YDS READING PASSAGES / TEST 3

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1. 1 -It is stated in the passage that it is possible that the young woman described------ .
2. 2 We learn from the passage that the point commonly depicted in Mishima's books was ------ .
3. 3 -It is clear in the passage that writing and numerical systems were ------ .
4. 4 -It is understood from the passage that sphinxes ------ .
5. 5 -18. PELE, THE LEGEND in SOCCER "Soccer in its purest form" was played by Pele, a South American superstar who was the world's most famous and highest-paid athlete when hejoined a North American team in 1975. He led the Brazilian national soccer team to three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962 and 1970 and to permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Trophy. Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born to a poor family on October 23. 1940, in Tres Coracoes, Brazil. He began playing for a local minorleague club when he was a teenager. He made his debut with the Santos Football Club in 1956. With Pele at inside left forward, the team won several South American clubs' cups and the 1962 world club championship, in addition to the three World Cup championships.Pele scored his 1,000th goal in 1969. The legendary athlete retired in 1974 but made a comeback in 1975, reportedly, after accepting a 7-million-dollar contract for three years with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. He said he came out of retirement, not for the money, but to "make soccer truly popular in the United States." His farewell appearance was against his old Santos club in 1977.Pele, whose nickname does not mean anything, became a Brazilian national hero and was also known as Perola Negra, meaning Black Pearl. An average-sized man, he was blessed with speed, great balance, tremendous vision, the ability to control the ball superbly and the ability to shoot powerfully and accurately with either foot and with his head. In his career he played in 1,363 matches and scored 1,281 goals. His best season was 1958, when he scored 139 times. In addition to his accomplishments in sports, he published several best-selling autobiographies, starred in several documentary and semi-documentary films, and composed numerous musical pieces, including the entire sound track for the film 'Pele', in 1977. He was the 1978 recipient of the International Peace Award, and in 1980, he was named athlete of the century. It is clear from the passage that until 1975 ------ .
6. 6 1.TEA INNOVATIONS The Louisiana Purchase Exposition took place in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. At the fair was the young Englishman Richard Blechynden, who represented the tea interests of India and Ceylon — now Sri Lanka. It was his job to popularise tea drinking in the United States. The weather that summer turned quite hot, and Blechynden watched as people passed by his booth to others that were serving cold drinks. In desperation, he filled tall glasses with ice and poured hot tea over it. Iced-tea was an immediate success. The invention of tea bags happened almost simultaneously. Thomas Sullivan of New York City owned a tea and coffee business. In sending samples of tea to customers, he decided it would be cheaper to sew the tea inside small cloth bags instead of sealing it in tins. To his surprise, orders for the tea bags poured in. Tea bags are now made of a special filter paper, and the manufacturing and packing of them has become an industry in itself to meet the great demand. Instant, or powdered, tea has become common on grocery shelves along with bulk and bag teas. Instant teas offer greater convenience than ordinary leaf tea as they are easy to prepare and leave no leaf sediment. According to the passage, Richard Blechynden's employment involved ------ .

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