Mock Test # 8 Reading passage 1

Questions 1-8

Complete the sentences below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

The Phoenician’s trading activities

1. The Phoenicians’ skill at helped them to trade.

2. In an ancient story, a from Phoenicia, who lived in Egypt, owned 50 ships.

3. A king of Israel built a using supplies from Phoenicia.

4. Phoenicia supplied Solomon with skilled

5. The main material that Phoenicia sent to Israel was

6. The kings of Phoenicia and Israel formed a business in order to carry out trade.

7. Phoenicians carved , as well as cedar.

8. The Phoenicians also earned a for shipping goods.

Questions 9-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

9 Problems with Assyria led to the establishment of a number of Phoenician colonies.

10 Carthage was an enemy town which the Phoenicians won in battle.

11 Phoenicians reached the Atlantic ocean.

12 Parts of Phoenicia were conquered by a series of empires.

13 The Phoenicians welcomed Roman control of the area.

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