Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
MICHAEL FARADAY
During the last 400 years, most scientists have based on mathematics in their development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday, did not make (24) _______ of mathematics. Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born in London in 1791 and had no (25) _______ beyond reading and writing.
In 1812 Faraday was hired as a bottle washer by the great chemist Humphry Davy. Later, Faraday became a greater scientist than Davy, making the last years of Davy’s life embittered with jealousy. Faraday made the first (26) _______ motor in 1821, a device that used electricity to produce movement. Then Faraday became interested in the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In 1831 he discovered that when a magnet is moved near a wire, electricity flows in the wire. With this discovery he produced a machine for making electricity called a dynamo. Faraday then went on to show how electricity affects chemical (27) _______.
Because Faraday believed that money should be given to the poor, when he grew old, he was destitute. (28) _______, Queen Victoria rewarded him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend and a house. He died in 1867.
1. A. usage B. advantage C. use D. utilization
2. A. instruction B. knowledge C. training D. schooling
3. A. electric B. electronics C. electricity D. electrician
4. A. matters B. substances C. materials D. equations
5. A. Still B. So C. However D. Yet
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
Indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such everyday (31) ________ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized training they may need to prepare for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain educational requirements and obtain a (32) ________ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine. Many fields, like computer operation or police work, require satisfactory completion of special training courses.
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Education is also important (33) ________ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting and enjoyable, such as the skills (34) ________ to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical instrument. Such education becomes increasingly important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today take place with increasing speed and affect the lives of more and more people. Education can help a person understand these changes and provide him (35) ________ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 31: A. actions B. jobs C. works D. activities
Question 32: A. license B. paper C. diploma D. card
Question 33: A. therefore B. despite C. although D. because
Question 34: A. able B. capable C. needed D. ordered
Question 35: A. with B. for C. on D. in
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
Indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the American educational system was desperately in need of reform. Private schools existed, but only for the very rich. There were very few public schools because of the strong sentiment that children who would grow up to be laborers should not "waste" their time on education but should instead prepare themselves for their life's work. It was in the face of this public sentiment that educational reformers set about their task. Horace Mann, probably the most famous of the reformers, felt that there was no excuse in a republic for any citizen to be uneducated. Education is important (31) ________ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting and enjoyable, (32) ________ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical instrument. Such education becomes (33) _________ important as people gain more and leisure time.
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Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today take place with increasing speed and (34) ________ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a person understand these changes and provide him (35) ________ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 31: A. therefore B. despite C. although D. because
Question 32: A. such as B. for instance C. such that D. for example
Question 33: A. increased B. increasing C. increase D. increasingly
Question 34: A. effect B. affect C. affective D. effective
Question 35: A. with B. for C. in D. to
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