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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
“Cul-de-sac” is a French word which means “dead end.” The last word, sac, makes
you think of something without an opening, like the bottom of a:
dingo
room
street
sack
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Something that is prepared by a special treatment is:
wholesome
processed
fulfilling
nutritious
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
A “crevice” is a:
hole
bump
crack
service
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Which word below means “kick off”?
begin
explore
sightsee
discover
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Donuts, like many other western treats, have in Taiwan in recent years.
come under
taken place
churned out
caught on
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The nasal passages are in the:
eye
nose
stomach
leg
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Which word below means “to carry out the natural action of a thing”?
function
travel
differentiate
decompose
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Which word below means “something that is taken for granted”?
geography
calculation
misery
assumption
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
When you strike a match, it lights because of:
gravity
friction
atmosphere
density
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
When you can see and feel a thing, that thing is:
visible
audible
tangible
noticeable
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
To “protrude” means to:
draw in
hold back
stick out
put off
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
If you cannot catch a disease, you are:
deliberate
practical
mysterious
immune
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Work that requires much effort and energy is:
circulatory
continuous
strenuous
obliged
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
A scientist who studies the remains of past life is:
an anthropologist
a meteorologist
a psychiatrist
an archaeologist
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The opposite of a “primitive culture” is:
an excavation
a community
a civilization
an evacuation
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
During the drought, the city water waste.
tucked away
clamped down on
chased after
forced down on
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
17
are
remain
aren’t
become
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
18
jovial
melancholy
dejected
curious
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
19
fascinated
pessimistic
impassionate
comprehensive
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
20
holds on to
puts up with
gives way to
is subject to
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
21
normally
sickness
surprise
health
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
22
accuracy
fatigue
oddity
competence
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
23
satiation
emptiness
allowance
immoderation
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
24
appeasement
dissipation
clarity
leniency
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
25
thoughts
words
actions
interest
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
26
indulgence
temptation
insobriety
tolerance
Instruction : Choose the most appropriate words for the blanks below. Please be aware that
there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
27
nerdy
handicapped
wizard
clod
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
28
explaining
putting
announcing
informing
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
29
stretches
numbers
amounts
layers
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
30
deem
twist
adopt
defy
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there is only ONE answer for each blank.
People change. From moment to moment we (17) the same. We wake up in
the morning in a (18) mood and turn grumpy before lunch. We find ourselves
(19) in a conversational topic one moment, then suddenly lose interest. One
moment’s anger often (20) forgiveness the next. Health turns to illness and back to
(21) . Alertness becomes (22) , hunger becomes (23) , and confusion
becomes (24) .
We also change from situation to situation. You might be a relaxed conversationalist
with people you know but at a loss for (25) with strangers. You might be patient
when explaining things on the job and have no (26) for such things at home. You
might be a (27) at solving mathematical problems but have a terribly difficult time
(28) your thoughts into words.
Over longer (29) of time we also change. We grow older, learn new facts,
(30) new attitudes and philosophies, set and reach new goals, and find that others
change their way of think and acting (31) us.
31
before
like
for
toward
Instruction : Choose the most appropriate answer to each question below. Please be aware
that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The just walked by us.
Italian handsome young man
handsome young Italian man
Italian young handsome man
young handsome Italian man
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
William was astonished to find such in his grandmother’s house after she
died.
an incredibly artifact beautiful
a beautiful incredibly artifact
a beautiful artifact incredibly
an incredibly beautiful artifact
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
A characterized the world of American art and architecture in
the period between 1880 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
varying styles proliferation
proliferation of varying styles
style of proliferation
proliferation and varying of styles
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Electrical disturbances on Earth are frequently storms on the surface of
the sun.
caused with
caused as a result
caused by
caused as
Instruction : Choose the most appropriate answer to each question below. Please be aware
that there is only ONE answer for each question.
Keeping meats in cold temperature the spread of bacteria.
retards
retarding
to retard
is retarded
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The “no eating in the classroom” rule at the university all teachers,
employees, and students.
is applied
is applied to
applies to
is applying
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The athletes were sweat during the practice.
working up a
working up
worked up a
worked up
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that there is only ONE answer for each question.
It was very obvious that three of the members in the cheer-leading team were
.
out of place
held in place
stayed in place
fixing in place
Instruction : Choose the most appropriate answer to each question below. Please be aware
that there is only ONE answer for each question.
After breaking up with his girlfriend, he decided to his hometown good.
by
without
as
for
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
According to the author, how should you treat a book you own?
keep it clean
show affection
don’t write on it
share it with friends
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
What does the underlined word in the third paragraph “they” refer to?
bookshelves
doors
glass windows
books
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
The author suggested that we can not a borrowed book:
spend too much time reading
share with our friends
damage
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
For the author, book friends are better than living friends because book friends:
are always accessible
are already dead
have more personality
are less intimate
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
Based on the passage, which one of the statements below is true:
Loving to read makes a person a hermit.
Literature makes history everlasting.
Good friends are good companions.
Reading is a hobby for lonely people.
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
The purpose of this passage is:
to show the author’s long-time hobby
to explain how books help one get rid of loneliness
to encourage people to read different types of books
to discuss why one should own books
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
In the last paragraph, the author pointed out many similarities between authors and
?
aristocrats
lawyers
painters
actors
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
What do you think the underlined word in the first paragraph “sustains” mean?
receives
prolongs
extends
exceeds
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
For the author, a borrowed book is like:
a friend you miss very much
a high-school sweet heart
an honored guest
an annoying distraction
Instruction : Carefully read the passage below and choose the most appropriate answer to
each question. Please be aware that there is only ONE answer for each question.
The habit of reading is one of the greatest resources of mankind; and we enjoy reading
books that belong to us much more than if they are borrowed. A borrowed book is like a
guest in the house; it must be treated with punctiliousness, with a certain considerate
formality. You must see that it sustains no damage; it must not suffer while under your roof.
You cannot leave it carelessly, you cannot mark it, you cannot turn down the pages, you
cannot use it familiarly. And then, some day, although this is seldom done, you really ought
to return it.
But your own books belong to you; you treat them with that affectionate intimacy that
annihilates formality. Books are for use, not for show; you should own no book that you are
afraid to mark up, or afraid to place on the table, wide open and face down. A good reason
for marking favorite passages in books is that this practice enables you to remember more
easily the significant sayings, to refer to them quickly, and then in later years, it is like
visiting a forest where you once blazed a trail. You have the pleasure of going over the old
ground, and recalling both the intellectual scenery and your own earlier self.
Everyone should begin collecting a private library in youth; the instinct of private
property, which is fundamental in human beings, can here be cultivated with every
advantage and no evils. One should have one's own bookshelves, which should not have
doors, glass windows, or key; they should be free and accessible to the hand as well as to
the eye. The best of mural decorations is books; they are more varied in color and
appearance than any wallpaper, they are more attractive in design, and they have the prime
advantage of being separate personalities, so that if you sit alone in the room in the firelight,
you are surrounded with intimate friends. The knowledge that they are there in plain view is
both stimulating and refreshing. You do not have to read them all. Most of my indoor life is
spent in a room containing six thousand books; and I have a stock answer to the invariable
question that comes from strangers. "Have you read all of these books?"
"Some of them twice," This reply is both true and unexpected.
There are of course no friends like living, breathing, corporeal men and women; my
devotion to reading has never made me a recluse. How could it? Books are of the people,
by the people, for the people. Literature is the immortal part of history; it is the best and
most enduring part of personality. But book-friends have this advantage over living friends;
you can enjoy the most truly aristocratic society in the world whenever you want it. The
great dead are beyond our physical reach, and the great living are usually almost as
inaccessible; as for our personal friends and acquaintances, we cannot always see them.
Perchance they are asleep, or away on a journey. But in a private library, you can at any
moment converse with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw or
Barrie or Galsworthy. And there is no doubt that in these books you see these men at their
best. They wrote for you. They "laid themselves out," they did their ultimate best to
entertain you, to make a favorable impression. You are as necessary to them as an audience
is to an actor; only instead of seeing them masked, you look into their innermost heart of
hearts.
(Adapted from a speech given by William Lyon Phelps on April 6, 1933)
Which statement below could best describe the author’s view?
Many people like to hoard.
Adults should buy books for children.
Children should cultivate the habit of owning books.
Not all books should be displayed in bookshelves.
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