Key to the reading practice (2)

KEY TO THE READING PRACTICE Question 1 What is the topic of the passage? D The origin of basketball Question 2 We can see from the passage that in the countryside of Britain C only a few farms are pub[.]

KEY TO THE READING PRACTICE Question 1 : What is the topic of the passage?

D The origin of basketball

Question 2 : We can see from the passage that in the countryside of Britain

C only a few farms are publicly owned

Question 3 : Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Florida Keys ?

C The Florida Keys are in the shape of an arc

Question 4: Where in the passage does the author define the word ‘’capital’’

B Line 2-3

Question 5: Where in the passage does the author discuss a cause of extinction ?

B Lines 5-6

Question 6: It is implied in the passage that if a tree has 100 wide bands and 100 narrow bands,then it is

A a century old

Question 7: The word “They” in the passage refers to

C Michael’s parents

Question 8: The word “philately’’ in line 1 could be best replaced by

C Stamp collecting

Question 9: The word “unwilling’’ in the passage mostly means…

C “not wanting to do something”

READING PRACTICE

1 B 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 D 6 B 7 B 8 C 9 A 10 B

24 C 25 D 26 C 27 A 28 B 29 D 30 B 31 A

32 A 33 A 34 B 35 36 B 37 A 38 A 39 C 40 C 41 B

Reading 1

1 C 2.B 3.D 4 B 5 A

Reading 2

32 B 33 D 34 A 35 B 36 C 37 C 38 39 B 40 A 41 D

Reading 3

76 B 77 A 78 A 79 C 80 B

Reading 4

45 B 46 A 47 C 48 A 49 C 50 D 51 D 52 B 53 C 54 A Reading 5

55 C 56 D 57 C 58 B 59 60 C 61 D 62 D 63 A 64 C