Read the passage and write your answers to the questions given. (5 pts)
Uri Geller was born in 1946. When he was only three, he was aware that he had an amazing ability. In 1969, he gave his first performance in a school. He gently rubbed a spoon with his fingers, and it began to bend. Three years later, he drove a car blindfolded through the crowded streets of Munich. Later Uri Geller appeared on television in Britain in front of a small studio audience of scientists. He bent spoons and broke metal objects simply by touching them gently with his fingers. He also drew pictures of hidden objects. After the programme, however. there were hundreds of telephone calls. People reported that spoons in their homes bent during the programme. Metal objects broke, and watches which had stopped many years before suddenly started to go again.
What happened after he appeared on television in Britain?
A.There were million of telephone calls.
B.There were thousand of telephone calls.
C.There were hundreds of telephone calls.
D.There were thirty telephone calls.

Read the passage and write your answers to the questions given. (5 pts)
Uri Geller was born in 1946. When he was only three, he was aware that he had an amazing ability. In 1969, he gave his first performance in a school. He gently rubbed a spoon with his fingers, and it began to bend. Three years later, he drove a car blindfolded through the crowded streets of Munich. Later Uri Geller appeared on television in Britain in front of a small studio audience of scientists. He bent spoons and broke metal objects simply by touching them gently with his fingers. He also drew pictures of hidden objects. After the programme, however. there were hundreds of telephone calls. People reported that spoons in their homes bent during the programme. Metal objects broke, and watches which had stopped many years before suddenly started to go again.
Where did his first performance take place?
A.His first performance took place in a school.
B.His first performance took place in a studio.
C.His first performance took place in his home.
D.His first performance took place in a class.

How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five

Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?
A.It is not used for heating.
B.It is cheap.
C.It moves through pipes.
D.It can be stored.

This passage as a whole is about __________
A.discovering natural gas
B.finding petroleum
C.using natural gas and petroleum
D.natural gas and its use

Many countries share the view that drastic measures must be taken to stop the pollution of the seas.
A.The pollution of the seas can only be prevented provided that many countries follow the same policy.
B.By putting into practice a series of precautions, it is generally believed that the pollution of the seas will be prevented.
C.A lot of countries agree that it is essential to take strong action to put an end to the pollution of the seas.
D.The seas will, it seems, continue to be polluted unless this agreement is accepted by a majority of the countries.

As Jane and I are going to Leeds by car, why don’t you join us?
A.Will you come to Leeds with Jane and me if we decide to take the car?
B.How about going to Leeds with Jane and me since we’re taking the car?
C.If you and Jane decide to go to Leeds, couldn't we go by car?
D.Why don't you want to go to Leeds by car with Jane and me?

I had no idea Clark spoke French until we went to Bordeaux.
A.I first realized that Clark knew French when we were in Bordeaux.
B.Before we went to Bordeaux, Clark had never tried to speak French.
C.While we were travelling to Bordeaux, Clark suddenly stared to speak French.
D.It was difficult to understand French that Clark was speaking in Bordeaux.

Of all the decisions a free people must face, the question of war or peace is the most crucial.
A.A free people is never confronted by a more momentous choice than that of war or peace.
B.The most critical choice that a free people is ever called upon to make concerns the issue of war or peace.
C.The choice of war or peace is a critical one, but all fee people do, on occasion, have to face it.
D.When confronted with the choice of war or peace, free people realize it is the most momentous of all issues.

James could have been a classical musician if he’d continued his cello lessons.
A.It was only because James stopped taking lessons on the cello that he was unable to become a classical musician.
B.Originally, James had wanted to become a classical musician, and so he took cello lessons for a time.
C.It was the cello lessons that he took for a long time that enabled James to become a classical musician.
D.James never became a classical musician, but he did continue taking cello lessons nonetheless.