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.

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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.

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

• rules

• experience

• limits

• exceptions

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

• unplanned

• unusual

• lengthy

• lively

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

• an equitable

• a profitable

• a pleasant

• an essential

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

• slices of reality

• similar textbooks

• boundaries

• seats

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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