I.Fill in each blanket with a suitable word to complete the passage about the causes of visaul pollution

Visual pollution can happen outside or inside your house.When you are in the street, do you look around and see too __(1)__ telephone poles, overhead power lines or advertising billboard ? This is known as __(2)__ ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual pollution. For many communities, visual pollution also __(3)__ uncut weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings. This __(4)__ of pollution can be present in your house, too. If you dump clothes or school things on the floor, it causes visual pollution. A room with too much furniture placed in an untidy way is another __(5)__ of visual pollution in the house.

1.____________, 2.____________, 3.____________, 4.____________, 5._______ _____,

II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following passage  :

An American, Charles D. Seeberger, produced the first commercial moving staircase to transport people in the 1890s. He called this ___(1)____ an ‘escalator’, taking the name from the Latin word ‘scala’ which means ‘ladder’. Escalators move people up and down short ___(2)____. Lifts do the same, but only move a small number of people. Escalators have the capacity to move a lot of people at the same time, and they can be replaced in the same space as one ___(3)____install a staircase. A non-functioning escalator can be used as a normal staircase, whereas  many other conveyances become ___(4)____when they break down.

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were becoming more crowded and the first escalators were ___(5)____at railway stations and in big department stores so that people could move about more quickly. Today we see escalator everywhere.

III. Read the passage and do the tasks bellow.

THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE

The Great Hanshin earthquake, or the Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known ‘overseas’, was an earthquake in Japan that measured 7.3 on the Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale. It occurred on January 17^th, 1995 at 5:46 a.m in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, and lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The epicentre of the earthquake was on the northern end of Awaji Island near Kobe, a cosmopolitan city  of over 1.5 million people. A total of 6,434 people, mainly in the city of Kobe, lost their lives. Additionally, it caused approximately ten trillion yen in damage. It was the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which claimed 140,000 lives.

Questions :

1. The word ‘overseas’ in the text is closest in meaning to ____________.

2. The word ‘occurred’ in the text is closest in meaning to ____________.

3. When did the Great Hashin earthquake occur?

__________________________________________________________________________

4. Where was the epicentre of the earthquake ?

__________________________________________________________________________

5. Was it the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 ?

__________________________________________________________________________

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 questions from 43 to 50.

MEMORY

          "Memorize these words". "Learn this spelling rule". "Don't forget about the quiz tomorrow".

          You remember things every day, but how do you do it? 

          When you want to call a store or an office that you don't call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. However, you don't need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years. 

          Why do you forget things sometimes? Is there a reason? Yes, there are several. The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and right away, you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them. 

          You can help yourself remember better. Here are some ideas: 

1. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practice the new information. Say it to yourself out loud. Think about it. 

2. After you learn something, study it again and again. Learn it more than you need to. This process is called overlearning. For example, when you learn new words, practice using them in sentences. Don't try to memorize words from a list only. 

3. Make sure that you understand new information. It is very difficult to remember something that you don't understand. Ask questions when you learn something new to be certain that you understand. 

4. Do not listen to music or watch TV when you study. You will remember better if you concentrate on one thing at a time. 

5. Try to connect new information with something that you already know. For example, when you learn the name of a new kind of food, think of a similar kind of food that you already know. 

6. Divide new information into several parts (about five or six). Learn one part at time and stop for few minutes. Don't sit down and try to learn a very large amount of new information all at once. 

7. Try to make a picture in your mind. For example, if you hear or see a new word, make a picture of how it looks to you in your mind. This “mental” picture will help you remember that word the next time you see or hear it. 

8. Think of word clues to help you remember information. One very helpful kind of word clue is an acronym. An acronym is a word formed from the first letter of a group of words. For example, many American schoolchildren learn the names of the Great Lakes in the North America by remembering the word homes. Homes is an acronym that comes from the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. 

9. Relax when you study! Try to enjoy yourself. You are learning new things every minute. You will remember better if you are happy and relaxed.

The following things should help you remember things better when you study, EXCEPT______.

A. asking questions when you don’t understand something

B. connecting new information with something you already know

C. trying to learn a large amount of new information all at once

D. overlearning them

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

MEMORY

         "Memorize these words". "Learn this spelling rule". "Don't forget about the quiz tomorrow".

        You remember things every day, but how do you do it?

        When you want to call a store or an office that you don't call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. However, you don't need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years. Why do you forget things sometimes? Is there a reason? Yes, there are several. The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and right away, you forget their names. You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them.

        You can help yourself remember better. Here are some ideas:

1. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practice the new information. Say it to yourself out loud. Think about it.

2. After you learn something, study it again and again. Learn it more than you need to. This process is called overlearning. For example, when you learn new words, practice using them in sentences. Don't try to memorize words from a list only.

3. Make sure that you understand new information. It is very difficult to remember something that you don't understand. Ask questions when you learn something new to be certain that you understand.

4. Do not listen to music or watch TV when you study. You will remember better if you concentrate on one thing at a time.

5. Try to connect new information with something that you already know. For example, when you learn the name of a new kind of food, think of a similar kind of food that you already know.

6. Divide new information into several parts (about five or six). Learn one part at time and stop for few minutes. Don't sit down and try to learn a very large amount of new information all at once.

7. Try to make a picture in your mind. For example, if you hear or see a new word, make a picture of how it looks to you in your mind. This “mental” picture will help you remember that word the next time you see or hear it.

8. Think of word clues to help you remember information. One very helpful kind of word clue is an acronym. An acronym is a word formed from the first letter of a group of words. For example, many American schoolchildren learn the names of the Great Lakes in the North America by remembering the word homes. Homes is an acronym that comes from the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.

9. Relax when you study! Try to enjoy yourself. You are learning new things every minute. You will remember better if you are happy and relaxed.

The following things should help you remember things better when you study, EXCEPT

A. asking questions when you don’t understand something

B. connecting new information with something you already know

C. trying to learn a large amount of new information all at once

D. overlearning them