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READING 2 SUPPLEMENTARY PRACTICE & PREPARATION FOR EXAM 1/ Read the text and fill in each blank with one word

Jill was walking to her class slowly She was worried _1 _ the History test she would have to _2 _ that morning As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of paper suddenly fluttered down and _3 _ near her feet As Jill glanced down at the paper, her heart nearly _4 _ a beat It was

the History test paper complete _5 _ answers !

Jill's very first thought was not to _6 _ anyone about what she had found She would memorize _7 _ the answers and do extremely _8 _ in the test After some hard thinking, however, she knew that it would be a very _9 _ thing to do Besides, it would not be _10 _ to her classmates

In the _11 _ , Jill returned the paper to her History teacher, Miss James

"Thanks, Jill I have been searching high and _12 _ for it," said the teacher

"I I've read all the questions _13 _, Miss James," Jill confessed

Miss James _14 _ her not to worry as she would think of new questions for the test Jill's _15 _ sank She was half hoping that the test _16 _ be cancelled Nevertheless, she did her best in the new test later that day

A few days later, the test papers were _17 _ to the class Go her pleasant surprise, Jill discovered that she had _18 _ eighty marks

"You know something," she told her friends "I could easily have scored _19 _ marks if I had cheated on this test But I wouldn't be as pleased as I am _20 _ with the eighty marks I obtained."

2/ Read following articles and choose the best answer for each question.

The Statue of Liberty stands at the entrance to New York Harbor It is a gift given by the people of

France to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago It is a symbol of the friendship of

the two nations established during the American Revolution Over the years, the Statue of Liberty has become a representation of freedom and democracy of people everywhere

To honor the American Declaration of Independence for 100 years, sculptor Frederic Bartholdi was

commissioned by the French Government to design a sculpture in 1876 The Statue was an effort by

both America and France The American people and the French people both agreed upon building the sculpture The French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean

In France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among the methods used to raise funds In the United States, money was raised by benefit theatrical events, art exhibitions, and auctions However, fund-raising for the sculpture was going particularly slowly, so Joseph Pulitzer, the founder of the Pulitzer Prize, began some new pages in his newspaper to support the fund-raising effort Pulitzer used his newspaper to criticize both the rich and the middle class who had failed to finance the

construction of the sculpture This action of criticism was successful in motivating the people of

America to donate

The financing for the sculpture was completed in August 1885, and the construction of its pedestal was finished in April of 1886 The Statue was completed in France in July 1884 Because the Statue was too big, it was divided into 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 big boxes The Statue arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885 and was built on Bedloe’s Island The Statue’s framework was engineered

by Gustave Eiffel who later designed the famous tower in Paris, which takes his name On October 28,

1886, in front of thousands of visitors, President Grover Cleveland announced the official name of the Statue, which was Liberty Enlightening the World Since then, millions of visitors have visited her Over the years, Americans shortened the name of the statue They called it the Statue of Liberty, or Miss Liberty In 1956, the name of Bedloe’s Island was changed to Liberty Island and became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument

1 What would be the best title for this passage?

A New York Harbor

B The American Revolution

C The Statue of Liberty

D A French Sculpture

2 What does the Statue stand for?

A Freedom and democracy

B The American Revolution

C New York Harbor

3 What does it in paragraph 1 refer to?

A New York Harbor

B The United States

C The Statue of liberty

D American Revolution

4 Who was commissioned to design the Statue by the French government?

A Frederic Bartholdi

B Joseph Pulitzer

C Grover Cleveland

D Gustave Eiffel

5 The word commissioned in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to…

A Combined

B Conserved

C Assigned

D Accompanied

6 Which was the method for the French to raise funds?

A Benefit theatrical events

B Art exhibitions

C A lottery

D Auctions

7 In the US, money was raised by the following methods EXCEPT …

A Articles

B Art exhibitions

C Auctions

D Public fees

8 The word motivating in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to…

A Asking

B Moving

C Requesting

D Encouraging

9 When did the Statue arrive in America?

A In July 1884

B In June 1885

C In August 1885

D In April 1886

10 According to the passage, what fact can be inferred about Gustave Eiffel?

A He designed the Statue of Liberty

B He visited America on October 28, 1886

C He designed Eiffel Tower in France

D He criticized the rich and the middle class

3/ Read the text and fill in each blank with one word

"Would you like to buy a box of matchsticks, mister ?" the little girl asked The man _1 _ she

approached did not even _2 _ to answer her He shuffled _3 _ in his great coat, eager to get home _4 _ his cosy fireplace

The girl was shivering _5 _ the cold It had been _6 _ continuously for the past two days The girl's shoes, _7 _ were already thin were thoroughly soaked Yet, her sweet, angelic _8 _ did not lose _9 _ innocent smile It only made her _10 _ more pathetic when she knitted her brows sometimes Her feet _11 _ sore with painful chilblains

Someone shouted, "Watch _12 _, girl !"

It was too _13 _ ! The coach ws going too fast and the _14 _ had not seen her earlier There was barely enough _15 _ for the little girl to take a step back In her hurry to get to _16 _, the basket of matchsticks fell _17 _ the snow

She _18 _ them up, wet and dirty from a puddle of melted snow The matchstick couldn't be used now as she began to make her way _19 _, she realized that she had lost _20 _ of her shoes in the snow

4/ Read the following articles and choose the best answer for each question.

Times Square is the most bustling square of New York It is known for its many Broadway theaters, cinemas and huge signs along the streets It is one of those places that make New York a city that never sleeps

becoming the center of the city’s social scene In 1904, the New York Times built the Times Tower on

called the Longacre Square, but was soon renamed Times Square The name is now used for the area between 40th and 53rd streets and 6th and 9th avenues

The New York Times moved its main office to Times Square The event was celebrated with a fireworks show, starting a New Year’s Eve tradition which still continues today

At the start of the First World War, Times Square was the center of the Theatre district and attracted a

large number of visitors This made the square an ideal place for billboards In 1917 the first large

electric display billboard was installed Eleven years later, the first running electric sign was first used

to announce Herbert Hoover’s victory in the presidential election

In the 30s, the Great Depression led to a sharp decline in theater attendance Much fewer people went

to the theaters to watch a show Many businesses had closed down, and they were quickly replaced by others After the Second World War, the Theater district was booming again At the end of the 1960s, the area started to go downhill and in the mid-70s, tourists avoided Times Square, which had become a place full of crimes

In the 1980s, the Walt Disney Company opened a Disney store on Times Square This attracted more businesses to the area, leading to a so-called ‘Disneyfication’ Like most of New York City, the area is

a lot safer now than in the early 90s and is once again a magnet for tourists and the center of New

York’s social scene

1 Which title best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A Times Square

B New York City

C The New York Times

D Disneyfication

2 When was the Times Tower built?

B In 1904

C In 1917

D At the end of the 1960s

3 According to the passage, what is Times Square known for?

A The Longacre Square

B The New York Times

C The Disney store4

D Broadway theaters, cinemas and huge signs

4 The word This in paragraph 3 refers to…

A The fact that the First World War was going to break out

B The fact that Times Square attracted a large number of visitors

C The fact that the first large electric display billboard was installed

D The fact that Herbert Hoover announced his victory in the presidential election

5 The word ideal in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to…

A Identical

B Perfect

C Idea

D Exact

6 According to the passage, what is NOT true?

A The popularity of theatres has remained steady in the US

B The New York Times is located on Times Square

C Times Square was once called the Longacre Square

D Herbert Hoover was a politician

7 The word sharp in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to …

A Slight

B Fine

C Quick

D Dramatic

8 The word magnet in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to …

A Place

B Scene

C Square

D Attraction

9 When was a Disney store opened on Times Square …

A In the mid-70s

B In the 30s

C In the 1980s

D In the early 90s

10 What does the author say about ‘Disneyfication’?

A The Disney store on Times Square attracted lots of businesses to the area

B The Walt Disney Company moved its main office to the area in the 1980s

C Times Square became much safer than in the early 90s due to Disney

D The Disney store made Times Square the center of New York’s social scene

3/ Read the text and fill in each blank with one word

It was midnight when the last guest left I sighed heavily as I looked around The living room

of spilt beer on my best Persian carpet My antique vases were totally smashed They had even

ever had

4/ Read the following articles and choose the best answer for each question.

Crop circles are unexplained patterns that are found in fields, over treetops, and in ice and snow They are mostly found in wheat or corn fields, but have also been in oat, rape, and barley ones Crop circles are also referred to as crop formations, because they are not always round in shape

While the exact date crop circles began to appear in unknown, such cases have greatly increased from the 1970s to current times Twenty-six countries ended up reporting

approximately ten thousand crop circles in the last third of the 20th century, and 90% of those were located in southern England

Many of the formations appearing in that area are positioned near ancient monuments, such as

Stonehenge Nearly half of all circles found in the UK are located within a 15-km radius of Avebury Formations are usually made overnight, but have also been made during the day The most widely known method for a person or group to make a crop formation is to tie one end of

a rope to an anchor point, and the other end to a board which is used to crush the plants More

recent methods include the use of a lawn roller

Some crop formations are paid for by companies who use them for advertising Other

formations are sometimes claimed by individuals or groups But they don’t have any evidence

to support their assertion In 1991, Dough Bower and Dave Chorley said that they had started the phenomenon in 1978 by making actual circles on crops with the use of simple tools Nowadays, crop patterns not only still exist, but have become extremely complex Some of them even look like the creatures from outer space in science fiction movies, thus leading to wild guesses and debates