PART I: WRITTEN RECEPTION (70 points)

(ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM WRITTEN TEXTS)

Read the text below and then answer questions 1–8.

UNDERWATER MUSEUMS

I Imagine going to a museum where you have to
use a boat or swim under the water with a snorkel to
see the exhibits. This kind of museum is the creation
of Jason deCaires Taylor, a British artist. So far, he
5 has put over one thousand statues on sea floors in
several locations around the world. The main goal
of his museums is to help protect the underwater
environment.
II Taylor wants to make us aware of the damage that humans are causing to the underwater
10 environment. There is a lot of garbage in the seas because people often use the oceans as a place
where they get rid of garbage. We can't always see the damage because it is hidden under the water.
But many animals and plants can no longer live in parts of the sea because of the garbage that people
throw there. Taylor's museums are places where sea life returns.
III Taylor makes sure that the underwater area is cleaned up before he creates a museum. One of
15 his museums, for example, is near the town of Cannes in France. When he chose this place, he found
that the bottom of the sea was full of parts from old boats and other kinds of garbage, instead of
corals and sea life. Today all the garbage is gone. Snorkelers who swim among Taylor's statues will
again find beautiful corals, sea plants and many types of fish.
IV In the Cannes museum there are six statues. Each statue is a huge head that weighs two tons
20 and is two meters tall. Each statue shows the face of a person who lives in Cannes. For example, one
is the face of a nine-year-old girl. The statues are in water that is only four meters deep. This makes
it easy for people to reach them.
V Taylor continues to create his unusual museums around the world. He believes that all museums
are places where people learn important values. He hopes that visitors to his museums will learn to
25 protect the underwater world.

<small>[בטופס המקורי יש תמונה ליד הקטע: «A person looking at a statue in an underwater museum.»]</small>

<u>QUESTIONS</u> (70 points)
Answer questions 1–8 in <u>English</u> according to the text. In questions 1 and 5, circle the number of the correct answer. In the other questions, follow the instructions.