(9246 book 3) Reading Comprehension Part 1 Test 15

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The rose is the first thing that comes into the minds of most
people when they hear the word flower. The rose has been known
throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far back as literature records.
The name for the rose is almost the same in every European language.
But the Europeans are not the only people to have given this flower
importance. Writers and poets of ancient civilizations such as the
Persians and Chinese also praised the flower. Dried roses have even
been found in Egyptians tombs.

 The rose _____.

A) is a flower that has been known to only a few lucky civilizations.
B) has been written about on Egyptian tombs.
C) is the first flower known to people.
D) has been treasured by all civilizations.
E) can be found in only certain areas of the world.

Read the text and answer the questions.

The rose is the first thing that comes into the minds of most
people when they hear the word flower. The rose has been known
throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far back as literature records.
The name for the rose is almost the same in every European language.
But the Europeans are not the only people to have given this flower
importance. Writers and poets of ancient civilizations such as the
Persians and Chinese also praised the flower. Dried roses have even
been found in Egyptians tombs.

We know that ancient civilizations prized the rose because _____.
A) the Persians wrote about it.
B) poets have praised it.
C) the Egyptians buried them.
D) nor-them writers mention it.
E) it is referred to in the earliest forms of literature.

Read the text and answer the questions.

The rose is the first thing that comes into the minds of most
people when they hear the word flower. The rose has been known
throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far back as literature records.
The name for the rose is almost the same in every European language.
But the Europeans are not the only people to have given this flower
importance. Writers and poets of ancient civilizations such as the
Persians and Chinese also praised the flower. Dried roses have even
been found in Egyptians tombs.

The best TITLE for this passage is _____.
A) A Rose by Any Name
B) Roses and Man’s History
C) The Universal Flower
D) The Ancients and the Rose
E) Literature and Roses

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Good students usually have good study habits and know how to plan
their time efficiently. Some find it helpful to draw up a five or six day
program each week and plan what they will do when. Of course one
cannot always keep to such a plan; unexpected things often happen but
even the making of such a plan forces us to think about what we ought to
do during the week and this is the first step towards doing it.

 A weekly study program can be very useful _____.

A) after good study habits have been established.
B) but doesn’t lead to better study habits.
C) so long as it isn’t very detailed.
D) even if one doesn’t keep to it exactly.
E) if one knows, it can’t be changed.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Good students usually have good study habits and know how to plan
their time efficiently. Some find it helpful to draw up a five or six day
program each week and plan what they will do when. Of course one
cannot always keep to such a plan; unexpected things often happen but
even the making of such a plan forces us to think about what we ought to
do during the week and this is the first step towards doing it.

Good students _____.
A) only do what they ought to do and not what they want to do.
B) waste a lot of time thinking about what they ought to do.
C) owe their success to good study habits and careful planning of their time.
D) take five or six days to do what they could do in two or three days.
E) can’t plan their time efficiently without someone to help them.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Good students usually have good study habits and know how to plan
their time efficiently. Some find it helpful to draw up a five or six day
program each week and plan what they will do when. Of course one
cannot always keep to such a plan; unexpected things often happen but
even the making of such a plan forces us to think about what we ought to
do during the week and this is the first step towards doing it.

One advantage of drawing up a work plan for the week is that _____.

A) we realize that a lot of work we do is unnecessary.
B) unexpected problems can be avoided.
C) we can give ourselves two whole free days.
D) it reminds us of what we have to do during the week.
E) we soon grow used to working at regular times.

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Many people who have to start the day early find it difficult to
wake up properly. For some of them the solutions is very
straightforward: they drink two cups of coffee and the feelings of the
fatigue disappear. This is the effect of caffeine; one of a family of
stimulants found not only in coffee but also in such drinks as tea, cola
and cocoa. Taken in reasonable amounts, the stimulating chemical
may help some people to work more efficiently. However, excessive
quantities can cause several irritating, unhealthy side effects. Studies
show, in fact, that more than two cups of coffee a day can cause
unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain
and insomnia.

 The passage suggests that it is inadvisable for one to _____.

A) drink any tea, coffee or cocoa at all.
B) drink more than two cups of coffee a day.
C) start the day without a stimulant of some sort.
D) use any other stimulant but caffeine.
E) drink less than one cup of coffee.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Many people who have to start the day early find it difficult to
wake up properly. For some of them the solutions is very
straightforward: they drink two cups of coffee and the feelings of the
fatigue disappear. This is the effect of caffeine; one of a family of
stimulants found not only in coffee but also in such drinks as tea, cola
and cocoa. Taken in reasonable amounts, the stimulating chemical
may help some people to work more efficiently. However, excessive
quantities can cause several irritating, unhealthy side effects. Studies
show, in fact, that more than two cups of coffee a day can cause
unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain
and insomnia.

Caffeine and other similar stimulants _____.
A) can produce certain unpleasant side effects, if large doses are taken.
B) are completely harmless.
C) always have a negative effect upon people.
D) actually never lead to improved work efficiency.
E) are so useful for health.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Many people who have to start the day early find it difficult to
wake up properly. For some of them the solutions is very
straightforward: they drink two cups of coffee and the feelings of the
fatigue disappear. This is the effect of caffeine; one of a family of
stimulants found not only in coffee but also in such drinks as tea, cola
and cocoa. Taken in reasonable amounts, the stimulating chemical
may help some people to work more efficiently. However, excessive
quantities can cause several irritating, unhealthy side effects. Studies
show, in fact, that more than two cups of coffee a day can cause
unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain
and insomnia.

The passage points out that many people begin the day with two cups of coffee _____.
A) even when they don’t feel sleepy.
B) because by doing so they soon feel wide awake.
C) because there is less caffeine in coffee than in tea.
D) if they know the day ahead is likely to be an irritating one.
E) because alcohol is more harmful.

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Like so many other materials in Japan, paper too has come in for many
hundreds of years of artistic consideration. At one period of the country’s
history, the paper on which a poem was written was as important as the,
poem itself. A thousand years ago there were whole towns actively engaged
in making paper. Such towns still exist, but there were also many farming
villages which then, as they do today, made paper to earn extra income
during the winter. At present, about half of Japan’s farmers must add to
their incomes with winter jobs. Although a large amount of winter
employment is provided by construction companies, some farmers continue
to work at such cottage industries as paper-making.

 It is obvious from the passage that the art of a paper-making in Japan _____.
A) was such a trivial work.
B) has disappeared owing to industrialization.
C) was of no economic value at all in the past.
D) was only practiced by the peasants in the country.
E) has a long history.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Like so many other materials in Japan, paper too has come in for many
hundreds of years of artistic consideration. At one period of the country’s
history, the paper on which a poem was written was as important as the,
poem itself. A thousand years ago there were whole towns actively engaged
in making paper. Such towns still exist, but there were also many farming
villages which then, as they do today, made paper to earn extra income
during the winter. At present, about half of Japan’s farmers must add to
their incomes with winter jobs. Although a large amount of winter
employment is provided by construction companies, some farmers continue
to work at such cottage industries as paper-making.

The passage emphasizes that approximately fifty per cent of the farming population in Japan _____.
A) is not satisfied with current farming policies.
B) prefers town life to village life.
C) engages in a secondary occupation in the winter.
D) plans to give up farming and go into construction work.
E) were poor people.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Like so many other materials in Japan, paper too has come in for many
hundreds of years of artistic consideration. At one period of the country’s
history, the paper on which a poem was written was as important as the,
poem itself. A thousand years ago there were whole towns actively engaged
in making paper. Such towns still exist, but there were also many farming
villages which then, as they do today, made paper to earn extra income
during the winter. At present, about half of Japan’s farmers must add to
their incomes with winter jobs. Although a large amount of winter
employment is provided by construction companies, some farmers continue
to work at such cottage industries as paper-making.

It is suggested that paper-making _____.
A) encouraged the development of poetry in Japan.
B) is still one of Japan’s cottage industries.
C) has never been a significant commercial interest in Japan.
D) has seldom been regarded as an art by the Japanese.
E) and construction are the two major areas of employment in Japan.