READING 1-5 ANSWER KEY

READING 1

VOCABULARY

1) lifted           2) pretext         3) gift              4) conversing               5) concealed

READING

1)  B           2)  B           3)  C

READING 2

VOCABULARY

1) stroll            2) check           3) wholly         4) contemplates           5) varied

READING

1)  B                2)  E                3)  A

READING 3

VOCABULARY

1)  adapts        2)  rapid           3)  grumble      4)  generation gap       5)  after all

READING

1)  D                2)  A                3)  A

READING 4

VOCABULARY

1)  enhances    2)  relied on     3)  utilize         4)  associations            5)  eager

READING

1)  E                2)  B                3)  D

READING 5

VOCABULARY

1) Ornament/streamers            2) bakes                       3) purchased   

4) impatient for                         5) impatient for

READING

1)  C                2)  B                3)  A 

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READING 5

CHRISTMAS

Christmas is only a few days away and the two children in the Robinson family feel very excited and are impatient for it. Their mother has baked them a very large and delicious Christmas cake. She has shown them how to make colorful ornaments for their Christmas tree. Tomorrow she will take them out shopping in the High Street as she is planning to purchase new clothes for them to wear on Christmas Day. Mr. Robinson gave Tommy and Irena some money last week so that they could buy themselves lots of balloons and streamers to decorate their house

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VOCABULARY

DEFINITIONS

To be impatient for: To long for, to look forward to

To bake: To cook in the oven

Ornament: Decoration

To purchase: To buy

Streamer: Flag, ribbon

To decorate: To ornament

EXERCISES

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

1.  We _____________ the living room with _____________ for Christmas.

2.  My wife _____________ delicious pastries every weekend.

3.  The company _____________ new computers to speed up the work in the offices last week.

4.  It has been two years since he graduated and he is _____________ a job.

5.  The children are _____________ the day when they will go to the playground.

READING COMPREHENSION

1.  We understand from the passage that

A.  Christmas doesn't mean much to the children

B.  the family is not happy with Christmas

C.  children are looking forward to Christmas

D.  they always do the same arrangements for the New Year

E.  the Robinsons will not celebrate the New Year

2.  Children learnt how to.

A.  do shopping

B.  make decorations

C.  buy new clothes

D.  make a cake

E.  excite their mother and father

3.  It is obvious in the passage that.

A.  she hasn't bought clothes for the children yet

B.  the shopping for the Christmas has finished

C.  the following day is the New Year

D.  children spent all their money on cake

E.  Mr. Robinson will give them some more money

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READING 4

MEMORY

There is no simple answer to the question, "How can I enhance my memory?" But there are some general points one can make. Firstly, you have to practice. Practice remembering things. Secondly, use your memory. Preferring to make notes all the time rather than rely on one's memory is a terrible mistake. It's certain that you actually risk making your memory worse that way. In order to utilize your memory, you have to be keen to remember-eager to remember. If you really mean to remember things, you can. And thirdly, always make associations when you want to remember anything.

VOCABULARY

DEFINITIONS

To enhance: To develop

To rely on: To trust

To risk: To take the risk of

To utilize: To use

Keen: Willing, enthusiastic, eager

Eager: Ready/ willing, keen

Associations: Links, relations

EXERCISES

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

1.  Clothes are important - you should wear something which _______________ your own self esteem and creates the right kind of impression

2.  I have always _______________ the kindness of my friends.

3.  We have to find a way to _______________ our fifty thousand members as an educational and propaganda machine

4.  Music, obviously, can make a mood, build familiarity and memory, and  _______________ for an happy event.

5.  He has always been _______________ to help the needy.

READING COMPREHENSION

1.  To better one's ability to remember, one should not

A.  make general points

B.  practice everything one learns

C.  force oneself to remember

D.  use one's memory

E.  write down the things one should remember.

2.  Writing down everything ………………

A.  helps a lot to remember

B.  makes a person's memory worse

C.  improves memory

D.  leads to mistakes

E.  is another way of using one's memory.

3.  The writer points out that one ……………….. 

A.  should not be so eager to remember

B.  must try to remember everything

C.  should make small notes when one wants to remember anything

D.  can also connect things in mind to remember them

E.  should sometimes risk making one's memory worse

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READING 3

THE GENERATION GAP

The world is undergoing a rapid change. That is, views, opinions, fashion, and even traditions are changing rapidly. The old cannot adapt themselves to these changes easily. They always talk about good old days, and grumble about the young, which leads to a generation gap. Parents always mention the problems of the young. If there is one, then, we can say that it is the old who create it. Everyone is of the opinion that the young are, after all, human beings-people just like their parents. There is only one difference between an old man and a young man: the young man has got a bright future before, him and the old one has got a lot of experience behind him.

VOCABULARY

DEFINITIONS

To undergo: To go through, to experience

Rapid: Quick, fast.

To adapt: To make suitable for

To grumble: To complain

Generation gap: Failure of the younger and older generations to understand each other

To mention: To talk about

To be of the opinion: To agree

After all: In spite of everything

EXERCISES

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

1.  Everything depends on how the country ________________ itself to using information technology.

2.  The government, after a period of ________________ decline in manufacturing and a sharp rise in unemployment, appears to have conquered many of the major difficulties.

3.  I don't________________ about my pension; I could do with more, but I don't.

4.  Allowing for the ________________, we found we had a surprising amount in common.

5.  You should not get angry with him because he contradicted you in front of your friends, ________________  he is only a child.

READING COMPREHENSION

1.  It is maintained that the old ……………. 

A.  are the only ones who get accustomed to the change.

B.  like the change more than anything else.

C.  have always been open to the change

D.  can't keep up with the rapid change .

E.  don't like the traditions.

2.  The writer claims that it is the old who.

A.  create the problem of the generation gap

B.  try to adapt themselves to the changes

C.  want the young to be free in their lives

D.  never talk about their past experiences

E.  are in the harmony with the young.

3.  The old differ from the young in that …………….

A.  the latter are not as experienced as the former

B.  the former do not know what to expect from life

C.  the old are better in understanding the young

D.  the young are worse in adapting themselves to changes

E.  they are both living in the same world.

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READING 2

DOOLE'S LIFE

Doole was in business, in fireplaces. But he would often go for a stroll in the afternoon between two and three. "Nobody comes back from lunch till three, you might as well not have a telephone", so he often said to himself. Doole took out his watch and checked the time. Nearly half an hour before he need think of the office. "What a wholly delightful day!" he contemplated. Indeed, the varied colorful flowers in the park shone very brightly in that September light.

VOCABULARY

DEFINITIONS

To go for a stroll: To go for a walk

To check: To confirm

Wholly: Completely, entirely

To contemplate: To think

Varied: Various, mixed

EXERCISES

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

1.  After breakfast I take a _______________ around the base checking that all the daily tasks have been completed.

2.  _______________  for signs of damage and only store those in perfect condition in paper sacks in a cool, dark place.

3.  In alternate weeks the auction is _______________ devoted to domestic buyers or to foreign buyers.

4.  He _______________ balloon-travel and a journey to the North Pole.

5.  Team sizes can be _______________ but they are always made up of an odd number of competitors.

READING COMPREHENSION

1.  We understand from the passage that.

A.  employees in the office always go to the park

B.  people return to the office at about three o'clock

C.  nobody telephones the office

D.  Doole prefers to be near the fireplace

E) Doole does not like to eat out

2.  It's obvious in the passage that Doole.

A. only goes out if it is fine

B.  has his lunch at three o'clock

C.  does not call at the office

D.  works alone in the office

E.  enjoys walking in the park

3.  We can infer from the passage that ……………

A.  it was a fine autumn day

B.  the weather was very cold

C.  it was a beautiful summer day

D.  Doole preferred to be in a different place.

E.  nobody goes to that park

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READING 1

THE BRITISH MENTALITY

Although I had stayed in England for over a year, it was difficult for me to understand the British mentality. Traveling to the office everyday by train, I watched people concealing their faces behind newspaper. They rarely conversed with each other, occasionally lifting their eyebrows to look at their fellow passengers. But when I started a conversation under the pretext of the weather I found many had a natural gift for gossip.

VOCABULARY

DEFINITIONS

Mentality: Mind

To conceal: To hide

To converse: To talk

Occasionally: Seldom, rarely

To lift: To raise

Pretext: Excuse/ false reason

Gift: Talent, skill Gossip: Friendly chat

EXERCISES

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

1.  Maggie crossed the room, ______________ the lid of the pot and sniffed at the contents.

2.  Under the ______________ of wanting to return a pen which she had left behind, I visited her.

3.  It turned out that Jane had inherited a natural ______________ for music.

4.  They were _______________ intimately, opening up their private problems to each other with a freedom well beyond the usual.

5.  Paul confesses his doubts such as he would have _____________  from anyone he did not trust absolutely.

READING COMPREHENSION

1.  The writer was quite surprised …………...

A.  as he could understand the British mind

B.  because almost noone on the train was talking to each other

C.  since most people were reading newspaper

D.  after he saw people traveling by train

E.  when he saw the British way of life.

2.  Using the excuse of the weather

A.  doesn't work all the time

B.  is how one can get the British to talk

C.  is good for gossiping about nature

D.  requires natural gift for gossip

E.  makes it easy to change the subject.

3.  It can be inferred from the passage that

A.  people in England cover their faces with a newspaper

B.  the British do not look at anybody in the train

C.  the British are in fact have a tendency to talking

D.  Englishmen always read something

E.  the writer wanted to stay for another year.

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READING COMPREHENSION INDEX

READING COMPREHENSION

READING 1:   THE BRITISH MENTALITY

READING 2:   DOOLE'S LIFE

READING3:  THE GENERATION GAP

READING4:  MEMORY

READING5:  CHRISTMAS

ANSWER SHEET READING1-5

READINGS 1-5 ANSWER KEY


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