English reading passages (for dtm test takers)

138. According to the passage, what was the reason that Mansur and Usmon went to the judge?
A) Somebody had shot them in their legs.
B) They had wanted to shoot each other.
C) Usmon had called Mansur an animal.
D) Mansur had shot Usmon by accident.
139. According to the passage, Mansur would not have made such a mistake if ... .
A) he had seen well
B) he had gone on a rainy day
C) he had worn his glasses
D) he had talked to the judge before
140. All of the following statements are TRUE, EXCEPT ...
A) Mansur had trouble with his wet glasses that day.
B) It rained that day when Mansur went to the mountains.
C) Mansur was sure that he was shooting at Usmon.
D) Usmon was shot by Mansur by accident that day.


Read the text and answer the questions according to it.

Tattoos are not modern. In fact, they are very old in human history. For example, in an

ice mountain archaeologists found a body of a human who lived five thousand years ago. He had fifty-seven tattoos on his back, ankles, legs, knees and feet. In ancient Egypt, people put on tattoos because they looked beautiful. But in ancient Rome, tattoos were bad and were put only on criminals and prisoners. In India, tattoos were religious. In the sixteenth century, European sailors arrived in the islands of Polynesia. They saw tattoos for the first time. The people on the islands had tattoos on their shoulders, chest, backs and legs. Their tattoos described animals or natural features like a river or a mountain. The European sailors liked them and made their own tattoos.And so the idea travelled to Europe.


141. According to the passage, how many tattoos were there on the found body?
A) five thousand B) one
C) sixteen D) fifty-seven
142. According to the passage, where were tattoos considered to be negative?
A) in Polynesia
B) in Egypt
C) in Rome
D) in India