Reading Comprehension Test

Submitted by Supawan Sangnuch 1004

In recent years, airplane crashes have killed about a thousand people

annually, whereas plane emissions kill about ten thousand people each year,
researchers say. Earlier studies had assumed that people were harmed only
by the emissions from planes while taking off and landing. The new
Line 5 research is the first to give a comprehensive estimate of the number of
premature deaths from all airline emissions. "We found that unregulated
emissions from [planes flying] above 3,000 feet [914 meters], they were
responsible for most of the deaths," said study leader Steven Barrett, an
aeronautical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Line 10 Cambridge.

Airplane exhaust, like car exhaust, contains a variety of air pollutants,

including sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Many of these particles of
pollution are tiny, about a hundred millionths of an inch wide, or smaller
than the width of a human hair. So-called particulate matter that's especially
Line 15 small is the main culprit in human health effects, especially since the
particulates can become wedged deep in the lung and possibly enter the
bloodstream, scientists say.

Airplane-pollution deaths account for about a tenth of all air-pollution

deaths with cross-border causes. So, airplane pollution could be an
Line 20 important focus for environmental regulations in the future.

Inman, M. (2010, October 10). Plane Exhaust Kills More People Than Plane Crashes. Retrieved from

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101005-planes-pollution-deaths-science-

environment/

Summary: The passage clarifies that Plain exhaust kills more people than
plane crashes. The air pollutants are harmful to human health. This problem
could be a major concern for the future.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
a. Unregular amount of air plane pollutions were detected by experts.
b. Solutions for plane’s waste.
c. Plane emission kill is the cause of people death more than plane crash.
d. How scientist detect emission from planes.
2. What are the elements that air pollutions are composed of?
a. Oxygen and Carbon monoxide
b. Sulfur dioxide and Nitrogen oxides
c. Nitrogen dioxide and Sulfur trioxide
d. Carbon dioxide and Hydrogen sulfide
3. At what height does unregulated emission found?
a. 914 feet (3,000 meters)
b. 914 foot (3,000 kilometers)
c. 3,000 feet (914 meters)
d. 3000 foot (914 kilometers)
4. What is the size of these pollutions’ particles?
a. hundred nanometers wide and smaller than human hair
b. a million hundred of an inch wide and bigger than human hair
c. a hundred millionths of an inch wide and smaller than human hair
d. larger than the width of the human hair
5. What does the word “emission” in line 7 mean?
a. output
b. negligence
c. dereliction
d. waste
6. What does the word “culprit” in line 15 mean?
a. reason
b. discharge
c. misleads
d. defect
7. What does the word “they” in line 8 refer to?
a. Study group
b. Passengers
c. Emission from planes
d. Researchers
8. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Planes exhaust kill more people than plane crashed.
b. Plane crash only occur in planes that are higher than 3000 feet.
c. Sulfur oxide is the gas that are found during infrastructure construction.
d. Scientist said that these pollution particles could affect the brain system.
9. All of the following statement is true EXCEPT:
a. Steven Barret is an aeronautical engineer.
b. Unregulated emissions are found from plane that is 3000 feet above.
c. Air plane pollution particles can be harmful to the respiratory system.
d. 0.1% of death from air pollution comes from air planes pollutions.
10. What can be inferred about in the last paragraph?
a. Many of airplane death come directly from airplane pollution which lead to plane crash.
b. Air plane pollution could be an important focus for environmental regulations in the future.
c. Due to the amount of death from airplane pollutions, there would be a development of laws to
control the amount of pollutions that airplane have produced.
d. There is no way to prevent airplane pollution.
Key:
1. c
2. b
3. c
4. c
5. d
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. d
10. b