TEST 6

Reading

Read the story and tick A, B, C or D

ALFRED NOBEL

When Alfred Nobel invented dynamite he became a very rich man. However, he understood
destructive power of his invention too late. Nobel did not want to be remembered as the inventor of
dynamite, so in 1895 he created a fund to award prizes to people who made important contributions
to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace.
Economics was added in 1968, sixty-seven years after the first award ceremony.

Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, diploma, and
money are presented to the winners. Now the awards are usually from $1,000,000 to $1,400,000.

Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous
science awards, but very few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the
beginning of the World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare, others have shared
their prizes.

41. When did the first award ceremony take place?

A. 1895

B. 1901

C. 1961

D. 1968

42. Why was the Nobel Prize established? A. to recognize important contributions

to humanity

B. to solve political problems

C. to honour the inventor of dynamite

D. to spend money

43. In which area have Americans received the most awards?

A. literature

B. economics

C. peace

D. science

44. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. No one received awards from 1940 till 1942.

B. Ceremonies are held on December 10 to honour Nobel's invention.

C. Politics can play an important role in selecting the winners.

D. A few people have won two awards.

45. In how many fields are prizes awarded?

A.2

B.5

C. 6

D. 10

Invent-ɪnˈvent-გამოგონება

Dynamite-ˈdaɪnəmaɪt

Become-became-გახდომა

Rich-rɪtʃ-მდიდარი

However-haʊˈevə-

Understand-understood-

Destructive-dɪˈstrʌktɪv-

Power-ˈpaʊə(r)-

Invention-ɪnˈvenʃn

Too-tuː-ძალიან

Late-leɪt-გვიან

Want-wɒnt-სურვილი,ნდომა

Remember-rɪˈmembə(r)-მახსოვრობა,დამახსოვრება

As- როგორც

Inventor-ɪnˈventə(r)-გამომგონებელი

So-ამიტომ

Create-kriˈeɪt- შექმნა

Fund-fʌnd

Award-əˈwɔːd- დაჯილდოვება

Prize-praɪz

Important-ɪmˈpɔːtnt- მნიშვნელოვანი
Contribution-ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃn-წვლილი

Mankind-mænˈkaɪnd-კაცობრიობა

Originally-əˈrɪdʒənəli

Literature-ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)-

Physics-ˈfɪzɪks

Chemistry-ˈkemɪstri-ქიმია

Medicine-ˈmedsn

Peace-piːs

Economics-ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks

Add-æd-დამატება

Sixty-ˈsɪksti-სამოცი

Year-jɪə(r)-წელი

After-ˈɑːftə(r)-შემდეგ

First-fɜːst- პირველი

Ceremony-ˈserəməni

Every-ˈevri-ყოველი

Anniversary-ˌænɪˈvɜːsəri

Death-deθ-სიკვდილი,გარდაცვალება

Gold-ɡəʊld-ოქრო

Medal-ˈmedl-მედალი

Diploma-dɪˈpləʊmə-დიპლომი

Present-ˈpreznt

Winner-ˈwɪnə(r)-გამარჯვებული

Usually-ˈjuːʒuəli- ჩვეულებრივ

From_to-დან-მდე

Sometimes-ˈsʌmtaɪmz-ზოგჯერ
Politics-ˈpɒlətɪks

Role-rəʊl-როლი

Judge-dʒʌdʒ

Decision-dɪˈsɪʒn- გადაწყვეტილება

American-əˈmerɪkən- ამერიკელი

Win-won-wʌn- მოგება

Numerous-ˈnjuːmərəs

Science-ˈsaɪəns

Few-fjuː-რამდენიმე,ცოტა

But-bʌt-მაგრამ

The beginning-bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ-დასაწყისი

World-wɜːld- მსოფლიო

War-wɔː(r)-ომი

Some-sʌm- ზოგი

Rare-reə(r)-იშვიათი

Others-ˈʌðə(r)-სხვები

Share-ʃeə(r)- გაზიარება

Take place-ჩატარება-pleɪs

Why-waɪ-რატომ

Establish-ɪˈstæblɪʃ

Recognize-ˈrekəɡnaɪz

Humanity-hjuːˈmænəti

Solve-sɒlv

Political-pəˈlɪtɪkl

Honour-ˈɒnə(r)-

Which-wɪtʃ-რომელი
Area-ˈeəriə-სფერო

Receive-rɪˈsiːv- მიღება

The most-məʊst- ყველაზე მეტი

The following-ˈfɒləʊɪŋ-შემდეგი

Statement-ˈsteɪtmənt

True-truː

Hold-held-həʊld-ჩატარება

Select-sɪˈlekt

A few-fjuː-ცოტა

How many- რამდენი

Field-fiːld-სფერო

TEST 7

Reading

Choose from the sentences A-E the one which fits each gap. There is one extra.

APE ART

Works of art by apes have been displayed in art galleries around the world since the 1950's. It's
not a joke. Apes are natural artists and ape art is becoming big business. Ape art did not use to
have any form. In fact, paintings by chimps were nothing more than paint thrown onto a canvas,
and it was impossible to tell what the pictures were meant to show. 41._______ . They can even
use sign language to give their paintings titles.

Koko and Michael live in California and they have been painters since they were very young.
42.__________ . At first she was shy, and did not want to show anyone her pictures, but now
Koko's and Michael's art work is displayed in exhibitions and they have many fans.
Unfortunately, not all of their paintings survive, as they often eat their work as soon as it is
finished. Sadly, there is bad news for these recently discovered artists. 43._________ . There are
only 600 gorillas and a few thousand lowland gorillas left in the world. The work of Koko and
Michael is being used to help raise money to save the world's gorillas. Some people might laugh
and say that these paintings are not art, but who really knows what art is? 44.________.Although
you cannot buy Koko's and Michael's original paintings, many people are prepared to pay a great
deal of money to buy high quality copies of the originals.

45._________ . Not only will you receive a colourful picture or T-shirt, but you will also be
helping to save one of the world's most intelligent species. Is there a better way to spend money?

A. Koko learnt to draw when she was just three years old.
B. The truth is, there has been a great deal of commercial interest in gorilla art in all its forms.

C. They even buy T-shirts printed with their pictures.

D. No one wants to buy gorilla paintings.

E. Gorillas are an endangered species.

F. Today, however some gorillas, like Michael and Koko, are able to paint quite realistic pictures
of the objects around them.

TEST 8

Reading

Read the story and tick A, B or C

One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. This statue
is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high.
She symbolizes a welcome to a land of freedom. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue is so
large that as many as twelve people can stand inside the torch.

Many more people can stand in other parts of the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301
feet tall.

The Statue of Liberty was put up in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of
France. Over the years France and the United States had a special relationship. In 1776 France
helped the American colonies gain independence from England. The French wanted to do
something special for the U.S. centennial, its 100th birthday.

Laboulaye was a well-known Frenchman who admired the U.S. One night at a dinner in his
house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among the guests was the French sculptor
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi thought of a statue of liberty. He offered to design the
statue.

Many people contributed in some way. The French people gave money for the statue. Americans
designed and built the pedestal for the statue to stand on. The American people raised money to
pay for the pedestal.

The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous for his Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out
how to make the heavy statue stand.

41. France made a gift to the USA...

A. without any reason;

B. on some special occasion;

C. to celebrate the end of the war.

42. Funds for the Statue of Liberty have been raised by...
A. the government;

B. the French people;

C. people of both countries.

43. The statue was designed by ...

A. Bartholdi;

B. Eiffel;

C. Laboulaye.

44. The Statue....

A. is in the central square of New York;

B. faces the harbor;

C. is made of marble.

45. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes..... .

A. victory in the War for Independence; B. special relationship between France and the USA;

C. a land of freedom.

TEST 9

Reading

Read the story and tick A, B, C or D

People in the USA love food from all over the world but there are also two great all-American
successes: the hamburger and Coca-Cola. In 1937 the McDonald brothers, Dick and Mack, opened
a little drive-in restaurant in Pasadena, California. They served hot dogs and milk shakes. When
the war had ended, they had twenty waiters and all the teenagers in town ate hamburgers there.
Three years later they got paper boxes and bags for the hamburgers. They also put the price down
from 30 to 15 cents and cut the menu down from twenty-five things to only nine. There were no
more waiters - it was self-service so it was cheaper and faster and they had windows all around
the kitchen - so everybody could see it was clean. Parents started bringing their children to the
restaurant and poor families could also eat at a restaurant for the first time. Then, in the 1960s the
McDonald's company opened hundreds of its restaurants all over the States and in 1971 they
opened restaurants in Japan, Germany and Australia. Now the McDonald's company opens a new
restaurant every 8 hours! There are more than 14,000 restaurants in over 70 countries. The largest
one is in Beijing in the People's Republic of China and the smallest in Ginza, Tokyo. McDonald's
restaurants serve almost exactly the same food in every country but in Italy they serve beer and in
Norway the McLak, which is a salmon burger.

41. The first McDonald's restaurant opened in

A. New York
B. Pasadena

C. Boston

D. Chicago

42. They got paper boxes and bags for the hamburgers in

A. 1946

B. 1947

C. 1948

D. 1950

43. The restaurants were cheaper and faster when they

A. cut the menu down

B. put the price down

C. had windows all around the kitchen

D. had no waiters

44. The largest restaurant is in

A China

B .Japan

C. Germany

D. Australia

45. You can drink alcohol in McDonald's in

A. Norway

B. Italy

C. Japan

D. Germany

TEST 10

Reading

Read the story and ticks A, B, C or D

Chloe was born in England. Her father works with computers and her mother teaches dance.
Chloe began playing the violin when she was two. Her parents bought her a special violin which
was small enough for her to use, and, even at this age, she could play without help. Her sister
Virginia, who was nineteen at the time, played the piano and, alter Chloe heard her play
something, she tried to play it on her violin. From the age of tour, she played at a number of
concerts in Britain and America and in 1999 she was a child violinist in the Hollywood film
Onegin.

Many teachers offered to give Chloe lessons but when she was seven she met Professor Zakhar
Bron. She was certain from the beginning that he was the right teacher for her. His work takes
him around the world and each year Chloe rides thousands of kilometres to get to his classes.
Chloe was only fourteen when she made her first CD. but she says she is just like any other
teenager. “I have lots of friends and I love pop music. Getting better on the violin is important,
but I also make sure I have time for other things.”

39. Chloe's first violin was the same size as other violins.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say

40. To start with, Chloe practiced the same music as her sister.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say

41. Chloe prefers playing concerts in America to playing in Britain.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say

42. When Chloe first met Zakhar Bron, she knew she wanted to study with him.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say

43. Chloe travels to other countries for her lessons with Zakhar Bron.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say

44. Chloe thinks she has a different life from other people her age.

A. True

B. False
C. Doesn't say

45. Chloe plays pop music on the violin for her friends.

A. True

B. False

C. Doesn't say