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Read the following article and decide if the statement below is TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or NOT GIVEN (C)

Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons They say that that

people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat The pigeons get bigger

because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is

responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds They hope to

encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food The mechanical birds - known as 'robops' - will sit on the roofs of buildings They can be moved around to different locations They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital

of Culture in two years

Statement: The robotic birds can move around the city centre

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a FALSE

b TRUE

c NOT GIVEN

Statement: Visitors shouldn't feed the pigeons

Read the following article and decide if the statement below is TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or NOT GIVEN (C)

The building company Hong Kong Housing is building a new suburb in Shanghai,

a city with a population of more than 15 million people But this suburb is not like other parts of Shanghai It is a little piece of England The name of the new area is

"English Town" The manager of Hong Kong Housing, Shi Guangsheng, says many people in this area of China want to buy an English house and live in an English town

"This town is like Bristol or Chester There is an English square and there are pigeons to feed like in Trafalgar Square, London There are four English-style pubs and you can buy English beer to drink There is a canal and you can row a boat there like in Cambridge."

Are there any cricket fields? "No, there aren't any places to play cricket because nobody in Shanghai can play this game But there is a football stadium like those

in England And the thing we are very proud of is our shopping street There are several shops where you can buy traditional English food like fish and chips or Christmas Pudding."

The rich Shanghai businessman can do some gardening too For with every house

in "English Town", there is an English lawn and there are long gardens with ponds and tall hedges

But there is one problem The houses in this part of town cost a minimum of

$400,000!

Question: The English pubs look like pubs in Cambridge

Chọn một câu trả lời:

Considering their wedding cost over $20,000 and took a year and a half to

organize, you would be surprised to hear that Richard and Victoria Hammond now intend to forget it Well, almost

"It was a wonderful wedding, an unbelievable day," says Victoria "But we have so much we want to do together now, we are both looking to the future." Her

husband, banker and amateur race driver Richard, agrees "Both our minds are now fixed firmly on the future I'll never forget our wedding ceremony or the reception

we had at a cliff-side hotel afterwards, but there's so much we want, so many

hopes Our marriage is so much more important than the wedding."

"At the moment, we are still living with my parents," explains Victoria, "so our first wish is to find our own place We intend to start looking for a new house with all the modern conveniences in the suburbs in the new year." Both Victoria and husband Richard have a lot of siblings Do they intend to add to the extended Hammond family? "We plan on having two or three children ourselves," Richard tells me "Victoria is just wonderful with children and I can get 3 years paternity leave from my work, which is just perfect."

The young couple has just returned from a two-week honeymoon spent in an

authentic Scottish castle Both the newly-weds are big travel lovers and Richard hopes this will continue "I would like to go travelling as much as possible

together Travelling with someone else is such a sharing experience I think it's sad

to experience all the wonderful places in the world and have no-one else there." Victoria also has another great travel ambition that she might have to do alone "I have always been fascinated by safari and my real wish is to go on safari Richard has no interest in wildlife though."

And what about the marriage itself? In a world with such a high divorce rate, how

do Richard and Victoria hope to avoid all the problems that beset so many other couples? Richard explains thoughtfully that "our ambition is to always talk to each other If you stop communicating, what chance do you have?" His wife goes along with that completely "I hope that we can speak about things, but also not expect everything to be easy I think many people expect the wedding to be the end of getting to know each other I think it's the start."

Statement: Victoria and Richard have been married for about a year and a half

a TRUE

b FALSE

The building company Hong Kong Housing is building a new suburb in Shanghai,

a city with a population of more than 15 million people But this suburb is not like other parts of Shanghai It is a little piece of England The name of the new area is

"English Town" The manager of Hong Kong Housing, Shi Guangsheng, says many people in this area of China want to buy an English house and live in an English town

"This town is like Bristol or Chester There is an English square and there are pigeons to feed like in Trafalgar Square, London There are four English-style pubs and you can buy English beer to drink There is a canal and you can row a boat there like in Cambridge."

Are there any cricket fields? "No, there aren't any places to play cricket because nobody in Shanghai can play this game But there is a football stadium like those

in England And the thing we are very proud of is our shopping street There are

several shops where you can buy traditional English food like fish and chips or Christmas Pudding."

The rich Shanghai businessman can do some gardening too For with every house

in "English Town", there is an English lawn and there are long gardens with ponds and tall hedges

But there is one problem The houses in this part of town cost a minimum of

Question: Shi Guangsheng feels proud about the English-style shops

Question: There aren't any cricket fields in the new development

Read the following article and choose the best answer for the following question:

In 1988, Maria Mutola was playing football as the only girl in an all-boys team in a local competition in Mozambique ‘We won’, she said ‘At first, no one thought it was a problem that I was a girl But then the team we beat complained’

The story appeared in a local newspaper and Jose Craveirinha, who had

encouraged other African athletes, learnt about Maria He went to meet her and found her kicking a ball around outside the football club He realized immediately that she was fast ‘He talked to me about athletics I had no idea what he meant The only sport I knew about was football Then he bought me running shoes and took me training It was such hard work and my legs really ached.’ But Jose visited

her parents and persuaded them she could be successful and this would help end their poverty They agreed to let him take her away to train

In 1991, she finally accepted and invitation to train in the United States She had refused previously because she knew she would miss her family Her background was unlike those of the girls she met in the US She explains, ‘They were good athletes but, while I worried about my parents having enough to eat, they worried about dresses and make-up They knew very little about me and even less about my problems But I knew I was lucky to be there The trainers were brilliant and I learn a lot

Today, Maria still runs and for most of the year she lives happily in South Africa with her mother

Question: Jose Craveirinha found out about Maria when

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a he saw an article about her role in a football team

b she was blamed for her team losing a football competition

c he went to watch a local football competition

Question: What is the writer trying to do in the text?

persuade more Africans to take up athletics

describe how Maria became a top athlete

give information about Mozambique

explain how Maria manages to stay fit

Question: What does Maria say about the girls she met in the United States? They did not make full use of their abilities

Their training programmes were less demanding than hers

They did not show enough respect for the trainers

Their experiences of life were very different from hers

Question: What would Maria say about her life?

a) José has made all my dreams possible From the first day we met, I was certain I wanted to become a top athlete

b) My life hasn't always been easy but I've had many opportunities

Running is important to me and so is my family

c) I regret becoming involved in athletics It was horrible leaving Mozambique and my parents I'd like to go back to football

d) The US has some wonderful training facilities, so I'm glad that I agreed to

go when I was first offered the chance

Question: When Jose first introduced Maria to athletics, she

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a was worried about being injured

b was keen to learn everything he knew

c didn’t know what was involved

Read the following article and decide if the statement below is TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or NOT GIVEN (C)

Shambo, the bull at the centre of a three-month legal fight, has been killed After a positive test for TB, an order was made for his slaughter, in keeping with the law However, the multi-faith community where he lived went to court to try to save him as he was a sacred animal to Hindus.A High Court judge said that the order to kill him was unlawful, but the decision was overturned in the Appeal Court Police had to be called in as worshippers had formed a human shield around the animal to stop him being taken away Opinion is very divided on the issue- some believe that

he was a danger to the national herd and needed to be killed, while others feel that religious beliefs should be respected and the community had offered to provide sufficient measures to ensure that he would not infect any other animals if he

contracted the disease as they planned to isolate him The authorities cut through the security fence and led the bull away The following morning they announced that he had been given a lethal injection

The debate on the issue is unlikely to end with the death of Shambo and may

widen into a debate about the policy of killing cows that test positive for TB

Statement: The debate on Shambo’s death would cease soon

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a NOT GIVEN

b TRUE

Read the following talks about eating out and answer the question below:

1.The last time I went to a restaurant was about 2 months ago My wife and I wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary with a good meal so we went to an expensive Italian restaurant in downtown Lisbon We both had pasta to start and for the main course my wife ordered a steak and I chose fish For dessert we both ate chocolate cake topped with fresh cream Delicious!

2 I went to a restaurant yesterday evening with my sister's children It wasn't very expensive and the menu was very limited We all had a burger and French fries, and drank cola It wasn't very good

3 My boyfriend loves spicy food so this restaurant was perfect The waiters were all really friendly and polite, and they played traditional sitar music which was very relaxing The menu offered vegetarian dishes as well as meat dishes served

with rice and a sauce - it depended on how hot you wanted it! I chose a mild beef curry but my boyfriend had a lamb 'vindaloo' - he also drank 2 liters of water!!

4 My class at the university went there last weekend It's a very popular type of restaurant in my country It generally offers one type of food (a kind of bread with cheese and tomato sauce) which you then choose what ingredients to add on top of

it I asked for olives and mushrooms on mine and my classmates each had

something different so we could taste a piece of each person's meal

Question: In which text didn't the person enjoy their meal?

Question: In which text did the person eat pizza?

A typical one week cruise

Day One - departure from Miami

Day Two - free day in Nassau, in The Bahamas

Day Three - near Haiti

Day Four - visit Puerto Rico and Antigua

Day Five - free day in Barbados

Day Six - free day in Port of Spain, Trinidad

Day Seven - travel to Caracas, Venezuela

Day Eight - fly home

All food and drink is included in the price of your cruise (except for alcoholic drinks) Our cruise ships all have a casino, a cinema, a five-star restaurant, a

theatre, a library and a fully equipped gymnasium

If you prefer to go on a cruise in another part of the world, we also organize cruises

in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean

Our ships carry over 2000 passengers and we have nearly 600 crew members

So come on board today for the holiday of a lifetime!Call immediately:

Statement: The cruise may start in Spain

Statement: There is a cinema on board each ship

Statement: The ship doesn’t travel to Venezuela

to make good food,

Class member Bill, aged ten, says, ‘I love my mum’s cooking and now I can do it better than her The teachers make us laugh, especially when we sit down with them to share the good we’ve made’

Flora is twelve, and she’s having problems preparing onions ‘I love cooking I did

a meal for ten friends which they really enjoyed Then my mum suggested I take

up a hobby, instead of doing nothing at weekends I was happy staying at home, so

I wasn’t too keen at first I’m really glad I decided to come, though’

Their teacher, Phillipe, says, ‘It’s great fun Children pay attention and remember things better than adults, although the kitchen isn’t always as tidy when they’re cooking! As adults, we’re always learning more about food If parents interest their children in cooking while they are young, they’ll have enough skill to make food for themselves when they leave home

Question: Why did Flora join the course?

a Her mother wanted her to develop an interest

b She felt bored at weekends, with nothing to do

c She wanted to learn to cook a big meal

Question: What is the writer trying to do in the text?

a advertise schools that teach people how to cook

b describe how some children spend their spare time

c warn parents not to expect too much from their children

Question: What can a reader find out from this text?

a why the classes are so successful

b how much one lesson costs