Reading Test7

TASK1

Read the text below. Match choises(A-H) to (1-5). There are tree choises you don`t need to use.

WAYS TO VOLUNTEER WITH YOUR KIDS

Everyone wants their children to learn and know about the world around them, and a great ands-on practice is volunteer work. Is there a better way to learn than getting out there and doing something that benefits others?

1.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]Unfortunately, every community has residents without homes who need shelter, food or clothing. Volunteer to make or serve food at pantries or shelters that serve these people in your community. Take it a step further, and organize your own food drive to collect and deliver much-needed food to these organizations.

2.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]One of the biggest impacts on the environment is discarded tranh. Take your children to a location like the beach or a park, and pick up trash. Also, check with local organizations to see if they are hosting annual cleanup days. Many groups hold events each year to clean up rivers, highways and other public lands.

3.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]Most children love animals, so volunteering at a local animal shelter or rescue operation is a great way to get them involved. Visit the animal shelters, and walk the creatures that are waiting in cages to find homes. Kids also can help out by collecting pet food and other supplies that are in constant demand at animal shelters.

4.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]Most families have more clothes than they really need. Clean out your wardrobes, and gather your gently used belongings and take them to a nearby shelter. Use this activity as a teaching opportunity for your children, explaining how we can use what we have to help others. Take it a step further, and help them organize their own community clothing drive for local organizations.

5.   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]Volunteering with your children provides a great way to show your kids other life lessons as well. Take your kids to the grocery store, and give them a dollar amount. Have them pick out the most cost-effective and most nutritious foods - which becomes a maths lesson for your kids, too - and then take it to a shelter or food drive. Another example is having your children read to seniors in the hospital, which helps improve the kids' literacy skills.

   A Go on little patrol.
   B Help the homeless.
   C Do it for the kids.
   D Teach your kids.
   E Go to the dogs.
   F Go to a locak children`s hospital.
   G Celebrate the holidays.
   H Clean your closets.

TASK2

Read the text below. For questions(1-5) choose correct answer(A, B, C or D).

Parents in the UKface being punished if their children are continually late for school.Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced he will crack down on what he terms "problem parentes". He said too many families fail to "face up to their responsibilities" by ensuring their children get to school on time, and are "ready to learn and show respect for their teachers".

Parents are already slapped with a £60 ($100) fine if their child is repeatedly late for school. However, 20,000 of these penalties were unpaid last year, prompting Mr Gove to announce a tougher penalty system. There will also be fines for parents who withdraw their children during term time to take them on cheaper family vacations.

Mr Gove said his plans were all part of raising standards in education, creating a bigger incentive for parents to ensure their children get to school, and tackling the problem of "habitual truancy".

Gove also hit back at his critics, accusing them of adhering to policies that set pupils up to fail and of promoting "a diet of dumbed-down courses". He said opposition politicians shied away "from anything which might require grit".

Gove warned their policies would send children to school "without daring to think they might be intellectually curious and capable of greatness, denying them access to anything stretching or ambitious, and setting expectations so low you can never be surprised by someone's potential".

1. Parents will be punished if their children are late for school   [A, B, C, D].
   A two times a year
   B even once
   C every day
   D more than once

2. We can infer from the text that parents failed   [A, B, C, D].
   A to pay money for the books
   B to pay around 20,000 lateness finest last year
   C to visit school meetings
   D to pay necessary attention to their children`s study

3. The UK government is aiming to reduce truancy levels   [A, B, C, D].
   A via establishing additional courses
   B via introducing free days
   C via some government issues
   D via organizing cheap family vocations

4. It is obvious that parents   [A, B, C, D].
   A need to control the school attendance of their kids
   B aren`t responsible for their kids
   C can take their children off school whenever they want
   D are usually ignorant of the school rules

5. According to Mr Gove some politicians shied away from   [A, B, C, D].
   A accepting the reality
   B raising educational standarts
   C anything students need stamina for
   D responsibility

TASK3

Read the texts below. Match choises (A-H) to(1-6). There are two choises you do not need to use.

1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

6)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

What can you learn from these notices?
A Readers can subscribe to get library messages as SMS.
B Members may download items to their own devices.
C There is a way to prevent forgetting to return library books.
D The library is open every day.
E A new club might open soon.
F A book sale is scheduled on Saturday.
G There is going to be a book prese ntation on Friday.
H There are language courses available in the library.

TASK4

Read the texr below. Choose from (A-H) the one wich best fits each space(1-6). There are two choices you don`t need to use.

Walking barefoot, (1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]has gone from being a crazy counter-culture trend to a scientifically-researched practice with a number of remarkable health advantages, such as increasing antioxidants, reducing inflammation, and improving sleep.

Earthing means walking barefoot on soil, grass or sand (i.e. any natural surface). So, we'll have to get off the sidewalk. Early studies are showing that the health benefits come from the relationship (2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. The planet has its own natural charge, and we seem to do better (3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. A review published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health looked at a number of studies (4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. In one, chronic-pain patients using grounded carbon fibre mattresses slept better and experienced less pain.

Another study found that earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, (5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. Still other research found that grounding benefitted skin conductivity, moderated heart rate variability, improved glucose regulation, reduced stress and boosted immunity.

One particularly compelling investigation, published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, found that earthing increases the surface charge of red blood cells. As a result, the cells avoid clumping, (6)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] Another study in the same journal found that earthing may help regulate both the endocrine and nervous systems.

A can reduce cancer risk
B when we`re in direct contact with it
C also known as "earthing"
D even if there were no proven benefits
E between our bodies and the electrons in the earth
F that highlight how drawing electrons from the earth improve health
G as measured by electrocephalogrammes
H which decreases blood viscosity

TASK5

Read the text below. For questions (1-10) choose the correct answer(A, B, C or D).

THE PRINCE OF DRAGONS

Christopher Paolini, the 28-year-old author of the best-selling Inheritance series, (1)   [A, B, C, D]lives at home with his parents and his younger sister. The family residence, a swanky cabin, is located in a (2)   [A, B, C, D] corner of southwestern Montana known as Paradise Valley.The rooms are scrupulously neat and (3)   [A, B, C, D] with dragons: there is a dragon coffee table side table, a dragon shelf, a dragon clock, a dragon head mounted outside the door - a fitting design scheme for an author who made his name writing books about a boy named Eragon, who seals his fate as a "Dragon Rider" when he finds a bright-blue eggs that(4)   [A, B, C, D] a dragon.

There are also swords, lots of swords, "I want to show you this", he says, (5)   [A, B, C, D]an impressive three-and-a-half-foot brondsword in a black leather sheath. "I bought this as a treat for an finishing the book", he says. The novels recount the adventures of Eragon and his dragon companion,Saphira, with whom he shares a telepathic (6)   [A, B, C, D].

Eragon, Paolini's first work of fantasy, was published when he was only 19 years old. His four books have collectively sold more than 33 million (7)   [A, B, C, D] worldwide given Paolini's geographic isolation. But it is not his alone.

Paolini wears small, round, wire-rimmed spectacles that have earned him (8)   [A, B, C, D]comparisons to Harry Potter. His dark-brown hair, meticulously combed into place, appears never to move. He has his own tidy uniform of sorts: an ironed button-down shirt securely tucked into belted dark-wash jeans

"Every fantasy author (9)   [A, B, C, D] a good sword, and this is mine", Paolini says. Slowly, dramatically, he removes the weapon from its scabbard. It makes a loud scraping noise on its way out. "This is the real (10)   [A, B, C, D]" , he says, waving the blade, made of high-carbon Damascus steel and etched with an elaborate calligraphic design, in front of him. " I found the only custom sword store in all of New York City" , he continues, slicing the air. "It fits me and my body perfectly. I hope never to have a duel, but if I do, I would trust my life to this swords".

TASK6

Read the text below. For questions(1-10) choose the correct answer(A,B,C or D).

FAMILY HISTORY -WHAT'S THE POINT?

I`ve just been to a question-and-answer session with family historian Mary Turner. I(1)   [A, B, C, D]to hear what an experienced reasercher might have to say on the subject - what she may(2)   [A, B, C, D]about the human conition, whether she had observed any patterns (3)   [A, B, C, D]out nature or nurture, and whether she might claim any other surprising benefit to doing family history research, other(4)   [A, B, C, D] just the fact that it is fun and absorbing.

Finally, you never know when knowing a bit about your family history might come in handy. Eleven years ago my husbend (5)   [A, B, C, D] to be best man at an Anglo-Turkish/Armenian wedding in Australia. We(6)   [A, B, C, D] any current Turkish - Armenian connections, so the request was in itself rather unlikely. However, imagine the uproar during (7)   [A, B, C, D] when the hubby was able to declare, on the strength of his mother`s family history research, that he is(8)   [A, B, C, D] Armenian himself. Even for a big man it didn`t take long for him to disappear amongst a writhing mass of fellow male bonding, and he was made(9)   [A, B, C, D]all night long to music from the old country. Perhaps in hindsight it might have been a piece of informatin he(10)   [A, B, C, D]not to disclose, but it did make the party go with a swing!