Passage 4Henry's job was to examine cars which crossed the
frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every
morning, except at weekends, he ___1__ see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the
frontier, __2__ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle __3__ the
frontier, Henry used to stop the man and __4__take the straw off and __5__ it. Then he
would examine the straw very carefully to see __6__ he could find anything, after which he
would look in all the man's pockets __7__ he let him tie the straw up again. The man would
then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always
__8__ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things __9__ in the straw, he never found
__10__, even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was __11__
something, but he was not __12__ to imagine what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked __13__ the straw and emptied
the factory worker's pockets __14__ usual., he __15__ to him, "Listen. I know that
you are smuggling things __16__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you're
bringing into the country so successfully? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the
__17__. Tomorrow I'm going to __18__. I promise that I shall not tell __19__ if you tell
me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything for __20__.
Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly: "Bicycles."
1. A)should B)might C)would D)must[ANSWER]
2. A)pushing B)filling C)pulling D)carrying[ANSWER]
3. A)arrived B)came C)appeared D)reached[ANSWER]
4. A)force B)make C)order D)call[ANSWER]
5. A)show B)until C)load D)loose[ANSWER]
6. A)that B)how C)where D)whether[ANSWER]
7. A)before B)first C)thus D)so[ANSWER]
8. A)lucky B)suspecting C)expecting D)insisting[ANSWER]
9. A)had been hidden B)have been hidden C)hiding D)hidden[ANSWER]
10. A)nothing B)everything C)something D)anything [ANSWER]
11. A)cheating B)stealing C)smuggling D)pushing[ANSWER]
12. A)capable B)able C)possible D)clever[ANSWER]
13. A)through B)upon C)thoroughly D)on[ANSWER]
14. A)then B)as C)more D)like[ANSWER]
15. A)cried B)ordered C)said D)told[ANSWER]
16. A)cross B)across C)behind D)into[ANSWER]
17. A)job B)case C)work D)duty[ANSWER]
18. A)return B)retire C)retreat D)rest[ANSWER]
19. A)everyone B)no one C)someone D)anyone[ANSWER]
20. A)long time B)moment C)period D)some time[ANSWER]
Passage 5Most young people enjoy some form of physical
activity. It may be walking, bicycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It
may be a game of some __1__ --- football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be
mountaineering.
Those who have a passion for __2__ high and difficult mountains
are often __3__ with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to __4__ cold and
hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, __5__, by the
difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to __6__ men give their
leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and __7__ a game. There are no man-made
rules, __8__ there are for such games as golf and football. There, __9__, rules of a
different kind which it would be dangerous to __10__, but it is this freedom from man-made
rules that makes mountaineering __11__ to many people. Those who climb mountains are
__12__ to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering and other more __13__ sports, we
might think that one big difference is that __14__ is not a "team game". We
should be mistaken __15__ this. There are, it is true, no "matches" between
"team" of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face __16__ by a rope on
which their lives may depend, there is __17__ teamwork.
The mountain climber knows that he may __18__ fight forces that
are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of __19__. His sport
requires high mental and physical __20__.
1.A)part B)sorts C)sport D)kind[ANSWER]
2.A)climbing B)rising C)going D)enjoying[ANSWER]
3.A)dealt B)looked upon C)coped D)disgusted[ANSWER]
4.A)catch B)diverse C)suffer D)overcome[ANSWER]
5.A)probably B)precisely C)logically D)strongly[ANSWER]
6.A)that B)how C)which D)why[ANSWER]
7.A)but B)not C)also D)is[ANSWER]
8.A)as B)such as C)i.e. D)possibly[ANSWER]
9.A)for example B)perhaps C)then D)of course[ANSWER]
10.A)behave B)imply C)ignore D)list[ANSWER]
11.A)luxurious B)painful C)attractive D)noticeable[ANSWER]
12.A)occasional B)free C)accustomed D)popular[ANSWER]
13.A)familiar B)similar C)regular D)thirty[ANSWER]
14.A)sport B)astonishment C)rule D)mountaineering[ANSWER]
15.A)by B)in C)from D)against[ANSWER]
16.A)admitted B)tracked C)vanished D)linked[ANSWER]
17.A)obviously B)basically C)already D)conversely[ANSWER]
18.A)would B)have to C)due to D)be to[ANSWER]
19.A)mountain B)wind C)nature D)snow[ANSWER]
20.A)limitation B)division C)goodness D)qualities[ANSWER]
Passage 6Niagara is an Indian word which means "roaring
water". Indeed, the roar of falling water of Niagara can be heard __1__ a distance of
25 kms. Imagine __2__ of water flowing over a cliff 90 feet high and you will get an idea
of that terrible noise.
And __3__ tremendous power the Niagara River has ! It moves big
rocks about and throws them into the boiling water below.
__4__ ago an old ship without a single person on board was put in
mid-stream. It sailed down the river __5__ a toy boat with great speed. Having reached the
fall, the ship dropped into the boiling water, never __6__ again.
There were some people who wanted to become famous __7__ swimming
across the most dangerous part of the Niagara River. One of them was Captain Webb. __8__
that he would try to swim cross the Niagara drew crowds of people. On the evening of July
21th, 1893, Captain Webb came up to the river and __9__ a plunge. His having jumping into
the water __10__ many people with horror. Soon, he appeared in the middle of the river. A
loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later there was __11__ silence. The man
had disappeared under the water. Thousands of eyes __12__ on the river, but the man was
downed.
In 1902, a certain Miss Taylor decided to go over the falls in a
barrel. There were different kinds of pillows inside the barrel to prevent her __13__.
Having examined the barrel carefully, Miss Taylor got in. The barrel was closed and then
__14__ into the water. Having reached the falls, it overturned and was shot down by the
terrible __15__ of the water. When the barrel was finally caught and opened, Miss Taylor
came out alive __16__ with a frightened look in her eyes.
Once a crowd of visitors saw a rope __17__ over them one bank of
the river to the other. Then they saw a man __18__ the rope. The man was an actor, Blondin
__19__. He managed to cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope. The people on the bank were
surprised at his __20__ it so well.
