Short Advanced Reading Comprehension Test 33 With MCQs and Answers

(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.)

Although rarely spoken about by society, child abuse is one of the nation's most pressing problems today. As the population continues to grow, so does the number of unwanted and unplanned children. It is estimated that six or seven out of a hundred children will be maltreated or neglected. Child abuse can come in three forms: (1) passive cruelty in the neglect of children by an unloving or uneducated parent; (2) occasional cruelty in the momentary violent reaction of a frustrated or overburdened parent; and (3) consistent, deliberate cruelty in uncontrollable actions by a mentally sick parent. Simple neglect is the easiest to correct. Actual abuse on the spur of the moment is more serious, but still much less so than continual abuse due to mental illness.

The passage suggests that the problem of child abuse _____.

The most serious type of child abuse _____.

The passage points out that the parents of abused children _____.

During 1974, the two major problems that faced the industrially developed countries were an unprecedented rise in prices and a serious deterioration in the external payments position, both legacies of the quadrupling of oil prices at the end of the previous year. Most governments, therefore, were forced to adopt monetary and fiscal policies aimed at curbing inflation, and by early 1975, the external payments position had improved somewhat in most Western industrialized countries. These anti-inflationary policies, however, depressed the level of business activity.

The economic crisis of 1974 _____.

In most countries, efforts made in 1974 to curb inflation _____.

The author argues that the inflation in 1974 _____.

The great wave of international terrorism that first reached a climax in 1972 showed no signs of abating in 1975. Strictly speaking, the phenomenon was not new; what was new was its rapid growth in the 1970s, made possible by increasingly sophisticated technology. Some of this new technology consists of specialized equipment, such as miniaturized or remote-control detonating devices, hand-held rocket launchers, and the like, which make terrorism more lethal, more effective, and less risky for terrorists. But even improvements in generally available technology are important. For example, self-dialling international telephone communications and jet travel facilitate conspiracies across national boundaries and the perpetration of political crimes by nationals of one country in another. The growth of television has contributed to the easy dissemination of terrorist techniques, such as the hijacking of aircraft and the kidnapping of diplomats or businessmen for ransom.

It is argued that _____.

Among the terrorist activities mentioned in the passage is _____.

It is pointed out in the passage that _____.

It is obvious that the purpose of education will determine the content of the curriculum, the methods employed, and the kind of education given to children and young persons. This functional relationship is frequently overlooked. Until recently there were many educationalists who thought that education should be discussed without reference to the objectives and values of the community in which it was given. The number of such theorists lessens under the impact of modern conditions, but there still exist many who appear to think that problems of the curriculum can be dealt with in this abstract manner.

It is now often, but not always, recognized that _____.

The passage emphasizes that _____.

According to the passage, there has, in recent years, been _____.

From the point of view of the control of diseases, World War II represented a transitional period for industrialized combatant countries. As far as infectious diseases are concerned, the five years of continual war and occupation had affected civilian populations in Europe surprisingly less than did warfare in previous conflicts. The most notable increases in disease levels were those of new cases of tuberculosis, which rose steadily throughout Western Europe, and of reported cases of typhoid fever. Most seriously affected were displaced persons, encamped refugees and inmates of concentration camps. In marginally nourished and starving patients, typhus, dysentery, scarlet fever, and diphtheria caused sporadic outbreaks and many deaths.

It is emphasized in the passage that _____.

The author explains that _____.

The experience of the Second World War _____.

Life, like all other processes that go on in material bodies, requires energy. It differs from some such processes in the way in which its energy is obtained and from all of them in the way in which its energy is directed. The energy of the process which goes on in a boiling kettle is imparted to it continually from without by the fire. The energy of the process which goes on in a clock is stored in it but has been imparted to it by mechanical action from without, in the winding of the spring. But life differs from the other processes, and all processes that go on in lifeless things, in that its energy is liberated in such a way as to tend to the preservation and increase of the living being.

The writer points out that all processes, living or lifeless, _____.

It is pointed out that every living process _____.

The most distinctive feature of mechanical energy, as opposed to life energy, is that it _____.

Nigeria is heavily dependent on the export of crude oil to finance industrial development. 90% of Nigeria's exports by value are crude oil. At current production rates, known reserves are only sufficient until the end of the century. Industrialization was boosted after 1973 following the fourfold increase in oil prices. In the early 1980s prices fell, and Nigeria lost important income. Oil production peaked in 1974 when output reached 112 million tonnes.

It is pointed out in the passage that the sharp rise in oil prices in 1973, _____.

It is understood from the passage that only a fraction of Nigeria's exports _____.

According to the passage, so long as the current rate of oil production is maintained, _____.

Real depression cannot be as easily overcome as some people often suppose. It usually passes with time - but the time can seem endless. Activities giving companionship and a new interest can help. But for the sufferer to talk, again and again, about the causes of the depression helps most. People with depression need to be listened to and encouraged to find their own solutions, not made to feel yet more inadequate by good advice. They may need professional counselling as well as the support of family and friends.

In overcoming depression, the support of friends and family _____.

The writer suggests that people with depression _____.

According to the passage, some people _____.