chartered the plane at a New Jersey airport
and radioed that he was going to destroy the publishing house.
Soon __5__ the
president of the publishing company agreed to talk with Mr. Boudin, if he would
land at La Guardian Airport. Mr. Boudin accepted and flew off, the crisis over.
Police said Mr.
Boudin would be charged with endangerment and other offences.
1. A) the threat
b) the gossip c) the rumor d) the history
2. A) to sit b)
to beat c) to take off d) to fly
3. A) primitive
b) pilot c) original d) hostage
4. A) because b)
so c) however d) besides
5. A) afternoon b)
after noon c) after these d) towards noon
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) The text is a
description of the incident in which dissatisfied writer was going to crash his
aircraft into a New York building.
b) Mr. Boudin was to
be accused.
c) Mr. Boudin was in
danger and offended with the charge.
d) Measures were
taken to prevent the disaster in the UN area.
7. The lunatic pilot:
a) Was to be taken to
the lunatic asylum.
b) Tended to act at
nights, being a lunatic.
c) Moved fire teams
onto the UN grounds.
d) Held New York
terrified.
8. Why did the
publishing company become the target of the pilot?
a) Mr. Boudin
probably thought the publishing house didn’t provide his novel with enough
information to attract public attention.
b) The police
corrected Mr. Boudin’s intention and changed their report.
c) There were no fire
teams in the neighborhood.
d) The publishing
house was only two blocks from the UN.
9. Who was going to
negotiate with Mr. Boudin?
a) The police.
b) The UN Secretary
General.
c) The counterfeiter.
d) The president of
the publishing company.
10. The word hostage means:
a) One held as a
guarantee that certain terms will be satisfied.
b) A highly nervous
person.
c) Hostile.
d) Person in danger.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Lightning strike
(1).
It is not
surprising that people in the past were afraid of lightning. We still find
lightning thrilling and fascinating. Scientists are trying to predict storms
and protect people __1__ lightning strikes.
Things used to be
much __2__. According to research by Dr. Derek Elsom the number of fatalities
has dropped by 80 per cent since the mid-1850s. this isn’t because lightning is
less __3__, but because fewer people now work in the open. The experience of
Roy Sullivan goes to show how dangerous it can be to work __4__.
Roy, a former park
ranger in Virginia, USA, held the world record for being struck by lightning. He
was first hit in 1942, losing just the nail from his big toe! He was struck
again in 1969, 1970 and 1973. In 1976 a strike hurt his ankle and in 1977 he
suffered chest and stomach burns. After __5__ all this he killed himself in
1983!
1. A) before b) against
c) for d) after
2. A) worse b)
better c) less d) fewer
3. A) furor b)
open c) average d) common
4. A) inside b)
upside c) outside d) downside
5. A) striking b)
lightning c) surviving d) living
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the
following is not true?
a) Dr. Derek Elsom
was engaged in research into lightning strikes prediction.
b) Scientists are
making efforts to predict storms.
c) We are still
looking for thrill and fascination in lightning.
d) People are known
to be as much afraid of lightning in the remote past as they are now.
7. According to D.
Derek Elsom’s research:
a) The number of
misfortunes caused by lightning strikes has fallen since the mid-1850s.
b) Strikes are not as
fatal as they were until 1850.
c) The number of
fatalists has dropped by 80 per cent since thee mid-1850s.
d) The less people
work in the open, the more fatal lightning strikes become.
8. What happened to
Roy Sullivan?
a) He committed
suicide.
b) He has been struck
by lightning thrice.
c) In 1976 his ankle
was injured. Hence he suffered chest and stomach burns.
d) He set up the
world record in lightning.
9. What other title
could you give to the story?
a) Lightning on
strike.
b) Lightning:
experience and research.
c) Invisible but
dangerous strikes.
d) Predictions and
reality as seen by the former park ranger.
10. The word ranger means:
a) Dangerous park
experience.
b) An experience
worker.
c) A former showman.
d) A keeper of a
(royal) park, who sees that the forest laws are observed.
PART A.
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Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Lightning strike
(2).
It is not
surprising that people in the past were afraid of lightning and thought it was
a sign of anger from their gods. We still find lightning thrilling and
fascinating. It is now also an important area of research for scientists, who
are trying to __1__ its secrets and are looking for ways to predict lightning
strikes and protect people.
Predicting when
and where lightning is likely to strike is one of the ways we have made it
__2__ of a danger. Forecasting lightning is taken most seriously in America.
But even the most __3__ forecasting systems can sometimes be caught out. In
March 1993, Florida and other states of America were struck __4__ severe
lightning storms. At the peak the “Sunshine state” was hit by 5,000 strikes an
hour. The cause oа the storm and the
reason it suddenly died out as it travelled north, is yet another mystery of
the lightning __5__.
1. A) over b)
invent c) uncover d) recover
2. A) less b)
more c) least d) a little
3. A) undeveloped
b) usual c) common d) advanced
4. A) out b)
by c) with d) of
5. A) phenomenon
b) secret c) illusion d) riddle
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Secrets of
lightning are yet to be revealed.
b) Long ago gods were
believed to show their anger by sending lightning.
c) We are still
looking for lightning and find it: thrilling and exciting.
d) The importance of
research into lightning should not be underestimated.
7. Predicting the
time and place of lightning:
a) Can sometimes be
caught out by forecasting systems.
b) Is taken for
granted in America and most forecasting systems.
c) Has made it not so
dangerous as it had been before.
d) Is like lightning.
8. The cause of the
storm in the “Sunshine state”.
a) Suddenly died out.
b) Is unknown.
c) Travelled north.
d) Was nit by 5,000
strikes an hour.
9. What other heading
would you give to the story?
a) The devil is not
so black as he is painted.
b) Lightning: myth
and reality.
c) Mysteries of
lightning to be solved.
d) Lightning on
strike.
10. The word lightning means:
a) A source of light.
b) Illumination
during strikes.
c) Striking light.
d) A large scale high
tension natural electric discharge in the atmosphere.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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Lightning strike
(3).
It is not surprising
that people in the past were afraid of lightning and thought it was a sign of
anger from their gods. We still find lightning thrilling and fascinating.
Up until the 18th
century people were given __2__ proof that lightning really can strike the same
place twice. Between 1388 and 1762, the famous bell tower of San Marco in
Venice, was severely __3__ or completely destroyed nine times. In England and
Wales things are not quite as bad as they were in Italy, but about a dozen
people are struck by lightning every year and a quarter of __4__ are killed as
a result. Men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
Lightning is an
important area of __5__ for scientists, who are looking for ways to predict
storms and protect people.
1. A) in fact b)
as a fact c) factually d) in practice
2. A) different
b) another c) dramatic d) the same
3. A) hurt b)
wounded c) injured d) damaged
4. A) it b)
this c) that d) those
5. A) research b)
search c) opening d) fortune telling
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) In the faraway
past gods were believed to get angry.
b) The more thrilling
and fascinating lightning becomes the more thrilled people get by this sign of
god’s anger.
c) It is only natural
that people in the past were afraid of lightning.
d) People are still
excited by lightning.
7. What proof were
people given until the eighteenth century?
a) The same place or
not, it can be struck.
b) People could
witness lightning twice, sometimes nine times.
c) Bell towers in
Venice could become famous due to lightning strikes between 1388 and 1762.
d) A place can be hit
by lightning more than once.
8. Where did people
run the risk of lightning strikes more often?
a) In England: men
were six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
b) In Wales: women
were six times less likely to be struck by lightning than men.
c) In Italy.
d) In famous bell
towers; as often as nine times.
9. What title would
you give to the story?
a) Lightning strike.
b) Lightning on
strike.
c) Enlightenment on
lightning.
d) Lightning: pros
and cons.
10. The word severely means:
a) Favorably b)
extremely c) little d) fortunately.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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How to boost your
memory.
Are you forgetful?
There’s a tremendous range of methods to boost your memory.
Your memory is
like a brilliant, but __1__ computer storing a vast amount of information. In
fact the memory’s capacity is theoretically unlimited. __2__ only about 20
percent of our daily experience is registered, and of that only a tiny
proportion is loaded into long-term memory.
Normal healthy
people can improve their memories easily. First of all learn to relax if you
are trying to memorize something. You may __3__ important items if your mind is
on something else or if you weren’t paying attention because of anxiety. Try to
combine study with exercise. Keep your mind fit __4__ your body by doing mental
workouts. Crosswords, scrabbles and quizzes all help to keep the mind in shape.
You can also train your memory systems called mnemonics, and they still work
today. Most systems involve associating the things you want to remember with
something you already have safely stored in your head. For example, if you want
to remember numbers try to make associations between numbers in sequence –
think of people’s ages, special dates, whether they’re odd or even.
1. A) unreliable
b) expensive c) reasonable d) powerful
2. A) besides b)
moreover c) likewise d) nevertheless
3. A) catch b)
pick up c) miss d) get
4. A) alike b) as
well as c) well as d) or
5. A) ways b)
tricks c) methods d) schemes
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
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6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Unbounded ability
of people’s memory can be developed or trained.
b) Memory’s capacity
is theoretically unlimited but practically it is restricted to 20 % of what is
loaded into long-term memory.
c) People’s memory
can be compared with a computer storing information.
d) To get rid of
forgetfulness one can use a series of methods.
7. Relaxation may:
a) Be helpful when
memorizing something.
b) Be an important
item if your mind is on something else.
c) Keep your body fir
for scrabbles, crosswords, and quizzes.
d) Combine study with
exercise.
8. What are memory
systems mostly based on?
a) Sequence of
numbers.
b) Mnemonics.
c) Associations.
d) Safe storage of
information.
9. What title could
you give to the story?
a) Memorial systems
of ancient Greeks still at work.
b) How to boost your
memory.
c) Long life to
long-term memory.
d) Forget-me-not:
unlimited capacity of memory.
10. The word capacity means:
a) A feature of
forgetful people.
b) An ability to
receive, hold or absorb.
c) Characteristics of
memorabilia.
d) Horizons of
unlimited memory.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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When a computer
error is a fatal mistake.
Life without
computers has become __1__. They are designed to look after so many boring but
essential things that we have become dependent on them. But __2__ the demands
placed on computers grow, so does the number of incidents involving computer
errors. It is only a matter of time before a computer-made catastrophe occurs.
As early as 1889, a word entered the language that was to become all too
familiar to computer scientists: a “bug”, meaning a mistake. For decades bugs and
“debugging” were taken to be part of every computer engineer’s.
Of course, more
often than not errors are __4__ annoying, but sometimes they can come close to
causing tragedies. On the Piccadilly line in London’s Underground a driver who
was going south along a track got confused while moving his empty train through
a cross-over point. He started to head north straight at a south bound train
full of people. The computerized signaling system __5__ to warn him of
impending disaster and it was only his quick human reactions that prevented a
crash.
1. A) elementary
b) unimaginable c) tireless d) trivial
2. A) however b)
no sooner c) in the meantime d) as
3. A) job b)
tragedy c) necessity d) action
4. A) not b) not
only c) just d) absolutely
5. A) managed b)
signaled c) failed d) succeeded
PART B
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Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
|
6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) Try as you might,
you can hardly manage without computers in modern world.
b) No matter how
boring computers might be, their demands grow.
c) Sooner or later,
the number of incidents involving computer errors is expected to increase.
d) In the course of
time computers are supposed to do more and more demanding job.
7. In the faraway
year of 1889 the word “bug”:
a) Appeared in the
language.
b) Was used by
mistake.
c) And “computer”
were synonyms to computer scientists and entered their language and life.
d) Familiarized
computer scientists with “de-bugging”.
8. What kept the
catastrophe in the subway from happening?
a) The driver’s
prompt actions.
b) The computerized signaling
actions.
c) Humane reaction.
d) Signals of the
driver.
9. What title could
you give to the story?
a) When a computer
error is a fatal mistake.
b) Growing demands on
computer errors.
c) Annoying bugs.
d) De-bugging in
London Underground.
10. The word impending means:
a) Crashed
b) Reasonable.
c) Looking forward.
d) Approaching, going
to happen.
PART A.
|
Directions (Question 1-5).
Fill in the gaps
in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct
answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.
Example: He __1__ a
lovely holiday in the country last year.
a) Bought b)
had c) passed d) gave
Answer: 1. B
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What is this thing
called love?
Love is remarkably
__1__: in the survey of 1991 only one in five of the 1, 000 people
interviewed said they were “not really in love”. To many researches the classic
__2__ of rapid pulse and legs turning to jelly are far from mysterious. Many
think it can all be explained by our biochemistry.
Scientists __3__
the excitement of that fatal attraction is created by adrenalin. The adrenalin
glands produce a hormone, whose side-effects include feelings of great
happiness.
People are often
attracted to others who have a lot in common with them – even if they don’t always
realize that they have anything in common. Facial attractiveness is a big
influence on the __4__ of partners, too. According to recent study, people have
long-lasting relationships with others of a similar level of attractiveness.
__5__ the explanation
for how and why we fall in love, one thing is clear: Nature has made the whole
thing as wonderful and addictive as possible.
1. A) rare b)
agreeable c) common d) average
2. A) bits b)
symptoms c) recipe d) proof
3. A) believe b) uncovered
c) provide d) invented
4. A) alternative b)
face c) race d) choice
5. A) however b)
whatever c) naturally d) whatever
PART B
|
Directions (Questions
6-10)
Questions 6 through 10 are based
on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer
to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text.
Mark the answer on your answer
sheet.
|
6. Which
of the following is not true?
a) According to
investigation of 1991, 200 out of 1000 people interviewed said they were “not
really in love”.
b) Love is
remarkable, jelly-like and far from mysteries.
c) Many scientists
suppose that it is possible to explain love by the chemistry of biological
processes and substances.
d) To many
researchers rapid pulse and legs turning to jelly my be indications of love.
7. It is:
a) The hormone that
produces biochemistry.
b) The survey of 1991
that revealed connections between happiness and biochemistry.
c) Only the facial
attractiveness that matters to researchers.
d) Adrenalin that
accounts for the excitement of the “fatal attraction”.
8. What do the words the
whole thing refer to in the last paragraph of the text?
a) Feelings of great
happiness.
b) Wonders of the
world.
c) Love
d) Love surveys.
9. What title could
you give to the story?
a) To love or not to
love.
b) Evidence of love.
c) Love and
attraction of scientists.
d) What is this thing
called love?
10. The word side-effect means:
a) A meaningless
effect
b) A secondary
effect
c) A mutual effect
d) An exotic effect
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