COMPREHENSION
TEST
New York
John Escott
1 Put these events in the right order. Number them
1–10.
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b
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b
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d
e
In 1898, the five boroughs made a new city.
Later, millions of people left their countries
to come to America.
Then, Peter Minuit built some houses on
the island.
In 1664, the British changed the name to
New York.
Immigrants helped to build the first
skyscrapers.
In 1931, the Empire State Building was the
tallest in the city.
Then there was the War of Independence.
Peter Minuit gave the Algonquin Indians
twenty-four dollars for Manhattan.
They called the little town New
Amsterdam.
In 1790, about 33,000 people lived in the
town.
4 What can you buy there? Match a number in A with
a letter from B.
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A
1
2
3
4
5
The Chrysler Building opened in 1980.
There are twelve avenues in Manhattan.
There are trains and buses twenty-four
hours a day.
You can take a train to Ellis Island.
Jefferson Market Courthouse is one of
America’s ten most beautiful buildings.
There are more than sixty museums in
Manhattan.
You can have afternoon tea from 3 p.m. to 5
p.m. at the Plaza.
Tickets for the theatres on Broadway are
very cheap.
The Bronx Zoo has more than two million
animals.
You can watch basketball at the Giants
Stadium in New Jersey.
Barnes and Noble
Brooks Brothers
Century 21
Midnight Records
Pearl River Mart
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b
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e
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
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e
The Timescapes Movie
120,000 TV programmes
US ships, planes and helicopters
clothes from Star Trek and Chicago
thousand of paintings and statues
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a
b
c
B
men’s clothes
books
cheap clothes
everything Chinese
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
1
2
3
4
5
B
a
b
c
d
e
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In Manhattan you can see…
In Brooklyn you can visit…
On Staten Island you can see…
In the Bronx you can visit…
In Queens you can see…
… the New York Mets baseball team.
… Little Italy and Chinatown.
… Coney Island’s famous roller-coaster.
… the New York Botanical Gardens.
… historic Richmond Village.
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3 What can you see there? Match a number from A
with a letter from B.
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A
1
2
3
4
5
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the City of New York
The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
The Museum of Television and Radio
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M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
TEST
People
Choose the best answer.
1 New York has five boroughs: Manhattan,
Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and _____.
a F Coney Island b F Ellis Island
c F Staten Island d F Albany
2 Many visitors go to _____ to remember 9/11.
a F Brooklyn Bridge b F Ground Zero
c F the Chrysler Building d F the Empire
State Building
3 Sixth Avenue is also called _____.
a F West Side b F 14th Street
c F the Avenue of the Americas
d F Battery Park
4 Nearly 17 million immigrants came to New
York through _____.
a F Battery Park b F Ellis Island
c F Chatham Square d F Little Italy
5 New York's _____ is at 75½ Bedford Street.
a F big lake b F courthouse c F smallest
house d F market
6 Grand Central Terminal has a beautiful ceiling
with 2,500 _____.
a F restaurants b F oysters
c F windows d F stars
7 The _____ has the world’s biggest collection of
modern art.
a F Metropolitan Museum of Art
b F Museum of the City of New York
c F Museum of Modern Art
d F Guggenheim Museum
8 Tiffany’s and Gucci have shops on _____.
a F Houston Street b F Cortlandt Street
c F Tenth Avenue d F Fifth Avenue
9 You can take a ride on the Skyfari _____.
a F in the New York Botanical Garden
b F at Flushing Meadows c F on Coney
Island d F in the Bronx Zoo
10 The Chinese Scholar’s Garden is a quiet place
_____.
a F on Staten Island b F in Central Park
c F at Flushing Meadows d F in the New
York Botanical Garden
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Facts
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11 Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and the Marx
Brothers were all _____.
a F actors b F singers c F jazz
musicians d F presidents
12 The _____ lived in Manhattan before 1609.
a F Italians b F British c F Algonquin
Indians d F Dutch
13 In 1609, _____ came up the river to Manhattan.
a F George Washington b F Peter Minuit
c F Humphrey Bogart d F Henry Hudson
14 _____ called Peter Minuit bought the island of
Manhattan in 1626.
a F An Irishman b F An Englishman
c F A Frenchman d F A Dutchman
15 The War of Independence from 1775 to 1783
was between the _____ and North America.
a F British b F French c F Algonquin
Indians d F Dutch
16 The first president of the United States of
America was _____.
a F Henry Hudson b F Peter Minuit
c F George Washington d F James Cagney
17 The first immigrants came to New York from
Germany and _____.
a F France b F Ireland c F Spain d F India
18 In 1886 the people of _____ gave the Statue of
Liberty to the Americans.
a F England b F France c F Italy
d F Spain
19 Chinese people first came to New York in about
_____.
a F 1650 b F 1750 c F 1850 d F 1950
20 _____ is probably the most famous movie-maker
in New York.
a F Tony Bennett b F Isaac Asimov
c F Georgia O’Keeffe d F Woody Allen
Choose the correct answer.
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Manhattan is an island _____ miles long.
a F 13½ b F 154 c F 6,500 d F 7,000,000
New York has _____ miles of streets.
a F 6,500 b F 60,500 c F 650,000 d F 60
The _____ Bridge opened in 1883.
a F Brooklyn b F Bronx c F Liberty
d F Staten Island
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The _____ is New York’s tallest skyscraper.
a F United Nations Building b F Empire
State Building c F Rockefeller Center
d F Grand Central Terminal
The _____ is the largest theatre in the world.
a F Rockefeller Centre b F Grand Central
Terminal c F Radio City Music Hall
d F United Nations Building
Central Park is six per cent of _____.
a F Manhattan b F Brooklyn
c F Staten Island d F the Bronx
In 1945 fourteen people died when a plane hit
the 79th floor of the _____.
a F United Nations Building b F Empire
State Building c F Rockefeller Center
d F Chrysler Building
28 The _____, on Fifth Avenue, is New York’s
biggest museum.
a F New York City Police Museum
b F Museum of Television and Radio
c F American Museum of the Moving
Image d F Metropolitan Museum of Art
29 The world’s first children’s museum was in _____.
a F Richmond Town b F Brooklyn
c F Manhattan d F the Bronx
30 _____ on Fifth Avenue has more than three
million books.
a F Barnes and Noble b F Saks
c F Macy’s d F Levi’s
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Events
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
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Choose the best answer.
this can go straight up into the air
a F bus b F boat c F helicopter d F railway
a group of people who play sport together
a F tour b F team c F collection d F cab
a person who comes to another country to live
a F artist b F saint c F musician
d F immigrant
a train travels on this
a F zoo b F railway c F borough
d F island
an area of water with land around it
a F lake b F ride c F restaurant d F capital
to go from one place to another
a F view b F crash c F sell d F travel
pictures that people like to look at
a F modern b F circus c F theatre d F art
In 1664, the British took the town of _____.
a F Albany b F New Amsterdam
c F New Manhattan d F New Germany
Three million people come to New York in
September to enjoy _____.
a F the New York Marathon b F the
Festival of San Gennaro c F the St Patrick’s
Day Parade d F Independence Day
The New York Film Festival is at the end of
_____ for two weeks.
a F March b F June c F August
d F September
The Bronx Zoo opened in _____.
a F 1699 b F 1799 c F 1899 d F 1999
The New York Marathon finishes _____.
a F at the Giants Stadium b F in Central
Park c F on Long Island d F at Fifth Avenue
_____ Parade is the longest and oldest of all the
New York parades.
a F The St Patrick’s Day b F The Easter
c F Macy’s Thanksgiving Day d F The
Halloween
America’s Independence Day is on 4 _____.
a F May b F July c F June d F April
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is in _____.
a F May b F April c F June
d F November
At Christmas you can go skating _____.
a F at the Empire State Building b F on Ellis
Island c F at the Rockefeller Center
d F in Greenwich Village
The New Year’s Eve midnight run is _____.
a F on Staten Island b F through Central
Park c F in Times Square d F along Fifth
Avenue
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a place for wild animals in a town
a F zoo b F war c F park d F dangerous
to give money for something
a F buy b F sell c F ride d F mystery
a building where you can go to see plays
a F park b F museum c F theatre
d F circus