Reading K4 Test 10

Read the text.

London Heathrow is the biggest airport in the UK and it also handles more international passenger traffic than any other airport in the world. For this reason, expansion was planned and on 27th March 2008 the fifth terminal was opened to help to cope with the many passengers that pass through the airport.

The new terminal has taken a long time to plan and build. The idea was first proposed back in the 1980s. The opening of it has been talked about widely in the media in the UK and expectations were high for the 4.3 billion project.

However, in spite of long preparations at Terminal 5 ahead of the grand opening, things soon turned into chaos. There were problems from the beginning caused by the poor preparation of the airport personnel. The staff had difficulties finding car parking spaces and getting through security to get into the building. This consequently caused a delay when passengers started to arrive and adequate numbers of staff were not in place. Long passengers queues formed and the slow start meant that everyone had to play catch-up from the beginning.

By lunchtime that first day, 20 flights had been cancelled to try to resolve the problems. Flights continued to be cancelled in the days following the opening and up to 28,000 bags have now had to be placed in temporary storage.

British Airwaves, the only airline operating at Terminal 5 said <it is working to clear the backlog>, but the negative publicity caused by this fiasco has not helped the airport or the airline's reputation at all.

Choose the correct answer.

1. What does the text tell about?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. About the advantages of the new Terminal at London Heathrow.

   B. About the problems of Terminal 5 at London Heathrow.

   C. About the British Airwaves company.

   D. About London Heathrow airport.

2. Why was the fifth terminal opened?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. To deal with the great number of passengers that pass through the airport.

   B. To help the airport to increase the number of passengers.

   C. To make Heathrow airport the biggest airport in the UK.

   D. To make Heathrow airport the biggest airport in the world.

3. When did the idea of a new terminal appear?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. In the 1980s.

   B. In the 1990s.

   C. In 2008.

   D. Last year.

4. How much did the project cost?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. 4.3 billion dollars.

   B. 4.3 billion euros.

   C. 4.3 billion pounds.

   D. 4.3 million pounds.

5. What was the reason for the problems on the new Terminal?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. The high expectations of the public.

   B. The-out-of-date opening.

   C. Too long preparations at Terminal 5.

   D. The bad preparation of the airport staff.

6. What were the difficulties the staff had to cope with?   [A, B, C, D]

   A. Lack of parking places and getting through security to get into the building.

   B. Buying and selling tickets.

   C. Coming through the customs and finding car parking spaces.

   D. Boarding on the airplanes.

7. The world combination <to play catch-up> means...   [A, B, C, D]

   A. Playing hide-and-seek.

   B. Trying to be delayed.

   C. Trying not to fall benind.

   D. Leaving the airport.

8. Due to unsuccessful opening, the airport or the airline's reputation...   [A, B, C, D]

   A. was saved.

   B. was ruined.

   C. didn't suffer much.

   D. didn't have any negative impact.

Read the text concerning the most popular British legends. Match choices.

1. James Bond   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

2. King Arthur   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

3. Harry Potter   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

4. Jack the Ripper   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

5. Robin Hood   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

6. The Loch Neas Monster   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

7. Knights in Shining Armour   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

8. Sherlock Holmes   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

   Great British Legends

   A. He is the classic English folk hero - a wrong fighting, brave and admirable guy. Did we mention the handsome green outfits and Merry Men? As the story tells, he lived in nearby Sherwood Forest that gave the name to a bay in North Yorkshire and an airport in the south of the country.

   B. Few things are as emblematically Scottish as the mythical monster that hides in the lake. Catching Nessie has declined over recent years and despite high-profile submarine searches and much-disputed photographs the beast is no more real than Monster.

   C. London's Baker Street was the home of sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, and it's here you'll find a statue and museum dedicated to the Victorian crime fighter.

   D. Fashionable and elegant, it's no surprise that to get to know more about him you should start at his tallor's, Turnbull & Asser of BondStreet, London. It's a short stroll from here, from where you can take a speedboat trip down the Thames, Tours often pass the M16 building where 007 gets his gadgets from Q. Take a 90-minute journey from London to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, where you'll find fantastic cars from throughout 007's career.

   E. The true identity of this character is lost in time, but various places in Britain claim to be the true location of Camelot. You'll hear the clang of Lancelot's sword and smell the oak from Round Table at Caerleon in Wales. The cliff-top castle of Tintagel in CornWall is worth a visit anyway, but its claim as Arthur's birthplace makes it a must visit.

   F. The Knights Templars - which became famous by the Da Vinci Code - were most certainly real. Temple Church in London is, as seen in the film, home to the effigies of crusading Templars. The Round Church is Cambridge is another mujst-see Templar location.

   G. Forever synonymous with the Victorian streets of White chapel in east London, this terrible character's territory is Britain's dark and frightening tourist attraction. The serial killer, who murdered five women in 1888 but was never caught, was voted the worst-ever Briton in a 2006 survey.

   H. The fans of this popular character should make their first stop at King's Cross Station, and from here head north to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland for a game of Quidditch. In north Yorkshire, Goathland doubles as Hogwarts Station, and getting here involves crossing the mighty Ribblehead Viaduct which also appears in the films. For the school itself you'll need to travel south to Gloucester Cathedral.

Read the text and choose if the statement is true or false.

The British actress Keira Knightley has rejected claims that her latest film The Duchess, a historical drama set in the 18th century, parallels the life of Princess Diana. The film tells the true life story of Georgians, Duchess of Devonshire, who was the great-great-great-great sunt of Diana, Princess of Wales.

In the film Knightley plays an aristocratic woman who gets married to a man who is in love with another woman. It is this storyline that mimics the experience of Princess Diana, who married Prince Charles and discovered that he was continuing a long-standing secret relationship with another woman. Speaking to the BBC, Keira Knightley was quick to play down the similarities in the stories, saying her character was <an interesting enough person to argue that a film is completely about her, without comparison>.

In fact, the 23-year-old actress claims not to remember the story of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's unlucky marriage. <I was 11 when Diana died, so I don't really know what the actual story is, so I don't feel I can comment on the parallels>, Knightley told reporters at a recent press conference.

Whether the Diana connection exists or not, the film The Duchess provides a fascinating insight into personal relationships in a society where divorce was taboo.

The film is also a visual delight as the architecture and fashions of 18th century England are carefully recreated down to the smallest detail.

1. In the new film the British actress Keira Knightley plays Diana, Princess of Wales.       [True, False]

2. The Duchess is a historical drama.       [True, False]

3. Keira Knightley is against any comparisons of her heroine with Diana.       [True, False]

4. Keira Knightley claims she remembers the story of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's unlucky marriage very well.       [True, False]

5. Keira Knightley was 11 when Diana died.       [True, False]

6. The film The Duchess is valuable only with connection to Diana's story.       [True, False]

7. The film tells about personal relationships in a society where divorce was forbidden.       [True, False]

8. The film lets the spectators enjoy the architecture and fashions of 18th century England.       [True, False]

Read the text and choose the variant that fits in the gap.

Inventions in electricity

In the 1800s the use of electricity was expanding. Scientists continued to learn about _____.                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use]

They also learned how to make electricity with an electricity generator. The type of generator that came into widest use was invented by Nikola Tesla, ___                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] Croatia. In the 1890s his generators began to exploit __                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] to create cheap electricity. The inventor                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] widest use of electricity was Thomas Edison. First a newsboy and then a telegraph operator, Edison __                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] practical things, <____                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] won't sell, I don't want to invent>, he said.

In 1876, Edison set up his own barnlike workshop in the town of Manls Park, New Jersey. There he thought up hundreds ____                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use] electricity. During one five-year period he took out a new patent almost every month.

His greatest invention as the light bulb (1879). By 1882 some New York City buildings were glowing with electric light. Electric lighting replaced gas lights so quickly that in 1889 Edison's factory produced ____                            [wanted to invent, 25 million, how electricity works, who made, an immigrant from, Anything that, the power of Niagara Falls, of ways to use]light bulbs.

Edison helped shape life in the 1900s with his many inventions. He developed the dictating machine, motion-picture camera, and phonograph.

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