Reading Comprehension-English11 (answer key)

ANSWER KEYS
PART 8
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passages carefully, and then select the most appropriate
words provided to fill in the blanks:
1 B 26 C 51 B 76 D
2 C 27 B 52 C 77 C
3 D 28 D 53 A 78 B
4 A 29 A 54 A 79 B
5 B 30 D 55 D 80 C
6 D 31 A 56 B 81 A
7 B 32 C 57 D 82 B
8 A 33 D 58 C 83 C
9 B 34 C 59 A 84 D
10 D 35 A 60 D 85 A
11 A 36 C 61 B 86 D
12 C 37 B 62 D 87 C
13 D 38 D 63 A 88 B
14 B 39 B 64 C 89 B
15 A 40 D 65 A 90 C
16 B 41 C 66 B 91 A
17 C 42 C 67 C 92 B
18 C 43 B 68 B 93 C
19 D 44 D 69 D 94 D
20 B 45 A 70 D 95 A
21 C 46 B 71 D 96 B
22 A 47 A 72 B 97 C
23 B 48 D 73 C 98 D
24 A 49 A 74 D 99 B
25 D 50 D 75 A 100 A
EXPLANATIONS:

• Passage 1:
1/ B. talk ; 2/ C. press ; 3/ D. rings ; 4/ A. Making
5/ B. what ; 6/ D. hooks ; 7/ B. under ; 8/ A. orbit
9/ B. of ; 10/ D. satellite
• Passage 2:
1/ A. the existence ; 2/ C. speak ; 3/ D. so as to ; 4/ B. associated
5/ A. in; 6/ B. that ; 7/ C. health ; 8/ C. rates ; 9/ D. however
10/ B. include
• Passage 3:
1/ C. respectively ; 2/ A. and ; 3/ B. Because of ; 4/ A. life
5/ D. growth ; 6/ C. Western; 7/ B. show ; 8/ D. Thereafter
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9/ A. rates ; 10/ D. triple
• Passage 4:
1/ A. who ; 2/ B. In some cases ; 3/ D. global ; 4/ C. especially
5/ A. territory ; 6/ C. regional ; 7/ B. likely ; 8/ D. Similarly
9/ B. indicate ; 10/ D. based on
• Passage 5:
1/ C. system ; 2/ C. practice ; 3/ B. post office ; 4/ D. locations
5/ A. stamps ; 6/ B. Austrian ; 7/ A. first ; 8/ D. missing
9/ A. designs ; 10/ D. available
• Passage 6:
1/ B. developed ; 2/ C. including ; 3/ A. platforms ; 4/ A. sold
5/ D. although ; 6/ B. publisher ; 7/ D. system ; 8/ C. website
9/ A. exclusive ; 10/ D. manual
• Passage 7:
1/ B. process ; 2/ D. applicants ; 3/ A. region ; 4/ C. response
5/ A. manager ; 6/ B. which ; 7/ C. greatest ; 8/ B. training
9/ D. awaits ; 10/ D. at
• Passage 8:

1/ D. soccer ; 2/ B. popular ; 3/ C. score ; 4/ D. feet
5/ A. match ; 6/ D. modern ; 7/ C. whose ; 8/ B. internationally
9/ B. FIFA ; 10/ C. four
• Passage 9:
1/ A. Formation of a waterfall ; 2/ B. Over ; 3/ C. due to
4/ D. blocks ; 5/ A. each other ; 6/ D. waterfalls ; 7/ C. and
8/ B. bottom ; 9/ B. stream ; 10/ C. valleys
• Passage 10:
1/ A. Internet ; 2/ B. users ; 3/ C. share ; 4/ D. computer
5/ A. were ; 6/ B. quickly ; 7/ C. system ; 8/ D. made
9/ B. after ; 10/ A. and
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