Reading Test Set 2

Last Updated on April 8, 2024.

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1. Read this paragraph and draw a conclusion about what is happening.

John's mother is in the kitchen packing his lunch. She knocks on his bedroom door—again. "It's time to get up for school!" she calls. "Don't make me come back up here again!" John groans and rolls over, pulling a pillow down over his head, and consider his options. Could he pretend to be sick? Would she believe him?

A.John is sick.

B.John doesn't want to go to school.

C.John's mom is a nice person.

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2. Read the passage. Then draw conclusions to choose the best answer.

Ask them how plants differ from animals. They will say that plants are fixed to one place, while animals can move about; that plants have no will or consciousness, and that animals have.

These answers are true when we compare the higher animals with plants, but the differences become lost as we descend in the scale and approach the borderland where botanists and zoologists meet on common ground.

Sea‐anemones are fixed to the rock on which they grow, while some of the lower plants are able to move from place to place, and it is hardly safe to affirm that a jelly‐fish is more conscious of its actions than is a Sensitive Plant, the leaves of which close when the stem is touched.

Who is the intended audience of this text?

A.Students of botany

B.Teachers of botany

C.Both, students and teachers of botany

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3. Read this paragraph and draw a conclusion about what is happening.

The other students look away when they see Matt in the hall. No one wants to attract his attention. And when someone does, the first thing everyone else thinks, thank God it's not me.

A.Matt is lonely.

B.Matt is a strong person.

C.Matt is a bully.

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4. Read the passage. Then draw conclusions to choose the best answer.

Ask them how plants differ from animals. They will say that plants are fixed to one place, while animals can move about; that plants have no will or consciousness, and that animals have.

These answers are true when we compare the higher animals with plants, but the differences become lost as we descend in the scale and approach the borderland where botanists and zoologists meet on common ground.

Sea‐anemones are fixed to the rock on which they grow, while some of the lower plants are able to move from place to place, and it is hardly safe to affirm that a jelly‐fish is more conscious of its actions than is a Sensitive Plant, the leaves of which close when the stem is touched.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

A.There is no real division between plants and animals.

B.The bigger the plant or the animal, the bigger the differences between them.

C.Difference between sea‐anemones and a jelly‐fish.

Question 4 of 5

5. The squirrel ran along the ground searching for acorns. He quickly found one among the new-fallen leaves. He stuffed it into his cheek. Then he hurried off to bury it in the ground near his tree home. Then back he came to get another acorn.
Back and forth he ran, finding acorns and burying them. Finally, he climbed his tree and looked down at all the spots where he buried acorns. He looked pleased with his work.

In the winter, this squirrel probably will ...

A.Eat only corn and sunflower seeds.

B.Have lots of acorns to eat.

C.Forget all about the acorns.

D.Starve because he was too lazy to collect acorns.

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