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Test 1 Multiple choice

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1.A) Education problems of American children.

B) Education problems of Syrian children in Turkey.

C) A statement published by Human Rights Watch.

D) Many children in Turkey don’t receive education.

2.A) They built long-lasting schools in Turkey.

B) They established a huge school system in Turkey.

C) They offered financial support to Turkey.

D) They sent refugee children to refugee camps.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3.A) They killed no more than 50 people.

B) They fired against NATO troops.

C) They attacked an airport in Afghanistan.

D) They killed 10 children, and two police officers.

4.A) Withdrawal of combat troops from other countries.

B) False claims of foreign military troops.

C) Decline of the local troops’ strength.

D) Last year’s victory over foreign troops.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item. 5A) Violate the civil liberties in Australia.

B) Increase the legal age to buy cigarettes.

C) Introduce a plan called plain packaging.

D) Raise the price of cigarettes in Australia.

6.A) Details of anti-smoking policies.

B) Pictures with olive trees.

C) Health warnings including pictures.

D) Data of cigarette sales worldwide.

7.A) To follow the anti-smoking trend in Kuwait and Hawaii.

B) To make Tasmania Australia’s healthiest city by 2025.

C) To ease existing tough anti-smoking policies.

D) To have more tough anti-smoking policies.

Fill in the Blanks

Passage1

There are about 650,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Turkey. Government officials 1_______________ only about one-third of them are going to school. Educating the refugee children is an 2_______________ task. One U.S. official says that a huge school system like the one in New York City would be 3_______________.

The United Sates says it is working with the United Nations to help bridge the education gap for refugee children. Without school, the effects will be 4_______________ and long-lasting.

The United States 5_______________ Turkey with aid for education earlier. In December, it offered an 6_______________ $24 million. Human Rights Watch says a quality education will ensure a more 7_______________ future for these children. The organization says about 90 percent of children in refugee camps run by the Turkish government 8_______________ school . But most of the children living outside of those camps are not receiving education.

Passage 2

Eleven Taliban fighters 1_______________ an important airport in southern Afghanistan 2____________________, killing at least 50 people, Afghan officials said. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers and two police officers were killed.

The attack on the Kandahar Air Field lasted 20 hours, reported The Washington Post. Among the dead were women and children, the newspaper wrote. The airport includes a 3_______________ base with troops from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. There were no reports that NATO troops were 4_____________________ in the attack.

A spokesman for the Taliban says fighters entered the base and attacked 5____________________ military troops. He said more than 150 soldiers were killed in the attack. The Taliban often makes 6_______________ about the results of their attacks that are not true. Taliban attacks have grown in 7____________________ in Afghanistan this year after the withdrawal last year of combat troops from other countries.

Passage3

The Australian state of Tasmania is considering raising the 1____________________ for buying cigarettes to at least 21 and potentially 2____________________ 25. If the plan goes ahead it will give Tasmania some of the toughest tobacco laws in the world. The 3_______________ legal age to purchase, 4_______________ or smoke cigarettes in all Australian states is 18. 5_______________ have complained the proposed restrictions would be a violation of civil liberties. Australia already has some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking policies. It introduced so called plain packaging four years ago, where packs are coloured an 6_______________ olive brown and are covered in 7____________________ that include pictures. The country is also one of the most expensive places in the world to buy cigarettes —from around $15 a pack.

Parts of the world already 8_______________ cigarette sales to those under 21, including Kuwait and, from next year, Hawaii. Around one-in-five Tasmanians smoke, with the vast 9_______________ taking up the habit before the age of 25. The Tasmanian government proposals are part of a five-year plan to make the state Australia’s 10_____________________.