Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

21. According to the text, the ships were mainly used …

A) to entertain people B) to carry people C) for military purpose D) for commercial purposes

22. According to the text, the ships were well preserved because …

A) they stayed deep under water. B) olive oil protected them from damage.

C) they sank during a powerful storm. D) they were made of strong materials.

23. How many ships are 1,600 years old?

A) all ships B) one ship C) three ships D) four ships

24. What can one say AN UNDERWATER MUSEUM in the text?

A) a museum for marine animals B) a museum of aquariums C) a ship museum D) a sea-world museum

Normally when we read our eyes take in whole phrases at a time; they do not move from word to word in a straight line, but flick backwards and forwards over the text. You can easily test this for yourself. Try covering a text with a piece of paper and reading it literally word by word, moving the paper along from each word to the next. You will probably find that you soon lose the track of the meaning, and you need to keep looking back to take in whole sentences. This highlights an important aspect of reading: it is not just that we do not need to read word by word, but rather it is also impossible to read and understand a text in this way.