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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