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NAME: ___________________________________________________________ ID __________________________

DATE______________________ COURSE CODE _____________________ SCORE _______________________
PURPOSE: Understanding vocabulary in context and identifying information from a text.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read a text about New York City and answer the
questions below (activities 1, 2 and 3). You have fifty minutes to fulfilling
this exam.
New York City
New York, also known as the Big Apple, is both a huge city
and the name of the state where it is located. It is the most
important city in the United States and the biggest port too;
however, it is not the capital city. It has more than 9.000.000
inhabitants.
There are five main boroughs and several islands in New York connected to the continent by
many bridges. The most famous islands are probably Manhattan and Liberty Island where
you can find the not less famous Statue of Liberty, offered by the French to the American
people as a Symbol of freedom.
New York is very big, bigger than we can imagine. There are three airports: J.F.K., La
Guardia and Newark; 200 bus routes; 12.000 taxis and ten subway lines. New York streets
are also larger and longer, some of them are kms long and they are named with numbers.
The most important avenue is 5th Avenue, famous for its luxury shops where you can get the
best brands of the world.
The biggest and most famous park in New York is Central Park, in the Centre of Manhattan,
where you can find a zoo, skating rinks, sports courts, two lakes, a pool. There is also the
world famous Metropolitan Museum. This park is a popular place for people to meet, relax
and have fun. It is one of the city's safest and most pleasant walking locations. There are
loads of things to do in the park such as playing games, jogging, cycling, horse-riding,
rollerblading, or simply sunbathe on the grass and have a picnic. Central Park is famous all
over the world and around 25 million people visit the park each year.
New York is also well known for its museums, skyscrapers as big as your eyes can see;
Broadway and its shows, cinemas, theatres, restaurants and the financial world.
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New York is a fantastic city! It’s the place where you can do and see everything. It’s the city
that never sleeps.

1. Decide whether these statements are True or False according to the text. Each item value is 0.2

A. More than nine million people live in New York _______

B. New York is a city and a state _________
C. The Statue of Liberty is located in Manhattan ________
D. New York has four airports ________
E. The Statue of Liberty was a present from the British _________
F. There is not a zoo in Central Park _________

2. According to the text, choose the suitable answer for these questions. Each item value is 0.3
- What is 5th Avenue famous for? - How many people visit Central Park each
a. Its brands year?
b. Its skyscrapers a. Nine million people
c. Its shops b. Twenty-five million
d. Its parks c. Twelve million
d. Twenty-five thousand

- How many bus routes are there in New York? - Where is Central Park Located?
a. Twelve thousand a. In Broadway
b. Ten lines b. In Liberty Island
c. Two hundred c. In Manhattan
d. Twenty thousand d. In Newark

- Which question has no answer in the text - What is the nickname of New York?
above? a. City of lights
a. How many subway lines are there in New b. The Big Apple
York? c. The Big city
b. What is the capital city of the United States? d. The sleepy city
c. Where is the Metropolitan Museum?
d. What is the most important avenue in New
York?

3. Complete the statements with a word taken directly from the reading (write only one word
for each answer). Each item value is 0.4

a. Several islands in New York are connected by ________________

b. The Statue of Liberty is a ______________ of freedom
c. Newark is an _______________
d. New York streets have _______________ names
e. Besides being an important city in the USA, New York is the biggest ___________
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Texts taken from www.eslprintable.com Task designed by: Diana Vanessa Gómez C. ITM English
Teacher. August 2020.