Reading Comprehension Quiz

Aid to underdeveloped countries takes many forms and it is given for many reasons. Underdeveloped countries need aid to provide finance for development projects to provide the foreign exchange with which imports for development purposes can be bought, and to provide the trained manpower and technical knowledge they lack. The motives of the donor are not always humanitarian. "Aid can take a military form; it can be used to support an incompetent or unjust government. Nor is aid always beneficial to the recipient country. It may be wasted on ill-concerned or prestigious projects, or cause the government simply to relax its own efforts

In the passage, it is argued that the reasons behind the aid given to underdeveloped countries ______.

• are always of a military nature

• are varied in purpose and in effect

• can be disregarded altogether

• invariably involve humanitarian principals

• relate only to the technical needs of the recipient country

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Aid to underdeveloped countries takes many forms and it is given for many reasons. Underdeveloped countries need aid to provide finance for development projects to provide the foreign exchange with which imports for development purposes can be bought, and to provide the trained manpower and technical knowledge they lack. The motives of the donor are not always humanitarian. "Aid can take a military form; it can be used to support an incompetent or unjust government. Nor is aid always beneficial to the recipient country. It may be wasted on ill-concerned or prestigious projects, or cause the government simply to relax its own efforts

One infers from the passage that what is generally referred to as aid ______.

• usually leads to the overthrow of the government of the recipient country

• is, in fact, monetary support for development projects only

• is actually one country's intervention in another country's internal affairs

• does not necessarily benefit the recipient country

• can really be regarded as a waste of resources

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Aid to underdeveloped countries takes many forms and it is given for many reasons. Underdeveloped countries need aid to provide finance for development projects to provide the foreign exchange with which imports for development purposes can be bought, and to provide the trained manpower and technical knowledge they lack. The motives of the donor are not always humanitarian. "Aid can take a military form; it can be used to support an incompetent or unjust government. Nor is aid always beneficial to the recipient country. It may be wasted on ill-concerned or prestigious projects, or cause the government simply to relax its own efforts

According to the passage, unless they receive aid, underdeveloped countries _____.

• will lose their worldwide prestige

• often face military coups

• will be at the mercy of donor countries

• will have to rely on foreign technical advice for many years to come

• cannot provide money and human resources for development

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In one very long sentence, the introduction to the UN Charter expresses the ideals and the common goals of all the peoples whose governments joined together to form the UN. We the peoples of the UN determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold suffering to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends, to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.

Under its Charter, the UN guarantees _____.

• to support economic and social advancement

• never to use arms

• better standards of housing

• better education

• the human rights

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In one very long sentence, the introduction to the UN Charter expresses the ideals and the common goals of all the peoples whose governments joined together to form the UN. We the peoples of the UN determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold suffering to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends, to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.

The first stated goal of the UN was _____.

• to supervise peace treaties

• to establish "The United Nations"

• to assist the "third world" countries

• to prevent a third world war

• to create a situation that supports justice and the fulfilment of international agreements

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In one very long sentence, the introduction to the UN Charter expresses the ideals and the common goals of all the peoples whose governments joined together to form the UN. We the peoples of the UN determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold suffering to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, and for these ends, to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims.

The word "succeeding" in the passage can be replaced by _____.

• struggling

• concentration

• shared

• following

• successful

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A society like that of medieval England would nowadays be classified and described as 'preindustrial'. Its income came mostly from agriculture and by far the largest proportion of its people was engaged in growing food. The numbers occupied in trade and industry formed a comparatively small proportion of the total; and even those so occupied often combined their industrial and commercial occupations with some agricultural pursuits that do not, however, mean that industrial and commercial activities were altogether insignificant and played little part in shaping the economic geography of the country or in directing the way of its economic development.

In medieval England, _____.

• agriculture brought as high an income as industry

• trade and industry were wholly unimportant

• economic development depended on commerce

• people made their living by working in factories

• more people were engaged in agriculture than in industry

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A society like that of medieval England would nowadays be classified and described as 'preindustrial'. Its income came mostly from agriculture and by far the largest proportion of its people was engaged in growing food. The numbers occupied in trade and industry formed a comparatively small proportion of the total; and even those so occupied often combined their industrial and commercial occupations with some agricultural pursuits that do not, however, mean that industrial and commercial activities were altogether insignificant and played little part in shaping the economic geography of the country or in directing the way of its economic development.

In the passage, the author emphasizes the _____.

• increase in industrial activity in medieval England

• relative significance of agriculture over industry

• difficulty of growing food in the Middle Ages

• role of industry in the development of agriculture

• dependence of England on commerce for growth

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A society like that of medieval England would nowadays be classified and described as 'preindustrial'. Its income came mostly from agriculture and by far the largest proportion of its people was engaged in growing food. The numbers occupied in trade and industry formed a comparatively small proportion of the total; and even those so occupied often combined their industrial and commercial occupations with some agricultural pursuits that do not, however, mean that industrial and commercial activities were altogether insignificant and played little part in shaping the economic geography of the country or in directing the way of its economic development.

One can say that economic life in medieval England _____.

• played a significant part in the rise of the middle class

• depended on agricultural activities only

• did not consist entirely of agriculture

• changed the geography as well as the history of the country

• was already more developed than in any other part of the world

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When we go to the theatre we expect to find some excitement on the stage. We also hope not to be bored by a lack of a good plot or movement. We want our play to be somewhat close to real life, with characters whom we can recognize as having a 'psychology' like our own. We want them to entertain us and convey ideas and information which we did not have before.

In the passage, the writer thinks that a play _____.

• contains a number of unusual characters

• should appeal to our senses only

• must emphasize psychological rather than social reality

• often has an undesirable effect on the audience

• must offer us new ideas and experiences

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