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Many British people wear freely when they__________.
A. attend lectures
B. attend meetings
C. spend their spare time
D. work in offices
Who doesn’t usually wear suits and ties?
A. lawyers
B. doctors
C. drivers
D. businessmen
If you visit an American friend at home in the evening, you may find that your friend wears
A. pretty clothes
B. formal clothes
C. dirty clothes
D. informal clothes
If you are in a foreign country, the best way the writer suggests to you is to wear .
A. strange clothes
B. as the people there do
C. your native clothes
D. comfortable clothes
The word “they” in paragraph 4 refers to ________.
A. American people
B. british people
C. men
D. women
The word “elegant” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. Decent
B. confident
C. comfortable
D. neat
What do you think the passage is mainly about ?
A. Recent dressing habits in Great Britain and the United States.
B. The reason why informal clothing is popular in the UK and USA.
C. When we should wear in a formal way.
D. Where we should wear in a formal way.
The word “exert” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. cause
B. permit
C. change
D. need
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How to prepare for a deep dive
B. The effect of pressure on gases in the human body.
C. The equipment divers use
D. The symptoms of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream
The word “they” in bold in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. tissues
B. joints
C. bubbles
D. pains
What happens to nitrogen in body tissues if a diver ascends too quickly?
A. It forms bubbles
B. It is reabsorbed by the lungs
C. It goes directly to the brain
D. It has a narcotic effect
It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following presents the greatest danger to a diver?
A. Pressurized helium
B. Nitrogen diffusion
C. An air embolism
D. Nitrogen bubbles
The word “rupture” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. hurt
B. shrink
C. burst
D. stop
What should a diver do when ascending?
A. Relax completely
B. Breathe helium
C. Breathe faster
D. Rise slowly
Why did the author write the passage?
A. To suggest that music is independent of life forms that use it
B. To illustrate the importance of music to whales
C. To describe the music for some animals, including humans
D. To show that music is not a human or even modern invention
According to the passage, which of the following is true of humpback whales?
A. they do not use rhyme, unlike humans.
B. their tunes are distinctively different from human tunes.
C. whale songs of a particular group cannot be learned by other whales.
D. they can sing over a range of seven octaves.
The underlined word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. whole songs
B. whales
C. octaves
D. human composers
Which of the following is NOT true about humpback whale music?
A. It uses similar patterns to human songs.
B. It’s in a form of creating a theme, elaborating and revisiting in rhyming refrains.
C. It’s easy to learn by other whales.
D. It’s comparative in length to symphony movements.
The underlined word “refrains” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. sounds
B. notes
C. words
D. tunes
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Music may have an influence on the whale brain.
B. The earliest human beings came from France and Slovenia.
C. The research of musical brain always leads to a discovery of a universal music.
D. Humpback whales imitate the way human composers work in creating their own music.
The underlined word “sophisticated” in paragraph 1 can be best replaced by______.
A. well-trained
B. difficult
C. well-developed
D. experienced
Which of the following concepts is defined in the passage?
A. symphony movements
B. attention span
C. the limbic system
D. the animal kingdom
According to the passage, cell phones are especially popular with young people because
A. they keep the users alert all the time.
B. they are indispensable in everyday communications.
C. they make them look more stylish.
D. they cannot be replaced by regular phones.
The word "means" in the passage most closely means
A. transmission
B. method
C. meanings
D. expression
Doctors have tentatively concluded that cell phones may .
A. change their users' temperament
B. damage their users' emotions.
C. change their users' social behaviours.
D. cause some mental malfunction
Negative publicity" in the passage most likely means .
A. the negative public use of cell phones.
B. poor ideas about the effects of cell phones.
C. information on the lethal effects of cell phones,
D. widespread opinion about bad effects of cell phones.
The changes possibly caused by the cell phones are mainly concerned with
A. the mobility of the mind and the body.
B. the arteries of the brain.
C. the smallest units of the brain.
D. the resident memory.
The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cell phone too often,
A. suffered serious loss of mental ability.
B. abandoned his family.
C. could no longer think lucidly.
D. had a problem with memory.
The most suitable title for the passage could be
A. The Reasons Why Mobile Phones Are Popular
B. Technological Innovations and Their Price.
C. The Way Mobile Phones Work.
D. Mobile Phones: A Must of Our Time
According to the passage, many people believe that lions come from _____.
A. Africa
B. Europe
C. Middle East
D. India
Ten thousand years ago _____.
A. lions roamed much more than nowadays
B. lions did not live in small forests
C. lions came mainly from Africa
D. there were much more lion habitats than nowadays
The phrase "split off" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. developed into different species
B. changed the original species
C. spotted animals
D. divided
According to the passage, nowadays we can find the Asiatic lion _____.
A. in Africa and India
B. only in India
C. nowhere in the world
D. only in Greek museums
The word "vulnerable" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. easily protected
B. weak
C. careless
D. cautious
The Asiatic lion _____.
A. was searching for food in a wide range of countries
B. was searching for food mainly in India and Africa
C. was looking for food mainly in the Middle East
D. was looking for food mainly in India
The following statements are correct EXCEPT that _____.
A. the Asiatic lion was loved by a wealthy prince
B. the current Asiatic lions come from a great number of lions
C. a rich prince sponsored the protection of Asiatic lions
D. although the Asiatic lion looks strong from appearance they are easily attacked by diseases
The passage was written to _____.
A. explain why the Gir Sanctuary is the best habitat for the Asiatic lions
B. provide an overview of the existence of the Asiatic lions
C. describe the developmental history of the Gir Sanctuary
D. persuade readers to protect the Asiatic lions
What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The expansion of English as an international language.
B. The use of English for science and technology.
C. The number of nonnative users of English.
D. The French influence on the English language.
The word “emerged” means _______
A. frequented
B. appeared
C. engaged
D. failed
The word “elements” is most similar to ______
A. features
B. curiosities
C. declaration
D. customs
Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. After 1600
B. Around 1350
C. in 1066
D. Before 1600
According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT_______
A. missionaries
B. the Norman invasion
C. colonization
D. the slave trade
The word “enclaves” is closest in meaning to _______
A. organizations
B. regions
C. communities
D. countries
The word “proliferated” is closest in meaning to_______
A. disbanded
B. prospered
C. organized
D. expanded
Which of the following is not mentioned as the field where English is the main language?
A. drama
B. media
C. advertising
D. air control
The word “constituting” is closest in meaning to_______
A. doing in
B. looking over
C. making up
D. setting down
According to the passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today?
A. 350 million
B. a quarter million
C. 700 million
D. half a million
All of the following are true EXCEPT__________
A. officials hoped that this plan would alleviate long gas lines.
B. California has 9.9 million drivers.
C. the governor signed the bill concerning gas rationing.
D. a gas limit was imposed.
Those who violated the rationing program__________
A. were forced to walk, bike, or skate to work.
B. were forced to use odd – numbered days.
C. were fined and possibly imprisoned.
D. had to wait in long lines.
The gas rationing plan was not binding on__________
A. out – of – state plates.
B. all – lettered plates.
C. even – numbered license plates.
D. odd – numbered license plates.
California was forced to adopt this plan because __________
A. too many drivers were filling their tanks with more than twenty gallons and spilling.
B. a recent oil crisis necessitated it.
C. people were not getting enough exercise and needed to walk, bike, or skate.
D. too many motorists had odd – numbered plates.
The word “eliminate” in the passage share the similar meaning with__________
A. move
B. get out
C. get off
D. remove
Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary.
B. He lives at home with his parents.
C. He does not go out much
D. He is not unemployed.
David's greatest problem is _______
A. learning to drive.
B. spending his salary.
C. inventing computer games.
D. making the banks treat him as an adult.
He was employed by the company because _______
A. he works very hard.
B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he had worked in a computer shop
D. he had learnt to use computers at school.
He left school after taking O-levels because _______
A. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
B. he did not enjoy school.
C. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
Why does David think he might retire early?
A. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
B. You have to be young to write computer programs.
C. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
D. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
The word " pessimistic " in the reading passage probably means_______
A. easy
B. negative
C. optimistic
D. positive
The word " releases " in the reading passage can be replaced by_______
A. imports
B. holds
C. discharges
D. dissolves
The passage mentions which of the following as a reason for the importance of Lake Vostok?
A. It may contain uncontaminated microbes
B. It can be studied using radio waves
C. It has already been contaminated.
D. It may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light.
All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it______
A. was conducted by air
B. made use of radio waves
C. did not measure the exact size of the lake
D. was controlled by a satellite
The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses
A. Problems with satellite- borne radar equipment
B. the harsh climate of Antarctica.
C. further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica
D. ways to study Lake Vostok without contaminating it
The word "microbes" in paragraph 3 could be best be replaced by which of the following?
A. Pieces of dust
B. Tiny organisms
C. Rays of light
D. Trapped bubbles
. Which of the following is closet in meaning to "frigid" in paragraph 1?
A. Rarely recorded
B. Extremely cold
C. Never changing
D. Quite harsh
The purpose of the passage is to ______
A. explain how Lake Vostok was discovered
B. provide satellite data concerning Antarctica
C. present an expected aspect of Antarctica's geography.
D. discuss future plans for Lake Vostok
It can be inferred from the passage that the ice would not be flat if ______
A. radio waves were not used
B. Antarctica were not so cold
C. There were no lake
D. the lake was not so big
What is true of Lake Vostok?
A. It is beneath a thick slab of ice
B. It is completely frozen
C. It is heated by the sun
D. It is not a saltwater lake
What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Stars on American coins.
B. The teaching of astronomy in state universities.
C. The star as national symbol of the United States.
D. Colonial stamps and coins.
The word “their” in line 1 refers to _______.
A. coins
B. features
C. colonies
D. stars
The word “bore” in line 3 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. carried
B. drilled
C. symbolized
D. cost
The expression “Curiously enough” is used because the author finds it strange that _______ .
A. Silver coins with fifteen stars appeared before coins with thirteen.
B. Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1794.
C. Tennessee was the first state to use half dimes.
D. No silver coins were issued until 1794.
Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?
A. Vermont joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.
B. Kentucky joined before Tennessee and Vermont.
C. Tennessee joined Vermont and Kentucky.
D. Vermont and Kentucky joined at the same time.
Why was a coin produced in 1828 with only twelve stars?
A. There was a change in design policy.
B. There were twelve states at the time.
C. The mint made a mistake.
D. Tennessee had left the Union.