Reading Test

READING SECTION

Question No. 1 – 12 are incomplete sentences, please choose the one word or phrase that best complete the sentences :

1. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was …………… to serve on the U.S Supreme Court.

1. the woman who first
2. the first woman
3. who the first woman
4. the first and a woman

2. To generate income, magazine publisher must decide whether to increase the subscription price or ……………….

1. to sell advertising
2. if they should sell advertising
3. selling advertising
4. sold advertising

3. North Carolina is well known not only for the Great Smokey Mountains National Park ……………. But also for the Cherokee Settlement.

1. also
2. and
3. but also
4. because of

4. If it …………… more humid in the desert of the southwest, the hot temperatures would be unbearable.

1. be
2. is
3. were
4. there

5. ………….. 1000 species of finch have been identified.

1. As many as
2. As many
3. As much as
4. Much as

6. According to the economic laws, the greater the demand, ………….. the price.

1. higher
2. high
3. the higher
4. the high

7. ……………… is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

1. It is calcium
2. That calcium
3. Calsium
4. Although calcium

8. ………………. withstands testing, we may not conclude that it is true, but we may retain it.

1. If a hypothesis
2. That a hypothesis
3. A hypothesis
4. Hypothesis

9. Canada doesn’t require that U.S citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and ……………..

1. Mexico does neither
2. Mexico doesn’t either
3. neither Mexico does
4. either does Mexico

10. The poet …………….. just beginning to be recognized as an important influence at the time of his death.

1. being Walt Whitman
2. who was Walt Whitman
3. Walt Whitman
4. Walt Whitman was

11. As a general rule, the standard of living ………………. by the average output of each person in society.

1. is fixed
2. fixed
3. has fixed
4. fixes

12. The Consumer Price Index list …………………

1. how much cost every car
2. how much does every car cost
3. how much every car costs
4. how much are every car cost