TEST – 6
It is not unusual to withdraw from dating and social
activities for short periods of time after hurt or
disappointment. During this period we often
re-evaluate what has gone on. It can be a time for
discovering new aspects of ourselves, who we are,
what we truly want and need. When used in this
manner, a time like this is beneficial. The hazard,
of course, is that this withdrawal can last too
long, and we become unwilling or afraid to try
again.
1) It is probable that withdrawing from dating and
social activities .........
A) will receive a great deal in return
B) is to learn how to see disappointment or
difficulty
C) may last long enough to make us become unwilling
or afraid to try again
D) finds out what it has to say to us
E) to take a moment to become silent, relax as much
as you are able
2) Withdrawing from dating and social activities for
short periods of time after hurt or
disappointment........
A) without receiving anything at the moment
B) is trying to analyze or fight against what you
are feeling .
C) is imposing ready made solutions on this
D) enables us to evaluate the previous improvements
E) may be realizing a little more than you did
before
3) According to the author it is usual to leave
........
A) a friend without telling anything
B) dating and social activities for a short while
after getting hurt or disappointed
C) this realization and patience
D) by giving the situation time to reply
E) walking down suddenly to tell something
The fiscal policy is composed of two main tools. The
changing of tax rates, and changing government
spending. The major point of fiscal policy is to
keep the deficit swings in the economy to a minimum
by reducing inflation and recession. A change in tax
rates is usually implemented when inflation is
unusually high, and there is a recession with high
unemployment. With high inflation, taxes are
increased so people have less to spend, thus
reducing demand and inflation. During a recession
with high unemployment, taxes are lowered to give
more people money to spend and thus increasing
demand for goods and
services, and the economy starts to revive.
4) According to the paragraph so long as there is a
recession with high unemployment ........
A) open market operations affects money and credit
operations
B) taxes are lowered to encourage people in order to
increase demand for goods and services
C) this is used to control overall money supply
D) then they will buy the securities from member
banks
E) it is easier to make gradual changes in the
supply of money
5) When inflation is very high, and there is a
recession with high unemployment.......
A) open market operations are used more regularly
than monetary policy
B) member banks want to raise money
C) there is an interest rate, or a discount rate
D) a change in tax rates is generally applied
E) then fewer banks will be inclined to borrow
6) The fiscal policy is based on ........
A) purchasing and selling of government securities
B) sufficient money in circulation
C) changing tax rates and government spending
D) the high discount rate
E) enlarging the money supply
Self-help groups are composed of individuals who
share the same problem or concern. Members provide
emotional support to one another, learn ways to
cope, discover strategies for improving their
condition, and help others while helping themselves
There are some goals to self-help groups. When
interviewed, sixty-one percent of self-help groups
said that their most important goal was providing
emotional and social support to members. Thirty-two
percent
said that providing information and education to
member was the most significant goal. A few other
goals were support, special events, and fund
raising.
7) It can be understood from the paragraph that
..........
A) most people don't know of any self-help groups
B) there are hundreds of groups that should be
familiar with
C) people must learn what self-help groups there are
in their area
D) a self-help group individual helps himself when
he helps others
E) people do not always involve in self-help groups
8) It is concluded from the interview that majority
of help groups ..........
A) don't know of any self-help groups
B) aim to provide emotional and social support to
members
C) united with either a national group or a local
group
D) neglect keeping a record of all the self-help
groups that they can find in their area
E) ought to thoroughly cheer* out all groups to make
sure that they are still functioning
9) It can be said that a self help groups' major
feature is ..........
A) that self-help groups are not meant to replace
professional help
B) learning about groups in the area they've been
living
C) choosing which program they think will fit them
best
D) the setting of self-help groups is usually pretty
relaxed
E) being formed from members who share the same
problem or concern
In the society of Mill's time period a woman's
destiny was to be dainty, delicate, patient and
graceful. She grew up without education, without
having a career and without having the right to vote
on laws and issues that pertained to her. The only
option which these women had was to get married and
with this marriage she gave away every right that
she had. In other words she is now worse than a
slave that actually had more rights and privileges
than she had. After marriage she had nothing of her
own to claim not even her children. Men did not care
about her rights, they grew up with a mind set that
they controlled everything, that their wives were to
be submissive and that their offspring were his and
he claimed them as his and only his if the woman
were to leave.
10) In those days, when women married ........
A) they would lose all their rights and even a slave
could become superior to them
B) every little man was raised with a sense of
superiority
C) a woman could not do what a man could
D) she could not be educated as her role was to be a
mother and nothing else
E) she could not even claim her children as her own
11) The only option of the women of Mill's time was
to get married ......
A) as everything that she owned was now her
husband's
B) she was more or less treated as if she were a
child herself
C) she had less rights than she had had
D) but she gave away every right that she had when
they got married
E) a slave compared to a married woman was better
12) According to the paragraph, the women of Mill's
time .......
A) it was more of that there was no other
opportunity for her
B) were not free at all
C) the husbands are not power hungry against their
own wives
D) unlike a married woman a slave is not a slave all
hours of the day
E) could claim *heir own valuable properties
Television affects behaviours, social attitudes and
physical health especially in children. Children
today spend more time watching television than on
any other single leisure activity. In fact, studies
have shown that "the average child spends more time
in front of the television than in school" . There
are a variety of effects which children gain from
watching too much television. The impact of violence
on children is a main issue, as well as the impact
of stereotypical views, such as sex roles. Health
can also become a problem for children who spend
excessive amounts of time in front of the
television. There are, however, alternatives to
these problems. Parent, schools and the governments
need to take control and monitor children and
television. After all, television was once used as
an educational tool it has only lately become a
babysitter.
13) It can be inferred from the paragraph
that........
A) children who spend more time watching television
tend to think that both women and
men have specified roles in the world
B) this gives children a clear impression of what is
expected of them in society
C) watching television for long hours can become a
health problem for children
D) they too should act this way because it is, after
all, what society views appropriate
E) television also points out the importance of
physical beauty
14) In spite of the fact that television has become
a past time device now ........
A) stress is placed on looking a certain way,
whether it is having the right clothing or being a
certain weight
B) these are influences that children take very
seriously
C) many children want to be the "popular" one in
school
D) this is the " kind of schoolyard harassment to
which unpopular girls are subjected
E) it used to be used as an educational tool
15) There are a variety of effects which children
gain from watching too much television ......
A) commercials on television also play a part in
weight gain among children
B) television also takes a minor charge on a child's
physical health
C) but children are spending less time on physical
activities
D) but influence of violence on children is an
important issue
E) starting at home parents need to be aware of what
their children are watching
In today's hustle and bustle of everyday life, men,
women, and children walk past one another without
even a friendly smile or hello. As global technology
grows, communication
between individuals gets more distant and less
personal. Even in families, messages are left on the
answering machine or as notes on the fridge. Hence,
with today's' highly competitive technological
world, it is crucial to receive and maintain some
old-fashioned inter-personal communication.
16) According to the author, it is essential
that......
A) some old-fashioned inter-personal communication
be maintained
B) the person may see the caller and feel a personal
touch
C) they are trying to re-establish the original
methods while using high-tech systems
D) this is now made probable by satellite systems
launched into orbit
E) people should attempt to communicate with people
in their immediate surroundings more often
17) There is such a lack of communication that......
A) we can obviously see attempts to get back to the
"old way" through usage of time saving methods
B) this is where the telephone plays a role
C) even in families, messages or notes to each other
D) it facilitates an almost instantaneous connection
at a reasonable cost
E) a short attention span and a lack of
concentration are other factors in this ongoing
problem
18) In accordance with the paragraph people have
become anti-social .......
A) to make up more up-to-date technology appropriate
B) whenever technology has improved
C) as in the example of a father and son separated
by an ocean, one in England, the other
in Newfoundland
D) through previously impossible communications
E) owing to their busy lives
Toxic waste is defined as any waste that is
dangerous to human health or to our natural
environment. According to the Institute of Chemical
Waste Management, about 15% of our garbage is
classified as toxic, and only 85% (approximately) of
that is disposed of properly. The rest is either
illegally dumped or accidentally mixed up with
non-toxic garbage. That 15% may not seem like a lot,
but when you consider the millions of tons of toxic
waste that we produce per year, that 15% is massive.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that
we produce one ton of toxic wastes for every single
person living in Canada per year. That means that
the 15% represents about 4.2 million tons of toxic
waste.
19) According to the author, not all waste but which
is dangerous to human health or to our natural
environment ......
A) is produced and developed all over the world
B) is classified as toxic
C) has made a prioritized list of recognized
dangerous dump sites
D) may be chemically 'transformed' into new products
E) is done by adding chemicals to the waste
20) According to the Institute of Chemical Waste
Management about 15% of our garbage ......
A) is not the product of some natural disaster
B) may be dangerous to us and/or our natural
environment
C) has created laws and regulations to try to stop
the illegal dumping of toxic wastes
D) is forcing the company that owns the land to pay
for the clean-up of the area
E) is dangerous to human health or to our natural
environment
21) According to the paragraph 15% toxic garbage is
really a hazardous amount .........
A) when you consider the garbage increasing all over
the world every year
B) to try and clean up areas that have been
contaminated
C) if some companies no longer exist
D) that causes it to change into something new
E) that is put to use on farms ....
The data of the first UFO sighting is not known.
Some researchers say that UFO sightings date back to
ancient times. There is no evidence for this
speculation, so it is just a thought. Many
researchers though mark the beginning of sightings
in the United States in the later 1800s, they were
called "The Mystery Airships". The next main fleet
of sightings were during the Second World War, from
pilots who say they saw metal like objects floating
in the sky. These fighter pilots called them "foo
fighters". And in 1947 in Europe, there were
sightings of silent "ghost rockets". None of these
speculations were ever fully explained.
22) In accordance with the paragraph, ........
A) an UFO is an unusual airborne object which cannot
be identified
B) the UFO phenomenon entered the publics eye before
1800's
C) unknown flying objects were first observed by
pilots during the second world war
D) nine circular objects in the skies over the state
of Washington were observed
E) there have been UFO sightings in nearly every
country
23) Many researchers show the beginning of sightings
in the United States in the later 1800s
A) although there has never been a clear evidence
B) and from time to time there is something called
an UFO
C) which for a short time UFO sighting increase
rapidly in one certain area
D) but nobody can explain anything about these
sights
E) but attempts to link them with hysteria,
mentality and stress have all failed
24) The Mystery Airships was the name given .......
A) had an encounter with an UFO
B) were thousands of sightings every year
C) worldwide sighting reports
D) for the first seen unidentified flying objects
E) had been computerized.
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