Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses from Mr Aslanov!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 1. In the first paragraph, what does the writer say Houdini managed to do? A) Jump upside down from a skyscraper.
B) Escape from a submerged box.
C) Break the locks of a Russian prison van.
D) Fight his way out of an empty milk chum.
2. The writer mentions Houdini's burial alive to illustrate the fact that A) his tricks sometimes went disastrously wrong.
B) he was not always able to do what be claimed he could.
C) he was capable of extraordinary feats of survival.
D) he had overcome his tear of confined spaces.
3. The writer suggests that Conan Doyle A) was less analytical about Houdini than one might have expected.
B) asked Houdini if he could include him in a Sherlock Holmes story.
C) felt that Houdini could make more money in other ways.
D) thought there were scientific explanations for Houdini's feats.
4. The writer comes to the conclusion that Houdini A) had an unusual bone structure.
B) could make parts of his body smaller.
C) was able to put himself in a trance.
D) was not physically abnormal.
5. It appears that Houdini was able to escape from strait-jackets by A) using hidden lock-picks.
B) undoing buckles from inside the material.
C) cutting the canvas with a hacksaw.
D) turning keys he had concealed.
6. The writer states that when Houdini escaped from the milk chum A) the role of the orchestra was important.
B) he made use of the hacksaw to free himself.
C) the container had been modified beforehand.
D) be was in full sigh of the audience.
7. How does the writer say people regard Houdini nowadays? A) They want to hear the scientific explanations for his feats.
B) They prefer to believe that be had extraordinary powers.
C) They refuse to believe the story of how he died.
D) They doubt the fact that he ever really existed.
