Reading comprehension quiz

(adapted from a test developed by Dr Alaistair Allan)

Instructions

This exercise contains vocabulary that you may never have seen before. However, it is still possible to answer the questions successfully byusing skills and initiatives.
Each question has four choices. Only ONE is correct for each question.Decide what you think is the correct choice for each question.
1. The doctor who discovered the cause of leprosy was Hansen. This horrifying disease which has ruined the lives of thousands of people is sometimes known as
  • Dr Joseph Lister's Disease
  • Schweitzer's Complaint
  • Dr Elizabeth Blackwell's Syndrome
  • Hansen's Disease

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    2. Mr Brown's dismissal caused the union's Grievance Committee to
  • complaint
  • protest
  • angry
  • dismiss

    • 3. Charles Dickens' book "Hard Times" is about
  • international finance in the modern world
  • life in the twentieth century
  • the adventures of a strong man
  • the difficult life of a factory worker

    • 4. This connoisseur does not collect objects like these because they
  • are not precious
  • do not have much value
  • are nearly worthless
  • are quite common

    • 5. The bark of the silver birch tree
  • is dark and smooth
  • is thick and rough
  • appears to shine in the sun
  • cannot be easily removed

    • 6. Elizabeth Blackwell was
  • a doctor
  • a writer
  • a politician
  • a musician

    • 7. Of all the board games, Caissa's is
  • the least difficult to play
  • the easiest to play
  • a game for those who do not like hard games
  • mentally challenging

    • 8. He explained that "dormilona" referred to a
  • inner pain
  • undeveloped thought
  • sensitive plant
  • uneasy sleeper

    • 9. Everyone agrees that he is a similitude of his father. This means
  • he looks like his father
  • he is influenced by his father
  • he obeys his father
  • he works for his father

    • 10. There are many osteomancers but only one of them
  • solve our problem
  • help us to attain our ambition
  • explains what we want to know
  • cure our illness

    • 11. Someone suffering from hemeralopia
  • seldom has trouble seeing in daylight
  • usually has trouble seeing in daylight
  • rarely has trouble seeing in daylight
  • infrequently has trouble seeing in daylight

    • 12. A silver birch is a
  • valuable racehorse
  • tree
  • treasure
  • rare type of dog

    • 13. He is suffering from malacia so he
  • often desires spiced food
  • unceasingly desires spiced food
  • constantly desires spiced food
  • always desires spiced food

    • 14. When you see a marinorama you are looking at a
  • small animal
  • part of the night sky
  • panoramic view of the sea
  • long building

    • 15. The most common form of recreation in Erewhon is
  • computer games
  • outdoor games
  • electronic games
  • automated tv games

    • 16. The Karamajong tribesmen were easily frightened by the soldiers because they were
  • not warlike
  • non-aggressive
  • peace-loving
  • unarmed

    • 17. The Olympian did not win because she
  • did not train hard enough
  • misjudged her jump
  • jumped badly
  • did not jump properly

    • 18. Caissa invented a
  • machine
  • game
  • program
  • medicine

    • 19. Malacia is a
  • spiteful person
  • kind of bamboo
  • town in Spain
  • human disorder

    • 20. A writer who composes a cycle of legends is
  • a storyteller
  • a narrator
  • a cyclographer
  • an authority

    • 21. The Karamajong tribesmen were
  • vegetarians
  • great story-tellers
  • threatened by soldiers
  • interested in the outside world

    • 22. The boy who rescued his sister from drowning was
  • fearless
  • bravely
  • gratitude
  • survived

    • 23. The student practised by auscultating an
  • wise, older person
  • radio programme
  • writing exercise
  • empty box

    • 24. Sidney and Beatrice Webb wrote many epistles to each other so they were skilled in the art of
  • reading books
  • epistolography
  • drawing
  • speech-making

    • 25. The book states that all cases of amphicrania
  • costs more than most people can afford
  • is worth investigating
  • has great importance
  • are to be taken seriously

    • 26. The hunters chose that part of the forest because it
  • was rich in animal life
  • was legal to hunt there
  • sheltered many animals
  • contained a lot of potential prey

    • 27. The use of a chemical agent to obtain a result usually obtained by surgery is referred to as
  • preventive surgery
  • heroic surgery
  • chemosurgery
  • cosmetic surgery

    • 28. The dispute between the two countries was settled by an
  • diplomatic intervention
  • peace treaty
  • elected commission
  • series of negotiations

    • 29. The Boating Club is
  • in Tall Tree Road
  • at the end of West Avenue
  • at the corner of High Street and Broad Street
  • in Riverside Way

    • 30. Hemeralopia is a
  • visual problem
  • low blood count
  • calorie deficiency
  • breathing difficulty

    • 31. Sidney Webb's wife was called
  • Annette
  • Beatrice
  • Angela
  • Caissa

    • 32. The Saint Andrew Society headquarters are situated in
  • Liberty Plaza
  • Andrew Street
  • Independence Square
  • Capital Avenue

    • 33. Amphicrania is clearly described in
  • a series of newspaper articles
  • a letter
  • a series of TV programmes
  • a book
    • (End of exercise)