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Passage 1
1.
How long has Greenspan been Chairman of
the U.S Federal Reserve Board according to the
passage?
a. almost 20 years
b. 12 years.
c. 5 years.
d.
4 years.
2.
What do you know about his parents when
he was very young?
a. They were poor.
b. They
divorced.
c. They deserted him.
d. They moved to New York.
3.
What was young
Greenspan fond of?
a. Baseball and
basketball.
b. Tennis and basketball.
c. Movies and tennis.
D. Sports and music.
4.
Which of the
following does the passage imply?
a.
It is a pity
that Greenspan has given up his career as a
musician.
b.
Today Greenspan as Chief of Federal
Reserve Board can do whatever he likes.
c.
Greenspan
’
s
income was higher when he worked on Wall Street.
d.
Greenspan
wasn
’
t very good at his
studies since he earned his PhD at the age of 51.
5.
Which of the following describes the
speaker
’
s attitude in
telling the story of Greenspan?
a.
positive.
b. Neutral.
c. Negative.
d. Critical.
Passage 2
1.
In which country does the teenager
live?
a.
Austria
b. Australia
c.
Germany
d. Poland
2.
In which
country does the student live?
a.
Austria
b.
Australia
c. Poland
d. Germany
3.
How did the
teenager feel when he learned where the student
lived?
a.
much
annoyed
b. very much
surprised
b.
quite excited
d. completely shocked
4.
What did the
teenager do after he received the message?
a.
Called an
ambulance to the student
’
s
home
b.
Went on
with his surfing on the internet
c.
Put a call to
Germany through an international operator
d.
Informed the
student
’
s parents about her
condition
5.
What
could be inferred from the story?
a.
The teenager
knew exactly how to act in a case of emergency
b.
The teenager
and the student had been pen-pals for some time.
c.
The student
could find no help from her own country
d.
The student
would have been healthy if she were not online.
Passage 3
1.
What are the two speakers doing?
a.
They are
having a chat about the Internet.