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Good students usually have good study habits and know how to plan

their time efficiently. Some find it helpful to draw up a five or six day
program each week and plan what they will do when. Of course one
cannot always keep to such a plan; unexpected things often happen but
even the making of such a plan forces us to think about what we ought to
do during the week and this is the first step towards doing it.

172. A weekly study program can be very useful _____.

A)

after good study habits have been established.

B)

but doesn’t lead to better study habits.

C)

so long as it isn’t very detailed.

D)

even if one doesn’t keep to it exactly.

E)

if one knows, it can’t be changed.

173. Good students _____.

A)

only do what they ought to do and not what they want to do.

B)

waste a lot of time thinking about what they ought to do.

C)

owe their success to good study habits and careful planning of
their time.

D)    take five or six days to do what they could do in two or three days.
E)

can’t plan their time efficiently without someone to help them.

174. One advantage of drawing up a work plan for the week is that

_____.

A)

we realize that a lot of work we do is unnecessary.

B)

unexpected problems can be avoided.

C)

we can give ourselves two whole free days.

D)

it reminds us of what we have to do during the week.

E)

we soon grow used to working at regular times.

Many people who have to start the day early find it difficult to

wake up properly. For some of them the solutions is very
straightforward: they drink two cups of coffee and the feelings of the
fatigue disappear. This is the effect of caffeine; one of a family of
stimulants found not only in coffee but also in such drinks as tea, cola
and cocoa. Taken in reasonable amounts, the stimulating chemical
may help some people to work more efficiently.  However, excessive
quantities can cause several irritating, unhealthy side effects. Studies
show, in fact, that more than two cups of coffee a day can cause
unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain
and insomnia.

175. The passage suggests that it is inadvisable for one to _____.

A)

drink any tea, coffee or cocoa at all.

B)

drink more than two cups of coffee a day.

C)

start the day without a stimulant of some sort.

D)

use any other stimulant but caffeine.

E)    drink less than one cup of coffee.

176. Caffeine and other similar stimulants _____.

A)

can produce certain unpleasant side effects, if large doses are
taken.

B)

are completely harmless.

C)

always have a negative effect upon people.

D)

actually never lead to improved work efficiency.

E)

are so useful for health.

177. The passage points out that many people begin the day with two

cups of coffee _____.

A)

even when they don’t feel sleepy.

B)

because by doing so they soon feel wide awake.

C)

because there is less caffeine in coffee than in tea.

D)

if they know the day ahead is likely to be an irritating one.

E)

because alcohol is more harmful.

Like so many other materials in Japan, paper too has come in for many

hundreds of years of artistic consideration. At one period of the country’s
history, the paper on which a poem was written was as important as the,
poem itself. A thousand years ago there were whole towns actively engaged
in making paper. Such towns still exist, but there were also many farming
villages which then, as they do today, made paper to earn extra income
during the winter. At present, about half of Japan’s farmers must add to
their incomes with winter jobs. Although a large amount of winter
employment is provided by construction companies, some farmers continue
to work at such cottage industries as paper-making.

178. It is obvious from the passage that the art of a paper-making in

Japan _____.

A)

was such a trivial work.

B)

has disappeared owing to industrialization.

C)

was of no economic value at all in the past.

D)

was only practiced by the peasants in the country.

E)

has a long history.

179. The passage emphasizes that approximately fifty per cent of the

farming population in Japan _____.

A)

is not satisfied with current farming policies.

B)

prefers town life to village life.

C)

engages in a secondary occupation in the winter.

D)

plans to give up farming and go into construction work.

E)

were poor people.

180. It is suggested that paper-making _____.

A)

encouraged the development of poetry in Japan.

B)

is still one of Japan’s cottage industries.

C)

has never been a significant commercial interest in Japan.

D)

has seldom been regarded as an art by the Japanese.

E)

and construction are the two major areas of employment in Japan.

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, the world was entering a

new and exciting period of change. For instance, in that year, for the
first time, wireless signals had crossed the Atlantic and, in the following
year, an airship flew from Europe to America. Already the motor car
had come into use and was making life much easier. Telephones, also,
were becoming fairly common. Politically and economically, people
looked forward to a time of peace, wealth and progress. In fact, nothing
seemed to stand in the way of such a future.

181. It is obvious from the passage that the twentieth century _____.

A)

opened with a decline in industrial and economic activity.

B)

inherited, from the previous century, very many serious social
and political problems.

C)

began in a spirit of hope and confidence which was more or less
world-wide.

D)

was ushered in by a wave of despair and discontent.

E)

introduced a period of economic and political unrest.

182. At the beginning of the twentieth century, people _____.

A)

were still not fully aware of the benefits of the telephone.

B)

believed that technological and economic progress could not be
halted.

C)

preferred to make their long distance journeys by airship.

D)

were extremely upset by the death of Queen Victoria.

E)

felt ill at ease in the face of so much change.

183. From the passage one can conclude that at the turn of the new

century _____.

A)

the drawbacks of industrialization became evident.

B)

it seemed that nothing more could be invented.

C)

progress and change were to be seen on every side.

D)

Technological progress was hampered by an economic crisis.

E)

The main emphasis was on improved communications.

Book 3

Reading Comprehension