HOME
Listen and Talk
Read and Explore
Write and Produce
Culture Salon
Related Links
  
Course 1 > Unit 5> Passage C > Exercises　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　│Text│Words & Expressions│Translation│Exercises |
 Exercise 1
exercise2 │exercise3  

1. Choose the best answer to each question based on the information from the passage.

  1. What kinds of information do casual conversations at work provide according to the passage?  
    A) All the latest news.
    B) Many useful facts.
    C) Only trivial gossip.
    D) Fragments of information.

  2. How does the author describe most of the information we are bombarded with every day?  
    A) Some of it is very valuable and important.
    B) Some of it is misleading or even false.
    C) Without sifting through it, we can't evaluate it.
    D) There's so much of it there's no way to evaluate it.

  3. What does the author say is the most reasonable approach to information?  
    A) Skepticism.
    B) Criticism.
    C) Absorption.
    D) Rejection.

  4. Which of the following is a key characteristic of skepticism?  
    A) Skeptics are reasonable but cynics are too optimistic.
    B) Skeptics are reasonable but cynics are too pessimistic.
    C) Skeptics take a position but cynics only use a method.
    D) Skeptics reject all new ideas but cynics only reject some of them.

  5. When faced with an incredible or fantastic claim, what does the author do?  
    A) Ask questions and look for proof.
    B) Ignore the information and its source.
    C) Change the subject immediately.
    D) Try to consult an expert who knows the truth.
 
©Experiencing English 2002