Multiple Choice
Choose the
item, A or B, which you would expect to follow the sentence given.
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Since the bamboo plants on which the Giant Panda in its Chinese habitat depends
for survival flower only once every 80 to 100 years, it is remarkable that the creature continues to
exist.
A. | Something more about the survival of the Giant Panda | B. | Something about other animals
native to China |
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Although several producers have been interested in backing a movie based on
Hitler’s last days, the necessary documentation to make such a film has not been found.
A. | A list of the interested producers | B. | More about the necessary
documentation |
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The invention of the cotton gin meant more than just a way to get the green
seeds off the cotton without damaging the fiber.
A. | An account of other effects the invention gave rise to | B. | An account of how cotton was
processed before the cotton gin was invented |
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Something happens to men and women who are accepted in the astronaut program,
something beyond mere improved physical fitness and increased technical competence.
A. | An explanation of the qualities required for acceptance into the astronaut
program | B. | An explanation of other ways in which those accepted
change |
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Thirty years before, it had taken him four days to make the trip from Munich to
Kaufbeuren.
A. | A description of modern Kaufbeuren | B. | A contrast involving the time taken
for the trip 33 years later |
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The student was confused, not because of the content of the lecture, but because
of the speaker’s style of delivery.
A. | A description of the lecturer’s way of speaking | B. | A summary of what the speak
said |
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The study of function, rather than form, produces a different scheme.
A. | Something about the study of function | B. | Something about the study of
form |
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So fixed was the idea of the earth’s being the center of the universe for
people in the Middle Ages that they were reluctant to reconsider it in light of new discoveries and
theories.
A. | Something about the nature of fixed ideas | B. | Something about the new discoveries
and theories |
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Until recently, the only way different segments of a population could come to
know about each other was through direct contact.
A. | The difference in the situation today | B. | Why direct contact is significant
today |
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For this car manufacturer, however, there is a lot more at stake than next
year’s model.
A. | What else is at stake for this car manufacturer | B. | What is at stake for other car
manufacturers |
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Even at Westlake High School, where there are fully equipped classrooms and a
competent staff, there are many students who fail to pass the college entrance exams.
A. | An explanation of the kind of equipment in the school’s
classrooms | B. | A comparison of results at Westlake High School and those at other
schools |
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Perhaps we have to think in terms of bringing down unemployment levels rather
than in terms of combating inflation at all costs.
A. | The importance of bringing down unemployment levels | B. | The importance of combating
inflation |
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The chairman of the company had wanted to say, in his speech to the shareholders
in Chicago, that future pay increases should be kept to under 5 percent.
A. | An account of what the chairman actually said | B. | An explanation of why the meeting
had been held in Chicago |
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While the concept of the tourist as a pilgrim who is searching for more than
pleasure might be easy to understand, the notion that tourism and pilgrimage bear more than a
superficial resemblance to each other is not.
A. | The deeper relationship between tourists and pilgrims | B. | The superficial resemblance between
tourists and pilgrims |
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So fixed is the equation of tourism with escape and vacationing that we are
reluctant to consider it in the same light as a pilgrimage.
A. | Differences between tourism and a pilgrimage | B. | Similarities between tourism and
pilgrimage |
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