154. According to the passage, what did the Ottoman sultan take as a gift?
A) eleven hunting falcons
B) 200,000 gold coins
C) a dozen white falcons
D) twelve knights
155. According to the passage, how were the thieves of falcons punished?
A) They could lose their hands.
B) They could be sent to prison.
C) They could give all their money.
D) They could buy another two falcons.
156. All of the following statements are TRUE, EXCEPT ...
A) Falcons were symbols of power and meant more than money.
B) Kings sometimes sent falcons as valuable gifts to other kings.
C) Falconry began about 3,000 years ago in the Middle East.
D) A sultan once paid 200,000 gold coins for 12 white falcons.
Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
On 15 April 1912, the Titanic, at that time the world’s largest and most expensive ocean liner, disappeared into the cold depths of the North Atlantic. About 1,500 people died, it had more losses than in any other sea disaster in peacetime history. After striking a huge iceberg, the 46,500-ton vessel sank in less than three hours. Lloyd’s of London, the firm which had insured the Titanic, was sure that the probability of such an event was one in a million. At 11:40 pm on the night of the disaster, the watchman on the Titanic’s bridge saw a shape ahead. “ Ice! Dead ahead!” he shouted. The wheel was turned hard over and the engines were reversed, but it was too late. A 300-foot hole was torn along the side of the Titanic. If the watchman had not seen the iceberg and the wheelsman not turned the wheel, the Titanic would probably have struck the iceberg head on. It is then likely that only the bottom sections of the ship would have been flooded and, though seriously damaged, she would have remained on the surface.
1. All of the following statements are TRUE, EXCEPT ... .
A) the Titanic was designed as an extremely expensive ship
B) The huge vessel did not even take as many as three hours to sink
C) Fewer people died at sea in this incident than ever before
D) The Titanic sank in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean
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