Part 1: TYPES OF READING QUESTIONS

Passage 1.
1. Which is described as one of the most industrialized? -> A.Europ
2. Why is it a waste and customers buy low-quality products?
-> A. Because people will soon throw them away.
3. The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic
because -> D. each returned bottle is paid.
4. What best describes the process of reuse?
-> B. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
Passage 2.
1. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from.
-> A. a conversation
2. The young farm boys went to the city because they were…
-> A. attracted by the prospect of a better.
II. Cau hoi thong tin chi tiet phu dinh:
Passage 1. Question. People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT…
-> D. buy fewer hamburgers.
Passage 2.
1. The author refers to all of the following notions to describe Modern Times
EXCEPT “…” -> D. revolution
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
-> B. In Modern Times, the factory workers basic needs are well met.
III. Cau hoi tu vung:
Passage 1.
1. The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in
meaning to "...." -> D. pushing one another
2. The word “vainly” in the fourth paragraph is closet in meaning to “…”
-> C. hopelessly
 Passage 2.
1. The woord “portrayed” could best be replaced by which of the
following? -> D. described
2. What is the meaning of “back up”? -> D. support
3. Which of the following could best replace the word “somewhat”
-> B. a little
IV. Cau hoi tham chieu:
Passage 1.
Question: What does “it” in line 10 refer to? -> A. producing the figures.
Passage 2. Question: What does the word “decision” in line 8 refer to?
-> C. going abroad.
V. Cau hoi tim y chinh:
Passage 1. Question: What is the main topic of the passage?
-> D. what is involved in the recycling movement.
Passage 2. Question: What does the passage mainly discuss?
-> A. The care that various animals give to their offspring.
VI. Cau hoi suy luan:
Passage 1. Question: What does it mean “Customers can vote with their wallets”?
-> C. they can tell the producers which products are good for environment by
buying them.
Passage 2. Quwstion 1: Which of the following can be said from the passage about
rocks that are found in areas where ice is common?
-> C. They show similar kinds of damage as rocks in Death Valley.
Question 2: The author mentions the “expansion of halite crystals… by heating and
of sulfates and similar salts by hydration” in oder to ….
-> D. Introduce additional means by which crystal destroy rocks.
PART2. SAMPLE READING PRACTICE TESTS READING PRACTICE TEST
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Passage 1.
1. What aspect of computer animation does the passage mainly discuss?
-> A. The production procession.
2. According to the passage, in computer-assisted animation the role of the
computer is to draw the… -> B. middle frames.
3. The word “they” in the second paragraph refers to… -> B. objects
4. According to the passage, the frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph
are used to…. -> B. store individual images.
5. According to the passage, the positions and colors of the figures in high-tech
animation are determined by…..
-> D. using computer calculations.
6. The world “captures” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to….
-> B. registers
7. The word “Once” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to… -> C. after
8. According to the passage, how do computer-animation companies often test
motion?
-> A. They experiment with computer-generated line drawings.
9. The word “task” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to…. -> D. job
10. Which of the following statement is supported by the passage?
-> D. Animation involves a wide range of technical and artstic skills.
Passage 2.
11. What is the main topic of the passage?
-> C. What is involved in the recycling movement.
12. What does the word “sensitive” in “sensitive to the enviroment” mean?
-> C. friendly
13. People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT…..
-> D. buy fewer hambugers.
14. Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?
-> A. Because people will throw them away.
15. The word “motto” is closet in meaning to…. -> C. belief
16. What best describes the process of reuse?
-> B. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
17. The garbage dumps in some areas have little glass and plastic because….
-> D. each returned bottles is paid.
18. The word “practice” is closet in meaning to….. -> B. deed
19. What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?
-> C. Aluminum cans and spent motor ail.
20. The energy used to make a can is… the energy used to run a color TV set for 3
hours. -> A. as much as
Passage 3.
21. According to the passage, we respond to others by…
-> C. observing their emotional expressions.
22. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether…
-> A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
23. The word “evolved” in line 3 is closet in meaning to…. -> D. developed
24. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of….
-> D. investigators on universal emotional expressions.
25. Smiles and frowns….-> A. are universal expressions across cultures.
26. The biggest difference lies in…-> B. how intensive emotions are expressed.
27. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to…
-> A. control their emotions.
28. Young children…-> B. are sensitive toward others emotipns.
29. The phrase “this evidence” in line 24 refers to….
-> A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others emotions.
30. The best title for the passage is…
-> A. cultural universals in emotional expressions.
Passage 4.
31. According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense
nature of twenty-first-century stress? -> D. our continual exposure to the media
32. In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because…
-> S. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
33. The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to… -> A. TV channels
34. The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to…-> B. upsetting
35. According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news,
broadcasts….
-> D. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
36. In the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend
to…
-> C. be treated with equal alarm
37. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
-> A. The only source of stress in our modern life is the media.
38. The word “slip” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to….-> B. bring
39. According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without
perspective is…. -> D. a source of chronic stress
40. What is probably the best title for this passage?
-> B. The Media-A Major Cause of Stress
READING PRACTICE TEST 2
Reading passage 1.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss? -> C. How babies perceive and
respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language.
2. Why does the author mention a bell and a rattle in lines 4-5?
-> A. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds.
3. Why does the author nention syllables pronounced with rising and falling
inflections in 7? -> B. To illustrate that a six-week-old baby can distinguish
some language differences.
4. The word “diverse” in line 14 is closest in meaning to -> C. different
5. The word “noted”in line 17 is closest in meaning to -> D. observed
6. The word “They”in line 18 refers to -> A. mothers
7. The passage mentions all of the following as ways adults modify their speech
when talking to babies EXCEPT -> A. giving all words equal emphasis
8. The word ëmphasize” in line 19 is closest in meaning to -> A. Stress
9. Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in
paragraph 2?
-> B. Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.
10. What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the
ability to acquire language?
-> D. Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds.
11. According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even
though they cannot understand them? -> B. They enjoy the sound.
Reading passage 2.
12. What does the passage mainly discuss?
-> B. Elements that define folk music.
13. Which of the following statements about the term “folk song”is sipported by
the passage? -> D. There is disagreement about its meaning.
14. The word “it” in line 8 refers to -> B. song
15. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the typical
folk song? -> C. It contains complex musical structures.
16. The word “subjected” in line 9 is closest in meaning to -> C. exposed
17. The author mentions the farm laborer and his friends (line 9) to do which of
the following? -> A. Explain how a folk song evolves over time
18. According to the passage, why would the original composers of folk songs
be forgotten?
-> C. Numerous variations of folk songs come to exist at the same time.
19. The word “essence” in line 16 is closest in meaning to -> A. basic nature
20. The author mentions that published music is not considered to be folk music
because. -> A. the original composer can be easily identified.
Reading passage 3.
21. What does the passage mainly discuss?
-> C. Nineteenth-century still-life paintings in the United States.
22. Which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of the still lifes of
James and Sarah Miriam Peale? -> A. Simplicity
23. The word “biting” in line 8 is closest in meaning to. - > D. sharp
24. The word “It” in line 14 refers to -> A. Luncheon Still Life
25. The word “heightened” in line 18 is closest in meaning to -> D. increased
26. The word “ meticulous” in line 24 is closest in meaning to -> A. careful
27. Which of the following terms is defined in the passage?
-> C. “additive” (l.19)
28. All of the following are mentioned as characteristics of Roesen’s still lifes
EXCEPT that they -> B. use simplified representations of flowers and fruit.
29. Which of the following is mentioned as the dominant theme in Roesen’s
painting? -> D. Abundance
Reading passage 4.
30. What does the passage mainly discuss?
-> B. Observations that suggest consiciousness in animal behavior.
31. Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought
to have? -> D. Communicate the location of food.
32. What is the purpose of the honeybee dance?
-> B. To communicate the location of food.
33. Thee word “yet” in line 16 is closest in meaning to -> D. so far
34. What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in
paragraph 2?
-> C. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place
their food.
35. It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to
-> A. be an indicator of cognitive ability
36. Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?
-> A. To provide an example of tool use among animals.
37. The word “rudimentary” in line 21 is closest in meaning to -> C. basic
38. It can be inferred from the statement about mother chimpanzees and their
young (lines 21-23) that young chimpanzees have difficulty.
-> D. opening hard nuts
39. The phrase “the one” in line 26 refers to the -> B. pair
40. Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate
chips that chimpanzees
-> C. exhinit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities.
PRACTICE TEST 3
Reading passage 1.
1. According to the passage, the inventors of written language in Mesopotamia
were probably the -> B. Subarians
2. The word “subjugated” in line 4 is closet in meaning to -> D. conquered
3. The phrase “synonymdus with” in line 5 is closest in meaning to
-> D. familiar with
4. According to the passage, by the year 3000 B.C the Sumerians had already
done all of the following EXCEPT:
-> A. They had abandoned the area north of the Persian Gulf.
5. The word “some” in line 14 refers to -> D. clay tablets
6. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning the
Sumerians? -> D. They had the beginnings of an economy
7. According to the passage, when did archaeologists begin to be able to
understand tablets inscribed in Sumerian? -> C. After the 1890’s
8. According to the passage, in what way did the Sumerian language resemble
ancient Greek and Latin? -> C. It became a classical language.
9. The word “excavating” is closest in meaning to -> B. digging
10. According to the passage, how did archaeologists learn to read the Sumerian
language? -> D. By using their knowledge of Akkadian.
Reading passage 2.
11. What does the passage mainly discuss?
-> B. the changes agriculture brought to human life.
12. The word “precarious” in line 1 is closest in meaning to -> A. uncertain
13. The author mentions “seed and fruits” in line 2 as examples of
-> B. foods eaten by hunters and gatherers as a secondary food source.
14. The word “settled” in line 14 is closest in meaning to -> D. stable
15. According to the passage, agricultural societies produced larger human
populations because agriculture -> B. created food surpluses
16. According to the passage, all of the following led to the development of
writing EXCEPT the -> C. extraction of ink from plants
17. The word “chronicle” in line 24 is closest in meaning to -> D. describe
18. According to the passage, how did the shift to agricultural societies impact
people’s family relationships?
-> A. the extended family became less important
19. The author mentions all of the following as results of the shift to agricultural
societies EXCEPT -> D. a decrease in warfare
20. Which of the following is true about the human diet prior to the Neolithic
period?
->
Reading passage 3.
21. What aspect of ants does the passage mainly discuss?
-> B. Ways in which ants use chemical signals.
22. The phrase “smooth operation” is closest in meaning to
-> B. effective functioning
23. According to the passage, carbon dioxide serves which of the following
functions for fire ants? -> D. It encourages the ants to gather together.
24. The word “cluster” is closest in meaning to -> C. group
25. According to the passage, each nest has a distinct odor that allows its
inhabitants to
-> C. distinguish foreign ants from resident ants.
26. The word “alert” is closest in meaning to -> C. ware
27. What is the role of pheromones in the mass migrations of ants?
-> A. Pheromones are used to creat a trail that directs the ants during migrations.
28. The word “scurrying” is closest in meaning to -> D. rushing
29. The word “others” refers to -> B. species
30. Why does the author mention “dead insects”?
-> D. To indicate a behavior that is common among various kinds of ants.
31. Which of the following terms is defined in the passage?
-> A. pheromones (line 2)
Reading passage 4.
32. The author’s main point in paragraph 1 is that clay deposits.
-> B. can be found in various places
33. It can be inferred from the passage that clay is LEAST likely to be plentiful
in which of the following areas?
-> A. In desert sand dunes
34. The word “accessible” is closest in meaning to
-> C. available
35. According to the passage, rock breaks down into clay under all of the
following conditions EXCEPT when
-> C. It is combined with alkalies
36. Why does the author mention feldspar?
-> D. It is a major component of clay
37. The word “It” refer to
-> B. feldspar
38. Based on the information in the passage, it can be inferred that low-fire clays
are MOST appropriate for making objects that
-> B. can be porous
39. The phrase “account for” is closest in meaning to
-> B. explain
40. The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
-> C. Only certain types of clay appropriate for making china teacups