University Preparation 2

University Preparation 2

Multiple Choice

In 1927, Markus Rautio–a Finnish radio broadcaster known as “Uncle Marcus”–claimed on-air that Santa’s workshop was discovered in Rovaniemi, Finland. The government of the province, Lapland, declared itself “Santa Claus Land” decades later to boost tourism. Santa Claus Village opened just outside Rovaniemi in 1985. Of course, there are other places that lay claim to a Santa or Saint Nick association: Korvatunturi, Finland, claims to be his real home and that Rovaniemi was just created for tourists. The Church of Saint Nicolas in Demre, Turkey, contains his sarcophagus but not his bones. There’s a multitude of pop-ups around the world, but the Santa in Rovaniemi differs in that the man is marketed as the original, and tourists can visit him throughout the year.

The paragraph mainly talks about…

• the discovery of Santa’s workshop

• the description of Rovaniemi, Finland

• Santa Clause’s original village

• Millions letters for Santa Clause every year

• Uncle Marcus’s claim over Santa Clause village

Multiple Choice

Over the past 115 years global average temperatures have increased 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to record-breaking weather events and temperature extremes, the report says. The global, long-term warming trend is “unambiguous,” it says, and there is “no convincing alternative explanation” that anything other than humans — the cars we drive, the power plants we operate, the forests we destroy — are to blame.

The report was approved for release by the White House, but the findings come as the Trump administration is defending its climate change policies. The United Nations convenes its annual climate change conference next week in Bonn, Germany, and the American delegation is expected to face harsh criticism over President Trump’s decision to walk away from the 195-nation Paris climate accord and top administration officials’ stated doubts about the causes and impacts of a warming planet.

While there were pockets of resistance to the report in the Trump administration, according to climate scientists involved in drafting the report, there was little appetite for a knockdown fight over climate change among Mr. Trump’s top advisers, who are intensely focused on passing a tax reform bill — an effort they think could determine the fate of his presidency.

The author is primarily concerned with…

• the record-breaking weather events and temperature extremes

• the effort and fate Trump’s presidency

• the climate report released by the White House

• the decision taken by US delegation in the climate change conference

• the United Nation annual climate conference in Paris

Multiple Choice

Over the last two decades, the use of ICT has been an important topic in education. On the one hand, studies have shown that ICT can enhance teaching and learning outcomes. For example, in science and mathematics education, scholars have documented that the use of ICT can improve students’ conceptual understanding, problem solving, and team working skills. Consequently, most curriculum documents state the importance of ICT and encourage school teachers to use them. However, teachers need to specifically trained in order to integrate ICT in their teaching.

Based on the passage, paragraph 1 most likely discusses….

• educational growth in the last two decades

• the development of education by using ICT

• the advantages of using ICT in the learning process

• teachers need to be trained in order to integrate ICT in their teaching

• ICT and education in today’s learning development

Multiple Choice

Moreover, food also influences melatonin production in the brain. This is the hormone that is responsible for sleepiness post-meal. Some foods that are rich in protein, such as meat, poultry, eggs, fish, spinach, tofu, cheese and soybeans can trigger more drowsiness than others. Additionally, foods containing carbohydrates also help produce serotonin and tryptophan amino acids found in the brain. This is the reason why you feel sleepy after eating carbohydrate-rich foods.

By writing the sentences in paragraph 2, the author intends to tell the readers about….

• foods that are rich in protein, such as meat, eggs, fish, tofu, cheese and soybeans can generate more drowsiness

• overeating protein and carbohydrate-rich foods obstructs your brain’s ability to function well

• the reason why carbohydrate-rich foods make you feel sleepy

• food combinations containing tryptophan amino acid and carbohydrates make you feel drowsy

• the hormone melatonin production in the brain is responsible for sleepiness after eating

IXL English Exercise