READING 1

Most people in England live in urban areas. Towns and cities are spreading into their
surrounding environment to cope with the increase in populations. In England, an average of
7,000 hectares of farmland, countryside and green space were converted to urban use every
year between 1985 and 1998. Most houses in England are made of stone or brick from the
local area where the houses are built. The colors of the stones and bricks change across the
country.
A big problem in England is the rising cost of houses. In 1989 first-time buyers paid an
average of around £40,000, in 2001 this had more than doubled to £85,000 and in 2006 to
£151,565. The cost of housing in England has increased much faster than people's salaries
making it impossible for first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder unless they are in
especially well-paid jobs, are able to call upon rich relatives or are prepared to buy jointly
with friends.

England has many types of homes. In the large cities, people often live in apartments, which
are called flats. In most towns, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. They
are called terraced houses. A detached house is not joined to another house. Semi-detached
houses are two houses joined together.

41. Houses in England are mainly made of ….

a. wood
b. stones
c. steel
d. paper
42. There are ….. types of houses in England mentioned in the passage.
a. three
b. two
c. four
d. five
43. The underlined word, “they” refers to…
a. houses
b. the first time buyers
c. salaries
d. jobs
44. All houses of England have the same color.
a. True
b. False
45. How can people in England solve the problem of high prices of new houses?
They call upon rich relatives or buy jointly with friends.

READING 2
Bruce Lee (Lee Hsiao Lung), was born in San Fransisco in November 1940 the son of a
famous Chinese opera singer. Bruce moved to Hong Kong when he soon became a child star
in the growing Eastern film industry. His first film was called The birth of Mankind, his last
film which was uncompleted at the time of his death in 1973 was called Game of Death. At
the age of 19 Bruce left Hong Kong to study for a degree in philosophy at the University of
Washington in America. It was at this time that he took on a waiter's job and also began to
teach some of his skills of Kung Fu to students who would pay. Then, he gained some small
roles in Hollywood films and some famous stars wanted to be students of him.Bruce visited
Hong Kong in 1968 and he was welcomed by the people he had left. On July 20, 1973, just
one month before the first show of Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at the
age of 32. The official cause of his sudden death was a strange reaction to a prescription
painkiller he was reportedly taking for a back injury.

46. “Lee Hsiao Lung” is …

a. Bruce Lee’s Chinese name.
b. Bruce Lee’s father’s name.
c. Bruce Lee’s mother’s name.
d. Bruce Lee’s hometown name.

47. The last completed film of Bruce lee is …

a. Game of Death
b. Enter the Dragon
c. The Birth of Mankind
d. Eastern film
48. Why did Bruce Lee leave Hong Kong ….
a. To have a university degree from an American University
b. To work as a waiter
c. To teach American People Kung Fu
d. To be a film star
49. Bruce Lee died in his own country.
a. True
b. False
50. How did Bruce Lee die?
The official cause of his sudden death was a strange reaction to a prescription painkiller he
was reportedly taking for a back injury.