Reading Comprehension Test 25

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Choose the statement that is best supported by the information given in the question passage.

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Critical reading is demanding process. To read critically, you must slow down your reading and, with pencil in hand, perform specific operations on the text. Mark up the text with your reactions, conclusions, and questions. When you read, become an active participant.
This paragraph best supports the statement that

A
critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process

B
the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person's life.

C
readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they read.

D
critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.

E
critical reading should take place at the same time each day.

Solution

This answer is implied by the whole paragraph. The author stresses the need to read critically by performing thoughtful and careful operations on the text. Choice a is incorrect because the author never says that reading is dull. Choices b, c and e are not supported by the paragraph.
Question 2
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Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
Quinn: Our state is considering raising the age at which a person can get a driver's license to eighteen. This is unfair because the age has been sixteen for many years and sixteen-year-olds today are no less responsible than their parents and grandparents were at sixteen. Many young people today who are fourteen and fifteen years old are preparing to receive their licenses by driving with a learner's permit and a licensed driver, usually one of their parents. It would not be fair to suddenly say they have to wait two more years.
Dakota: It is true that people have been allowed to receive a drivers license at sixteen for generations. However, in recent years, the increase in traffic means drivers face more dangers then ever and must be ready to respond to a variety of situations. The fact that schools can no longer afford to teach drivers education results in too many young drivers who are not prepared to face the traffic conditions of today.

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What is the point at issue between Quinn and Dakota?

A
whether sixteen-year-olds should be required to take drivers education before being issued a license

B
whether schools ought to provide drivers education to fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds students

C
whether the standards for issuing drivers licenses should become more stringent

D
whether sixteen-year-olds are prepared to drive in today's traffic conditions

E
whether parents are able to do a good job teaching their children to drive

Solution

The speakers support their arguments in different ways, but both are concerned with whether sixteen-year-olds should continue to be allowed to receive drivers licenses.
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Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and folioed a great humanistic education. Today the study, both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent, the vacuum has been filled with a correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

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The author of the above passage says that in the past the basis of education for all people, irrespective of their intellectual caliber, was _______.

A
Greek and Roman classics

B
The Bible

C
A correct knowledge of history

D
A wider range of literature

Solution

The second sentence states that the educated people in the past read the Greek and Roman Classics, but all people read the Bible. So, all people irrespective of their intellectual caliber read the Bible in the past. Thus, B is the correct answer.
Other choices are incorrect.
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[passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]A male jackdaw's courtship behaviour is astonishingly human. All his movements are consciously strained and his proudly reared head and neck are permanently in a state of self-display. He provokes the other jackdaws continually if the female jackdaw is looking on and he purposefully becomes embroiled in conflicts with otherwise deeply respected superiors. Above all, he seeks to impress his loved one with the possession of a potential nesting site, from which he drives all other jackdaws, irrespective of their rank.

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A 'courtship behavior' may best be described as ________.

A
the behaviour of a jackdaw who shows off his feathers

B
the behaviour of a male bird to attract a female bird

C
the behaviour by which a male bird displays its beauty to the female bird

D
the behaviour of any male to win a female of the same species

Solution

"Courtship behavior" is behavior of any animal to attract a female. This term applies to all animals, not just birds. Hence, D is the correct answer.
We reject the other choices.
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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]Fortunately, it is as yet only through fantasy that we can see what the destruction of the scholarly and scientific disciplined would mean to mankind. From history we can learn what their existence has meant; The sheer power of disciplined thought is revealed in practically all the great intellectual and technological advances which the human race has made. The ability of the man of disciplined mind to direct this power effectively upon problems for which he has not specifically trained is proved by examples without number. The real evidence for the value of liberal education lies in history and in the biographies of men who have met the valid criteria for greatness. This support overwhelmingly the claim of liberal education that it can equip a man with fundamental powers of decision and action, applicable not only to a boy-girl relationship, to tinkering hobbies, or to choose the family dentist, but to all the great and varied concerns of human life not least, those that are unforeseen.

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According to the author, 'the great and varied concerns of human life' are about ______.

A
fundamental rights

B
challenges faced by mankind

C
tinkering hobbies

D
liberal education

Solution

In the last sentence, the author states that liberal education can resolve the great and varied concerns of human life. "Concerns" means worries. "Worries of human life" will express the same meaning as "challenges faced by mankind." Hence, B is correct.
The other choices represent phrases used in the passage. They do not convey the meaning of the phrase in the given question.
Question 6
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[passage-header]Read the passage and accordingly, fill in the blank:
[/passage-header]Young seekers after peace know that only equal trust shown to all the people of the earth and not just to a few of them, can lead to the healing of the wounds that tear them apart and so it is essential never to humiliate the members of a nation whose leaders have committed inhuman acts. Essentially because it is also a boundless concern for so many men and women who today, as exiles or immigrants, live on foreign soil. If every home was open to somebody of foreign origin, the racial problem would be partially solved.

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The theme of the passage is _______.

A
Rigid nationalism alone can help peaceful co-existence

B
Trusting all the peoples of the earth may lead to serious problems

C
Being cautious of others is a must to live in peace

D
Concern for everyone irrespective of the race or country

Solution

The opening sentence stresses on the importance of treating all the people of the earth equally. The second sentence talks about how inequality is a concern for so many people who are living on foreign soil as exiles and immigrants. D is the only option that covers the theme of this passage correctly. D is the correct answer.
We cannot accept the other options.
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[passage-header]Read the passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]As the tortoise tucks its feet and head inside the shell and will not come out even though you may break the shell into pieces, even so, the character of the man who has control over his motives and organs, is unchangeably established. He controls his own inner forces, and nothing can draw them out against his will. By this continuous reflex of good thoughts and good impressions moving over the surface of the mind, the tendency to do good becomes strong, and in consequence, we are able to control the Indriyas or sense organs.

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Which of the following statements would be most correct in explaining the metaphorical meaning of 'break the shell into pieces'?

A
Destruction of the human body

B
Breaking of the physical environment of man

C
Attempt to destroy man's character

D
Inflicting physical and mental agony on man

Solution

This passage is about a man's character and his sense organs. In the first sentence, the author draws a comparison between a tortoise's shell and a man's character by saying that just the way a tortoise doesn't come out even if you break its shell, a man of character cannot be changed. Option C best explains this idea. Hence, C is correct.
We reject A, B, and D as they're not consistent with the contents of the passage.
Question 8
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Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach out to the mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.

The silent look upon speech ______.

A
with passion

B
with defiance

C
with fear

D
as a device to entangle men

Solution

The third sentence of the passage says that the silent view speech as a device for entangling men. Hence, D is correct.
Other options can be rejected.
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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Here are a couple of generalizations about England that would be accepted by almost all observers. One is that the English are not gifted artistically. They are not as musical as the Germans or Italians. Painting and sculpture have never flourished in England as they have in France. Another is that as Europeans go, the English are not intellectual. They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic 'world-view'. Nor is this because they are 'practical', as they are so fond of claiming for themselves. One has only to look at their methods of town planning and water supply. Their obstinate clinging to everything that is out of date and a nuisance, a selling system that defies analysis and a system of weights and measures that is intelligible only to the compiler of arithmetic books, to see how little they care about mere efficiency. But they have a certain power of acting without taking thought. Their word-famed hypocrisy - their double-faced attitude towards the Empire, for instance - is bound up with this. Also, in moments of supreme crisis, the whole nation can suddenly draw together and act upon a species of instinct, really a code of conduct which is understood almost by everyone, though never formulated.

The English are not 'gifted artistically' means ___________.

A
art is not a gift with them

B
not blessed with art

C
possess no power to create art

D
do not buy art

Solution

Someone who is artistically gifted has a talent and can produce some art. The second sentence states that the English are not gifted artistically. It goes on to say that the English are not as musical as the Germans or Italians. And that painting and sculpture never flourished in England like they did in France. Through this comparison, the author implies that the English have no talent in terms of arts. C is the best choice that explains the meaning of the given phrase.
A is close but does not express the meaning of the given phrase completely. Hence, we cannot accept A.
We reject B and D.
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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Some people think that Silence is golden. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can one reach out to the mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases. They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us of the uselessness of speech by means of speech.

An appropriate title for the passage is _____.

A
The silent

B
The speakers

C
Wrong belief of the silent

D
Silence is golden

Solution

The passage talks about how the silent believe speech is a danger, yet use it to express their attitude. They use words but do not love them. The passage concludes by saying that the belief of the silent that speech is useless is wrong because they use speech to try to convince others of this belief. So, C is the appropriate title for the passage.
None of the other choices can be chosen as a title for the passage as none of them represents the main idea of the passage.

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Question 1

critical reading is a slow, dull, but essential process

the best critical reading happens at critical times in a person's life.

readers should get in the habit of questioning the truth of what they read.

critical reading requires thoughtful and careful attention.

critical reading should take place at the same time each day.

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Question 2

whether sixteen-year-olds should be required to take drivers education before being issued a license

whether schools ought to provide drivers education to fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds students

whether the standards for issuing drivers licenses should become more stringent

whether sixteen-year-olds are prepared to drive in today's traffic conditions

whether parents are able to do a good job teaching their children to drive

Solution

Question 3

Greek and Roman classics

The Bible

A correct knowledge of history

A wider range of literature

Solution

Question 4

the behaviour of a jackdaw who shows off his feathers

the behaviour of a male bird to attract a female bird

the behaviour by which a male bird displays its beauty to the female bird

the behaviour of any male to win a female of the same species

Solution

Question 5

fundamental rights

challenges faced by mankind

tinkering hobbies

liberal education

Solution

Question 6

Rigid nationalism alone can help peaceful co-existence

Trusting all the peoples of the earth may lead to serious problems

Being cautious of others is a must to live in peace

Concern for everyone irrespective of the race or country

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Question 7

Destruction of the human body

Breaking of the physical environment of man

Attempt to destroy man's character

Inflicting physical and mental agony on man

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Question 8

with passion

with defiance

with fear

as a device to entangle men

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Question 9

art is not a gift with them

not blessed with art

possess no power to create art

do not buy art

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Question 10

The silent

The speakers

Wrong belief of the silent

Silence is golden

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