Paragraph Summarizing Test 3

1. The future is something that many people, especially 3. From the very first, man has wondered if there was
young ones, worry about. Our elders tell us that life on worlds other than our own. The mind of man
making correct decisions about our futures is very has wandered to many light-years away: to other
important and making a mistake can ruin us forever. planets and solar systems. Today man is still asking
However, when one looks at the records, those this question, but he seeks the answer in science and
people who have taken chances and tried to do technology instead of religion ad magic.
things their own way, tend to make out much better
than those who do things the way the system A) Man has always asked himself about life on other
expects.
planets.
A) Making decisions about the future should be the B) Since the beginning of man's history the question
right of the person who will be living that life. of whether there is life on other planets has been
B) Taking risks is not considered to be the correct asked, but today new ways of answering this
way of planning ones future and could cause failure. question are available.
C) Parents tell their children to plan their futures as C) Today scientists are the people that are asking if
the social and cultural rules advice. the man might be able to live on other planets in
D) Decisions that people make may at times seem other solar systems.
incorrect but most of the time the results are good. D) We have and will always wonder about the
E) Although it is generally felt that people shouldn't possibility of life on other planets.
take risks, many people who do have proved that E) The answer to the question of whether there is life
being different is not always wrong on other planets or not could not be answered in the
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past, but will probably be answered by the scientists

2. Although we didn't know who she was or where she
had come from it was easy to guess that she had of today.
some type of royal blood in her veins. The English 4. There are many different reasons why a poet writes
she spoke was so carefully precise that she couldn't poetry. I would suppose that some write poems for
possibly be a native speaker. Her graceful themselves and to please their own senses. Others,
movements and confident gestures indicated power however, write to share thoughts, or rather feelings
and control. All in all, the appearance she presented with others. Most poems are meant to appeal to the
was very impressive. heart and senses rather than to the mind and reason.

A) We were not able to learn anything about this

woman. A) Poets usually write poems to share their thoughts
B) This woman was of rich and royal heritage. with other people.
C) This woman made us think that she was wealthy. B) Poets write poems for themselves and for others.
D) This unknown woman had a manner that C) Poems are not written for the mind they are
impressed those who met her written for the heart.
E) This woman was not brought up in our country. D) Poets are sentimental people who have to show
their emotions with their writing.
E) Among the different reasons for writing poetry, the
need to express emotions is probably the strongest
motive for most poets.

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5. The art form which is best known under the name of 6. War is one of the most terrible parts of human
Impressionism evolved in France with the Realist history. Death, destruction and pain, both physical
movement of the mid to late 1800s. Although this and emotional are the primary results of war. Still,
style only lasted for about 15 years in a pure form, it the man seems to be incapable of doing without it.
has influenced the style of art that has come after it
till today. The motivating thought in this style of art A) As bad as it is, the man likes to make war.
comes from the idea that "Nothing is seen without
B) People have no gain from war but are unable to
light."
stop it.
A) Impressionism is an art form which is still C) The death and misery that war produces are not
presently used today. enough to stop the man from fighting.
B) The Impressionism style of art which started in D) No one wants to fight a war.
France in the late 1800s and still has a strong effect E) Even though fighting is useless people will not
on artists today, gives importance to light. stop.
C) The artists of the 1800s decided that light was 7. Our world seems to be changing too fast to keep up
very important in their work and thus created a new with. In my youth, life was much more simple. Our
parents worried about feeding and educating us. We
style of painting called Impressionism.
worried about simple things life school and friends.
D) The art style called Impressionism was around for Today, however, children have become selfish and
about 15 years. The artists of the 1800s decided that materialistic.
light was very important in their work and thus
A) Life changes people as they grow.
created a new style of painting called Impressionism
B) Everyone changes with time.
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in France during the 1800s and used light for the first
C) The world makes people selfish as they grow
time in its paintings.
older.
E) The various uses of lights played an important role
D) Children are, brought up differently these days.
in the development of the form of painting called
E) Time has changed the needs and attitudes of
Impressionism.
people.

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Answer Key:

1: E 5: B
2: D 6: C
3: B 7: E
4: E

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