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PREPARING FOR EXAMS

'In the pantheon of great writers, of profound voices, Milton stands second only to Shakespeare,' Miss Wilcox said, her boot heels making pok pok noises on the bare wood floor as she crossed and recrossed the room. 'Now, of course one may argue that Donne deserves…'
'Psst, Mattie! Mattie, look!'

I slid my eyes off the book I was sharing with Weaver, toward the desk on my left. Jim and Will Loumis had a spider on a piece of thread. They were letting it crawl back and forth on its leash, giggling like idiots. Bug taming was a Loumis specialty. First, Jim would pull a piece of thread from his shirt hem and painstakingly fashion it into a tiny noose. Then Will would snatch up a spider or a fly when Miss Wi1cox`s back was turned. He would hold his victim in cupped hands and shake it until it was stunned. Then, as Will held the bug, Jim would slip the noose over its head. When the bug regained its senses, it became the star attraction in the Loumis Brothers Circus, which, depending on the time of year, might also feature a three-legged bullfrog, a crayfish, a blue jay or a squirrel.

I rolled my eyes. At sixteen I was too old to be attending the Inlet Common School. The leaving age was fourteen, and most didn't make it that far. But our old teacher, Miss Parrish, told Miss Wilcox about Weaver and myself before she left. She said that we were smart enough to earn high school diplomas and that it was a shame that we couldn't. The only high school in the area, though, was in Old Forge, a proper town ten miles south of Eagle Bay. It was too far to travel every day, especially in winter. We would have had to board with a family there during the week, and neither of us could afford to. Miss Wilcox said she would teach us the course work herself if we wanted to learn it, and she did. She had taught in a fancy girls' academy in New York City, and she knew plenty.

She had come to my house last November to talk with my parents about my getting a diploma. Mamma made us all wash before she came - even Pa - and had Abby make a gingerbread and me do the girls' hair. Mamma couldn't get downstairs that day, and Miss Wilcox had to go see her in her bedroom. I don't know what Miss Wilcox said to her, but after she left, Mamma told me I was to get my diploma even though Pa wanted me to leave school.

Weaver and I spent most of the year preparing for our exit examinations. We were going to take the hardest ones - the Board of Regents - in English composition, literature, history, science and mathematics. I was particularly worried about mathematics. Miss Wilcox did her best with algebra, but her heart wasn't in it. Weaver was good at it, though. Sometimes Miss Wilcox would just give him the teacher's guide. He would puzzle through a problem, then explain it to me and Miss Wilcox.

The Columbia University was a serious and fearsome place, and a condition of Weaver's acceptance there was that he earn B-pluses or better on all of his exams. He'd been studying hard, and so had I, but that day in the schoolhouse, struggling with Milton, I wasn't sure why
I'd bothered. Weaver had received his letter from the university back in January, and though it was now the beginning of the second week of April, no letter had come for me.

A15 At the beginning of the text, Miss Wilcox was
l) talking about who she regarded as being the greatest writers.
2) asking the class for their opinions of writers.
3) trying to get the whole class to pay attention to her.
4) addressing her comments particularly to Mattie.

A16 What do we learn about what the Loumis brothers did with the spider?
1) They did it to annoy Miss Wilcox.
2) It followed their usual routine with bugs.
3) It involved a lot of noise.
4) Miss Wilcox pretended not to notice it.

A17 What was Mattie's opinion of the Loumis brothers?
1) She was glad that they provided some amusement.
2) She felt they were a bad influence on other children.
3) She admired them for their skills.
4) She thought they were too childish for her.

A18 Why was Mattie still at the Inlet Common School?
1) She and Weaver were having special lessons with Miss Wilcox.
2) The cleverest pupils usually stayed there after the age of fourteen.
3) She had been unable to get a place at the high school in Old Forge.
4) Her previous teacher had persuaded her to stay there.

A19 What do we learn about Miss Wilcox`s visit to Mattie's house?
1) It resulted in an argument between Mattie's parents.
2) Mattie had been worried about what the result of it would be.
3) It caused Mattie's mother to make a decision about her future.
4) The whole family had been looking forward to it.

A20 What does Mattie say about algebra?
1) Miss Wilcox wasn't an expert on it.
2) Weaver asked for extra work on it.
3) She made little progress with it.
4) Miss Wilcox didn't think it was an important subject.

A21 What does Mattie say about Columbia University?
1) She was surprised that it had made an offer to Weaver.
2) She didn't think she or Weaver would get the grades required by it.
3) She didn't know if it was worth studying for a place at it.
4) She felt that it would suit Weaver more than her.

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HAPPINESS

What is happiness? In many industrialised countries, it is often equated with money. But the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been trying a different idea. In 1972, concerned about the problems afflicting other developing countries 1_____, Bhutan's leader, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, decided to make his nation's priority its GNH, or Gross
National Happiness. Bhutan, the King said, needed to ensure that prosperity was shared across society and that it was balanced against preserving cultural traditions, protecting the environment and maintaining a responsive government. The King instituted policies 2____________________.

Now, Bhutan's example is serving as a catalyst for broader discussions of national well-being. A growing number of economists, social scientists, corporate leaders and bureaucrats around the world are trying to develop systems 3_________________but also access to health care, time with family, conservation of natural resources and other non-economic factors. The goal is partly to obtain a broader definition of the word happiness. 'We have to think of human well-being in broader terms,' said Bhutan's Home Minister. 'Material well-being is only one component. That doesn't ensure that you're at peace with your environment 4________________________.'

In the early stages of a climb out of poverty, for a household or a country, incomes and contentment grow together. But various studies show that beyond certain points,5______________, happiness does not keep up. And some countries, studies found, were happier than they should be. One study found that Latin American countries, for example, registered far more subjective happiness than their economic status would suggest.

But researchers have had great difficulty in developing measuring techniques 6_______________. And some experts question whether national well-being can really be defined. Just the act of trying to quantify happiness could destroy it, said one expert. 'The most important things in life are not prone to measurement - like love.'

A. aimed at accomplishing these goals
B. that can capture this broader sense of well-being
C. and in harmony with each other
D. whose focus was only on economic growth
E. but there is not necessarily a relationship between wealth and happiness
F. as annual income passes certain levels
G. that measure not just the flow of money

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NOT ENOUGH VIOLA PLAYERS.

There is currently a national shortage of viola players in Britain.
For those playing the instrument (larger in size and deeper in tone than the violin), 1_______________.
Places in orchestras and on music courses are more readily available for them than for the larger numbers of violinists.
Last weekend, for example, the National Children's Orchestra (NCO) began rehearsals with viola places still vacant.
'Violists are in short supply,' says Vivienne Price, the NCO's founder and vice-president.
'People all want to be first violin but 2__________________.
All the different kinds are required, not just one.'

With more than 300 of the country's top violinists competing for 170 places in the NCO this year, standards were very high, even for the training section, which takes seven to ten-year-olds.
But there were just 63 competing for the NCO`s 70 viola positions and, as a result, candidates who have not reached the same standard as those applying for the violin places were accepted.
'We encourage children to apply for the training orchestra, 3_____________,' says Miss Price.

Peter Hewitt, director of the junior department of the Royal College of Music, says 4__________________,
with 24 players, but there are many more violinists.
'Younger children particularly like the glamour of the melody line, and the bass line has its attractions,' he says.
'But the middle line, which is played by the viola, is a problem.
I think the viola has a gorgeous sound, but 5______________________.'

Both the Royal College and the NCO are trying to encourage children to take up the viola.
'It really frustrates me,' says Roger Clarkson, the NCO's director of music.
'People will say that, if you can't play the violin, 6___________________.
But the viola is actually a wonderful instrument in its own right.'

A. it has always been an instrument people have avoided
B. if lots of violinists decide to change to the viola
C. even if they are not as far advanced
D. you should go on to the viola
E. there are plenty of opportunities in a variety of organisations
F. it is currently 'reasonably well off' for violas
G. they should realise it is like voices in a choir

EGCFAD

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VIDEO GAMES

B4 Like the television set before it, the video game console is
now   over living rooms in the US.                                         TAKE

B5 Americans spend on video games                                 MONEY
than on movies and nearly half the country plays.                

B6 The first video game, Pong, in 1972.                                 INVENT

B7 Since then, video games ‘the major                                 BECOME
cultural activity of the generation aged 30 and below’, according
to James Paul Gee, a professor of education.

B8 They have the same importance to this generation that movies
had for  generations,’ he says.                                         EARLY

B9 ‘Even children who can’t understand                                 THAT
the lessons they are taught in their schools can discuss the
stories in video games at a very sophisticated level,’ he says.

B10 But in some opinion, many of the                                 PEOPLE
games are much too violent and they have a bad effect on the brain.

TAKING/MORE MONEY/WAS INVENTED/HAVE BECOME/EARLIER/THOSE/PEOPLE’S

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CHIMPS USE TOOLS

B11______________cameras in the Congolese jungle have                 HIDE
captured chimpanzees using 'tool kits' in the form of sticks to break
into a termite mound, so that they can eat the termites inside it.

B12 This is believed to be the most sophisticated_________________ CULTURE

activity ever recorded in great apes.

 B13 The film is thought to be the first_________________        DEMONSTRATE
that chimps can copy each other to carry out complex tasks
involving the use of tools.

B14 It is possibly me most_______________example or a                        IMPRESS
growing body of evidence concerning the use of tools.

B15 It supports the idea that chimpanzees are one of the few
species other than humans to conform to_______________traditions   SOCIETY

passed between members of a group.

B16 Research on chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos
shows that all four great ape species, have patterns of__________         BEHAVE

known as culture in humans.

HIDDEN/ CULTURAL/DEMONSTRATION/IMPRESSIVE/SOCIAL/BEHAVIOUR

PEACE MONTH.

Organisers of this year’s Peace Month are encouraging
B11 schoolchildren and adults to send them                         ART
drawings, paintings or photographs.

These must B12 the theme of peace and include                         SYMBOL
the slogan ‘Take A Step For Peace’.

The B13 will include two categories — one                         COMPETE
for under-18s and a second for adults over 18.        

The deadline for entries is 29th July, and the winner of each
m category will win art B14 .                                                 EQUIP

Entries can be any form of art, B15 it can be PROVIDE
reproduced on printed material.

The winning images will also be used in the artwork for all
B16  for Peace Month on posters and on the website.                 PUBLIC

ARTISTIC/SYMBOLISE (SYMBOLIZE)/COMPETITION/EQUIPMENT/PROVIDED (PROVIDING)/PUPLICITY

59) Тест.

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WHY RUNNING IS SO GOOD

B4 Over the years, I've done many types of exercise but in my
opinion the of them all is running.                                 GOOD

B5 It what age, shape or sex you are:                         NOT MATTER
running suits everyone.

B6 There are many things that make running a great physical
activity for who does it.                                         BODY

B7 benefits include lowering your                                 IT
blood pressure and, although you may feel tired as you jog,
helping to increase your energy levels.

B8 It is also a great way of weight,                                 LOSE
burning around 450 calories in half an hour, compared with
250 when cycling.

B9 , what I like most about running                                 HOW
is that it has a wonderful effect on the mind.

B10 This is because running releases substances in the body
endorphins, which are responsible                                 CALL
for making us feel good.

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