1. What is the main idea of the text? A) One shouldn’t keep silence for personal security. B) It is important to listen to other people’s opinion.
C) It is fair to denounce brutality. D) One can’t always speak the truth.
2. Which of the following statements is present in the text? A) Freedom turns into exile after jail. B) Honesty doesn’t bring on diplomatic troubles.
C) Rebel prisoners do not respect “Greens”. D) Human beings are worth loving and believing in.
3. According to the text, the author changed because she A) discovered she wasn’t acting like a real “Green”. B) made a pledge to the other women in prison C) didn’t believe in the goodness of people. D) was respected by her fellow prisoners.
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A major reason for conflict in the animal world is territory. The male animal establishes an area; the size of the area is sufficient to provide food for him, his mate (or mates) and their offspring. Migrating birds, for example, divide up the best territory in the order of ‘first come, first served’. The late arrivals may obtain larger territories, but less food is available, or they are too close to the habitats of the enemies of the species. If there is really insufficient food or the danger is very great, the animal will not mate. In this way, the members of the species which are less fit will not have offspring.
When there is conflict over territory, animals will commonly use force, or a show of force, to decide which will stay and which will go.
Taken from Contemporary English ,
by R. Rossner, P. Shaw J.
Shepherd and J. Taylor.
4. Which of the following ideas is true according to the text?
A) Migrating birds prefer to settle in large territories.
B) Mate animals select their territory according to their size C) Large territories are the main source of trouble for migrating birds. D) The amount of available food animals need determines the territory they choose.
5. What does the word “they”, underlined in line 5, refer to? A) Large territories B) Best territories. C) Migrating birds D) Late arrivals.
6. The word “mate”, underlined in line 7, can be substituted by A) settle B) couple C) hunt D) eat.
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY. Russian poet and playwright, later canonized poet laureate of the Revolution by Stalin, he was literary star of the post period of the 1920s. (He and rival Sergei Esenin contended for the role of spokesman * for the proletariat and the new order.) Although never a member of the Communist Party, Mayakovsky became the troubadour of the Revolution and Bolshevism, and he was a superb propagandist, creating thousands of poems, advertisements, posters, and slogans to sell Lenin and the Soviets to the masses.
Matching the age in which he lived, Mayakovsky was dramatic and demanding. His emotions-his love of women, his need for love, his need to belong, his loneliness-were, like his physical presence, larger that life.
Taken from Short Lives by Katinka
Matson.
* Spokesman. — A person chosen to speak on behalf of a group.
7. Which of the following ideas is present in the text?
A) Mayakovsky didn’t agree with Sergei Esenin B) Mayakovsky wanted to denounce Lenin to the masses C) The goal of Mayakovsky was to proclaim the Russian Revolution D) Stalin didn’t hesitate to call Mayakovsky a saint of Revolution.
8. According to the author, Mayakovsky was a A) lonely man B) ladies’ man. C) strong person. D) political publicist...
9. When the author says that Mayakovsky was “demanding”, he means that he A) gave orders. B) was rigorous. C) asked questions D) showed impatience.
10. Engineer Smith is in charge of the rnainten ______________ of the computer. A) ing B) ence C) ize D) ance.
11. The tickets are sold out. We cannot call the show _________________now! A) for B) off C) down D) over.
12 When we visited the plant, they gave us a _________of each product. A) brine B) layer C) shovel D) sample
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13. Hamlet and King Lear are two of Shakespeare’s ______________works. A) brine B) spare C) major D) barely.
14. She reminded me _____________ A) just vaguely B) my mother said C) every day of your D) about my medicine.
15. Heather won’t be promoted unless she ____________ up the rest __________ of the group A) keeps / to B) stays / to C) puts / with D) catches / with.
16. The end doesn’t always justify the _________________. A) means B) goods C) profits D) sources.
17. First I wished to marry her, but now I have A) made a deal B) talked over C) seen her off D) changed my mind.
18. Please, sharp ________ all my colored pencils A) en B) al C) ive D) ise.
19. I _________my typewriter _________, but I couldn’t find the electrical failure. A) set / up B) blew / out C) tore / apart D) put / together.
20. Linda makes a _________ of 5 dollars on every for the cake she sells A) fare B) trade C) range D) profit.
21. Joan is ___________ at her husband’s laziness. A) pursued B) vanished C) disgusted D) encouraged.
22. Lucy didn’t know the legal __________ for adopting a child A) booklet B) tonnage C) compound D) procedure.
23. The_____________ of this product lies in its low cost. A) profit B) output C) advantage D) confidence.
24. San is _________ to start working, but he hasn’t found a job yet. A) willing B) thrifty C) compulsory D) outstanding.
25. This book _________ with the economic problems in Latin American countries. A) labels B) deals C) breeds D) faces.
26. The new technology will bring addition ___________ benefits. A) al B) ive C) ment D) ance.
27. The fruit must be ______________ before it ripens. A) bred B) shipped C) searched D) diminished.
28. We have to ___________ the goods by train. A) hire B) pack C) ship D) source.
29. Were you ____________ leave when Karen arrived? A) about to B) by way of C) In order to D) all at once.
30. National__________ oil will increase this year. A) output B) tonnage C) compound D) merchandise.
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