Ashley Trent, one of our most popular young actors, is now filming college Rap. He began having

acting lessons six years ago and was in his play at ten years old.

At fourteen, he immediately became well known, not for acting in the theater, but on TV. “That was

fun!” he says. “I was in a fast-food advert with a cartoon clown, but filming College Rap is much

harder work. I have to play baseball and sing in the film, which is fine, but I need to have dancing

lessons too. When we finish filming each day, I don’t go out with friends. I usually sit in the bath for

an hour because my legs and arms hurt! But I’m enjoying myself because the three adult actors who

the teachers in College Rap are really good. They’ve filmed all over the world. They’ve taught me to

remember my lines more quickly too. I needed half a day to learn five pages before, but now I only

need a quarter of an hour.”

1. When Ashley was 14, he acted in a _____.

A. TV advertisement B. theater C. cartoon film D. college

2. In his latest film, Ashley has to learn to _____.

A. sing B. dance C. play baseball D. rap

3. What does Ashley often do after filming?

A. He exercises.

B. He meets his friends.

C. He has a long bath

D. He goes for a walk.

4. Ashley’s having fun at the moment because he _____.

A. is not at school

B. is travelling a lot

C. is working with great actors

D. earns a lot of money

5. To remember five pages of lines, Ashley now need _____.

A. 15 minutes B. one hour C. half a day D. half an hour
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6. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.

Ashley Trent

Ashley Trent, one of our most popular young actors, is now filming college Rap. He began having acting lessons six years ago and was in his play at ten years old.

At fourteen, he immediately became well known, not for acting in the theater, but on TV. “That was fun!” he says. “I was in a fast-food advert with a cartoon clown, but filming College Rap is much harder work. I have to play baseball and sing in the film, which is fine, but I need to have dancing lessons too. When we finish filming each day, I don’t go out with friends. I usually sit in the bath for an hour because my legs and arms hurt! But I’m enjoying myself because the three adult actors who the teachers in College Rap are really good. They’ve filmed all over the world. They’ve taught me to remember my lines more quickly too. I needed half a day to learn five pages before, but now I only need a quarter of an hour.”

1. When Ashley was 14, he acted in a _____.

A. TV advertisement               B. theater                     C. cartoon film            D. college

2. In his latest film, Ashley has to learn to _____.

A. sing                                     B. dance                      C. play baseball           D. rap

3. What does Ashley often do after filming?

A. He exercises.

B. He meets his friends.

C. He has a long bath

D. He goes for a walk.

4. Ashley’s having fun at the moment because he _____.

A. is not at school

B. is travelling a lot

C. is working with great actors

D. earns a lot of money

5. To remember five pages of lines, Ashley now need _____.

A. 15 minutes                          B. one hour                 C. half a day                D. half an hour

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The Apollo mission to the moon 

B. Why Neil Armstrong became an astronaut 

C. Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon 

D. The aeronautic education of Neil Armstrong 

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

The author's main purpose in paragraph 2 is _______. 

  A. to explain the objectives of the Apollo 11 mission 

  B. to compare Apollo 11 and late flights to the moon 

  C. to tell about Armstrong and the success of Apollo 11 's mission 

  D. to reveal what Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on the moon 

The simple past and the present perfect

1. The company and the union finally .... on salary raises two days ago. Since then, they ... on everything, and the rest of the negotiations have gone smoothly. (agree)

2. Mark... a trip to Asia last October. He ... many trips to Asia since he started his own import-export business (take)

3. Ivan ... the violin with the London Symphony since 1990. Last year he ... Beethoven's violin concerto at one of the concerts. (play)

5. When she was in college, Julia ... home at least once a week. Now she has a job and is living in Chicago. In the last six months she ... only three letters to her parents. (write)

6. Our university... 121 students to study in other countries last year. In total, we ... 864 students abroad over the last ten years. (send)

7. Masaru is a pilot for JAL. He ... nearly 8 million miles during the last 22 years. Last year, he ... 380.000 miles (fly)

8. Mark missed his physics examination this morning because he ... . He ... a lot since the beginning of the semester, He'd better buy a new alarm clock. (oversleep)

PABLO PICASSO

everyone knows the artist picasso. his ideas changed the world od art forever. during his lifetime, he became famous and very rich. now his paintings are some of the most expensive pictures in the world. one painting sold for $ 106.5 million in new york.

picasso was born in spain in 1881. his first word was 'pencil' , and he could draw beautifully from an early age. first, he had drawing lessons from his father . then, he went to art college when he was only 13 years old. three years later, he was bored and stopped going to classe. finally, at the age of 19, he moved to paris - the art capital of the world . he got married twice and had four chirlden.

picasso often changed his style od paniting . fo example, after his best friend died, the sad artist pained only in blue . then he began to use a lot of pinks and oranges . later, he started to paint using shapes - a style later called ' cubism', in his life, he produced over 50,000 works of art, he never retired, but pained nearly every day until his death at the age of 91.

VINCENT CAN GOGH

vincent can gogh is a very famous painter. everyone in the world knows his work, and his paintings sell for millions of dollars. but he wasn't famos when he was alive. and he only sold one painting before he died.

van gogh was born in the netherlands in 1853. he has a difficult life because he suffered from mental illness. he never got married. he didn't begin to draw and paint seriously until he was 27, and he died just ten years later. but in that time, he produced more than 2,000 paintings and drwaings.

at first, van gogh painted poor people and used only dark colours. later he moved to the south of france. he loved the sunlight there, and his style of painting became colourful and exciting. but van gogh was often depressed and his mental illness became worse, first , he cut off part of his own ear, and then in 1890, he shot himselt.

look at the reading strategy. then read the texts again. answer the questions for both van gogh and picasso

1. when was he born ?

2. where was he born ?

3. which countries did he live in ?

4. was he famous when he lived ?

5. was he rich or poor ?

6. how much do his paintings cost now?

7. when did he start to draw or paint ?

8. did he get married and have chirlden?

9. how many works of art did he produce?

10. how old was he when he died?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

The word “license” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________. 

A. skill 

B. desire 

C. education 

D. permission 

complete the text , use the comparative or superlative

Robert Pattinson was born in london in 1986. He is one of ________(young) , ______________(good-looking) actors in Hollywood . For Pattinson, the rise to fame has been _____________(quick) and ________________(easy)than for most actors . His ____________(big) role so far is Edward Cullen in the Twilight Saga trilogy, three of _____________(successful) films of recent years . Before that he had a ____________(small) role in the Harry Potter series.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.

After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.

The word “This” in paragraph 1 refers to ________. 

A. license to fly 

B. aeronautical engineering 

C. flying lessons 

D. aircraft