Final test for the 3rd course writing name: Total score : 25 points Group

Academic year 2020-2021

FINAL TEST FOR THE 3^RD COURSE

WRITING

Name:_______________________________ Total score : 25 points

Group: ________________ Gained score: _______

Write about the following topic

Some people think art such as sculpture and music cannot improve the quality of people’s lives so the government should not spend money on them but on health and defense.

What is your opinion?

You should write at least 300 words.

Task Achievement (10 p.): ________

Organization (8 p.): ________

Accuracy (7 p.): ________

READING

Total score: 25 points Gained score: ______

Text 1

Questions 1-8. Read the text. Then choose the correct answers for each question below.

Have you heard about the great flood? Perhaps you have heard about a man named Noah, who built a huge boat to escape the flood. In this legend of the great flood, water covered all the land, killing most of the people and animals on Earth. Only Noah’s immediate family, including his wife, three sons, and the sons’ wives, survived the flood, along with all of the animals on his boat.

After the flood waters receded, the people and animals on Noah’s boat set about repopulating the Earth. This legend of Noah and his family is familiar to many people. However, it is not the only legend about a great flood. Actually, many cultures have similar stories about a great flood that wiped out almost everyone on Earth. In the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian legends of the flood, Noah was warned by God that a great flood would kill every human and animal on land.

God told Noah to construct a boat that would save his family and two of every animal. In a Hindu legend of the flood, a fish warned a man about the flood, and only the man was saved. Then the gods made a woman for the man, and the man and woman had many children. The Greek, Roman, and Chinese legends of the flood say that only people on the highest mountain survived the flood. In Scandinavian and Celtic legends, the water of the flood was actually the blood of a giant. When the giant was killed, its body became the Earth, and its blood covered all the land. There are also Incan, Mayan, and Native American legends about a great flood. In each of these legends, a few people live through the flood by climbing mountains or by constructing boats. Many people today believe that the great flood is only a legend. However, other people say that the striking similarities among all of the flood legends suggest that a real flood covered the Earth at some point long ago.

In fact, some scientists speculate that the ancient flood waters are now frozen in glaciers at the poles of the Earth. But why do the legends disagree with each other? The flood happened long before humans could write, so the story of the flood could only be passed down through generations by oral retellings. As the story was passed by word of mouth, it may have changed as various cultures learned the story. This may explain why some parts of the legend differ. Through careful examination of similar elements in these legends, however, certain facts about an ancient catastrophic flood may be revealed.

1. The passage says that Noah….

1. 
   lived with his wife and three sons
   
2. 
   had a farm of animals
   
3. 
   had a great task to do
   
4. 
   was the only person survived after the flood
   

2. Why did Noah build the boat?

1. 
   To save all people in the neighborhood.
   
2. 
   To use it as a shelter during the flood.
   
3. 
   To keep his family safe during the flood.
   

4. 
   To survive with his family together with each pair of all animals.
   

3. Why God ordered Noah to collect a couple from each kind of animal?

1. 
   Because they would help Noah to survive.
   
2. 
   Because they would help build a huge boat.
   
3. 
   Because they would continue life on Earth.
   
4. 
   Because they would serve Noah after the flood.
   

4. The legends of Scandinavian and Celtic are slightly different from others because …

1. 
   they don’t have such kind of story
   
2. 
   they believe in giants not floods
   
3. 
   they think it is in fact giant’s blood not flood
   
4. 
   they think flood caused the creation of the earth
   

5. According to the passage, some people believe that … .

1. 
   the flood from the story will happen very soon
   
2. 
   giants lived in Scandinavia
   
3. 
   there was a great flood some in the past
   
4. 
   all nations have the same story about the flood
   

6. How did the story about the flood come until now?

1. 
   People wrote it down.
   
2. 
   Scientists speculated it.
   
3. 
   Scientists found some dead animals.
   

4. 
   One generation told another and it has been continuing by now.
   

7. Why each culture has different versions of this story?

1. 
   Because of their religions.
   
2. 
   Because each accepted its oral version.
   
3. 
   Because it was translated differently.
   
4. 
   Because scientists proved it in different ways.
   

8. What is the main point of discussion in the passage?

1. 
   About the ancient story including flood.
   

2. 
   About several disasters mankind has had throughout the history.
   

3. 
   About the people who survived in different disasters.
   

4. 
   About how animals helped the people in the past.