Quiz Part 4 R

​1.   A hotel under the sea

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 What is the writer doing this text?

• Advertisting a new kind of luxury hotel

• Warming people about environmental problems in the ocean

• Giving information about an underwater hotel

• Giving advice to travellers on which hotels to choose

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 What do we learn about the hotel?

• Guests will have to swim down to get to it

• It will only have a small number of rooms

• Its light will shine into the sea so guests can see the fish

• Hear the ocean as they go to sleep

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 What can guests do iin the hotel?

• Swim out into the ocean

• Watch the ocean life near the hotel

• Enjoy a meal of freshly caught fish

• Hear the ocean as they go to sleep

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 What is the best thing about the hotel, according to the designers?

• It won’t cost much to build

• It won’t use much electricity

• It won’t cause any damage to the environment

• Fish and other sea creatures won’t come very close to ist

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What might a guest in this hotel say?

• It’s very expensive, but the facilities are quite basic and the windows are too small too see outside

• It’s great to stay in such a beautiful hotel that is also good for the planet

• Seeing the fish up close is amazing, but it’s a shame that the hotel disturbs sea life

• It’s a great idea, and I love the fact that it can move around and travel to different locations.

2.   The price of a perfect holiday?

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1. The purpose of the text is to

• A. persurede people that  a cruise a wonderful holiday

• B. explain some of the problems that criuse ships cause

• C. persuade governments to ban cruise ships.

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2. One reason cruise ships cause a lot of air pollution is because

• A. They carry large numbers of cars as well as passengers

• B. Their engines are not as those of other ships

• C. They use types of fuel that are not permitted on land.

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3. What do we learn about the waste products on cruise Ships?

• A. An enormous amount of the waste water isn’t recycled

• B. all the waste products are carried back to shore

• Waste food is often thrown away at sea

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4. why are cruise ship passengers not popular in some cities?

• A. They are sometimes rude to other tourists

• B. They don’t spend money on meals

• They fill uo the restaurats, so other tourists can’t get in

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5. Which best describes large cruise ships?

• A. They seem to offer ideal relaxing holiday, but they aren’t environmentally friendly

• B. They are becoming very popular, and they bring a lot of benefits, in spite of their problem

• They used to cause a lot of pollution, but thinks are improving now

3.   Athletics in Jamaica

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1. what is the witer doing in this text?

• A. giving information about a famous Jamaican coach

• B. describing the experience of taking part on an athletics competition

• C. discussing the importance of an athletiscs championship

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2. what does the text say about the Championships?

• A. Thirty thousand people watch them on TV

• B. They start over 100 years ago

• C. some former students take part

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3. What does Dwayne Simpson say about the Championships?

• A. other countries should try to hold a siminar competition

• B. They have grown too big in recent years

• C. they encourage young athletes to do their best

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4. According to Nathaniel Day, the event

• A. helps young athletes get used to being filmed

• B. is more exciting than the Olympics

• C. makes some young athletes feel nervous of big occasions.

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5. Which best describes the Jamaica Schools Championships?

• A. it’s an international competition which prepares young athletes for the Olympics

• B. It’s an important event which helps young athletes to improve

• C. It’s a huge social event which brings people together to have fun

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Multiple Choice

1.  What is the writer trying to do in the article?

• A. show why the new leisure centre is needed

• B. give her own opinion about the new leisure centre

• C. describe the arguments against the new leisure centre

• D. suggest where the new leisure centre should be built      

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2. What will the reader discover from the article?

• A. How long it will take to complete the new leisure centre

• B. How many members the action group has

• C. How much it will cost to join the new leisure centre

• D. How long the sports olub has been in Layton

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3. What does the action group think about the new leisure centre?

• A. It will not be right for the area.

• B. It will cost too much to build.

• C. It will not attract enough people.

• D. It will provide too little entertainment.

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4 Which group of people is keen on having the new leisure centre?

• A. people who do a lot of sport

• B. people working in the tourist industry

• C. people who come into Layton by car

• D. people living near the seafront 

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5 What wouid be a good headline for the article?

• A. Action Group changes its mind

• B. Leisure plans under attack

• C. Seafront invaded by crowds again

• D. Good news for Cityspace

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1.    What is the writer trying to do in this article?

• A explain why singing has become less popular everywhere

• B. describe a teacher’s ideas about the importance of singing.

• C. advertise a teacher’s singing classes

• D encourage children to learn to sing

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2. What can the reader find out from the article?

• A. how singing is something anyone can do

• B. where the best places to learn to sing are

• C. why traditional singing has disappeared

• D. how to improve your singing voice

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3. Ruth believes the main benefit of singing with other people is that

• A. you learn to breathe more easily.

• B. you are able to improve your speaking.

• C. you can get to know other people.

• D. you become a confident musician.

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4. What made Ruth start her own class?

• A. She couldn’t find a suitable class.

• B. She was asked to teach people she knew.

• C. She wanted to improve her own teaching.

• D. She enjoyed going to a singing class herself.

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5. Which is the best advertisement for Ruth’s singing classes?

• A. CALLING ALL SINGERS! Want an opportunity to sing with others? We need professional singers to Join our group. Come along.

• B. THE SOUND OF MUSIC Our class wants individual singers tor a neighbourhood street concert. Come and Joln us.

• C. SING WITH US Think you can’t sing? See how you improve with practice! Our popular class is for singers, both with and without experience.

• D. SONGS FOR ALL! Can you sing? Try our “Singing for Everyone’ class every week and find out! Make new friends

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1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?

• A. advise musicians to enter competitions

• B. explain why someone spent a lot of money

• C. describe how someone got a CD recorded

• D. persuade people to prepare for retirement

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2. What can a reader learn trom the text?

• A. how one man's dream ended unhappily

• B. She feels she didn't really benefit from the money.

• C. how one couple support each other

• D. how much money musicians need for their music

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3. What does Colin's wife say about what he did?

• A. She wishes he had used tho monoy differently.

• B. She feels she didn't really benefit from the money.

• C. She is sorry she has lost her study room.

• D. She accepts the decision that he made,

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4. When Colin first found the violin, he thought

• A he might not have enough money to buy it.

• B he should not spend all of his money on it.

• C he was not a good enough player to own it.

• D he could not leave the shop without it.

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5. What did a local newspaper say about Colin's story?

• A. A well-known Tecord company has asked a local musician to record a CD after winning a competition…

• B. A local musician today announced he would spend every perny of the money he'd won in a competition...

• C. A concert audience heard a local musician give a brilliant performance last night on the violin he'd won in a competition ..

• D. A local musician has decided to continue his career in music in spite of winning some money in a competition ...

7. Breaking the Ice

Michael Sharp visits an outdoor pool

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1. What is the writer trying to do in this text?

• A. explain why some people like swimming in the cold

• B. prove an idea he has had about keeping fit

• C. wam people not to go swimming in cold water

• D. advise people on ways to stay healthy

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2. What can a reader find out from this text?

• A. where to go swimrning in London

• B. what happened to the writer at the pool

• C. how to keep warm in cold water

• D. how often the writer goes swimming

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3. What does Peter Smith say about his morning swim?

• A. It has helped him recover from a recent iliness

• B. He enjoys it when the pool is covered in ice

• C. It is the reason why he keeps well all year

• D. He thinks it makes him work better

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4. What did the writer feel about swimming at the pool?

• A. It was as cold as he expected

• B. He did not like the ice

• C. It made him feel healthier

• D. He enjoyed swimming up and down

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5. What do you think the writer would say to his friends?

• A. My doctor has advised me not to go swimming there

• B. It's amazing how the pool stays clear of ice all winter.

• C. I really enjoyed my carly morning swim at the outdoor pool

• D. I was surprised at blio number of people in the pool - they must be crazy.

8. Rik Mayall talks about his experiences as an actor

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1. Whet is Rik Mayail's main purpose in writing the text?

• A. to suggest reasons for the success of his career

• B. to explain how he became a comedy actor

• C. to taik about his favourite acting roles

• D. to describe his future work on television

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2. What does Rik Mayall say about The New Statesman?

• A. It won't be repeated because some people were upset.

• B. Not everyone approved of it.

• C. It was based on an unpleasant person he met.

• D. He enjoys watching it again from time to time. 

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3. What kind of work does Rik Mayall prefer?

• A. performing in front of an audience

• B. acting with his close friends

• C. doing comedy series for television

• D. making fims abcut real people

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4. Why was Rik Mayall pieased about acting in A Family Affair?

• A. He could insist on which character to play.

• B. The writers of the play admired his performance.

• C. It allowed him to do sorne serious acting.

• D. He played a character who was very different to himself.

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5. Which of the following is the best description of Rik Mayall?

• A. He is a comedy actor who dislikes playing roles that are based on real life

• B. He is a well-known actor who has given up playing funny characters on TV in order to concentrate on serious theatre.

• C. He is a famous actor who played in A Family Affair because he said it reminded him of his own family situation.

• D. He is a successful actor who says that he enjays playing characters who are unpleasant,

9. At home in Venice by Francesco da Mosto

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1.  What is the writer's main reason for writing this text?

• A. to persuade more tourists to visit his city

• B. to give readers the history of his horne town

• C. to say what he feels about his birthplace

• D. to describe sorne important moments in his life

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2. The family who first owned the writer's home

• A. used to buy and sell silk.

• B. produced plates and bowls.

• C. were skilled architects,

• D. helped to build the canals. 

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3. What does the writer say about his grandfather?

• A. His grandfather taught him how to study documents.

• B. He didn't find his grandfather's handwriting easy to read.

• C. He wasn't able to get to know his grandfather personaly.

• D. His grandfather turned his home into a museum.

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4. What is the writer's attitude to Venice today?

• A. He hopes tourists will stop visiting the city.

• B. He would like pecple to get jobs working with tourists.

• C. He believes the city would benetit from having fewer inhabitants.

• D. He thinks local businesses should be encouraged to stay.

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5. What might the writer say about his house?

• A. I have never lived anywhere else apart from in my home in the Rialto area of Venice.

• B. My house is on a canal and my family, starting with my grandfather, have lived there since 1919.

• C. We don't know who lived in the house before 1588 but it was owned by merchants fron then until the eighteenth century.

• D. The house was made bigger in the mid-eighteenth century because the owner wanted it to look like a palace.