ENGLISH LITERACY SNBT EXERCISE 6

1. The passage mainly talks about...

• a. Wrights' experiments in aviation

• b. People's disbelief about aircraft

• c. Description of Wrights' first airplane

• d. The history of aviation industry

• e. Wrights' inventions

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2. According to the passage, the idea of flying an aircraft to some people was...

• a. boring

• b. distasteful

• c. saddening

• d. needless

• e. concerning

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3. The word "it in line 25 refers to...

a. lightweight gasoline engine

b. Wrights' airplane

c. wind tunnel

d. old table

e. machine

• a. lightweight gasoline engine

• b. Wrights' airplane

• c. wind tunnel

• d. old table

• e. machine

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4. The word "outstanding" in line 30 is closest in meaning to...

• a. unique

• b. remarkable

• c. exquisite

• d. enormous

• e. ordinary

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5. By 1905, the Wrights had airborne for half an hour at a time. the first airplane that could turn, circle, and remain

• a. perfection

• b. perfects

• c. perfected

• d. perfect

• e. perfecting

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6. It can be inferred from the passage that...

• a. Beavers work clumsily

• b. Beavers work efficiently

• c. Beavers are the busiest animal

• d. Beavers are the greatest dam builders

• e. Beavers are the greatest tree cutters

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7. Where in the passage does the author provide a description about dams built by the beavers?

• a. Paragraph 1

• b. Paragraph 3

• c. Paragraph 6

• d. Paragraph 8

• e. Paragraph 9

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8. When beavers cut a tree near a stream, it usually falls into the water, but it that way. do not plan

• a. he

• b. she

• c. it

• d. they

• e. you

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9. The word "they" in line 16 refers to...

• a. beavers

• b. stones

• c. best dams

• d. mud

• e. buildings

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10. The word "narrow" in line 23 is closest in meaning to...

• a. spacious

• b. small

• c. wide

• d. thin

• e. enormous

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