ENGLISH PRACTICE 56

II. READING

1. Read the passage and answer the questions. Circle A, B, or C.

The Moon is approximately 384,400 kilometers from the Earth. Its diameter is 3,479

kilometers, about 1/4 the diameter of Earth. The average temperature on the surface of

the Moon during the day is 107°C, hot enough to boil water on Earth. During the night,

the average temperature drops to −153°C.

Because of its smaller size and mass, the gravity of the Moon is about 1/6 the gravity on

the Earth. That means that a person who weighs 180 pounds on Earth would only weigh

30

pounds

if

measured

on

the

Moon.

The force of gravity from the Moon affects Earth. Its gravity reaches Earth and pulls the

oceans toward the Moon, causing the tides. The gravity from the Sun also affects the

tides. The highest tides will always occur when the Moon and Sun are aligned. That is

when there is a New Moon or a Full Moon.

1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. A comparison between the Moon and Earth

B. Physical characteristics of the Moon

C. The effect of the Moon on Earth

2. The word “its” in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?

A. the Moon’s

B. Earth’s

C. gravity’s

3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. A person would lose 5/6 of their weight if they were on the Moon.

B. A person would weigh much less on the Moon than on Earth.

C. The Earth weighs six times as much as the Moon.

4. What can we learn about the tides?

A. They happen twice a month at New Moon and Full Moon.

B. The Sun causes higher tides on Earth than the Moon does.

C. They are caused by both the Sun and the Moon.

5. The word “aligned” is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. combined together

B. arranged in a line

C. affected by the other

2. Read the passage about computers. Decide if the statements are true (T) or

false (F). Circle T or F.

Do you own a PDA – Personal Digital Assistant? Have you got a personal computer?

Have you ever used a laptop? The answer can be “Yes”. But do you know that the first

computer was made about 70 years ago? It was large enough to take up a living room.

It

was

named

ENIAC

–

Electronic

Numerical

Integrator

and

Calculator.

Thanks to the development of technology, computers become smaller and smaller. The

first personal computer was actually introduced in the 1970s by MITS, Apple Computer

and IBM. They didn’t look exactly like now but they were surely revolutionary at the

time.

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