Reading Comprehension MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 12

(Please note: The following questions are related to a specific reading passage, available solely before the first question. Remember, referring back to the reading text while answering the questions may be helpful to ensure accuracy.)

Styles of cooking have changed a great deal over the last few years. Elaborate sauces and rich desserts are being replaced by simple, low-cost foods. The fast-paced lifestyle of today’s world has limited the amount of time people have to prepare meals. Along with this, the astronomical prices of gourmet, five-course meals have made them impractical for most families. Health considerations also seem to play a major part in the changes in food preferences. Fresh, low-cost, locally available ingredients make much more sense for people who wish to maintain their health, vitality, and proper weight.

People these days are paying more attention _____.

Five-course meals are _____.

Modern families prefer _____.

The rose is the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they hear the word ‘flower’. The rose has been known throughout the Northern Hemisphere as far back as literature records. The name for the rose is almost the same in every European language. However, Europeans are not the only people to have given this flower importance. Writers and poets of ancient civilisations such as the Persians and Chinese also praised the flower. Dried roses have even been found in Egyptian tombs.

The rose _____.

We know that ancient civilizations prized the rose because _____.

The best TITLE for this passage is _____.

Good students usually have good study habits and know how to plan their time efficiently. Some find it helpful to draw up a five or six-day programme each week and plan what they will do and when. Of course, one cannot always stick to such a plan; unexpected things often happen, but even the making of such a plan forces us to think about what we ought to do during the week, and this is the first step towards doing it.

A weekly study program can be very useful _____.

Good students _____.

One advantage of drawing up a work plan for the week is that _____.

Many people who have to start the day early find it difficult to wake up properly. For some of them, the solution is very straightforward: they drink two cups of coffee and the feelings of fatigue disappear. This is the effect of caffeine, one of a family of stimulants found not only in coffee but also in such drinks as tea, cola, and cocoa. Taken in reasonable amounts, this stimulating chemical may help some people to work more efficiently. However, excessive quantities can cause several irritating, unhealthy side effects. Studies show, in fact, that more than two cups of coffee a day can cause unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain, and insomnia.

The passage suggests that it is inadvisable for one to _____.

Caffeine and other similar stimulants _____.

The passage points out that many people begin the day with two cups of coffee _____.

Like so many other materials in Japan, paper has also been the subject of artistic consideration for many hundreds of years. During one period of the country’s history, the paper on which a poem was written was considered as important as the poem itself. A thousand years ago, there were entire towns actively engaged in making paper. Such towns still exist today, but there were also many farming villages which, then as now, made paper to earn extra income during the winter. Currently, about half of Japan’s farmers must supplement their incomes with winter jobs. Although a large amount of winter employment is provided by construction companies, some farmers continue to work in such cottage industries as paper-making.

It is obvious from the passage that the art of paper-making in Japan _____.

The passage emphasizes that approximately fifty per cent of the farming population in Japan _____.

It is suggested that paper-making _____.