Reading Test 1

Reading Practice Level A2 – B1
READING TEST 1
Read the passages below carefully, and then select the correct option A, B, C or D
PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1-10
Line Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of
the world except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known
species is the honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax
in making candles, lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a food. While
5 gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are simultaneously
helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables would not
survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom.
Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a
nest with storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a unique
10 function. The worker bee carries nectar to the hive in a special stomach called a honey
stomach. Other workers make beeswax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a
waterproof mass of six-sided compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed
cells. As the workers build more cells, the queen lays more eggs.
All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen.
15 The male honeybees are called drones; they do no work and cannot sting. They are
developed from unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen
must be fertilized in order to lay worker eggs. During the season when less honey is
available and the drone is of no further use, the workers block the drones from eating the
honey so that they will starve to death.
Question 1. Which of the following is the best title for this reading?
A. The Many Species of Bees B. The Useless Drone
C. The Honeybee — Its Characteristics and Usefulness D. Making Honey
Question 2. The word species in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ……….
A. mates B. varieties C. killers D. enemies
Question 3. The word which in the fourth sentence refers to ……….
A. fertilizer B. flowers C. honey D. bees
Question 4. According to the passage, a hive is ………..
A. a type of honey B. a nest C. a type of bee D. a storage space
Question 5. According to the passage, the drone …………
A. collects less honey than workers.
B. mates with the queen and has no other purpose.
C. comes from eggs fertilized by other drones.
D. can be male or female.
Question 6. The author implies that ………..
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A. bees are unnecessary in the food chain. B. drones are completely dispensable.
C. the queen can be a worker. D. drones are never females.
Question 7. According to the passage, honey is carried to the hive in a honey stomach by the …………
A. queens B. drones C. males D. workers
Question 8. In what way does the reading imply that bees are useful in nature?
A. They pollinate fruit and vegetable plants. B. They make marvelous creations from wax.
C. They kill the dangerous drones. D. They create storage spaces.
Question 9. The passage implies that bees can be found in each of the following parts of the world
EXCEPT …………
A. Africa B. China C. Europe D. Antarctica
Question 10. It can be inferred from the reading that beeswax is ……………
A. absorbent B. pliable C. complex in structure D. sweet
Line Coincident with concerns about the accelerating loss of species and habitats has been a
growing appreciation of the importance of biological diversity, the number of species in a
particular ecosystem, to the health of the Earth and human well-being. Much has been
written about the diversity of terrestrial organisms, particularly the exceptionally rich
5 life associated with tropical rain-forest habitats. Relatively little has been said,
however, about diversity of life in the sea even though coral reef systems are
comparable to rain forests in terms of richness of life.
An alien exploring Earth would probably give priority to the planet's dominants, most-
distinctive feature - the ocean. Humans have a bias toward land that sometimes gets in the
10 way of truly examining global issues. Seen from far away, it is easy to realize that
landmasses occupy only one-third of the Earth's surface. Given that two-thirds of the Earth's
surface is water and that marine life lives at all levels of the ocean, the total three-
dimensional living space of the ocean is perhaps 100 times greater than that of land and
contains more than 90 percent of all life on Earth even though the ocean has fewer distinct
15 species.
The fact that half of the known species are thought to inhabit the world's rain forests
does not seem surprising, considering the huge numbers of insects that comprise the bulk of
the species. One scientist found many different species of ants in just one tree from a rain
forest. While every species is different from every other species, their genetic makeup
20 constrains them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 750,000 species of
insects. If basic, broad categories such as phyla and classes are given more emphasis than
differentiating between species, then the greatest diversity of life is unquestionably the sea.
Nearly every major type of plant and animal has some representation there.
To appreciate fully the diversity and abundance of life in the sea, it helps to think small.
25 Every spoonful of ocean water contains life, on the order of 100 to 100,000 bacterial cells
plus assorted microscopic plants and animals, including larvae of organisms ranging from
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sponges and corals to starfish and clams and much more.
Question 11. What is the main point of the passage?

A. Humans are destroying thousands of species.
B. There are thousands of insect species.
C. The sea is even richer in life than the rain forests.
D. Coral reefs are similar to rain forests.
Question 12. The word "appreciation" in line 2 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. ignorance B. recognition C. tolerance D. forgiveness
Question 13. What is happening to species and habitats?
A. Their number is falling.
B. They are growing in numbers.
C. They are being more and more appreciated.
D. They are being widely written.
Question 14. Why does the author compare rain forests and coral reefs (lines 4-8)?
A. They are approximately the same size. B. They share many similar species.
C. Most of their inhabitants require water. D. Both have different forms of life.
Question 15. The word "bias" in line 10 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. concern B. disadvantage C. attitude D. prejudice
Question 16. The passage suggests that most rain forest species are ____.
A. insects B. bacteria C. mammals D. birds
Question 17. The word "there" in line 25 refers to ____.
A. the sea B. the rain forests C. a tree D. the Earth's surface
Question 18. The author argues that there is more diversity of life in the sea than in the rain forests
because ____.
A. more phyla and classes of life are represented in the sea
B. there are too many insects to make meaningful distinctions
C. many insect species are too small to divide into categories
D. marine life-forms reproduce at a faster rate
Question 19. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an example of microscopic sea life?
A. Sponges B. Coral C. Starfish D. Shrimp
Question 20. Which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?
A. Ocean life is highly adaptive.
B. More attentions need to be paid to preserving ocean species and habitats.
C. Ocean life is primarily composed of plants.
D. The sea is highly resistant to the damage done by pollutants.
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READING TEST 2
Line If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will
cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the
biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too
aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause
5 great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but
are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if
the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy
about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging
10 private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week
for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the
trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions
if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his
parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want
15 their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition
held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will
disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question 1: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______.

A. push their child into trying too much B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician D. neglect their child’s education
Question 2: Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______.
A. force their children into achieving success B. themselves have been very successful
C. understand and help their children sensibly D. arrange private lessons for their children
Question 3: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A. Successful musicians. B. Unrealistic parents.
C. Their children. D. Educational psychologists.
Question 4: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.
A. his father is a musician B. his parents are quite rich
C. his mother knows little about music D. his parents help him in a sensible way
Question 5: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "surprised at" B. "extremely interested in"
C. "completely unaware of" D. "confused about"
Question 6: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______.
A. has won a lot of piano competitions B. cannot learn much music from them
C. has become a good musician D. is afraid to disappoint them
Question 7: The word "They" in the passage refers to ______.
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A. concerts B. violin lessons C. parents in general D. Michael’s parents
Question 8: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____.
A. Winston’s father B. Winston’s mother
C. Michael’s father D. Michael’s mother
Question 9: The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "getting ready to do something" B. "eager to do something"
C. "not objecting to doing anything" D. "not wanting to do something"
Question 10: The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______.
A. successful parents always have intelligent children
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education
Line Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this
short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How
did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short
term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which
5 only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the
working memory.
There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory.
The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who
suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. (A) A
10 chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than
just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the
short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By
organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory
being passed on to long term storage. (B)
15 When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for
an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over
again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory
maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops
rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not
20 handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the
doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a
phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. (C) Therefore, rote rehearsal is not
an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better
way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a
25 piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term
memories. (D)
Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving
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information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that
30 are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be
forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given
(such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice
tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.
Question 11. According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?
A. They revert from the long term memory.
B. They are filtered from the sensory storage area.
C. They get chunked when they enter the brain.
D. They enter via the nervous system.
Question 12. The word “elapses” in line 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. passes B. appears C. adds up D. continues
Question 13. All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the
________.
A. STM B. long term memory
C. sensory storage area D. maintenance area
Question 14. Why does the author mention a dog's bark?
A. To give an example of a type of memory
B. To provide a type of interruption
C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans
D. To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell
Question 15. In which space (marked A, B, C and D in the passage) will the following sentence fit?
For example, a reader engages in elaborate rehearsal when he brings prior knowledge of a
subject to a text.
A. (A) B. (B) C. (C) D. (D)
Question 16. How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time?
A. By organizing it B. By repeating it
C. By giving it a name D. By drawing it
Question 17. The author believes that rote rotation is ________.
A. the best way to remember something B. more efficient than chunking
C. ineffective in the long run D. an unnecessary interruption
Question 18. The word “it” in line 29 refers to ________.
A. encoding B. STM C. semantics D. information
Question 19. The word “elaborate” in line 25 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. complex B. efficient C. pretty D. regular
Question 20. Which of the following best provides the important information in the highlighted
sentence in the last paragraph from the passage?
A. Prompting is the easiest way to retrieve short term memory after an extended period of time.
B. A memory can be retrieved by prompting, in a case where it has been rarely used.
C. It's easier to remember short term memories than long term memories due to regular prompts.
D. Recalling a long term memory that is often used is easy, while forgotten memories often require
prompting.
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READING TEST 3
Read the passages and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D
Line Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage
caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of
arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of
the stroke, but others also die over several hours | because the proteins spilling out of
5 the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver,
known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until
he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the
10 entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This
is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed
after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not
feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the
patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
15 The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are
studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and
threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the
abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing
cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
20 It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease
in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced
hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they
can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of
25 cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
Question 1. The word alleviating in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ……….
A. increasing B. devastating C. causing D. reducing
Question 2. According to the passage, what causes a stroke?
A. A blood clot sticking in an area of the brain B. Low blood flow
C. Hot blood D. A patient choking on food
Question 3. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT that ………..
A. some cells die immediately when a person has a stroke, and others die later.
B. cells die only as a direct result of the stroke.
C. the protein from dead cells kills other cells.
D. TPA is effective in removing blood clots.
Question 4. What is the passage mainly about?
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A. Causes and effects of strokes
B. New pharmaceutical methods for reducing stroke damage that are being researched
C. A new method of cooling the body to reduce stroke damage that is being researched
D. The dangers of cooling the body Inferior
Question 5. The word substantial in the fifth paragraph is closest in meaning to …………
A. effective B. slight C. unsubstantiated D. considerable
Question 6. In the passage, the author implies that …………
A. the internal chilling process has not been proven yet.
B. drug therapy properly addresses all the problems of stroke victims.
C. chilling the head alone is viable.
D. nothing is likely to reduce the chain reaction problem.
Question 7. The author describes a person falling into cold water in order to ……….
A. evoke sympathy.
B. show that cooling a body does not necessarily harm it.
C. show how one who falls into cold water could also benefit from the internal chilling research.
D. describe the warming process.
Question 8. The author implies that …………
A. the catheter is moved all the way to the brain.
B. the artery in the leg connects directly to the brain.
C. the artery in the leg connects to the vena cava.
D. the goal is to chill the brain directly with the catheter.
Question 9. The author implies that hypothermia is caused by ………..
A. the body becoming cold. B. a stroke.
C. the body becoming warm. D. drugs.
Question 10. According to the passage, doctors prefer to keep the patient awake in order to ……
A. monitor vital signs with equipment. B. watch the patient.
C. talk to the patient. D. find out if the procedure is painful.

Line Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods
only in season. Drying, smoking and salting could preserve meat for a short time, but
the availability of fresh meat, like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no
way to prevent spoilage. But in 1810, a French inventor named Nicolas Appert
5 developed the cooking-and-sealing process of canning. And in the 1850’s an
American named Gail Borden developed a means of condensing and preserving milk.
Canned goods and condensed milk became more common during the 1860’s, but
supplies remained low because cans had to be made by hand. By 1880, however,
inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans
10 from tinplate. Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of
the year.
Other trends and inventions had also helped make it possible for Americans to
vary their daily diets. Growing urban population created demand that encouraged fruit
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and vegetable farmers to raise more produce. Railroad refrigerator cars enabled
15 growers and meat packers to ship perishables great distances and to preserve them for
longer periods. Thus, by the 1890’s, northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and
western strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes, previously available for a month at most,
for up to six months of the year. In addition, increased use of iceboxes enabled
families to store perishables. As easy means of producing ice commercially had been
20 invented in the 1870’s, and by 1900 the nation had more than two thousand
commercial ice plants, most of which made home deliveries. The icebox became a
fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it
in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Almost everyone now had a more diversified diet. Some people continued to eat
25 mainly foods that were heavily in starches or carbohydrates, and not everyone could
afford meat. Nevertheless, many families could take advantage of previously
unavailable fruits, vegetables, and dairy products to achieve more varied fare.
Question 11. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Causes of food spoilage
B. Commercial production of ice
C. Population movements in the nineteenth century
D. Inventions that led to changes in the American diet
Question 12. The phrase “in season” in line 1 refers to
A. a particular time of year B. a kind of weather
C. an official schedule D. a method of flavoring
Question 13. During the 1860’s, canned food products were
A. unavailable in rural areas B. available in limited quantities
C. shipped in refrigerator cars D. a staple part of the American diet.
Question 14. It can be inferred that railroad refrigerator cars came into use
A. before 1860 B. before 1890 C. after 1900 D. after 1920
Question 15. The word” them” in line 14 refers to
A. refrigerator cars B.growers C. perishables D. distances.
Question 16. The word” fixture” in line 20 is closest in meaning to
A. commonplace object B. substance C. luxury item D. mechanical device
Question 17. The author implies that in the 1920’s and 1930’s home deliveries of ice
A. increased in cost B. occurred only in the summer
C. decreased in number D. were on an irregular schedule
Question 18. The word “Nevertheless” in line 24 is closest meaning to
A. occasionally B. however C. therefore D. because
Question 19. Which of the following types of food preservation was NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Drying B. Chemical additives C. Canning D. Cold storage
Question 20. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A. Most farmers in the United States raised only fruits and vegetables.
B. People who lived in cities demanded home delivery of foods.
C. Tin cans and iceboxes helped to make many foods more widely available.
D. Commercial ice factories were developed by railroad owners
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READING TEST 4
Read the passages and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D
Line For more than six million American children, coming home after school
means coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching
TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part
of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who
5 look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become
a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a
school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks
with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There
10 were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she
learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They
learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their
children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in
15 three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had
nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding.
They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They
often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs
20 have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.
Question 1: The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means .
A. a house with no people inside B. a house with no furniture

C. a house with nothing inside D. a house with too much space
Question 2: One thing that the children in the passage share is that .
A. they all watch TV B. they spend part of each day alone
C. they are from single-parent families D. they all wear jewelry
Question 3: The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who .
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
Question 4: The main problem of latchkey children is that they .
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during the day
C. suffer a lot from being left alone D. are growing in numbers
Question 5: What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
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A. How kids spend free time. B. Why kids hate going home.
C. Bad condition of latchkey children. D. Children’s activities at home.
Question 6: Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached?
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors.
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead.
C. They were fully grown and had become independent.
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home.
Question 7: What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
A. Fear B. Tiredness C. Boredom D. Loneliness
Question 8: Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by .
A. visiting their homes B. delivering questionnaires
C. interviewing their parents D. talking to them
Question 9: What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears?
A. Hiding somewhere B. Talking to the Longs
C. Having a shower D. Lying under a TV
Question 10: What might be the purpose of this passage?
A.To encourage children to stay home alone because more than six million children have the same
situation.
B.To show parents that they need to pay more attention to their children.
C.To suggest TV station having better shows for children staying at home alone.
D.To persuade teachers to allow children to wear jewelry.

Line It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education.
Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to
school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is
important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling.
5 Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the
job, whether in the kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes
place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of
education can vary from respected grandparents to the people arguing about politics on
the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain
10 predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a
stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People
receive education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is
a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that
should be a necessary part of one’s entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a
15 specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the
next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the
assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams,
and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or
an understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects
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20 being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out
in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest
filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted conditions
surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
Question 11: This passage is mainly aimed at ______.
A. giving examples of different schools
B. telling the difference between the meaning of two related words
C. listing and discussing several educational problems
D. telling a story about excellent teachers
Question 12: In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school”
mostly implies that ______.
A. education is totally ruined by schooling B. all of life is an education
C. schooling takes place everywhere D. schooling prevents people discovering things
Question 13: The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. going in many directions B. involving many school subjects
C. allowing no exceptions D. including everything or everyone
Question 14: According to the passage, the doers of education are ______.
A. mostly famous scientists B. mainly politicians
C. only respected grandparents D. almost all people
Question 15: What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”?
A. Educators often produce surprises.
B. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions.
C. Success of informal learning is predictable.
D. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results.
Question 16: Which of the following would the writer support?
A. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write.
B. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.
C. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible.
D. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
Question 17: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. workings of governments B. political problems
C. newest filmmakers D. high school students
Question 18: Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the next, school
children throughout the country ______.
A. do similar things B. have the same abilities
C. are taught by the same teachers D. have similar study conditions
Question 19: From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher ______.
A. is free to choose anything to teach B. is not allowed to teach political issues
C. has to teach social issues to all classes D. is bound to teach programmed subjects
Question 20: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The more years students go to school, the better their education is.
B. The best schools teach a variety of subjects.
C. Education and schooling are quite different experience.
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D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.
READING TEST 5
Line Conservation conflicts arise when natural-resource shortages develop in
the face of steadily increasing demands from a growing human population.
Controversy frequently surrounds how a resource should be used, or allocated,
and for whom. For example, a river may supply water for agricultural irrigation,
5 habitat for fish, and water-generated electricity for a factory. Farmers, fishers, and
industry leaders vie for unrestricted access to this river, but such freedom could
destroy the resource, and conservation methods are necessary to protect the river
for future use.
Conflicts worsen when a natural resource crosses political boundaries. For
10 example, the headwaters, or source, of a major river may be located in a different
country than the country through which the river flows. There is no guarantee that
the river source will be protected to accommodate resource needs downstream. In
addition, the way in which one natural resource is managed has a direct effect
upon other natural resources. Cutting down a forest near a river, for instance,
15 increases erosion, the wearing away of topsoil, and can lead to flooding. Eroded
soil and silt cloud the river and adversely affect many organisms such as fish and
important aquatic plants that require clean, clear freshwater for survival.
Question 1. What does “arise” in line 1 mean?

A. stand up B. sit up C. get up D. spring up
Question 2. What does “supply” in line 4 mean?
A. cover B. provide C. make up for D. compensate for
Question 3. What does “methods” in line 7 mean?
A. plans B. orders C. ways D. structures
Question 4. Which word in the reading means “a promise that something will be done or will happen,
especially a written promise by a company to repair or change a product that develops a fault within a
particular period of time”?
A. guarantee B. shortage C. population D. habitat
Question 5. Which word in the reading means “living or growing in, happening in, or connected with
water”?
A. necessary B. major C. fresh D. aquatic
Question 6. When do conflicts decline?
A. when natural-resource shortages increase in the features of gradually increasing demands from a
rising human population
B. when a natural resource crosses political borders
C. when freedom could destroy the resource
D. when eroded soil and silt cloud affect many organisms
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Question 7. What may bring water to agricultural irrigation?

A. a river B. topsoil C. erosion D. a forest
Question 8. Which sentence below is not correct?
A. Argument often surrounds how a source should be used, or allocated, and for whom.
B. A river may provide water for agricultural irrigation, habitat for fish, and water-generated
electricity for a factory.
C. Conservation methods are incidental to care for the river for future use.
D. Farmers, fishers, and industry leaders vie for open access to this river.
Question 9. Which sentence below is true?
A. Conflicts improve when a natural resource crosses political borders.
B. The source of a main river may be located in the country through which the river flows than a
different country.
C. There is assurance that the river source will be confined to provide accommodation for resource
needs downstream.
D. The way where one ordinary source is managed has a direct effect upon other ordinary sources.
Question 10. What is the passage above mainly about?
A. Natural-resource shortages B. Agricultural irrigation
C. The headwaters of a major river D. Conservation conflicts

Line A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the
speaker.
The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting
information by use of language, communicating with a group or an individual, and
5 specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and
ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant,
gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by
speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by
the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's
10 tone may indicate unsureness or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels,
the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may
belie them. Here the conversant's tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect
intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety,
enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the acute listener.
15 Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with
its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation
derived from the text, and in the case of singing, the music, in combination with
the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create empathy will determine the
success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.
20 Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image,
perception of others, and emotional health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone
of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing, or exuberant, to
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name only a few
personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask of that
25 person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a
speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given
conversation can drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or
discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice by free and
melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by
dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed
Question 11. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) The function of the voice in performance
(B) The connection between voice and personality
(C) Communication styles
(D) The production of speech
Question 12. What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect
ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen" (lines 10-11)?
(A) Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
(B) The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.
(C) A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
(D) Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
Question 13. The word "Here" in line 12 refers to
(A) interpersonal interactions (B) the tone
(C) ideas and feelings (D) words chosen
Question 14. The word "derived" in line 16 is closest in meaning to
(A) discussed (B) prepared (C) registered (D) obtained
Question 15. Why does the author mention "artistic, political, or pedagogic communication" in line 19?
(A) As examples of public performance (B) As examples of basic styles of communication
(C) To contrast them to singing (D) To introduce the idea of self-image
Question 16. According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice, may be an indication of a person's
(A) general physical health (B) personality
(C) ability to communicate (D) vocal quality
Question 17. According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide
(A) hostility (B) shyness (C) friendliness (D) strength
Question 18. The word "drastically" in line 27 is closest in meaning to
(A) frequently (B) exactly (C) severely (D) easily
Question 19. The word "evidenced" in line 28 is closest in meaning to
(A) questioned (B) repeated (C) indicated (D) exaggerated
Question 20. According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
(A) Lethargy (B) Depression (C) Boredom (D) Anger
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