READING COMPREHENSION – 9 TRUE OR FALSE

The Explorers is a delightful book. It is delightful for its vivid descriptions of the fifteenth century seamen who set out to explore the unknown Atlantic and for its colourful English. It is delightful also for the charming sketches included here and there by a most unusual artist-author.

1) The seamen described in the book speak colourful English.

2) The beautiful drawings that are present in the book describe both Atlantic and England.

Dialogue adds variety to a story and thus stimulates the reader’s interest. It makes the action seem real and may throw light on the characters and the circumstances. In real life a word or speech may be quite as important as an act.
3) Sometimes, dialogue bears the same as or even more importance than an action.

There are many different ways of preserving history. The ancient Egyptians carved theirs in stone. The Dead Sea Scrolls were written on leather and parchment. Recently, history has been recorded not only on paper, but also on film, phonograph discs, and tape.
4) The main aim of this passage is to enumerate ways of preserving history in ancient times and the present.

One of the prime objects of education is to foster a taste for reading and to cultivate a discriminating appreciation of books. Accordingly every educated person needs the power to express his opinion of what he reads. Such an opinion is called a criticism.
5) In education, one main aim is that pupils should like reading and enjoying books.

6) Criticism, by definition, is an opinion expressed on what has been read.

When, how, or whence the Indians came to America we do not know for certain. In times more recent, men from Asia have crossed Bering Strait on the ice to Alaska in pursuit of fur-bearing animals. Many centuries ago it would have been just as easy for other Asiatics to have made the journey.
7) Probably, those Asian people that crossed Bering Strait in recent times are not the only ones that used this route to America.

A single glove at the scene of a murder may provide valuable clues for the police. For one thing, the size and style may suggest the build of the criminal and his way of life; one glove may direct the search toward a large man accustomed to driving a truck, another may suggest a small, dapper man of the ‘society’ type. For another, the hairs on a glove when placed under a microscope may provide important information. If they match those of the victim, they may link the owner to the crime. If not, they may give away the criminal’s own hair colour or, perhaps, the fact that he has been where there are farm animals. Finally, bits of hay, grains of soil, tiny metal fragments, and even oily threads of cloth are often invaluable in indicating the kind of place where the murderer lives or works.
 The passage groups the valuable services of a single small object for the police under three main topics.

9) The size of a single glove may well provide the police with information about the building in which the murder has been committed.

KEY TO COMPREHENSION – 9
1. b 2. b 3. b 4.a 5.a 6.a 7.a 8.a 9.b

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