Робочий аркуш «Розуміння прочитаного (вступні іспити)» з відповідями

A clinic sign reads: “Please turn off your mobile phone in the X-ray room.” Where must phones be turned off?

1. AIn the car park
2. BIn the waiting room
3. CAnywhere inside the clinic
4. DIn the X-ray room

Ravi practised the piano for thirty minutes every day. At the end of the year, he played two songs at the school concert, and the audience clapped loudly. What can you tell about Ravi’s performance?

1. ARavi played only one song.
2. BThe concert was cancelled.
3. CRavi forgot the songs.
4. DThe audience enjoyed it.

The Great Wall of China is not a single wall. It is a series of walls built over many centuries by different rulers to protect against invasions. Why was the Great Wall built?

1. ATo mark the edge of a farm
2. BTo store grain for winter
3. CTo protect against invasions
4. DTo create a road for trade only

“Water covers about 71 percent of Earth’s surface. Most of that water is salt water in the oceans. Only a small share is fresh water, and much of it is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.” What can you conclude from the passage?

1. AMost of Earth’s water is fresh and easy to drink.
2. BFresh liquid water is only a small part of Earth’s water.
3. CIce caps hold most of the salt water on Earth.
4. DWater covers less than half of Earth’s surface.

In the sentence “The medicine may cause drowsiness, so do not drive after taking it,” what does “drowsiness” mean?

1. ADizziness
2. BItchy skin
3. CSleepiness
4. DHunger

“The children had been told not to touch the cake. When their mother came back, there was a finger-shaped hole in the icing and chocolate on Tom’s chin.” What can you infer?

1. AThe cake was not finished.
2. BTom had tasted the cake.
3. CThe mother made a mistake.
4. DTom does not like chocolate.

“The town’s population grew from 8000 to 12 000 in ten years. During the same period, the number of schools stayed at two.” Which problem does the passage most likely point to?

1. AThe town built too many new schools.
2. BThe schools may have become crowded.
3. CThe population of the town went down.
4. DFewer children were living in the town.

The author writes: “Since the city put up speed cameras, the number of crashes has fallen. The cameras also earned the city a lot of money in fines. Critics say this proves the cameras are only about money.” Why is the critics’ conclusion weak?

1. AThe cameras did not collect any money at all.
2. BEarning money does not rule out improving safety.
3. CThe critics do not live in the city.
4. DCrashes increased after the cameras went up.