This document contains a summary of 5 passages. Each passage is followed by 5 multiple choice questions about the details in the passage. The passages cover topics such as the characteristics of dingoes, the history of beds, methane gas in coal mines, careers that suit different personality types, and the history of pencil technology. The questions test reading comprehension by asking about specific facts stated or implied in each passage.

1. PART I
DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully and circle the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1- Doctors normally get _____ salaries than police officers.
a) fewer b) less c) good d) higher
2- You _____ in 1986.
a) is born b) were born c) was born d) born
3- Does Cathy enjoy _____ to music?
a) listening b) listen c) to listen d) to listening
4- Where _____ I get a cab?
a) does b) am c) can d) is
5- Should construction workers _____ to wear a helmet for safety?
a) required b) are required c) be required d) require
6- Marcus is _____.
a) extremely b) extreme boring c) extremely d) extreme

2. boring boredom boredom
7- Almost two thousand tickets _____ for tonight's concert.
a) are sold b) have been sold c) will be selling d) are been
selling
8- iphones aren't _____ they used to be.
a) more b) expensive than c) as expensive as d) as expensive
expensive than
9- My parents will be angry at me _____ late.
a) come b) came c) to come d) for coming
10- I _____ like sushi.
a) don't b) not c) am d) doesn't
11- Your cousin Sylvia _____ to play soccer.
a) is liking b) is like c) likes d) like
12- How _____ your weekend?
a) are b) go c) went d) was

3. 13- Is there a gas station near your house? No, _____.
a) there isn't b) there aren't c) it isn't d) they aren't
14- What _____ you think of that movie?
a) does b) do c) is d) are
15- She doesn't know when her parents _____ married.
a) they had got b) they got c) got d) gotten
16- We really need a vacation. We _____ 14 hours every day for the past year.
a) have been b) was working c) worked d) were working
working
17- A good friend is someone _____ is always there when you need him.
a) what b) they c) who d) which
18- _____ it snows today, there probably won't be any school tomorrow.
a) Before b) Unless c) Because d) If

4. 19- My electric bill went up again this month. _____, I'm turning my lights off a lot earlier now.
a) For instance b) As a result c) Nevertheless d) Although
20- What are you _____?
a) wore b) wearing c) wear d) wears
21- Who is the _____ in your class?
a) youngest b) most youngest c) younger d) most young
22- Lucy has a very long surname; _____ it's easy to pronounce.
a) therefore b) so c) because d) but
23- Charlie studied really hard _____ he would pass the exam.
a) that b) so that c) because d) and
24- Do any of you want _____ out tonight?
a) to eating b) to eat c) eat d) eating
25- When my dog was a puppy, he _____ love to roll in the mud.

5. a) used to b) should c) was d) use to
26- Sushi _____ with raw fish and rice.
a) is make b) made c) is made d) makes
27- Susy _____ on a camping trip last week.
a) go b) has been c) went d) has gone
28- My aunt _____ a delicious meal for us yesterday.
a) cook b) has c) had d) cooked
29- Did you _____ camping last weekend?
a) gone b) went c) go d) goes
30- Does your boyfriend _____ go to a concert or to a sports event?
a) prefers to b) prefer to c) likes d) likes to
31- Our parents gave us _____ money for our Graduation.
a) not any b) some c) none d) any
32- You usually _____ up really early on weekdays.

6. a) gets b) get c) are getting d) is getting
33- I really need to know how much_____.
a) does this b) this does cost c) this costs d) does this cost
costs
34- Everyone _____ take a driving test before getting behind the wheel of a car.
a) must b) should c) has d) had
35- Cathy is taking a Spanish class and _____ her sister.
a) neither is b) so is c) so am d) neither am
36- Have you ever _____ in a helicopter?
a) flies b) flew c) fly d) flown
37- Did you know that the Panama Canal _____ in 1914?
a) was b) constructed c) constructed d) was construct
constructed
38- _____ kinds of music are popular in your native country?
a) How b) Why c) What d) Where

7. 39- _____ you do your laundry last Friday?
a) Are b) Were c) Did d) Do
40- Are those concert tickets expensive? No, _____.
a) it is b) they are c) they aren't d) it isn't
PART II
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passages carefully. Several questions follow each passage. Circle the answer that best completes each
question.
Passage 1
A dingo is a wild dog. It is large. And it can be creamy yellow or red-brown. It has big pointed ears. Its tail is long with a white tip. A dingo
does not bark. It howls like a wolf.
Dingoes hunt for their food. They catch and eat small animals such as rabbits. Farmers try to get rid of dingoes because they kill and eat their
sheep.
1- A dingo is a _____.
a) large animal b) wild rabbit c) large wolf
2- The passage says than a dingo can have _____.

8. a) a short tail b) yellow hair c) round ears
3- The tip of a dingo's tail is _____.
a) red b) white c) long
4- A dingo does not _____.
a) hunt b) howl c) bark
5- People try to get rid of dingoes because they _____.
a) kill rabbits b) howl like c) kill sheep
wolves
Passage 2
People long ago didn't have beds. They slept on dry grass. They used animal skins to keep warm. But the ground could be cold and hard. So
people made beds.
Now beds come in all sizes and shapes. Some are very big, with curtains hung close about them. The curtains keep out cold air. Some hang
from the wall like shelves. Some are thick mats laid on the floor. But all are comfortable to the people who use them
1- The passage says that people long ago slept _____.
a) on dry grass b) on rocks c) in trees

9. 2- To keep themselves warm, people used _____.
a) blankets b) curtains of fur c) animal skins
made of grass
3- The passage says that some beds had curtains hung close about them to _____.
a) keep cold air b) make them dark c) make them
out quiet
4- The passage says that some beds today look like _____.
a) dark boxes b) shelves c) bags
5- The passage says that some people sleep _____.
a) on beds of b) on thick mats c) in bags of
hay goose feathers
Passage 3
Methane is a gas found trapped in the walls of coal mines. It is also called firedamp. It is formed by dying plants. It can be freed by a pick, a
drill, or a fall of coal. A change in weather can also free it. When methane gas is freed and mixes with air, it may blow up, killing miners.
Miners now use safety lamps. They can tell from a flame in them if the gas is nearby. There is no other way to tell; methane has no smell or
taste.
1-Methane is a gas often found in _____.

10. a) coal mines b) iron mines c) gold mines
2- Methane is also called _____.
a) weatherwater b) firedamp c) gaskill
3- According to the passage, methane can be freed by a _____.
a) flame b) sneeze c) pick
4- Methane mat blow up when it _____.
a) rises to b) mixes with air c) sinks into the
mine's surface ground
5- You need a safety lamp to find methane gas because it is without _____.
a) smell b) taste c) both a and b
Passage 4
Are you an unemployed teenager deciding which job to apply for? Are you a little older person who wants to know if you're in the right job?
Your personality is going to affect your success in your job. That is why it is imperative that you understand yourself and your personality,
before deciding what career is right for you.

11. Are you a good communicator? Do you prefer to work with other people rather than alone? Do you have any people skills? Are you a good
listener? Do you enjoy helping people? Here are some career choices that are good for you: lawyer, actor, teacher, counselor, or psychologist.
Are you a risk taker? Do you hate routine work? Do you like thrills and adventures? Here are some jobs that you might enjoy: police officer,
news reporter, bodyguard, or firefighter.
Remember that you don't have to have the same job all your life. Change can sometimes be a very good thing. If you are unhappy or
dissatisfied, try something else. It's never too late to find your dream job.
1- Choose the sentences than are correct according to the article.
a) You must b) A police c) Your d) It's always e) Being a news
learn everything that officer is a good job personality should best if you keep the reporter is good if
you can when you if you like helping affect your career same job all your you hate routine
are young. people. choice. life. work.
Passage 5
Most, if not all of us, can't go a single day without using technology. Not only the obvious things, like for instance computers, cellular
phones, and DVDs. Our lives are also full with by everyday items we now take for granted. Things such as beds, and tables, and even the lowly
pencils we tend to loose fairly often. Once, however, those lowly pencils were considered a amazing invention.
In ancient times, scribes didn't have any pencils they wrote using an instrument called a stylus. A stylus is a thin metal rod which left a light,
but readable marl on papyrus, an early form of paper. Writing technology advanced a huge step in 1564 when graphite was discovered in
England. At the beginning graphite sticks were wrapped in string. Later on, the graphite was placed into wooden sticks. In 1662 Germany started
mass producing pencils, and in 1812 almost two centuries later the U.S. production began.
Learn some interesting facts about pencils that you just might not know.

12. - You can write underwater with a pencil.
- The mayor part of European pencils didn't carry erasers.
- Your average pencil will draw a line 35 miles long.
Choose the correct answers.
1- A stylus is another word for _____.
a) a method of b) a piece of c) a bundle of d) a slender
writing granite papyrus metal stick
2- One interesting thing about pencils is _____.
a) they write b) they were c) you can use d) they can
down notes considered an amazing them underwater draw lines
discovery
3- Pencil technology moved forward when _____.
a) scribes b) graphite was c) mass d) people started
started using them discovered production started in using them more
Germany