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Reading Comprehension Quiz: 06.10.2017

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Question 1

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:

Much of our adult state of fear is linked up with the feeling that I, an individual, have to cope single-handedly with a hostile world. The details of which have become far too complicated for me to understand. This feeling of isolation is in part a by-product of the way we have been educated and the stress that is put on passing examinations. The more 'successful' your education, the more likely you are to feel alone because the process of segregation has been more complete. At every stage, you proved how much cleverer you are than all those other fellows, until in the end you stand quite alone and afraid. It ought to be possible to manage things in a different way so that we go forward into the future, collaborating as a team instead of looking around for every possible opportunity to knife each other in the back.
An adult in the modern world is in a state of fear because

Question 2

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Much of our adult state of fear is linked up with the feeling that I, an individual, have to cope single-handedly with a hostile world. The details of which have become far too complicated for me to understand. This feeling of isolation is in part a by-product of the way we have been educated and the stress that is put on passing examinations. The more 'successful' your education, the more likely you are to feel alone because the process of segregation has been more complete. At every stage, you proved how much cleverer you are than all those other fellows, until in the end you stand quite alone and afraid. It ought to be possible to manage things in a different way so that we go forward into the future, collaborating as a team instead of looking around for every possible opportunity to knife each other in the back.
The modem man feels isolated

Question 3

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Much of our adult state of fear is linked up with the feeling that I, an individual, have to cope single-handedly with a hostile world. The details of which have become far too complicated for me to understand. This feeling of isolation is in part a by-product of the way we have been educated and the stress that is put on passing examinations. The more 'successful' your education, the more likely you are to feel alone because the process of segregation has been more complete. At every stage, you proved how much cleverer you are than all those other fellows, until in the end you stand quite alone and afraid. It ought to be possible to manage things in a different way so that we go forward into the future, collaborating as a team instead of looking around for every possible opportunity to knife each other in the back.
The writer thinks that fierce competitiveness in the modern

Question 4

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Much of our adult state of fear is linked up with the feeling that I, an individual, have to cope single-handedly with a hostile world. The details of which have become far too complicated for me to understand. This feeling of isolation is in part a by-product of the way we have been educated and the stress that is put on passing examinations. The more 'successful' your education, the more likely you are to feel alone because the process of segregation has been more complete. At every stage, you proved how much cleverer you are than all those other fellows, until in the end you stand quite alone and afraid. It ought to be possible to manage things in a different way so that we go forward into the future, collaborating as a team instead of looking around for every possible opportunity to knife each other in the back.
Modern education makes man feel segregated

Question 5

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it:
Much of our adult state of fear is linked up with the feeling that I, an individual, have to cope single-handedly with a hostile world. The details of which have become far too complicated for me to understand. This feeling of isolation is in part a by-product of the way we have been educated and the stress that is put on passing examinations. The more 'successful' your education, the more likely you are to feel alone because the process of segregation has been more complete. At every stage, you proved how much cleverer you are than all those other fellows, until in the end you stand quite alone and afraid. It ought to be possible to manage things in a different way so that we go forward into the future, collaborating as a team instead of looking around for every possible opportunity to knife each other in the back.
It would be a better educational system

Question 6

Direction: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Although Kenichi Fukui had forwarded his “Frontier Orbital” theory nearly forty years ago, it received recognition in the western world only twenty-five years ago when his paper was translated into English. In fact, when he had forwarded his theory, which was based on much higher mathematics not easily graspable by practicing chemists, he was ignored and attacked by the Japanese chemists.

Later on, he became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Soon after the announcement of his winning the Nobel prize, the Japan Government bestowed on him the order of Culture-a prestigious honour for any Japanese. The recognition of Fukui’s work and the Nobel Prize awarded to him clearly show that English is the language of science.
Kenichi Fukui’s theory of ‘Frontier Orbital’ was recognized

Question 7

Direction: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Although Kenichi Fukui had forwarded his “Frontier Orbital” theory nearly forty years ago, it received recognition in the western world only twenty-five years ago when his paper was translated into English. In fact, when he had forwarded his theory, which was based on much higher mathematics not easily graspable by practicing chemists, he was ignored and attacked by the Japanese chemists.

Later on, he became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Soon after the announcement of his winning the Nobel prize, the Japan Government bestowed on him the order of Culture-a prestigious honour for any Japanese. The recognition of Fukui’s work and the Nobel Prize awarded to him clearly show that English is the language of science.
His theory was

Question 8

Direction: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Although Kenichi Fukui had forwarded his “Frontier Orbital” theory nearly forty years ago, it received recognition in the western world only twenty-five years ago when his paper was translated into English. In fact, when he had forwarded his theory, which was based on much higher mathematics not easily graspable by practicing chemists, he was ignored and attacked by the Japanese chemists.

Later on, he became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Soon after the announcement of his winning the Nobel prize, the Japan Government bestowed on him the order of Culture-a prestigious honour for any Japanese. The recognition of Fukui’s work and the Nobel Prize awarded to him clearly show that English is the language of science.
The theory was based on

Question 9

Direction: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Although Kenichi Fukui had forwarded his “Frontier Orbital” theory nearly forty years ago, it received recognition in the western world only twenty-five years ago when his paper was translated into English. In fact, when he had forwarded his theory, which was based on much higher mathematics not easily graspable by practicing chemists, he was ignored and attacked by the Japanese chemists.

Later on, he became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Soon after the announcement of his winning the Nobel prize, the Japan Government bestowed on him the order of Culture-a prestigious honour for any Japanese. The recognition of Fukui’s work and the Nobel Prize awarded to him clearly show that English is the language of science.
The announcement of his winning the Nobel prize made

Question 10

Direction: Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Although Kenichi Fukui had forwarded his “Frontier Orbital” theory nearly forty years ago, it received recognition in the western world only twenty-five years ago when his paper was translated into English. In fact, when he had forwarded his theory, which was based on much higher mathematics not easily graspable by practicing chemists, he was ignored and attacked by the Japanese chemists.

Later on, he became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Soon after the announcement of his winning the Nobel prize, the Japan Government bestowed on him the order of Culture-a prestigious honour for any Japanese. The recognition of Fukui’s work and the Nobel Prize awarded to him clearly show that English is the language of science.
A prestigious honour for any Japanese is
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