Reading Test Term II Christopher Columbus

I. Read the text and do the task: True or False

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Why did he want to sail west?

Columbus knew that Earth was round, and he thought that he would find a quicker and easier route to the east. He thought that the Earth was smaller than it is, and he did not know about America.

What ships did he use?

In 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos in Spain with tree ships, which were between fifteen and thirty-six metres long. Altogether, they carried about ninety men.

What did he find?

They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean for ten weeks. Then a sailor called Rodrigo Bernajo saw land, although Columbus said that he himself had seen it first. He landed on a small island, which Columbus called San Salvador. Columbus called all people that he met “Indians” because he was sure that he had reached India. Actually, he hadn’t. He had landed on some islands which are called the West Indies because of mistake. They are just east of the great continent of America. Although Columbus is known as the man who “discovered” America, he never set foot on its land.

1) Columbus thought that the world was flat.

2) Columbus was trying to reach America.

3) The ships were less than thirty-seven metres long.

4) Rodrigo Bernajo was the man who first saw land.

5) Columbus reached India.

6) Columbus never walked on American land.

II.Read the text below. For questions 1 - 6 choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Some Interesting Facts about Mozart

Among (1) ___ of the classical period, the most productive was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) of Austria, who wrote about 1,000 operas, operettas, symphonies, violin sonatas, serenades, concertos for piano and many other instruments, of which only 70 were published before he died at the age of 35.

His (2) ___ La Clemenza di Tito (1791) was written in 18 days, and the symphonic masterpieces, Symphonies No. 39, 40 and 41, were written in the space of 42 days in 1788.

His overture Don Giovanni was written in full score at one sitting in Prague in 1787 and finished on the day of its opening (3) ___.

The (4) ___ interval between the known composition of a piece by a composer and its performance is from 3 March 1791 until 9 October 1982 (over 191 years), in the case of Mozart’s Organ Piece for a Clock.

In what is believed to be the largest-ever recording project devoted to a single composer, there are 180 compact (5) ___ containing the complete set of authenticated works by Mozart, produced by Philips Classics for release in 1990/91 to commemorate the bicentennial of the composer’s death.

The complete set comprises over 200 hours of (6) ___ and would occupy 6,5 feet (1,98 metres) of shelving.