Task 18: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question. Write A, B, or C on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
Welcome to our Guatemalan Tour!
In the morning, there is a visit to a local coffee farm. In the afternoon, there are two options. We might walk up to Cerro La Cruz, which has great views of the city and the volcanoes, or we might join up with another tour and climb one of the volcanoes! It is a two or three hour climb up Fuego, and the scenery is amazing. Both trees and the ground are black and, as you climb, you may be able to hear the volcano rumbling.
1. Where does the Tour take place?
A. In Guatemala. B. In Europe. C. In Spain.
2. What are the two options in the afternoon?
A. Joining the sightseeing or staying in the hotel. B. Walking up to Cerro La Cruz or climbing a volcano.
C. Going shopping around the town or visiting the coffee farm.
3. How long does it take to climb up Fuego?
A. Less than two hours. B. Twenty-three hours. C. About three hours.
4. When may you be able to hear the volcano rumbling?
A. While you are climbing up Fuego.
B. When you are standing on the top of Fuego.
C. After climbing up one of the volcanoes.
Task 19: Read the passages and choose the words/phrases that the underlined words refer to. Write A, B, or C on the answer sheet. (0.4pt) Example: I write for the university sports magazine. I write a lot of articles for them. A. magazine B. sport C. university Answer: A
1. Jason didn’t want to use any powered transportation – not even a sailboat. So first he went across the Channel and South to Lagos in Portugal in his pedal boat, Mokska, and then he pedalled his boat across the Atlantic to Miami.
A. Jason’s pedal boat
B. a sailboat
C. Jason’s hometown
2. I know I spend too much time online, face to face contact is important. But technology is a wonderful tool and I can’t imagine life without it. But my friend John is the completely opposite. He has never known about it in his life.
A. technology
B. online
C. time
Task 20: Read the following passages and choose the words/phrases that indicate the meaning of the underlined words/phrases. Write A, B or C on the answer sheet. (0.4pt)
1. She lived in Copenhagen for seven years from 1990 to 1997, and had a Danish boyfriend, but they broke up in 1997 when she returned to England.
A. ended their relationship
B. started their relationship
C. fell in love
2. I don’t want to live in a dirty house and we don’t want to hire a cleaner. Both my husband and I work, so we share the household chores.
A. homework
B. main tasks
C. housework
