Quiz 1 Second Term Reading Skills/Reading Comprehension
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![DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question.
What is true about the Titanic? - ProProfs]( "DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question.
What is true about the Titanic?")
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question. What is true about the Titanic?- A.
Deep-sea robots protect it.
- B.
It broke in three main parts.
- C.
Other explorers took away all its items.
- D.
There are photos of its outside and inside.
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![Which paragraph is mainly about why Ballard wanted to find the Titanic? - ProProfs]( "Which paragraph is mainly about why Ballard wanted to find the Titanic?")
Which paragraph is mainly about why Ballard wanted to find the Titanic?- A.
Paragraph 1
- B.
Paragraph 2
- C.
Paragraph 3
- D.
Paragraph 5
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![What does the last sentence of the passage, "As long as she needs protection, the Titanic will always be part of my life," mean? - ProProfs]( "What does the last sentence of the passage, \"As long as she needs protection, the Titanic will always be part of my life,\" mean?")
What does the last sentence of the passage, "As long as she needs protection, the Titanic will always be part of my life," mean?- A.
The Titanic is the most important thing in Ballard's life.
- B.
Ballard will always try to take care of the Titanic.
- C.
Ballard will take the Titanic to a museum.
- D.
Ballard will visit the Titanic every day.
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![DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question.
What is the purpose of this passage? - ProProfs]( "DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question.
What is the purpose of this passage?")
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer for each question. What is the purpose of this passage?- A.
To tell a story
- B.
To solve a mystery
- C.
To compare two ships
- D.
To describe life at sea
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![In paragraph 1, why does it say, "Not many seamen wanted to sail on her"? - ProProfs]( "In paragraph 1, why does it say, \"Not many seamen wanted to sail on her\"?")
In paragraph 1, why does it say, "Not many seamen wanted to sail on her"?- A.
Because they were not paid enough money
- B.
Because Mary Celeste was unlucky
- C.
Because they did not like the captain
- D.
Because they had to work too hard
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![Which of these events happened last? - ProProfs]( "Which of these events happened last?")
Which of these events happened last?- A.
The crew was missing.
- B.
There was a fire onboard.
- C.
Three captains died aboard Mary Celeste.
- D.
The ship was sold to an American company.
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![What does cargo mean in paragraph 2? - ProProfs]( "What does cargo mean in paragraph 2?")
What does cargo mean in paragraph 2?- A.
Items taken from one place to another
- B.
Something to drink on a journey
- C.
A ship that costs a lot of money
- D.
An Italian drink
- 8.DIRECTIONS: Decide if the underlined words are compound subjects or compound objects. Choose ‘S' for subject or ‘O' for object. Captain Briggs' wife and daughter were on board Mary Celeste.
- A.
S
- B.
O
- 9.Dei Gratia and Mary Celeste were sailing in the Atlantic Ocean.
- A.
S
- B.
O
- 10.Mary Celeste is called a ghost ship because she had many unlucky events and one complete mystery.
- A.
S
- B.
O
- 11.Mary Celeste's crew was made up of Americans and Europeans
- A.
S
- B.
O
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![Paragraph 1 - ProProfs]( "Paragraph 1")
Paragraph 1- A.
There are many stories about treasure hunters.
- B.
Today's treasure hunters are different.
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![Paragraph 4 - ProProfs]( "Paragraph 4")
Paragraph 4- A.
There are a lot of historical and other valuable objects below the sea.
- B.
There are different things that today's treasure hunter needs to do.
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![Paragraph 2 - ProProfs]( "Paragraph 2")
Paragraph 2- A.
Treasure hunting is a good business.
- B.
Different kinds of people look for sunken treasure.
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