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A. READING COMPREHENSION: No. 1 I was born in Newcastle, a city in the North East of England. Newcastle is on the bank of the River Tyne. It is quite big, with a population of about 200,000 people. There is a cathedral and a university. There are five bridges over the River Tyne, which link Newcastle to the next town, Gateshead, where there is one of the biggest shopping centres in the world. A few years ago, the main industries were shipbuilding and coal mining, but now the chemical and soap industries are important. I moved to London ten years ago but I often return to Newcastle. I miss the people, who are very friendly, and I miss the beautiful countryside near the city, where there are so many hills and streams. 1. Newcastle is ............................ . A. a city near the North East of England B. a small town in England C. a city in the North East of England 2. The population of Newcastle is .................... . A. about 200,000 people B. much less than 200,000 people C. much more than 200,000 people 3. Gateshead has one of ................................ in the world. A. the biggest shopping centres B. the most important shipbuilding industries C. the most beautiful countrysides 4. According to the passage, the writer ...................... . A. is still living in Newcastle B. has never returned to Newcastle C. doesn't live in Newcastle any more 5. Which of the following is NOT true about Newcastle? A. Its people are friendly. B. Its main industry now is shipbuilding. C. It has a cathedral and a university. No. 2 David Hempleman Adams is an explorer and adventurer. In April 1984, he walked through northern Canada to the North Pole. He walked 400 kilometres in 22 days. He was 27 years old when he did it. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole by himself. Other people travelled to the North Pole before David but they had a sled and a dog team. David didn't have a dog team. David was a brave man to go on this adventure on his own. He was also a lucky man because the bear and the icy water didn't kill him. 1. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage? A. David drove to the North Pole. B. No one travelled to the North Pole before David. C. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole alone. 2. David travelled to the North Pole with..................... . A. a dog team B. another person C. nobody 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. He was killed by the bear. B. He walked to the North Pole alone. C. He walked 400 kilometres. 4. The phrase "by himself" can be replaced by .................. . A. alone B. successfully C. with other people 5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Lucky Man B. A Walk to the North Pole C. Without a Dog Team No. 3 For many people the language of the Internet is English. “World, Wide, Web: Three English Words” was the name of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Times a few years ago. The article went on to say: “If you want to take full advantage of the Internet, there is only one real way to do it: learn English.” In general, it is not difficult to learn to use Internet services. But although Internet services are rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar with English. In fact, a good knowledge of English is one of the most important aspects that help you use the Internet. Learning to use a new Internet service may take a few hours, a few days or some weeks, but it takes years to learn a language so that you can use it fluently and confidently. Of course, when you know some English, you can learn more just by using it on the Internet. But at least your English should be good enough to understand commonly used words and to know what to do on the Internet. 1. It ______________ to learn to use Internet services. A. is easy B. is difficult C. takes a few minutes 2. According to the article by Michael Specter, you should _________ to take full advantage of the Internet. A. learn to type fast B. learn to use the Internet services C. learn English 3. Learning to use a language fluently and confidently may take ________. A. a few years B. a few hours C. a few weeks 4. If you do not know English very well, you will______ when using the Internet. A. be laughed at B. have many difficulties C. feel more comfortable 5. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A. “English and the Internet” B. “Ways to take full advantage of the Internet” C. “Practising your English on the Internet” No. 4 George Washington was born on February 22nd, 1732 in Virginia. His parents were Augustine and Mary Washington. George grew up on a farm in Virginia. Little is known of his early childhood. He attended school irregularly from his 7th to his 15th year. His favourite subject was mathematics. He learned to be a surveyor of land when he grew up. He joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution. He later became the first President of the United States. George Washington is called by his people the "Father of our country". The Americans celebrate his birthday on Presidents' Day in February. His picture is on the one-dollar bill. 1. When was George Washington born? A. In 1732. B. In 1932. C. In 1772. 2. Where did he grow up? A. On a farm in Chicago. B. On a farm in Virginia. C. On the grassland in Virginia. 3. What subject did he like when he was a child? A. Chemistry. B. Mathematics. C. Literature. 4. His people call him ______. A. the "Leader of our country" B. the "Hero of our country" C. the "Father of our country" 5. The Americans celebrate his birthday on ______. A. Presidents' Day B. May Day C. Labor Day No. 5 A combination of water, salt, air pollution, sun, sand, and wind is destroying the huge statue just outside Cairo. This five-thousand-year-old statue, which has the body of a lion and the face of a human being, is too badly damaged to be completely saved. First, there is not a good drainage system around the statue and too much water has been running into the stone statue for several years. As a result, tiny pieces of salt have been left on the stone and have damaged it. Second, air pollution from the increasing amount of traffic in Cairo is also destroying the ancient statue. The air is so full of poisonous gases that it is damaging the statue even faster. Third, the statue is being destroyed by extremes of temperature. The air is very cold at night, but during the day the stone of the statue becomes very hot under the strong sunlight. Other natural forces such as severe sandstorms attack the statue as well. Finally, the tourists who visit the statue every day also cause a lot of damage to it. 1. Which of the following is NOT true about the statue? A. Part of it looks like a person. B. It is in the centre of Cairo. C. It is very big. 2. According to the passage, the statue was built ______. A. 5,000 years ago B. 500 years ago C. in the 10th century 3. All of the following are mentioned as causes of damage to the statue EXCEPT ______. A. temperature B. fires C. air pollution 4. The word “ancient” in the passage mostly means ______. A. very old B. very big C. modern 5. It can be inferred from the text that ______. A. human beings as well as nature cause much damage to the statue. B. there is little damage to the statue C. the statue was built for entertainment many years ago No. 6 People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sings, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language. The most beautiful songs are sung by male birds. They sing when they want to attract a female bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife. Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of a tree is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them. If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other signs. 1. People sing because ______. A. they feel happy B. they are good at singing C. they want to tell a story 2. What is one of the main reasons why birds sing? A. They are in a bad temper. B. They want to give information. C. They are sad. 3. Which birds sing the most beautiful songs? A. Male birds B. Young birds which attract male birds C. Female birds which attract male birds 4. According to the passage, a bird sings ______. A. to stop sadness B. to tell strangers to keep away C. to warn about the approach of people 5. Most birds usually ______ if they cannot sing well. A. give information in another way B. warn other birds to go away C. find a wife No. 7 Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer. Many smokers have heart disease and pneumonia. Smoking causes about one million early deaths in the world every year. Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and on their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to nonsmokers. We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke? 1. The number one cancer among men is ______. A. lung cancer B. throat cancer C. tongue cancer 2. The main cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer and throat cancer is ______. A. overeating B. smoking C. breathing 3. Every year, smoking causes about one million ______. A. early deaths B. injured men C. cancer patients 4. The word “it” in the passage refers to ______. A. air B. cancer C. smoke 5. Who are more likely to have lung cancer and lung problems? A. People who live in the city. B. People who live in the country. C. People who live with smokers. No. 8 These days, power is a big concern for many countries. People are using more and more electricity, but our traditional sources of electricity, coal and oil, are getting smaller and smaller. In addition, both coal and oil power plants create a lot of pollution. How will we get enough electricity in the future? Some scientists are looking to the sky for answers. The sun is an almost endless source of energy. Every minute, the Earth gets enough energy from the sun to provide the world with electricity for a year. The problem is that this energy is in the form of heat and light. To use this energy, we need to change it into electricity. Solar cells already do this for calculators and other electronics. Unfortunately, solar cells only produce a small amount of electricity. We can make larger solar cells, but it is very expensive. Instead, scientists are now trying to build solar power plants. These power plants would use thousands of huge mirrors to focus the light of the sun on a small place, where it would create a lot of heat. The heat would then be used to create electricity. This creates more electricity than solar cells, but not enough. The biggest solar power plant in the world creates 15 mega watts of electricity. In contrast, most nuclear power plants create about 1,000 mega watts of electricity. 1. According to the passage, which of the following is a traditional source of electricity? A. oil B. the nuclear power C. water 2. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Solar cells only produce a small amount of electricity. B. The sun is a limited source of energy. C. People are using more and more electricity. 3. As mentioned in the passage, making larger solar cells is ______. A. quite cheap B. not expensive C. very expensive 4. The underlined word “create” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. A. work B. protect C. produce 5. The biggest solar power plant in the world creates ______ mega watts of electricity. A. 150 B. 100 C. 15 No. 9 By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their children's language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children's language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child's language skills increase. A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, "What is the doggy doing?" rather than, "Is the doggy running away?" Experimental parents were also instructed how to expand on their children's answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers. At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group. 1. Parents can give great help to their children's language development by _____ them. A. responding to B. experimenting C. reading to 2. What does the word "they" in the second paragraph refer to? A. Questions. B. Children. C. Parents. 3. During the training session, experimental parents were taught to _____. A. use yes-no questions B. give correct answers C. ask open-ended questions 4. What was the major difference between the control group and the experimental one in the study? A. The training that parents received. B. The books that were read. C. The age of the children. 5. What conclusion can be drawn from this passage? A. Children who read actively always act six months earlier than those who don't. B. Children's language skills increase when they are required to respond actively. C. Two or three-year-old children can be taught to read actively. No. 10 Valentine's Day February 14 is a day for people who have fallen in love. On this day, these men and women give gifts and cards to each other to celebrate Valentine's Day. At first, February 14 was the old Roman festival, Lupercalia. Then, one story says, on February 14, 270 A.D., a man named Valentine was killed by the Romans' because of his beliefs. Before Valentine was killed, he fell in love with the daughter of his jailer' and would pass notes to her. His final note read, "From your Valentine." Later, February 14 became known as Valentine's Day. Since then, people in love around the world have given gifts and cards to each other on Valentine's Day. Gloves, chocolates, and even underwear have all been popular as gifts. Valentine cards did not become popular until the 1750s.The first Valentine cards were made by hand. People wrote their own words on the cards, usually a kind or funny message. By around 1850 there were lots of machines for making cards. All of a sudden, sending Valentine cards became very popular. Now, every year around February 14, cards and chocolates fill stores around the world, for all the people who have fallen in love. 1. A good title for this Reading Passage is ... A. The History of Valentine's Day B. Why People Fall in Love C. The Most Romantic Valentine's Day Ever 2. What was Lupercalia? A. a jail B. a Roman festival C. a type of card 3. Who was Valentine? A. a man who killed someone B. a Roman C. a man who was in love 4. Why is Valentine thought to be romantic? A. He was killed by the Romans. B. He fell in love with his jailer. C. He passed love notes to the daughter of his jailer. 5. When did Valentine cards first become popular? A. about 270 B. about 1750 C. about 1850 No. 11 A Computer problem Computers make people's lives easier. People can use their computers for working, shopping, or playing games. Laptop computers make people's lives even easier! Instead of just using a computer at home, people can take laptops anywhere. They can work, shop, or play games any place at any time. But there is a problem with laptops. People can be burned by them! People who sit with laptops on their legs for hours and hours have noticed they get dark marks on their legs. The hot laptop is toasting the skin. Doctors have noticed more people show up with "toasted skin syndrome. They use their laptops every day for hours and hours for a month or more and this results in a burn. The marks are not dangerous, but they look strange because they are just in one spot on people's legs. Companies that make computers tell people not to let warm computers touch bare skin for a long time. Wearing pants and putting a laptop's case under the laptop is usually enough to protect one's skin from the computer's heat. But the best way to avoid toasted skin is not to put a laptop on your lap when you use it for a long time. 1. This reading is about ... A. a problem that laptops may have. B. a problem that electronic devices may have. C. a problem that people may have. 2. What does toasted skin syndrome result in? A. a burn B. a hot laptop C. a dangerous problem 3. How long does a person need to sit with a laptop on his or her lap to experience this problem? A. a few hours B. about one week C. more than a month 4. Which of the following is NOT true about toasted skin syndrome? A. It covers a person's whole leg. B. It is not a dangerous problem. C. It is a burn. 5. What can be guessed about the people who got toasted skin syndrome? A. They did not protect their laps well while using their laptops. B. They felt pain when their pants touched the burns on their legs. C. They tried to make the laptop companies pay the doctors' bills. No. 12 A Long Weekend Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not Mind. Other people think it is terrible. One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England. One Saturday, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator' to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped! He did not have a cell phone, so he started to shout. However, no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that Monday was a holiday. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one of his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When someone finally opened the elevator, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours! 1. What is the best title for this story? A. Elevator Safety B. A Busy Weekend C. Trapped in an Elevator 2. Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the elevator? A. It was broken. B. It was the weekend. C. It was in an office. 3. What is NOT a reason why Mr. Coates spent so long in the elevator? A. It was a three-day weekend. B. He had no food or drink. C. The elevator was stuck between two floors. 4. How long was he in the elevator? A. twenty-four hours B. more than sixty hours C. from Saturday to Monday 5. How was Mr. Coates able to get out of the elevator? A. He telephoned his coworkers. B. The elevator started again. C. The vice president discovered the elevator was not working. No. 13 Lizards Lizards are unusual, but they can make good pets because most of them are small and easy to care for. They do not make loud noises, and they do not need to go for walks or take baths. Of course, some lizards make better pets than others. One of the most popular lizards in pet stores is the bearded dragon.' Bearded dragons are active during the day and do not mind people holding them. Geckos are another popular pet lizard. They are a little more difficult to care for. Geckos are active at night and need a warm place to live. Like bearded dragons, they can be held by their owners. Both of these lizards can live ten years or more when they are well cared for. Two lizards that are bad choices for pets are iguanas and chameleons. Iguanas can grow to be almost two meters (nearly six feet), so they need a big space to live in. They can also bite or scratch their owners. Chameleons do not hurt their owners, but they are quite difficult to care for. While iguanas can live up to twenty years, chameleons do not live very long. Most do not live more than five years. 1. This reading is about A. good and bad pets. B. how to tell male from female lizards. C. why lizards are disappearing. 2. What is true according to the passage? A. It is not hard to care for most lizards. B. Lizards are better than dogs or cats. C. Lizard bites can be dangerous. 3. Which lizard would be good for a child to watch and play with during the day? A. a bearded dragon B. a chameleon C. a gecko 4. Which lizard lives the longest? A. a chameleon B. a gecko C. an iguana 5. What would the writer of the passage probably say is true? A. Iguanas are not good pets for children. B. It is more difficult to care for a gecko than for a chameleon. C. Most lizards are dangerous, so do not keep them as pets. No. 14 Lions Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month, so they have no trouble during dry times. Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions. It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a ‘mane,' a large collar of hair around the lion's face. Females do not have manes. Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms. Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food. It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness. 1. The passage is about ... A. countries with lots of lions. B. lions in books and movies. and cats. C. male and female lions. 2. How are lions different from other cats? A. Lions are from Africa. B. Many zoos keep them. C. Males and females look very different. 3. Male lions A. have manes. B. weigh more than most people. C. all of the above 4. Female lions A. are larger than males.' B. have manes. C. can break the back of an animal with one bite. 5. How many large animals does a lion usually kill for food in one year? A. less than ten B. between ten and twenty C. over one hundred No 15. A university professor in the Southwest tells of a student who went on a one-day trip to the Grand Canyon. She didn’t return until a week later. When asked what had happened, she answered that the Grand Canyon was so amazing that she had needed three days just to get used to it. The Grand Canyon was formed by the mighty Colorado River cutting into a plateau in Arizona. The canyon is 277 miles long and about 1 mile deep. Because it is so deep, the top and the bottom have very different weather and vegetation. Going from the top to the bottom is somewhat like going from Canada to Mexico. Known as one of the seven tourist travel wonders, which include the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, and Machu Picchu, it is visited by millions of people each year. 1. What does the word ‘it’ in line 3 refer to? A. The university B. The trip C. The Grand Canyon 2. What is the depth of the Grand Canyon? A. 277 miles B. 278 miles C. 1 mile 3. What does the word ‘wonder’ in line 8 mean? A. A feeling of surprise and admiration. B. Something that causes you to feel surprise or admiration. C. A place in a desert that has trees and water. 4. Not only the Grand Canyon but also ______ is one of the seven tourist travel wonders. A. the Taj Mahal B. Machu Picchu C. all are correct 5. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage? A. The Seven Tourist Travel Wonders B. The Grand Canyon C. The Story of a Student No. 16 More than two hundred years ago, the term “environmental pollution” was quite strange to people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution? 1. More than two hundred years ago _______. A. the environment was polluted as much as it is today B. people knew nothing about environmental pollution C. air was polluted badly 2. In former days, people _______. A. led a healthy life B. lived in the polluted environment C. were worried about pollution 3. Nowadays, many people are concerned about _______. A. the polluted water B. the wastes from the factories C. the pollution of the environment 4. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases _______. A. so they do not travel by car B. so they prefer travelling by bicycle C. but they still prefer traveling by car 5. Factory owners _______. A. have no awareness of pollution B. treat wastes from their factories safely C. do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely No. 17 Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age. Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world. 1. Thomas Edison was ______. A. a teacher B. an explorer C. an inventor 2. In 1854 Edison’s family ______. A. moved to Port Huron, Michigan B. bought a new house in Milan, Ohio C. decided to settle in Milan, Ohio 3. The word “self-educated” in the passage mostly means ______. A. “having been well taught” B. “having had good schooling” C. “having taught himself” 4. Edison died at the age of ______. A. 76 B. 84 C. 47 5. Which of following statements is NOT true about Edison? A. He invented the motion picture camera. B. He didn’t go to school at all. C. He made numerous inventions. No. 18 Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they cannot earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this, most British farms are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cows in the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists. Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards. 1. British farmers give up working on their farms because______. A. they are tired of the farm work B. they can’t earn their own living by farming C. they want to continue to live 2. Most British farms are big because______. A. there are plenty of abandoned land B. farming is now industrialized C. small farms are uneconomic 3. The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ______. A. to show their friendship B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms C. in order to improve their earnings 4. Fields on British farms were ______. A. separated from each other by hedges B. full of wild flowers and birds C. all are correct 5. Which of the following sentences is not true? A. Industries are developed in Britain B. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England C. Farming methods in Britain have remained unchanged up to now No. 19 Probably you have seen someone reading a book on an electronic reading device. Over the past few years, these small computers have become more popular. For that reason, more companies that make traditional paper books are now making electronic books (ebooks). Most ebooks are the same as paper books, but people download a file into a reading device rather than buying the paper book. This way they can carry many books. Book companies are adding special features to some ebooks. These extra features might include sound files, picture files, or video files. When the readers click on these files they learn more about the book, the story or the writer. The latest electronic readers are smaller and cheaper, but they are also much more powerful. They can store much more information, so writers and book companies can do more with their ebooks. They do not want to just add files to a completed book. They are making the sound, picture, and video files part of the story. Readers need these files to understand the whole story. Readers can even change the story. Readers already have a lot of books to choose from. If they can change the way stories end, they will have even more choice! 1. This reading is about ... A. books about the future. B. books about animals. C. electronic books. 2. Which sentence is true about the devices described in the passage? A. You can use them to read ebooks. B. They change paper books into ebooks. C. You can use them to make videos. 3. According to the passage, what special feature might some ebooks include? A. copies of the paper book B. extra files C. devices for other ebooks 4. Which of the following ebooks is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. an ebook that has sold over one million copies B. an ebook that is only text C. an ebook with a sound file that tells part of the story 5. How are some ebooks today different than older ebooks? A. Companies sell them in many files. B. Readers can change the stories. C. Devices make them easier to read. No. 20 The leaning tower Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy lean? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built. In 1173, the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did not have one. However, there was a problem. As soon as the third floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but they could not figure out how to make it stop leaning. When the building was finished in 1350, it had eight floors and was 54.5 meters tall. After it was built, the tower continued to lean by another millimeter every year. By 1990, it was leaning by about four meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. Many people became worried that it would soon fall apart. In 1998, repair works began on the tower. Workers took nearly three years to move it back by 45 centimeters. It is still leaning, but it is safe now. 1. Why did the people of Pisa want to build the tower? A. They needed a new church. B. They needed a bell tower. C. They wanted to build the tallest tower in Italy. 2. When did the tower begin to lean? A. from the first day it was built B. after the third floor was built C. after the last floor was built 3. When was the tower finished? A. in 1173 B. in 1180 C. in 1350 4. Before being repaired, the tower leaned every year by another ... A. 1 millimeter. B. 54.5 millimeters. C. 45 centimeters. 5. Which of the following is NOT true about the tower? A. It was sinking into the ground. B. It was repaired between 1990 and 1998. C. People were worried it might fall apart.
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