Reading Passages - TEST5
Reading Passages - TEST5
Reading Passages - TEST5
TEST 5
The overwhelming success that Amy Tan achieved with her first novel. The Joy Luck Club,
published in 1989, resulted in part from the vividness her recollections of growing up as a
Chinese American. Although the novel dealt with the problematic relationships between
Chinese-born parents and their Americanised children, Tan was reluctant to be considered a
spokesperson for Asian Americans. She felt she was dealing with a personal conflict rather than
with the raising of political consciousness. More importantly, she wanted her literary
accomplishments to be regarded as aesthetic creations rather than as vehicles for cultural or
historical edification, arid the success of her subsequent novels did indeed establish Amy Tan as
a notable literary presence whose best-sellers generated widespread, multi-ethnic appeal.
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1- It is stated in the passage that, Amy Tan's first novel The Joy Luck Club ....... .
A) serves to make her a spokesperson for Asian Americana'
B) was inspired from a friend of hers growing up as a Chinese American
C) is about her experience as a Chinese mother raising Americanised children
D) was based on her own experiences as she was growing up
E) appeals only to people from ethnic minorities
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On the Euphrates River, in the land that is now Iraq, ruins of the world's first great city stand
alone in the desert. The city bore the proud name Bab-Ilu, meaning gate of the gods . The
Hebrews called it Babel. In the Greek and Latin languages the name took the form Babylon, and
the plain on which the city stood was called Babylonia. During the first thousand years of its
known history, Babylon was a mere village. It became the capital of the kingdom of Babylon
about 1894 BC and reached its first peak of glory in the reign of Hammurabi, the law-giver. This
great king beautified the city with palaces, temples and lowers and made it the religious and
cultural centre of western Asia. In its temples scholarly priests copied and preserved the writings
of the Sumerians, from whom the Babylonians derived their civilisation.
6- It can be concluded from the passage that anyone visiting Babylon today
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Scientists believe that today the number of people who are carrying defective genes is increasing.
Part-of the explanation for this is that more people are being exposed to damaging radiation,
chemicals and other environmental hazards from the side-effects of technology. Another reason
may lie in generations of poor nutrition. Medical advances, however, have made it possible for
those people with inherited diseases and other deficiencies to live longer, marry and to produce
children. Each year increasing numbers of genetic defects are being defined, the ways in which
they are transmitted are better understood, and methods for identifying carriers of such defects
are being improved. The controversial field of generic surgery, in which harmful genes are
altered by direct manipulation, is also being studied.
A) there are fewer people with defective genes than ever before
B) thanks to medical advances, children are no longer born with defective genes
C) proper nutrition can correct every type of genetic disorder
D) people with defective genes sometimes live even longer than those with normal genes
E) defective genes do not necessarily inhibit a person from leading an almost normal life
9- The passage implies that the outlook for the future is ....... .
A) bright because of new research and newly developed techniques
B) grim because the number of people -with genetic defects is increasing
C) unpredictable because of increasing environmental hazards
D) positive because genetic surgery will soon cure all genetic defects
E) not good because more people with genetic defects are marrying and producing children
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The novels of William Faulkner, who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, rank
among the most important books of the 20th century. Faulkner wrote mostly about his home
town of Oxford, in Lafayette County, Mississippi. In his fiction the place was renamed Jefferson,
in Yoknapatawpha County. The time in various stories ranges from pre-Civil war days to the
early 1960s. Family names such as Sartoris, Snopes, De Spain and Compson recur in his work.
Faulkner's fiction recreates more than a century of Jefferson life. People of all sorts — wealthy
and poor, evil and good, slave and free — come into sharp focus in his writing. Despite his
complex and sometimes confusing style, the old truths of the heart are nearly always
emphasised.
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The geological formation of the Victoria Falls of the Zambezi River makes it one of the world's
most unusual cataracts, the term for a giant waterfall. Situated between Zambia and Zimbabwe, it
spreads over a mile in width. Unlike most rivers approaching a cataract, the Zambezi has no
rapids to warn the river traveller of the approaching precipice. A shallow, broad river the
Zambezi continues to move slowly up to the brink of the falls. Then it spills abruptly over the
355-foot precipice with a thunderous roar.
14- We understand from the passage that, in general, rivers leading to waterfalls
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The suffrage victory of 1920, which gave women the right to vote in the United States, led to a
long period of relative calm in the pursuit of full equality for women. It was not until the 1960s
that the feminist philosophy again gained both a significant group of spokeswomen and an
audience. In 1963 Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique observed that many college-
educated women did not use their training but remained in their homes resigned to being
housewives. In 1966 she organised the National Organisation for Women — NOW. NOW
agitated for such improvements as more child-care centres for professional women who wished
to return to work. NOW members lectured, lobbied in Congress and filed legal suits against sex
discrimination.
A) women should be satisfied with having obtained the right to vote in 1920
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B) had it not been for the book The Feminine Mystique , well-educated women would be
content to remain housewives
C) American women achieved full equality with men in 1920
D) the feminist movement of the late 20th century has had negative results
E) Betty Friedan was the inspiration behind the feminist movement of the 1960s
A) educated women wish to return to work after having children for economic reasons
B) women in the United States suffered a lot in 1920
C) the National Organisation for Women campaigned for women to get voting rights
D) there were few child-care centres in the USA in 1966
E) after reading The Feminine Mystique , many women protested against being
housewives .
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The name hippopotamus means river horse , though hippos, as they are also called, are actually
related to pigs. The hippopotamus was once found across the African continent. Today, however,
because of intensive hunting by Africans, the creature is found only in the river systems of
eastern and Central Africa. An African folk tale describes how God created the hippopotamus
and told it to cut grass for the other animals. When the hippo discovered how hot Africa was,
however, it asked God if it could stay in the water during the day and cut grass at night, when the
weather was cool. God agreed, though He was reluctant because He feared the hippo might eat
the river's fish. The hippo, however, was as good as its word — it fed only on vegetation.
19- One of the facts that we learn about the hippopotamus from the passage is that....... .
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Whatever their occupation, practically the entire population of Detroit depends indirectly on the
automobile industry. No other major American city depends so much on a single industry for its
livelihood. When the automobile industry suffers, the entire population suffers. And since people
tend to postpone car purchases during recessions, the whole industry can go into a tail-spin
during hard times. This is why Detroit had an unemployment rate of more than 15 percent
during the recessions of the early 1980s and early 1990s. But when times are good, automobile
workers command salaries that are higher than wages in manufacturing in the rest of the country.
One of the reasons wages are higher is that Detroit has long been a centre of organised labour,
and the unions have fought hard to keep wages high.
23- There was a high rate of unemployment in Detroit during the early 1980s and early
1990s because ....... .
24- The benefit mentioned in the passage which was gained by union activities for auto
workers in Detroit is that they ....... .
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Although deeply influenced by Greek education, Roman education was nonetheless quite
different. For most Greeks, the end of education was to produce a good citizen, and a good
citizen meant a well-rounded individual. The goal of Roman education was the same, but for the
Romans a good citizen meant an effective speaker. The result was that they disregarded such non
-utilitarian, Greek studies as science, philosophy, music, dancing and gymnastics, basing their
education instead on literature and oratory. Even their study of literature, with its over-emphasis
on the technicalities of grammar and its under-emphasis on content, had the purpose of
producing good orators.
26- According to the passage, the most important difference between the Greeks and the
Romans was ....... .
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Timur Lenk means Timur, the lame . But the handicap in his leg did not stop Timur from
becoming one of the fiercest and most successful of the conquerors to come out of Central Asia.
For almost four decades — from the 1360s until his death — he and his nomad warriors
conquered every territory from Mongolia in the east to the Mediterranean lands in the west.
When the city of Isfahan defied him, he slaughtered 70,000 of its inhabitants and built a pyramid
of heads. The desolation caused by his campaigns gave rise to many legends, and even people
who lived far beyond his conquests trembled at his name. His exploits inspired such works as
Christopher Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great , published in 1590.
29- It is clear from the information given about Timur that he............ .
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Reportedly the state of Wyoming in the western United States was almost called Cheyenne, the
name given to the first large settlement — named for one of the Native American tribes that
lived in the area. Instead the territory was named for the Wyoming Valley of northeastern
Pennsylvania, where other Native Americans in the region had formerly lived. The original term
comes from a Delaware Indian word meaning large plains or large meadows . Wyoming has
scored notable firsts in the area of women's rights. In 1869, the year after the territory was
created, its legislature granted the vote and the right to hold office to women — the first such
legal recognition in the United States. Such dedication to human rights is reflected in Wyoming's
nickname, the Equality State.
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Painting with the fingers is a simple form of creative expression. It was originally intended as a
means of developing the imaginative and artistic powers of young children. Finger painting is
used to study emotionally disturbed children. The titles they give their pictures are clues to their
fears and resentments. Finger painting also helps retrain the weakened muscles of children who
are crippled by long illness, accident or birth injury. The feeling of pleasure and accomplishment
in their work goes far to restore self-confidence and the will to recover.
35- According to the passage, the main benefit of finger painting to emotionally
disturbed children is ....... .
36- We can conclude from the passage that in finger painting, children......... .
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The first book of rules for lawn tennis-was published by Maj. Walter Clopton Wingfield in 1873.
The retired British cavalryman enjoyed games, but at heart, he was a salesman and a promoter.
He soon patented a new and improved portable court for his outdoor game which mixed
elements of racquets, badminton and court tennis. Then he began advertising lawn tennis sets
with special balls and bats and shoes with India-rubber soles. To make it an all-season game, he
even suggested it could be played on ice skates. Lawn tennis was sanctioned when championship
matches were held at Wimbledon in 1877 on the grounds of a dub that had been renamed the
All-England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. It is still the shrine of lawn tennis and holds the
only Grand Slam event still played on a grass surface.
38- It’s obvious from the passage that Maj. Walter Clopton Wingfield's new game......... .
39- It appears from the information given in the passage that lawn tennis differs from court
tennis because it ....... .
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Numerous legends have tried to explain why human nature is not perfect and why people die. In
Western civilisation, the best known of these stories is found in the first book of the Bible,
Genesis. Some Christians accept the story as literal history, while others regard it as an
instructive story. In either case, the point is the same. The first two humans, Adam and Eve,
lived in a garden and had direct acquaintance with their creator — God. They were allowed full
use of the garden except for one tree — the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Tempted by
the serpent. Eve ate some of the fruit of the tree and persuaded Adam to do the same.
Immediately their original innocence was lost, and they knew they had been disobedient. The
penalty given by God was expulsion from the garden and eventual death.
40- We can infer from the passage that religions other than Christianity ....... .
A) do not believe that imperfectness and mortality were God's punishment upon humans
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B) cannot explain satisfactorily why Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit
C) also have legends as to why man is imperfect and mortal
D) do not regard Adam and Eve as sinful
E) do not believe that the story explained in the Book of Genesis is true
41- The passage states that according to the Book of Genesis, ....... .
A) Adam and Eve lived happily after their expulsion from the garden
B) the serpent represented Satan
C) Adam and Eve could communicate with God directly
D) God created Adam and Eve as mortal creatures
E) Eve represented evil, while Adam stood for good
42- From the story mentioned in the Book of Genesis, we can conclude that before they ate
the forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve ....... .
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The productivity revolution has made possible larger blocks of free time for most segments of
society. As affluence became more widespread in industrial societies, individual preferences
began to shift from demands for more income to demands for more free time. Before 1900, the
average work year was 3,000 hours. Today, in the United States, it is about 1,000 hours, and in
Europe it is already approaching 1,600 hours. In Germany, workers are guarantied six weeks of
vacation with pay each year. This is not true in the United States, where the amount of leisure
time available to workers is among the lowest of industrialised nations. In Japan, known for its
emphasis on productivity, workers in the 1990s were shifting their preference to time in which to
enjoy the standard of living they have created since 1945.
A) long paid vacations are enjoyed by most of the workers throughout the world
B) people must work as hard as ever in spite of the productivity revolution
C) people in the United States are not as industrious as those in Europe
D) people in industrialised countries work far fewer hours than they did a century ago
E) most people are more interested, in money than in leisure time
44- Judging from the information given in the passage, we can say that ....... .
A) workers in the United States are the luckiest in the world in terms of leisure time
B) Japan has the world's hardest working population
C) Europeans work less than half the hours that they used to
D) the standard of living was very high in Japan in 1945
E) workers in Germany enjoy one of the longest paid vacations
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The 20th century began quietly for the United States, but soon new forces brought profound
changes. Although science and technology enriched material life, two world wars and the
prospect of a third raised grave concern about the future. The federal government intervened
increasingly in the activities of the people. The nation also learnt that it was involved in the
problems of peoples around the globe. Literature reflected the various reactions to the new
circumstances. Some writers were deeply pessimistic; others viewed the same realities with
hope for the future. One literary school surveyed the American past in an attempt to find
meaning for the present. The writing that seemed most likely to survive emphasised enduring
human values and the unquenchable vitality of the human spirit.
48- The author seems to suggest that in the 20th century, the American government ....... .
A) supported attempts around the globe that tried to start a third world war
B) declared the 20th century as the American Century
C) became increasingly materialistic rather than one that cared about moral values
D) encouraged the founding of schools where students could study the past
E) followed an increasingly intervening policy towards people's activities
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The inhabitants of The Netherlands number about 14.5 million. Their language, Dutch, shares
certain characteristics with both German and English. In the province of Friesland, a language
called Frisian is spoken, which has even closer links with English. When the area was originally
settled by Germanic peoples, the north and west were occupied by the Frisians, the east by the
Saxons, and the south by the Franks. The Dutch language developed mainly from the dialect of
the Franks. Differences between the groups can still be noted in local dialects, customs,
traditional folk costumes and in types of farmhouses.
49- The passage makes it clear that over the years, the different groups that make up the
population of The Netherlands ....... .
51- Upon reading the passage, besides other things, we also learn that ....... .
A) the educational systems of the different groups in The Netherlands are similar
B) the people of The Netherlands also speak German and English
C) the different groups in The Netherlands build their farmhouses differently
D) The Netherlands has had a troubled history because of the different groups
E) there are no similarities between the Dutch and Frisian languages
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The San Francisco Earthquake occurred on April 18, 1906. Measuring 8.3 oil the Richter scale,
this earthquake began when part of the San Andreas Fault slipped over a segment about 430
kilometres long. Approximately 700 lives were lost in this tragedy, and shaking was felt within a
30-kilometre radius of San Francisco. One result of this earthquake was the discovery of
earthquake faults or fractures in the rocks of the Earth's crust. This discovery was made by
American seismologist Harry Fielding Reid in 1911. Before his work, it had long been assumed
that faults were created by earthquakes. Reid realised that the opposite was true: pressures within
a fault, as two earth plates come together, cause quakes.
52- The passage tells us that the San Francisco Earthquake .......,
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For more than 350 years after his death, the outstanding German painter Matthias Grunewald
was almost forgotten. Even today nothing is known of his early life. It is believed that he was
almost 50 years old in 1519, which would mean he was born about 1470, probably in Wurzburg,
Germany. His name first appears in documents from either the town of Seligenstadt or from
Aschaffenburg, to the northwest of Wurzburg. His real name was Mathis Gothardt. Grunewald
was mistakenly given to him by his 17th-century biographer, Joahcim von Sandrart. In about
1509, Grunewald became court painter for the archbishop of Mainz, so most of his paintings and
drawings were of a religious nature.
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The Klondike River Region of Canada's Yukon Territory caught the attention of the world in
1896 when gold was discovered there. As had happened in the California Gold Rush in 1848,
thousands of prospectors rushed to the scene. The greater part of the new gold rush occurred in
1898; since it took many people a long time to get to the far north. Dawson City was founded as
a support base. For all the feverish activity, the gold rush was short-lived. By 1900, most of the
miners had given up and left. The population of Dawson City, which had reached 30,000 in the
peak years, soon fell to less than a few thousand. Another by-product of the gold rush was the
literature penned by such authors as Jack London and Robert Service.
58- From what is said in the passage, we can conclude that ....... .
59- We can infer that, in the passage, the word prospector refers to a person who ....... .
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11. C 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. E 16. E 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. B
21. A 22. E 23. B 24. C 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. E 30. E
31. B 32. A 33. E 34. D 35. C 36. A 37. B 38. E 39. D 40. C
41. C 42. B 43. D 44. E 45. A 46. D 47. D 48. E 49. C 50. B
51. C 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. C 56. A 57. E 58. D 59. B 60. A
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