EAP B2 Mid

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that have been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes and polished rock faces.

According to the passage, what happens during an ice age?

• Rock strata are recognized by geologist

• Evidence of foreign materials is found

• Ice covers a large portions of the Earth's suface.

• Ice melts six times.

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are known to have occured at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that habe been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured lanscapes and polished rock faces.

The passage covers how many different methods of recognizing past ice ages?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Ice ages, those periods when ice covered extensive areas of the Earth, are known to have occured at least six times. Past ice ages can be recognized from rock strata that show evidence of foreign materials deposited by moving walls of ice or melting glaciers. Ice ages can also be recognized from land formations that had been produced from moving walls of ice, such as U-shaped valleys, sculptured landscapes and polished rock faces.

According to the passage, what in the rock strata is a clue to geologist of a past ice age?

• Ice

• Melting Glaciers

• U-shaped valleys

• Substances from other areas

Conflict within an organization is not always viewed as undesirable. In fact, various managers have widely divergent ideas on the value that conflict can have.

According to the traditional view of conflict, conflict is harmful to an organization. Managers with this traditional view of conflict see it as their role in an organization to rid the organization of any possible sources of conflict.

The interactionist view of conflict, on the other hand, holds that conflict can serve an important function in an organization by reducing complacency among workers and causing positive changes to occur. Managers who hold an interactionist view of conflict may actually take steps to stimulate conflict within organization.

How is the information on the passage organized?

• The origin idea about conflict is presented

• Contrasting views of conflict are presented

• Two theorists discuss the strenghs and weakness of their views on conflict

• Example of conflict within organization are presented.

Conflict within an organization is not always viewed as undesirable. In fact, various managers have widely divergent ideas on the value that conflict can have.

According to the traditional view of conflict, conflict is harmful to an organization. Managers with this traditional view of conflict see it as their role in an organization to rid the organization of any possible sources of conflict.

The interactionist view of conflict, on the other hand, holds that conflict can serve an important function in an organization by reducing complacency among workers and cuasing positive changes to occur. Managers who hold an interactionist view of conflict may actually take steps to stimulate conflict within organization.

The paragraph that supports the view of organization conflict can be beneficial ........

• Paragraph 1

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 3

One one identifying characteristic of minerals is the relative hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In this type of tests, a harder mineral can stretch a softer one, but a software mineral is unable to scratch the harder one. The Mohs's hardness scale is used to rank mineral according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in the scale, ranging from talc with a hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale, quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.

Which of the following best states the subject of this passage?

• The hardness of diamonds.

• Identifying minerals by means of a scratch test

• Feldspar on the Mohs' scale

• Recognizing mineral in their natural state

One one identifying characteristic of minerals is the relative hardness, which can be determined by scratching one mineral with another. In this type of tests, a harder mineral can stretch a softer one, but a software mineral is unable to scratch the harder one. The Mohs' hardness scale is used to rank mineral according to hardness. Ten minerals are listed in the scale, ranging from talc with a hardness of 1 to diamond with a hardness of 10. On this scale, quartz (number 7) is harder than feldspar (number 6) and is therefore able to scratch it; however, feldspar is unable to make a mark on quartz.

The main idea of this passage is that

• The hardness of mineral can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals

• Diamonds, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs' scale, can scratch all the minerals

• A softer mineral cannot be scratched by a harder mineral

• Talc is the first mineral listed on the most scale

Fort Knox, Kentucky is the site of U.S. Army post, but it is even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that contains the bulk of us government's gold deposits. Completed in 1936, the vault is a housed in a two-story building constructed of granite, steel, and concrete; the vault itself is made of steel and concrete and has a door that weighs more than 20 tons. Naturally, the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort Knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.

Which of the following best describes the topic of the passage?

• The City of Fort Knox, Kentucky

• The federal gold depository

• The U.S. army post at Fort Knox

• Gold Bullion

Fort knox, Kentucky is the site of U.S. Army post, but it is even more renowned for the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the massive vault that contains the bulk of us government's gold deposits. Completed in 1936, the vault is a housed in a two-story building constructed of granite, steel, and concrete; the vault itself is made of steel and concrete and has a door that weighs more than 20 tons. Naturally, the most up-to-date security devices available are in place at Fort knox, and the army post nearby provides further protection.

Which of the following would be best title for this message?

• The Massive Concrete Vault

• Fort Knox Security

• Where the United States Keeps Its Gold

• A Visit to Kentucky

Hurricanes generally occur in the North Atlantic from May through November, with the peak of the hurricane season in September; only rarely will they occur from December to April in that part of the ocean. The main reason for the occurrence of hurricane during this period is that the temperature on the water's surface is at its warmest and the humidity of the air is at its highest.

Of the tropical storms that occur each year in the North Atlantic, only about five, on the average, are powerful enough to be called hurricane. To be classified as a hurricane, a tropical storm must have winds reaching speeds of at least 117 km per hour, but the winds are often much stronger than that; the winds of intense hurricanes can easily surpass 240 km per hour.

The passage mainly discusses

• How many hurricanes occur each year

• The strength of hurricanes

• The weather in the North Atlantic

• Hurricanes in one part of the world