ZNO. Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar test. Task 4, 8 and 9.

Choose the right heading. (Task 4)

Oxford, Cotswolds, Bath, Lacock and Stonehenge

• - Explore the most beautiful villages in England

• - Travel in a small friendly group with no more than 16 people

• - Entrance to the Roman Baths and Stonehenge included

• - Visit the famous University city of Oxford and the most outstanding pre-historic monument in the British Isles

  www.internationalfriends.co.uk

Choose the right heading. (Task 4)

Planet Hollywood London

57-60 Haymarket, London SW1Y4QX

2FOR1 any main course (from a set menu cheapest free). As well as an ultra cool Hollywood decor the Planet Hollywood boasts mouth watering menu additions and exciting new pieces of movie memorabilia to delight and entertain our guests whatever their age.

Choose the right heading. (Task 4)

Fishing the Lake

• - Hooks to be no longer than size 10

• - Flies to be no longer than 25 mm

• - All Brown Trout to be returned

• - Dogs not allowed

• - Wading prohibited

• - Children under the age of 12 must be supervised by adults

• - Entry via Woodstock Town Gate

Choose the right heading. (Task 4)

Estorick Collection

39a Canonbury square, London N1 2 AN

Internationally known for its collection of modern Italian art based around a core of Futurist works as well as figurative painting and sculpture from 1895 to the 1950s, the Estorick Collection is housed in a listed villa in Islington's beautiful Canonbury square.

Choose the right heading. (Task 4)

Lady Liberty

(approx. 8 minutes)

Experience the thrill of a helicopter ride while flying over the famous Hudson River viewing Downtown Manhatten's financial District along with the many other awesome impressions that the New York City Skyline has to offer. As you return to the helicopter you will view the world famous Statue of Liberty in all her glory.

$30 per person

Read the text and choose the right option. Task 8 (Vocabulary).

The person who has won the most Oscars is not 1)            [identified, detected, known, picked] for being an actor but was someone who has 2)          [produced, found, taken, brought] joy to children of all ages, Walt Disney. During his 3)           [existence, lifetime, biography, job] , Walt Disney won 26 Oscars and 6 special Academy Awards. He was also only one of the two presenters who opened the envelope to 4)            [count on, look for, agree with, find out] that he had won the Oscar (the other was composer Irving Berlin).

After his death, James Dean was nominated twice for best actor, once for East of Eden in 1955 and once for Giant in 1956. He did not win 5)        [either, every, all, each] time. In 1941 Orson Welles was nominated for the best producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. He only won best screenwriter, along with his collaborator, Herman J. Mankiewicz.

The Oscar is the only one of the awards 6)             [given out, given in, given back, given forth] by the Academy. Awards for 7)          [ordinary, exact, popular, special] achievements may be a scroll, a medal, or any other design. In 1937 a wooden Oscar statuette with a movable jaw was 8)           [presented, offered, shown, handed] to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen for his creation of Charlie McCarthy. Walt Disney 9)          [greeted, saw, obtained, received] an Oscar and seven miniature statuettes in 1938 when he was 10)           [respected, honored, accepted, paid] for his film Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.

Read the text and choose the right option. Task 9 (Grammar).

Telephone

In a period when several inventors 1)              [have worked, had worked, work, were working] toward more effective communication by wire, Alexander Bell, a teacher of the deaf, came in first with his invention of the telephone. It was his fascination with the human ear, especially the way sound waves cause the soft membrane of the eardrum 2)            [vibrate, to vibrate, vibrated, vibrates], that led him to believe that voices could be sent mechanically. The patent was granted 3)       [on, at, in, since] March 7, 1876. Three days later, Bell's assistant became the first person to receive a phone call. Bell, who 4)              [spilled, was spilling, has spilled, had spilled] acid on his clothes, called over the phone, "Mr Watson, come here. I want you."

Just over a year 5)        [lately, late, latest, later], the first telephone line was installed.

Read the text and choose the right option. Task 9 (Grammar).

Why do military uniforms often have buttons up the cuff of the sleeve?

According to legend, the answer dates back to the time of Napoleon. 1)     [The, A, ---, An] emperor was quite a snappy dresser and a perfectionist when it came to the appearance of his 2)       [man, men, man's, men's]. He hated the sight of soldiers 3)             [to wipe, wipe, wiping, were wiping] their noses on the sleeves of their uniforms. 4)                    [To discourage, To be discouraging, Having discouraged, Discourage] this nasty habit, he had large buttons 5)             [were sewing, sewing, sewn, been sewn] onto the uniform sleeves.

Have you ever tried to wipe your nose on a sleeve full of brass buttons? Not a pleasant experience, but still preferable to a trip to the guillotine for disobeying orders.