READING COMPREHENSION

1. We can infer from the passage that every act

A) has to mean something.
B)

sends a message.
C) is a signal
D)

should be seen.
E) is not a gesture.

2. Gestures are done either on purpose or

A) to signal something.
B) cautiously.
C) by chance.
D) by somebody else.
E) meaningfully.

3. Hand waving has no other purpose than

A) to give information to others
B) sneezing
C)

to go on communication
D)



To violate: To break

To tend: To be inclined

Mentally: Psychologically

Industrious: Hardworking

Ambitious: Determined

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EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable, form of the .words
defined above

1. Waiting in one area is activity in others.
2. I ensured that Construction work the relevant building
regulations.
3. In other words, for an action to be it has to cause some
form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the
particular society.

4. The islanders are ; they are either out at work or
working at home.
5. They tend to be young, energetic, and , but so they are
likely to realize their goals.
READING COMPREHENSION


is exclusively'Used for ambitious people,
C)

means people rejected by the social system.
D) does not only Bring bad qualities to mind.
E) has no other meaning but honest.

PASSAGE 40

MAN'S BRAIN '

The amazing success of man as a species is the result of the
evolutionary development of his brain which has led, among
other things, to tool-using, tool-making, the ability to solve
problems by logical reasoning, thoughtful cooperation, and
language. One of the most striking ways in which the
chimpanzee biologically resembles man lies in the structure
of his brain. The brain of the modern chimpanzee is probably
not too dissimilar to the brain that so many millions of years
ago directed the behavior of the first ape-man.

VOCABULARY

Evolutionary : Related to gradual, natural development

To led to : To cause

Logical: Reasonable


or chemistry.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. The fact that prehistoric man made tools is considered to be one
of the major criteria

A) which do not make him more intelligent.
B) peculiar to animals.
C) distinguishing him from other creatures.
D) playing an important part in the security of chimpanzees.
E) proving that chimpanzees are unique.

2. The brain structure of the chimpanzee

A) is probably like that of early man.
B) is biologically dissimilar to man's brain.
C) does not resemble man's brain.
D) enables it to solve quite complex problems.
E) is more complex that those of the other animals.

3. The chimpanzee

A) gestures are very different from human gestures
B) directed the behavior of the early man
C) can solve problems by logical reasoning
D) and man show dissimilarities in behavior
E) is similar to man in several ways

PASSAGE 41


> EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above

1. The name is called twice now, for the matter is urgent.
2. At the back of the hall a woman sat quietly in a
wheelchair and a man paced up and down, a tiny Down's
syndome baby gurgling in his arms.
3. This money was initially paid out to distributors as a to
set up a network of satellite producers.
4. Magnifiers are available for partially people.
5. It just doesn't pay behind the hitech revolution Technology.
READING COMPREHENSION

1. Failing to receive visual stimulus

A)

disables the child to see
B)

is an advantage for a blind child.
C)

slown down the learning process.
D)

the environment does not show.

-sighted people can not locate objects as well as the blind.

PASSAGE 42

COLLEGES

The ultimate defense of college has always been that while it
may not teach you anything vocationally useful, it will
somehow make you a better person, able to do anything
better, and those who make it through the process are
initiated into the 'Fellowship of educated men and woman."
In a study intended to probe what graduates seven years out
of college thought their colleges should have done for them,
the Carnegie Commission found that most alumni expected
the "development of my abilities to think and express
myself."

VOCABULARY

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DEFINITIONS

Ultimate : Final, eventual

Defense: Guard, security

Vocationally : Related to a certain kind of work

To initiate: To start


colleges are the only places where students can do something
good
C)

nobody criticizes colleges
D) college graduates should defend colleges
E)

some people are against colleges

2. According to the author college education.

A) help people find useful jobs
B) provide students with full knowledge about vocations
C) do not help the students enough to specialize in a profession
D) will not make one a better person
E) gives everything that a person needs

3. It is obvious from the passage that.

A) colleges help students to express themselves
B) colleges didn't develop students' abilities to think
C) study investigated the effect of seven years oh the students
D) students were happy because they attended the college
E) Carnegie Commission was made up of students

PASSAGE 43

SLEEP


3. In my view, at the of his career, my father achieved his
ambition,
4. Thousands of boats were constructed and in the
hundreds of boatyards or "docks" found on Britain's canals
and rivers.
5. Returning to the kitchen, she with a nod of her head
that Craig sit on the stool near the fire.
READING COMPREHENSION

1. It has been suggested in the passage that

A)

intelligent people need no sleep at all
B)

there is no connection between intelligence and sleep
C) less intelligenf people need less sleep
D) although it is not certain intelligent people need less sleep
E) it has been proved that intelligent people need more sleep

2, Most scientific discoveries were made

A)

by a very small group of people
B)

by people who have drunk very little alcohol
C)

Meeting someone's glance with your eyes is usually a sign of
involvement, while looking away signals a desire to avoid
contact. Most of us remember trying to avoid a question we
didn't understand by glancing away from the teacher. At
times like these we usually become very interested in our
textbooks, fingernails, the clock- anything but the teacher's
stare. Of course, the teacher always seemed to know the
meaning of this nonverbal behavior and ended up picking on
those of us who signaled out uncertainty.

VOCABULARY

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To convey: To send
Glance: Quick look

Involvement: Taking part, concern, interest
To avoid: To keep away from, to evade
To signal: To show, to indicate
Stare: Intent look, gaze
Nonverbal:

To end up: To finish up
To pick on: To choose, to decide on
. Uncertainty; Hesitation, doubt

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they understand what the teacher means.
C)

they don't want to answer what the teacher will ask.
D)

their textbooks are interesting.
E)

they see that the teacher is not looking at them.

[3.
The write r sa ys that the teac her a l ways se e med to kno w what
looking
away from him meantA)

and therefore picked up interesting subjects.
B)

so he avoided contact with the students.
C)

because he signaled uncertainty.
D)

and was not interes ted in the students .

To lead to: to guide, to direct

^ EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the words
defined above.

1. She was all alone in her dazzling white attic, listening, and
waiting for to strike;
2. It is no that his name comes up so often. He must be
very skillful.
3. It is that the students' final grades be submitted to the
students" office.
4. The treatment and the patient recovered rapidly.
5. It would require permanent, steady and patient activity
a new attitude in people's minds towards work, life and
society.

READING COMPREHENSION

1. The history of inventions shows that careful research ,

A) leads to big inventions.
B) is not enough for success.
C) requires very little knowledge.
D) is of importance.
E) more vital than inspiration. -

2. When Frederick Banting was working on insulin, he