WorksheetsReading 5-1 Exercise It's about Time
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
someone who studies the customs, beliefs, and behaviors of humans and society
a)
Perceiving
b)
Deadlines
c)
Sociologist
d)
Punctuality
2.
able to know something without being taught
a)
Intuitive
b)
Vice versa
c)
Perceiving
d)
Resolving
3.
acting suddenly without thought
a)
Prompt
b)
Perceiving
c)
Punctuality
d)
Impulsive
4.
the other way around
a)
Vice versa
b)
Prompt
c)
Distinguished
d)
Impulsive
5.
without delay
a)
Intuitive
b)
Prompt
c)
Vice versa
d)
Punctuality
6.
seeing or noticing
a)
Distinguished
b)
Vice versa
c)
Perceiving
d)
Sociologist
7.
recognized a difference
a)
Perceiving
b)
Distinguished
c)
Vice versa
d)
Resolving
8.
the characteristic of usually being on time
a)
Flexibility
b)
Vice versa
c)
Perceiving
d)
Punctuality
9.
the ability to change easily
a)
Flexibility
b)
Tendencies
c)
Punctuality
d)
Resolving
10.
habits that are usually followed
a)
Distinguished
b)
Tendencies
c)
Demands
d)
Punctuality
11.
asks for
a)
Prompt
b)
Tendencies
c)
Demands
d)
Punctuality
12.
time limits
a)
Prompt
b)
Deadlines
c)
Perceiving
d)
Resolving
13.
finding a solution for
a)
Deadlines
b)
Sociologist
c)
Vice versa
d)
Resolving
14.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 1?
a)
Conflict causes a lot of trouble at work.
b)
Culture is approached differently by different people
c)
Time is approached differently by different people
d)
Time causes a lot of trouble at work.
15.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 2?
a)
Culture is monochronic
b)
Culture affects the way we perceive time.
c)
Conflict refers to flexible approach to time.
d)
Time is approached differently by different people.
16.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 3?
a)
Personality types are not punctual
b)
Personality types also affect the percetion of time.
c)
Personality types cannot be changed.
d)
Life cannot be changed.
17.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 4?
a)
Conflict happens between the two time systems
b)
Conflict happens when someone travels to another culture
c)
Conflict happens in the American univesity system
d)
Life happens in the American university system.
18.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 5?
a)
Life is not predictable
b)
Conflict includes falling in love
c)
Life requires both approaches to time.
d)
Personality types is not predictable.
19.
What is the topic and main idea of paragraph 6?
a)
Respecting both time system may reduce conflict
b)
Respecting both time systems creates conflict
c)
Life may be rude, lazy, or disrespectful.
d)
Conflict may be rude, lazy, or disrespectful.
20.
What is the topic of the reading passage?
a)
Being punctual
b)
Monochronic culture
c)
Culture and time
21.
What is the main idea of the whole reading?
a)
People of polychronic culture need to learn how to keep to deadlines and become more organized.
b)
Understanding the two cultural time systems, monochronic and polychronic, may be helpful in getting along with others.
c)
Everyone in the world should adopt the same approach to time since it is annoing when others are different.
22.
Edward T. Hall found three different ways cultures perceive time.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
23.
People monochronic cultures tend to do many things at once.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
24.
People of polychronic cultures are more casual about appointments.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
25.
"Brazilian time" refers to the strict schedules in Brazil.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
26.
A person with a polychronic personality may come from monochronic culture.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
27.
A polychronic person may be upset by a boss who changes tasks or times without notice.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
28.
Both approaches to time occur in daily life.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
29.
The author implies that falling in love cannot happen on a schedule.
a)
(TRUE)
b)
(FALSE)
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