Testy

Test spuštěn 30. 12. 2020 6.16:46

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1. Sunbathers watch out!

A watch that will prevent many tourists from sunburn will be launched in Britain this summer. The watch should come as a welcome addition to the battery of creams and lotions now available to holidaymakers. By programming the watch with skin-type it will calculate the length of time that sunbathers can safely stay exposed. Once this time is over an alarm rings.

What is so special about the watch?
It will __________ .

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2. From a magazine

In January 2004, 23-year-old John Juarez was shot dead outside a liquor store in a Los Angeles suburb. The murderer managed to escape. Anthony Garcia, 25, was first suspected in the killing of Juarez after he was arrested in 2008 for driving on a suspended licence because a detective noticed his tattoo, which showed a peanut man being shot by a helicopter outside a store. Prosecutors said the helicopter represented Garcia, whose gang nickname was “Chopper”, and that “peanut” was a name for a rival gang. Garcia was sentenced to 65 years in prison.

What does the text say about Garcia?

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3. From a magazine

For a long time, scientists have wondered why pandas – which have stomachs designed for meat – can eat parts of the bamboo plant and survive. Now they’ve discovered that panda intestines contain 13 kinds of bacteria that help them digest plants. Pandas, after moving to higher altitudes, adopted a bamboo diet so they wouldn’t compete for prey with other meateaters, such as Asiatic black bears, in their new homes. However, even today pandas will eat meat if it’s offered to them, but they won’t actively hunt for it.

What is true about pandas?
Pandas __________ .

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4. From news

As a result of heavy snowfall the train service has been facing huge difficulties since this morning. A number of traffic jams have been reported in the western part of the region. The weather conditions are making driving dangerous. Drivers should avoid accidents by leaving their cars at home. Limited train service will be operating in the next few hours and delays are expected on all lines to the town.

What should people avoid today?

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5. From a letter

I’m having a wonderful time at university. The social life is fantastic and you don’t have to work very hard. I go to parties nearly every night and when there isn’t a party, I spend the evening playing PC games. That means I usually go to bed pretty late but it is O.K. because I don’t have to get up early in the mornings. There are lectures everyday but I think most of them are a waste of time, so I don’t bother to go.

What does the student say?

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6. A new job

After a successful career in the Navy, Jim had to retire. The good things in life always come to an end. His mother and father died a long time ago and he lost touch with his other relatives. He never wanted to get married and have children. He came to London and became a team manager. He was happy, although it was not the same as the job before.

Jim changed his job because he ___________ .

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7. Advertisement

It is a job which attracted over 34,000 applications from around the world. Everyone who applied had to send in a 60-second video which explained why they wanted the job and what skills they had to offer. And what was this amazing job? Caretaker of Hamilton Island, in the Great Barrier Reef. It is a place where it’s sunny and warm all year round, and which probably has the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. The person who got the job had to explore the islands nearby, and report back to the world about their experiences.

What is the job about?

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8. From a newspaper article

Predicting the future is difficult, but at the Singularity University in California, you can actually study futurology. The University director is Ray Kurzweil, who predicts that huge increases in computer power will change the world dramatically. By 2045, we’ll probably be only the second most intelligent creatures on Earth. Computers might think, communicate and act so quickly that ordinary humans won’t be able to understand them. Technology may also eradicate disease and increase life expectancy. If life expectancy increases faster than people age, nobody will die. This could cause other problems for the Earth.

What is the text about?

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9. From a newspaper article

Customers in the Bank of England, Durham, were terribly shocked yesterday. People were standing in queues chatting to each other when two masked robbers burst into the bank. 60- year-old Andrew Stuart suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital. The robbers escaped with £500.

What happened?

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10. From a magazine

Jane Middleton and her husband George run a corner shop in Kent. This kind of shop is called a milk bar. It sells all sorts of food and household goods from sandwiches to washing-up liquid, from magazines to nails and screws. They offer a huge range of products. It‘s like three or four shops rolled into one.

What is true about Jane and George?

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