PART 4. Questions 21-25. Read the text and questuions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
AT HOME IN VENICE BY FRANCESCO DA MOSTO
I was born in Venice, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy, and studied architecture at university there. Though I have also spent time away, I have always come back because it's my home. In Venice, there are no roads, only canals, so you have to get around on foot or by boat. I live on a canal in the Rialto area in a house that was built 1588 for the Multi family, who were merchants in the silk trade. In the mid-eighteenth century, it was home to the Vezzi family, who made things like plates and bowls in fine china and became rich sending these around the world. These merchants' houses in Venice are like palaces. Their owners had to have space to show off their foods, but the building also had to be an office, a factory, a store and a home. My house came into our family in 1919, when it was bought by my grandfather. He died before I was born but he was the director of a museum where I often do research on old documents. On some of these, I’ve seen notes in his handwriting, so, in a strange way, I met him through these documents.
Sadly, the population of Venice has dropped from120, 000 in the 1950s to about 60,000 now. This doesn't include the thousands of tourists who come to visit. I welcome the tourists but unless something is done to stop everyday shops like bakeries and chemists from disappearing, the city will die. I want people who love the city to come here to live and work and give Venice back a life that is not just about tourism.
21. 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 home town
C. to say what he feels about his birthplace D. to describe some important moments in his life
22. 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.
23. 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 personally.
D. His grandfather turned his home into a museum.
24. What is the writer's attitude to Venice today?
A. He hopes tourists al stop waiting the city.
B. He would like people to get jobs working with tourists.
C. He believes the city would benefit from having fewer inhabitants.
D. He thinks local businesses should be encouraged to stay.
25. What might the writer say about his house?
A. I have never lived anywhere else apart from in my home in in the Rialto area of Venice.
B. My house is on a canal in Venice 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 from 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.
EX1 :Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question 1 -10, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Robots can work in places humans can't easily get to. These include deep oceans on distant planets or on sites with bad pollution. Robots are also used in factories (1) ________ they can work more quickly and accurately than a human, and without needing to rest. Improvements in technology over the past 50 years have (2) _______ that scientists are now able to create very clever robots. The most complicated of these can make (3) _______ for themselves, learn new things, and deal with problems. However, while robots that look like people are very common in science fiction films, they are very (4) _______ in real life. Making a machine that can balance and move on two legs is a real challenge and is unnecessary for most of the jobs we need robots to do for us. However, a Japanese robot (5)_____ as Asimo does walk on two legs and can even climb up and down stairs.
1. A. unless B. because C. although D. despite
2. A. intended B. supposed C. said D. meant
3. A. results B. decisions C. thoughts D. options
4. A. rare B. thin C. little D. narrow
5.A. called B. known C. named D. said
EX2: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underline word(s) in each of the following question.
Her father died after he had brought up all of his children.
A. was in the dust
B. was out of this world
C. was the apple of her eyes
D. called it a day