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 Case 1
Basketball was invented in 1981 by a physical education
instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the name of
James Naismith. Because of the terrible weather in
winter, his physical education students were indoors
rather than outdoors. They really did not like the idea of
boring, repetitive exercise and preferred the excitement
and chalenge of a game. Naismith figured out a team
sport that could be played indoors on gymnasium floor,
that involved a lot of running, that kept all team members
involved, and that did not all of the tackling and physical
contact of American-style football.
 The question
What is the topic of the passage?
a. The life of James Naismith
b. The history of sports
c. Physical education and exercise
d. The origin of basketball.
-Please make the question based on the passage
.
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Flutes have been around for quite sometime, in all
sorts of shapes and sizes and made from a variety
of materials. The oldest known flutes are about
20.000 years old, they were made from hollowed
out bones with holes cut in them. In addition to
bone, older flutes were often constructed from
bamboo or hollowed –out wood. Today’s flutes are
generally made of metal; and in addition to the
holes they have complicated system of keys, levers,
and pads. The instrument belonging to well known
flautist James Galway is not just made of any metal,
it is made of gold.
• According to the passage, the oldest flutes
• A. Had
• B. Were made of metal
• C. Were made 20,000 years ago
• D. Had a complicated set of levers and pads
The Florida keys are a beautiful chains of almost
1,000 coral and limestones islands. These islands
form an arc that heads first southwest and the
west from mainland,U.S highway 1, called the
overseas highway, connects the main island in
the chain. On this highway, it is necessary to
cross forty two bridges over the ocean to cover
the 159 miles from Miami, on Mainland, to key
west, the farthest island on the highway and the
southernmost city in the US
Which of the following is not mentioned about
the Florida keys?
a. The Florida keys are a chain of islands
b. The florida keys contain coral and limestone
c. The florida keys are in the shape of an arc
d. The florida keys are not inhabited.
• The number of rings in a tree can be used to
determine how old a tree really is. Each year a
tree produces a ring that is composed of one
light-coloured wide band and one dark coloured
narrow band. The wider band is produced during
the spring and early summer when tree stem
cells grow rapidly and become larger. The
narrower band is produced in fall and early
winter when cell growth is much slower and cells
do not get very large. No cells are produced
during the harsh winter and summer months.
• It is limited in the passage that if a tree has
100 wide bands and 100 narrow bands, then,
it is ....
• A. A century old.
• B. Two centuries old
• C. Fifty year old
• D. Two hundred year old
 Free question and vocabs
• Prof. Richmond’s hobby is philately. The prof. Has
been quite interseted in collecting stamps for a
number of years.
• The word philately in line 1 could be repalced by
...
• A. A philantropic attitude
• B. A common profession
• C. Stamp collection
• D. Teaching classes
The word ‘capital’ and ‘capitol’ are confused in
spelling and in meaning by a lot of people who
try to use them. Both their spelling and their
meaning are quite closely related. A ‘ capital’ is
the location of the center of goverment while a
‘capitol’ is the actual building where the
goverment officials meet, thus in US, for
example, the capitol building is located in
wasington, which is the capital city of the US.
• Where is the passage does author define the
word capital?
• A. Line 1-2
• B. Line 4-5.
• C. Line six
• D. Line delapan
• When a flounder first hatches, it looks like a
typical fish.
• a) emerges from the egg.
• b) matures
• c) swims about
• d) rises from the bottom
• The needle like leaves of the giant redwood
tree are diminutive , each scarcely a quarter
of an inch long.
• a) pretty
• b) tiny
• c)wiry.
• d) thorny
• It is estimated that at one time there existed
from one to two thousand American Indian
languages and at least as many cultures, each
different In some respect from all the others.
• a) cycle
• b) prospect
• c) aspect
• d) activity
• In the past, the cotton fields of Louisiana
were inundated annually by the Mississippi
River.
• a) flooded
• b) eroded
• c) fertilized
• d)seeded
• The works of novelist Joyce Carol Oates are
moving chronicles of contemporary life in the
United States.
• a) simultaneous
• b) controversial
• c) modern
• d) temperate
• Both woodpeckers and kangaroos prop
themselves up with their tails.
• a) wake
• b)pick
• c)back
• d)hold
• The tendency of the human body to reject
foreign matter is the main obstacle to
successful tissue transplantation.
• a) factor in
• b) impediment to
• c) occurrence in
• d) phenomenon of
• Summer weather of ninety degrees or more
has been reported off and on in Fort Yukon,
Alaska.
• a) back and forth
• b) as of late
• c) now and then
• d) on the spot
• The President of the United States may seek
reelection during the fourth year of the first
full term in office.
• a) decide against
• b) campaign for
• c) anticipate
• d) consider
• Hypnotized individuals can be induced to act
bizarrely.
• a) in harmful ways
• b) against their wills
• c) oddly
• d) emotionally
•
• Soprano Matilda S. Jones ‘s favorite excerpt
was the cavatina from Robert Ie Diable by
Meyerbeer.
• a) symphony
• b) short selection.
• c) operatic concert
• d) accomplishment
• Compound microscopes have two separate
lenses or sets of lenses.
• a) split
• b)equal
• c) detachable
• d) distinct
• In the early days of baseball, the game was
played by young men of means and social
position.
• a) with skill
• b) with equipment
• c) with money
• d) with ambition
• Deceptively simple in design, the sculptural
works of lsamu Nogachi incorporate a broad
range of textures, sizes, and Captors .
• a) Misleadingly
• b) Generally
• c) Noticeably
• d) Exceptionally
• Electrical appliances such as toasters or hair
dryers are designed to take advantage of the
ability of an electric current to heat e wire.
• a) reinstall
• b) make use of
• c) augment
• d) make sense of