the number of road accidents began at over 4 millions in1983 and then (1)......... steadily to nearly5 millions in1985.in the following year ,the figure (2).............at 6.5 million before (3).....3.5 millions in 1987 .There was (4) ............in the number of road accidents between 1987 and 1990,which was followed bt(5)...............to a low of just under 3 million in1991 .The year 1992 (6)............................a recovery back to 4million accidents ,but the figure then(7)....to 3 million cases at the end of period

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KING MIDAS AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH

Long ago , in Ancient Greece , there wasa king named Midas .He lived in an enormous palace with his wife and his daughter . King Midas was very , very rich . He had more gold than any other king in the world . Hí palace was full of gold statues , gold jewellery and gold coins , but Midas was greedy and he always wanted more .

One day , the king was walking in the garden of his palacewith his daughter .She was picking yellow flowers for her room . "Those yellow flowers are very beautiful ," King Midas said , "but gold flowers aer more beautiful."

The king's daughter ran back into the palace with her flowers and the king walked alone . Then Midas made a wish . He wished that everything he touched became gold . Soon he touched a flower . It became gold . He touched a tree and it became gold .He touched a plant and it too was gold . "My wish has come true !" he shouted .

The king touched many things in his garden and in his palace . He touched pictures and vases and plates and they all became gold .Soon Midas was hungry and thirsty . But , When he put some bread in his moth ,it turned to gold. And when he put some water to his lips , it also turned to gold .

The king sat in his garden ."I have all the gold in the world ," he thought,"but i cannot eat and i cannot drink.What shalli do ?"

At last , the king's daughter saw her father in the garden . She ran to him because he looked so sad .She touched his hand and suddenly she became gold , too. King Midas made another wish . He wished that he could have his daughter back and he wished  to not have any more gold . Suddenly , all the gold was gone and his daughter was playing happily in the garden . King Midas had learnt his lesson and he never asked for more gold again.

Millions Take Time to Breathe on International Day of Yoga

The number of people who do yoga around the world has been growing steadily in the last 40 years. People in more than 180 countries will do the breathing and movement exercise on this year’s International Yoga Day. It is officially observed on June 21, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This year’s guiding idea is “peace.”

The Daily Star newspaper, published in Bangladesh, reports that people in China have “yoga fever.” The report says the country will have the most people after India observing International Yoga Day. Public yoga events will be held in parks, vacation places and even at the Great Wall.

The same report notes that in South Korea, sales of yoga mats and yoga towels have risen sharply this year. In Vietnam, International Yoga Day has brought increased attention to the activity. The Economic Times reported that three years ago, 2,000 people there took part in yoga events on International Yoga Day. This year, more than 8,000 Vietnamese are expected to

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Read again. What country is Dubai in? 

SKIING IN A SHOPPING MALL

Dubai is a city in the United Arab Emirates. Around two million people live there. The Mall of the Emirates is the second-largest mall in Dubai. Over 36 million visitors visit this mall every year. The mall is very big. It’s also very famous, and has over 25 awards.

You can spend the whole day here. It has everything! You can go shopping. You can eat. You can watch a movie or see a play here, too. The Mall of the Emirates has about 500 stores: clothing stores, bookstores, and electronic stores. There are more than 85 restaurants and cafés, two hotels, a movie theater with 14 screens, and a theater. It even has a ski slope. It’s true—you can ski in the desert! It’s hot in Dubai, but it’s very cold on the ski slope.

People who enjoy skiing dream of skiing in exotic places. These days they don’t have to limit themselves to just the Rocky Mountains or the Swiss Alps. Now they can ski in Dubai as well! That’s right. Dubai, the most populated city in the United Arab Emirates, has a ski resort.

Ski Dubai opened for business in 2005. Other than being the world’s third largest indoor ski facility, Ski Dubai has a number of things to amaze visitors. First and foremost, this ski facility was built in a place where there are no natural hills and it never snows. While the desert outdoors can reach 45°C in the summer, the slopes of Ski Dubai are kept at a cool -2°C all year round.

Like any other ski resort, Ski Dubai has a chairlift and ski instructors. It also boasts a Swiss style café on the slopes where skiers can rest and warm up. However, that’s not all. Along with being able to enjoy the five indoor slopes, including a black diamond slope, visitors are welcome to build snowmen in a designated area. Children can also enjoy snowball fights in the snowball throwing gallery, or they can explore a snow cavern filled with amazing things for kids to see and do.

As if all of that were not enough, it is also possible for guests to experience falling snow from time to time. When it is time to make new snow inside the facility, the temperature drops to -8°C. Then snow guns shoot out chilled water to make a cloud near the ceiling. Tiny particles of ice are shot into the cloud to form snow crystals. This manmade snow falls from the ceiling on excited guests below. When Raed Al Yousofi, a guest at Ski Dubai, experienced his first snowfall, he said, “It’s very strange but wonderful.” That is certainly an apt description of Ski.

36. What is the main idea of this reading? 

A. What Ski Dubai has                                                B. Where the idea of Ski Dubai came from

C. Who made Ski Dubai possible                                             D. Why Ski Dubai needed to be built

37. The word “from time to time” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______

A. usually        B. often                       C. sometimes              D. rarely

38. Which of the following is NOT found at Ski Dubai? 

A. A black diamond slope                                                        B.  A place to eat inside the facility

C. A place to just play in the snow                                          D.  A slope with a ski jump

39. What happens when the facility needs to make new snow?

A. A cloud is made above the slopes.                          B.  All the guests are asked to exit.

C. Chilled water is put on the slopes.                          D.  Particles of ice are mixed with real snow.

40. Which of the following can be inferred about Raed Al Yousofi? 

A. He is good at winter sports.                                                B. He had never seen snow before.

C. He used to live in a cold country.                                        D. He works at Ski Dubai.

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Roger Federer is probably the best and most famous tennis player in the world today. He was born on August 8th, 1981 in Balse, Switzerland. His parents encouraged him to start playing tennis when he was eight years old. He won his first Wimbledon title, the Wimbledon Junior, when he was sixteen. Over the next few years, he played all over the world. In Australia he played for his country in the 2000 Olympic Games. Then in 2003 he began to show how good he was. He started the year by winning two tournaments in a row, in Dubai and Marseilles. He also won his first Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships. In 2004 he won three out of four Grand Slam title. When he is not playing tennis, Federer is busy with his special project, the Roger Federer Foundation, which helps disadvantaged children.

1. When and where was Roger Federer born?

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2. When did he win his first Grand Slam title?
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3. What did he do in 2004?
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4. What is the name of his special project?
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5. Who does his project help?
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Roger federer is probably the best and most famous tennis player in the world today. He was born on August 8th, 1981 in Basle, Switzerland. His parents encouraged him to star playing tennis when he was eight years old. He won his first Wimbledon title, the Wimbledon Junior, when he was sixteen. Over the next few years, he played all over the world. In Australia he played for his country in the 2000 Olympic Games. Then in 2003 he began to show how good he was. He started the year by winning two tournaments in a row, in Dubai and Marseiles. He also won his first Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships. In 2004 he won three out of four Grand Slam titles. When he is not playing tennis, Federer is busy with his special project, the Roger Federer Foundation, which helps disadvantaged children.

1. When and where was Roger Federer born?

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2. When did he win his first Grand Slam title?

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3. What did he do in 2004?

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4. What is the name of his special project?

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5. Who does his project help?

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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 43-50.

The attraction of gold is as old as history. Since ancient times, gold has been the object of dreams and obsessions. Western literature is full of characters who kill for gold or hoard it, from King Midas in the ancient Greek myths, to Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist. These characters go to evil extremes to get or keep their gold and they get the punishment they deserve. Most people would not be willing to go to such extremes, of course, but they would not question the assumption that gold has lasting value above and beyond any local currency. Societies change over time, customs and currencies evolve, but gold remains. A wedding ring, for example, must be gold, and so should any serious gift of jewelry. In fact, giving and wearing gold is still a mark of prestige in our post-industrial society, though gold is no longer valued as it used to be thousands of years ago.

Why is gold so valuable? True, it is shiny, durable, and rare, but it is far less useful than many other minerals or metals. It is also not like stock in a company, where the value of the stock depends on the performance of the company. Gold, on the contrary, like any currency, is valuable precisely because people believe it is valuable. That is, if people were willing to accept seashells for their labor and could use them to pay for food, fuel, and other commodities, then seashells would become a valuable currency. Thus, the value of gold depends on the collective belief that gold will continue to be valuable. As long as demand for gold remains steady, the price will hold steady; if demand is high, it will continue to increase in value. But if people should someday lose faith in gold, the price of gold could fall sharply.

Another factor that has affected the price of gold has been the increasing difficulty in acquiring it. Today, most of the gold left in the grounds is in microscopic pieces mixed with rock. To get it, miners must dig up tons and tons of rock, and then spray it with chemicals to separate out the gold. For one ounce of gold - a wedding ring, for example - the mine processes about 30 tons of rock. This is already a costly operation. But there are also hidden social and environmental costs. The mining and processing of gold is ruinous to the environment and to the health of people living nearby. Most of these mines are in poor regions where the people have had little voice in whether there should be mines and how the mines should be run. The large multinational mining companies simply bought the land and opened the mines. However, as people and governments begin to realize the extent of the damage caused by the mines, the situation might change. Indeed, if the mining companies ever have to pay the full environmental and social costs of mining gold, the price of gold is likely to climb yet higher.

The word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to:

A. demand for gold

B. gold

C. price

D. the value

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 43-50.

The attraction of gold is as old as history. Since ancient times, gold has been the object of dreams and obsessions. Western literature is full of characters who kill for gold or hoard it, from King Midas in the ancient Greek myths, to Fagin in Dickens' Oliver Twist. These characters go to evil extremes to get or keep their gold and they get the punishment they deserve. Most people would not be willing to go to such extremes, of course, but they would not question the assumption that gold has lasting value above and beyond any local currency. Societies change over time, customs and currencies evolve, but gold remains. A wedding ring, for example, must be gold, and so should any serious gift of jewelry. In fact, giving and wearing gold is still a mark of prestige in our post-industrial society, though gold is no longer valued as it used to be thousands of years ago.

Why is gold so valuable? True, it is shiny, durable, and rare, but it is far less useful than many other minerals or metals. It is also not like stock in a company, where the value of the stock depends on the performance of the company. Gold, on the contrary, like any currency, is valuable precisely because people believe it is valuable. That is, if people were willing to accept seashells for their labor and could use them to pay for food, fuel, and other commodities, then seashells would become a valuable currency. Thus, the value of gold depends on the collective belief that gold will continue to be valuable. As long as demand for gold remains steady, the price will hold steady; if demand is high, it will continue to increase in value. But if people should someday lose faith in gold, the price of gold could fall sharply.

Another factor that has affected the price of gold has been the increasing difficulty in acquiring it. Today, most of the gold left in the grounds is in microscopic pieces mixed with rock. To get it, miners must dig up tons and tons of rock, and then spray it with chemicals to separate out the gold. For one ounce of gold - a wedding ring, for example - the mine processes about 30 tons of rock. This is already a costly operation. But there are also hidden social and environmental costs. The mining and processing of gold is ruinous to the environment and to the health of people living nearby. Most of these mines are in poor regions where the people have had little voice in whether there should be mines and how the mines should be run. The large multinational mining companies simply bought the land and opened the mines. However, as people and governments begin to realize the extent of the damage caused by the mines, the situation might change. Indeed, if the mining companies ever have to pay the full environmental and social costs of mining gold, the price of gold is likely to climb yet higher.

What does the author believe influences the price of gold on the market?

A. The constant fight for gold

B. Scarcity of areas where gold can be found.

C. The scarcity of gold.

D. The hardship in acquiring gold.