tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension success 3rd edition_2

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success 3rd edition_2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PRETEST 42. The narrator attributes her inability to sleep when staying at her father s house to a. thinking about a disagreement with someone. b. the uncomfortable quiet of an early Sunday morning. c. the sore throat she had from shouting so much. d. her accident with the car. 43. The first-person point of view in this story a. obscures how the narrator s mind works. b. illustrates the thoughts and personality of the narrator. c. makes the narrator seem distant and rigid. d. gives us direct access to the minds of all the characters. 44. When the narrator says she sometimes take s the prize for a grade-A dork the word choice is intended to indicate a. that she doesn t know proper English. b. her age and culture. c. that she is unable to judge her own actions. d. that she thinks she s better than most others who might be termed dorks . 45. From the context in the last sentence of the passage it can be determined that the word perseverance most nearly means a. attractiveness. b. thinking ability. c. ability to persist. d. love of danger. 46. Overall this narrator s tone is best described as a. emotional and familiar. b. stuck up and superior. c. argumentative and tactless. d. pleasant and reassuring. 47. In choosing to use the bike argument with her mother the narrator is trying to appeal to her mother s a. compassion over her lost bike. b. disregard for material objects. c. laziness. d. reason. 48. The main argument the narrator has been having with her mother is over whether she should a. be allowed to date. b. live with her mother or father. c. be allowed to drive a car. d. pay for things she breaks. 49. It appears that the mother has alienated her daughter by a. being too busy to give her the attention she needs. b. having divorced her father. c. insisting too much on reasonableness. d. valuing things over people and feelings. 50. What most likely happened with the car a. The narrator mistook first gear for reverse and ran into the garage wall. b. The narrator .