ANSWER SHEET



ANSWER SHEET

LEVEL 1

READING TASK 1

Read the text NEWSPAPER SHORT ADS on page 1 and mark the correct answer.

1. Ad №1 is an invitation for

a. a weekend in Paris.

b. a day trip to Paris.

c. a group visit to a famous museum for €62.

d. a day trip to Paris with free coffee on the the Eiffel Tower.

2. Ad № 2 says that

a. the price includes accommodation and meals.

b. there will be a big canoeing competition.

c. people will sleep in tents.

d. the trip is free for children.

3. Ad № 3 is about

a. an event in Sofia that will present British movies.

b. a festival in Sofia that will present new British music.

c. a cultural event organized by Tony Palmer.

d. new motels open in Sofia.

4. The ad says that in Walibi park there will be

a. a musical show for all age groups.

b. a competition for the best costumed characters.

c. family tickets for park entertainment at €29.

d. a show with many attractions, free for children.

5. Ad № 5 offers a course in Ceramics

a. for €40 only and free material provided.

b. for free where participants pay only for the material.

c. for four weeks.

d. for beginners.

6. Ad № 6 says that the ₤5 discount is

a. for all soldiers who come to Bodypower 2014 Conference.

b. for trainers with early telephone reservations.

c. for soldiers with bookings made in advance.

d. for all people with early bookings.

7. The Halloween celebration

a. is organized at St Mary Medical Center for the sick children only.

b. is organized in a medical institution.

c. will provide no snacks.

d. is for kids only.

8. Ad № 8 says that Fircroft College offers courses

a. in languages and maths only.

b. in three months’ time.

c. free for those who join first.

d. in various subjects.

9. Ad № 9 says that an army couple

a. is looking for a rental home in a pet-friendly apartment building.

b. needs a rental home in a non-smoking apartment building.

c. wants to rent a house at the end of December.

d. would like to buy a house with a big yard.

READING TASK 2

Read the text THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR on page 1 and mark the correct answer.

1. When the Florida State Fair started

e. it was in downtown Tampa.

f. T. Roosevelt was the head of state.

g. there were 45 American flags at its gates.

h. ordinary Americans could visit it for 22 cents.

10. The text says that visitors to this fair can

a. buy animals for pets.

b. see a lot of hand-made things.

c. have free cotton candy or ice cream.

d. taste over 100 kinds of fried specialties.

11. If you come to the fair at 9:00 a.m., you can

a. buy cheap handiwork at the shopping area.

b. visit all the halls except the Expo Hall.

c. visit the Expo Hall only.

d. buy a cheaper ticket.

READING TASK 3

Read the text FAIRBANKS on page 2 and mark the correct answer.

1. How long is the flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks?

a. 3 hours

b. 6 hours

c. 45 minutes

d. 3 hours and 58 minutes

12. How many square kilometers is the water area of the city?

e. 2.1 km²

f. 2.48 km²

g. 82.5 km²

h. 84.6 km²

13. What are winters like in Fairbanks?

i. very cold for a couple of days

j. very cold with a lot of snowfall

k. very short and dry

l. very long and dry

14. What was the temperature on the coldest day in 1934?

m. –14°C

n. –17.8°C

o. –54.4°C

p. –54°C

15. How many hours is the longest day in Fairbanks?

q. 2 hours

r. 21 hours

s. 2 hours 42 minutes

t. 21 hours 49 minutes

16. Where is the text from?

u. an economic magazine

v. an audio book for children

w. an encyclopedia

x. a newspaper

LEVEL 2

READING TASK 4

Read the text WALK-to-WORK DAY on page 2 and mark the correct answer.

1. The text says that “Walk-to-work Day”

a. excludes people working from home.

b. is meant for people with various jobs.

c. was initiated by Australian celebrities.

d. refers to people in the USA only.

2. “Walk-to-work Day” encourages people to

a. lead an active and environmentally friendly way of life.

b. make at least 10,000 steps going to work.

c. walk at least 5 miles on this specific day.

d. walk only during their commute to work.

Read the text SIGN LANGUAGE on page 2 mark the correct answer.

3. Sign language appeared

a. because Indian tribes needed to speak to each other.

b. because Plains Indians wanted to speak to white people.

c. timely but it failed to improve tribes’ communication.

d. and made some Indian tribes’ languages die out.

4. The passage says that the sign language was

a. an Indian written language.

b. a difficult-to-learn language.

c. first used outside North America.

d. based on hand movements.

Read the text ELVIS PRESLEY on page 2 and mark the correct answer.

5. After 1977 Elvis’ wife

a. sold the rights to his records.

b. improved the family finances.

c. paid $7 million to his manager.

d. shared all his money with Jack Soden.

6. The text says that, after Elvis’s death, his wife

a. sold his house to pay back his debts.

b. turned his house into a music school.

c. made $15 million profit out of his songs.

d. refused to follow the advice she was given.

READING TASK 5

Read NEWS REPORTS on page 3 and mark the correct answer.

Report 1

The news report refers to

a. a successful police operation.

b. the advantages of all new BMW police cars.

c. two Los Angelis policemen’s injuries.

d. a failed helicopter support.

Report 2

The news is about

a. Jean Vivier’s photo exhibition in central New York.

b. the preserved atmosphere of New York.

c. a discovery made by a Frenchman in New York.

d. the ever-changing city of New York.

Report 3

The report says that

a. active duty pilots won “Gunsmoke”.

b. reservists’ skills triumphed again.

c. reserve pilots lost another contest.

d. “Buff Smoke” excluded B-52 crews.

Report 4

The report is about Peter Graves’

a. sudden death.

b. 85-th anniversary.

c. film awards.

d. career as an agent under cover.

Report 5

Simon Mann could face execution on charges of

a. buying illegal weapons.

b. deserting the British Army.

c. killing a Zimbabwe official.

d. conspiring against the president.

Report 6

The report says that North Korea’s Mass Games

a. give the wrong idea of Korean war battles.

b. have never been discontinued since 2002.

c. include magnificent theater-like performances.

d. are always opened by a North Korean leader.

READING TASK 6

Read the text FROGMEN on page 4 and mark the correct answer.

1. The “Leap Frogs” team was set up

a. in 1969.

b. with 50 combat divers in it.

c. to display naval special warfare skills.

d. to bring moral support to Naval Special Warfare Groups.

2. The Navy commandos can stay in the parachute team

a. for less than two years, if they were trainers.

b. for less than three years.

c. for three years.

d. for four years.

3. The most suitable for combat diver training are

a. good parachuters.

b. failed air-force trainees.

c. scuba diving sportsmen.

d. people inexperienced in diving.

4. The engine of the crashed helicopter was found by

a. an amateur diver.

b. a trainee diver.

c. a police diver.

d. a patrol diver.

5. It is less important for a frogman’s breathing set to be suitable for

a. fast swimming.

b. avoiding detection.

c. fighting underwater.

d. long-time swimming.

6. In warm water frogmen wear

a. a soft foam wetsuit only.

b. a thin tough drysuit only.

c. a wetsuit and no drysuit.

d. a thin drysuit and a thin undersuit.

LEVEL 3

READING TASK 7

Read the three READERS’OPINIONS on pages 4 and 5 and mark the correct answer.

RE:“COWARDLY SENATE RUNS AWAY FROM GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS”

1. The author is convinced that the recent incident

a. might have been prevented.

b. highlights the lawlessness in the USA.

c. might have had a much more unfortunate outcome.

d. happened because the attacker had to go through a background check.

1. The author implies that

a. the future law has a wide public support.

b. senators are brighter than ordinary Americans.

c. all weapons are equally destructive in the wrong hands.

d. the Senate has disregarded the predominant opinion shown in the polls.

UK IS A STRONG PLAYER ACROSS THE BOARD

2. The authors suggest that

a. the British parliament has taken the right decision concerning Syria.

b. it is NOT clear what stance the British parliament holds with respect to Syria.

c. the decision about Syria taken by the British parliament should be reviewed.

d. the UK should be concerned about losing some of its military influence.

17. The key idea in the letter is that the UK

a. has a strong international position with respect to culture alone.

b. should do much more to demonstrate its democratic values.

c. should further expand the scope of its military engagement.

d. has many more assets of influence apart from military power.

PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS

18. According to the author, the City Council has

e. passed inadequate bills.

f. been addressing the rental issue inadequately.

g. been ensuring the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.

h. resolved the rental problem with envious determination.

19. The author recommends

i. keeping the lid on B&B operations.

j. giving priority to permanent residents.

k. terminating further rental activities in the area.

l. abolishing the current fines on short-term rentals.

READING TASK 8

A. Read the article THE “YOUTH OF TODAY” MYTH on page 5 and page 6 and mark the correct answer.

1. The author believes that

a. the youth of today disregard the moral values of the past.

b. the public is deliberately being misled about the youth of today.

c. adolescents experience problems their parents never had.

d. adolescents have a lot to learn in terms of etiquette.

2. The author claims that

a. he once dropped out of school because of misbehavior.

b. he never received punishment while being a student.

c. the youth of today demonstrates disrespect to the elder generation.

d. both generations lack the good will to form a new pattern of relations.

B. Read the article THE INFLUENCE OF OTHER LANGUAGES ON ENGLISH

on page 6 and mark the correct answer.

3. The text says that native speakers of English

a. may fail to recognize how other languages have impacted present-day English.

b. believe English was influenced by other languages only before 1066.

c. use words of Greek origin to make their speech sound sophisticated.

d. make quick progress when learning Scandinavian languages.

4. It is wrongly considered that present-day English has 'no grammar' because

a. it consists of phrasal verbs which are usually easily mastered.

b. its grammar mirrors the patterns of French and Latin grammar.

c. it has steadily lost its pattern of inflections characteristic of Old English.

d. it contains a great many words and expressions referred to as 'doublets'.

C. Read the two texts JUSTICE HAS ITS SAY and THE PYRAMID OF POWER on page 6 and page 7 and mark the correct answer.

5. Jeffrey Conroy

a. was sentenced to a life imprisonment.

b. was convicted of several crimes.

c. pleaded guilty to all the accusations.

d. has succeeded in evading justice.

6. The author of THE PYRAMID OF POWER believes that

a. the masses are still voiceless in developing countries.

a. last century masses had a stronger influence on those on the top.

b. communication technologies are transforming the societal organizational chart.

c. the new power pyramid maintains the same relations among the strata of society.

READING TASK 9

Read the article THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB on page 7 and page 8 and mark the correct answer.

1. In paragraph 1, the author expresses the idea that

a. President Obama was about to accept a failure in Afghanistan.

b. the new commander breeds respect in two presidents in a row.

c. the change of command comes when the war outcome is visible.

d. Gen. Petraeus stopped all financial dealings of the Taliban.

2. The author implies that Gen. McChrystal failed to understand

a. that the way he selected his subordinates was outdated.

b. the reason why the President was so rash in taking decisions.

c. the President’s stance on troops augmentation in Afghanistan.

d. that age and experience are relevant when it comes to professionalism.

3. According to the text, Gen. Petraeus

a. openly criticized Gen. McChrystal’s lack of flexibility.

b. found the language used by Gen. McChrystal’s team highly inappropriate.

c. sympathized with Gen. McChrystal for being misled by his subordinates.

d. thought any military leader should graduate a course in public relations.

4. Concerning Michael Hastings, the author makes the inference that

a. Gen. McChrystal could have acted more wisely.

b. Gen. Petraeus carried out his own investigation about the reporter.

c. Michael Hastings’ appearance fully matches his professional conduct.

d. Michael Hastings believes the Americans will win the Afghanistan war.

5. The author says that

a. experiments work best at a time of crisis or testing.

b. Gen. Petraeus’ experience in Iraq had made him timid.

c. time has come to employ Gen. Petraeus’ mediator skills.

d. Gen. Petraeus surrounds himself with easy-to-rule people.

6. The last paragraph of the article illustrates that

a. being aggressive is an asset in career-building.

b. the author disapproves of Gen. Petraeus’ conduct.

c. Gen. Petraeus’ deeds run the risk of sending wrong messages.

d. being friendly with the locals supplements the current US policy.

THIS IS THE END OF THE READING SECTION

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