READING COMPREHENSION TEST 4

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I. From bones found in the United States we have learned that many, many animals 

no longer found in the world once made their homes here. We say that these 

animals are "extinct." Sometimes, workers find their bones in pits from which 

rock and coal have been dug. Other workers who make way for railroad tracks and 

workers who dig pits for the basements of new buildings sometimes uncover them. 

Nowadays, scientists know where to look for them. Huge fishes and enormous 

reptiles swam in the water. On the shores roamed tigers with tusks, very big 

lions, great bears, rhinoceroses covered with wool, and herds of hippopotamuses, 

as well as horses only as big as a fox.

A. This story is mainly about - 

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I. From bones found in the United States we have learned that many, many animals 

no longer found in the world once made their homes here. We say that these 

animals are "extinct." Sometimes, workers find their bones in pits from which 

rock and coal have been dug. Other workers who make way for railroad tracks and 

workers who dig pits for the basements of new buildings sometimes uncover them. 

Nowadays, scientists know where to look for them. Huge fishes and enormous 

reptiles swam in the water. On the shores roamed tigers with tusks, very big 

lions, great bears, rhinoceroses covered with wool, and herds of hippopotamuses, 

as well as horses only as big as a fox.

B. "Extinct" means - 

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I. From bones found in the United States we have learned that many, many animals 

no longer found in the world once made their homes here. We say that these 

animals are "extinct." Sometimes, workers find their bones in pits from which 

rock and coal have been dug. Other workers who make way for railroad tracks and 

workers who dig pits for the basements of new buildings sometimes uncover them. 

Nowadays, scientists know where to look for them. Huge fishes and enormous 

reptiles swam in the water. On the shores roamed tigers with tusks, very big 

lions, great bears, rhinoceroses covered with wool, and herds of hippopotamuses, 

as well as horses only as big as a fox.

C. Workers found -

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I. From bones found in the United States we have learned that many, many animals 

no longer found in the world once made their homes here. We say that these 

animals are "extinct." Sometimes, workers find their bones in pits from which 

rock and coal have been dug. Other workers who make way for railroad tracks and 

workers who dig pits for the basements of new buildings sometimes uncover them. 

Nowadays, scientists know where to look for them. Huge fishes and enormous 

reptiles swam in the water. On the shores roamed tigers with tusks, very big 

lions, great bears, rhinoceroses covered with wool, and herds of hippopotamuses, 

as well as horses only as big as a fox.

D. The workers mentioned in the story -

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II. Have you ever thought, when looking through a window, that at one time there 

was not a pane of glass in the world? Then a man dug things out of the earth, 

mixed them, and heated them, and he found he had made something hard, smooth, 

and clear, so that he could see through it. Who was he? We do not know. We do 

know, though, that we owe him a great debt, and we owe a debt, also, to other 

discoverers and inventors whose names are no longer known.

A. This story is mainly about -

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II. Have you ever thought, when looking through a window, that at one time there 

was not a pane of glass in the world? Then a man dug things out of the earth, 

mixed them, and heated them, and he found he had made something hard, smooth, 

and clear, so that he could see through it. Who was he? We do not know. We do 

know, though, that we owe him a great debt, and we owe a debt, also, to other 

discoverers and inventors whose names are no longer known.

B. Why do we owe this unknown man a great debt?

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II. Have you ever thought, when looking through a window, that at one time there 

was not a pane of glass in the world? Then a man dug things out of the earth, 

mixed them, and heated them, and he found he had made something hard, smooth, 

and clear, so that he could see through it. Who was he? We do not know. We do 

know, though, that we owe him a great debt, and we owe a debt, also, to other 

discoverers and inventors whose names are no longer known.

C. Why can you see through a window?

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II. Have you ever thought, when looking through a window, that at one time there 

was not a pane of glass in the world? Then a man dug things out of the earth, 

mixed them, and heated them, and he found he had made something hard, smooth, 

and clear, so that he could see through it. Who was he? We do not know. We do 

know, though, that we owe him a great debt, and we owe a debt, also, to other 

discoverers and inventors whose names are no longer known.

D. The names of other discoverers and inventors are no longer known because - 

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III. Long ago, people living where the weather was always warm never dreamed 

that there were such things as snow and ice. People living where the weather was 

always cold did not imagine that, elsewhere, oranges and grapes grew in the warm 

sunshine, colorful birds flew like living rainbows amidst the trees, and 

dragonflies danced like winged rubies in the warm air.

A. This story is mainly about -

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III. Long ago, people living where the weather was always warm never dreamed 

that there were such things as snow and ice. People living where the weather was 

always cold did not imagine that, elsewhere, oranges and grapes grew in the warm 

sunshine, colorful birds flew like living rainbows amidst the trees, and 

dragonflies danced like winged rubies in the warm air.

B. The birds in the story are like rainbows in that -

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III. Long ago, people living where the weather was always warm never dreamed 

that there were such things as snow and ice. People living where the weather was 

always cold did not imagine that, elsewhere, oranges and grapes grew in the warm 

sunshine, colorful birds flew like living rainbows amidst the trees, and 

dragonflies danced like winged rubies in the warm air.

C. The people in the story were -

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III. Long ago, people living where the weather was always warm never dreamed 

that there were such things as snow and ice. People living where the weather was 

always cold did not imagine that, elsewhere, oranges and grapes grew in the warm 

sunshine, colorful birds flew like living rainbows amidst the trees, and 

dragonflies danced like winged rubies in the warm air.

D. Dragonflies in the story are like -

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IV. It was a man who lived before the time of Christopher Columbus that was the 

world's first great traveler. His name was Marco Polo. With his father and his 

uncle, he traveled from Italy to China, crossing mountains and deserts to get 

there. In China a king called Kublai Khan was pleased to see the Polos and had 

them live near to him. They stayed for twenty-three years. Kublai Khan sent 

Marco to other countries to do business for him. When Marco finally returned to 

Italy, he wrote all about his adventures in a book, which was read by Columbus 

and many other people, who also became interested in traveling to strange 

countries.

A. This story is mainly about -

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IV. It was a man who lived before the time of Christopher Columbus that was the 

world's first great traveler. His name was Marco Polo. With his father and his 

uncle, he traveled from Italy to China, crossing mountains and deserts to get 

there. In China a king called Kublai Khan was pleased to see the Polos and had 

them live near to him. They stayed for twenty-three years. Kublai Khan sent 

Marco to other countries to do business for him. When Marco finally returned to 

Italy, he wrote all about his adventures in a book, which was read by Columbus 

and many other people, who also became interested in traveling to strange 

countries.

B. Marco Polo is called great because -

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IV. It was a man who lived before the time of Christopher Columbus that was the 

world's first great traveler. His name was Marco Polo. With his father and his 

uncle, he traveled from Italy to China, crossing mountains and deserts to get 

there. In China a king called Kublai Khan was pleased to see the Polos and had 

them live near to him. They stayed for twenty-three years. Kublai Khan sent 

Marco to other countries to do business for him. When Marco finally returned to 

Italy, he wrote all about his adventures in a book, which was read by Columbus 

and many other people, who also became interested in traveling to strange 

countries.

C. We know from the story that Kublai Khan liked Marco because -

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IV. It was a man who lived before the time of Christopher Columbus that was the 

world's first great traveler. His name was Marco Polo. With his father and his 

uncle, he traveled from Italy to China, crossing mountains and deserts to get 

there. In China a king called Kublai Khan was pleased to see the Polos and had 

them live near to him. They stayed for twenty-three years. Kublai Khan sent 

Marco to other countries to do business for him. When Marco finally returned to 

Italy, he wrote all about his adventures in a book, which was read by Columbus 

and many other people, who also became interested in traveling to strange 

countries.

D. Marco's book was -

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V. In the days of Christopher Columbus, people in Europe traded goods with 

India. The goods were carried along paths or roads from one country to another. 

However, no person from Europe had ever reached India by ship. After Columbus 

found what he thought was India by going west, people in Europe wanted to try to 

reach India by going east. The first sea captain to do this was Vasco da Gama. 

His sailors were just as afraid to go into open ocean as were Columbus' sailors, 

but Vasco da Gama insisted, and, sure enough, they found a sea route to India. 

They found it by sailing around the south end of Africa.

A. This story is mostly about -

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V. In the days of Christopher Columbus, people in Europe traded goods with 

India. The goods were carried along paths or roads from one country to another. 

However, no person from Europe had ever reached India by ship. After Columbus 

found what he thought was India by going west, people in Europe wanted to try to 

reach India by going east. The first sea captain to do this was Vasco da Gama. 

His sailors were just as afraid to go into open ocean as were Columbus' sailors, 

but Vasco da Gama insisted, and, sure enough, they found a sea route to India. 

They found it by sailing around the south end of Africa.

B. Vasco da Gama found the route to India by ship by -

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V. In the days of Christopher Columbus, people in Europe traded goods with 

India. The goods were carried along paths or roads from one country to another. 

However, no person from Europe had ever reached India by ship. After Columbus 

found what he thought was India by going west, people in Europe wanted to try to 

reach India by going east. The first sea captain to do this was Vasco da Gama. 

His sailors were just as afraid to go into open ocean as were Columbus' sailors, 

but Vasco da Gama insisted, and, sure enough, they found a sea route to India. 

They found it by sailing around the south end of Africa.

C. A ship is better for carrying goods than a pack animal because -

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V. In the days of Christopher Columbus, people in Europe traded goods with 

India. The goods were carried along paths or roads from one country to another. 

However, no person from Europe had ever reached India by ship. After Columbus 

found what he thought was India by going west, people in Europe wanted to try to 

reach India by going east. The first sea captain to do this was Vasco da Gama. 

His sailors were just as afraid to go into open ocean as were Columbus' sailors, 

but Vasco da Gama insisted, and, sure enough, they found a sea route to India. 

They found it by sailing around the south end of Africa.

D. Columbus and Vasco da Gama are alike in that -