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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST
Subject: Reading	Time:55’
Questions1-20:Read the texts carefully and choose the best answer to the questions
TEXT 1
Bananas are widely believed to grow on trees: this is incorrect. The banana is a plant which finishes all its growth in one year, reading a height of 30 feet. Bananas have a subterranean stem from which come large, green leaves. The plant reaches its maturity in about 18 months.
	As the bunches of bananas mature and the fruit develops, they can be propped up with poles and covered with blue polyethylene bags. These prevent bruising, protect against the frost and speed ripening by increasing heat and humidity.
	Once the banana plant has produced its fruit, the mother plant dies and is replaced by pups (sucker plants). These grow next to the parent and make a new generation of banana plants.
1. What does “this” in line 1 refer to?
A. The belief that bananas grow on trees.
B. Certain beliefs about bananas.
C. Widely-held that bananas do not grow on trees.
D. The belief that bananas do not grow on trees.
2. What would be the best title for the first paragraph?
A. Beliefs about banana plants.
B. The growth of a banana plant to maturity.
C. A year in the life of a banana plant.
D. Banana plants: from birth to maturity.
3. Why are blue polyethylene bags mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. They are used to prop up bananas.
B. They protect growing bananas and speed ripening.
C. They help increase heat and humidity and so prevent ripening.
D. Bunches of bananas are always covered with them.
4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. How the banana plant produces its fruit.
B. How a sucker plant is called a pup.
C. The death of mother plants
D. The growth of sucker plants.
5. The next sentence after the passage is mostly likely to be:
A. The old banana plants are chopped up and used as mature.
B. Chicken mature can now be used to feed all kinds of banana plants
C. Bananas are used in dessert recipes all over the world.
D. Bananas are grown all over South and Central America.
TEXT 2
Petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, home heating oil, residual fuel oil, and lubricating oils, come from one source -- crude oil found below the earth's surface, as well as under large bodies of water, from a few hundred feet below the surface to as deep as 25,000 feet into the earth's interior.    Sometimes crude oil is secured by drilling a hole through the earth, but more dry holes are drilled than those producing oil.    Pressure at the source or pumping forces crude oil to the surface.    Crude oil wells flow at varying rates, from ten to thousands of barrels per hour.    Petroleum products are always measured in 42-gallon barrels.
Petroleum products vary greatly in physical appearance: thin, thick, transparent or opaque, but regardless, their chemical composition is made up of two elements: carbon and hydrogen, which form compounds called hydrocarbons.    Other chemical elements found in union with the hydrocarbons are few and are classified as impurities.    Trace elements are also found, but these are of such minute quantities that they are disregarded.    The combination of carbon and hydrogen forms many thousands of compounds which are possible because of the carious positions and joinings of these two atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule.
The various petroleum products are refined from the crude oil by heating and condensing the vapors.    These products are the so-called light oils, such as gasoline, kerosene, and distillate oil.    The residue remaining after the light oils are distilled is known as heavy or residual fuel oil and is used mostly for burning under boilers.    Additional complicated refining processes rearrange the chemical structure of the hydrocarbons to produce other products, some of which are used to upgrade and increase the octane rating of various types of gasoline.
6. Which of the following is NOT true?
 	A. Crude oil is found below land and water.
 	B. Crude oil is always found a few hundred feet below the surface.
 	C. Pumping and pressure force crude oil to the surface.
 	D. A variety of petroleum products is obtained from crude oil.
7. Many thousands of hydrocarbon compounds are possible because ___.
 	A. the petroleum products vary greatly in physical appearance
 	B. complicated refining processes rearrange the chemical structure
 	C. the two atoms in the molecule assume many positions
 	D. the pressure needed to force it to the surface causes molecular transformation
8. Which of the following is true?
 	A. The various petroleum products are produced by filtration.
 	B. Heating and condensation produce the various products.
 	C. Chemical separation is used to produce the various products.
 	D. Mechanical means such as the centrifuge are used to produce the various products.
9. How is crude oil brought to the surface?
 	A. Expansion of the hydrocarbons.
 	B. Pressure and pumping.
 	C. Vacuum created in the drilling pipe.
 	D. Expansion and contraction of the earth's surface.
10. Which of the following is NOT listed as a light oil?
 	A. Distillate oil.
 	B. Gasoline.
 	C. Lubrication oil.
 	D. Kerosene. 
TEXT 3
 SHOPPING CENTERS
 In many old cities in Europe, there are narrow twisting roads with many shops huddling together along the two sides. These commercial places are not so modern and convenient as those called shopping centers in modern cities, especially in the suburbs of the big cities in the United States.
 Shopping centers have developed rapidly because of the shift of the population to the suburbs, the growing use of and dependence upon the automobile and the heavy traffic in downtown areas.
 A shopping center is a large group of stores facing a huge central enclosed mall which may be covered, heated, and air-conditioned. A shopping center is also surrounded by a parking area with space for thousands of cars.
We can buy all kinds of food and get anything we need in a shopping center. Unlike a supermarket, where groceries are chiefly sold, a shopping center provides us with all services besides food. We can get our hair cut, eyes examined, clothes washed; we can book our tickets for a world tour and even enroll in special classes.
 Shopping centers are, therefore, very convenient for customers, but they lack the "senses of closeness" as felt in older commercial centers.
11. The rapid development of shopping centers is mainly due to.........
 	A. the fast-growing prosperity of suburban people.
 	B. the growing use of the automobile.
 	C. the growing use of heavy cars in big cities. 
 	D. the shift of the population to downtown areas.
12. A shopping center is a large group of stores facing a huge central mall which is............
 A. narrow and winding.
 B. very crowded with automobiles.
 C. used as a store-house for heaters and conditioners.
 D. shaded and comfortable.
13. American shopping centers are especially established in the suburbs because.......... .
 A. the customers want to avoid the heavy traffic in downtown areas.
 	 B. the traffic is heavier in the suburbs than in the downtown areas.
 	 C. there are few people moving from the downtown areas to the neighboring regions.
 D. the streets in the downtown areas are so narrow and twisting.
14. Customers can't find the "senses of closeness" in a shopping center because..........
 A. all the items in the storss are very expensive.
 B. the shopkeepers are not very cordial.
 C. it is too modern and convenient.
 D. they worry too much about the safety of their cars.
15. In the shopping sections of many old cities in Europe, the stores are located...........
 	 A. in the suburbs 	B. in residential areas
 C. along poor, dirty roads 	D. along small, winding streets
TEXT 4
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught – to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
	If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
	Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, ‘But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?’ Don’t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.
16. What does the other think is the best way for children to learn things?
	A. by copying what other people do	
	B. by making mistakes and having them corrected
	C. by listening to explanations from skilled people	
	D. by asking a great many questions
17. What does the other think teachers do which they should not do? 
	A. They give children correct answers.	
	B. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
	C. They allow children to mark their own work.	
	D. They encourage children to copy from one another.
18. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
	A. not really important skills.	
	B. more important than other skills.
	C. basically different from learning adult skills.	
	D. basically the same as learning other skills.
19. Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by
	A. educated persons.	 B. the children themselves.	C. teachers.	 D. parents.
20. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are
	A. too independent of others.	 B. too critical of themselves. 
	C. unable to think for themselves.	 D. unable to use basic skills.
Questions 21-50: Read the texts and choose the best words to fill in the blanks
TEXT 5 
	If you want to _____(21)____ your best in an exam, you should be relaxed and so one of the best things to do is to take regular _____(22)____ even if they are only for a few minutes. During revision time, you _____(23)_____ take some time off to go for a walk or play your _____(24)_____ sport. It is a mistake to _____(25)_____ up all physical activities. Exercise can _____(26)_____ you to relax. You should _____(27)____ at least twenty minutes doing something different every day. Parents don’t like it when their teenage children spend _____(28)_____ on the phone, but, in fact, ____(29)____ to a friend is very good for you; parents think that children are ____(30)____ time and money; but research says talking to friends gives you a chance to relax, and this will make the time you spend studying more effective.
21.	A. make B.do C. go	 D. write
22	A. breaks B. holidays C. trips	 D. pauses 
23	A. shall B. will C. should	 D. have
24	A. best B. nicest C. popular D. favoutite
25	A. take B. give C. make D. stop 
26.	A. get B.make C. give	 D. help
27	A. spend B. waste C. use	 D. relax
28	A. days B. minutes C. hours	 D. times
29	A. sayings B. telling C. communicating D. chatting
30	A. wasting B. losing C. spending D. missing
TEXT 6
Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can be found in books. The invention of the book is one of humankind’s (31) __________ achievement, the (32)__________of which cannot be overestimated. Books are very (33) __________ providing us with both entertainment and (34) __________The production of books began in (35) ______Egypt, though not in a form that is recognizable to us (36) ______
The books read by the Romans, however, have some(37) __________ to the ones we read now.Until the (38) __________of the 15th century, in Europe, all books were written by hand. They were often beautifully (39) __________ and always rare and expensive. With printing came the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, making(40) __________more widespread and accessible.
31.	A.greatest B.largest C. hugest D. fastest
32.	A.unimportance	B.vital	 C. importance	 D. key
33.	A. adjusting	B. adjustable	 C. adapting D. adaptable
34.	A. news	B. information C. data	 D. facts
35.	A. Old	 B. Antique C. Ancient D. Aged
36.	A. today	 B. today C. this day D. this night
37. A. alike	B. likeness	C. same	D. similarities
38. A. center	B. middle	C. heart	D. core
39. A. show	B. display	C. illustrated	D. drawn
40. A. knowledge	B. mind	C. brain	D. awareness
TEXT 7
Personal space is a term that refers (41) _____ the distance we like to keep between ourselves and other people. When (42) _____ we do not know well gets too close we usually begin to feel uncomfortable. If a business colleague comes close than 1.2 meters, the (43) _____ common response is to move (44) _____.
Some interesting (45) _____ have been done in libraries. If strangers come too close, many people get up and leave the building; others use different methods such as turning their back on the intruder. Living in cities has (46) _____ people develop new skills for dealing with situations (47) _____ they are very close to strangers. (48) _____ people on crowded trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contact, and apologize if hands touch by mistake. People use newspapers (49) _____ a barrier between themselves and other people, and if they do not have one, they stare into the distance, (40) _____ sure they are not
looking into anyone’s eyes.
41.	A. from B. to C. for D. about
42. 	A. anyone B. nobody C. people D. someone
43.	A. most B. best C. more D. first
44. 	A. on B. in C. up D. away
45.	A. research B. studies C. survey D. questionnaires
46. 	A. done B. caused C. made D. allowed
47.	A. that B. where C. which D. how
48	A. Most of B. The most C. Almost D. Most
49. 	A. like B. as C. alike D. such as
50.	A. making B. make C. be D. made
ANSWERS
1.A	2.B	3.B	4.D	5.A	6.B	7.C	8.B	9.B	10.C
11.B	12.D	13.A	14.C	15.D	16.A	17.B	18.D	19.B	20.C
21.B	22.A	23.C	24.D	25.A	26.D	27.A	28.C	29.D	30.A
31.A	32.C	33.D	34.B	35.C	36.A	37.D	38.B	39.C	40.A
41.B	42.D	43.A	44.D	45.B	46.C	47.B	48.D	49.B	50.A
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