Paragraph Completion Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3
Question 1 |
1, We owe the name and the concept of
Atlantis to Plato. It was first
mentioned in his dialogues Timaeus
and Critias, where he claims to be
reporting a conversation that had
taken place between his ancestor,
Solon, and an Egyptian priest. The
dialogues tell us the overwhelming of
a culture by a catastrophe which by
modern chronology would have
occurred about 9600 BC, at the end of
the last Ice Age._____ . Therefore, it’s
hard for archaeologists to believe that
it’s fictitious and this has given rise to
a host of speculations about where
Atlantis might have been and even to
expeditions aiming to discover ,
vestiges of the civilisation itself.
A | Neverthless, the story doesn’t
appeal to the logical reader |
B | Atlantis was said to have been under
the Atlantic Ocean in the accounts of
Plato |
C | In the dialogues, epic voyages in
primitive craft proved that they could
have sailed immense distances
simply by drifting with the current |
D | Atlantis was destroyed by a group of
primitive huge creatures which had
human intelligence but a body of a
monster |
E | The account is so realistic that you
can even read a detailed description
of the geography, architecture and
social life of an advanced civilisation |
Question 2 |
2. Every year about two and a half
million animals are used in scientific
experiments in Britain. The number
has fallen in the last few years but it
still provokes the vigorous opposition
of defenders of animal rights. The
scientists who carry out the
experiments justify them by the
argument that thousands of people
owe their lives to medicines and
techniques first evaluated and made
safe by animal testing; in their
opinion, the benefit for humanity
outweighs the inevitable suffering
inflicted on animals. _____ . Their
contention is that animals have
feelings, like us, which ought to be
respected.
A | However, some thoughtless people
are against this because they don't
care for human life |
B | Logically, each side cites the
aspects of the case, likely to have the
greatest impact on uncommitted
public opinion |
C | Then, it may be a better idea to
make use of the findings of similar
research in other countries |
D | Animal rights activists, on the other
hand, believe that they should never
be subjected to experiments |
E | The government demanded from the
scientists to obtain as much
information as possible from
experiments |
Question 3 |
3.______It’s the piece of paper listing
previous qualifications and
experience. Increasing reliance on
paper qualifications and the
multiplication of the number of
qualifications now available have led
to a situation where this particular
qualifications list and its presentation
are an essential first step towards
getting one’s foot in the door of a job.
A | In most of the job applications
people tell lies or they pretend that
they have passed all the subjects in
examinations that they’ve failed |
B | Almost everyone who applies for a
job these days must expect to attend
an interview but whether or not they
should have curriculum |
C | Companies are employing
professional assessors to find out in
the course of interviews whether
candidates can substantiate their
claims |
D | If you have failed to keep any job for
very long, link a number of them
together to suggest they all formed
part of the same job |
E | Many people prepare some
documents related to their past
before a job interview |
Question 4 |
4. Cosmology is the scientific inquiry
into what the universe is like. By
making assumptions that are not
contradicted by the behaviour of the
observable universe, scientists build
models, or theories, that attempt to
describe the universe as a whole,
including its origin and its future.
_____ . Then the model must be
modified or discarded. Cosmologists
usually assume that the universe,
except for small irregularities, has an
identical appearance to all observers.
This uproven concept is called the
cosmological principle.
A | In this way, they can examine the
background of the events |
B | These theories explain us how or
when we came into being |
C | They use each model until
something is found that contradicts it |
D | They can speculate on our future by
using several equipments during the
observation |
E | Immortality of the universe has been
proved through these observations |
Question 5 |
5. While it can be argued that the early
Victorians invented Christmas,
reinvented would be a more accurate
expression. _____ . In fact the idea
that Christmas should be a time for
feasting and merrymaking can be
traced back to pagan festivals like the
Roman Saturnalia, predating
Christianity itself, and the traditional
Christmas puding, containing nuts
and raisins, was already on the menu
two hundred years ago. The family in
a Christmas Carol were following
tradition in having goose for their
dinner, though turkey has now taken
its place as the cornerstone of the
feast
A | Because many of the features of the
modem Christmas are much older |
B | In the Victorian period Christmas
was celebrated just in the'famiiy and
nobody else was invited |
C | Therefore like Christmas -Carols
were also first invented in this age |
D | Christmas tree and Santa Clause
are all imported from Germany |
E | Since it’s been too recent for the
Christmas to celebrate Christmas |
Question 6 |
6. “Aborigines” are the first or original
inhabitants of a country. The
Australian Aborigines have been
living in Australia for over 40,000
years. At one stage in their history,
there were possibly over a million
Aborigines._____ Today, only about
100,000 survive. Although some still
lead a traditional life in the remote
and desert areas of the Australian
outback, many now live in poor
conditions in cities and towns.
A | The Aboriginal people know there is
a long way to go before they win
back their land |
B | The huge rock, in the centre of
Sydney, is of great importance to
them |
C | They are leading a luxurious life in
their palaces in the biggest cities of
the country |
D | It is clear that there has been a
sharp increase in their population |
E | However, when the first white
settlers arrived in the 18th century
and stole their land, many
Aborigines died fighting to protect it |
Question 7 |
7. Before a child is 14 years old, he or
she views 11 thousand murders on
TV. He or she begins to believe that
there is nothing strange about fights,
killings, and other kinds of violence.
Many studies show that people
become more violent after watching
certain program. They may even do
the things that they saw in a violent
program._____ . After it appeared on
TV in the United States, twenty-nine
people tried to kill themselves in a
way similar to an event in the film.
A | A lot of children like watching horror
and action movies including violence |
B | Such movies as Harry Potter, The
Ice Age. Shrek and Finding Nemo
are among the films the children in .
the USA enjoy watching |
C | Today even cartoons and
animations have violence in them |
D | An example is the effect of the
movie “The Deep Hunter” |
E | Children are affected by the amount
of violence they watch on TV. |
Question 8 |
8. Most of the world is changing rapidly.
However, some North American
Indian leaders - called elders - do not
want to give up traditions, their old
ways. Technology does not impress
them. Progress is not always good.
_____ . Therefore, they keep the
stories, the religion, and the traditions
alive.
A | These native people of Canada, the
United States, and Mexico want to
teach their children the old ways,
their history and culture |
B | However, they can easily adapt to
technological improvements |
C | Written literature kept on the
computer is the way they prefer
rather than teaching orally |
D | Because they even borrowed from
others’ cultures via internet |
E | And this makes them-fairly open to
the new developments in science |
Question 9 |
9._____ . Wherever they go, people turn
out in the thousands to greet them.
The crowds go wild trying to catch a
brief glimpse of their smiling,
colourfully-dressed idols. They
transported in their chauffeur-driven
Rolls-Royces, private permanent
entourage of managers, press agents,
and bodyguards. Photographs of
them appear regularly in the press
and all their comings and goings are
reported, because, like royalty, they
are news.
A | A man working in a steady job and
looking forward to a pension at the
end of it has no right to expect very
high rewards |
B | The financial rewards the famous
actors receive for the sacrifice they
do cannot be calculated |
C | Pop stars today enjoy a style of
living which was once the
prerogative only of royalty |
D | Most of the singers well-known all
around the world say that they feel
lonely because people ignore them |
E | For every famous star, there are
hundreds of others struggling to earn
a living |
Question 10 |
10. For many years, people living in
remote areas relied on the sears or
Montgomery Word’s catalogues to
purchase the necessities of life.
These “wish books” as they were
often called, helped people improve
the quality of their lives. Nowadays,
every household in the country
receives a barrage of various
catalogues selling everything from
electric golf cards to padded coat
hangers. _____ . But so often these
items are just superfluous, absurd
trifles.
A | Rather than improve the quality of
our lives, such items detract from it
by wasting our time and money |
B | The descriptions of these items .
suggest that they, too, will help
improve the quality of our lives by
providing convenience, comfort, and
/ or shortcuts to improve our
appearance |
C | Unfortunately, some of these clever
items that claim to save time might
actually end up making us waste
time |
D | All these items, whether they are
designed to help us in the kitchen,
comfort us in the bathroom, or
improve the way we look and feel,
are for the most part unnecessary |
E | Cluttering up our coffee tables and
end tables were those stacks of
catalogues offering much more such
useless trifles |
Question 11 |
11. Many people assume that music is
mediated solely in the right brain.
That is not so. It is true that the right
brain recognizes chords and melodies
and seems to mediate pure and slow
tones. _____ . Fast music, such as
bluegrass, requires judgements about
sequencing and rhythm, and for this
the left hemisphere lends its services
A | However, the left hemisphere is also
involved in music |
B | As a result of this, the right brain
cannot be dominant in listening to
music which is not slow |
C | Both halves of the brain are involved
in our mental activities such as
solving a puzzle |
D | When words are involved, again the
right brain dominates |
E | The two hemisphere have acted as
partners in language and
communication |
Question 12 |
12. A wise person thinks about the
results of simple actions. He or she
thinks beyond the situation and into
the future. Part of being wise is
intelligence._____ . In this way, he or
she can easily communicate with
people. A wise person is also
someone who mulls causes and
outcomes of his or her movements
over is a wise.
A | Then a wise person doesn’t have to
use a polite language with people |
B | This is what most people look down
on |
C | Another component of it is
understanding people well |
D | But sometimes people who have
standard intelligence may do wise
actions |
E | Only intelligence can lead one to
being wise |
Question 13 |
13. In almost all major cities of the world,
there are homeless people. _____ .
Most of them do not have jobs
because of the bad economic
situation in the country. Their families
can no longer take care of them
because of bad economy, so they live
on the streets. Taking care of these
homeless people is a serious problem
because of their increasing numbers
for many cities and countries.
A | It can be observed that there is a
sharp decrease in their population |
B | However, almost all of them led a
luxurious life in their bygone days |
C | They constitute only a small part of
the whole population, so they can be
ignored |
D | In cities such as Moscow, New York,
and Warsaw, homeless people live
in parks, railroad stations, hallways,
or any other place they can find |
E | Nobody wants to be homeless in a
big city |
Question 14 |
14. Gasoline comes from oil; oil is the
raw material from the Earth that is
used for many important products.
_____ . In other words, petroleum is a
nonrenewable resource. When the
supply of this important raw material
is gone, there will be no more.
A | It had been the basic material used
for the construction of weapons in
the army |
B | However, the world’s supply of oil,
petroleum, is running out |
C | The oil stock in the world today is
sufficient and there is no risk for the
future |
D | Without this vital raw material, there
can be nothing regarding technolog |
E | Thanks to God, it seems we’ll have
no problems in finding oil in the
future |
Question 15 |
15. . For example, customers see
advertisements in magazines and
newspapers. They often see television
ads or hear ads on radio. Sign along
roads are advertisements. It is not
unusual for people to get
advertisements in the mail. However,
manufacturers are always looking for
the best form of advertising. They know
that the best ads demonstrate products.
A | In industrialised countries people are
in short of raw material |
B | A television makes its money from
the price people pay for it and also
from the advertising it carries |
C | Advertisement companies are thought
to be unimaginative by the employees |
D | Mass media is a phrase often used
to describe ways of giving
information and entertainment to
very large numbers of people |
E | Manufacturers have various ways of
advertising products |
Question 16 |
16.______In neurotic anxiety the person
fears that his instincts will get out of
control and cause him to behave in
ways that will be punished. In moral
anxiety the person feels consciencestricken
or quality about unacceptable
things that he feels he has done or even
contemplates. Both neurotic and moral
anxiety are derivatives of reality anxiety,
the fear of real dangers in the external
world.
A | When anxiety can’t be handled by
realistic methods, the organism
resorts to unrealistic defenses |
B | The sequence of events in panic
attack has been external danger,
perception of danger and reality
anxiety |
C | In the psychodynamic view, the
defense mechanisms of people are
primitive and desperate |
D | Anxiety differs from other painful states
because the patient has a quality of
conciousness during the attack |
E | Freud distinguished three kinds of
anxiety |
Question 17 |
17 ._____ . However, new technology may
soon make this possible. Cars will
have computers to tell drivers which
roads have the least traffic. That way
the drivers will not waste time in
traffic jams. There will also be less
pollution because the car engines will
be running less. These new cars will
be known as “smart cars.”
A | There hadn’t been any such vehicle
running with water ever to have
been invented |
B | According to the recent statistics,
pollution caused by car engines will
result in chaos |
C | Most of the car manufacturers have
been in a harsh rivalry to produce
more advanced cars than each other
for a long time |
D | Have you ever dreamt of driving in
such a car thatyou can flyin? |
E | The idea of a car that knows where
to go may seem impossible |
Question 18 |
18. One hundred and thirteen million
Americans have at least one bankissued
credit c a rd ._____ . They give
their owners automatic credit in
stores, restaurants, and hotels, at
home, across the country, and even
abroad, and they make many banking
services available as well. More and
more of these credit cards have
magnetic strips on the back which
can be read by automatic tellers,
making it possible to withdraw or
deposit money whether or not the
local branch bank is open.
A | Actually the card adds little to
people’s benefit in practice |
B | Computer is relied on more by
manufacturers nowadays |
C | Such a technology helps physicians
and others in health fields to monitor
patients’-conditions |
D | These small plastic rectangles have
truly remarkable abilities |
E | Then, “cashless society" is not on
the horizon. It’s already here |
Question 19 |
19. When people first began to try to fly in
the 18th century, they used hot-air
balloons. However, it was not really
possible to control the balloons. They
went wherever the wind was blowing.
The idea of a real flying machine
remained a dream for a long time to
come. _____ . That year Wilbur and
Orville Wright made their first
successful flight in an airplane.
A | The two brothers who managed to
fly across the Atlantic Ocean wrote a
scientific book about flying
experience over the Atlantic Ocean |
B | People couldn’t fly in a modern
vehicle until the twentieth century |
C | The dream finally came true in 1903 |
D | The years between 1900 and 1910
were very important for the airplane
industries in Europe |
E | The balloons have been used as an
entertainment means in the world |
Question 20 |
20. In order to answer some questions
about life, we have to consider the
different development rates of various
animals. We know, for example, that
mammalian lifespans vary from a few
weeks to more than a century. But is
this a “real” distinction in terms of a
mammal’s own perception of time and
rate? Does a rat really live “less” than
an elephant?___ . The heart beats
more rapidly and metabolism
proceeds at a greatly quick rate. In
fact, for several criteria of relative
time, all mammals live about the same
amount.
A | Then all living things involving
people would breathe about the
same number of times during their
lives |
B | Laws of scaling dictate that small,
warm-blooded animals live at a
faster pace than larger relatives |
C | Our methods of measuring time
were not appropriate for all humanbeings |
D | Human biology often provides a poor
model for the struggles of other
organisms |
E | So why do we put the rats in zoos as
well? |
Question 21 |
21 .______ . Because of this, they were
known as “prize-fighters”. However,
boxing was very crude, for there were
no rules and a prize-fighter could be
seriously injured or even killed during
a match.
A | One of the most colourful figures in
boxing history was Daniel Mendoza |
B | The use of gloves was not
introduced until 1860 |
C | The Marguis of Queensberry drew
up the first set of rules in 1862 |
D | This sport was adored by rich and
poor alike |
E | Boxers fought with bare fists for
prize money |
Question 22 |
22. Editors of newspapers and magazines
often go to extremes to provide their
readers with unimportant facts and
statistics. Last year a journalist had
been instructed by a well-known
magazine to write an article on the
president’s palace in a new African
republic. _____ . The article began:
“Hundreds of steps lead to the high
wall which surrounds the president’s
palace.” The editor at once sent the
journalist a telegram instructing him
to find out the exact number of steps
and the height of the wall.
A | The journalist immediately set out to
obtain these important facts, but it
took him a long time to send them |
B | From the initial sentence to the last
full-stop, the article will bee perfect
enough to satisfy the readers,
especially the editor |
C | When the article arrived, the editor
read the first sentence and then
refused to publish it |
D | However, the journalist sent, the
editor a telegram in which he
informed the editor that he had been
arrested |
E | The new president will not allow the
journalist to count the number of the
steps in his palace |
Question 23 |
23. Pumas are large, cat-like animals
which are found in America. When
reports came into London zoo that a
wild puma had been spotted forty-five
miles south of London, they were not
taken seriously. _____ . Because the
descriptions given by people who
claimed to have seen the puma were
extraordinarily similar.
A | Therefore, the hunt for the puma began
in a small village where a woman
picking blackberries saw “a large cat”
only five yards away from her |
B | However, as the evidence began to
accumulate, experts from the zoo
felt obliged to investigate |
C | So the experts were now fully
convinced that the animal was a puma |
D | it’s disturbing to think that a
dangerous wild animal is still at large
in the quiet countyside |
E | The hunt has been going on for
several weeks, but the puma has not
been caught |
Question 24 |
24. There was a time when the owners of
shops and businesses in Chicago had
to pay large sums . of money to
gangsters in return for “protection”. If
the money was not paid promptly, the
gangsters would quickly put a man out
of business by destroying his shop.
_____ . As long ago as the fourteenth
' century, an Englishman, Sir John
Hawkwood, made the remarkable
discovery that people would rather pay
large sums of money than have their
work destroyed by gangsters.
A | The police tried hard to cover up
these gangsters’ illegal activities |
B | When he died at the age of eighty,
the government gave him a state
funeral |
C | Paying “protection money” is very
popular in the United Kingdom today |
D | Obtaining “protection money” is not
a modern crime |
E | He has been regarded as a noble
gangster since the last decade |
Question 25 |
25 ._____ . She was carrying 1316
passengers and a crew of 891. Even
by modern standarts, the 66.000 ton.
She was a colossal ship. At that time,
however, she was not only the largest
shio that had ever been built, but was
regarded as unsinkable, for she had
sixteen watertight compartments.
Even if two of these were flooded, she
would still be able to float. The tragic
sinking of this great liner will always
be remembered, for she went down
on her first voyage with heavy loss of
life.
A | The great ship, Titanic, sailed for
New York from Southampton on
April 10th, 1912 |
B | Catherine Manshfield was the
creater of the biggest voyager with
the most modern standards |
C | 1500 lives were lost iri the tragic and
shocking crash in the Atlantic Ocean |
D | The captain realized to his horror
that the plane was falling rapidly, for
both of its engines had already been
broken |
E | The cry waters of North Atlantic
have caused many disatraus events
that will never be forgotten |
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