IV. Reading Comprehension.

Since 1920, the population of China has doubled. With over one billion people today,
China accounts for 23 per cent of the world’s population. This increase is the greatest problem in
China’s plans to modernize itself. In order to solve this population problem, China has begun a “
one child” policy. This means that married couples have to limit their families to one child even
if they would like to have more children. This policy has been most effective in the big cities
where residents live in crowded apartments. In the countryside, however, the farmers say they
are hard pressed to limit their families to one child since they need more children to help with the
farm work. Factories and farms reward “one child” families with free medical care, better
housing, extra vacations, and cash bonuses. If couples have more than one child, they lose these
benefits, and their salaries may be cut by 10 per cent or even more. This trend to one child
families should slow down China’s population growth to a rate of 1.3 percent per year.

Choose the correct answers:

1. The main idea of the article is

a) problems of farmers in China
b) destruction of environment
c) overpopulation and rate of population growth in China
d) free medical care, better housing and cash bonuses for “one child” families

2. The “one child policy” has been most effective in

a) the countryside
b) urban areas
c) small towns
d) small villages

3. Chinese government tries:

a) to encourage people to have more children
b) solve medical problems of population
c) to help farmers with the farm work
d) to limit families to one child

4. Families having only one child

a) will have a lot of work to do
b) will have special privileges
c) will lose many benefits
d) are against the new policy

5. The new “one child policy”

a) will cause new problems for the government
b) should slow down population growth
c) will have no effects
d) both (a) and (c)

IV. Reading Comprehension.

“Islamic law is very good for the equality of women”, said Dr. Badria al-Awadhi, Kuwait’s first
woman law professor, “but the people who interpret the Islamic law are men. And they try to do it in a
way that is right for them and not for us.”
 “Us” are the women of Kuwait, many of whom are becoming educated, some of whom have
professional careers, and none of whom is allowed to vote. Like women in other westernised Third World
societies, Kuwaiti females are demanding their rights and overturning conventions. But in a country
where until recently women were shrouded behind black veils, progress can be agonizingly slow.
“We are the sacrificial generation”, Dr. al-Awadhi said. “ We wanted to prove ourselves as
women, that we are equal, that we could do the same job as men. But at the same time, we lost one thing-
the family. Most of us in this position, I could say, are not married.”
Dr.Badria al-Awadhi, the first female dean of Kuwait University’s School of Law and Shariah
( Islamic Law), is in a profession totally dominated by men. At 35, she is responsible for a law school
faculty of 42 men. With a decorate in international law and wide record of publications, Dr. al-Awadhi
said her male colleagues, many of whom are non-Kuwaitis, didn’t resist that much.
Educated women even found difficulties with prospective mothers-in-law. “ When you marry
here, you marry the whole family”, said Dr. al-Awadhi. “ The husband usually took the wife to live with
his family. So if you’re a man and you have a very educated wife and your mother doesn’t know how to
read –well, it is very difficult.”
The problems she faced may not confront Dr. al-Awadhi’s female students. Females make up 51
percent of Kuwait University’s students, and they attend classes wearing the latest fashions of Paris and
Rome. “ Before, a man had to choose between an educated and a non- educated woman ”, Dr. al- Awadhi
said. “ Now almost all young women are educated. A man doesn’t have a choice anymore”.

Choose the correct answers:

1. In Kuwaiti Islamic Law

a) helps women to become educated
b) is used to deprive women of their rights
c) allows women to vote
d) is not obeyed

2. Many educated women in Kuwait

a) are not married
b) refuse demanding their rights
c) try to interpret the Islamic law
d) don’t want to prove themselves and give up easily

3. Day by day it becomes very difficult for Kuwaiti men

a) to make a choice between educated and uneducated women, as all young women in Kuwait are
educated
b) to do the same job as women
c) to make progress in any sphere
d) to get education

4. Educated women in Kuwait may face many difficulties

a) if they have an uneducated mother-in law
b) if they work with non-Kuwaitis
c) if they are shrouded behind black veils
d) if they follow the rules of Shariah

5. Nowadays females in Kuwait university

a) outnumber male students
b) teach males how to demand their rights
c) occupy all the positions
d) slow the process of progress
 IV. Reading Comprehension.

He was an old man, and he was buying a car, not a new car but a good, used car. He
thought he wanted a big car, big enough for his children and his grandchildren. He wanted to be
able to take them for drives and to buy ice cream. The salesman, after talking to the old man for
quite while, realised that the old man’s children and grandchildren didn’t come to see him that
often. They lived in another state, and he usually went to see them. The salesman also realised
that the old man didn’t really need a big car. In fact, it would be quite expensive and
inconvenient for him. The salesman thought about the old man and his life, and he thought about
his used cars. Suddenly he thought of the perfect solution: a medium-sized car in excellent
condition. It wouldn’t be too expensive to run; it would be big enough for four or five people.
This car would be economical and dependable on the road, so the old man could drive to see his
family if he wanted to. The salesman suggested that the old man considered this car, and he
explained why he thought it would be a good car for him. The old man thought it over, and he
took the salesman’s advice. He liked the car, and he appreciated the fact that the salesman had
understood his real needs better than he himself had, as a matter of fact.

Choose the right answers:

1. The old man wanted

a) to ask the salesman for a piece of advice
b) to buy a new big car
c) to buy a used but a reliable car
d) to buy ice cream for his children

2. The salesman after talking to the old man

a) immediately realised what he wanted
b) realized that he did see his children
c) offered to take him for a drive
d) realised that he didn’t often see his children and grandchildren

3. The old man didn’t really need a big car because

a) such cars were not cheap or comfortable for him
b) it would take much space
c) the new car would be unreliable
d) old men were reluctant to see such cars

4. After the old man considered the salesman’s suggestion

a) he didn’t follow his advice
b) he refused to pay him money
c) he followed his advice
d) he went away without buying the car

5. In the end the old man

a) was grateful to the salesman for his help
b) bought a new big car
c) took his children for a drive
d) became furious
 IV. Reading Comprehension.
It started out to be a simple exploratory operation. Then, suddenly, the patient’s heart
stopped. Her brain waves started levelling off. The medical team immediately began emergency
treatment to try to start the heart again. At last, the chief surgeon announced that the patient had
died. Minutes later, much to everyone’s amazement, the “dead” patient came back to life. Her
heart started, and her brain waves began to assume normal patterns. Later she told the doctors
that she had been fully aware of everything that had happened while she was “dead”. She
believed that she came back to life because she wanted so badly to live longer. She said death
was not frightening, but she wasn’t ready to get yet. The experts admit that they have no
satisfactory explanations for these death or near-death experiences. They admit that they do not
fully understand life-and they do not fully understand death.

Choose the right answers:

1. This story is mainly about
a) an emergency treatment of the patient’s heart
b) death or near-death experiences
c) an ordinary operation that had no effect
d) medical treatment of ill people

2. When the “ dead “ patient came back to life

a) everyone was astonished
b) the chief surgeon didn’t believe it
c) her brain waves started levelling off
d) her heart stopped

3. The patient believed that she survived

a) because of the doctors
b) because of good treatment
c) because she didn’t want to die
d) none of the above

4. The experts admit that

a) they know explanations for such situations
b) they have enough experience
c) it is difficult to explain such cases
d) they don’t know the problems of the patients

5. While the patient was “dead “

a) she didn’t understand what was going on
b) she was aware of everything that was happening
c) she was very frightened
d) she didn’t feel anything

IV. Reading Comprehension.

In an effort to produce the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship afloat, the British built
the S.S. Titanic. It was so superior to anything else on the seas that it was dubbed “ unsinkable”.
So sure of this were the owners that they provided only twenty lifeboats and rafts, less than one
half the number needed for the 2,227 passengers on board.
Many passengers were aboard the night it rammed an iceberg, only two days at sea and
more than halfway between England and its New York destination. Because the luxury liner was
travelling so fast, it was impossible to avoid the ghostly looking iceberg. An unextinguished fire
also contributed to the ship’s submersion. Panic increased the number of casualties as people
jumped into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board the lifeboats. Four hours after
the mishap, another ship, the Carpathia, rescued the 705 survivors.
The infamous S.S. Titanic had enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden
voyage in 1912 before plunging into 12,000 feet of water near the coast of Newfoundland, where
it lies today.

Answer the following questions:

1. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

a) only a third of those aboard perished
b) the Carpathia rescued the survivors
c) the S.S. Titanic sank near Newfoundland
d) the S.S. Titanic was the fastest ship afloat in 1912

2. All of the following contributed to the large death toll EXCEPT:

a) panic
b) fire
c) speed
d) the Carpathia

3. How many days was the S.S. Titanic at sea before sinking?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 12

4. The word “ dubbed” in line 3 is closest in meaning to:

a) callled
b) initiated
c) christened
d) listed

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

a) The S.S.Titanic proved itself the most seaworthly vessel in 1912.
b) Attempts to rescue the S.S.Titanic’s survivors were not successful.
c) Overconfidence by builders and owners was greatly resonsible for the sinking of the
vessel.
d) A fire and panic were the only causes for the sinking of the ship.

IV. Reading Comprehension.

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza was a
monument of wisdom and prophecy built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C. Despite its
antiquity, certain aspects of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world.
The thirteen-acre structure near the Nile River is a solid mass of stone blocks covered with
limestone. Inside are a number of hidden passageways and the burial chamber for the pharaoh. It
is the largest single structure in the world. The four sides of the pyramid are aligned almost
exactly on true north, south, east, and west – an incredible engineering feat. The ancient
Egyptians were sun worshipers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid
were based on astronomical observations.
Explorations and detailed examinations of the base of the structure reveal many
intersecting lines. Further scientific study indicates that these represent a type of timeline of
events – past, present, and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to
coincide with known facts of the past. Others are prophesied for future generations and are
currently under investigation. Many believe that pyramids have supernatural powers, and this
one is no exception. Some researchers even associate it with extraterrestrial beings of the ancient
past.
Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or one built by a race far superior to
any known today?

Answer the following questions:

1. What was the most probable reason for providing so many hidden passages?
a) To allow the weight of the pyramid to settle evenly
b) To permit the high priests to pray at night
c) To enable the pharaoh’s family to bring food for his journey to the afterlife.
d) To keep grave robbers from finding the tomb and the treasure buried with the pharaoh

2. What do the intersecting lines in the base symbolize?

a) Architects’ plans for the hidden passages
b) Pathways of the great solar bodies
c) Astrological computations
d) Dates of important events taking place throughout time

3. In line 11, the word “prophesied” is closest in meaning to:

a) affiliated
b) precipitated
c) terminated
d) foretold

4. What is the best title for the passage?

a) Symbolism of the Great Pyramid
b) Problems with the Construction of the Great Pyramid
c) Wonders of the Great Pyramid of Giza
d) Exploration of the Burial Chamber of Cheops

5. Why is the Great Pyramid of Giza considered one of the seven wonders of the world?
a) It is perfectly aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass and contains many
prophecies.
b) It was selected as the tomb of Pharaoh Cheops
c) It was built by a super race.
d) It is very old.

IV. Reading Comprehension.

Britney Spears has named her second baby son Jayden James –and that , finally, is official.
The September 12 birth certificate, filed with Los Angeles officials this week, was the latest
twist in the rumor and secrecy that marked the arrival of the once publicity- hungry pop star’s
second baby.
Not only was the birth at a Los Angeles hospital never officially announced by Spears or her
husband Kevin Federline, but sources close to the couple led the world’s media to believe that
the boy had been named Sutton Pierce.
For weeks beforehand, the tabloid media was sure the former teen pop sensation was
expecting a girl. Celebrity magazines had Spears stocking up on pink baby clothes and reported
she planned to name the child Jamilyn after her younger sister Jamie and her mother Lynne.
But the official birth certificate records that Jayden James Federline was born September 12
at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Jayden, who at six weeks has yet to make his public
picture debut, was born two days before the first birthday of Spears’ first son, Sean Preston.
Spears, who put her phenomenal recording career on hold after marrying Federline in
September 2004, announced her second pregnancy on a late night TV chat show and posed nude
for Harper’s Bazaar when she was six months pregnant.

Choose the correct answers:

1.
a) The media was informed that Britney’s second child had been named Sutton Pierce.
b) In fact, the child’s name was Jackie James
c) The famous pop-star was expecting a boy though she had a son
d) The official birth certificate records that the child was born in San Francisco

2.
a) Britney Spears has named her third baby son after the famous musician
b) Britney Spears has named her second baby after her sister-in-law
c) Britney Spears has named her second baby son Jayden James
d) The child’s birth certificate caused a lot of arguments

3.
a) The arrival of the once publicity-hungry pop-star’s second baby was secret
b) The arrival of the once publicity-hungry pop-star’s baby arose the complications
c) The arrival of Britney’s third baby was secret
d) Britney Spears wasn’t eager to have a boy

4.
a) The birth of the child took place abroad
b) Britney became famous because her baby was born
c) The birth of the child took place at a Los Angeles hospital
d) Kevin Federline is Britney’s brother

5.
a) Everyone was sure that Britney was expecting a boy
b) Everyone was sure that Britney will reveal all the facts about her private life
c) The familiar journalists led media to believe that the boy had been named Sutton Pierce
d) Celebrity reported she planned to name the child Jayden
 IV. Reading Comprehension.
A man who killed his elderly wife during a row over his burnt dinner received a
suspended sentence yesterday.
Mr. Frederick Burton, a retired company director, aged 76, was described as a long-
suffering husband who was attacked and humiliated by his 79-year-old wife. He believed he had
strangled her and tried to commit suicide by taking tablets with whisky.
He regained consciousness the next morning and telephoned the police to tell them what
he had done.
Mrs. Margaret Burton had died of a heart attack when her husband pressed a nerve in her
neck. Only moderate pressure was required, Mold crown court was told, and she died almost
immediately.
Mr. Burton, of Abergele, north Wales, denied murder. He received a nine-month
suspended sentence after admitting manslaughter.
Mr. Justice Rock said that Mr. Burton had not intended to kill his wife or cause her
serious physical harm. “I’m satisfied that there had been a momentary loss of control which led
you to assault your wife which had tragic and unforeseen consequences”, he told Mr. Burton.
The judge accepted there had been considerable provocation.

Choose the correct answers:

1. Mr. Frederick Burton is

a) a criminal company director
b) conspirator
c) a retired company director
d) prisoner

2. Mr. Frederick Burton was accused because

a) he tried to commit suicide
b) he pressed a nerve in his wife’s neck and she died almost immediately
c) he caused his wife serious physical harm when beating her
d) he gave his wife tablets with whisky

3. Mrs. Margaret Burton had died of:

a) tablets with whisky
b) a heart attack
c) tragic and unforeseen consequences
d) poisoned meal

4. Court admitted that it was:

a) suicide
b) deliberate murder
c) rape
d) manslaughter

5. The judge accepted there had been

a) considerable provocation
b) lack of evidences
c) cruel murdering
d) deliberate acts
 IV. Reading Comprehension.
A mother who killed her teenage daughter’s boyfriend because he beat the girl up and led
her into crime and drug addiction was given a two-year suspended sentence at the Old Bailey
yesterday.
Julie Flores, aged 48, was also put on probation after her plea of manslaughter on the
grounds of diminished responsibility had been accepted by the court. She had denied murdering
Dominic Sparkes, a 28-year-old married man.
The court had heard that Sparkes made her daughter, Renata, pregnant at 15, and that
Flores decided to kill him after trying in vain to be rehoused to escape his influence.
Flores hit him over the head last September with a 7lb antique clock weight at her home
in Peckham, south London, and then stabbed him 13 times.
Doctor had told the jury how the stress of what had happened to her daughter severely
diminished her responsibility.

Choose the correct answers:

1. A two-year suspended sentence at the Old Bailey was given to:
a) a mother who led her daughter into crime and drug addiction
b) a boy who beat the girl up and let her into crime
c) a mother who killed her teenage daughter’s boyfriend
d) a girl who killed her boyfriend

2. Julie Flores, aged 48:

a) denied murdering
b) didn’t come to the court
c) couldn’t recognize Dominic Sparkes
d) was mad

3. Flores killed Dominic Sparkes, a 28-year-old married man

a) shooting him from the gun
b) drowning him in the water
c) giving him poisoned water
d) stabbing him 13 times

4. Julie Flores
a) was not sent to prison
b) was given a life-sentence
c) was admitted not guilty
d) was admitted not stable mentally and sent to Psychiatrical Hospital

5. Doctor had told the jury that:

a) the stress of what had happened to her daughter severely diminished mother’s responsibility.
b) the stress of what had happened to her daughter didn’t diminish her responsibility
c) no stress had happened to the mother and she’s stable mentally
d) the mother is stressed and needs a doctor’s help

IV. Reading Comprehension.

A distraught mother has discovered she has been bringing up the wrong baby for the past
six years. And the couple who adopted her real baby are refusing to let her see the boy, saying
that he must never be told the truth.
 Now heartbroken Jodie is taking the case to court in what is set to be one of America’s
strangest legal battles over the custody of a child. The awful truth was revealed when Jodie’s
marriage began to disintegrate. In one of their many rows, husband Walter claimed he was not
the real father of their son. Blood tests not only proved him right, but also showed that Jodie
could not be the real mother. Further investigations revealed a tragic mix-up at Griffith Hospital
where Jodie had given birth. The hospital’s supposedly foolproof system of identity bracelets
had gone wrong, and somewhere between the maternity ward and the nursery 2 babies were
switched. Jodie’s real child was given to a young mother who had already arranged for her baby
to be adopted. And the couple who adopted the boy, and named him Melvin, are now saying that
the young boy’s life would be too badly disrupted if he ever saw Jodie and learned the truth.
Meanwhile Jodie has now officially adopted the child she has been looking after for six years.
But yesterday she vowed: “I’ll fight to the end to get Melvin back. I’m entitled to have him- he’s
my son”.

Choose the correct answers:

1. A distraught mother discovered that
a) her husband was not the father of her child
b) her marriage began to disintegrate
c) she has been bringing up the wrong baby for the past six years
d) she forgot her child in the Hospital

2. Jodie knew that she wasn’t the mother of the child, when
a) her husband told her the truth
b) she went to the Hospital and saw her real child
c) blood test proved that Jodie could not be the real mother
d) her neighbors told her about it

3. Further investigations revealed that

a) didn’t officially adopt the child
b) Jodie was a kidnapper
c) Jodie was the real mother of a child
d) there was a tragic mix-up at Griffith Hospital

4. The couple who adopted Judie’s son

a) don’t allow Judie to see the boy
b) are ready to exchange the children
c) don’t know the truth about the tragic mix-up
d) allow Judie to see Melvin 2 times a week

5. Judie made a statement:

a) I don’t want Melvin to come back, he is not my son any more
b) I’ll get Melvin back, I’m entitled to have him- he’s my son!
c) I’ll kill that couple and get my son back
d) He’s also my son and I have right to see him every day.

IV. Reading Comprehension

There is an old Greek legend that King Minos kept a terrible monster called the Minotaur, which had
the head of a bull and the body of a man. Its den was in the middle of a Labyrinth, a place with many
winding passages through rocks where people lost their way and could never get out. Minos fed the
Minotaur on captives brought from Greece and other lands, whom he forced to enter the Labyrinth, where
they wandered till the monster seized them.
One day a brave young Greek hero called Theseus was brought to be sacrificed to the Minotaur; but
the king’s daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and resolved to save him. She brought him by night a
ball of wool and a sharp sword. When he entered the Labyrinth, Ariadne held one end of the wool, and
Theseus kept the ball in his hand and unwound it as he wandered in the maze of passages. At length he
came to the monster, and after a fierce fight slew it. Then winding up the wool again he was able to
follow the right way out, and escaped with Ariadne back to Greece. This and other legends show us that
Crete was famous in Greece and other ancient Mediterranean lands.

Choose the correct answers:

1. The Minotaur was:
a) an ordinary animal
b) a dangerous man
c) a clever man
d) an animal combining human and animal features

2. King Minos’s amusement was:

a) to keep terrible monsters
b) to kill a poor creature
c) to make the labyrinths
d) to cause pain the people

3. Minos fed the Minotaur:

a) crippled animals
b) birds
c) prisoners
d) babies

4. Ariadne helped Theseus because she:

a) Knew him deeply
b) relied on him
c) fell in love with him
d) believed him

5. At that fight Theseus

a) couldn’t kill him
b) could kill him
c) could run
d) could find the right way out

IV. Reading Comprehension.

Ancient Egyptian writing is known as “hieroglyphics” or “sacred writing,” because the

priests who guarded the temples of the gods were also skilled in all the ancient learning and kept
the writing records. Soon these ancient peoples found new materials for their writing. They made
a kind of ink with water, gum and soot and had a pointed reed for a pen. For paper the “papyrus,”
from which the word “paper” has come down to us, was used. It was a river reed split into thin
strips pasted together. On this they wrote, not from left to right, but from right to left, as Arabic
is written today. So strong was this papyrus that many of the ancient writings have lasted for
thousands of years and are still preserved.
In the centuries while these wonderful discoveries were being made, Egypt was still not a
united nation. Along the Nile for hundreds of miles from the Delta in the north to the cataracts in
the south there were many separate tribes. Each tribe had its own chief and its own special gods
with priests that looked after their temples. Many of the gods were animals. Among them were,
for example, the Crocodile, the Hippopotamus, the Lion, the Jackal, and even the Cat.
Choose the correct answers:

1. What does “it” in the following sentence refer to:

It was used by the ancient Egyptians to make paper
a) water and gum
b) gum, soot
c) a tall reed like a water plant
d) wood

2. Hieroglyphics is
a) a writing form
b) a picture or symbol of an object, representing a word
c) a picture of animals
d) an ancient learning method

3. The papyrus-ancient writings have lasted for

a) two centuries
b) some years
c) thousands of years
d) still nowadays

4. Majority of separate tribes had a particular

a) writing skills
b) sacred writing
c) chief and gods
d) unusual legend

5. The tribes worshiped:

a) waxen status
b) animals
c) fire
d) trees

IV. Reading Comprehension.

According to Chinese legend Pan- Ku created the earth. This was supposed to have
happened millions of years ago. Pan- Ku took eighteen thousand years to complete this work,
and after him came other godlike heroes, each of whom ruled for thousands of years. These tales
and other Chinese stories of the very distant past are, of course, merely fanciful legends, but
there is no doubt that Chinese civilization is very old.
It began, like the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India, in fertile river valleys, for
in China there are some of the greatest rivers in the world. Many thousands of years ago Chinese
tribes who called themselves “ The Black- Haired People” settled on the banks of the Huang Ho
or Yellow River, and gradually spread into the valley of the Yang- tse also. They became great
farmers. Like the Egyptians they had to struggle against great river floods and learn how to
control them. Being a clever and active people they made many wonderful discoveries; and at
length there grew up in the middle of China a kingdom which was given the beautiful name
Chung- kwa- kuo, the Middle Flowery Kingdom.
 There must have been long ago many wise men whose names are now unknown, who helped
to make the Chinese happy and prosperous. But the old Chinese books say that this was done
mainly by five great kings: Fu His, Shen Nung, Huang Ti, Yao and Shun.

Choose the correct answers:

1. According to Chinese legend Pan-Ku was
a) an ordinary man
b) a divine creature
c) a brave person
d) a clever man

2. Chinese civilization is very old for

a) culture
b) customs
c) miraculous myth
d) language

3. Chinese tribes devoted themselves with

a) writing
b) painting
c) farming
d) discovering

4. Being wise men they were made

a) to plant
b) to keep special things
c) to build
d) to find out many things

5. Some great kings made the Chinese

a) well-to-do and lucky
b) men of culture
c) independent
d) free-people

IV. Reading Comprehension

Tampa, Florida, owes a great deal of its growth and prosperity to a Cuban cigar
manufacturer named Vicente Martinez Ybor. When civil war broke out in 1869, he was forced to
flee his country, and he moved his business to south Florida. Sixteen years later, labor union
problems in Key West caused him to seek a better location along the west coast of the state. He
bought a forty-acre tract of land and made plans to set up his cigar factory on the site. This
original sixteen-block stretch of land later expanded to one hundred acres near Tampa. This
newly developed area was called Ybor City in his honor. Spanish, Italian, and Cuban immigrants
flocked to the area as the demand for workers in the cigar factory increased. One fifth of the
city’s twenty thousand residents enjoyed the high-paying jobs here. At the end of the 1800s, Jose
Marti, a Cuban poet and freedom fighter, organized a revolution from Ybor City and managed to
get considerable support for his movement. Teddy Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders” were stationed
there during the Spanish- American War in 1898. Much of the prosperity of this region is due to
Ybor’s cigar factory established more than one hundred years ago.

Choose the right answer:

1. Where is Ybor City located?
a) South Florida
b) Cuba
c) West Florida
d) Marti

2. The word “flee” in line 3 means most nearly the same as:
a) escape
b) return to
c) fight
d) disembody

3. Why will people probably continue to remember Ybor’s name?

a) He suffered a great deal.
b) An area was named in his honor.
c) He was a Cuban revolutionary.
d) He was forced to flee his homeland.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

a) The Spanish- American War
b) Cuban Contributions in the Development of Ybor City
c) Ybor’s Contribution to Developing Part of the Tampa Area
d) The Process of Cigar Manufacturing

5. Who was Jose Marti?

a) A good friend of Ybor
b) One of Teddy Roosevelt’s “ Rough Riders”
c) A Cuban writer who sought to free his country
d) A worker in the cigar factory

IV. Reading Comprehension.

A bank robber was jailed for ten and a half years yesterday after being identified by his
ear “print”. Bobby Lee Clarke 24, of Shore ditch east London, wore a mask when he raided
Barclays Bank in Aveley Essex. He was filmed by security cameras inside the bank and his
exposed ears and eyebrows were singled out vital clues in his conviction.
Police used a computer at the new Facial Identification Center, based at the Charing
Cross and Westminster Medical School, Hammersmith, west London to compare the bank
photographs with others of the suspect. Clarke was arrested two months after the raid. Dr Peter
Veneris, who heads the center, told the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court that human ears were
like fingerprints, with no two the same “the contours of the ear match in both images” he said.
Clarke was arrested driving one of two stolen cars used in the robbery and sawn-off
shotgun and ammunition were found in the vehicle. The jury took a little over an hour to find
Clarke guilty of robbery, two counts of unlawful possession of firearms, firing a fireman with
intent to endanger life and reckless driving.
Choose the right answer:
1 A bank robber could be found with the help of
a) security cameras inside the bank
b) fingerprints
c) police
d) facial identification center

2. The head of facial identification center told that

a) human ears were like fingerprints, with no two the same
b) it was impossible to find criminals by their ears
c) Clarke was not guilty in robbery
d)they had been investigating human ears for a long time

3. Bobby Lee Clarke was arrested

a) only after comparing the bank photographs with others of the suspect
b) Immediately
c) After two years’ investigation
d) after the identification of his finger prints

4. Clarke was found guilty

a) only in robbery
b) in series of crimes, including robbery
c)only in reckless driving
d)only possessing unlawful things

5. London police
a) tried to find the robber themselves
b) addressed to facial identification center to help them to find
c) didn’t want to believe the help of ear prints at all
d) didn’t find Clarke guilty in any crime