Reading Comprehension Test

Submitted by: Chanika Poopattayakorn (Mind)

What is climate change?

Climate is usually defined as the "average weather" in a place. It includes patterns of
temperature, precipitation (rain or snow), humidity, wind and seasons. Climate patterns play a
fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on
them. But the climate weve come to expect is not what it used to be, because the past is no longer a
Line reliable predictor of the future. Our climate is rapidly changing with disruptive impacts, and that change is
5 progressing faster than any seen in the last 2,000 years.

According to the report, Preparing for a Changing Climate, rising levels of carbon dioxide and
other heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere have warmed the Earth and are causing wide-ranging
impacts, including rising sea levels; melting snow and ice; more extreme heat events, fires and drought;
Line and more extreme storms, rainfall and floods. Scientists project that these trends will continue and in
10 some cases accelerate, posing significant risks to human health, our forests, agriculture, freshwater
supplies, coastlines, and other natural resources that are vital to Washington states economy,
environment, and our quality of life.

Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related
Line aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use
15 of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect
when plants bloom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect
historically synchronized pollination of crops, food for migrating birds, spawning of fish, water supplies for
drinking and irrigation, forest health, and more.

1.The word fundamental in line 3 is closest in meaning to

a. elemental
b. Inessential
c. Environmental
d. influential
2.The word accelerate in line 11 is closest in meaning to
a. slow down
b. step up
c. cut off
d. hold up
3.What does the word them in line 3 refers to?
a. ecosystems
b. economies
c. cultures
d. climate pattern
4. According to the passage, what are some impacts of climate change?
a. Rising acidity of soil, destroy animals habitat and more forest fires
b. Extreme storms, rainfall and floods
c. Earthquake and hurricane
d. Extreme Tornadoes, melting snow and ice
5. Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?
a. A change in the timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants bloom and set fruit.
b. Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons.
 c. Climate change is progressing gradually.
d. The past is no longer reliable for predicting climate change in the future.

6. The Climate change is progressing faster than any seen in the last_______
a. 200 years
b. 2,000 years
c. 20 years
d. Over 2,000 years
7. Which of the following examples that the author did not mention about how climate change affects life ?
a. food production
b. health risks
c. availability and use of water
d. natural disaster
8. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
a. The causes of Climate Change
b. The definition of Climate Change
c. The effects of Climate Change
d. The solutions of Climate Change
9.What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
a. Climate change is usual and can be predicted by humans.
b. Climate change has positive impacts on the ecosystem.
c. Climate patterns play an important role in shaping the environment and human society.
d. Climate change is slowly change over period of time.
10. What can be inferred from the passage about the average weather in a place?
a. Climate is the average area weather over a period of time in particular area.
b. Climate is the short term changes in the average weather in a certain area.
c. Climate is the change in the atmosphere pattern in a certain area.
d. Patterns of temperature is the average weather in the region.

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/whatis.htm
 The Harmful Effects Of Smoking Health And Social Care
There are many bad effects of smoking related to health, social and psychological level which can harm
the life of a person in great detail. For smoking people grow the tobacco tree whose leave which are
mostly smoked or chewed and sniffed for many different effects. Smoking which involves tobacco which
then contains a certain chemical known as nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive chemical, and a smoking
Line person can become a slave of nicotine for very long time if he/she is not cautious a first time. Tobacco
5 other than nicotine contains nineteen different cancer causing chemicals, and together these chemical are
called tar. People smoke for different reasons such as they want to produce a sense of being well, to
boost their mood, and to improve short term concentration and memory. Until recently smoking was
consider good thing, and there were many advertisements for smoking in newspaper, television, and
Line other mass media.
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Smoking is major health risk, but still people give different reasons for smoking most of these justifications
are not very reasonable. Smoking is mostly starts at young age because teenagers think that if they start
smoking they will be considered as mature, but of course they are wrong and causing serious health risk
for themselves. Smoking by many is way to relax, but it comes with greater health risk for damaging the
Line brain. Smoking is very bad habit thus it should be quitted by people, smoker don't risk their lives but lives
15 of other which inhale the smoke (Greaves, 2002).
Smoking effects differ from a person to another person depending upon exposure to chemicals of the
cigarette. Smoking is not only public health issue, but also it has great financial cost on the nations. Until
we stop smoking, more people will be addicted, more people will get sick, more families will be
Line devastated by loss of loved ones, bring great damage to medical system of the nations. Harm of smoking
20 on body of a person is enormous, and smoking should be ban from all public places. Smoking can easily
make a body weak, and cause a slow and steady death. There many facts related to smoking and deaths,
for instances in United States there were about 443,000 deaths by smoking, which is about one in five
deaths every year. It is also believed that each year more deaths happen due to smoking compared to
Line combine the deaths by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), alcohol, suicides, illegal drugs, murder and
25 vehicle injuries. Due to smoking ninety percent of all lung cancer in men is caused, and eighty percent of
all lung cancer deaths in women. It is also estimated that deaths ninety percent of all deaths by chronic
obstructive lung diseases are caused by smoking.
1.The word justifications in line 12 is closest in meaning to
a. risks
b. reasons
c. advertisements
d. deaths
2.The word estimated in line 27 is closest in meaning to
a. evaluated
b. eliminated
c. engaged
d. enhanced
3.What does the word they in line 13 refers to?
a. health risks
b. lives
c. reasons
d. teenagers
4.Which is a highly addictive chemical in tobacco?
a. methanol
b. ethanol
c. codeine
d. nicotine
5.Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?
a. Smoking is mostly starts at young age.
b. Drugs interfere with the chemicals in your brain.
c. Harm of smoking on body of a person is enormous.
d. Due to smoking ninety percent of all lung cancer in men is caused.
6.Which of the following reasons that the author did NOT mention about why people smoke?
a. to produce a sense of being well
b. to boost their mood
c. to stay active for a long time
d. to improve short term concentration and memory
7.How many deaths happened due to smoking in the United States?
a. 4,430
b. 44,300
c. 443,000
d. 4,430,000
8.What does HIV stand for?
a. Human Immune Virus
b. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
c. Human Immune Vaccine
d. Human Immunodeficiency Vaccine
9.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
a. Therere some misunderstanding about smoking among the teenagers.
b. Smoking is becoming a normal thing to do in the society now.
c. Tobacco is dangerous because it contains many toxic chemicals.
d. The majority of deaths in the United States are from smoking.
10.What can be inferred from the passage about the effects of smoking?
a. Financial cost issues on the nations are not related to smoking.
b. Smoking is also supported by the government through many ways.
c. Nicotine is one and only chemical inside the tobacco.
d. Smoking is one of the significant causes of deaths in the United States.

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