Q&A based on Passages : Passage 1

Practice Test

Direction: You will be given 10 minutes to read and choose the right answers to the questions.

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(1) What is David's family excited about?

   1 Learning a new language from a family member.

   2 The possibility of a long holiday in China.

   3 Having a family discussion about his new business.

   4 The chance to live in a foreign country.

(2) Why is David interested in the new job?

   1 He was looking for a chance to learn Chinese.

   2 He wants more responsibility for doing his job.

   3 He needs a change from advertising to sales.

   4 He would like to work with different colleagues.

(3) One thing that David is concerned about is

   1 who will pay for his children's school fees.

   2 where he will be sent and live in China.

   3 when the new job in Shanghai will start.

   4 whether or not he can take his family.

Let's Discuss!

Vocabulary Check

Direction: Let's study the meaning of the words and their correct pronunciation.

Comprehension Questions

Direction: Let's study and understand the email again to check for the answers and its content.

(1) What is David's family excited about?

   1 Learning a new language from a family member.

   2 The possibility of a long holiday in China.

   3 Having a family discussion about his new business.

   4 The chance to live in a foreign country.

(2) Why is David interested in the new job?

   1 He was looking for a chance to learn Chinese.

   2 He wants more responsibility for doing his job.

   3 He needs a change from advertising to sales.

   4 He would like to work with different colleagues.

(3) One thing that David is concerned about is

   1 who will pay for his children's school fees.

   2 where he will be sent and live in China.

   3 when the new job in Shanghai will start.

   4 whether or not he can take his family.

Q&A based on Passages : Passage 2

Directions: You will be given 10 minutes to read and choose the right answers to the questions.

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(1) What is true about computer programming?

   1 Most people had forgotten that some of the first computer programmers were female.

   2 A majority of people who study to become computer programmers are women.

   3 Male computer programmers have trouble finding jobs in the modern economy.

   4 Most of the men working in computer programming studied at the University of         Pennsylvania.

(2) What happened during World War II?

   1 Women began doing jobs which had mostly been done by men before the men went to war.

   2 Men who had studied math in college often found it difficult to find a place to work.

   3 The U.S. Army calculated the time it took to build rockets and bombs.

   4 The U.S. Army hired a group of women to fight along with men overseas.

(3) ENIAC was

   1 a special program where women could learn how to develop new computers.

   2 a device that could quickly do calculations that took humans a long time to complete.

   3 an event held by the U.S. Army to increase the security of their computers.

   4 a type of device that was used by computers to increase the speed of their calculations.

(4) What did Kathryn Kleiman do?

   1 She created a group to support women who want to become computer programmers.

   2 She made a documentary about a group of women who helped develop modern computer         programming.

   3 She became the first woman to get a degree in computer programming at Harvard         University.

   4 She developed a new way to use computer programming to create movies.

(5) Which of the following statements is true?

   1 Women calculated the movements of rockets and bombs for the U.S. Army during World         War II.

   2 Kathryn Kleiman began teaching computer science at Harvard University in 1986.

   3 The first computer was so large that it took two days for a group of women to repair.

   4 About 75 percent of young American women have said that they will study computer         science.

Let's Discuss!

Vocabulary Check

Direction: Let's study the meaning of the words and their correct pronunciation.

Comprehension Questions

Direction: Let's study and understand the passage again to check for the answers and its content.

(1) What is true about computer programming?

   1 Most people had forgotten that some of the first computer programmers were female.

   2 A majority of people who study to become computer programmers are women.

   3 Male computer programmers have trouble finding jobs in the modern economy.

   4 Most of the men working in computer programming studied at the University of         Pennsylvania.

(2) What happened during World War II?

   1 Women began doing jobs which had mostly been done by men before the men went to war.

   2 Men who had studied math in college often found it difficult to find a place to work.

   3 The U.S. Army calculated the time it took to build rockets and bombs.

   4 The U.S. Army hired a group of women to fight along with men overseas.

(3) ENIAC was

   1 a special program where women could learn how to develop new computers.

   2 a device that could quickly do calculations that took humans a long time to complete.

   3 an event held by the U.S. Army to increase the security of their computers.

   4 a type of device that was used by computers to increase the speed of their calculations.

(4) What did Kathryn Kleiman do?

   1 She created a group to support women who want to become computer programmers.

   2 She made a documentary about a group of women who helped develop modern computer         programming.

   3 She became the first woman to get a degree in computer programming at Harvard         University.

   4 She developed a new way to use computer programming to create movies.

(5) Which of the following statements is true?

   1 Women calculated the movements of rockets and bombs for the U.S. Army during World         War II.

   2 Kathryn Kleiman began teaching computer science at Harvard University in 1986.

   3 The first computer was so large that it took two days for a group of women to repair.

   4 About 75 percent of young American women have said that they will study computer         science.