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English: Overtraining: Too Much of A Good Thing
English: Overtraining: Too Much of A Good Thing
English: Overtraining: Too Much of A Good Thing
English
Reading
Directions: In this practice test, you will show how well you understand written
English. There are two selections and some questions about each one. For each
question, mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
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1 What is the selection mostly about? l
4 Imagine that your friend María is
overtraining. How will she probably feel?
A training to run a marathon
A scared
B how to build muscles quickly
B cheerful
C the problem of exercising too much
C sad
D the exercise schedule of famous athletes
D surprised
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2 What happens to muscles when the body
is resting after exercise? l
5 Into?line 10, what does the word they refer
A They grow weaker.
A sports
B They get longer.
B muscles
C They shrink.
C exercises
D They heal.
D performances
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3 How can an athlete recover from
overtraining?
A by getting a new coach
B by trying to learn a new sport
C by working harder at practices
D by training less for a few weeks
TCarlos
hirteen-year-old brothers
and Raúl García
who lost that money. What
if that person lost a job
found something unusual because of this? What if this
on Monday. They found a was all the money someone
bag full of money. had saved for a long time?”
Sophia Arroyo, a local Raúl said.
businesswoman, had earlier “We didn’t feel good
taken $10,000 out of the about keeping it. It wasn’t
bank. Then she ran some our money,” added Carlos.
errands and bought supplies Ms. Arroyo’s business
for her business. When she was very pleased when the
came out of the office boys brought the money
supply store, she slipped in back to the bank. In ad-
the rain and dropped all her dition to giving the boys a
belongings. She thought she reward, the company has
had collected everything. offered to set up a scholar-
Carlos and Raúl found ship fund for the boys’
the bag full of money a few education.
minutes later. The boys said “These boys deserve
they looked around, but did more than just a small thank
not see anyone who was you,” said Ms. Arroyo. “We
looking for something. hope that by setting up the
Then they talked it over. scholarship fund, we will be
“At first,” said Carlos, encouraging more people to
“we thought about keeping follow their example.”
the money. We talked about
what we could buy. Then
we thought maybe we could
keep some and return the
rest.” In the end, however,
they decided against that
plan, too. “We started
thinking about the person
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6 What happened first? l
7 Based on information from the passage,
why did Sophia Arroyo probably drop
A Carlos and Raúl talked about what to do.
the money?
B A scholarship fund was set up.
A Her shoes were uncomfortable.
C Sophia Arroyo talked to a journalist.
B The weather was bad.
D Carlos and Raúl found a bag.
C There was a crack in the sidewalk.
D Someone bumped into her.
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8 The selection says the boys discussed l
10 Which sentence from the selection is an
OPINION?
A how big their reward would be.
A “They found a bag full of money.”
B how angry the bank workers must be.
B “But in the end they decided against that
C how the person who lost the money felt.
plan, too.”
D how long it would take to find the owner.
C “These boys deserve more than just a
small thank you.”
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9 Which statement would Sophia Arroyo
probably agree with?
D “We started thinking about the person
who lost that money.”
B Incorrect. The selection is NOT mainly about how to build muscles quickly.
C Correct. The selection is mainly about the problem of exercising too much.
D Incorrect. The selection is NOT mainly about the exercise schedule of famous athletes.
2. E73.2, The student can recall sequence of events from a selection read.
A Incorrect. The selection does NOT say that muscles grow weaker when resting after exercise.
B Incorrect. The selection does NOT say that muscles get longer when resting after exercise.
C Incorrect. The selection does NOT say that muscles shrink when resting after exercise.
D Correct. The selection states in paragraph 2 that muscles heal when resting after exercise.
A Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that the best treatment for overtraining is to get a new
coach.
B Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that the best treatment for overtraining is to learn a new
sport.
C Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that the best treatment for overtraining is to work harder
at practices.
D Correct. Paragraph 4 states that the best treatment for overtraining is rest.
4. E73.5, The student can predict outcomes.
A Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that a person who is overtraining will feel scared.
B Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that a person who is overtraining will feel cheerful.
C Correct. Lines 23 and 24 state that the most common symptom of overtraining is
depression.
D Incorrect. The selection does NOT state that a person who is overtraining will feel surprised.
B Correct. The word “they” refers to the subject of the sentence, muscles.
6. E73.2, The student can recall sequence of events from a selection read.
A Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that the boys first talked about what to do with the
money.
B Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that the first thing that happened was that a scholarship
fund was set up.
C Incorrect. The passage does NOT state that the first thing that happened was that Sophia Arroyo
talked to a journalist.
D Correct. The passage states that Carlos and Raúl found the bag of money first.
7. E73.4, The student can draw inferences.
A Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that Sophia’s shoes were uncomfortable.
B Correct. This is the best answer because paragraph 2 states that she slipped in the rain.
C Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that there was a crack in the sidewalk.
D Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that someone bumped into Sophia.
A Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that the boys discussed how big their reward would be.
B Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that the boys discussed how angry the bank worker were.
C Correct. Paragraph 4 states that the boys started thinking about the person that lost the
money.
D Incorrect. The passage does NOT say that the boys discussed how long it would take to find the
owner.
A Incorrect. The passage does NOT talk about hard work or success.
B Correct. Because Sophia rewards the boys in the story for their good deed, she would most
likely agree with this statement.
C Incorrect. The passage does NOT talk about people needing to relax.
D Incorrect. The passage does NOT talk about good things coming to people who wait.
10. E73.6, The student can distinguish between fact and opinion.