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22. The author states that a small number of people believe ... .
A) dinosaurs would have been nearly the same as the ones existed before
B) dinosaurs would have changed gradually over long periods like mankind
C) probably the intelligence of dinosaurs would have become much better
D) dinosaurs would not have changed in their appearance
23. According to the passage, all of the following statements are FALSE EXCEPT:
A) Dinosaurs’ dying out brought development to mammals.
B) Human beings would have been living with dinosaurs.
C) Dinosaurs have been disappearing since that collision.
D) After that disaster the dinosaurs’ brainpower became weak.
24. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A) The evolution of mammals B) The Earth and a giant asteroid
C) The extinction of the dinosaurs D) Dominants of the Earth


Mr Scotty from San Francisco flew from America to his native Italy to visit her relatives. Approaching New York the plane made a one-hour fuel stop at Kennedy Airport. Thinking that he had arrived, Mr Scotty got out and spent two days in New York behaving he was in Rome. When his nephews were not there to meet him, Mr Scotty thought they had been delayed in the heavy Roman traffic mentioned in their letters. He also noticed that many people spoke English with American accent. After twelve hours travelling round a bus, the driver handed him to a policeman who spoke only English. Mr Scotty expressed surprise at the Roman police employing someone who didn`t speak his own language.
25. How did Mr Scotty`s visit to New York last?
A) one hour B) twelve hours C) three days D) forty eight hours
26. Why did the plane stop at Kennedy Airport?
A) It happened because of accident. C) It was because of non-flying weather.
B) Hijackers made the pilots land. D) It needed refuelling.
27. The strange thing for Mr. Scotty in New York was that …
A) all New York people were speaking another language. B) he still couldn`t meet his relatives.
C) time in the city was nearly equal to in Rome. D) a shopkeeper didn`t want to take US dollars.


Leonardo Da Vinci was born in 1452 on his father`s family estate in Vinci. His father was Florentine notary and landlord. His mother was a young peasant woman. Leonardo grew up in his father`s house and received the usual elementary education of that day. But at the age of 15 his father took him a renowned workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. There he received a many sided training that included not only painting and sculpture but the technical-mechanical arts as well. He was accepted in the painter`s guild on Florence in 1472. His superb intellect, his unusual powers of observation and his mastery of the art made him the man genius of Renaissance and Humanism.