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Do you ever think about your old friends or former schoolmates? Are you interested in what they look like, where they study and whether they've chanched a lot? Actually plenty of British adults are. One of the most successfull Internet ventures in Britain has shown how profitable nostalgia can be.

The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1990 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One suprising fact is that Friends Reunited has been advertised, its success is entirely due to word of mounth.

You can search for a school, college or university and find a list of the members who were there in any year. You can also post a personal profile showing what you are doing now, an read other people's details.

Friends Reunited has also led to many successful school reunions, and people meeting up with each other many years. In particular, many people use the site to look up their childhood sweethearts and many couples have actually rekindled relationships after contacting each other through the site.

1. What does the text tell about?

                                        [a) About successfull business ventures, b) About the website Friends Reunited, c) About old school friends, d) About people's relationship]

2.Why was the website Friends Reunited started?

a) For fun. b) for business. c) for making money. d) for reuniting people used to be in love.   [a, b, c, d]

3. When was the website Friends Reunited started?                          [a - in 2000, b - in 1999, c - in 2005, d - the text doesn't say]

4. Who was the website started by?                                 [a) by a schoolboy, b) by a student, c) by a couple, d) by a group of school friends]

5.How many members did the project have by 2005?                [a) 12, b) 12 hundred, c) 12 thousand, d) 12 million]

6. How do people receive information about this site?                                      [a) through the mass media, b) through newspapers advertisements, c) from mouth to mouth, d) from site to site]

7.What has Friends Reunited led to?

A. To many successful school reunions.

B. To the popularity of schooling.

C. To welfare of many Internet sites.

D. To the disrespect of other web sites.   [A, B, C, D]

8. What feeling has the venture of Friends United made money on?

               [a) curiosity, b) jealousness, c) nostalgia, d) friendship]

Read the newspapers headlines and beginnings of the articles below. Choose choices 9-16 with A-H.

9. Victory a small step fot Europe.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

10.Prince calls for rainforest bills.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

11.Microsoft Offering Reward for Return of Gaming Addicted Teen.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

12.Croatia gets EU entry timeteable.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

13.Airline sorry for false legs fee.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

14.Army interpreter guilty of spying.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

15.GM bean could help prevent heart attacks.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

16.Gas prices lowest of the year.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

A. In waht one expert called an unusual move for a software company, Microsoft Canada has chipped in a reward for help in finding a gaming - addicted Ontario teenager who ran away fron home three weeks ago, after his parents took his Xbox away.

B. The average price of gasoline in Canada is at its lowest level since early last year, according to a report released on Tuesday.

C. The first genetically modified foods with direct benefits for human health should be available within four years after successful experiments in the United States. A GM soya bean that can help to prevent heart attacks has passed the first phrase of thrials, clearing the way for its use in foods such as spreads, yoghurts, cereals bars and salad dressings.

D. Barack Obama's groundbreaking victory marks a giant step for politics but just a small step for transatlantic relations. His political achivement is being widely welcomed and acclaimed across Europe, but no one expects significant changes in EU - US ties.

E. Prince Charles has called for rich counties to pay an annual "utility bill" for the benefits given to the world by its rainforests. Speaking in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the prince called rainforests the "world's greatest public utility".

F. Croatia could conclude EU accession talks next year, but Macedonia and Turkey have a lot more to do, The EU says.

G. Army corporal Daniel James, who worked fot Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.

H. An airline has apologised for charging an amputee who wanted to take a spare pair of prosthetic legs holiday an additional 10 each way.

Read the text and the statements to it. For 17-24 choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.

Loch Ness Monster

Not far from the Scottish village of Aviemore there is a very deep lake which has an air of mystery. Its name is Loch Ness, Loch being the Gaelic word for lake. Below its surface lurks a monster.

People swear they have been seen it and photographed it. There is even an early film of the monster in motion. Monster watching goes back a long way, so people do efforts to capture it, or at least prove scientifically thet it exists. But Nessie, as the monster is called, is shy and refuses to play. There was one particular investigation, Operation Deepscan, that cost a million pounds. All it came up with was one unexplained echo that might have been a monster. Local bus tours to Loch Ness include a boat trip on the lake, a tour of Urquhart Castle and a visit to the Loch Ness Exhibitions. There you can find out the details of sightings of the monster. You can also see full-size models of some of the scientific investigations.

And there are shops, selling local specialities, such as high quality Scottish woolens, smoked salmon and glass monsters.

17.Loch Ness is the name of the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

18.Loch Ness is situated near the Irish village of Avlemore.           [a) true, b) false]

19.The word "Loch" means "lake" in Gaelic.            [a) true, b) false]

20.Some people are sure they have been seen and photographed the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

21.People have kept trying to capture the monster for long.           [a) true, b) false]

22.The reality of the monster has been scientifically proved.            [a) true, b) false]

23.Operation Deepscan cost a million dollars.           [a) true, b) false]

24. Loch Ness attracts crowds of tourists.            [a) true, b) false]

Read the text below. Choose A-H the one that best fits each of 25-32.

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world's most successful internatinal news reporters. She was born in London in 1958. 25__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] and British mother. She attended exlusive schools in English before moving to the USA to study joutnalism. She __ 26__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]started a job with CNN in their Atlants headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.

27   [a, b, c, e, f, g, h], Amanpour was sent to Eastern Europe. She began to earn her reputation. 28 __   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] with her quality reporting. She became known for 29 ______   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] in dangerous conflict zones.

For two decades Amanpour has been history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the 30   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]. She reported from many of the world's hotspots, including Afganistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She sad one of her most memorable interviews 31 ____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide approval and won 32 _____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]____ work.

A. Her bravery and her willingness to work.

B. to an Iranian father.

C. was with Iran's

D. numerous awards for her.

E. as a world-class correspondent.

F. fistory makers

G. In 1989

H. graduated in 1983 and.

Read the text.

Do you ever think about your old friends or former schoolmates? Are you interested in what they look like, where they study and whether they've chanched a lot? Actually plenty of British adults are. One of the most successfull Internet ventures in Britain has shown how profitable nostalgia can be.

The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1990 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One suprising fact is that Friends Reunited has been advertised, its success is entirely due to word of mounth.

You can search for a school, college or university and find a list of the members who were there in any year. You can also post a personal profile showing what you are doing now, an read other people's details.

Friends Reunited has also led to many successful school reunions, and people meeting up with each other many years. In particular, many people use the site to look up their childhood sweethearts and many couples have actually rekindled relationships after contacting each other through the site.

1. What does the text tell about?

                                        [a) About successfull business ventures, b) About the website Friends Reunited, c) About old school friends, d) About people's relationship]

2.Why was the website Friends Reunited started?

a) For fun. b) for business. c) for making money. d) for reuniting people used to be in love.   [a, b, c, d]

3. When was the website Friends Reunited started?                          [a - in 2000, b - in 1999, c - in 2005, d - the text doesn't say]

4. Who was the website started by?                                 [a) by a schoolboy, b) by a student, c) by a couple, d) by a group of school friends]

5.How many members did the project have by 2005?                [a) 12, b) 12 hundred, c) 12 thousand, d) 12 million]

6. How do people receive information about this site?                                      [a) through the mass media, b) through newspapers advertisements, c) from mouth to mouth, d) from site to site]

7.What has Friends Reunited led to?

A. To many successful school reunions.

B. To the popularity of schooling.

C. To welfare of many Internet sites.

D. To the disrespect of other web sites.   [A, B, C, D]

8. What feeling has the venture of Friends United made money on?

               [a) curiosity, b) jealousness, c) nostalgia, d) friendship]

Read the newspapers headlines and beginnings of the articles below. Choose choices 9-16 with A-H.

9. Victory a small step fot Europe.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

10.Prince calls for rainforest bills.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

11.Microsoft Offering Reward for Return of Gaming Addicted Teen.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

12.Croatia gets EU entry timeteable.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

13.Airline sorry for false legs fee.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

14.Army interpreter guilty of spying.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

15.GM bean could help prevent heart attacks.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

16.Gas prices lowest of the year.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

A. In waht one expert called an unusual move for a software company, Microsoft Canada has chipped in a reward for help in finding a gaming - addicted Ontario teenager who ran away fron home three weeks ago, after his parents took his Xbox away.

B. The average price of gasoline in Canada is at its lowest level since early last year, according to a report released on Tuesday.

C. The first genetically modified foods with direct benefits for human health should be available within four years after successful experiments in the United States. A GM soya bean that can help to prevent heart attacks has passed the first phrase of thrials, clearing the way for its use in foods such as spreads, yoghurts, cereals bars and salad dressings.

D. Barack Obama's groundbreaking victory marks a giant step for politics but just a small step for transatlantic relations. His political achivement is being widely welcomed and acclaimed across Europe, but no one expects significant changes in EU - US ties.

E. Prince Charles has called for rich counties to pay an annual "utility bill" for the benefits given to the world by its rainforests. Speaking in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the prince called rainforests the "world's greatest public utility".

F. Croatia could conclude EU accession talks next year, but Macedonia and Turkey have a lot more to do, The EU says.

G. Army corporal Daniel James, who worked fot Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.

H. An airline has apologised for charging an amputee who wanted to take a spare pair of prosthetic legs holiday an additional 10 each way.

Read the text and the statements to it. For 17-24 choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.

Loch Ness Monster

Not far from the Scottish village of Aviemore there is a very deep lake which has an air of mystery. Its name is Loch Ness, Loch being the Gaelic word for lake. Below its surface lurks a monster.

People swear they have been seen it and photographed it. There is even an early film of the monster in motion. Monster watching goes back a long way, so people do efforts to capture it, or at least prove scientifically thet it exists. But Nessie, as the monster is called, is shy and refuses to play. There was one particular investigation, Operation Deepscan, that cost a million pounds. All it came up with was one unexplained echo that might have been a monster. Local bus tours to Loch Ness include a boat trip on the lake, a tour of Urquhart Castle and a visit to the Loch Ness Exhibitions. There you can find out the details of sightings of the monster. You can also see full-size models of some of the scientific investigations.

And there are shops, selling local specialities, such as high quality Scottish woolens, smoked salmon and glass monsters.

17.Loch Ness is the name of the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

18.Loch Ness is situated near the Irish village of Avlemore.           [a) true, b) false]

19.The word "Loch" means "lake" in Gaelic.            [a) true, b) false]

20.Some people are sure they have been seen and photographed the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

21.People have kept trying to capture the monster for long.           [a) true, b) false]

22.The reality of the monster has been scientifically proved.            [a) true, b) false]

23.Operation Deepscan cost a million dollars.           [a) true, b) false]

24. Loch Ness attracts crowds of tourists.            [a) true, b) false]

Read the text below. Choose A-H the one that best fits each of 25-32.

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world's most successful internatinal news reporters. She was born in London in 1958. 25__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] and British mother. She attended exlusive schools in English before moving to the USA to study joutnalism. She __ 26__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]started a job with CNN in their Atlants headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.

27   [a, b, c, e, f, g, h], Amanpour was sent to Eastern Europe. She began to earn her reputation. 28 __   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] with her quality reporting. She became known for 29 ______   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] in dangerous conflict zones.

For two decades Amanpour has been history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the 30   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]. She reported from many of the world's hotspots, including Afganistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She sad one of her most memorable interviews 31 ____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide approval and won 32 _____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]____ work.

A. Her bravery and her willingness to work.

B. to an Iranian father.

C. was with Iran's

D. numerous awards for her.

E. as a world-class correspondent.

F. fistory makers

G. In 1989

H. graduated in 1983 and.

Read the text.

Do you ever think about your old friends or former schoolmates? Are you interested in what they look like, where they study and whether they've chanched a lot? Actually plenty of British adults are. One of the most successfull Internet ventures in Britain has shown how profitable nostalgia can be.

The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1990 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One suprising fact is that Friends Reunited has been advertised, its success is entirely due to word of mounth.

You can search for a school, college or university and find a list of the members who were there in any year. You can also post a personal profile showing what you are doing now, an read other people's details.

Friends Reunited has also led to many successful school reunions, and people meeting up with each other many years. In particular, many people use the site to look up their childhood sweethearts and many couples have actually rekindled relationships after contacting each other through the site.

1. What does the text tell about?

                                        [a) About successfull business ventures, b) About the website Friends Reunited, c) About old school friends, d) About people's relationship]

2.Why was the website Friends Reunited started?

a) For fun. b) for business. c) for making money. d) for reuniting people used to be in love.   [a, b, c, d]

3. When was the website Friends Reunited started?                          [a - in 2000, b - in 1999, c - in 2005, d - the text doesn't say]

4. Who was the website started by?                                 [a) by a schoolboy, b) by a student, c) by a couple, d) by a group of school friends]

5.How many members did the project have by 2005?                [a) 12, b) 12 hundred, c) 12 thousand, d) 12 million]

6. How do people receive information about this site?                                      [a) through the mass media, b) through newspapers advertisements, c) from mouth to mouth, d) from site to site]

7.What has Friends Reunited led to?

A. To many successful school reunions.

B. To the popularity of schooling.

C. To welfare of many Internet sites.

D. To the disrespect of other web sites.   [A, B, C, D]

8. What feeling has the venture of Friends United made money on?

               [a) curiosity, b) jealousness, c) nostalgia, d) friendship]

Read the newspapers headlines and beginnings of the articles below. Choose choices 9-16 with A-H.

9. Victory a small step fot Europe.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

10.Prince calls for rainforest bills.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

11.Microsoft Offering Reward for Return of Gaming Addicted Teen.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

12.Croatia gets EU entry timeteable.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

13.Airline sorry for false legs fee.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

14.Army interpreter guilty of spying.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

15.GM bean could help prevent heart attacks.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

16.Gas prices lowest of the year.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

A. In waht one expert called an unusual move for a software company, Microsoft Canada has chipped in a reward for help in finding a gaming - addicted Ontario teenager who ran away fron home three weeks ago, after his parents took his Xbox away.

B. The average price of gasoline in Canada is at its lowest level since early last year, according to a report released on Tuesday.

C. The first genetically modified foods with direct benefits for human health should be available within four years after successful experiments in the United States. A GM soya bean that can help to prevent heart attacks has passed the first phrase of thrials, clearing the way for its use in foods such as spreads, yoghurts, cereals bars and salad dressings.

D. Barack Obama's groundbreaking victory marks a giant step for politics but just a small step for transatlantic relations. His political achivement is being widely welcomed and acclaimed across Europe, but no one expects significant changes in EU - US ties.

E. Prince Charles has called for rich counties to pay an annual "utility bill" for the benefits given to the world by its rainforests. Speaking in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the prince called rainforests the "world's greatest public utility".

F. Croatia could conclude EU accession talks next year, but Macedonia and Turkey have a lot more to do, The EU says.

G. Army corporal Daniel James, who worked fot Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.

H. An airline has apologised for charging an amputee who wanted to take a spare pair of prosthetic legs holiday an additional 10 each way.

Read the text and the statements to it. For 17-24 choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.

Loch Ness Monster

Not far from the Scottish village of Aviemore there is a very deep lake which has an air of mystery. Its name is Loch Ness, Loch being the Gaelic word for lake. Below its surface lurks a monster.

People swear they have been seen it and photographed it. There is even an early film of the monster in motion. Monster watching goes back a long way, so people do efforts to capture it, or at least prove scientifically thet it exists. But Nessie, as the monster is called, is shy and refuses to play. There was one particular investigation, Operation Deepscan, that cost a million pounds. All it came up with was one unexplained echo that might have been a monster. Local bus tours to Loch Ness include a boat trip on the lake, a tour of Urquhart Castle and a visit to the Loch Ness Exhibitions. There you can find out the details of sightings of the monster. You can also see full-size models of some of the scientific investigations.

And there are shops, selling local specialities, such as high quality Scottish woolens, smoked salmon and glass monsters.

17.Loch Ness is the name of the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

18.Loch Ness is situated near the Irish village of Avlemore.           [a) true, b) false]

19.The word "Loch" means "lake" in Gaelic.            [a) true, b) false]

20.Some people are sure they have been seen and photographed the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

21.People have kept trying to capture the monster for long.           [a) true, b) false]

22.The reality of the monster has been scientifically proved.            [a) true, b) false]

23.Operation Deepscan cost a million dollars.           [a) true, b) false]

24. Loch Ness attracts crowds of tourists.            [a) true, b) false]

Read the text below. Choose A-H the one that best fits each of 25-32.

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world's most successful internatinal news reporters. She was born in London in 1958. 25__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] and British mother. She attended exlusive schools in English before moving to the USA to study joutnalism. She __ 26__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]started a job with CNN in their Atlants headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.

27   [a, b, c, e, f, g, h], Amanpour was sent to Eastern Europe. She began to earn her reputation. 28 __   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] with her quality reporting. She became known for 29 ______   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] in dangerous conflict zones.

For two decades Amanpour has been history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the 30   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]. She reported from many of the world's hotspots, including Afganistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She sad one of her most memorable interviews 31 ____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide approval and won 32 _____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]____ work.

A. Her bravery and her willingness to work.

B. to an Iranian father.

C. was with Iran's

D. numerous awards for her.

E. as a world-class correspondent.

F. fistory makers

G. In 1989

H. graduated in 1983 and.

Read the text.

Do you ever think about your old friends or former schoolmates? Are you interested in what they look like, where they study and whether they've chanched a lot? Actually plenty of British adults are. One of the most successfull Internet ventures in Britain has shown how profitable nostalgia can be.

The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1990 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One suprising fact is that Friends Reunited has been advertised, its success is entirely due to word of mounth.

You can search for a school, college or university and find a list of the members who were there in any year. You can also post a personal profile showing what you are doing now, an read other people's details.

Friends Reunited has also led to many successful school reunions, and people meeting up with each other many years. In particular, many people use the site to look up their childhood sweethearts and many couples have actually rekindled relationships after contacting each other through the site.

1. What does the text tell about?

                                        [a) About successfull business ventures, b) About the website Friends Reunited, c) About old school friends, d) About people's relationship]

2.Why was the website Friends Reunited started?

a) For fun. b) for business. c) for making money. d) for reuniting people used to be in love.   [a, b, c, d]

3. When was the website Friends Reunited started?                          [a - in 2000, b - in 1999, c - in 2005, d - the text doesn't say]

4. Who was the website started by?                                 [a) by a schoolboy, b) by a student, c) by a couple, d) by a group of school friends]

5.How many members did the project have by 2005?                [a) 12, b) 12 hundred, c) 12 thousand, d) 12 million]

6. How do people receive information about this site?                                      [a) through the mass media, b) through newspapers advertisements, c) from mouth to mouth, d) from site to site]

7.What has Friends Reunited led to?

A. To many successful school reunions.

B. To the popularity of schooling.

C. To welfare of many Internet sites.

D. To the disrespect of other web sites.   [A, B, C, D]

8. What feeling has the venture of Friends United made money on?

               [a) curiosity, b) jealousness, c) nostalgia, d) friendship]

Read the newspapers headlines and beginnings of the articles below. Choose choices 9-16 with A-H.

9. Victory a small step fot Europe.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

10.Prince calls for rainforest bills.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

11.Microsoft Offering Reward for Return of Gaming Addicted Teen.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

12.Croatia gets EU entry timeteable.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

13.Airline sorry for false legs fee.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

14.Army interpreter guilty of spying.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

15.GM bean could help prevent heart attacks.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

16.Gas prices lowest of the year.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

A. In waht one expert called an unusual move for a software company, Microsoft Canada has chipped in a reward for help in finding a gaming - addicted Ontario teenager who ran away fron home three weeks ago, after his parents took his Xbox away.

B. The average price of gasoline in Canada is at its lowest level since early last year, according to a report released on Tuesday.

C. The first genetically modified foods with direct benefits for human health should be available within four years after successful experiments in the United States. A GM soya bean that can help to prevent heart attacks has passed the first phrase of thrials, clearing the way for its use in foods such as spreads, yoghurts, cereals bars and salad dressings.

D. Barack Obama's groundbreaking victory marks a giant step for politics but just a small step for transatlantic relations. His political achivement is being widely welcomed and acclaimed across Europe, but no one expects significant changes in EU - US ties.

E. Prince Charles has called for rich counties to pay an annual "utility bill" for the benefits given to the world by its rainforests. Speaking in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the prince called rainforests the "world's greatest public utility".

F. Croatia could conclude EU accession talks next year, but Macedonia and Turkey have a lot more to do, The EU says.

G. Army corporal Daniel James, who worked fot Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.

H. An airline has apologised for charging an amputee who wanted to take a spare pair of prosthetic legs holiday an additional 10 each way.

Read the text and the statements to it. For 17-24 choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.

Loch Ness Monster

Not far from the Scottish village of Aviemore there is a very deep lake which has an air of mystery. Its name is Loch Ness, Loch being the Gaelic word for lake. Below its surface lurks a monster.

People swear they have been seen it and photographed it. There is even an early film of the monster in motion. Monster watching goes back a long way, so people do efforts to capture it, or at least prove scientifically thet it exists. But Nessie, as the monster is called, is shy and refuses to play. There was one particular investigation, Operation Deepscan, that cost a million pounds. All it came up with was one unexplained echo that might have been a monster. Local bus tours to Loch Ness include a boat trip on the lake, a tour of Urquhart Castle and a visit to the Loch Ness Exhibitions. There you can find out the details of sightings of the monster. You can also see full-size models of some of the scientific investigations.

And there are shops, selling local specialities, such as high quality Scottish woolens, smoked salmon and glass monsters.

17.Loch Ness is the name of the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

18.Loch Ness is situated near the Irish village of Avlemore.           [a) true, b) false]

19.The word "Loch" means "lake" in Gaelic.            [a) true, b) false]

20.Some people are sure they have been seen and photographed the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

21.People have kept trying to capture the monster for long.           [a) true, b) false]

22.The reality of the monster has been scientifically proved.            [a) true, b) false]

23.Operation Deepscan cost a million dollars.           [a) true, b) false]

24. Loch Ness attracts crowds of tourists.            [a) true, b) false]

Read the text below. Choose A-H the one that best fits each of 25-32.

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world's most successful internatinal news reporters. She was born in London in 1958. 25__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] and British mother. She attended exlusive schools in English before moving to the USA to study joutnalism. She __ 26__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]started a job with CNN in their Atlants headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.

27   [a, b, c, e, f, g, h], Amanpour was sent to Eastern Europe. She began to earn her reputation. 28 __   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] with her quality reporting. She became known for 29 ______   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] in dangerous conflict zones.

For two decades Amanpour has been history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the 30   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]. She reported from many of the world's hotspots, including Afganistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She sad one of her most memorable interviews 31 ____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide approval and won 32 _____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]____ work.

A. Her bravery and her willingness to work.

B. to an Iranian father.

C. was with Iran's

D. numerous awards for her.

E. as a world-class correspondent.

F. fistory makers

G. In 1989

H. graduated in 1983 and.

Read the text.

Do you ever think about your old friends or former schoolmates? Are you interested in what they look like, where they study and whether they've chanched a lot? Actually plenty of British adults are. One of the most successfull Internet ventures in Britain has shown how profitable nostalgia can be.

The website Friends Reunited was started for fun in 1990 by a couple who were interested to know what their old school friends were doing. The project snowballed and by 2005, the site had 12 million members. One suprising fact is that Friends Reunited has been advertised, its success is entirely due to word of mounth.

You can search for a school, college or university and find a list of the members who were there in any year. You can also post a personal profile showing what you are doing now, an read other people's details.

Friends Reunited has also led to many successful school reunions, and people meeting up with each other many years. In particular, many people use the site to look up their childhood sweethearts and many couples have actually rekindled relationships after contacting each other through the site.

1. What does the text tell about?

                                        [a) About successfull business ventures, b) About the website Friends Reunited, c) About old school friends, d) About people's relationship]

2.Why was the website Friends Reunited started?

a) For fun. b) for business. c) for making money. d) for reuniting people used to be in love.   [a, b, c, d]

3. When was the website Friends Reunited started?                          [a - in 2000, b - in 1999, c - in 2005, d - the text doesn't say]

4. Who was the website started by?                                 [a) by a schoolboy, b) by a student, c) by a couple, d) by a group of school friends]

5.How many members did the project have by 2005?                [a) 12, b) 12 hundred, c) 12 thousand, d) 12 million]

6. How do people receive information about this site?                                      [a) through the mass media, b) through newspapers advertisements, c) from mouth to mouth, d) from site to site]

7.What has Friends Reunited led to?

A. To many successful school reunions.

B. To the popularity of schooling.

C. To welfare of many Internet sites.

D. To the disrespect of other web sites.   [A, B, C, D]

8. What feeling has the venture of Friends United made money on?

               [a) curiosity, b) jealousness, c) nostalgia, d) friendship]

Read the newspapers headlines and beginnings of the articles below. Choose choices 9-16 with A-H.

9. Victory a small step fot Europe.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

10.Prince calls for rainforest bills.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

11.Microsoft Offering Reward for Return of Gaming Addicted Teen.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

12.Croatia gets EU entry timeteable.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

13.Airline sorry for false legs fee.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

14.Army interpreter guilty of spying.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

15.GM bean could help prevent heart attacks.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

16.Gas prices lowest of the year.   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]

A. In waht one expert called an unusual move for a software company, Microsoft Canada has chipped in a reward for help in finding a gaming - addicted Ontario teenager who ran away fron home three weeks ago, after his parents took his Xbox away.

B. The average price of gasoline in Canada is at its lowest level since early last year, according to a report released on Tuesday.

C. The first genetically modified foods with direct benefits for human health should be available within four years after successful experiments in the United States. A GM soya bean that can help to prevent heart attacks has passed the first phrase of thrials, clearing the way for its use in foods such as spreads, yoghurts, cereals bars and salad dressings.

D. Barack Obama's groundbreaking victory marks a giant step for politics but just a small step for transatlantic relations. His political achivement is being widely welcomed and acclaimed across Europe, but no one expects significant changes in EU - US ties.

E. Prince Charles has called for rich counties to pay an annual "utility bill" for the benefits given to the world by its rainforests. Speaking in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, the prince called rainforests the "world's greatest public utility".

F. Croatia could conclude EU accession talks next year, but Macedonia and Turkey have a lot more to do, The EU says.

G. Army corporal Daniel James, who worked fot Britain's top general in Afghanistan, is found guilty of spying for Iran.

H. An airline has apologised for charging an amputee who wanted to take a spare pair of prosthetic legs holiday an additional 10 each way.

Read the text and the statements to it. For 17-24 choose T if the statement is true according to the text, and F if it is false.

Loch Ness Monster

Not far from the Scottish village of Aviemore there is a very deep lake which has an air of mystery. Its name is Loch Ness, Loch being the Gaelic word for lake. Below its surface lurks a monster.

People swear they have been seen it and photographed it. There is even an early film of the monster in motion. Monster watching goes back a long way, so people do efforts to capture it, or at least prove scientifically thet it exists. But Nessie, as the monster is called, is shy and refuses to play. There was one particular investigation, Operation Deepscan, that cost a million pounds. All it came up with was one unexplained echo that might have been a monster. Local bus tours to Loch Ness include a boat trip on the lake, a tour of Urquhart Castle and a visit to the Loch Ness Exhibitions. There you can find out the details of sightings of the monster. You can also see full-size models of some of the scientific investigations.

And there are shops, selling local specialities, such as high quality Scottish woolens, smoked salmon and glass monsters.

17.Loch Ness is the name of the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

18.Loch Ness is situated near the Irish village of Avlemore.           [a) true, b) false]

19.The word "Loch" means "lake" in Gaelic.            [a) true, b) false]

20.Some people are sure they have been seen and photographed the monster.            [a) true, b) false]

21.People have kept trying to capture the monster for long.           [a) true, b) false]

22.The reality of the monster has been scientifically proved.            [a) true, b) false]

23.Operation Deepscan cost a million dollars.           [a) true, b) false]

24. Loch Ness attracts crowds of tourists.            [a) true, b) false]

Read the text below. Choose A-H the one that best fits each of 25-32.

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world's most successful internatinal news reporters. She was born in London in 1958. 25__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] and British mother. She attended exlusive schools in English before moving to the USA to study joutnalism. She __ 26__   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]started a job with CNN in their Atlants headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.

27   [a, b, c, e, f, g, h], Amanpour was sent to Eastern Europe. She began to earn her reputation. 28 __   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] with her quality reporting. She became known for 29 ______   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] in dangerous conflict zones.

For two decades Amanpour has been history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the 30   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]. She reported from many of the world's hotspots, including Afganistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She sad one of her most memorable interviews 31 ____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h] President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide approval and won 32 _____   [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]____ work.

A. Her bravery and her willingness to work.

B. to an Iranian father.

C. was with Iran's

D. numerous awards for her.

E. as a world-class correspondent.

F. fistory makers

G. In 1989

H. graduated in 1983 and.