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READING TEST 1.2
READING 1.
Complete these sentences using words from the passage.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival is the largest arts festival in the world. It takes place every August for
three weeks in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city. Every year thousands of shows take place
and there is something for everyone. There are very famous performers in the world of
entertainment and unknown artists just starting their careers. Shows include theatre, comedy,
dance, music, exhibitions and events.
The festival started in 1947, when eight uninvited theatre groups arrived to perform at the
Edinburgh International festival. Not being part of the official programme of the International
festival didn’t stop these performers . They did their shows anyway. Every year more and more
performers came and in 1959 the Festival Fringe Society started.
The Society became formal and printed its own programme and sold tickets. The society lets
anyone perform and doesn’t check events before they start. Today it is the same – anyone with
a story to tell and something to perform can come.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe lasts for 1. …………
It features 2. ………….. of shows including many types of performances.
The performers are both 3. ……….. and 4.……………….
The first festival was in 5.……………..
Any participants are free to 6. …………………

READING 2.
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Complete the table using words from the passage
South America
South America is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It is a lot bigger than Australia.
The Amazon River is 6448 kilometers long but isn’t the longest river in the world. The Nile in
Africa is 6695 kilometers long. South America has got the biggest rainforest in the world (in
Brazil) where twenty percent of all the world’s trees grow. It’s also got the world’s driest desert
– the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Lake Titicaca – in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia - is the highest large lake in the world.
The Andes mountain range is the longest on Earth. It starts in the south of Chile and finishes in
the Venezuela. The Andes mountains are higher than any mountains on North America, Africa,
Australia or Europe.
South America has got half of the world’s animals and insects. It has also got the biggest spider
– the goliath bird- eating spider. It is bigger than a page of this book and it really can eat small
birds and snakes!
The tropical rattlesnake from Brazil is more dangerous than a spider (to humans). It is the most
poisonous snake in South America!
Three of South America’s big cities are in the top ten biggest cities in the world. They are Sao
Paulo with 17 million, Rio de Janeiro with 11 million and Buenos Aires with 13 million people.

South America
Size

Compared to 7.…………, it is much bigger

Nature

The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world, after the
8.…………

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The largest rain forest is in 9.…….., which contributes10. …………. of
the number of trees in the whole world.
The 11.………, the highest mountain range, extends from 12 …..…..
to13.…………...
Animals

It holds about 14. ……… of earth's species of animals and 15. ……..
The goliath bird- eating spider is not as dangerous as16.……………..

Population Buenos Aires is bigger than 17. ………………

READING 3.
Complete these sentences using information from the article.
Hawaiian culture was once rich in colorful traditions. Though some of them have been
forgotten, two important traditions are very much alive today. One of these is the lei (a

necklace made of flowers) and the others is the hula (a Hawaiian dance). According to local
history, leis were first given to Hawaiian by the goddess of mercy and protection. She traveled
to all the islands and destroyed the evil spirits. Leis were worn by Hawaiian chiefs at peace
conferences. They are still important to the Hawaiian people, and are still symbolic of peace
and friendship. Hawaiians wear leis at weddings, funerals, and at important ceremonies. A
Hawaiian host will almost always give a lei to non-Hawaiian visitors. When the guest arrives,
the lei is placed around his or her neck, with the traditional greeting, Aloha.
Handmade by older women, leis are created from the many kinds of fresh flowers found on the
islands. The flowers are sewn together to form a large circle. It takes many flowers to make a
lei and the effect is richly colorful. Since the flowers must be fresh, the leis cannot be made in
advance. In Hawaii, you can find women selling leis in every shopping centres and at airports.
Each island has its typical lei, with a different kind of flower. May 1 is Lei Day on all the
islands.
Leis are often worn by Hawaiians when they dance the hula. According to Hawaiian tradition,
the goddess Laka taught the people how to dance the hula. They say that she set up a temple for
teaching the hula on the Napali coast in Kauai. At first it was part of a religious ceremony and
was danced only by the men. But later, women began to dance the hula, too. Now it is danced
mostly by women.
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 History says that goddess brought leis to Hawaii for kind-heartedness and
18.…………….

 Nowadays, leis still play crucial role in Hawaiian life and represent 19.…….…… and
20………………….
 Along with Aloha, 21………………..is used by Hawaiians to greet visitors.
 Using a wide range of flowers makes the leis 22………………………..
 Leis are on sale in 23………………….and 24………………………...
 It is believed that 25………………….. did bring the hula to Hawaiians.

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