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What does the word concentric mean?
Wavy
Having many centres
Having a common centre
A ring
What will happen when an object is dropped into the water?
Volcanic eruption may be a consequence
Some concentric waves will be generated
There will be seismic activity
Earthquake may happen
What is the zone of volcanoes and seismic activity in the world called?
The concentric wave
the tsunami
The Pacific Ocean
The Ring of Fire
What is the greatest speed of tsunami traveling across the deep ocean?
200 kilometres an hour
700 kilometres an hour
800 kilometres an hour
150,000 kilometres an hour
How high is the wave of the tsunami when it reaches the shore?
100 metres
200 metres
half a metre
fifteen metres
How are tsunami capable of obliterating coastal settlements?
They have tremendous energy due to the great volume of water affected.
They are a metre high or more.
They travel hundreds of kilometers.
They can strike the shore fifteen metres high.
What killed an estimated 500,000 people in Bangladesh?
a tsunami.
A cyclone and accompanying storm surge.
A high tide.
flooding.
Which of the following is NOT true?
Tsunami only occurs in Asia.
A cyclone along with storm surge happened in Asia in 1970.
Storm surges are domes of water rising underneath hurricanes or cyclones.
Storm surges causes extensive coastal flooding.
The underlined word “ultimately” is closest in meaning to
eventually
unfortunately
dramatically
exceptionally
What does the author say in paragraph 1 regarding most species in Earth’s history?
They are no longer in existence.
They have caused rapid change in the environment.
They have remained basically unchanged from their original forms.
They have been able to adapt to ecological changes.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 1 as resulting from repid ecological change?
Introduction of new species
Competition among species
Availability of food resources
Temperature changes
The underlined word “demise” is closest in meaning to
help
change
death
recovery
Why is “plankton” mentioned in the second paragraph?
To demonstrate the interdependence of different species.
To illustrate a comparison between organisms that live on the land and those that live in the ocean.
To emphasize the importance of food resources in preventing mass extinction.
To point out that certain species could never become extinct.
According to paragraph 2, evidence from fossil suggests that
extinction of species has occurred from time to time throughout Earth’s history.
dinosaurs became extinct much earlier than scientists originally believed.
extinctions on Earth have generally been massive.
there has been only one mass extinction in Earth’s history.
According to the passage, it is believed that the largest extinction of a species occurred
250 million years ago
225 million years ago
65 million years ago
26 million years ago
What is the topic of the passage?
Successful learners and their learning strategies.
Successful and low-academic achieving students.
Effective and ineffective ways of learning.
Study skills for high school students.
The word “prior” is CLOSET meaning to________.
forward
earlier
important
good
The word “Conversely” is OPPOSITE meaning to________.
Actually
Alternatively
Consequently
Similarity
According to the passage, what can be learnt about passive students?
They are slow in their studying.
They depend on other people to organize their learning.
They monitor their understanding.
The know the purpose of studying.
Which of the followings is NOT an evidence of monitoring studying?
Looking at their backs.
Monitoring their understanding of content.
Being aware of the purpose of studying.
Fixing up mistakes in the understanding.
According to the passage, to learn new information, low-achieving students do NOT________.
read it.
just understand it.
simply remember it.
relate it to what they have known.
In compared with low-achieving students, successful students use________.
inflexible study ways.
various study skills.
restricted strategies.
aimless studying techniques.
The underlined pronoun “they”refers to________.
study strategies.
low-achieving students.
study skills.
good students.
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
Accomplishing trivial matters
Common complaints about work
Learning to manage time
Achieving job satisfaction
According to the passage, what does “slip away” mean?
pick up
break down
fall behind
pass quickly
According to the passage, why do many people never seem to have enough time to accomplish things?
They fail to deal with trivial matters.
They get tied down by one difficult problem.
They do not prioritize tasks.
They do not seek the advice of time management experts.
In paragraph 2, the word “those” refers to ______.
priorities
trivial matters
daily lists
people
The passage states that one solution to time management problem is to _____.
accomplish time – consuming matters first.
consult a time management.
spend only a short time on each task.
keep daily lists of priorities and check them regularly.
In the paragraph 2, the word “accomplishments” can be best replaced by ____.
decisions
priorities
assessments
achievements
In the paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ______.
another solution to time management problems.
mental and physical health problems.
different types of lists.
ways to achieve a sense of fulfillment.
The story about college life in Amerian movies are not ______.
true
interesting
boring
exciting
The phrase “academic responsibilities” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
learning duties
training skills
caring professions
teaching methods
Which of the following is NOT true?
Learning is only part of students’ college life.
There is a wide choice of extracurricular activities for college students.
Extracurricular activities are of no importance to employers.
Not all extracurricular activities are students' academic responsibilities.
The word “they” in the third paragraph refers to ______.
employers
activities
colleges
résumés
The word “moderate” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
not high
unlimited
not steady
sensible
Many American students have to work part-time throughout their college years because ______.
they are not allowed to work full-time.
they want to gain experience.
their parents force them to.
they can earn money for their expenses.
Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
Going to College: The Only Way to Succeed in Life
Hollywood Movies: The Best About College Life.
Extracurricular Activities and Job Opportunities.
American College Life and the Movies.
Most people are afraid of being operated on______.
in spite of improvements in modem surgery.
because they think modern drugs are dangerous.
because they do not believe they need anesthetics.
unless it is an emergency operation.
Surgeons in the early 20th century compared with modern ones ______.
had less to learn about surgery.
needed more knowledge.
were more trusted by their patients.
could perform every operation known today.
A patient can still live a comfortable life even after the removal of______.
his brain.
a major organ such as the stomach or one lung.
his lungs.
part of the stomach or the whole liver.
The word “clogged” is most likely to correspond to______.
clean
blocked
covered
unwashed
Today, compared with 1910______.
20% fewer of all operation patients die.
20% of all operation patients recover.
operation deaths have increased by 20%
five times fewer patients die after being operated on.
What is the similar meaning to the word “octogenarian”?
eighteen-year-old.
person in his eighties.
person having eighth operation.
eye specialist.
The main difficulty with organ transplants is______.
it is difficult to find organs of the same size.
only identical twins can give permission for their organs to be exchanged.
the body's tendency to reject alien tissues.
the patient is not allowed to use drugs after them.
You can be happy if your surgeon can operate because it means______.
he thinks your condition may be curable
he is a good doctor.
he knows you will survive.
you are getting better already.
What is implied in the last sentence of the passage?
It is best to take a big first step.
Start moving toward your dreams little by little.
Think twice before taking any steps.
People get their best ideas when traveling.
In order to achieve our goals, we should______.
select the most important goals for each day and take the priority to achieve them within the day.
eat a lot to burn enough energy for our daily activities.
set the goals just before bedtime in order to remember them better.
set as many goals as possible so that we can achieve some of them or at least 20 percent.
Which of the following statements does the author support most?
How difficult our goals may seem, we should take steps to travel a thousand miles to achieve them.
Reasonable goals and good techniques of time management may help you get great
achievements.
We try to work around the clock and set some time aside to list the things we want to achieve in life.
We need time to sleep, eat, socialize with friends, and achieve our goals for 20 percent of the day’s time.
The word “this” in paragraph 3 refers to______.
a lack of time
setting no aims
clear goals
failing in business
he phrase “hacks for” in the title is closest in meaning to______.
leads to
cut off
secretly achieve
kicks without control
Which of the following sentences is true?
No one ever achieves all of their goals.
Everyone has the same time in a day.
No one has any spare time these days.
Everyone manages time the same way.
What is the Pareto principle?
If you work hard 80 percent of the time, you can relax for 20 percent.
You need to do lots of work to increase sales by 20 percent.
A few important things produce most of the results.
Companies don’t need to hire more than 80 people.
This passage is mainly about______.
archeology and the study of ancient artifacts.
one method of dating old objects.
various uses for carbon.
the differences between carbon-14 and nitrogen-14.
Which of the following is NOT true about carbon-14?
It and nitrogen always exist in equal amounts in any substance.
Its half-life is more than 5,000 years.
It can decay into nitrogen-14.
It is radioactive.
The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to______.
carbon dating
the age
any organic natural material
archeology
The word “underlying” could best be replaced by______.
below
requiring
serving as a basis for
being studied through
The word “roughly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.
precisely
Harshly
approximately
coarsely
The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses______.
what substances are part of all living things.
how carbon-14 decay intonitrogen.-14
why carbon-14 has such a long half-life.
various other age-dating methods.
It is implied in the passage that______.
carbon dating has no known uses outside of archeology.
fossils cannot be age-dated using carbon-14.
carbon dating could not be used on an item containing nitrogen.
carbon-14 does not have the longest known half-life.
It can be inferred from the passage that if an item contains more carbon-14 than nitrogen-14, then the item is______.
not as much as 5,570 years old
too old to be age-dated with carbon-14
too radioactive to be used by archeologists
more than 5.570 years old
The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means_______ .
a house with too much space
a house with no furniture
a house with no people inside
a house with nothing inside
One thing that the children in the passage share is that _______ .
they all wear jewelry
they spend part of each day alone
they all watch TV
they are from single-parent families
The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______
look after themselves while their parents are not at home
close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
are locked inside houses with latches and keys
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
Why kids hate going home
Children’s activities at home
Bad condition of latchkey children
How kids spend free time
What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone?
Tiredness
Boredom
Loneliness
Fear
Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ________.
visiting their homes
talking to them
delivering questionaires
interviewing their parents
It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because .
there are too many of them in the whole country
most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone
they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
What does the passage mainly discuss?
Two decades in modern society
The influence of industrial technology
The characteristics of “folk” and “popular” societies
The specialization of labor in Canada and the United States
Which of the following is typical of folk cultures?
There is a money-based economy.
Social change occurs slowly.
Contact with other cultures is encouraged.
Each person develops one specialized skill.
What does the author imply about the United States and Canada?
They value folk cultures.
They have no social classes.
They have popular cultures.
They do not value individualism.
The phrase “largely renounces” is closest in meaning to _________.
generally rejects
greatly modifies
loudly declares
often criticizes
What is the main source of order in Amish society?
The government
The economy
The clan structure
The religion
Which of the following statements about Amish beliefs does the passage support?
A variety of religious practices is tolerated.
Individualism and competition are important.
Pre-modern technology is preferred.
People are defined according to their class.
The word “prevails” is closest in meaning to _________.
dominates
provides
develops
invests
Which of following is NOT given as a reason why folk-made objects are replaced by mass-produced objects?
cost
quality
prestige
convenience