SABER TEST PRACTICE READING N°1 Memory isn't like any part of your body . It's a way of organizing information in your brain. (1)___, to improve your memory you need to re-organize the way you (2)___and this will help you. Dr Moulin (3)_____these tips for your memory. (4)___ are entering appointments in a diary, writing (5) _______the back of your hand, or asking someone else to remind you. When someone (6)________you a phone number to remember, divide the numbers. If you have to do something every day at a (7)____time, give yourself a (8)________ When I have my tea, I will take my pills'. Create mental images rather than (9)__________ words. A way of remembering a person's name is to imagine it on the person's face. If you (10) ____________Jhon Bridge: Imagine a bridge on his face. 1. a. nor b. but c. or d. so 2. a. look b. think c. know d. say 3. a. sends b. does c. describes d. sees 4. a several b. every c. some d. all 5. a. on b. over c. under d. in 6. a. makes b. borrows c. lends d. gives 7. a. specific b. common c. normal d. short 8. a. reward b. date c. reminder d. choice 9. a. telling b. using c. creating d. making 10. a. help b. tell c. teach d. meet COFFEE Many people all over the world like (11) __________ coffee. In Britain, for example, people drink about 60 million cups of coffee (12)_________ day. In some countries, like Italy, people like (13) __________________small cup of strong coffee, usually without milk. In other countries, like the USA, people have coffee made (14)_____________________ a lot of milk and sugar. Coffee first arrived (15)_______________Britain in the 17th century. Many coffee houses (16)___________________ then. But only rich men went to (17)________________places to meet friends, talk and do business. Women did not go to coffee houses (18)_________________they were much too dangerous. Today, coffee is (19)___________________than before and people drink it everywhere, at home, at work and in cafés. 11. a. drink b. drinking c. drinks 12. a. every b. all c. most 13. a. some b. the c. a 14. a. up b. with c. by 15. a. on b. in c. at 16. a. open b. opened c. opening 17. a. these b. this c. their 18. a. that b. or c.because 19. a. cheapest b. cheap c.cheaper HANNA AND HER DAUGHTER My name's Hannah and I'm twenty years old. I've got a daughter (20)_____________ Nicole. She's nearly three now. I live in a small flat ____________ the city centre. It isn't a nice place to live. It's very noisy and dirty and there is (21)____________ for Nicole to play. I want to move out of the city and live in the countryside. But it's very expensive to live there. I will need to earn (22) __________________money to buy a house. There aren't (23)_______________ flats for sale in the small villages near here. That's why I study at college. I'm studying Business. While I am at college, my mum looks (24) _______________ Nicole. My mum really likes spending time with her. 20. a. call b. called c. names 21. a. in b. on c. at 22. a. somewhere b. anywhere c. nowhere 23. a. any b. this c. enough 24. much b. lot c. many 25. for b. after c. at Colombia’s Guadua Bamboo has (26)__________most perfect structure that exists in nature. Guadua, a very tall strong (27)__________of bamboo, has been of (28) __________use. People have used guadua to build their homes as guadua is not expensive, it (29)____________ easily, and is very solid. Guadua has been planted (30)_____________________colombians in rural areas for building their homes, but Guadua is (31)________________beautiful that it is being sent to other countries. It can be (32) _______________for windows, roofs, stairs, or creative arts. In a local newspaper article, a journalist writes, “the fibers inside guadua are long and strong. (33) ____________________,it deserves to be (34) _____________________the plant of steel.” As part of Colombian culture, (35) ____________________songs have been written about this plant, one of (36) ________________says, “The guadua cries because it has a heart.” 26. a. the b. a c. one d. some 27. a. amount b. type c. group d. number 28. a. huge b. big c. large d. great 29. a. increases b. raises c. grows d. climbs 30. a.by b. with c. in d. for 31. a. just b. so c. too d. very 32. a. used b. created c. made d. spent 33. a. instead b. therefore c. furthermore d. however 34. a. talked b. told c. said d. called 35. a.no b. all c. several d. every 36. a. whose b. which c. whom d. what BIG MAC ATTACK David Gorske, 57, has eaten his 25,000th Big Mac. It’s been 39 years since he first ate a burger. At the age of 19 he had (37)_________ eaten his first 1,000 burgers and he really liked them. He thought: “How (38)____________will I be before I reach 10,000?" During a celebration that some friends (39)__________in his name, he said he would (40) to eat burgers until he died. Mr. Gorske (41)_________________he can eat a burger in 16 bites and registers the food he eats on calendars. He appeared in the 2004 documentary film “Super Size Me”, (42)______________looks at the effects of eating McDonald’s food daily. Every week, he goes to the restaurant and (43) _______________ six burgers on Monday and eight on Thursday and keeps them frozen in his (44)_______________until he is ready to eat. Doctors noted that they do not recommend Mr. Gorske's (45)______________. 37. a. never b. already c. yet d. again 38. a. far b. old c. much d. often 39. a. designed b. conducted c. composed d. organized 40. a. start b. develop c. continue d. think 41. a. says b. talks c. speaks d. asks 42. a. where b. when c. who d. which 43. a. spends b. buys c. carries d. uses 44. a. cupboard b. oven c. cabinet d. fridge 45. A. dinner b. snack c. diet d. supper SCOTLAND Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (46) ________________ Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic. There are (47) .................. five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (48) __________ most. famous city. Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (49)____________ many forests, but now there are only a (50) ................... . Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful. 46 A on B In C at 47 A about B between C among 48 A his B your C its 49 A is B were C was 50 A few B little C lot READING CLOZE TEXT Have a great holiday! Millions of Irish people travel to foreign countries on holiday each year. Many people go on package holidays with travel companies (1) _________ they can arrange everything for you. The company books your train, plane or bus tickets and finds you a hotel or a flat. (2) __________summer, many people go to places 3) __________the weather is warmer (4) ... in Ireland. They go to the beach and swim or sunbathe. Skiing holidays are (5) ___________popular in winter. Many people travel to countries (6) _________ as Austria, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Canada to go skiing and snowboarding. Many people also go on more adventurous holidays, like wildlife safaris in Africa. Irish people usually (7) __________holidays and in winter in Ireland there are a (8) __________of TV programs about holidays. Irish people also have holidays in Ireland. They go to the seaside to swim and sunbathe or go hiking in the country. 1. A) if B) although C) because 2. A) In B) On C) At 3. A) where B) what C) which 4. A) then B) tan C) as 5. A) enough B) too C) very 6. A) like B) such C) so 7. A) have B) has C) having 8. A) many B) lot C) much Message in the Bottle More than 110 years ago a young woman named Sofia Nielsen was walking (1) _______ the seaside of the North Sea. (2) __________ the trip she got a crazy idea. She wrote a message, put it in a green bottle and threw the bottle into the North Sea. What she didn't know is that the bottle would survive (3) ___________long. Last week, a Danish fisherman found Nielsen's bottle when he was on his every day fishing trip. He carried it to a museum. The historians there discovered that it's the (4) ___________message in the bottle in the world! They also found Nielsen's grandson, Malthe, (5) ___________is now 72 years old. He lives in Copenhagen and never (6) ____________his grandmother who died in 1940. What did the bottle contain? Well, there was a letter inside. Nielsen asked the finder to return (7) ____________to his home address in Copenhagen. They couldn't read the rest of the message (8) _________water got inside and damaged the ink. But it didn't stop the specialists. They're trying to figure out the entire message and hope it'll be possible to read it soon. 1. A) in B) on C) at 2. A) When B) While C) During 3. A) so B) too C) enough 4. A) oldest B) old C) older 5. A) who B) which C) what 6. A) meets B) met C) meeting 7. A) them B) it C) its 8. A) Some B) Any C) A The Old Days Life was much better in the old days when there (36) ___________ none of those inventions (37) _________are said to be useful but in fact mainly seem to cause us so (38) _________ problems. Imagine life without the telephone! How peaceful it would be! You could have a bath without being interrupted by its demanding tones! We might even start writing letters to each other again! I've almost forgotten what it's like to get a letter (39) ________a friend or relation. Even (40) __________ attractive still is the thought of having no television. We might start talking to each other again! I wouldn't be sorry to (41) __________ goodbye to modern food preserving methods. Dried, frozen, tinned products certainly (42) ____________the housewife time, but for what – to watch more television? Bring back the good old days of fresh food! I can do without the variety in the modern supermarket. Last but not the least how much better (43) ___________was to travel in the old days. A) are B) were C) was 2. A) which B) who C) what 3. A) many B) much C) a lot of 4. A) to B) for C) from 5. A) more B) most C) as 6. A) say B) tell C) talk 7. A) saving B) saves C) save 8. A) it B) there C) these The Great English Pub Whenever you find yourself (1) _________England there will be a pub nearby. Some will be old-style, with indoor games of darts and dark wooden beams – just the right place for a pint of beer with fish and chips. (2) __________pubs are (3) _________modern and also offer great British food at reasonable prices. Pubs are open every day from 11.00 a.m. You can buy alcoholic drinks or soft (4) __________ Most pubs also serve coffee (5) ___________tea, too. To enter a pub you (6) ___________ be over fourteen and to buy any alcoholic drinks – eighteen or older. Pubs are good places for socialising. Some people can spend hours over (7) _____________ginger ale or beer, talking (8) _________ friends or complete strangers. 1. A) in B) on C) at 2. A) Another B) Others C) Other 3. A) more B) most C) as 4. A) one B) some C) ones 5. A) so B) or C) but 6. A) have B) must C) need 7. A) they B) them C) their
