Reading 1st meeting

1. Which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage?

• (A) Vaccines provide immunity to specific diseases.

• (B) Vaccines contain disease-causing microorganisms.

   

• (C) Vaccines are derived in different ways.

• (D) New approaches in administering vaccines are being developed.

• (E) Vaccines help cure unidentified diseases

2. 2. The topic of this passage could best be described as…

• (A) the Piltdown Man

• (B) Charles Dawson's discovery

• (C) Eoanthropus dawsoni

• (D) a definition and example of a hoax.

• (E) how a hoax spreads.

3. The author's main point is that…

• (A) various types of hoaxes have been perpetrated

• (B) Charles Dawson discovered a human skull and jawbone

• (C) Charles Dawson was not an honest man

• (D) the human skull and jawbone were extremely old

• (E) to prove the veracity of hoax is not difficult

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

• (A) The hardness of diamonds

• (B) Identifying minerals by means of a scratch test.

• (C) Feldspar on the Mohs' scale

• (D) Recognizing minerals in their natural state

• (E) Scratching one mineral

5. The main idea of this passage is that….

• (A) the hardness of a mineral can be determined by its ability to make a mark on other minerals

• (B) diamonds, with a hardness of 10 on the Mohs' scale, can scratch all other minerals

• (C) a softer mineral cannot be scratched by a harder mineral.

• (D) talc is the first mineral listed on the Mohs' scale

• (E) hardness scale is used to rank minerals

6. The passage mainly discusses..

• (A) how many hurricanes occur each year

• (B) the strength of hurricanes

• (C) the weather in the North Atlantic

• (D) hurricanes in one part of the world

• (E) the strong winds in the North Atlantic

7. The best title for this passage would be…

• (A) The North Atlantic Ocean.

• (B) Storms of the Northern Atlantic.

• (C) Hurricanes: The Damage and Destruction

• (D) What happens from May through November

• (E) The water's surface

8. What is the author's main purpose in writing the text?

• (A) To describe a new cure for ear infections.

• (B) To urge doctors to use the new device.

• (C) To explain the use of the magnet.

• (D) To inform people of a new hearing device.

• (E) To study a new device for ear infections.

9. What is the topic of the text?

• (A) Kinds of food for our puppy

• (B) Friendly and happy feeling can make our puppy comfortable

   

• (C) Trial and error in training our puppy

• (D) Suggestions of how to work with your dogs

• (E) How to train a puppy effectively and efficiently.

10. The paragraph mainly discusses …

• (A) when tea became a common drink

• (B) why people drink tea

• (C) how people make tea

• (D) where tea was first known

• (E) what stimulates the nervous system