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TESTS FOR READING

          Task 1

             Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best suits each of (1-6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

CHANGE IN THE AIR AS PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO USE MOBILES

By David Robertson

                           One of the last refuges from incessantly ringing mobile phones is about to disappear as Emirates plans to allow passengers to use

                           them on aircraft from January. The sound of people telling friends and relatives that they are "over Greenland" (1_________) and                     the wail of babies.

                                                           The airline has spent $14 million developing technology that will allow passengers to use their mobiles in the air without the

phones interfering with cockpit systems. Phones are currently banned on all flights as soon as the engines are started because sssign                 signal surges that (2 ________   )

Emirates believes that it                     Emirates delieves that it will  get approval from European air-safety regulators by January to become the first  airline to offer  the servіce. The calls (3._________)   with airlines taking percentage to cover its investment. Using a phone in flight will cost about $2   a minute  or 60p for a text message.

                            Emirates hopes to add a Black Berry service and  laptop internet access later  in the year. The company, based in Duba believes that its passengers     4. ( ______ ), pointing  to the number that rush to switch on their mobile phones that after   landing. Emirates says that the average of 13passengers a flight use the credit –card operated phones that are already

 installed 5. (_____)

But whether passengers want to listen to their neighbours discussing the view at 40,000 ft is doubtful  according to resent surveys. In one US study, only 11 per cent of the 50,000 passengers asked wanted to make calls while on a flight. Many said that they enjoyed being uncountable, and business-class passengers in particular were eager 6 (_______). Emirates says it will counter  these objections by allowing air crew  to switch  off  system at night.

 

 

A. despite their inconvenience and high prices

B. will be charged at regular international roaming rules

C. can interfere with navigation and communication systems

             D.to catch up on sleep rather than use their phones

E. to use mobiles cheaply and without a lot of fuss

F. will now be added to the drone of engines

G. despite regulations banning them

             H. will want to use the service

Key: IF, 2C, 3B, 4H, 5A, 6D.

 

Task 2

 

Read the text. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (l-6).There are two choices you do not need to use.

Travellers' Tales

The pilot turned and shouted above the noise of the engine. "If those animals start to cross the runway we'll need to abort the landing." My husband Ludo and I could only agree - "the animals" were bigger than our tiny plane. This lwas our introduction to Ruaha, a little - known

national park in Tansania. We landed on the mud airstrip (1.____________ ). Ruaha' normally bone

dry. had received its annual rain fall in just a month. The rain had brought new life to the bush - newborn impala, baby giraffe and tiny vervet monkeys (2.____________). But it also meant that with food and water everywhere the game had dispersed.

Just before we went off for a bike ride in Kruger National Park I met a man whospoke

Elephant. We were on a game drive, parked at the side of a dusty track (3.____________) browse the

sweeping banks of the Olifants River. All very idyllic, until one large bull elephant took exception to us and made as if to charge. We were nervous and wondered why our guide didn't start the engine - but at this point he leaned out of the window, cupped his hands to his mouth and made a strange hissing noise (4._______). The guide repeated the noise and the creature backed away.

I'm not sure what woke me but I think it was the horses tethered in the valley below. I lay still in my sleeping bag for a while, (5.__________) and reminding myself where I was: halfway through a trekking holiday in Jordan, sleeping on a rock ledge somewhere near Wadi Rum. (6.__________   ), I sat up in time to see the sun start to appear over the mountains. Even the horses fell quiet, as if they too were overcome by the desert dawn.

A.   Taking most of my court with me;

B.   Watching a vast range of animals;

C.   Clinging to their mothers;

D.   Pulling my knees towards me ;

E.   Going about their daily business unconcerned by a human audience;

F.   Watching the sky lighten;

G.   Coasting past the herd of feeding elephants;

H.   Bringing the running beast to a halt;

Key: 1G, 2C, 3B, 4H, 5F, 6D

 

    Task 3

 

   Read the text. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (l-6).There are two choices you do not need to use.

Pensioners Accused of Kidnapping

Four pensioners have appeared in court, accused of kidnapping their financial advisor and holding him for four days.

The pensioners had invested millions of euros in the US property market but lost it during  the recent financial crisis.

This report is from Steve Rosenberg: in Germany, * you think your financial advisor has been giving you bad advice

(1.____________) you can complain to the regulators, you can go to the police. But in Bavaria, one group of pensioners stands

 accused of employing a much more direct method of (2._______). They're on trial for kidnapping their financial advisor and holding

him hostage.

Four senior citizens, aged between 63 and 79, had invested nearly three and a half million dollars in the US  property

market and lost it all in (3._________). They'd concluded that the man who'd handled the investment should now

reimburse them.

According to prosecutors, last summer the pensioner posse plus one accomplice abducted the financial   advisor outside

his house, tied him, gagged him, put him in a box and transported him in the boot of a car   450 kilometres to a lakeside

retreat.  He (4._______) four days locked in the cellar there and to have been tortured.  After "the agreeing to their

demands, the prisoner was allowed to send a fax to Switzerland arranging payment. He concealed the phrase 'call the

Police'. in the text and the alarm was raised. Soon after (5.___________)   came to the rescue.

On the opening day of the trial, the 74 year old alleged ringleader of the gang  avoided usin the word 'kidnap'. He said he

and his co-defendants had only wanted to (6.________) days holiday in Bavaria.

 

A. accused of committing the crime

B. a crack team of commandos

C. and messing up your investment

D. registering their dissatisfactions

E. treat their guest to a couple of

F. the sub-prime mortgage meltdown

G. claims to have spent

H. making it known how unhappy

 

Key: 1C, 2D, 3F, 4G, 5B, 6E

Task 4

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best suits each of (1-6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Esperanto

In                           1887, Polish physician L.L. Zamenhof published a book under his pseudonym called Doctor Esperanto's International

 Language  and Complete Landbook. This initial text, which was both a tutorial and the manifesto for a new social movement, spread the word of  a new international language known as Esperanto. (1.__     _               ) Many of these artifice languages were like Esperanto in the fact that they were created to be an auxiliary language, that is, a second language for people around the word in order to allow for  improved  global communication. Of all of the artificial languages, it is Esperanto which caught on the best.

Though today there are only between a few hundred thousand and a few million speakers of Esperanto around the word, those  devoted to advancing the goal of the international language are as dedicated as ever. (2.___________)The Internet has helped to spread the word of Esperanto and to help many better understand the need for an  international languag  (as not everyone speaks English on the Wet. (3.          ) Some students of language can  become quite familiar with it through home study over a matter of a few weeks or months. According to supporters,  Esperanto even  helps students learn other languages    easier. (4.            )

From the base  _Qf 15 000 to 20,000 root words - once can combine roots and suffixes to form over 150,000 words in Esperanto. Since 1905, Esperantists from around the world (and the more than 70 national  Esperanto societies) have come together for an annual World Esperanto Congress.

                             Despite initial French resistance (France wanted the French language to continue to be the official  diplomatic language), in 1924 A. League of Nations put its stamp of approval on Esperanto by recommending that member states implement it as  Uary langua^ In 1954 Esperanto gained additional success as the United Nations Educa ions, Seento and JCultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized Esperanto as a viable possibility for an axillary language so established official relations with the Universala Asperanto-Asocio (UEA).

(5.                    ) Some Asian universities offer courses in Esperanto. An undergraduate degree in Esperanto has actually been available at a Hungarian university since 1967. (6.       ) Although the number of Esperanto speakers worldwide is small, its likely that the artificial language will continue to gain followers with our increasingly global connections.

 

 

A.  As a potential vehicle for international understanding, Esperanto attracted the suspicion

                of many totalitarian states.

                                                                                                         .

B.   The Esperanto movement is becoming quite active in Asia, especially in Japan and

                China.

C .  Esperanto is based on roots commonly found in European languages and the grammar is very simple.

 

D. Esperanto is popular because it is easy to learn.

 

E.      There are over 100 newspapers, magazines, and journals printed in Esperanto and many books are written in or translated into the language by devotees of the language and its movement.

 

F. At the time, there had been dozens of international languages already created.

 

G. As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic language.

 

H. Esperanto speakers can be found today in Brazil, Japan, Iran, Madagascar, Bulgaria, and Cuba.

 

 

Key: IF, 2E, 3D, 4C, 5B, 6H