ENG301 Matching Headings-Y/N/NG-T/F/NG Practice

ENG301 Y/N/NG-T/F/NG Practice

Do the following statements agree with the information given from the passage?

Select:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this statement

Question 1-T/F/NG

Passage

Laughter has always struck people as deeply mysterious, perhaps pointless. The writer Arthur Koestler dubbed it the luxury reflex: ‘unique in that it serves no apparent biological purpose’.

Statement

Arthur Koestler considered laughter biologically important in several ways.

Multiple Choice

Make your selection

• True

• False

• Not given

Let's understand why the answer is FALSE

Passage

Laughter has always struck people as deeply mysterious, perhaps pointless. The writer Arthur Koestler dubbed it the luxury reflex: ‘unique in that it serves no apparent biological purpose’.

Statement

Arthur Koestler considered laughter biologically important in several ways.

Question 2-T/F/NG

Passage

Theories about humour have an ancient pedigree. Plato expressed the idea that humour is simply a delighted feeling of superiority over others. Kant and Freud felt that joke-telling relies on building up a psychic tension which is safely punctured by the ludicrousness of the punchline.

Statement

 Plato believed humour to be a sign of above-average intelligence.

Multiple Choice

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• True

• False

• Not given

Let's understand why the answer is

NOT GIVEN

Passage

Theories about humour have an ancient pedigree. Plato expressed the idea that humour is simply a delighted feeling of superiority over others. Kant and Freud felt that joke-telling relies on building up a psychic tension which is safely punctured by the ludicrousness of the punchline.

Statement

Plato believed humour to be a sign of above-average intelligence.

Do the following statements agree with the information given from the passage?

Select:

YES if the statement agrees with the writer’s claims

NO if the statement contradicts the writer’s claims

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

Question 1-Y/N/NG

Passage

Such expansion, which was to take the English language west to America and east to India, was supported by scientific developments such as the discovery of magnetism (and hence the invention of the compass), improvements in cartography and – perhaps the most important scientific revolution of them all – the new theories of astronomy and the movement of the Earth in relation to the planets and stars, developed by Copernicus (1473-1543).

Statement

The most important scientific development of the Renaissance period was the discovery of magnetism.

Multiple Choice

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• Yes

• No

• Not given

Let's understand why the answer is NO

Passage

Such expansion, which was to take the English language west to America and east to India, was supported by scientific developments such as the discovery of magnetism (and hence the invention of the compass), improvements in cartography and – perhaps the most important scientific revolution of them all – the new theories of astronomy and the movement of the Earth in relation to the planets and stars, developed by Copernicus (1473-1543).

Statement

The most important scientific development of the Renaissance period was the discovery of magnetism.

Question 2-Y/N/NG

Passage

England was one of the first countries where scientists adopted and publicised Copernican ideas with enthusiasm. Some of these scholars, including two with interests in language -John Wall’s and John Wilkins – helped Found the Royal Society in 1660 in order to promote empirical scientific research.

Statement

In 17th century Britain, leading thinkers combined their interest in science with an interest in how to express ideas.

Multiple Choice

Make your selection

• Yes

• No

• Not given

Let's understand why the answer is YES

Passage

England was one of the first countries where scientists adopted and publicised Copernican ideas with enthusiasm. Some of these scholars, including two with interests in language -John Wall’s and John Wilkins – helped Found the Royal Society in 1660 in order to promote empirical scientific research.

Statement

In 17th century Britain, leading thinkers combined their interest in science with an interest in how to express ideas.