V. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.
Every state has its own laws for driving and getting a driver's license. To learn these laws, people have to read the Rules of the Road book for their state. They can get the book free at a driver's license facility in their state.
In Illinois, people between the ages of 15 and 18 have to take a driver's education course in school before they can get a permit to practice driving. People over 18 don't have to take this course in order to get a permit. When people get a learner's permit, they have to take a test. They have to know the traffic signs and laws in order to pass this test. Then they have to get their vision tested. When they get theirlearner's permits, they can practice driving, but a licensed driver has to be in the car with
them at all times. A learner's permit is good for one year.
When the learner is ready to get a license, he or she has to take a driving test. During the test, new drivers have to back out of an alley, park uphill anddownhill, make right- and left-turns, obey all traffic laws, and do whatever else the examiner may ask them to do to show that they know how to drive.
1/ What is the writer trying to do in the text?
a. Complain about traffic accidents.
b. Describe what to do to get a driver's license.
c. Persuade drivers to drive carefully.
d. Advise drivers how to drive.
2/ Why would somebody read the text?
a. To find out about traffic laws.
b. To learn how to drive a car.
c. To find out about getting a driver's license.
d. To learn some details about the rules of the roads .
3/ In order to get a driver's license, most important of all, the learner has to .................................
a. read the Rules of the Road book for his/her state
b. get his/her vision tested
c. know all the traffic laws
d. pass a driving test
4/ The word "free" most nearly means ..............................
a. without limit b. without having to pay
c. without shopping d. at any time
5/ The word "alley" most nearly means ......................
a. narrow passage b. garage c. garden d. sidewalk
VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard allover the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
1/ Big Ben was built .......................
a. for the B.B.C. b. after a fire c. in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall d. long before 1834
2/ Accuracyis maintained ..................._
a. by microphones in the clock tower b. by workmen
c.because the clock is at Greenwich Observatory d.by officials who check the clock frequently
3/ Big Ben is one of the first sights you will see when you London.
a. will visit b. visit c. have visited d. will be visiting
4/ Big Ben is the ..................... clock in London.
a. famousest b. most famous c. more famous d. famouser
5/ It is .......................very big and very accurate. a. and b. also c. both d. together
6/ How often .....................checked?
a. have they it b. they have it c. do they have it d. they do have it
7/ A painter ......... working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.
a. who b. had been c. had d. ...................
VII. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to each of the questions.
Quite a number of things have been done tohelp solve traffic problems in Singapore. For example, motorists must buy a special pass if they want to drive into the downtown business district. They can go into the business district only if they have the pass displayed on their windshield.
Another thing Singapore has done is to make it more difficult to buy cars. People have to apply for a certificate if they want to buy a car. And the number of certificates is limited. Not everyone can get one. There is also a high tax on cars, so it costs three or four times as much to buy a car in Singapore as it does in, say, the United States or Canada. The other thing Singapore has done is to build an excellent public transportation system. Their subway system is one of the best in the world. And there is also a very good taxi and bus system.
1/ In Singapore, drivers must have .................... to drive into the downtown business district.
a. a special I D card b. a special pass c. a driving certificate d. a driving lesson
2/ Singapore has done many things to make it difficult to buy cars because it ............................
a. wants to solve the car problems b. wants to help motorists to be safe
c. helps poor people d. wants to solve traffic problems
3/ The public transportation system in Singapore is ...................................
a. not very good b. very good c. very bad d. awful
5. _________ Jim owns two cars, he rarely drives to work.
A. despite B. although C. however
6. The athlete completed the race _________ his pain.
A. despite B. although C. nevertheless
7. Jane looks pretty. She, _________, seems to lack personality.
A. despite B. although C. nevertheless
8. _________ we have a slim chance to win, we won’t lose hope.
A. despite B. although C. however
9. _________ of his bad luck, he won the medal.
A. in spite B. despite C. however
10. He is friendly _________ the fact that he’s very famous.
A. despite B. although C. however
5B 6A 9A 10A