Reading Comprehension #1 (2024)


This is a written expression and reading practice.

Question 1

Forthe little boy, a lolly was tangible,whereas a promisewas not.

The word tangible in this sentence means:

Reading Comprehension #1 (1)A: basic B: untouchable C: actual D: edible E: none of these

Question 2

Please read the following sentence.

OnceJane lifted her pen and made a start, writing the essay became easy.

If we change the start of the sentence to:

Writing the essay became easy........

What will be the ending?

A: after starting.

B: after liftingher pen.

Reading Comprehension #1 (2)C: once Jane lifted her pen and made a start. D:once she lifted her pen and made a start. E: None of these.

Question 3

The boys incorrigible behaviourpuzzled his sister.

The word incorrigiblein this sentence means:

Reading Comprehension #1 (3)A: appalling B: reformed C: incurable D: frustratedE: none of these

Reading Comprehension #1 (4)Question 4

Genealogy is fun. Just as a piece of furnitureor a picture takes on much more interestif you know its history, so does an individual become more real once the ancestral elements that shaped him are known. An in-depth family history is a tapestry of all those to whom we owe our existence.

Whichstatement best conveys the theme of this paragraph?

A: Findingout about our ancestors is more interestingthan researching the history ofobjects.

B: Genealogy is a study of people and their belongings in the past.

C: Genealogy is a study of familyhistory.

D: Genealogical researchcan bring meaningand life to a family’shistory.

Reading Comprehension #1 (5)E: Most genealogies are a waste of effort.

Question 5

Choose the option which will best replacethe underlined words in the sentence to make it correct.

She done it to quick,so it came out looking rough.

Reading Comprehension #1 (6)A: done it too quickly B: did it too quickC: did it too quickly D:did it to quickly E: none of these

Read the followingparagraph to answer the next two questions (Questions 6&7).

Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front of them.The rules state that a driver must keep sufficientdistance from the vehiclein front in order to stop safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two seconds’ gap between their vehicleand the one ahead. At sixty kilometres an hour, this equates to thirty-three metres;at a hundred it equates to fifty-five metres.More distance is needed to safelystop in rain or poor visibility.


Question 6
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe because:

A: all rear endcollisions are caused by driversfollowing too close to the vehicle in front.

B: it may not allowsufficient time and space to stop andavoid a collision.

C: it is againstthe road rules.

D: it is a recklesspractice.

E: None of these.

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Question 7
‘More distanceis needed to safely stop in rain or poorvisibility.’ We can infer from this that: A: people drive faster in rain and poor visibility.

B: the writer ismerely calculating on the safe side.

C: brakingis more hazardous in rain and poor visibility.

D: the road rulesstate that this must be so.

E: All of these.

Readthe following paragraphs to answer thenext two questions (Questions8&9). There is a place forty kilometres north-east of Portland, Victoria, whichmakes for an unusual visit. It is Lake Condah. Here are to be found remains of aboriginalsettlements: the circular stonebases of severalhundred huts, rock-lined water channels, and stone tools chippedfrom rock not normally found in the area. One of the attractions of LakeCondah long ago was its fish and the most startling evidenceof aboriginal technology and engineering to be found there are the systems built to trap fish.

Water courseshad been constructed by redirectingstreams, buildingstone sides and even scraping out new channels. At strategicspots, they piled rocks across thewater courses to create weirs and build funnels to channel eels and fishinto conical baskets. This is an eel-fishing technique which has hardly changedto the present day. Beside someof the larger traps, there are the outlinesof rectangular, stone-lined ponds, probably to hold fish and keep them fresh.

On the bluffs overlookingthe lake, stone circles are all that remain of ancientdwellings. Not all of the stones were quarried locally. The huts vary in size, but all have gaps for doorways located on the lee side, away from the prevailing wind. One theory is that the stone walls were only waistto shoulder high,with the toproofed by branchesand possibly packed with mud.

Thesite presents a pictureof a semi-settledpeople quite differentfrom the stereotypeof nomadic hunter-gatherers of the desert.


Question 8
The word 'Stereotype', as used in the above passage means:
A: distant culture.

B: opposite picture.

C: electronicprint version.

D: standard view.

E: None of these.

Question 9
Lake Condah is seen as usual, mainly because:

A:it is so close to a main town.

B: there are remains of buildings still to be seen.

C: it reveals a society that was at least partlysettled and had building and engineering skills.

D: there is evidence that some of the building stone was imported.

E: it shows the lake dwellers were totally reliant on fish for a food source.

Question 10

Thesentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correctpunctuation.

one of these days said mary youll get into trouble

A: One of these days, said Mary, you’ll get into trouble.
B:“One of these days,” said Mary “you’llget into trouble”
C: “One of these days,” said Mary. “You’ll get into trouble.”

D: “One of these days,” said Mary, “you’ll get into trouble.”

E: “Oneof these days,” said Mary, “youll get into trouble.”

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Question 11

Whatdoes this sentencesuggest?

A bird in the hand isworth two in the bush.

A: Your own possessions are always worth more to you.

B: Birds are hard to catch, so hang on to one if you catch it.

C: To have somethingis better than having nothing at all.

D: A trained bird is twice the value of an untrained one.

E: There is no point in being envious.

Read the following paragraphs to answerthe next four questions (Questions 12 - 15). Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other's yarns-and even convictions.TheLawyer-thebestofoldfellows-had, because of his many years and many virtues, the only cushion on deck, and was lying on the only rug. The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes,and was toying architecturally with the bones. Marlow sat cross-legged right aft, leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back,an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembledan idol. The Director, satisfiedthe anchor had good hold, made his way aft and sat downamongst us. We exchangeda few words lazily.

Afterwardsthere was silence on board the yacht. For somereason or other we did not beginthat game of dominoes. We felt meditative,and fit for nothing but placid staring. The day was ending ina serenity of still andexquisite brilliance. Thewater shone pacifically; the sky,without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung fromthe wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds. Only the gloom to the west, brooding over the upperreaches, became more sombre every minute, as if angeredby the approach of the sun.

And at last, in its curved and imperceptible fall, the sun sank low, and from glowing white changed to a dull red without rays and withoutheat, as if aboutto go out suddenly,stricken to death by the touch of that gloom broodingover a crowd of men.

From The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.

Question 12

The narrator of this passage is telling his story from:

A. a wharf

B. the deck of a yacht

C. a high vantage point

D. the edge of Essex marshes

E. None of the above

Question 13
the mood of the men in this passage is best described as:

A: surly B: resigned C: contemplative D: restless E: ecstatic



Question 14
From the passage, it is clear that the men:

A: do not get along.

B: show a quiet understanding.

C: cannot be botheredwith one another.

D: have just had a quarrel.

E: are worn out.

Question 15
The word ‘diaphanous’, used to describethe mist, means:

A: almost transparentB:fragile C: suffocatingD: silent E: none of theabove

Reading Comprehension #1 (12)Read the following paragraphs to answerthe next four questions (Questions 16 - 19). Among predatory dinosaurs, few flesh-eaters were bigger,faster and nastierthan the "tyrant lizard" of popular imagination,the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At least, that is what wehave been led to believe.

Now research suggests that, far from being the Ferrari of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex, whose ferocious reputationhas fascinated generations of schoolchildren, was in fact a cumbersomecreature with a usual running speed of twenty-five kilometres an hour. Thisis amere snail's pace compared with modern animals such as the cheetah.

Unlike some of thepredators of today's Africansavannah, which can change direction almost immediately, the dinosaur wouldhave had to turn slowly or risk tumbling over. And while a humancan spin forty-five degrees in a twentieth of a second, a Tyrannosauruswould have taken as much as two seconds,as it would have been hampered by its longtail. Thankfully, however, all itsprey, such as triceratops, would have been afflictedwith the same lack of speed and agility.

The findings werereached after researchers usedcomputer modelling and biomechanical calculations to work out the dinosaur's speed, agility and weight. They based their calculations on measurements taken from a fossil dinosaur representative of an average Tyrannosaurus and concluded thecreatures probably weighed between six and eight tonnes.

Calculations of theleg muscles suggest that the animal would have had a top speed of forty kilometresan hour, which isnothing comparedto a cheetahsone hundred kilometres an hour.It is sobering to reflect, though,that an Olympic sprinter runs at about thirty-five kilometresan hour, not sufficient to outrun aTyrannosaurus, should Man have been around at that time!

Question 16
Beingknownas the ‘Ferrari of dinosaurs’ means Tyrannosaurus Rex: A: wore shoes.

B: was a quick and agile creature.

C: was a huntingmachine.

D: was the mostferocious of dinosaurs.

E: None of these.

Question 17
Inturning, a Tyrannosaurus wouldhave been hampered by:A: its weight.

B: its bulky leg muscles.

C: its overall size.

D: its tail length.

E: All of the above.

Question 18
In calculating the size, speed and agilityof Tyrannosaurus Rex, scientists used: A: examination of fossils.

B: biomechanical calculationsand computer models.

C: comparisons with modern animals.

D: A and B together.

E: B and C together.


Question 19
The overall theme ofthe passage is:

A: Becauseit was cumbersome, Tyrannosaurus Rex was lucky to survive.

B: Tyrannosaurus Rex’s speed and agilitywere still superior to those of other dinosaurs.

C: Tyrannosaurus Rex’s fierce reputation is now laid to rest.

D: Compared to modern predatory animals,Tyrannosaurus Rex was slow and cumbersome.

E: None of these.

Read the followingparagraph to answer the next four questions (Questions 20 - 23). "Anne," cried Mary, still at her window, "there is Mrs Clay, I am sure, standing under the colonnade, and a gentleman with her. I saw them turn the corner from Bath Street just now. They seemed deep in talk. Who is it? Come, and tell me. Good heavens! I recollect. It is Mr Elliot himself."

"No," criedAnne, quickly, "itcannot be Mr Elliot, I assureyou. He was to leaveBath at nine this morning, and does not come back till to-morrow."

As she spoke, shefelt that Captain Wentworth was looking at her, the consciousness ofwhich vexed and embarrassed her, andmade her regret that she had said somuch, simple as it was.

Mary, resenting that she shouldbe supposed not to know her own cousin, began talking very warmly about the family features,and protesting still more positivelythat it was Mr Elliot, calling again upon Anne to come and look forherself, but Anne did not mean to stir, and tried to be cool and unconcerned. Her distress returned,however, on perceiving smiles and intelligentglances pass between two or three ofthe lady visitors, as if they believedthemselves quite in the secret. It wasevident that the report concerningher had spread, and a short pause succeeded, which seemed to ensurethat it would now spread farther.

"Do come,Anne" cried Mary, "come andlook yourself. You will be too late if you do not make haste. They are parting; they are shakinghands. He is turning away. Not know Mr Elliot,indeed! You seem to have forgotten all about Lyme."

To pacifyMary, and perhapsscreen her own embarrassment, Anne did move quietly to the window. She was just in time toascertain that it really was Mr Elliot, which she had never believed,before he disappeared on one side, asMrs Clay walked quickly off on the other; and checkingthe surprise which she could not but feel at suchan appearance of friendly conference betweentwo persons of totally oppositeinterest, she calmly said,"Yes, it is Mr Elliot, certainly.He has changed his hour ofgoing, I suppose, that is all,or I may be mistaken, I might not attend;" and walked back to her chair, recomposed, and with the comfortablehope of having acquittedherself well.

From Persuasion, by Jane Austen.


Question 20
Anne does not believeit is Mr Elliot whom Mary sees from the window because:A:Mary does not know what Mr Elliot looks like.

B: Mr Elliot wasto have left Bath earlier that day.

C: it was highly unlikely that Mr Elliot would be a friend of Mrs Clay.

D: A and B together.

E: B and C together.


Question 21
Anneobviously knowsMr Elliot quite well for all the followingreasons EXCEPT: A: she has knowledgeof his travel plans.

B: she shows discomfort at Mary spotting him.

C: she is sensitiveto what the other ladies might know.

D: she had been speaking about Mr Elliot to others in the room.

E: Mary refers to Anne meetingMr Elliot in Lyme.


Question 22
Anne finally goes tothe windowbecause:

A: she knows in her heart that it really is MrElliot.

B: she wishes to prove Mary wrong.

C: she wishes to calm Mary and cover up her ownlack of composure.

D: Mary frets that Mr Elliot will disappear from view.

E: Mary is creating afuss in front of the others in the room.


Question 23
Fromwhat occurs it can be inferred thatAnne: A: couldn’t care less about Mr Elliot.

B: had not known Mr Elliot long enough to recognise him.

C: is attracted to Mr Elliot.

D: is uncomfortable at Mr Elliot’s behaviour.

Reading Comprehension #1 (13)E: C and D together.

Read the followingparagraph to answer the next two questions (Questions 24 & 25). A hare was very popularwith the other beastswho all claimed to be her friend, but oneday she heard the hounds approachingand hoped to escape them with the help of her many friends. “What are friends for,”she asked herself,“if not to help out in time of need?” Furthermore, most of her friendswere big and brave, so at least one should be ableto help. First she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away from the hounds on his back. But he declined,stating that he had important work to do for his master. I feel sure,” he said, “thatall your otherfriends will come to your assistance.”She then applied to the bull, and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns.The bull replied: “I am very sorry, but I havean appointment with a lady.However, I feel sure that our friend the goat will do what you want.” The goat, however,feared that his backmight be harmed if he took her upon it. The ram, he felt sure, was the proper friend toapply to. So she went to the ramand told him the case. The ramreplied: “Another time, my dearfriend. I do not like to interfere on the present occasion, as hounds have beenknown to eat sheep as well as hares.”The hare then applied, as a last hope,to the calf, who regretted that he was unable to help her. He did not like to take the responsibilityupon himself, as so many older personshad declined the task. By this timethe hounds were quite near, so the hare had to take toher heels. Luckily, she escaped.

Question 24
Thehare was confident she would find a friend to help for all the following reasonsexcept:
A: she knew she was popular.

B: she assumed friendswere there to help.

C: most of her friends were big and strong.

D: her friends had promisedhelp whenever she needed it.

E: .she had a wide range of friends.

Question 25
Suitable moral for this story would be:
A: a friend in need is a friend indeed.

B: never rely on your friendsin a time of crisis.

C: popularitydoes not mean friendship.

D: friendshipdoes not exist among animals.

Reading Comprehension #1 (14)E: in a time of crisis you discover who your true friendsare.

Question 26
The sentencebelow does not have any punctuation. Choosethe option with the correctpunctuation.

dont you understand what im saying shouted his father get down at once

A: Don’t you understand what Im saying,shouted his father. Get downat once.

B:“Don’t you understand what I’m saying”, shoutedhis father, “Get down at once.” C:“Don’t you understand what Im saying”, shoutedhis father. “Get down at once” D: “Dont you understand what I’m saying.”shouted his father. “Get downat once” E: “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”shouted his father. “Get down at once.”

Question 27
Choose the option which will best replace the underlined word in the sentence to make it correct.

The hotel accomodationwas luxurious. A: acommodation

B: accommodation

C: accomadation

D: accommerdation

Reading Comprehension #1 (15)E: Leave it as it is.

Read the followingparagraphs to answer the next five questions (Questions 28 - 32).

When I returned tothe common the sun was setting. Thecrowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against thelemon yellow of the sky-a couple ofhundred people, perhaps. There wereraised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit.Strange imaginings passed through my mind. AsI drew nearer I heard Stent's voice:

"Keep back! Keep back!" A boy came runningtowards me. "It's movin',"he said to me as he passed; "it’s screwin'and screwin' out. I don't like it. I'm goin' home, I am."I went on to the crowd. There were really,I should think,two or three hundred peopleelbowing and jostlingone another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active. "He's fallen in the pit!" cried some one. "Keep back!" said several. The crowd swayed alittle, and I elbowed my way through. Everyone seemed greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound fromthe pit. "I say!" said Ogilvy. "Help keep these idiots back. We don'tknow what's in the confounded thing, you know!"

I saw a young man, a shop assistant in WokingI believe he was, standing on the cylinder and trying to scramble out of the hole again. The crowd had pushed him in.

The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screwprojected. Somebody blunderedagainst me, and I narrowly missedbeing pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion.I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes.

I think everyoneexpected to see a man emerge-possibly something a little unlike us terrestrial men,but in all essentials a man. I know I did. But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminousdisks-like eyes. Then somethingresembling a little grey snake, aboutthe thickness of a walkingstick, coiled up outof the writhing middle, and wriggledin the air towards me-and then another.

A sudden chill came over me. There was a loud shriek from a woman behind. I half turned, keeping myeyes fixed upon the cylinderstill, from which other tentacleswere now projecting, and beganpushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving place to horror on the facesof the people about me. I heard inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a generalmovement backwards. I saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw the people on theother side of the pit running off, Stent among them. I looked again at the cylinderand ungovernable terror gripped me. I stood petrifiedand staring.

A big greyish roundedbulk, the size, perhaps, of abear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.

Two largedark-coloured eyes were regarding mesteadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered andpanted, and dropped saliva. The whole creature heaved and pulsated convulsively. A lank tentacular appendage grippedthe edge of the cylinder, another swayed in the air.

Those who have neverseen a living Martian can scarcelyimagine the strange horror of its appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointedupper lip, the absence of brow ridges,the absence of a chin beneath thewedgelike lower lip, the incessantquivering of this mouth, the Gorgongroups of tentacles, the tumultuousbreathing of the lungs in a strangeatmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due tothe greater gravitational energy of the earth- aboveall, the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes-were at once vital, intense, inhuman,

Reading Comprehension #1 (16)crippled and monstrous. There was somethingfungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty. Even at this first encounter, this firstglimpse, I was overcomewithdisgust and dread.

From TheWar of the Worlds, byH G Wells

Question 28
This is part of a sciencefiction story. The mostimportant clue to this wouldbe:
A: the cylinderin a hole on the common.

B: something unscrewing the cylinder from within.

C: the sense of terrorand apprehension in the crowd.

D: the emergence of a Martian.

E: the author’s feelingsof disgust and dread.


Question 29
Thepeople in the crowd were first ‘elbowing and jostling’ one another because:
A: they were retreating in fear from the pit.

B: some were trying to push others into the pit.

C: they were excitedand curious to see what was in the pit.

D: a few had lost their tempers.

E: there were no police present to control them.

Question 30
Theauthor hints that the women in the crowd were:
A:just as aggressive as the men.

B: more aggressive than the men.

C: reluctant to pushforward.
D: merely passive onlookers.
E: Noneof these.


Question 31
The mood of the crowd altered suddenly when:
A:the cylinderopened.

B: a bear emerged from the cylinder.

C: a pair of eyes was detected peeringat them from the cylinder.

D: tentacles appeared out of the top of the cylinder.

E: the creature opened its mouth.


Question 32
Ofthe Martian’s features, the one most causing the writer’s disgust and dread was:
A. the slobbering mouth.
B. the huge, intensely staring eyes.
C. the oily, fungoid skin.

D. the Gorgon-like tentacles.

E. the heaving pulsating body

Question 33
Please read the followingsentences.

We all love to win. However, we also have to know how to accept defeat.

If we change theabove into a single sentence andbegin:

We have to know how to accept defeat........

What willthe best ending be?

A: however,we all love to win.

B: but winningis better.

C: so we can also love to win.

D: even though we all love to win.

E: None of these.

Question 34
He was a morose man, so people tended to avoid him.

Reading Comprehension #1 (17)The word morose in this sentence means:

A: large B: cheerful C: idiotic D: sullen E: none of these

Read the followingparagraphs to answer the next two questions (Questions 35 & 36).

The debate on whetherAustralia will have a nation-wide carbon trading scheme ended last week with the government committed to a national emissions scheme from 2012. However, the decision-making as to how we power the economy in a carbon constrained world is only just beginning.

Fossil fuels like coal and oil haveunderpinned our economicgrowth and standard of living fordecades. The current resources boomis there because other countries want ourfossil fuels, and for all these reasons it is profitable to keep mining them. Ironically, the incomemayhelp develop the technologies to replace them, but it is a matter of which and when.

Almost certainly, inthe race to reduce emissions, newtechnologies such as solar, wind andgeothermal (heat from rocks)power will compete against gas,clean coal and perhaps nuclear energy to win the hearts and minds of the business world. In the end, business will favour whatever is a cheap, abundant and reliable solution.You can imagine the lobbying that will ensue from thedifferent interest groups, to attract businesscapital and government supportso that their technology wins out.There may be many collapsed ventures and lost fortunesalong the way.


Question 35
Fossilfuels will be in demand for some time yet because:A:we have no other options.

B: they are plentifuland cheap in Australia.

C: our wealth and lifestyleare at present dependenton them.

D: A and B together.

E: B and C together.


Question 36
Inthe writer’sview ‘there may be many collapsed ventures’along the way because: A: cheaperfossil fuels will continue to be used for a long time.

B: business will favour existing sources, rather than undergoing expensive change.

C: carbon emissionrules will cripple new energy sources.

D: not all the optionswill be adopted, so the cheaper and more efficient will survive.

E

: None of these.

Read the followingparagraphs to answer the next five questions (Questions 37 - 41).

One of the modern worlds intriguing sources of mystery has been aeroplanes vanishing in mid-flight. One of the more famous of these was the disappearance in 1937 of a pioneer woman aviator, Amelia Earhart. On the second last stage ofan attempted round the world flight, she had radioed her position as she and her navigator searcheddesperately for theirdestination, a tiny island in the Pacific.

The plane never arrivedat Howland Island. Did it crash and sink after runningout of fuel? It had beena long haul from New Guinea, a twentyhour flight covering some fourthousand kilometres. Did Earhart haveenough fuel to set down on some other island on her radioed course? Or did she end up somewhere else altogether? One fancifultheory had her being captured by the Japanesein the Marshall Islands andlater executed as an American spy;another had her living out her daysunder an assumed name as a housewife in New Jersey.

Reading Comprehension #1 (18)Seventy years after Earharts disappearance, ‘myth busters’continue to search for her. She was the best-known American womanpilot in the world. People were tracking herflight with great interest when,suddenly, she vanished into thin air. Aircraft had developed rapidly in sophistication after World War One,with the 1920s and 1930s marked by an aeronautical record-setting frenzy. Conquest of the air had becomea global obsession. While Earhartwas making headlines with her solo flights,other aviators like high-altitude pioneer Wiley Post and industrialist Howard Hughes were grabbing some glory of their own. But only Earhart, the reserved tomboy fromKansas who disappearedthreeweeksshyofher40thbirthday, still grips the publicimagination.Her

disappearance has been the subject of at least fifty books, countlessmagazine and newspaper articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen by journalists as the last great Americanmystery.

There are currently two main theories about Amelia Earharts fate.

There were reports of distress calls fromthe Phoenix Islands made on Earharts radio frequency for days after she vanished. Some say the plane could have broadcast only if it were on land, not in the water. The Coast Guard andlater the Navy, believingthe distress calls were real, adjusted their searches, and newspapers at the timereported Earhart and her navigator were marooned on an island.No-one was able to trace the calls at the time, so whether Earhartwas on land in thePhoenix Islands or there was a hoaxer in thePhoenix Islands using her radio remains a mystery.Others dismiss the radio calls as bogus and insistEarhart and her navigator ditched in the water. AnEarhart researcher, Elgen Long, claims thatEarharts airplane ran out of gas within fifty-two miles of theisland and is sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile area, at a depth of 17,000 feet. At that depth, the fuselage would still be in shiny, pristine conditionif ever anyone were able to locate it. It would not even be covered in a layer of silt. Those who subscribe to this explanation claim thatfuel calculations, radio calls and other considerations all show that the plane plunged into the sea somewhere off HowlandIsland.

Whatever theexplanation, the prospect of findingthe remains is unsettling to many. To recover skeletal remains or personal effects would be a grisly experienceand an intrusion. Theywant to know where Amelia Earhartis, but thats as far as they would like to go. As one investigator has putit, “I’m convinced that the mystery is part of what keeps us interested. In part, we remember herbecause shes our favouritemissing person.”


Question 37
Amelia Earhart’s nationality was:

A: English B: Australian C: Canadian D: American E:South African


Question 38
All the following are theories about Amelia’s fate EXCEPT:

A: she crashedon a remote islandsomewhere near her destination.

B: her plane ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea.

C: she was captured bythe Japanese and executed as a spy. D: sheescaped incognito and lived under anassumed name. E: she crashedsomewhere on HowlandIsland.


Question 39
The most convincingevidence that Amelia crashed somewhere on land was: A: the finding of aircraft remains.

B: sightings by islanders.

C: radio contact with the coastguard from the Phoenix Islands.

D: distress signals from the PhoenixIslands on her particular radio frequency.

E: All of these.


Question 40
If the aircraft were ever recovered from its probable sea grave: A: it would be hardlyrecognisable.

B: it would be in pristine condition and considered highly valuable.

C: it may reveal some grisly evidence.

D: A and C together.

E: B and C together.


Question 41
The fate of Amelia Earhart still fascinates investigatorsfor all the following reasonsEXCEPT: A: shewas a famous female aviator andadventurer.

B: there are such conflicting theories about herdisappearance.

C: she was so close to the end of her journey.

D: she may have staged her own disappearance.

E: she presents one ofthe twentieth century’s great unsolved mysteries.

Reading Comprehension #1 (19)


Question 42
You cannot be a hero without being a coward

What does this sentence suggest?

A: Heroes aretransformed cowards.

B: To be truly heroic, you first have to know the meaningof fear.

C: Heroes are cowardsin disguise.

D: You can never be one or the other; it is always a combination of both.

Reading Comprehension #1 (20)E: None of these.

Question 43
The sentence below does not have any punctuation.Choose the option with the correct punctuation.

whos going to fly qantas to sydney and use its specialreturn offer

Reading Comprehension #1 (21)A: who’s going to fly qantas to Sydney and use it’s specialreturn offer? B: Who’sgoing to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer? C: Who’sgoing to fly Qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?D: Whos going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer. E:who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?

Question 44
Choose the option which best corrects theerrors in this sentence.

Passed expereince tells me sittingin a draft you’ll catch a cold.

A: Passed expereincetells me if I sat in a draughtyou’ll catch a cold.

B: Passed experience tellsme sitting in a draught I’ll catch acold.

C: Past expereince tells me if I sit in a draft I’ll catch acold.

D: Passed experiencetells me if I sit in a draught you’ll catch a cold.

Reading Comprehension #1 (22)E: Past experience tells me if I sit in a draught I’ll catch a cold.



Question 45
Farfrom being upright and moral, his behaviourshowed him to be fallible.

The word fallible inthis sentence means:

A: capable of falling over

B: weak-kneed

C: capable of error

D: immoral

E: None of these


Question 46
The sentencebelow does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correctpunctuation.

we arent welcome here said Jenny sowe had better go dont you think

A: “We aren’t welcome here, said Jenny. We had better go don’t you think.”

B: “We aren’t welcome here,” said Jenny, “we had better go, don’t you think?” C: “We aren’t welcome here,” said Jenny.“We had better go, don’t you think?” D: “We arent welcomehere,” said Jenny,“we had better go, don’t you think.” E:“We are’nt welcomehere,” said Jenny,“we had better go, don’t you think?”

Readthe following paragraphs to answer thenext two questions (Questions 47 &48).

Until widespread clearingof land beganafter 1861, the Tweed Valley,from the beachdunes to the mountains, was covered bydense wetland forests and rainforest. The rainforest hadplenty of redcedar, which grew alongthe river banks andover the floodplains and foothills. Some of thesetrees were huge,up to sixty metres tall and as muchas two thousandyears old. Cedar was highly valued for its light weight,rich pink to redcolours and interesting grain patterns. The tall treesprovided magnificent lengthsfor the mills. Much early Australian furniturewas made from cedar.

The timberof the Tweed Valley was felled closeto the river banks and then was tied and floated downstream to the river mouth for shipping to the big cities. The river provided theonly means of removing the timber, becausethe felled trees were so bulky.

By the 1870s, thecedar industry was in decline. Landcleared for farming was on theincrease and easily obtainable, and large cedar trees were becoming scarce. It was purely an extractive industry,which put nothing back. Given that many original trees were thousands of yearsold, it would have been hundreds of years before the plantings could have been harvested in any case.


Question 47
Tweed Valley cedar was valued in colonial Australiafor all the following reasons EXCEPT: A:the trees were easy to fell and remove.

B: the timber was sought afterfor furniture making.

C: the timber was light in weight.

D: the timber was prized for its colour and grain variations.

E: the tree trunks were long and straight.

Question 48
Which of the followingcan we say caused the decline of the cedar industry?

A: Suitabletrees closer to theriver grew scarce.

B: Clearing forfarming land was reducing the rainforest.

C: Felled trees were not replaced.

D: A and B together.

Reading Comprehension #1 (23)E: B and C together.


Question 49
A tour leader needs to be a gregarious person.

The word gregarious in the above sentence means:

A: well-travelledB: retiring C: adaptable D: chatty E: companionable

Question 50
Please read the following sentence.

When she hit theball, she had no idea where it wasgoing….

If we change the start of the sentence to:

She had no idea where the ball was going........

What will the ending be?

A: after she hit the ball.

B: while hittingit.

C: when she hit it.

D: when the ball was hit.

Reading Comprehension #1 (24)E: None of these.

WELL DONE. THIS IS THE END OF THE ASSIGNMENT.

Reading Comprehension #1 (2024)

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