Read the passage and choose the best opinion

You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century, he has the most famous man in England. He became (1)__________ while still at the university, mainly (2) ___________ of his sporting achievements. He as, at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics team and held the world record for the long jump. He was (3) __________ a popular sport journalist. He was so famous that letters addressed to "Mr. Fry, Oxford" were delivered to him (4) _______ any difficulty. His college, although it has a quite different name, (5) ________ known as "Fry's College".

Some people have criticized Fry's sporting (6) ________. They point out that he lived at a time (7) ________ standards were quite low and (8)________ was much easier to do well in several sports. It is certainly true that athletes at a time did not have the totally delicate approach of modern athletes. However, it is only fair to judge him (9) _________ the standards of his (10) __________ time. There is no doubt that he had extraordinary skills and an ability to write abut sport with style and intelligence.

1. A. fame B. rich C. well - known D. common

2. A. because B. that C. which D. thus

3. A. so B. too C. also D. of

4. A. with B. without C. no D. not

5. A. be B. which C. what D. was

6. A. achivements B. succeed C. famous D. expect

7. A. then B. when C. which D. that

8. A. him B. men C. they D. it

9. A. at B. beneath C. out of D. to

10. A. single B. owe C. own D. private

Read the passage and choose the best opinion

You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century, he has the most famous man in England. He became (1)__________ while still at the university, mainly (2) ___________ of his sporting achievements. He as, at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics team and held the world record for the long jump. He was (3) __________ a popular sport journalist. He was so famous that letters addressed to "Mr. Fry, Oxford" were delivered to him (4) _______ any difficulty. His college, although it has a quite different name, (5) ________ known as "Fry's College".

Some people have criticized Fry's sporting (6) ________. They point out that he lived at a time (7) ________ standards were quite low and (8)________ was much easier to do well in several sports. It is certainly true that athletes at a time did not have the totally delicate approach of modern athletes. However, it is only fair to judge him (9) _________ the standards of his (10) __________ time. There is no doubt that he had extraordinary skills and an ability to write abut sport with style and intelligence.

1. A. fame B. rich C. well - known D. common

2. A. because B. that C. which D. thus

3. A. so B. too C. also D. of

4. A. with B. without C. no D. not

5. A. be B. which C. what D. was

6. A. achivements B. succeed C. famous D. expect

7. A. then B. when C. which D. that

8. A. him B. men C. they D. it

9. A. at B. beneath C. out of D. to

10. A. single B. owe C. own D. private

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best each of the numbered blanks. Fill in the appropriate word in question 40

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man  (39) _____________ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant

mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But

despite the fact that he (40)____ building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over

the years, people have argued (41)___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the

Science Museum in London has finished building(42)__ engine based on one of Babbage's

designs. (43)_____ has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been

specially made.

A. wanted

B. made

C. missed

D. started

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best each of the numbered blanks. Fill in the appropriate word in question 39

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man  (39) _____________ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant

mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But

despite the fact that he (40)____ building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over

the years, people have argued (41)___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the

Science Museum in London has finished building(42)__ engine based on one of Babbage's

designs. (43)_____ has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been

specially made.

A. an

B. the

C. some

D. that

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best each of the numbered blanks. Fill in the appropriate word in question 43

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man  (39) _____________ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant

mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But

despite the fact that he (40)____ building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over

the years, people have argued (41)___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the

Science Museum in London has finished building(42)__ engine based on one of Babbage's

designs. (43)_____ has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been

specially made.

A. They

B. It

C. One

D. He

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best each of the numbered blanks. Fill in the appropriate word in question 41

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea for a computer had been worked out over two centuries ago by a man  (39) _____________ Charles Babbage. Babbage was bom in 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant

mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines which he called "engines". But

despite the fact that he (40)____ building some of these, he never finished any of them. Over

the years, people have argued (41)___ his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the

Science Museum in London has finished building(42)__ engine based on one of Babbage's

designs. (43)_____ has taken six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been

specially made.

A. whether

B. why

C. though

D. until

III. Read the following  passage and do the tasks below : 

    Charles Dickens was one of the greatest writers in English Literature. He was born into a poor family in England. His father was a clerk in an office. It was a good job but he always spent more money than he earned, so he was often in debt. When Dickens was eleven years old, his father was put into prison because he could not pay his debts. At the age of twelve, Dickens was sent to work in a factory labeling bottles for six shillings a week.

     When Dickens was sixteen, he worked for a newspaper, and soon became a good journalist. He also wrote many short stories and novels about London’s life. Many of his characters were poor and hungry people. Some of his novels have been translated into many different languages. His two novels “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” are famous all over the world.

A.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true ?

A. Charles Dickens was born into a poor family in England.

B. Charles Dickens always spent more money than he earned.

C. His father was put into prison when he was 11 years old.

D. “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” were written by Charles Dickens.

2. The word  famous in the second paragraph mostly means________.

A. strange B. well done   C. well- known D. unknown

B.  Answer the questions:

1. Was Charles Dickens one of the greatest writers in English Literature?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. How old was he when he worked for a newspaper?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. What did he write about in his short stories and novels?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

II. Read the passage carefully, then dicide if the statements are True (T) or Flase (F).

   Lewis Carrol was the pen name of Charles Dogson, the writer who wrote a famous book for children, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Charles Dodgson was born in England in 1832. When Charles finished school, he became a student at Oxford University. He studied mathematics and lateR he began to teach this subject at the university. Charles had no family, but he loved children very much. He often visited his friend, Henry George Liddell. Henry had three little girls and Charles liked Alice most. He often told her interesting stories about the adventures of a little girl in Wonderland. Alice likes these stories very much. When Alice Liddell was ten years old, she asked Charles to write down these stories for her. The name of the little girl in the stories was Alice, too. Then Charles decided to publish the book and took the pen name of Lewis Carroll.

"Alice Adventures in Wonderland" is a famous children 's book

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Most people think that lions only come from Africa. This is understandable because in fact most lions do come from there but this has not always been the case. If we went back ten thousand years. we would find that there were lions roaming vast sections of the globe. However now, unfortunately only a very small section of the lion’s former habitat remains.

Asiatic lions are sub-species of African lions. It is almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species. At one time the Asiatic lion was living as far west as Greece and they were found from there, but in a band that spreads east through various countries of the Middle East, all the way to India. In museums now, you can see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion on them. Most of them are dated at around 500 B.C.

However, Europe saw its last Asiatic lions roaming free to thousand years ago. Over the next nineteen hundred years the numbers of Asiatic lions in the other areas declined steadily, but it was only in the nineteenth century that they disappeared from everywhere but in India. The Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in India was established especially to protect the Asiatic lion. There are now around three hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in this sanctuary. However, despite living in a sanctuary, which makes them safe from hunters, they still face a number of problems that threaten their survival. One of these is the ever-present danger of disease. This is what killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions in 1994, and people are fearful that something similar could happen in the Gir Sanctuary and kill off many of the Asiatic lions there. India’s lions are particular vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool. The reason for this is interesting – it is because all of them are descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince who took a particular interest in them. He was very healthy, and he managed to protect them otherwise they would probably have died out completely.

When you see the Asiatic lion in India, what you sense is enormous vitality. They are very impressive animals and you would never guess that they this vulnerability when you look at them.

According to the passage, ten thousand years ago,____________.

A. lions did not live in small forests

B. lions came mainly from Africa

C. lions roamed much more than nowadays

D. there were much more lion habitats than nowadays