Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Critical Reading
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What
is the main purpose of a news article? a. | To entertain | c. | To inform | b. | To
analyze | d. | To stimulate
action | | | | |
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2.
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What
is the main idea of the following passage from “Caucasian Mummies Mystify
Chinese”?
In 1987, Mair
happened to be touring China when he entered a museum in Urumqi that displayed mummies of a man,
woman, and child—a family, as it appeared. They had died 3,000 years earlier, “yet the
bodies looked as if they were buried yesterday,” he said. What left him
“thunderstruck,” though, was their faces: They were Caucasians, apparently of European
origin. “The questions kept nagging at me: Who were these people? How did they get out here at
such an early date?”
a. | Mair was touring China. | b. | Mair makes an
astonishing discovery. | c. | The museum is in Urumqi. | d. | Questions nag at
Mair. | | |
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3.
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Which
of the following details supports the main idea in the passage? a. | Mair was touring
China. | b. | The mummies are in a museum in
Urumqi. | c. | The mummies are Caucasian, apparently of European
origin. | d. | The mummies are of a man, woman, and
child. | | |
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“Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese” is a news article. What is its
subject? a. | 3,000-year-old
Caucasian mummies in China | b. | A scholar named Victor Mair | c. | A museum in
China | d. | Differences between East and West | | |
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Why
is Mair so interested in the Caucasian mummies? a. | He wants to prove his own theory about Chinese
development. | b. | He is intrigued by the questions they
pose. | c. | He wishes to prove Chinese scientists
incorrect. | d. | He is proud to have found something monumental before anyone
else in the West. | | |
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6.
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Why
is the DNA analysis on the mummies “tricky”? a. | The analysis
must be done very quickly. | b. | DNA analysis is a relatively new
procedure. | c. | There is not enough of the DNA to
analyze. | d. | The mummies’ old DNA is very
damaged. | | |
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7.
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Where
did Mair find the mummies? a. | In a cave in China | c. | In a mass grave in China | b. | In a museum in
Urumqi | d. | In a collection
in Europe | | | | |
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8.
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What
do you think the Western scholars think of the Chinese scholars’ attitude toward the
mummies? a. | They sympathize
with their Chinese colleagues. | b. | They are indifferent to their Chinese colleagues’
ideas. | c. | They feel the Chinese scholars mistrust Western
technology. | d. | They think the Chinese scholars are allowing preconceived
notions about Chinese history to govern their attitudes. | | |
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9.
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What
is the traditional Chinese view of how Chinese society evolved? a. | The society
evolved largely through trade with Japan. | b. | The society evolved with significant foreign
input. | c. | The society evolved on its own with little foreign
input. | d. | The society evolved much more slowly than other
societies. | | |
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10.
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Which
detail indicates to archaeologists that the female mummy may have had two husbands? a. | She was wearing
a two-pointed hat. | b. | Her grave had a mat at the bottom. | c. | She was wearing
a fur-lined coat. | d. | She was wearing brightly colored
clothing. | | |
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Vocabulary and Grammar
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11.
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Which
of the following sentences is in the active voice? a. | The
archaeologist raced out of the tunnel. | b. | The bones were buried beneath a thick layer of
ash. | c. | The idea was
made in the middle of the night. | d. | The scientists were told of the importance of the
experiment. | | |
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12.
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What
is the meaning of the suffix -ist? a. | One who practices | c. | Similar to | b. | The
most | d. | Having the
quality of | | | | |
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13.
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If
the land is parched, it is ____. a. | dry | c. | wet | b. | marshy | d. | burned | | | | |
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14.
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Which
of the following sentences is in the passive voice? a. | I read an
interesting article in the science section of the newspaper. | b. | The article
reported on a new robot being developed by an international team of
scientists. | c. | I was struck by how well the writer organized the
information. | d. | He used subheads and bulleted paragraphs to keep details
straight. | | |
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15.
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Which
of the following definitions explains the meaning of the suffix -ist in
accordianist? a. | One who plays an accordian | c. | A musical instrument | b. | A strong
agreement | d. | One who seeks
accord | | | | |
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