Multiple Choice QuestionsRead the passage and answer the questions.
Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need-all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
According to the passage, the great majority of people can satisfy their needs today by
providing things for themselves
exchanging goods and services
concentrating on what they can do best
individual specialization
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need-all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Exchange of goods becomes possible only when
there is no specialization
goods are produced in surplus
primitive societies become modern
individuals make things for themselves
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need-all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Specialization and exchange began when men started
big industries
concentrating on their work
producing things for individual use
Living in communities
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Even in the most primitive societies, the great majority of people satisfy a large part of their material needs by exchanging goods and services. Very few people indeed can make for themselves everything they need-all their food, their clothes, their housing, their tools. Ever since men started living in communities, they have been satisfying their needs by means of specialization and exchange; increasingly each individual has concentrated on what he can do best and has produced more of the special goods or services in which he has concentrated than he can consume himself. The surplus he has exchanged with other members of the community, acquiring, in exchange the things he needs that others have produced.
Exchange of goods and services becomes necessary because
man is a social being·
reciprocity is the law of life
trade and commerce are means of progress
we cannot produce everything we need ourselves
Read the passage and answer the following question.
What interests many- people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed.
What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all of course a suitable planetary body essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents the activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapor in reasonable quantities.
This passage suggests that there
cannot be another planet like the Earth
are other planets like the Earth mentioned only in stories
may be other planets like the Earth in this universe
is a planet which is exactly like the Earth
Read the passage and answer the following question.
What interests many- people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed.
What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all of course a suitable planetary body essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents the activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapor in reasonable quantities.
The hypothesis about the possibility of planets parallel to the Earth gets its strength from the fact that
the scientists have discovered them
books have been written about them
the planetary system exists
many people have shown interest in it
Read the passage and answer the following question.
What interests many- people is the possibility of finding an Earth-like planet, and many science fiction stories have been woven around the possibility of there existing a planet somewhere in the universe which is an exact replica of the Earth. There are too many variable quantities for this to be a possibility worth considering. What is possible, if planetary systems are common as they seem to be, is the existence of planets where the conditions are similar to conditions on the Earth and to which our form of life could rapidly adapt. If life had gained a foothold on such a planet, it is possible that life closely paralleling our own planet could have developed.
What sort of conditions is necessary for life as we know it to develop? First of all of course a suitable planetary body essential. Given this, then two vital conditions must be satisfied. The temperature must be neither too hot nor too cold since intense heat breaks down organic molecules and severe cold prevents the activity from going on. Too much short-wave radiation also upsets living organisms. The other prerequisite is a suitable atmosphere sufficiently dense to give protection from radiation and meteorites and containing oxygen and water vapor in reasonable quantities.
The statement, "If life had gained a foothold on such a planet" means that
if there is life on the planet, it would be like ours
if we go there, we can develop it like this Earth
even if we try, we cannot go and live there
it is impossible for life to develop there
Read the passage and answer the following question.
"The doctor's coming in a minute, Inspector", said Miss Smith.
"Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you the lady's name is Mrs. West, you say,....."
"Yes, that's right."
"And what about Mr. West?"
"Doctor West, Inspector."
"Oh, I see... Well. Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?"
"Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.
The conversation appears to be taking place
in a street where an accident has just occurred
in a hotel where Mrs. West suddenly became ill
in Mrs. West's house where the police are enquiring into lady's murder
in Mrs. West's house where a theft has taken place the night before
Read the passage and answer the following question.
"The doctor's coming in a minute, Inspector", said Miss Smith.
"Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you the lady's name is Mrs. West, you say,....."
"Yes, that's right."
"And what about Mr. West?"
"Doctor West, Inspector."
"Oh, I see... Well. Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?"
"Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.
The questions the Inspector asks are
inquisitive
foolish
disturbing
searching
Read the passage and answer the following question.
"The doctor's coming in a minute, Inspector", said Miss Smith.
"Yes, thank you for phoning, Miss Smith. It was very kind of you the lady's name is Mrs. West, you say,....."
"Yes, that's right."
"And what about Mr. West?"
"Doctor West, Inspector."
"Oh, I see... Well. Doctor West, then. Do you know where he is?"
"Not exactly, Inspector. He never told Mrs. West where he was going. You see, they hated each other."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Doctor West thought that Mrs. West was in love with another man, and everyone knows Doctor West went to see another woman.
"You see, they hated each other." "What do you mean?" The Inspector seems
to know Doctor West's secret
surprised to get the information
not to have understood Miss Smith
not impressed by Miss Smith's information
