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Listening Comprehension: listen to the conversation. Answer the questions (multiple choice)

What is the main point of the text?

 The United States has many gangs
 Many youths are gang members
 Gang membership leads to crime
 At risk youths don’t commit crimes
Statistics on which criminal activities show that
gang membership leads to violent crimes?
 Drive by shooting and Gang membership
 Drive by shooting and automobile theft
 Gang membership and automobile theft
 Drug selling
According to the professor the United States has
approximately how many gangs?
 6.000
 16.000
 500.000
 600.000
According to the professor what might prevent
at-risk youths from joining gangs?
 Making violent behavior illegal
 Creating for them a sense of belonging
 Explaining that gang membership is illegal
 Putting gang members in jail.
Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

A Tale of Two Revolutions

In the height of the Enlightenment, men influenced by the new political theories of the era launched two of
the largest revolutions in history. These two conflicts, on two separate continents, were both initially
successful in forming new forms of government. And yet, the two conflicts, though merely a decade apart,
had radically different conclusions. How do two wars inspired by more or less the same ideals end up so
completely different? Why was the American Revolution largely a success and the French Revolution
largely a failure?
Historians have pointed to myriad reasons—far too various to be listed here. However, the most frequently
cited are worth mentioning. For one, the American Revolution was far removed from the Old World; that
is, since it was on a different continent, other European nations did not attempt to interfere with it.
However, in the French Revolution, there were immediate cries for war from neighboring nations. Early
on, for instance, the ousted king attempted to flee to neighboring Austria and the army waiting there. The
newly formed French Republic also warred with Belgium, and a conflict with Britain loomed. Thus, the
French had the burden not only of winning a revolution but also defending it from outside. The Americans
simply had to win a revolution.
Secondly, the American Revolution seemed to have a better chance for success from the get-go, due to
the fact that Americans already saw themselves as something other than British subjects. Thus, there was
already a uniquely American character, so, there was not as loud a cry to preserve the British way of life.
In France, several thousands of people still supported the king, largely because the king was seen as an
essential part of French life. And when the king was first ousted and then killed, some believed that
character itself was corrupted. Remember, the Americans did not oust a king or kill him—they merely
separated from him.
Finally, there is a general agreement that the French were not as unified as the Americans, who, for the
most part, put aside their political differences until after they had already formed a new nation. The
French, despite their Tennis Court Oath, could not do so. Infighting led to inner turmoil, civil war, and
eventually the Reign of Terror, in which political dissidents were executed in large numbers. Additionally,
the French people themselves were not unified. The nation had so much stratification that it was
impossible to unite all of them—the workers, the peasants, the middle-class, the nobles, the clergy—into
one cause. And the attempts to do so under a new religion, the Divine Cult of Reason, certainly did not
help. The Americans, remember, never attempted to change the society at large; rather, they merely
attempted to change the government.

1) It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that the author most likely believes that
A. historians have not come to a conclusion about what separates the French and American
Revolutions
B. the French Revolution could have been just as successful as the American Revolution was
C. two events based on the same philosophy are generally not that common
D. the American Revolution is a high point in history, the French Revolution a low point
E. two events that are similar in one way ought to be similar in other ways

2) What function do the questions that end paragraph 1 play in the passage?
A. They introduce the topic the author of the passage will explore, even though he or she will not
answer the questions.
B. They introduce the author’s opinions on the main topic and summarize his or her main argument.
C. They present rhetorical questions that are used only for the purposes of engaging the reader,
even though the questions will not be answered.
D. They refocus the passage into its original topic after a detour into historical context.
E. They present the two questions the author will spend the rest of the passage exploring and then
answering.

3) As used in paragraph 2, the word myriad most nearly means

A. an unknowable secret
B. an uncountable number
C. an unrealistic ideal
D. an unusually rare occurrence
E. an unimaginably large object
4) According to the passage, the Reign of Terror happened because of
A. social stratification in America
B. infighting in the American Revolution
C. the decision to kill the king in the French Revolution
D. infighting in the French Revolution
E. social stratification in France

Grammar/lexical part
Please choose one option for each question

1. How old are you? 

A.   a lot

A.   I have 27 years old

B.   some

B.   I have 27 years

C.   any

C.   I am fine
D.   many

D.   I am 27 years old

2. He went to the Stadium..... . 
5.

A.   with taxi

A.   He like going to the movies
B.   by taxi
B.   He likes going to the movies
C.   on taxi
C.   He liked go to the movies
D.   in taxi
D.   He like the movies

6. Peter ..... fly to San Francisco tomorrow. 

3. How long have you been living in
London? 
A.   to going

A.   for 7 years

B.   goes to

B.   at least 7 years

C.   is going to

C.   since 7 years

D.   go to
7. He plays soccer ..... 
D.   7 years ago
4. We haven't got ..... money. 
A.   on Wednesdays
 B.   in Wednesdays C.   Richard late usually arrives

C.   at Wednesdays D.   Richard usually late arrives

12. The house was empty. There ..... there. 

D.   by Wednesdays
8. .... some more coffee? 

A.   wasn't nobody

A.   Do you?
B.   was anybody
B.   Do you like?
C.   was somebody
C.   You'd like
D.   was nobody
13. If I were rich, I ..... buy a house on the
D.   Would you like? beach. 
9. I wanted a green shirt but they only
had ..... 

A.   will
A.   a one white
B.   would
B.   one white
C.   should
C.   a white
D.   wish
14. When she arrived, he ..... . 
D.   a white one
10. He ..... never been to America. 

A.   already left

A.   does
B.   has already left
B.   has
C.   had already left
C.   haven't
D.   left
15. I forgot ..... the lights before I left. 
D.   hadn't

A.   to turn off

11.
B.   put off

A.   Richard usually arrives late

C.   turning off

B.   Richard late arrives usually

D.   shot
16. By the time you finish the class I ..... .  20. Has Mrs. Smith arrived ..... ? 

A.   will have left A.   yet

B.   leave B.   still

C.   going to leave C.   now

D.   would left D.   already

21. Wendy is ..... Paul to get up now. 

A.   telling
17. The room can't be dirty she ..... 
B.   saying

A.   is just clean it. C.   saying to

B.   have just cleaned it. D.   telling to

22. Have you sent that letter to Mr. Taylor? 
C.   just clean it.        Yes, I've ..... done that. 

D.   has just cleaned it.

18. He plays soccer, ..... ?  A.   still

B.   yet
A.   don't he?
C.   already
B.   does he?
D.   now
C.   isn't he?

D.   doesn't he? 23. It's no use ..... to him. He doesn't listen 
19. If only I .... to the party instead of staying
at home. 
A.   speaking

A.   went
B.   to speak

B.   had gone

C.   spoke

C.   did go
D.   have spoken
24. This is the girl ..... I met on Thursday. 
D.   have gone
 A.   whom C.   ought to

B.   which D.   should have

C.   what

D.   -----
25. ..... is your house from here?  29. That's the ..... of my worries, it'll never
happen. 

A.   How much

A.   fewer

B.   How long

B.   less

C.   How far

C.   last

D.   How many

26. You can watch TV ..... you like.  D.   least
30. Don't ..... me. I'll be back late 

A.   whenever
A.   hope for

B.   soon
B.   waiting for

C.   always
C.   expect

D.   whatever
27. This house is quite old. It .... in 1910.  D.   wait for
31. The lady ..... in the corner is my aunt. 

A.   built
A.   whose

B.   was built

B.   is sitting

C.   build
C.   sits

D.   has built

28. She ..... go to school yesterday.  D.   sitting
32. . 

A.   must
A.   He used to play chess very often

B.   had to
B.   He uses play chess very often
 C.   He was played chess very often C.   taken

D.   He didn't playing chess very often D.   shown

33. He doesn't like ..... what to do.  37. Finishing a course is always ..... 

A.   told A.   satisfying

B.   said B.   satisfaction

C.   having said C.   satisfies

D.   being told D.   satisfied

34. I ..... it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'm going 38. She worked hard yesterday and .....
for a picnic.  finish everything. 

A.   wait A.   can

B.   expect B.   was able to

C.   hope C.   is hard

D.   wish D.   let

39. . 

35. I thought you ..... 

A.   Ask her when will be ready the food

A.   will come to the party B.   Ask her when the food will be ready

B.   were coming to the party C.   Ask her when will the food ready be

C.   come to the party D.   Ask her when will be the food ready
40.

D.   have come to the party

36. He remembers being ..... to the fair as a
child.  A.   That's a brown, attractive leather
coat.

A.   visited B.   That's a brown leather coat

attractive.

B.   brought
C.   That's an attractive leather brown
coat.
 D.   That's an attractive brown leather C.   unless
coat.
41. I wish I ..... a car, I'm tired of catching the
bus.  D.   therefore
45. He wrote the letter ..... , he didn't need
anybody's help. 

A.   have
A.   on his own
B.   had
B.   by his own
C.   would have
C.   on himself
D.   had had
42. Peter can eat ..... as twenty oranges in
one sitting.  D.   by his ownership
46. Hotel rooms must be ..... by noon. 

A.   so many
A.   vacated

B.   so much
B.   evacuated

C.   as many
C.   abandoned

D.   as much
43. I know he didn't thank you, but he .... D.   leave
have done so.  47. You can take the book with you ..... you
give it back. 

A.   should
A.   as well as

B.   may
B.   as time as

C.   must
C.   as far as

D.   would
44. I won't go to the cinema ..... you come D.   as long as
with me.  48. Let's go watch the game, ..... 

A.   except A.   will we?

B.   otherwise B.   shall we?

C.   let us?

D.   don't we?

 49. I need to finish this ..... Friday.  50. After many years of research, they found
the solution ..... 

A.   during
A.   at the end
B.   by
B.   at last
C.   until
C.   by the end
D.   at
D.   on the end

Do an essay about the next topic. Write 100-150 words:

Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answers.