English test 11

able of noting that they have placed five knives, spoons, and forks on the table, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move onto subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years later, he or she could enter a second-grade mathematic class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.
Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped — or as the case might be, bumped into — concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water is poured from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers is itself far from innate.
126.	What is the main idea of the text?
A. Trends in teaching mathematics to children.
B. The use of mathematics in child psychology.
C. The development of mathematical ability in children.
D. The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn.
127.	It can be inferred from the text that children normally learn simple counting ________
A. soon after they learn to talk
B. by looking at the. clock
C. when they begin to be mathematically mature
D. after they reach second grade in school
128.	The author implies that most small children believe that the quantity of water changes 
when it is transferred to a container of a different ________.
	A. color	B. quality	C. weight	D. shape
129.	According to the text, when small children were asked to count a pile of red and blue 
pencils, they _________.
A. counted the number of pencils of each color
B. guessed the total number of pencils
C. counted only the pencils of their favorite color
D. subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of blue pencils
130.	With which of the following statements would the author be least likely to agree?
A. Children naturally and easily learn mathematics.
B. Children learn to add before they learn to subtract.
C. Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development.
D. Mathematical development is subtle and gradual.
V. Writing:
A. Transformational writing : 
131. Mr. Pike gets old so he often feels tired. This sentence means: ______. 
	A. When Mr. Pike gets old, he will feel tired.
	B. Although Mr Pike gets old, he often feels tired.
	C. The older Mr. Pike gets, the more often he feels tired. 
	D. Mr Pike likes to get old so that he often feels tired.
132. I suggest turning off the air-conditioner. This sentence means: ______.
 	A. Do you mind if I turn off the air- conditioner? 
 	B. Do you have someone turn off the air-conditioner?
 	C. Do you have the air-conditioner turn off?
 	D. Do you delay turning off the air-conditioner?
133. How long haven't you seen Peter? This sentence means: ______.
	A. When are you going to see Peter?
	B. When will you and Peter see each other again? 
	C. When did you last see Peter? 
	D. When haven’t you seen Peter?
134. Although she was very old, she looked very grateful.
	A. Despite she was very old, she looked very grateful.
	B. Despite her old age, she looked very grateful. 
	C. In spite of very old, she looked very grateful.
	D. In spite her being old, she looked very grateful.
135. My workmates find fault with everything I do. This sentence means: ______.
 	A. Whatever I do, my workmates will find fault with me. 
	B. Whatever everything I do, my workmates will find fault with me.
	C. Everything I do, my workmates will find fault with me.
	D. I do everything though my workmates will find fault with me.
B. Synonymous sentences : (5m)
136. The doctor recommended ___.
 A. my father that to eat more fish and not to drink wine
 B. my father that eating more fish and no drinking wine
 C. that my father eat more fish and not drink wine 
 D. that my father eating more fish and no drinking wine
137. It's impossible to cross the road because of the traffic. 
 Which sentence expresses the same idea? 
 	A. The traffic makes people be impossible to cross the road.
 	B. The traffic makes everyone impossible to cross the road.
 	C. The traffic makes it impossible to cross the road. 
 	D. The traffic makes it be impossible to cross the road.
138. I would prefer you not to smoke in here. 
 Which sentence expresses the same idea as the above? 
 	A. I'd rather you didn't smoke in here. 	B. I'd rather you shouldn't smoke in here.
 	C. I'd rather you not to smoke in here.	D. I'd rather you don't smoke in here.
139. Having been served lunch, _____ 
 	A. the problem was discussed by the members of the committee.
	B. it was discussed by the committee members the problem 
 	C. the committee members discussed the problem. 
 	D. a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee. 
140. The chairman requested that _____ .
 	A. the members studied more carefully the problem 
	B. the members study the problem more carefully 
 	C. with more carefulness the problem could be studied 
	D. the problem was more carefulnessly studied
C. Error identification : Find a mistake from each underlined word(s) 
141 Reading several books on that subject, Bill considered himself an expert.
 A B C D
142. Ralph wishes that he went to the bank this morning before he went to work. 
 A B C D
143. The company did not want to hire a man that his experiment was so limited.
 A	 B	 C	 D
144. Mrs. Alien was concerned about me having to drive so far every day.
 A B C D
145. They who arrive early will get the best selection of seats.
 A B C D
A. Transformational wriing: 
146. “I was not there at the time.” Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
	A. He denied that there at the time.
	B. He denied being there at the time. 
	C. He denied not being thgere there at the time.
	D. he denied that he wasn’t there at the time. 
147. “Where are you spending your holidays?” Janet asked us.
	In Reported Speech this sentence should read
A. Janet asked us that where we were spending our holidays.
B. Janet asked us where were we spending our holidays
C. Janet asked us where you were spending your holidays
D. Janet asked us where we were spending our holidays 
148. I usually drive to work, but today I go by bus.
	Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
	A. Although I can drive to work, I go by bus today.
	B. Although I can go by bus, I drive to work today. 
	C. Instead of driving to work, I go by bus today. 
	D. Instead of going by bus , I drive to work today.
149. The police started investigating the case a week ago.
	Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
	A. The police have investigated the case for a week. 
	B. The police has investigated the case for a week.
	C. The police have investigated the case since a week.
	D The police has investigated the case for a week. 
150. Immediately, after his arrival, things went wrong.
	Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
	A. When he was arriving, things went wrong 
	B. Because he arrived, things still went wrong
	C. No longer did he arrive, but things still went wrong
	D. No sooner had he arrived that things went wrong 
B. Synonymous sentences: 
151. The train should be here any minute now.
	Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
A. We are expecting the train to arrive soon. 
B. We are surprised that the train has not arrived yet. 
C. We know that the train is on time. 
D. We know that the train is rarely late. 
152. The meeting was put off because of pressure of time.
	We understand from this sentence that 
A. people wanted to get away, so tye meeting began early.
B. there was not enough time to hold the meeting. 
C. the meeting is planned to start in a short time.
D. the meeting lasted much longer than usual. 
153. All right, Jenny, you may pay for the coffee if you insist.
	We understand from this sentence that 
A. it’s Jenny duty to pay for the coffee.
B. Jenny would pay if she had enough money.
C. Jenny is being asked to pay for the coffee.
D. Jenny wants to pay for the coffee. 
154. He kept it only because nobody else had wanted it.
	Which sentence express the same idea as the above?
	A. He would have kept it if nobody else had wanted it
	B. He would have kept it if anybody else wanted it
	C. He wouldn’t have kept it if anybody else wanted it
	D. He wouldn’t have kept it if anybody else had wanted it. 
155. The woman was too weak to lift the basket. 
	Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to this sentence
	A. She was so weak that she couldn’t lift the basket 
	B. The woman shouldn’t have lift the basket because she was so weak.
	C. Although she was very weak, she could lift the basket
	D. The woman lift the basket, so she wasn’t very weak. 
C. Error Identification: 
	Find a mistake from each underlined word(s) 
156. Gone with the Wind written after Magaret Mitchell quit her job as a reporter 
	 A B C
	because of an ankle injury. 
 D
157. Fertilize farmland is one of the biggest natural resources in the Central States. 
 A B C D
158.There are many different ways of comparing the economy of one nation with those of another. 
 A B C D
159. Drug addition has resulted of many destroyed careers and expulsions from school or college. 
 A B C D
160. They could afford to pay only $40,000 for a new home, and they were quite dismayed to 
 A B
 learn that there were no one availlable in that price range. 
 C D
The end.