Multiple Choice QuestionsRead the passage and answer the following questions.
An old man with steel-rimmed spectacles and very dusty clothes sat by the side of the road. There was a pontoon bridge across the river and carts, trucks, and men, women, and children were crossing it. The mule-drawn carts staggered up the steep bank from the bridge with solids helping to push against the spokes of the wheels. The trucks wound up and away heading out of it all. The peasants plodded along in the ankle-deep dust. But the old man sat there without moving.
The reference to the old man in the beginning and the end of the passage indicates that:
the writer wants to compare the bridge and the motionless old man
the description that takes place between the first sentence and the last sentence is irrelevant
there is an unnecessary repetition in the reference to the old man
the figure of the old man is brought under a sharp focus
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York city, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3.65 and 6.09 meters in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.
What can be considered as a "good sign" in the desert?
when shrubs and trees grow there
when it snows in the desert
when ice caps melt and there is water
when there is vegetation found in the desert
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York City, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3.65 and 6.09 meters in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.
The melting of ice fields in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is dangerous because:
the ice will turn green and poisonous
it will cause huge floods which will destroy coastal regions
it will create global warming and will badly affect our climate
huge cracks will develop all over the world
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York City, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3.65 and 6.09 meters in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.
Polar ice caps develop huge cracks because:
of the movement of the earth
of the breaking off of icebergs
of the crowding of cities like New York
of rising temperatures
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York City, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3.65 and 6.09 meters in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.
What do you think the intention of the author is?
to describe strange phenomena in nature
to report findings of research teams working in the polar regions
to make us aware of the dangers of global warming
to compare developments in deserts and Arctic regions caused by global warming
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
It was a very cold evening and so few people were seen out on the streets. I did not go out myself although it was my habit not to keep indoors after sunset. So I closed all the doors and windows of my room, took the book which had been lying opened on the table, and tried to read it. The cold was getting so severe that I started shivering, so I wrapped myself up with a bigger blanket. But I could not continue reading the book because I was nearly rendered incapable of turning the pages.
The author's habit was to:
read in the evening
sleep in the evening
go out in the evening
play in the evening
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
It was a very cold evening and so few people were seen out on the streets. I did not go out myself although it was my habit not to keep indoors after sunset. So I closed all the doors and windows of my room, took the book which had been lying opened on the table, and tried to read it. The cold was getting so severe that I started shivering, so I wrapped myself up with a bigger blanket. But I could not continue reading the book because I was nearly rendered incapable of turning the pages.
If it was not so cold the author would have:
liked to work
liked to sit and look out to the streets
liked to read
liked to have a stroll
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
It was a very cold evening and so few people were seen out on the streets. I did not go out myself although it was my habit not to keep indoors after sunset. So I closed all the doors and windows of my room, took the book which had been lying opened on the table, and tried to read it. The cold was getting so severe that I started shivering, so I wrapped myself up with a bigger blanket. But I could not continue reading the book because I was nearly rendered incapable of turning the pages.
The author could not continue reading the book because:
he did not like to
he was feeling tired
he was feeling very cold
the lights had gone off
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
It was a very cold evening and so few people were seen out on the streets. I did not go out myself although it was my habit not to keep indoors after sunset. So I closed all the doors and windows of my room, took the book which had been lying opened on the table, and tried to read it. The cold was getting so severe that I started shivering, so I wrapped myself up with a bigger blanket. But I could not continue reading the book because I was nearly rendered incapable of turning the pages.
There were not many people outside because:
it was a rainy evening
it was a cold evening
it was a dark evening
there was heavy snow outside
