Reading Test 3

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The best school teach a wide variety of subjects.

• Education and schooling are quite different experiences.

• Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.

• The more years students go to school, the better their education is.

What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” in paragraph 1?

• Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial.

• School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year.

• Summer school makes the school year too long.

• All of people's life is an education.

The word “bounds” in line 6 is closest meaning to ……….

• rules

• experience

• limits

• exceptions

The word “chance” in line 11 in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ........

• unplanned

• unusual

• lengthy

• lively

The word “an integral” in line 15 is closest in meaning to ……….

• an equitable

• a profitable

• a pleasant

• an essential

The word “they” in line 20 in paragraph 3 refers to .......

• slices of reality

• similar textbooks

• boundaries

• seats

The phrase “For example,” in line 22 in paragraph 3, introduces a sentence that gives examples of....

• similar textbooks

• the results of schooling

• the workings of a government

• the boundaries of classroom subjects

The passage supports which of the following conclusions?

• Without formal education, people would remain ignorant.

• Education systems need to be radically reformed.

• Going to school is only part of how people become educated.

• Education involves many years of professional training.

The passage is organized by ........

• listing and discussing several educational problems

• contrasting the meanings of two related words

• narrating a story about excellent teacher

• giving examples of different kinds of schools

The writer seems to agree that .......

• Schooling is more important than education

• Education is not as important as schooling

• Schooling is unlimited and more informal

• Education is more influential than schooling