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Cities usually have a logical reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York -City, for instance, is near a large harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost over night. In 1896 Dawson, Canada was unmapped wilderness. But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.
Dawson didn't have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They traveled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The trail to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could collapse without warning. An avalanche once closed the trail, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich you were, Dawson was never comfortable. The instant city of tents and cabins offered few luxuries. And necessities like food and wood were very expensive. A visiting reporter from the London Chronicle wrote, "It is all unreal - a sawhorse metropolis where no town should be. Millionaires to busy to bathe". But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard rumors of new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson city as quickly as they had come. One third left the first week, and the rest soon followed. Today, people still come and go - to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson city - its current population is 762.
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A) they like to bathe
B) they are beautiful
C) people like to fish
D) easy to get water
E) easy to get to and suited to communications and trade
72. Where is New York City situated?
A) at the month of the Hudson River
B) at the month of the Huron River
C) at the month of the Havana River
D) at the month of the Gulfof Mexico
E) at the month of the P oml/Jastau
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73. What kind of towns appeared in the West?
A) boom towns
B) woom towns
C) zoom towns
D) doom towns
E) room towns
74. Which Canadian town in 1896 was unmapped wilderness?
A) Detroit
B) Dewson
C) Dakota
D) Dickson
E) Dawson
75. When did people find out gold?
A) in 1797
B) in 1997
C) in 1597
D) in 1897
E) in 1697
76. What was the population of Dawson two years later? A) 50.000
B) 60.000
C) 40.000
D) 30.000
E) 13.000
77. What made the trip to Dawson City difficult?
A) sand-covered mountains and icy rivers
B) snow-covered plains and icy rivers
C) snow-covered mountains and wild animals
D) snow-covered mountains and snowfalls
E) snow-covered mountains and icy rivers
78. How many people were killed on the trail?
A) 83
B) 73
C) 43
D) 53
E) 63
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The variety of choices that modem life offers can create problems.
People get too hurried, have trouble communicating, and often find they are incapable of planning and organizing their lives effectively. Luckily, there are some services that one can turn to for help. A woman in New York City is a professional timesaver. Millie of "Let Millie Do It" can be hired to wait for repairmen, drive children to appointments, meet relatives at the airport, pay bills, or shop. She will also water plants, take care of pets, and do certain kinds of house- cleaning. For big cleaning jobs, however, it's best to get in touch with "Disaster Masters," another New York City firm. They will take care of any kind of household mess, but specialize in cleaning up after fires and floods. This includes, of course, restoring damaged walls, floors, and furniture.
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People with a communication problem might want to use Lipservice, a California firm that provides "verbal proxy." If you have something to say but can't say it for some reason, Lipservice will say it for you. The company's staff can tell someone off, or say "I love you" in eight languages and has done so for clients in such places as Texas, Canada, England, and Australia. For offbeat entertainment, people in California can contact a young professional whistler. He usually gives concerts, but, for a fee, he will entemin at a private party by whistling the works of classical composers. If popular music is more appropriate, the imaginative host can hire the Human Jukebox. This man sits inside a large cardboard box. Then a coin is dropped into the box, he pops out and plays the selected tune on a trumpet.
Disorganized people can go to a "time-management consultant" who will tell them how to do more in less time, providing of course they take the advice. Insecure dressers can ask a wardrobe engineer for advice on how to dress in order to project their most favorable image, and daydreamers can liven up their existence by calling Fantasy Fulfillment, a firm that makes fantasies come true. For $150 and up, things like driving a race car, riding a camel, or living in a ghost town can be easily realized. Last, but not least, a British consultant has started a "School of Thinking." This school helps you deal effectively with all the people who want to help out, for a price.
79. Why do people need special kinds of services?
A) people become too lazy
B) people get too selfish
C) people get too weak
D) people get too egoistic
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80. According to the text. What services does "Let Millie Do It" provide?
A) meet relatives at the airport, water plants, pay bills
B) meet neighbours at the seaport, take care of docwnents
C) meet heads of the countries, water ponds
D) meet schoolmates at the station, cleans teeth
E) meet aliens rivals at the bus stop, wash-Oogs
81. Where does Millie live?
A) in New York
B) in Albany
C) in Ohio
D) in San-Diego
E) in York
82. What is Millie?
A) a professional timesaver
B) a professional timespender
C) a professional sexton
D) a professional moneysaver
E) a professional gambler
83. What is the name of a bigger cleaning company?
A) "Discharge Masters"
B) "Device Masters"
C) "Disaster Masters"
D) "Danger Masters"
E) "Disbelief Masters"
84. What do they specialize in cleaning up?
A) swimming pools
B) skating-rinks
C) household mess after fires and floods
D) factories and plants
E) schoolyards
85. Which service helps people with a communication problem?
A) "Tongueservice"
B) "Teethservice"
C) "Mouthservice"
D) "Faceservice"
E) "Lipservice"
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Read the text and find the right answers:
The World Wide Web (WWW, or Web for short) has taken over the Internet.
Indeed, for many people it is the Internet.
Originally, the Internet, and the WWW, was an altruistic environment. It was made up mostly of academics and military types who created a community where information was readily available. Everything was free of charge and no one would have dreamed about trying to sell a product or their services. The only restriction you were likely to come across was a denial of access if you didn't have a password for sensitive information. But when the Net, and in particular the Web, became popular all of that changed.
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With so many 'ordinary' people starting to surf the Web as a pastime, it didn't take long for Big Business to see it as a new way of selling around the globe. Simply by putting their products onto a computer they found that they can make customers to shop at their leisure and buy their products without leaving their own home. It also captured the imagination of educators as a way of getting quite detailed information across to a large audience.
Before joining the World Wide Web you may have wondered what the word "browser" meant. But it was the introduction of these browsers, used to navigate the WWW, which took away the cold, dry collection of command that computers need to speak to one another. So instead of having to type long commands and make a choice from plain text menus, browsers which are programs themselves let you use your mouse to link to any information. It is the arrival of browsers that opened the Internet to everyone.
By simply lifting one finger (and pressing it down) we can get information on any subject. And to access this information no technical understanding is needed. What is more, we can access it when we want, at any time. There is no viewing schedule for the Web.
The most obvious item required for access to the WWW is, of course, a computer. The single most important piece of equipment for connection to the WWW is Modem.
86. What does the abbreviation WWW mean?
A) Wide World Web.
B) Wide Web World.
C) World Wide Web.
D) Web World Wide.
E) Web Wide World.
87. Why do people put their products onto a computer?
A) To make customer call.
B) To make customer do.
C) To make customer shop.
D) To make customer think.
E) To make customer come.
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88. What has the WWW become for Big Business?
A) A lot of money.
B) A way of getting education.
C) An obstacle.
D) A new way of selling around the globe.
E) A new way of exchanging opinions.
89. What does the word "browser" mean?
A) A computer.
B) A keyboard.
C) A program.
D) A mouse.
E) A monitor.
90. What is the most necessary item required for access to the WWW?
A) A disk.
B) A printer.
C) A monitor.
D) A computer.
E) A tape.
91. What have browsers taken away?
A) A computer.
B) Collection of commands.
C) Time.
D) Money.
E) A monitor.
92. What is Modem?
A) A disk.
B) A piece of equipment.
C) A piece of program.
D) A monitor.
E) A computer.
93. What has the arrival of browsers opened to everybody?
A) Programs.
B) Computers.
C) The world.
D) The Internet.
E) Monitors.
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People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their picture taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because the have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!
The huge crowds mean lot's of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked solid every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long, sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain.
But there are signs that the area is getting more tourists than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it's getting worse. The French can't figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St.Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.
None of this, however, is spoiling anyone's fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don't go there for clean water and solitude. They tolerate traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.
94. According to the text. People don't travel:
A) to lie one a sunny beach
B) to work
C) to have their picture taken in front of famous places
D) to see battlefields
E) to see shrines
95. According to the text by the Mediterranean records?
A) they like residents
B) they want to visit their relatives
C) they all come for the sun
D) they like hotels there
E) they want to see starfish
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96. Residents of what cities spend a lot of their winter in the dark?
A) London, Berlin and Amsterdam
B) London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam
C) London, Venice and Amsterdam
D) London, Toronto and Amsterdam Ej,London, Copenhagen and Antwerpen
97. What is the advantage of tourism for Mediterranean countries?
A) lots of exhibitions
B) lots of job to do
C) lots of excursions
D) lots of money for the economies
E) lots of interesting people
98. How many people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches?
A) more than 25 million
B) more than 5 million
C) more than 35 million
D) more than 15 million
E) more than 10 million
99. How many Italy's hotels are booked every summer? A) 60.000
B) 50.000
C) 40.000
D) 20.000
E) 30.000
100. French beaches are camped out by...
A) 30 million people
B) 33 million people
C) 13 million people
D) 3 million people
E) 10 million people
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1. When was The Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington created?
A) In eighteen thirty-four
B) In nineteen thirty-three
C) In nineteen thirty-five
D) In nineteen thirty-four
E) In nineteen twenty-four
2. What laws and rules does the S.E.C. enforce?
A) Laws and rules to create new markets
B) Economical laws and rules for fish markets
C) Laws and rules to govern financial markets
D) Financial laws and rules for city markets
E) Laws and rules that outlaw financial markets
3. What is the name of the new chairman?
A) Mario Ritter
B) Chritopher Donaldson
C) Gwen Outen
D) William Donaldson
E) Christopher Cox
4. How does the president call Christopher Cox?
A) "a champion of the free-enterprise"
B) "a director of the free-enterprise system"
C) "boy friendly"
D) "a champion of the free system"
E) "a champion of the three-enterprise system"
5. Who does Mister Cox has have strong support from?
A) governments
B) auditors
C) business groups
D) social groups
E) chief directors
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6. What pain are many people around the world feeling right now?
A) the dental pain
B) the liver pain
C) the stomach paili
D) the pain of "stomach"
E) the pain of "agflation"
7. Congress set a national goal of using twenty-eight billion liters of ethanol a
year by ...
A) two thousand eight
B) two thousand twelve
C) two thousand nine
D) two thousand eleven
E) two thousand ten
8. More hectares of maize for ethanol mean fewer hectares for crops like ... .
A) peas
B) barley
C) rye
D) soybeans
E) corns
9. Rising grain prices could signal a change for agricultural commodities around the ... .
A) city
B) world
C) state
D) local territory
E) region
I 0. The government has strongly supported ... production .
A) ethanol
B) computer
C) food
D) com
E) oil
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11. What are the diseases that can ruin a fanner?
A) Rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease
B) Rinderpest, tuberculosis disease and bluetongue disease
C) Tuberculosis and bluetongue disease
D) Flu, tuberculosis disease and cancer
E) Flu, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease
12. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about animal diseases?
A) It says human diseases are on the rise around the world.
B) It says animal diseases are limited to warm, tropical climates.
C) It says animal diseases once limited to warm, tropical climates are on the rise around the region.
D) It says animal diseases once limited to warm, tropical climates are on the decrease around the world.
E) It says animal diseases once limited to warm, tropical climates are on the rise around the world.
13. Bluetongue can kill ... .
A) only sheep and cattle
B) only goats and deer
C) both human and sheep and cattle and other ruminant animals like goats and deer
D) sheep and cattle and other ruminant animals like goats and deer
E) many ruminant animals
14. How is the virus spread?
A) by small biting flies called insects
B) by small biting bugs called midges
C) by small biting butterflies called midges
D) by small biting flies called midges
E) by small biting flies called gridges
15. Where was this virus first discovered?
A) in North America
B) in South America
C) in North Africa
D) in Latin America
E) in South Africa
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16. What is the leading cause of suicide?
A) Divorces
B) Fatigues
C) Depression
D) Hard diseases
E) Sickness
17. The World Health Organization says more than one hundred twenty million people worldwide suffer from ... .
A) violation
B) intoxication
C) isolation
D) depression
E) emancipation
18. ... in the United States have just reported on a study of more than three hundred patients ages twelve to seventeen.
A) Physicians
B) Experts
C) Researchers
D) Psychologists
E) Doctors
19. Researchers in ... have just reported on a study of more than three hundred patients ages twelve to seventeen.
A) Italy
B) the United States
C) France
D) Russia
E) Japan
20. Researchers in the United States have just reported on a study of more than ... patients ages twelve to seventeen.
A) one hundred
B) six hundred
C) two hundred
D) four hundred
E) three hundred
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