Jane's family decided to take a sightseeing trip to London last week. They stayed in a large hotel with 200 rooms near Hyde Park. From there, they enjoyed sights like the speakers in Hyde Park and Jane wished her sister could see and hear them too.

1. Reading 12
.
Complete the following passage with a suitable word chosen from the box.
Hotel wishes because trip family interesting park sightseeing
Jane's (1)........ decided to go to London last week (2) .......... they
wanted to make a (3)............tour. The sight in London was very (4)............
and she enjoyed this (5)........... very much. She and her father stayed in a very
big (6).............. with two hundred rooms. From there, they can easily reach
HydePark, a very big (7)............... in London. Behind the railing of the
park, they can see a place where orators deliver their lectures on
Sunday afternoons. Jane (8) ............. her sister could see and hear all
sort of people speaking here.
Reading 21
.
Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each space.An icreasing number of
people are now going on (1) to Egypt. Last year, for example, about oneand a half million (2)
visited Egypt. The (3) is about fifty million and the (4) is El Oahira (Cairo), a busycity of just
under nine million people. Although the (5) is hot and dry and most of the country is
desert,the average (6) from October to March is not too high. The most (7) sights
are the pyramids at Giza.However, it is also pleasant to (8) Alexandria, Post Said and
several other places and do as much (9) as possible in the time available. A (10) to
Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are frequent flights there from Cairo.
Reading 24
. Read the passage and answer the questions. (2.5 pts)
P r a g u e h a s t h e p o p u l a t i o n o f o v e r o n e mi l l i o n p e o p l e . I t i s n ot
t h e b i g g e s t c i t y i n E ur o p e , b u t i t i s certainly one of the most
beautiful. People call Prague the ‘Golden City’ and the ‘ Mother of
Cities’ because It has many beautiful buildings and statue s. P e r h a p s
t h e mo s t p o p u l a r b u i l d i n g i s t h e O l d T o w n H a l l w i t h i t s amazing
15th century clock. People also call Prague ‘Europe’s School of Music’. There
are many concert halls, and every May there is a famous music festival: ‘
Prague’s Spring’. There are also twenty theatres and many old pubs, and
restaurants. There is now a modern underground, but traffic is still a
problem. It is often better to walk and feel the atmosphere of the pretty
little streets

2. Reading 29
Read the passage and answer the questions.Every year, millions of tourists visit California.
California is known for its beautiful scenery, warm climateand excellent food. There are
twenty national parks in California. They are visited by over thirty million peopleevery year.
Many world-famous museums are located there too.The state is divided into two parts,
called Northern California and Southern California. San Francisco islocated in
Northern California. It is surrounded by water on three sides and is a city with
beautiful bay andseveral bridges. Its streets are always filled with tourists. There is an area
in south of San Francisco that is famous for its computer industries; it is called Silicon
Valley.Los Angeles, Hollywood and Disneyland are found in Southern California. Southern
California is known for its desert areas, which are sometimes next to snowcapped mountains.
Southern California is one of the few place sin the world where you can ski in the morning
and surf in the afternoon
As a result of years of research, we know that too much animal fat is bad for our
health. For example, American eat a lot of meat and only a small amount of grains, fruit and
vegetables. Because of t h e i r d i e t , t h e y h a v e h i g h r a t e s o f c a n c e r a n d h e a r t
d i s e a s e . I n J a p a n , i n c o n t r a s t , p e o p l e e a t l a r g e amounts of grains and very little
meat. The Japanese also have low rates of cancer and heart disease. Infact the Japanese live
longer than anyone else in the world. Unfortunately, when people move to the US,the rates of
heart disease and cancer increase as their diet changes. Moreover, as humburgers, ice-
cream,and other high fat food become popular in Japan, the rates of heart disease
and cancer are increasingthere as well. People are also eating more meat and
dairy products in other countries such as Cuba, Mauritius and Hungary. Not
surprisingly, the disease rates in these countries are increasing along witht h e c h a n g e i n
diet. Consequently, doctors everywhere advise people to eat more
g r a i n s , f r u i t a n d vegetables and to eat less meat and fewer dairy products.