English reading passages (for dtm test takers)

145. According to the passage, what did the Egyptians preserve dead bodies with?
A) cloths, tombs, stones
B) oils, spices, cloths
C) spices, rocks, wheels
D) stones, oils, equipment
146. According to the passage, what does the word “ a mummy” in the passage refer to?
A) the place where kings were buried
B) an ancient Egyptian noble
C) a king o f ancient Egypt
D) the preserved body o f a dead person
147. According to the passage, why did the Egyptian rulers build the pyramids?
A) They believed that the pyramids would be wonders.
B) They wanted to keep their mummies safe forever.
C) They wanted to use them as their palaces for a while.
D) They tested builders if they could build without wheels.
148. All of the following statements are FALSE, EXCEPT ...
A) The pyramids had not become famous and disappeared soon.
B) The ancient Egyptians didn’t use any heavy equipment or wheels to move rocks.
C) The Egyptians used animals as workers in building pyramids.
D) The kings and nobles always lived in the Valley of the Kings.


Read the text and answer the questions according to it.

Humans have always been fascinated by owls. Prehistoric people painted pictures of owls in caves. The ancient Romans thought that owls were signs of death and bad luck. But in ancient Greece, owls were connected with the idea of wisdom and good luck. The connection with wisdom still exists in English. The expression “ a w ise ow l” is a clever person who knows a lot. Owls have very good hearing and eyesight. They can see very well during the day and at night. They are very good hunters. They are more successful hunters than hawks. But owls are much less intelligent than hawks. They are even less intelligent than pigeons. Hawks can be trained, which means that they can learn things. For example, they learn to hunt with their human trainer. They will come and land on the trainer’s arm when the trainer calls. But owls can’t learn to do any of these things. They are

impossible to be trained. Owls look wise animals, but in reality they are not wise at all.