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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
