End of Year Revision Paragraph Reading Comprehension

Choose the irrelevant sentence for the paragraph below.

(I) There are many serious environmental problems in the world today. (II) The most important problem is global warming, which may cause flooding around the world. (III) Also, many trees are being cut down and this reduces the amount of oxygen being produced. (IV) Furthermore, the flights into space may give us solutions for some of these problems. (V) Finally, the air pollution is causing serious problems with the ozone layer as well as making it harder to breathe.

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Choose the irrelevant sentence for the paragraph below.

(I) It was not easy for women in the 15th-century Ottoman Empire to be accepted as poets. (II) This was because Ottoman public society was, for the most part, an exclusively male domain. (III) However, there were at least two female poets who came to be respected nearly as much as some of the male poets of the time. (IV) Two famous female poets of later years were Fitnat Hanım and Leyla Hanım. (V) These were Mihri Hatun and Zeyneb Hatun.

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Choose the irrelevant sentence for the paragraph below.

(I) Cyclones are constant facts of life in Bangladesh. (II) But the one that hit the country on 29 April 1991 was the worst for a decade. (III) However, controlling the flow of water can reduce the risks of floods. (IV) Within hours, 130.000 people were dead and four million people were homeless. (V) Conditions were so bad that only a week after the cyclone, many felt that the dead, not the living, were the fortunate ones.

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Choose the irrelevant sentence for the paragraph below.

(I) Take-away food is very popular in Britain. (II) Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA. (III) British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. (IV) But in fact it comes from Britain. (V) The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish and chips shops everywhere.

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Choose the irrelevant sentence for the paragraph below.

(I) A thick layer of snow on a steep slope is always liable to avalanche. (II) A lot of avalanches occur in the Alps. (III) A very small disturbance may set it in motion. (IV) The vibrations caused by a passing train are sufficient. (V) Once in motion, it gains speed and crushes everything in its path.

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Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

I still haven't had a chance to thank the nurse ________.

a. until the child was well enough to go home

b. who looked after my mother so well in hospital

c. whose carelessness would make recoveries slow

d. whether any more treatment was necessary

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Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

_________ how long it would take us to walk to the centre of town.

a. Contrary to what we all expected

b. No one has ever attempted

c. Our parents are exceedingly upset

d. He simply wanted to know

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Choose the option which has the closest meaning.

Despite the forecast, the weather was perfect during the holiday.

• a. Everything was excellent during the holiday, except for the weather.

• b. The weather forecast was accurate, so we were able to plan an excellent holiday.

• c. Bad weather had been predicted for the holiday, but it turned out just the opposite.

• d. Even though we had bad weather, as was predicted, we had an excellent holiday.

Choose the option which has the closest meaning.

Strawberries are too expensive to buy at this time of the year.

• a. In this season, strawberries are not cheap enough to buy.

• b. For the time of the year, strawberries are cheap, but not cheap enough to buy.

• c. When the price of strawberries goes down, everybody will be able to buy them.

• d. However expensive they are, one can buy strawberries all year round.

Choose the best option to complete the paragraph below.

Tomorrow's world, two hundred years from now, will be a fantastic place but only for people in hightechnology countries. Life for the rich countries of the world will get richer and will be full of wonderful things. _____. On the other hand, there may be some shops for luxury goods so people who like shopping can still enjoy it.

• a. Every house will have a helicopter pad, perhaps on the roof or in the garden

• b. There will certainly be a view phone in every room of a house

• c. People will be able to order goods by using the home computer and factories will deliver them directly to the house

• d. A young couple will be able to choose the design of their house to suit the size of the family they plan to have