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WorksheetsQUIZ FOR 8TH MEETING
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the main idea of the passage?
A manufacturer’s negligence can be shown by direct
evidence only.
Enough circumstantial evidence is as persuasive as
direct evidence.
Circumstantial evidence can be very useful in science.
What is the main topic of this passage?
The structure of government
The provisions of an important law.
The establishment of schools
in the Northwest Territory
This author’s main purpose in writing is to
discuss the significance of mining in Canada and the United States.
show the influence of the Klondike gold strike on the creative arts.
point out the significance of the Klondike gold strike.
Ambient divers are ones who
can descend to extreme depths
use submersible vehicles.
use no equipment
are exposed to the surrounding water.
According to the passage, a free diver may
use any of the following EXCEPT
a rebreather.
a snorkel.
foot fins
a mask.
According to the passage, the maximum
depth for free divers is around
40 feet.
100 feet.
200 feet.
1,000 feet.
When using closed-circuit devices, divers
exhale air into the water.
hold their breath.
breathe the same air over and over.
receive air from the surface.
According to the passage, surface-supplied
divers today use helmets made from
glass.
copper.
plastic.
canvas.
A metalworker of 3,000 years ago would recognize virtually every step of the
lost-wax process used to cast titanium for jet engines.
Titanium has been forged for thousands of years.
The lost-wax method of casting is old.
Metal working has changed very little in 3,000 years.
When apple growers talk about new varieties of apples, they don’t mean
something developed last month, last year, or even in the last decade.
Apple growers haven’t developed any new varieties in recent decades.
Some varieties of apples can be developed in a short time, but others take a long time.
New varieties of apples take many years to develop.
High cholesterol used to be thought of as a problem only for adults
High cholesterol is no longer a problem for adults.
Only children have a problem with high cholesterol.
High cholesterol affects both adults and children.
What is the author’s main point?
Old proverbs often contain important truths.
Trees with shallow roots are more likely to avoid lightning than those with deep roots.
The deeper a tree’s roots, the safer it is during a thunderstorm.
