Reading Comprehension MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 03

(Please note: The following questions are related to a specific reading passage, available solely before the first question. Remember, referring back to the reading text while answering the questions may be helpful to ensure accuracy.)

Most people were not impressed when, in 1913, the Daily Mail newspaper offered 10,000 pounds to the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic in under 72 hours. The majority of scientists even said it could not be done. Certainly, the problems involved were many and far-ranging. Obviously, the design of the aeroplane was of great importance, but so too were the skill and courage of the pilot and the navigator; weather conditions also had to be taken into consideration. A very few enthusiasts thought it might be possible ten years later. They were wrong. A pilot received the prize just six years later.

When the Daily Mail offered a prize in 1913, for flying across the Atlantic _____.

The 10,000 pounds prize offered by the Daily Mail in 1913 _____.

The passage points out that _____.

It is a mistake to assume that “educational” programs on television are likely to be boring. In fact, as long as these programs are made in a rich and creative manner, there is no doubt that they can and do draw the attention of people, especially young people. Perhaps some of the best examples of successful educational programs are those which deal, for instance, with ancient historical sites, environmental problems, wildlife, geography or the strange world at the bottom of the sea.

In the passage, the term "wildlife" _____.

Some people seem to think that _____.

In the passage, it is emphasized that a good educational program _____.

Nowadays, in England, tea is quite the most popular, and also the cheapest, of all drinks. People drink their tea in different ways. Some like it with sugar, some without. Some drink it with milk, some with lemon; yet, one way or another just about everyone drinks tea. This, however, has not always been the case. During the last century, when tea was very expensive, it was kept locked up, and the lady of the house had the key. Tea drinking then was quite a ceremony, reserved for the evenings. At breakfast, everyone drank beer!

Compared with the past, in England today _____.

It is obvious from the passage that _____.

In the passage, it is explained that _____.

Elizabeth parked the car and then went into the bus station to meet Jane who was going to spend the weekend with her. Elizabeth’s friends often came for the weekend, but there was something a little different about Jane’s visit. She and Jane hadn’t seen each other for 15 years. While at the university, they had shared a flat together for 2 years but then each had married and Jane and her husband had lived abroad a great deal. Elizabeth began to ask herself. ‘Will we even be able to recognize each other after all these years?” Right then she saw Jane walking towards her and smiling straight at her with the old unforgettable smile quite unchanged.

The first thing Elizabeth noticed about Jane when they met at the station was _____.

Elizabeth’s friendship with Jane _____.

Elizabeth is worried _____.

There was silence. Neither Mr Mayne nor Mr Bridge spoke. Mr Mayne looked across at Mr Bridge and waited. Both wanted the other to speak. Neither spoke. It was as if each felt that whoever spoke first would lose. Presently they rose together and said: “Well I must be going.” Then they nodded slightly to each other and did indeed go. So they agreed to separate, but on both sides, there was regret, for each was deeply convinced that they could have formed a business partnership that would have given them fame and wealth.

Mr Mayne and Mr Bridge scarcely spoke to each other because _____.

When Mr Mayne and Mr Bridge met, they _____.

When Mr Mayne and Mr Bridge separated, _____.