17 CEFR(Multilevel) Reading Part 1

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TEST-1 BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
It was long ago noted that 1)_________plants open and close at different times of the day. In
fact, in the 19th century they used to make gardens in the shape of a 2) _________face with
different times. It was possible to tell the 3) ________just by looking at this 'flower clock'. No
one really understands why 4)________open and close at particular times, but recently some
interesting experiments have been done. In one, flowers were placed in a laboratory in constant
darkness. One might predict that those flowers, not having any information about the day, would
not 5)______, as they usually do. But in fact they continue to open as if they were in a normal 6)
__________. This suggests that they have some mysterious way of keeping time. They have, in
other words, a kind of 'biological clock'

TEST-2 ACID RAIN

Acid rain is now a familiar problem in the industrialized countries in Europe. Gasses like sulphur
dioxide and nitrogen oxide are produced by power stations and cars. The 1)________ dissolve
in rainwater, and this makes the acid 2)______, which damages trees, rivers and streams. Acid
rain is also capable of 3)___________ some rocks and buildings made of soft rock, such as
limestone, are particularly affected. The acid rain attacks the 4) ________ , and so carvings and
statues are eroded much more quickly. Scientists estimate the rate of wear to be about a
millimeter of stone every twelve years. That's enough to have caused some of the ancient 5)
_________to become seriously damaged already.

TEST-3 THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION

The deterioration of the earth's 1)_________ is the result of the impact of each individual on the
environment multiplied by the number of individuals. Suppose you could choose any lifestyle
you wished, you could, for example, choose to be a Buddhist monk- or nun of certain sects. You
would be forbidden to have money and be pious. You could own your begging bowl, a razor, a
needle and thread, and that is all, your presence on 2)__________would cause very little
3)________ of the environment. On the other hand, you could 4)_________ to be an American
millionaire. You might own several polluting factories and have a half dozen children-all
eventually with their own houses, cars, and 5)_________factories. It is obvious that then, they
would contribute much more to environmental deterioration than the 6) _________monk or nun.

TEST-4 BICYCLE
My mother was a magician at making her money last longer. That December, with Christmas
approaching, she was out to work and Doris was in the kitchen when I barged into her bedroom
one afternoon in search of a safety1)_______. Since her 2)__________opened onto a community
hallway, she kept the door locked, but needing the pin, I took the key from its hiding place,
unlocked the 3)_________, and stepped in. Standing against the wall was a big, black bicycle
with balloon tires. I recognized it instantly. It was the same second-hand 4)_________I'd been
admiring in a Baltimore shop window. I'd even asked about the price. It was horrendous.
Something like $15. Somehow my 5)__________ had scraped together enough for a down
payment and meant to surprise me with the 6)_______ on 7)__________ morning.
TEST-5 FISHERMAN
I had walked along the 1)________ many times since meeting the fisherman that day in winter,
but I did not 2)_______ him again until spring. It was late afternoon, and I had bicycled to a
point along the river about a mile downstream from where we had met hoping to find a deserted
spot to draw a picture. I found a niche in the sloping 3)__________and started drawing a junk
moored not far from me. Half an hour passed, and just as I finished the drawing, I heard someone
calling my Chinese name. I looked down to 4)_____ Old Ding scrambling up the floodwall, his
boat anchored behind him. I noticed that he limped badly, and when he got up close I could see
that one of his legs was shorter than the other and set at an odd angle. Such was his balance and
skill in the 5)_______that I only saw his deformity when he came ashore.

TEST-6 WHITE LIE

The most frequent motive [for telling a white lie] was to save face. Lying of this sort is often
given the approving label of tact, and is used when it would be unkind to be honest but dishonest
to be kind. Sometimes a 1)_________-saving lie prevents embarrassment for the recipient. The
second most 2)_________ motivation for lying was to avoid tension or conflict... 3)________ it
seems worthwhile to tell a little lie to prevent a large 4)_________. You might, for example,
compliment a friend's bad work, not so much for your friend's sake but to 5)________ the hassle
that would result if you told the truth. The fifth and last 6)________ was to achieve personal
power. Turning down a last-minute request for a date by claiming you're busy can be one way to
put yourself in a one-up position.

TEST-7 WHALE-HUNTING
Over a hundred years ago, when Melville wrote his famous novel 'Moby Dick', 1)______ whales
was a dangerous and sometimes fatal business, now, in spite of their size, whales are no longer
an even match for men using helicopters, radar and explosive harpoons. As a result, some
2)________, such as the giant blue whale, are on the verge of 3)________. Although some
countries 4)__________whaling several years ago, there was no international agreement
forbidding it until recently, in spite of the fact that alternatives to the whale products used in oils,
cosmetics and candies were already in existence. The whale is not the only species fighting for
survival. In the United States alone, conservationists have estimated that over a hundred kinds of
animals, fish and birds will disappear before the end of the century unless action is taken to
protect them. Although governments in many 5) _______ have done a great deal to control
hunting and fishing for sport and have set up game reserves and 6) ______ sanctuaries where the
species can brood safely in their natural surroundings, the number in danger is still increasing.

TEST-8 PAPER
Several British papers are printed on recycled 1)______, and salvaged paper has long been used
for making 2)_______ boxes. The technology involved in this is fairly simple, but some
3)________ new processes have been developed recently. Paper can be eaten; it is softened and
sweetened in a special machine and then fed to cows. In fact, it has been found that cows
4)______ on cardboard boxes give particularly creamy milk. Unfortunately, the human stomach
differs from a 5) _______'s so it seems unlikely that we shall ever be able to read the Times at
breakfast one day and 6)______ it for breakfast the next day, but stranger things are possible.
TEST-9 CASTLE
On the coast of California, on top of a mountain, stands an 1)_______ castle which looks as if it
has been lifted out of the Middle Ages and laid on the site. In fact the 2)______, called San
Simeon, was built for the American newspaper proprietor, William Randolph Hearst but it is
furnished with objects dating from different historical periods, which were transported from
Europe. It took thirty years to 3)______ the castle and even then it was not completed.
Throughout this time, over a hundred workmen were permanently employed on its 4)______ and
the architect Julia Morgan, was continually obliged to 5)_______ its design, as often as Hearst
changed his mind. Rooms and whole floors were constructed but then had to be knocked down
and rebuilt to please him. Agents were set all over 6)_____ to find works of art to decorate the
castle. Old ceilings and fireplaces, furniture, paintings and statues were purchased and shipped to
America. An enormous number of 7)_____were bought but many of them could not be used and
had to be stored in warehouses, some of them not even unpacked.

TEST-10 FUTURE
The human 1)_______ contains, I am told, 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have
a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to daunt us and cause to dismiss the
possibility of 2)________ a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown
accustomed to advancing at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only several3)______
perhaps we will be able to assemble a 4)_______as complex as the 5) ______ brain, and if we
can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right
software or by altering the architecture but that too will happen. I think it certain that in decades,
not centuries, machines of silicon will arise first to rival and then surpass their human
progenitors.

TEST-11PAPER
Several British papers are printed on recycled 1)______, and salvaged paper has long been used
for making 2)_______ boxes. The technology involved in this is fairly simple, but some
3)________ new processes have been developed recently. Paper can be eaten; it is softened and
sweetened in a special machine and then fed to cows. In fact, it has been found that cows
4)______ on cardboard boxes give particularly creamy milk. Unfortunately, the human stomach
differs from a 5) _______'s so it seems unlikely that we shall ever be able to read the Times at
breakfast one day and 6)______ it for breakfast the next day, but stranger things are possible.

TEST-12 THE POOR

It is commonly assumed that poor are lazy 1)____________who could work if they were willing.
In fact, over 60 percent of the 2)____________ consist of children under age fourteen, elderly
people over age sixty-four, and people working age who are ill or in school. Another quarter
3)___________ but do not earn enough to rise above the poverty line. This leaves less than 15
percent of the poor of 4)____________ age who do not work, and the vast majority of those are
the mother of young 5)_________ . When it comes to work, the poor do not look as bad as their
reputation, for most of them are too old, too young, too 6)___________, or too busy caring for
children to work.
TEST-13 RAILWAYS
Those who welcomed the 1)_________ saw it as more than a rapid and comfortable
2)_________ of transit. They actually saw it as a factor in world peace. They did not
3)__________that the railway would be just one more means for the 4)__________movement of
aggressive armies. None of them foresaw that the more we are together, the more chances there
are of war. Any boy or girl who is one of a large family knows that. Whenever any new
invention is put forward, those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve
or condemn. The anti railway 5)_______produced doctors who said that tunnels would be most
dangerous to public health; they would produce colds, catarrhs and consumptions. But the pro-
railway groups were of course able to produce equally eminent 6) _________ men to say just the
opposite.

TEST-14 PRIMING METHOD

Did you ever have someone's 1)________on the tip of your tongue, and yet you were unable to
recall it? When this happens again, don't try to 2)_________ it. Do something else for a few
minutes, and the may pop into your head. The name is there, since you have met this person and
learned his or her name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall primes the
3)_________, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to pry up a dim
4)____________. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn't loosen your
memory; it only tightens it. Students find the priming method helpful on examinations. They
read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of
which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the 5)_______ mind are
taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions
are answered, answers to the more 6) _________ones will usually begin to come into
consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to be loosened up.

TEST-15 GREEEN HOUSE EFFECT

The man-made agent of climatic change is the carbon dioxide (CO2) that pouring out of the
1)_________'s chimneys in ever-increasing quantities since the industrial revolution began. And
in the past few years scientists have began to suspect that there is a second 2)_________source
of CO2 which may be as important as the burning of fossil fuels, namely the steady destruction
of the world's great forests. Computer studies have suggested that if the 3)__________of CO2 in
the atmosphere were to be twice that of today's, there would be a rise of between 2 C and 3 C in
average 4)___________. The danger is that the more the concentration of CO2 in the
5)_____________, the less sunlight escapes back into space. That is, some of the
6)___________ is trapped by CO2, which acts like the glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunshine
and heat to pass in but not out again. Consequently, the temperature rises.
TEST-16 MEDICAL CARE
Medical care has changed greatly since the days when the family doctor 1)_________all family
members for every type of 2) ___________ problem. Today's physician is usually a specialist
who treats only 3)__________with his or her specialty. Today's 4)_________ often work
together in a large group in order to share costs. The group will buy expensive equipment for its
own offices rather than use hospital facilities. The 5)________'s office usually has a laboratory
where a variety of medical tests can be done. So, unlike the family doctor, who often visited
patients at home, today's doctors normally see patients in their office, where they can use
specialized 6)__________.

TEST-17 SPIES
Although most countries employ spies, few will ever admit that they do. Therefore it is only on
the rare occasion of a 1)_________ being caught by an enemy country that the public becomes
aware of what goes on behind the political scenes. Even the exchange of a captured 2)_________
spy for one of the3) _____________'s own master-spies who had been 4)__________by an
enemy country is done as secretly as possible. Early one cold December morning last year, three
men dressed in heavy black overcoats got out of a small blue car that had stopped on a lonely
5)__________in Northern Germany. They stood on the bridge for fifteen minutes waiting and
watching until they saw a motorboat draw up and stop below the bridge. Seeing three men
stepped out of the boat and glanced up at the bridge, they quickly made their way down to the
riverbank and the boat. No words were spoken when the six men met. A short time later the boat
pulled away and three men, too in 6)_____________, and one in dark gray, returned to the
waiting car.
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17 CEFR(Multilevel) Reading Part 1

Practice Tests
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 Answers

TEST-1 BIOLOGICAL CLOCK TEST-7 WHALE-HUNTING TEST-13 RAILWAYS

1.Different plants 1 .Hunting 1. Railway
2.Clock 2 .Species 2.Means
3.Time 3 .Disappearing 3.foresee
4.Flowers 4 .Forbade 4.Rapid
5.Open 5 .Countries 5.Group
6.Garden 6 .Bird 6.Medical

TEST-2 ACID RAIN TEST-8 PAPER TEST-14 PRIMING METHOD

1.Acid 1. Paper 1. Name
2.rain 2. Cardboard 2.Recall
3.dissolving 3. Special 3.Mind
4.rocks 4. Fed 4.Memory
5.Carvings 5. Cow 5. Subconscious
6. Eat 6.Difficult

TEST-3 THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEST-9 CASTLE TEST-15 GREEEN HOUSE

DETERIORATION 1 Enormous EFFECT
1.Environment 2Castle 1.World’s
2.Earth 3 Build 2.Man-made
3.Deterioration 4 Site 3.Concentration
4.Choose 5 Change 4.Temperature
5.Polluting 6 Europe 5.Atmosphere
6.Budhist 7 Objects 6.Sunlight

TEST-4 BICYCLE TEST-10 FUTURE TEST-16 MEDICAL CARE

1.pin 1.Treat
2.bedroom 1.Brain 2.Medical
3.door 2.Assemble 3.Problems
4.bicycle 3.Decades 4. Specialists
5.Mother 4.Machine 5.Physician
6.Bicycle 5.Human 6.Equipment
7. Christmas

TEST-5 FISHERMAN TEST-11PAPER TEST-17 SPIES

1 .River 1.Paper 1.spy
2 .Meet 2.Cardboard 2. Enemy
3 .Floodwall 3.Special 3.country
4. See 4.Fed 4.caught
5 .Boat 5.Cow 5.bridge
6.Eat 6.black

TEST-6 WHITE LIE TEST-12 THE POOR

1 Face 1.People
2 Frequent 2.Poor
3 Sometimes 3 .Work
4 Conflict 4.Children
5 Prevent 5.Working
6 Motive 6.Ill