READING COMPREHENSION TEST

Submitted by : Natanicha Sangprakai / 10:03

Passage 1
Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place
orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the
situation said on Wednesday.

The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one source said. That
(5) would represent a roughly 30 percent increase in viewing area, assuming Apple keeps other
dimensions proportional. Apple has used a 3.5-inch screen since introducing the iPhone in 2007.

Early production of the new screens has begun at three suppliers: Korea's LG Display Co Ltd,
Sharp Corp and Japan Display Inc, a Japanese government-brokered merger combining the
screen production of three companies.

(10) It is likely all three of the screen suppliers will get production orders from Apple, which could
begin as soon as June. That would allow the new iPhone to go into production as soon as
August, if the company follows its own precedent in moving from orders for prototypes for key
components to launch.

Apple's decision to equip the next iPhone with a larger screen represents part of a
(15)competitive response to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Samsung unveiled its top-of-the line
Galaxy smartphone with a 4.8-inch touch-screen and a faster processor earlier this month. With
consumers becoming more and more comfortable using smartphones for tasks they once
performed on laptops, like watching video, other smartphone manufacturers have also moved
toward bigger displays.

source : http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone-idUSBRE84F0MA20120517

1. The word dimension in line 6 is closest in meaning to

a) appearance
b) magnitude
c) measurement
d) aspect

2. The word precedent in line 13 is closest in meaning to

a) prototype
b) prior
c) posterior
d) prevent

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3. What does its in line 13 refer to?

a) Koreas LG Display Co Ltd

 b) Sharp Crop
c) Samsung Electronic Co Ltd
d) Apple Inc

4. When did Apple use 3.5 inch screen?

a) 2002
b) 2005
c) 2007
d) 2014

5. When would the new iPhone go into production?

a) August
b) July
c) June
d) May

6. What product does Samsung unvieled to compete with iPhone?

a) Samsung Smart TV
b) Samsung Galaxy Gear
c) Samsung Gear VR
d) Samsung Galaxy Smartphone

7. What does the passage mainly describe?

a) The competition between Apple Inc and Samsung Electromics Co Ltd.

b) People using smartphones instead of laptops
c) The Apples plans to use larger screen in iPhone
d) The three supplier which are Korea's LG Display Co Ltd, Sharp Corp and Japan Display
Inc

8. How much percentage increased in the new screen viewing area?

a) 4%
b) 3.5 %
c) 40 %
d) 30 %

9. According to the passage, what does Apples decision represent?

a) the effect in the Americas stock market

b) part of a competitive response to Samsung Electronic Co Ltd
c) Apples marketability
d) new generation of smartphone

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10. Why do smartphone manufacturers move toward bigger screen?

a) because the bigger screen makes more profit

b) because the bigger screen makes the smartphone look more luxury
c) because people becoming more comfortable using smartphones
d) because it is attractive to consumer
Passage 2
When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is
an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to
them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed.
Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of
(5) years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images
depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far
outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not
limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that
(10)required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.

Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and
temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have
many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in
the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have
(15)deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to
tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

source : https://www.ets.org/toefl_junior/prepare/standard_sample_questions/reading_comprehension

1. The word exposed in line 13 is closest in meaning to

a) responded
b) covered
c) concealed
d) refrained

2. The word deteriorated in line 17 is closest in meaning to

a) meliorated
b) ameliorated
c) improved
d) retrograded

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3. What does its in line 4 refer to?

a) painting
b) wall
c) Lascaux Cave
d) world

4. Where was the cave discovered?

a) North of France
b) South of France
 c) North of Germany
d) South of Germany

5. What do the scenes on the wall show?

a) People hunting animal

b) Peoples wedding in the past
c) Peoples diary in the past
d) A story of people in the past

6. What happen to the paintings when the time past?

a) paintings were demolished

b) paintings were disappeared
c) paintings have been exposed to water and temperature changes
d) paintings have been redrawn since 1940

7. What does the passage mainly talk about?

a) The old paintings

b) How to take care of old paintings
c) How famous is the Lascaux Cave
d) The Lascaux Cave

8. When was the Lascaux cave discovered?

a) in 1963
b) in 1940
c) in 2013
d) in 1985

9. According to the last paragraph, how many years before the cave was closed to the public
since it was discovered?

a) 40 years
b) 37 years
c) 29 years
d) 23 years

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10. Why do the images inside were damaged by air?

a) because the Lascaux Cave has many entrances

b) because there were too many tourists
c) because of the location where the cave located was windy
d) because there were a lot of bats
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