after a long day in the classroom, they were expected to spend some time every evening reading the Bible. Women teachers were not permitted to marry and barbershops were off limits to men teachers. Of course, smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol were strictly forbidden. It is believed that some teachers either left their jobs or were dismissed from schools when they were found to have broken the above mentioned discipline. Which statement expresses the main idea? A. Teachers were foolish for performing menial tasks.
B. The teaching profession demanded total dedication and good teaching
ability.
C. Teachers were very religious in Jesus Christ.
D. Teachers were not to be trusted with tobacco and alcohol. The paragraph could be titled _____.
A. Other Times, Other Places B. Seeing Is Believing C. Other Times, Other Customs D. The Truth Will Out
7. Nomads are people who have no fixed homes but move from place to place. Hunting peoples, such as the Bushmen, Pygmies and Australian aborigines move in search of large animal population. Pastoral nomads, in the Middle East and Central Asia, move with the seasons to find pasture for their animals. Other patrol peoples, also dependent on the seasons, grow crops but move to other places after their crops need no attention. Some agricultural workers, in the United States particularly, follow a nomadic life also, going northward during the growing and harvesting season and returning to the warmer
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southern regions in the winter. Generally speaking, the nomads’ movements are regulated by the seasons and effects of the season on plants and animal lives.
Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the paragraph?
A. There are still some nomadic peoples left in the modern world.
B. In search of large animal population, nomads move from one place to
another.
C. Seasons and their effects on plants and animal lives regulate nomads’
movements.
D. Bushmen, Pygmies and Australian aborigines are nomadic peoples. The best title of the paragraph could be ________________. A. Where There Is a Large Animal Population, There Are Nomads B. Characters of Nomads
C. Two Decisive Factors of Nomads’ Movements
D. Some American Agricultural Workers – Nomadic Peoples of New Era 8. Newspapers do not always report the facts fairly and truly. For example, a newspaper in a southern state may devote very little space to an item on racial injustice. On the other hand, a newspaper from the Northeast might give wide coverage to such problem in other parts of the nation and fail to report on local racial troubles. In this way readers can be misled. They may be fooled into believing that prejudice is a regional problem and fail to realize that racism knows no boundary. Though all newspapers consider themselves to be very
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fair and to report everything based on very true facts, their reports are unfounded occasionally.
This passage is a paragraph __________________.
A. which has no topic sentence B. with its first sentence as the topic C. with its last sentence as the topic D. both B and C The careful newspaper reader should aware that ________________________.
A. most news stories cannot be believed
B. some newspapers present only one side of the story C. many newspapers attempt to cheat their readers D. government control of the news industry is needed
The reporting policies of newspapers _ ____________________. A. reflect the needs of the public
B. should support the views of local readers C. can be made to serve private interests D. should be under the control of taxpayers The
faulty
news
reporting
described
in
the
passage
___________________.
A. the exception to general practice
B. a threat to freedom of the press C. an insult to journalism
D. a dangerous and wide spread abuse 1 c 2 c 3 d 4 d 5 d d 6 b c
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