The passage supports which of the following conclusions?

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

Without formal education, people would remain ignorant.

Education systems need to be radically reformed.

Education involves many years of professional training.

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

contrasting the meanings of two related words

listing and discussing several educational problems

narrating a story about excellent teacher

giving examples of different kinds of schools

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

Education is more influential than schooling

Schooling is more important than education

Education is not as important as schooling

Schooling is unlimited and more informal

What is the main subject of the passage?

The roles of optical fibers in medicine

The invention of optical fibers

In lines 2-3, the author uses the expression have opened a window to indicate that the use of optical fibers ……………

allows doctors to see inside the body without major surgery

has been unknown to the general public until quite recently

sometimes requires a surgical incision

has enabled scientists to make amazing discoveries

According to the passage, what is the purpose of the illuminating bundle in a fiberscope?

To perform surgery inside the body

Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as one of the advantages of laser surgery techniques?

They are relatively easy to teach to physicians

They are safer than conventional surgery.

They can be performed in a physician’s office.

They can often be performed without anesthesia.

In the first paragraph, what best paraphrases the sentence ‘ My day typically starts with a business person going to the airport, and nearly always ends with a drunk’ ?

Normally, my first passenger will be a businessman and my last one a drunk.

Normally, I will take a business person and a drunk at the airport.

Normally, I will go to the airport in the morning and come back with a drunk.

Normally, I will drive a businessman to the airport and come back almost drunk.

In lines 24-25, what does Jennifer mean when she says, ‘ Learning your limitations takes years’ ? It takes a person a long time to ……………..

be able to perform a brain surgery.

perform even a basic operation.

understand what he cannot help.

control his weakness in a brain operation.

What is the purpose of this passage?

To report what different people do and think about their jobs.

To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these jobs.

To raise awareness of the importance of different jobs.

To inform people of what to expect in those jobs.

According to paragraph 2, what evidence contradicted the previous beliefs of ‘Mitscherlich’?

Molecules being active at all times

Proof of the process of fermentation

Observed only a single type of crystal

Molecules produce all living organisms

According to Pasteur’s experiments, what did he prove to be true?

Yeast was an organism that did not need oxygen to work.

The wine would change to vinegar because of fermentation.

Microorganisms were present in all alcoholic drinks.

The fermentation was a purely chemical process.

According to paragraph 5, what did Pasteur publicly refute?

That maggots can form suddenly from matter without warning

That fermentation contributed to spontaneous generation

That bottle-neck glasses can keep things germ-free

That flies were created from the maggots on dead meat

Why does the author describe Pasteur's 'swan neck flask' experiment in line 36?

To illustrate exactly how Pasteur determined his findings

To explain the method of scientific experimentation

To demonstrate the correct way to do a scientific experiment

To show how microbes contribute to spontaneous generation

Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence?

Pasteur learned that infections could be transmitted to healthy patients from dirty, non- sterile instruments doctors had used on previous patients.

Most patients became sick from being infected by doctors in the emergency room.

Hospital wards had become dirty and dangerous places due to the lack of proper training and space.

Healthy patients could become infected by sick people, simply by the shake of a hand or sharing a drink.

According to the passage, which method was NOT used in Pasteur's experiments?

Going into animal experimentation known to be scientifically unsound

Sealed bottles under observation

Disinfection of materials and instruments

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