IV. READING:
A. Choose the word (A, B, C, D) which best fits each gap.
1/Telephone, television, radio, and the Internet help people (1) ___ with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news of events spread (2) ___all over the world. For example, within seconds, people can know the results of an election in another country. An (3) ___ football match comes into the homes of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster, such as a flood, can bring help from (4) ___ countries. Within hours, help is on the way. This is because modern (5) ___ information travels fast.
1. A. communicate B. communicating C. to communicate D. A&C
2. A. quickly B. quick C. slowly D. slow
3. A. rural B. international C. nation D. urban
4. A. close B. space C. distant D. rich
5. A. technology B. technological C. technique D. technical
2/New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the (1) ___city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals.
However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the (2) ___ of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city.
Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, (3) ____the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly (4) ___the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen (5) ____ out of the hotel windows.
1. A. uniquer B. most unique C. uniquest D. more unique
2. A. dangerously B. endanger C. danger D. dangerous
3. A. striked B. had struck C. strike D. struck
4. A. for B. off C. with D. into
5. A. to fly B. flying C. flew D. has flown
B/ Read the passage and decide which sentence is “True” (T) or “False” (F).
1/ THE UNITED STATES
The United States is a large country. It is the third largest in the whole world! It is located in a continent called North America. Parts of the United States touch three different oceans. The United States has tall mountains, wide plains, deserts, hills, rivers, lakes, volcanoes, and even rainforests! People from all over the world have come to live the United States.
There are 50 states in the United States. The newest states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states. Alaska is the largest state and Hawaii is a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
1. The United States is the _________ country in the world.
A. second largest B. largest C. smallest D. third largest
2. Alaska is _______ and Hawaii is _________.
A. a chain of islands, the largest state
B. the largest state: a chain of islands
C. a chain of islands; the largest state
D. not connected to the other states, the largest state.
3. The United States does not have _________.
A. 50 states B. volcanoes C. mountains D. continents
4. Parts of the United States touch ________ different oceans.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 3
5. What continent is the United States in?
A. North America B. Australia C. Africa D. Europe
2/ Marie Curie was a famous Polish scientist. She was born in 1867. Her father and mother were both teachers. Marie herself proved to be a very bright child and did very well at school. Unfortunately, at that time women were not allowed to go to university. She tried her best to find a way to study abroad. Maris did very well at Sorbonne University in Paris and she gained a degree in Maths. In the same year, she met Pierre Curie and married him in 1895. Then they had a daughter called Irene. In 1897 Marie Curie started investigating uranium. In 1903 Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics along with Henri Besquerel. Winning the prize brought them fame. Then in 1904 Marie Curie had a daughter called Eve. Unfortunately, in the next year, her husband died because of a horse-drawn vehicle.
Marie Curie is French. ________
At that time, women in her country couldn’t study after high school. ________
She met her husband in 1894. ________
They had two daughters. ________
Her husband died in the laboratory. ________
