June 05-12, 2006
Immortal memento
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1. What is Beethoven famous for?
A. Cutting hair
B. Burying the dead
C. Composing music
D. Raising money for charity

2. What does Reznikoff do?
A. Collect hair
B. Cremate people
C. Collect diamonds
D. Write the Guinness Book of World Records

3. How big is the biggest diamond going to be?
A. 1 carat
B. 10 strands
C. 18 centuries
D. 115 samples

4. Why would somebody want a diamond made of a dead body?

A. To claim their inheritance
B. To travel around the world
C. To remind them of the person who died
D. To use that personŐs skill through magic

5. What was one of BeethovenŐs famous pieces?
A. Symphony No 5
B. Du Liebst Mich Nicht
C. Roll Over Beethoven
D. Diamonds are forever


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. gain
A. get
B. lose
C. need
D. crave

7. memento
  A. ash
B. bone
C. body
D. souvenir

8. charity
A. profit
B. donation
C. publication
D. development

9. initially
A. at first
B. always
C. in the end
D. temporarily

10. appeal
A. hair
B. head
C. quantity
D. attraction

 

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