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What is the main idea of the passage?
The best school teaches a wide variety of subjects.
Education and schooling are quite different experiences.
Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.
The more years students go to school, the better their education is.
What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” in paragraph 1?
Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial.
School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year.
Summer school makes the school year too long.
All of life is an education.
The word “chance” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_______.
unplanned
unusual
lengthy
lively
The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
slices of reality
similar textbooks
boundaries
seats
The phrase “For example,” in paragraph 3, introduces a sentence that gives examples of _________.
similar textbooks
the results of schooling
the workings of a government
the boundaries of classroom subjects
The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
Without formal education, people would remain ignorant.
Education systems need to be radically reformed.
Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
Education involves many years of professional training.
The passage is organized by ___________________________.
listing and discussing several educational problems
contrasting the meanings of two related words
narrating a story about excellent teachers
giving examples of different kinds of schools
The writer seems to agree that _________.
Schooling is more important than education
Education is not as important as schooling
Schooling is unlimited and more informal
Education is more influential than schooling
Students who continue studying at university after having graduated are called ________.
graduates
pre-graduates
undergraduates
post-graduates
The word “graduate” in line 2 is closest in meaning to __________.
finish studying
start studying
study
learn
According to the passage, the full-time university students have ________ of about 10 weeks in each year.
two terms
four terms
seven terms
three terms
The word “employment” in line 4 refers to the ________.
work
music
play
money
Medical students have to follow a course lasting for _________.
four to five years
only 4 years
six or seven years
about 5 years
The word “vacations” in line 9 could be best replaced by __________.
times
holidays
visits
picnics
According to the passage, students working for their first degree at __________ are called undergraduates.
an university
laboratory
university
library
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as full-time university students?
have other work
go to lectures
study by themselves
become members of sports clubs
When we apologize, ________
we express our sadness and unluckiness.
we realize our wrongdoing.
we express our happiness.
we admit our wrongdoing, offer a reason for it, and express regret.
We should apologize _____________
when we feel tired and make mistake.
when we have been impolite, rude or done something to hurt someone’s feeling.
when we are angry with somebody about something.
when we are not happy or lose something.
Is it difficult to learn how to apologize somebody?
Yes, it is
not difficult
No, it isn’t
No, hasn’t
The word “rude” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ________.
incorrect behavior
polite
correct behavior
good behavior
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as the most polite action in Mario’s case?
keep quiet
apologize later
interrupt the teacher
take a seat
What is the simplest way to apologize?
We express our regret.
We said nothing.
We say “I’m sorry”.
We admit our wrongdoing.
It is ________ to write the rules that tell exactly when we should apologize.
common
simple
easy
difficult
When did the the Pilgrims make a difficult trip to across the ocean from England?
in 1863
in 1621
in 1830
in 1620
The Pilgrims immigrated to the New World because______.
They wanted to search for religious freedom.
They wanted to be taught how to plant corn.
They wanted to have more land to cultivate.
They wanted to make a difficult trip.
According to the passage, today’s Thanksgiving ______.
is only celebrated in Massachusetts.
is a day on which the Pilgrims eat deer.
is different from the Pilgrims’s Thanksgiving in many ways.
is just like the Pilgrims’s Thanksgiving.
Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving?
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday on November.
It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks.
Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion.
It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln’s 40-year efforts.
The word “they” in paragraph 3 refer to ______.
families
the Pilgrims
thanks
the Native Americans
What is the main purpose of this passage ?
To suggest that housewives should be paid for their household chores.
To ask men to treat wives better.
To encourage women to go out to work.
To suggest that men should share the housework with their wives.
A housewife’s services in a family of five people are worth______.
$ 160 a mouth on average
nearly $ 1,000 a mouth on average.
more than $ 1,000 a mouth on average.
$ 1,600 a mouth on average.
According to the researchers, husbands should ______.
pay wages to their wives for their housework.
hire others to take over their wives’ household chores.
help their wives with the housework.
care for the children.
The word “employers” in the passage refers to ___________.
their sponsors
their husband
their owners
their bosses
What is NOT true about the passage?
Full-time housewives are allowed to pay social security taxes.
Women who go to work get more offers than housewives
Unlike working women, housewives get no pay for housework.
Housewives’services should be rewarded.
The main idea of the passage is that in America's frontier days ________ .
people combined work with recreation
people cleared land by rolling logs
it was necessary for early settlers to clear the land
a logrolling involved the community
The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?
daytime
every day
day after day
today
According to the passage, what did people have to do first to settle an area?
Develop recreation ideas
Build farms
Get rid of the trees
Invite neighbors over
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about a logrolling?
It involved a lot of people.
It could be enjoyable.
There could be a lot of movement.
It was rather quiet.
This passage would probably be assigned reading in which of the following courses?
Forestry
Environmental Studies
Psychology
History
In paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned _______.
to prove that they have got more tourism than they handle.
to tell us how wealthy their people are.
to suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty.
to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate.
According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?
Polluted water
Traffic jams
Rainy weather
Crowded buses
The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that ______.
they want to see historic remains or religious spots.
they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites.
they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home.
they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs.
The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means _____.
every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year.
every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist annually.
every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country.
all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists.
The word “tolerate” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.
reject
endure
exclude
neglect
The word “solid” in paragraph 3 means most nearly the same as ______.
having no spaces inside.
seeming to be hard to book.
having less people than normal.
being uncomfortable to live in.
According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?
Greece
France
Spain
Italy
What does “its” in line 5 refer to?
the future
your home
your car
the steering wheel
What of the following statement is true about life in the future?
People will go to work as they do today.
Hi-tech equipment will be out of the question.
It will be dangerous to drive cars because they are too fast.
People can have balanced diets for their meal.
Which of the following is NOT true about life in the future?
Eating is a problem because food contains too much fat
There’s no need to concentrate much when driving.
Contacts between people are almost instant.
Getting information is a matter of just a few seconds.
According to the passage, what do people use a diagnostic machine for?
To make food for them.
To find out which foods their body needs
To provide them with food.
To sell food for humans.
Which “reply” CLOSET in meaning to?
replay
request.
answer
question
The word “urgent” in the last paragraph probably means _____.
expected
pressing
unnecessary
hurry
What is the main idea of the passage?
What life is like in the future.
The role of the computer in future life.
What foods people will eat in the future.
Life in the future will be the same as life at present.
The main subject of the passage is_________.
Melville’s travels
Moby Dick
Melville’s personal background
the popularity of Melville’s novels.
The word “basis” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.
background
message
bottom
dissertation
According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were__________.
published while he was traveling
completely fictional
all about his work on whaling ships
based on his travel experience
The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because____________.
he had unofficially left his ship
he was on leave while his ship was in port
he had finished his term of duty
he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti
How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity?
His popularity remained as strong as ever.
It caused his popularity to decrease.
His popularity increased immediately.
It had no effect on his popularity.
According to the passage, Moby Dick is__________.
symbolic of humanity fighting the universe
a single-faceted work
a short story about a whale
a 47 adventure
In what year did Melville’s book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?
1849
1837
1847
1841
The word “metamorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.
descent
circle
mysticism
change
Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?
There was a high turnover of railway mail clerks.
The development of the mail roads during the second half of the 19th century enabled Post Office Department to focus on timeliness.
The Post Office Department was more concerned about speeding up mail delivery than the safety of its clerks.
Mail was often lost or damaged as it was exchanged on the mail crane.
The word “elite” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to___________.
majority
superior
more capable
leader
What does the passage mainly discuss?
How the mail cranes exchanged the mail.
Improvements in mail handling and delivery.
How Post Office Trains handled the mail without stopping.
The skills of experienced clerks.
According to the passage, the Railway Mail Service commenced in_________.
1874
1842
1832
1905
The word “glitches” in the third paragraph can be replaced by________.
accidents
blames
advantages
problems
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
The clerk booted out the outgoing mailbag before snatching the incoming bag.
Clerks couldn’t often see what they were doing.
The Railway Mail clerk’s job was considered elite because it was safe and exciting.
Despite their success, railway mail clerks only handled a small proportion of all non-local mail.
The public expects the following three services in handling and delivery of mail except___.
safety
accuracy
confidentiality
timeliness