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Comprehension Test

John Escott

New York

1   Put these events in the right order. Number them 1–10.

9                In 1898, the five boroughs made a new city.

7                Later, millions of people left their countries to come to America.

2                Then, Peter Minuit built some houses on the island.

4                In 1664, the British changed the name to New York.

8                Immigrants helped to build the first skyscrapers.

10     In 1931, the Empire State Building was the tallest in the city.

5                Then there was the War of Independence.

1                Peter Minuit gave the Algonquin Indians twenty-four dollars for Manhattan.

3                They called the little town New Amsterdam.

6                In 1790, about 33,000 people lived in the town.

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2   Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

F                The Chrysler Building opened in 1980.

T                There are twelve avenues in Manhattan.

T                There are trains and buses twenty-four hours a day.

F                You can take a train to Ellis Island.

T                Jefferson Market Courthouse is one of America’s ten most beautiful buildings.

T                There are more than sixty museums in Manhattan.

T                You can have afternoon tea from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Plaza.

F                Tickets for the theatres on Broadway are very cheap.

F                The Bronx Zoo has more than two million animals.

F                You can watch basketball at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

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3   What can you see there? Match a number from A with a letter from B.

     A

E                The Metropolitan Museum of Art

D               The Museum of the Moving Image

A               The Museum of the City of New York

C               The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

B               The Museum of Television and Radio

     B

a                The Timescapes Movie

b                120,000 TV programmes

c                US ships, planes and helicopters

d                clothes from Star Trek and Chicago

e                thousand of paintings and statues

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4   What can you buy there? Match a number in A with a letter from B.

     A

B               Barnes and Noble

A               Brooks Brothers

C              Century 21

E                Midnight Records

D               Pearl River Mart

     B

a                men’s clothes

b                books

c               cheap clothes

d                everything Chinese

e                CDs

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5   What can you do in the five boroughs? Match a number in A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.

     A

B               In Manhattan you can see…

C               In Brooklyn you can visit…

E                On Staten Island you can see…

D               In the Bronx you can visit…

A               In Queens you can see…

     B

a  … the New York Mets baseball team.

b  … Little Italy and Chinatown.

c  … Coney Island’s famous roller-coaster.

d  … the New York Botanical Gardens.

e  … historic Richmond Village.

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Multiple-choice Tests

John Escott

New York

Places

     Choose the best answer.

1  New York has five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and _____.

    a [  ] Coney Island    b [  ] Ellis Island    c [ V] Staten Island    d [  ] Albany

2  Many visitors go to _____ to remember 9/11.

    a [  ] Brooklyn Bridge    b [V] Ground Zero
    c [  ] the Chrysler Building    d [  ] the Empire State Building

3  Sixth Avenue is also called _____.

    a [  ] West Side    b [  ] 14th Street
    c [ V ] the Avenue of the Americas    d [  ] Battery Park

4  Nearly 17 million immigrants came to New York through _____.

    a [  ] Battery Park    b [ V ] Ellis Island    c [  ] Chatham Square    d [  ] Little Italy

5  New York's _____ is at 75½ Bedford Street.

    a [  ] big lake    b [  ] courthouse    c [ V ] smallest house    d [  ] market

6  Grand Central Terminal has a beautiful ceiling with 2,500 _____.

    a [  ] restaurants    b [  ] oysters    c [  ] windows    d [ V ] stars

7  The _____ has the world’s biggest collection of modern art.

    a [  ] Metropolitan Museum of Art    b [  ] Museum of the City of New York
    c [ V ] Museum of Modern Art    d [  ] Guggenheim Museum

8  Tiffany’s and Gucci have shops on _____.

    a [  ] Houston Street    b [  ] Cortlandt Street    c [  ] Tenth Avenue    d [ V ] Fifth Avenue

9  You can take a ride on the Skyfari _____.

    a [  ] in the New York Botanical Garden    b [  ] at Flushing Meadows
    c [  ] on Coney Island    d [ V ] in the Bronx Zoo

10  The Chinese Scholar’s Garden is a quiet place _____.

      a [ V ] on Staten Island    b [  ] in Central Park
      c [  ] at Flushing Meadows    d [  ] in the New York Botanical Garden

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   People

     Choose the best answer.

11  Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and the Marx Brothers were all _____.

      a [ V ] actors    b [  ] singers    c [  ] jazz musicians    d [  ] presidents

12  The _____ lived in Manhattan before 1609.

      a [  ] Italians    b [  ] British    c [ V ] Algonquin Indians    d [  ] Dutch

13  In 1609, _____ came up the river to Manhattan.

      a [  ] George Washington    b [  ] Peter Minuit
      c [  ] Humphrey Bogart    d [ V] Henry Hudson

14  _____ called Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan in 1626.

      a [  ] An Irishman    b [  ] An Englishman    c [  ] A Frenchman    d [ V ] A Dutchman

15  The War of Independence from 1775 to 1783 was between the _____ and North America.

      a [ V ] British    b [  ] French    c [  ] Algonquin Indians    d [  ] Dutch

16  The first president of the United States of America was _____.

      a [  ] Henry Hudson    b [  ] Peter Minuit    c [ V ] George Washington    d [  ] James Cagney

17  The first immigrants came to New York from Germany and _____.

      a [  ] France    b [ V ] Ireland    c [  ] Spain    d [  ] India

18  In 1886 the people of _____ gave the Statue of Liberty to the Americans.

      a [  ] England    b [ V ] France    c [  ] Italy    d [  ] Spain

19  Chinese people first came to New York in about _____.

      a [  ] 1650    b [  ] 1750    c [ V ] 1850    d [  ] 1950

20  _____ is probably the most famous movie-maker in New York.

      a [  ] Tony Bennett    b [  ] Isaac Asimov    c [  ] Georgia O’Keeffe    d [ V ] Woody Allen

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   Facts

     Choose the correct answer.

21  Manhattan is an island _____ miles long.

      a [ V ] 13½    b [  ] 154    c [  ] 6,500    d [  ] 7,000,000

22  New York has _____ miles of streets.

      a [ V ] 6,500    b [  ] 60,500    c [  ] 650,000    d [  ] 60

23  The _____ Bridge opened in 1883.

      a [ V ] Brooklyn    b [  ] Bronx    c [  ] Liberty    d [  ] Staten Island

24  The _____ is New York’s tallest skyscraper.

      a [  ] United Nations Building    b [ V ] Empire State Building
      c [  ] Rockefeller Center    d [  ] Grand Central Terminal

25  The _____ is the largest theatre in the world.

      a [  ] Rockefeller Centre    b [  ] Grand Central Terminal
      c [ V ] Radio City Music Hall    d [  ] United Nations Building

26    Central Park is six per cent of _____.

      a [ V ] Manhattan    b [  ] Brooklyn    c [  ] Staten Island    d [  ] the Bronx

27  In 1945 fourteen people died when a plane hit the 79th floor of the _____.

      a [  ] United Nations Building    b [ V ] Empire State Building
      c [  ] Rockefeller Center    d [  ] Chrysler Building

28  The _____, on Fifth Avenue, is New York’s biggest museum.

      a [  ] New York City Police Museum    b [  ] Museum of Television and Radio
      c [  ] American Museum of the Moving Image    d [ V ] Metropolitan Museum of Art

29  The world’s first children’s museum was in _____.

      a [  ] Richmond Town    b [ V ] Brooklyn    c [  ] Manhattan    d [  ] the Bronx

30  _____ on Fifth Avenue has more than three million books.

      a [ V ] Barnes and Noble    b [  ] Saks    c [  ] Macy’s    d [  ] Levi’s

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   Vocabulary

     Choose the best answer.

31  this can go straight up into the air

      a [  ] bus    b [  ] boat    c [ V ] helicopter    d [  ] railway

32  a group of people who play sport together

      a [  ] tour    b [ V ] team    c [  ] collection    d [  ] cab

33  a person who comes to another country to live

      a [  ] artist    b [  ] saint    c [  ] musician    d [ V ] immigrant

34  a train travels on this

      a [  ] zoo    b [ V ] railway    c [  ] borough    d [  ] island

35  an area of water with land around it

      a [ V ] lake    b [  ] ride    c [  ] restaurant    d [  ] capital

36  to go from one place to another

      a [  ] view    b [  ] crash    c [  ] sell    d [ V ] travel

37  pictures that people like to look at

      a [  ] modern    b [  ] circus    c [  ] theatre    d [V  ] art

38  a place for wild animals in a town

      a [ V ] zoo    b [  ] war    c [  ] park    d [  ] dangerous

39  to give money for something

      a [ V ] buy    b [  ] sell    c [  ] ride    d [  ] mystery

40  a building where you can go to see plays

      a [  ] park    b [  ] museum    c [ V ] theatre    d [  ] circus

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   Events

     Choose the best answer.

41  In 1664, the British took the town of _____.

      a [  ] Albany    b [ V ] New Amsterdam    c [  ] New Manhattan    d [  ] New Germany

42  Three million people come to New York in September to enjoy _____.

      a [  ] the New York Marathon    b [ V ] the Festival of San Gennaro
      c [  ] the St Patrick’s Day Parade    d [  ] Independence Day

43  The New York Film Festival is at the end of _____ for two weeks.

      a [  ] March    b [  ] June    c [  ] August    d [ V ] September 

44  The Bronx Zoo opened in _____.

      a [  ] 1699    b [  ] 1799    c [ V ] 1899    d [  ] 1999

45  The New York Marathon finishes _____.

      a [  ] at the Giants Stadium    b [ V ] in Central Park
      c [  ] on Long Island    d [  ] at Fifth Avenue

46  _____ Parade is the longest and oldest of all the New York parades.

      a [ V ] The St Patrick’s Day    b [  ] The Easter
      c [  ] Macy’s Thanksgiving Day    d [  ] The Halloween

47  America’s Independence Day is on 4 _____.

      a [  ] May    b [ V ] July    c [  ] June    d [  ] April

48  Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is in _____.

      a [  ] May    b [  ] April    c [  ] June    d [ V ] November

49  At Christmas you can go skating _____.

      a [  ] at the Empire State Building    b [  ] on Ellis Island
      c [ V ] at the Rockefeller Center    d [  ] in Greenwich Village

50  The New Year’s Eve midnight run is _____.

      a [  ] on Staten Island    b [ V ] through Central Park
      c [  ] in Times Square    d [  ] along Fifth Avenue

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