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MODEL I
SECTION 2
READING COMPREHENSION
Time---30 minutes

This section is designed to measure your ability to read and understand short passages similar in topic and style
to those that students are likely to encounter in North American universities and colleges.
Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by number a number of
questions about it. You are to choose the one best answer, (A), (B), (C), or (D), to each question. Then, on your
answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer
you have chosen.
Answer all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.

Read the following passage:

John Quincy Adams, who served as the sixth presidents of the United States from 1825 to
1829, is today recognized for his masterful statesmanship and diplomacy. He dedicated his life to
public service, both in the presidency and the various other political offices that he held. Throughout
his political career he demonstrated his unswerving belief in freedom of speech, the antislavery cause,
and the right of Americans to be free from European and Asian domination.
Sample Question
Example I A C D

To what did John Quincy Adams devote his life?

(A) Improving his personal life
(B) Serving the public
(C) Increasing his fortune
(D) Working on his private business

According to the passage, John Quincy Adams “dedicated his life to public service.” Therefore, you should
choose (B).

Sample Question
Example II
A B D
In line 4, the word “unswerving” is closest in meaning to 1
(A) moveable 2
(B) insignificant
(C) unchanging
(D) diplomatic
The passage states that John Quincy Adams demonstrated his unswerving belief “throughout his career.” This
implies that the belief did not change. Therefore, you should choose (C).

Now begin work on the questions.

Questions 1- 11
Cola-Cola was invented in 1886 by Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton. The name for the product
was actually proposed by Pemberton’s assistant, Frank Robinson. The name was taken from the two most
unusual ingredients in the drink, the South American coca leaf and African cola nut.
The recipe for today’s Cola-Cola® is very guarded. Many of the ingredients are known; in addition to
coca leaves and coca nut, they include lemon, orange, lime, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, caramel, and sugar. The
proportion of the ingredients and the identity of Coke’s secret ingredients are known by only a few of the Cola-
Cola ® Company’s senior corporate officers.

1. The passage mainly discusses

a. The success of the Cola-Cola® Company
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b. The unusual ingredients in Cola-Cola®
c. John S. Pemberton
d. Cola-Cola ®’s recipe and who developed it

2. According to the passage, who created Cola-Cola®?

a. The Cola-Cola® Company
b. John S. Pemberton
c. Pemberton’s assistant
d. Frank Robinson

3. The word “unusual” line 4 closest meaning to

a. Uncommon
b. Important
c. Unused
d. Tasty

4. Which of the following is NOT true about the Cola-Cola®?

a. The name ‘coca’ comes from the coca leaf
b. The name “cola” comes from the cola nut
c. Frank Robinson suggested the name
d. The inventor came up with the name

5. A ‘recipe” in line 6 is
a. Information about drugs for pharmacy
b. A description of how to prepare something
c. An accounting statement
d. A corporate organizational plan

6. The passage states that recipe for Cola-Cola® is

a. Well known
b. Known by only limited number of people
c. Unknown
d. Published information 4 3
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7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an ingredient of Cola-Cola®?
a. Orange leaves
b. Nutmeg
c. Citrus fruits
d. Sugar

8. The word “secret” in line 9 could be best be replaced by

a. Unrevealed
b. Delicious
c. Business
d. Speechless

9. It can be inferred from the passage that

a. The public knows all the ingredients in Cola-Cola®
b. The public is not sure that coca leaves are in Cola-Cola®
c. The public does not know how many cola nut are used in a batch of Cola-Cola®
d. No one knows the exact proportions of ingredients used in

10. The word “senior” in line 10 could best be replaced by Cola-Cola®

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a. Trustworthy
b. High- level
c. More mature
d. Really decisive

11. Where in the passage does the author mention who gave Cola-Cola® its name?
a. Lines 1-2
b. Line 3
c. Line 5
d. Line 6 - 7

Questions: 12-16
When babies are born, they always have blue eyes. This is because the melanin, the pigment that colors the eyes, is
not on the surface of the iris. Instead, it is within the creases of the iris. Because there is little melanin on the surface
of the iris, the eyes appear blue.
After a few months, the melanin moves to the surface of the iris. It is the amount of melanin on the surface
that determines a person’s permanent eye color, so it is at this point that a baby’s eyes develop the color they will
have for a lifetime.

12. The word “pigment” in line 2 is closest meaning to

a. Skin
b. Muscle
c. Tissue
d. Color

13. Look at the word surface in paragraph 1. This word is closest in meaning to
a. Top
b. Inside
c. Back
d. Bottom

14. Which of the following word in the paragraph 1 that has closest meaning to “folds”
a. Creases
b. Within
c. Colors 7
d. Appear

15. The word “permanent” in line 6 could be replaced

a. Changeable
b. Lasting
c. Dark
d. Possible

16. Look at the word point in paragraph 2. This word could be best replaced by
a. Dot
b. Era
c. Time
d. place

Questions 17-19

Barack Hussein Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama, Sr.,
was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. He grew up herding goats with his own father, who was a
domestic servant to the British. Although reared among Muslims, Obama, Sr., became an atheist at some point.
Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in Wichita, Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs during the
Depression. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he signed up for service in World War II and marched

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across Europe in Patton's army. Dunham's mother went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, they
studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through the Federal Housing Program, and moved to Hawaii.

Meantime, Barack's father had won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya pursue his dreams in
Hawaii. At the time of his birth, Obama's parents were students at the East–West Center of the University of
Hawaii at Manoa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. Obama's father
went to Harvard to pursue Ph.D. studies and then returned to Kenya. His mother married Lolo Soetoro, another
East–West Center student from Indonesia. In 1967, the family moved to Jakarta, where Obama's half-sister
Maya Soetoro Ng was born. Obama attended schools in Jakarta, where classes were taught in the Indonesian
language.

Four years later when Barack (commonly known throughout his early years as "Barry") was ten, he
returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, and later his mother
(who died of ovarian cancer in 1995). He was enrolled in the fifth grade at the esteemed Punahou Academy,
graduating with honors in 1979. He was only one of three black students at the school. This is where Obama first
became conscious of racism and what it meant to be an African-American. In his memoir, Obama described
how he struggled to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage. He saw his biological father (who
died in a 1982 car accident) only once (in 1971) after his parents divorced. And he admitted using alcohol,
marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years.

17. The sentence “reared” means`

a. Raised
b. Lived
c. Shared
d. d. Survived

18. The second paragraph tells

a. Maya Soetoro Ng as she is Obama’s sister
b. The reason of Obama moved to Jakarta
c. Childhood of Obama
d. Parents of Obama

19. Which is NOT true based on the text 11

a. Obama is truly American
b. Obama’s father is an atheist 9
c. During Obama puberty, he used drugs.
d. Obama lived in Jakarta for four years.

Questions: 20-25

Throughout the year, chimpanzee food is quite varied, but it is mainly vegetable material. At times, however,
the Gomble Park is loaded with insects-, termites, ants, caterpillars-and the chimpanzees will eat huge numbers
of them. The chimpanzees’ really remarkable behavior appears when they gather termites. According to Suzuki
and van Lawick-Goodall, when chimpanzees see that termites have pushed their tunnels on the thin, straight
twig is best, and it may take quite a while to choose suitable sticks; then extraneous side branches and leaves
must be carefully cleared off. The ape may even select and prepare several at a time, carrying them all back to
the termiting hill firmly cupped in the closed palm of the hand while it knuckle-walks. The chimpanzee will lie
down on its side next to the termite hill, and with skill and care, stick the twig into one of the open tunnels. The
stick is wiggled, and then slowly withdrawn; if it has termites adhering to it, the chimp licks them off the tool,
and does it again. The job may look simple, but it takes skill to maneuver the stick through the twisting termite
corridors.
This is a complex learned behavior, involving the manufacture of implement.

20. According to the passage, which of the following are NOT mentioned as part of the chimpanzees’ diet?
(A) Termites
(B) Vegetable material
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(C) Ants
(D) Mosquitoes

21. According to the passage, Chimpanzee is …….

(A) Carnivorous
(B) Herbivorous
(C) Omnivorous
(D) Insect

22. According to the author, when chimpanzees gather termites they show
(A) A dependence on each other
(B) Remarkable strength
(C) Understanding and caring
(D) Ability and persistence

23. The author states that the chimpanzees’ most remarkable behavior can best be seen by
(A) When they are hungry
(B) As they are resting
(C) When they are looking for termites
(D) In the spring

24. The word “their” in line 6 refers to…….. (pushed their tunnels)
(A) The termites’
(B) The tunnels’
(C) The chimpanzees’
(D) Suzuki’s and van Lawick-Goodall

25. The word “mainly” in line 1 could be best be replaced by

(A) Primarily
(B) Magnificently
(C) Constantly
(D) Surely
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