Test Reading 2

I. Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. competition B. residential C. expectation D. traditional Question 2: A. tennis B. between C. country D. into Question 3: A. pretend B. command C. leisure D. secure Question 4: .A. marvellous B. family C. attractive D. industry Question 5: A. discovery B. difficulty C. simplicity D. commodity II. Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answe r sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of...
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Test Reading 2 I. Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 1 : A. competition B. residential C. e xpectation D. traditional Question 2 : A. tennis B. between C. country D. into Question 3 : A. pretend B. command C. leisure D. secure Question 4 : A. marvellous B. family C. attractive D. industry Question 5 : A. d iscovery B. difficulty C. s implicity D. commodity II. Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answe r sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences. Question 6 : It is a basic requirement in t he modern world to be able to d eal with figures. A. The world requires us to have a basic understanding o f figures. B. Being able to deal with figures is a b asic requirement in t he modern world. C. Dealing with t he modern world requires a basic k nowledge o f figures. D. Dealing with figures r equires a basic k nowledge o f t he modern world. Question 7 : The way to get t he best o ut o f me is to make me work very hard. A. Don't make me work hard or I can’t make t he best o ut o f me. B. I work best when I a m under pressure. C. M y work is under consideration, so I do my best. D. If you make me work hard, I can't get t he best. Question 8 : Their c hances o f s uccess a re s mall. A. They have no c hances o f being s uccessful. B. It’s possible t hat t hey will achieve s uccess. C. They will c ertainly be s uccessful. D. It’s not very likely t hat t hey will s ucceed. Question 9 : I found myself a t a loss to understand my c losest friend’s words. A. I found my c losest friend's words q uite incomprehensible. B. I understood my c losest friend’s words completely. C. I lost heart a nd d idn't understand my c losest friend's words. D.I found my c losest friend's words easy to understand. Question 10: “Be careful! Don't do t hat a gain,” he s aid. A. He e ncouraged me to do t hat a gain. B. He advised me to be c areful a nd do t hat a gain. C. He told me to be careful, so I d idn't do t hat a gain. D. He warned me not to do t hat a gain. III. Read the following passage and mark t he letter A, B, C, o r D o n your a ns wer s heet to indic ate the correct a nswe r to e ach of t he questions from 11 to 20. For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an empty house .Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to p ut the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and s ingle parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. The most common way latchkey children deal with their fear is by hiding. They may hide in a shower tall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone. Question 11 : The p hrase “an e mpty house ” in t he passage mostly means ______. A. a house with nothing inside B. a house with no people inside C. a house with too much space D. a house with no furniture Question 12: One t hing t hat t he c hildren in t he passage s hare is t hat ______. A. t hey a ll watch TV B. they a ll wear jewelry C. t hey spend p art o f each day a lone D. they a re from s ingle- parent families Question 13: The p hrase “latchkey children” in t he passage means c hildren who ______. A. look a fter t hemselves while t heir parents are not at home B. close doors with keys a nd watch TV b y t hemselves C. are locked inside houses with latches a nd keys D. like to carry latches a nd k eys with t hem e verywhere Question 14: The main problem o f latchkey c hildren is t hat t hey ______. A. watch too much television d uring t he d ay ...