Final Quiz for Reading and Conversational English I

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Reading and Conversational English Quiz

Test your understanding of reading comprehension and conversational English with our engaging quiz that covers two informative articles. Improve your knowledge while having fun!

  • 11 multiple-choice questions
  • Engaging content related to art theft and lifestyle changes
  • Suitable for learners at various levels
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Please read - Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, the city's second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo's organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso's "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar and car jack to force open one of the museum's steel doors.The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America's largest city. One of the suspects in that heist — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody.
 
Question 1 - What did the armed men steal?
 
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(c) AFP 10/19/2008
Two prints by Picasso
Two oil painting by Brazilian artists
A couple of prints and a couple of paintings
Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?
They didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.
Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.
They didn't have enough time.
Why was the museum's metal detector not working?
The museum doesn't have a metal detector.
It was being repaired.
It was working - The thieves had plastic guns.
How many people were in the museum during the robbery?
A lot. The museum was crowded.
Not too many. It was almost empty.
There were a lot of people outside the museum
Was the former TV chef involved in the most recent robbery?:
No, he's famous - he would never do that
Yes, he was one of the men who robbed the Pinacoteca do Estado
No, but he helped steal some other works earlier in the year
PLEASE READ - Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at the genetic level, U.S. Researchers said on Monday. In a small study, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who decided against conventional medical treatment such as surgery and radiation or hormone therapy. The men underwent three months of major lifestyle changes, including eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy products, moderate exercise such as walking for half an hour a day, and an hour of daily stress management methods such as meditation. As expected, they lost weight, lowered their blood pressure and saw other health improvements. But the researchers found more profound changes when they compared prostate biopsies taken before and after the lifestyle changes. After the three months, the men had changes in activity in about 500 genes -- including 48 that were turned on and 453 genes that were turned off. The activity of disease-preventing genes increased while a number of disease-promoting genes, including those involved in prostate cancer and breast cancer, shut down, according to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research was led by Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a well-known author advocating lifestyle changes to improve health."It's an exciting finding because so often people say, 'Oh, it's all in my genes, what can I do?' Well, it turns out you may be able to do a lot," Ornish, who is also affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, said in a telephone interview. "'In just three months, I can change hundreds of my genes simply by changing what I eat and how I live?' That's pretty exciting," Ornish said. "The implications of our study are not limited to men with prostate cancer." (c) AFP 10/22/2008
 
Question 1 - The article basically states that a healthy lifestyle:
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Can even alter your genes for the better.
Has no effect on your genes.
Is good for the environment.
Apart from eating healthy food and exercising, the men in the study:
Were put under a lot of stress.
Were taught stress management methods.
Were given a lot of meat.
In total, how many genes changed as a result of the healthy lifestyle?
48
453
500
What happened to some of the disease-causing genes?
Their activity increased
Their activity decreased
There was very little change in their activity
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article? - The men in the study:
Complained about headaches
Lost weight
Lowered their blood pressure
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