DBC - Moodle 3
DBC - Moodle 3
DBC - Moodle 3
SECTION 2: Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete the passage. (2.5 marks)
There has been a revolution in the world of newspaper. Not many years (1) ____, newspapers (2) ____ produced
using techniques unchanged for a hundred years. The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an
editor, who passed them on to the printer. The printer, who was a very skilled man, set up the type. This was then
collected (3) ___ the pages. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be started. Nowadays things
have changed. The journalists type their stories (4) a computer. The computer checks their spelling, (5) the
pages, and shapes the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the printing. There is no doubt
at all that producing a newspaper is an entirely different business now.
1. A. yet B. later C. ago D. after
2. A. used to being B. were used to be C. used to be D. were used to
3. A. make B. makes C. making D. to make
4. A. into B. for C. at D. of
5. A. plans B. to plan C. planning D. planed
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION 3: Read the passage and choose the most suitable answers to the questions. (2.5 marks)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of using natural gas for cooking
and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United States, usually several thousand feet below the
surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is
found. Often the natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached. For many years after natural gas was
first discovered, it was thought to have no value. Finally, however, people began to understand its uses and to find ways
of storing it and of moving it from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for lighting,
cooking, and heating. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking without making the
room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another through long pipelines, some of which are
hundreds of miles in length.
1. While not stated in the article, you can tell that
A. natural gas is useless. C. people once wasted natural gas.
B. natural gas is moved in trucks. D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum.
2. This article as a whole is about
A. discovering natural gas C. using petroleum
B. finding petroleum D. natural gas and its uses.
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Natural gas is not used for heat. C. Natural gas moves through pipes.
B. Natural gas is cheap. D. Natural gas can be stored.
4. The easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another is
A. by truck. C. by underground passages.
B. through long pipelines. D. by car.
5. How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A. two B. four C. three D. five
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.