IU Reading Skills Level: 5

Final Exam
(100 Marks)
I. Match the underline word in each sentence with its correct meaning. (3 marks
each) (30 Marks)

1. I really appreciate my sister. She always gives me good advice.

2. People with confidence usually make better public speakers because they feel very
comfortable standing in front of a lot of people.
3. The child was afraid of the stranger. He feels more comfortable with people he knows.
4. Mehmet is always punctual. He’s never late for anything.
5. Scott likes to exaggerate when he tells a story. Yesterday, he told us he caught a fish that
weighed 20 pounds, but it really only weighed 5 pounds.
6. Takeshi is very professional. He always pays his bills on time and never does anything he
knows is dangerous.
7. In the past, students had to visit colleges to see what they looked like, but today many
colleges let you explore their campuses online.
8. Nowadays, people can have two different social lives—one with friends they visit and
another with friends they talk to online.
9. You don’t have to leave home to see new places. You can just go online and take a virtual
tour of almost any city.
10. Many online games present a world of fantasy, which often includes made-up situations and
strange creatures.

A. made to appear to exist by the use of computer software; for example, on the Internet
B. doing something in a way that shows skill, training, and care
C. to travel around a place in order to learn about it
D. not real, but appearing to be real
E. connected with meeting people and enjoying yourself
F. a person you do not know
G. to enjoy or to understand the value of someone or something
H. the feeling that you are sure about your own beliefs or abilities
I. a situation that is not true, that you just imagine
J. to make something seem larger, better, or worse than it really is
K. doing something or happening at the right time; not late
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II. Read and match the underlined word with a correct synonym. Write A, B, or C in
the answer boxes. (2 marks each) (30 Marks)

1. Competitive athletes must have dedication because it takes a lot of time and hard work to be
successful in sports.
(A. money / B. skill / C. commitment)
2. Sore muscles are a sign that you have exercised very hard.
(A. signal / B. injury / C. sacrifice)
3. It can take months for an athlete to recover from a serious injury.
(A. compete / B. get better / C. get sick)
4. Many companies choose to sponsor sports teams so that they can advertise on their
uniforms.
(A. support /B. watch / C. buy)
5. A brand-new business cannot be assured that it will succeed right away.
(A. worried / B. sure / C. interested)
6. Businesses need to make profits in order to be successful.
(A. income / B. friends / C. decisions)
7. When companies invest money to make a new product, they have to consider the costs
carefully.
(A. need / B. lose / C. spend)
8. The Internet has given businesses access to a bigger market around the world.
(A. number of customers / B. number of difficulties / C. number of computers)
9. Large companies generally have more stability than small businesses.
(A. choice / B. strength / C. problems)
10. It is wise to invest in dependable companies because they tend to manage their money well.
(A. new / B. reliable / C. different)
11. There has been a large expansion in the number of bilingual jobs because of the global
economy.
(A. decrease / B. growth / C. cost)
12. In order to be successful, a business needs to consider its image, or the way the public sees
it.
(A. attitude / B. appearance / C. growth)
13. Ice skating is a demanding sport that requires a lot of time, practice, and hard work.
(A. difficult / B. expensive / C. harmful)
14. Putting kids in sports at a young age is a growing trend in many countries today.
(A. new profession / B. general change / C. high cost)
15. We cancelled the soccer game due to the rain. It was too wet and dangerous to play.
(A. because of / B. in order to / C. late for)

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III. Read the passages and choose the correct option. Write A, B, C, or D in the answer
boxes. Write them on page 5. (4 marks each) (40 Marks)
Passage 1
You would like to take good photographs of real-life situations but you have few ideas for pictures.
I suggest you look around you. The everyday world is full of scenes being played by an ever-
changing group of actors. You probably passed a dozen picture situations without noticing on your
way to work this morning.
The realistic approach to photography has been perfected in the past by such masters as Henri
Carties-Bresson and Bill Brandt. But while you can learn a great deal from looking at the work of
others, any success you can hope to achieve in this field has to come from developing an individual
approach.
The main requirement for any photographer has little to do with technical matters. You must
develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who inhabit it, and you should learn
to notice when a situation may develop to a point where you will be able to take a good picture.
Those who have searched his happy state will be prepared when that moment arises, and will
simply raise their camera quickly and shoot. Others who are not so aware will be struggling with
camera cases and lens caps.
Film manufacturers must be delighted at the thought of the inexperienced photographer setting out
in search of the right situation and the right moment. Many miles of costly material have passed
through thousands of cameras as this endless search continues. But although a lot of this waste must
be put down to inexperience, you'll find that even the professionals have to use a lot of film when
they are out of shooting.
Not every shot is going to be a winner. If you look at the work of even the, best photographers
you'll notice dozens of pictures have had to be taken only because they lead up to the successful
shot of a situation that the photographer has obviously been observing through the lens. You may
find that you have taken one or two pictures after the right moment has passed as well. There is
seldom more than one shot which stands out. There is just one point where it all comes together,
and you often have to waste film to catch that precious moment.
Question 1: How can you become a better real-life photographer?
A. by developing skills and ideas for yourself.
B. by watching other photographers at work.
C. by just taking a great many photographs.
D. by learning about famous photographers.
Question 2: The best real-life photography depends on
A. becoming highly skilled in camera techniques.
B. having a camera which is easy and quick to use.
C. going out and searching for unusual situations.
D. being able to tell when a good situation might arise.

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Question 3: The waste of film in real-life photography is
A. the result of poor choices of subject.
B. limited to amateur photographers.
C. expensive and unnecessary.
D. essential to the production of good pictures.
Question 4: What is likely to be most successful?
A. taking one picture at the right moment.
B. taking pictures without too much preparation.
C. taking a whole series of similar pictures.
D. taking great care to set up the situation.
Question 5: This text is taken from
A. An advertisement for film.
B. A history of photography.
C. An introduction to photography.
D. A camera instruction booklet.

Passage 2
A new British medical instrument is about to change dramatically our ability to recognise disease
hidden inside the body. It is called the magnetic scanner, and it gives information about the body
which current machines, such as the brain scanner and the more recent body, scanner, cannot
provide. And unlike existing machines the new machine does not use X-ray radiation waves, which
makes it much safer for patients.
Unlike existing scanners, a magnetic scanner can show the side or the back of a suspect part of the
body. Used on, for example, a lung with suspected damage, it can turn the image of the lung to give
a series of different views. The image is not simply worked out in the computer's "imagination"; the
magnetic scanner actually examines every side of the lung.
When examining the softer part of the body with existing scanners, doctors frequently have to use a
"contrast medium" to make a muscular organ show up to X-ray waves, the usual "contract medium"
given to patients before a stomach X-ray scan takes place is harmless, but for some brain-scans so
that it passes into the brain, this is unpleasant and painful and it can be dangerous. The magnetic
scanner needs no "contrast medium".
The new machine can also see in greater detail than ever before. Growths of all kinds show up
clearly on the brain and so do the dead patches which are the signs of the disease, multiple sclerosis.
Until now patients complaining of double vision or an inability to control their muscles from time to
time could be suffering from multiple sclerosis or, equally, from some much more easily cured
disease and a brain scanner could no distinguish between these with certainty. The doctor can now
definitely say whether or not cancer or multiple sclerosis is present. Previously, these diseases have
been missed and patients have been given false information about their health. The technique is still
improving with great speed: pictures produced a couple of years ago look very simple compared
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Question 1: What does the new magnetic scanner machine do?
A. It uses a computer to "imagine" different views of the body.
B. It cents waves round the diseased part of the body.
C. It looks at a diseased part of the body from all directions.
D. It can look right through a diseased part of the body.
Question 2: What disadvantage do existing machines have?
A. Patients need an injection before they are used.
B. The X-ray waves are sometimes painful.
C. It is often necessary to use a contrast medium.
D. The contrast recorded are too strong.
Question 3: In what way is the new machine an improvement?
A. It can cure some diseases much more easily.
B. The technique's involved can be learnt quickly.
C. It will never give a double view.
D. It can show all the details of a diseased part of the body.
Question 4: The machine is useful in identifying the disease, multiple sclerosis because it shows
A. dead areas in the brain.
B. cancer-like growths.
C. dark spots in the eyes.
D. damage to muscles.
Question 5: "Sclerosis" means
A. a disease that causes an organ or soft part of the body to become hard
B. tuberculosis
C. a disease that causes indigestion
D. bronchitis

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This is the end of the test.