Reading 10th form

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Choose from (A—H) the one which best fits each space (1—6).

There are two choices you do not need to use.

Question 1

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

Question 2

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

Question 3

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

Question 4

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

Question 5

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

Question 6

The custom of driving on the left or right side of the road varies from country to country, and (1) ........... . During the 1700s, in England, horsedrawn coaches were (2) ........... . British coachmen used to sit on a seat on the right side of the carriage. If (3) ........... , the coachman's whip would have hit pedestrians strolling along the adjacent sidewalk. By keeping to the left, (4) ........... and the pedestrians were safe. The coach drivers could just as easily have sat on the left side and driven on the right, but that is not the way it turned out.

Cars in France, England's neighbor, drive on the right side of the road for (5) ........... . Eighteenth-century French coachmen rode on the left side of the pair of pulling horses, and drove on the left side of the road. This caused (6) ........... . They were subsequently ordered to stay to the right to protect pedestrians.

It makes practically no difference today which side of the road is driven

on, as long as everyone uses the same side!

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For the empty spaces (7—11) choose the correct answer (А, В, C or D).

Question 7

A MELTING POT

The term melting pot is (7) ........... associated with the United States. The United States is a melting pot of people from different cultures and races.While American English is generally standard, American speech can (8) ........... according to what part of the country you are in. Westerners are known as (9) ........... traditional of Americans, and the most tolerant of change and differences. Midwesterners are known for (10) ........... honest, straightforward people of traditional values. The southwest has had the least influence by European immigrants. Much of its culture (11) ........... by native Americans and by the Spanish.

Question 8

A MELTING POT

The term melting pot is (7) ........... associated with the United States. The United States is a melting pot of people from different cultures and races.While American English is generally standard, American speech can (8) ........... according to what part of the country you are in. Westerners are known as (9) ........... traditional of Americans, and the most tolerant of change and differences. Midwesterners are known for (10) ........... honest, straightforward people of traditional values. The southwest has had the least influence by European immigrants. Much of its culture (11) ........... by native Americans and by the Spanish.

Question 9

A MELTING POT

The term melting pot is (7) ........... associated with the United States. The United States is a melting pot of people from different cultures and races.While American English is generally standard, American speech can (8) ........... according to what part of the country you are in. Westerners are known as (9) ........... traditional of Americans, and the most tolerant of change and differences. Midwesterners are known for (10) ........... honest, straightforward people of traditional values. The southwest has had the least influence by European immigrants. Much of its culture (11) ........... by native Americans and by the Spanish.

Question 10

A MELTING POT

The term melting pot is (7) ........... associated with the United States. The United States is a melting pot of people from different cultures and races.While American English is generally standard, American speech can (8) ........... according to what part of the country you are in. Westerners are known as (9) ........... traditional of Americans, and the most tolerant of change and differences. Midwesterners are known for (10) ........... honest, straightforward people of traditional values. The southwest has had the least influence by European immigrants. Much of its culture (11) ........... by native Americans and by the Spanish.

Question 11

A MELTING POT

The term melting pot is (7) ........... associated with the United States. The United States is a melting pot of people from different cultures and races.While American English is generally standard, American speech can (8) ........... according to what part of the country you are in. Westerners are known as (9) ........... traditional of Americans, and the most tolerant of change and differences. Midwesterners are known for (10) ........... honest, straightforward people of traditional values. The southwest has had the least influence by European immigrants. Much of its culture (11) ........... by native Americans and by the Spanish.

Read the text below.

For questions (12—16) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

During 1976, several children and teenage girls independently spied a strange feathered "owlman" near the church at Mawnan, a small village on the south coast of Cornwall. Judging from the sketch made by eyewitness June Melling, 12, who saw it hovering over the church tower on 17 April, it resembled a man with feathered wings, pointed ears and a black beak. By contrast, it appears much more owl-like in a drawing prepared by Sally Chapman, one of two teenage girls who reportedly observed this entity on 3 July, as it stood amid some pine trees in the woods near the church and then took flight. According to Sally and fellow eyewitness Barbara Perry, it was like a big owl the size of a man, with glowing red eyes, pointed ears and pincer-like feet. Sally's description and sketch recall the European eagle owl Bubo bubo, an extremely large species not native to Britain but a frequent escapee from collections, with bright orange eyes, prominent ear tufts and huge talons on its feet. Further sightings occurred near Mawnan church in

1978, after which it seemed to vanish from existence.

During the late 1980s, however, a teenager whom I shall identify only as Gavin (now an undergraduate zoology student) was walking with his girlfriend one summer evening through woodlands in the vicinity of Mawnan when they saw the owlman standing on a thick branch in a large conifer tree, with its wings raised. Grey and brown in colour, with glowing eyes, it seemed around 1.25 metres (4 feet) tall, and they discerned two huge toes on the front of each foot. When the creature saw its eyewitnesses, "...its head jerked down and forwards, its wings lifted and it just jumped backwards. As it did its legs folded up." Its behaviour once again calls to mind a very large owl, although Gavin is not sure what it was. Some researchers deem the owlman to be a zooform entity, or simply a hoax. The simple truth is that we just don't know.

Question 12

What is TRUE about the "owlman"?

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For questions (12—16) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

During 1976, several children and teenage girls independently spied a strange feathered "owlman" near the church at Mawnan, a small village on the south coast of Cornwall. Judging from the sketch made by eyewitness June Melling, 12, who saw it hovering over the church tower on 17 April, it resembled a man with feathered wings, pointed ears and a black beak. By contrast, it appears much more owl-like in a drawing prepared by Sally Chapman, one of two teenage girls who reportedly observed this entity on 3 July, as it stood amid some pine trees in the woods near the church and then took flight. According to Sally and fellow eyewitness Barbara Perry, it was like a big owl the size of a man, with glowing red eyes, pointed ears and pincer-like feet. Sally's description and sketch recall the European eagle owl Bubo bubo, an extremely large species not native to Britain but a frequent escapee from collections, with bright orange eyes, prominent ear tufts and huge talons on its feet. Further sightings occurred near Mawnan church in

1978, after which it seemed to vanish from existence.

During the late 1980s, however, a teenager whom I shall identify only as Gavin (now an undergraduate zoology student) was walking with his girlfriend one summer evening through woodlands in the vicinity of Mawnan when they saw the owlman standing on a thick branch in a large conifer tree, with its wings raised. Grey and brown in colour, with glowing eyes, it seemed around 1.25 metres (4 feet) tall, and they discerned two huge toes on the front of each foot. When the creature saw its eyewitnesses, "...its head jerked down and forwards, its wings lifted and it just jumped backwards. As it did its legs folded up." Its behaviour once again calls to mind a very large owl, although Gavin is not sure what it was. Some researchers deem the owlman to be a zooform entity, or simply a hoax. The simple truth is that we just don't know.

Question 13

According to Sally Chapman, the "owlman" looked like …

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For questions (12—16) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

During 1976, several children and teenage girls independently spied a strange feathered "owlman" near the church at Mawnan, a small village on the south coast of Cornwall. Judging from the sketch made by eyewitness June Melling, 12, who saw it hovering over the church tower on 17 April, it resembled a man with feathered wings, pointed ears and a black beak. By contrast, it appears much more owl-like in a drawing prepared by Sally Chapman, one of two teenage girls who reportedly observed this entity on 3 July, as it stood amid some pine trees in the woods near the church and then took flight. According to Sally and fellow eyewitness Barbara Perry, it was like a big owl the size of a man, with glowing red eyes, pointed ears and pincer-like feet. Sally's description and sketch recall the European eagle owl Bubo bubo, an extremely large species not native to Britain but a frequent escapee from collections, with bright orange eyes, prominent ear tufts and huge talons on its feet. Further sightings occurred near Mawnan church in

1978, after which it seemed to vanish from existence.

During the late 1980s, however, a teenager whom I shall identify only as Gavin (now an undergraduate zoology student) was walking with his girlfriend one summer evening through woodlands in the vicinity of Mawnan when they saw the owlman standing on a thick branch in a large conifer tree, with its wings raised. Grey and brown in colour, with glowing eyes, it seemed around 1.25 metres (4 feet) tall, and they discerned two huge toes on the front of each foot. When the creature saw its eyewitnesses, "...its head jerked down and forwards, its wings lifted and it just jumped backwards. As it did its legs folded up." Its behaviour once again calls to mind a very large owl, although Gavin is not sure what it was. Some researchers deem the owlman to be a zooform entity, or simply a hoax. The simple truth is that we just don't know.

Question 14

What does the author imply by saying that the "owlman" seemed to vanish from existence?

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For questions (12—16) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

During 1976, several children and teenage girls independently spied a strange feathered "owlman" near the church at Mawnan, a small village on the south coast of Cornwall. Judging from the sketch made by eyewitness June Melling, 12, who saw it hovering over the church tower on 17 April, it resembled a man with feathered wings, pointed ears and a black beak. By contrast, it appears much more owl-like in a drawing prepared by Sally Chapman, one of two teenage girls who reportedly observed this entity on 3 July, as it stood amid some pine trees in the woods near the church and then took flight. According to Sally and fellow eyewitness Barbara Perry, it was like a big owl the size of a man, with glowing red eyes, pointed ears and pincer-like feet. Sally's description and sketch recall the European eagle owl Bubo bubo, an extremely large species not native to Britain but a frequent escapee from collections, with bright orange eyes, prominent ear tufts and huge talons on its feet. Further sightings occurred near Mawnan church in

1978, after which it seemed to vanish from existence.

During the late 1980s, however, a teenager whom I shall identify only as Gavin (now an undergraduate zoology student) was walking with his girlfriend one summer evening through woodlands in the vicinity of Mawnan when they saw the owlman standing on a thick branch in a large conifer tree, with its wings raised. Grey and brown in colour, with glowing eyes, it seemed around 1.25 metres (4 feet) tall, and they discerned two huge toes on the front of each foot. When the creature saw its eyewitnesses, "...its head jerked down and forwards, its wings lifted and it just jumped backwards. As it did its legs folded up." Its behaviour once again calls to mind a very large owl, although Gavin is not sure what it was. Some researchers deem the owlman to be a zooform entity, or simply a hoax. The simple truth is that we just don't know.

Question 15

What DIDN'T Gavin say about the "owlman"?

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For questions (12—16) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

During 1976, several children and teenage girls independently spied a strange feathered "owlman" near the church at Mawnan, a small village on the south coast of Cornwall. Judging from the sketch made by eyewitness June Melling, 12, who saw it hovering over the church tower on 17 April, it resembled a man with feathered wings, pointed ears and a black beak. By contrast, it appears much more owl-like in a drawing prepared by Sally Chapman, one of two teenage girls who reportedly observed this entity on 3 July, as it stood amid some pine trees in the woods near the church and then took flight. According to Sally and fellow eyewitness Barbara Perry, it was like a big owl the size of a man, with glowing red eyes, pointed ears and pincer-like feet. Sally's description and sketch recall the European eagle owl Bubo bubo, an extremely large species not native to Britain but a frequent escapee from collections, with bright orange eyes, prominent ear tufts and huge talons on its feet. Further sightings occurred near Mawnan church in

1978, after which it seemed to vanish from existence.

During the late 1980s, however, a teenager whom I shall identify only as Gavin (now an undergraduate zoology student) was walking with his girlfriend one summer evening through woodlands in the vicinity of Mawnan when they saw the owlman standing on a thick branch in a large conifer tree, with its wings raised. Grey and brown in colour, with glowing eyes, it seemed around 1.25 metres (4 feet) tall, and they discerned two huge toes on the front of each foot. When the creature saw its eyewitnesses, "...its head jerked down and forwards, its wings lifted and it just jumped backwards. As it did its legs folded up." Its behaviour once again calls to mind a very large owl, although Gavin is not sure what it was. Some researchers deem the owlman to be a zooform entity, or simply a hoax. The simple truth is that we just don't know.

Question 16

It can be inferred from the text that the "owlman" was ........... .