Why is music important? Music participation provides a unique opportunity for literacy
  Preparation; to prepare children to learn how to read and write at school. Whether the
  children are singing, playing, or listening, teachers direct them to listen and hear in new
  ways which exercises their aural discrimination. Playing instruments and adding
  movement to the lessons teaches children about sequential learning which is essential in
  reading comprehension. Plato once said that music "is a stronger instrument than any
  other for education". You will find many teachers of young children who would agree
  with him. Recent research has found that music uses both sides of the brain, a fact that
  makes it valuable in all areas of development. Music effects the growth of a child's
  brain academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
  Now let's deal with the first effect which is the effect on children's academic
  performance. For some people, this is the primary reason for providing music lessons to
  their children. A recent study found that music trains the brain for higher forms of
  thinking. Second graders who were given music lessons scored 27% higher on
  proportional math and fractions tests than children who received no special instruction.
  Research indicates that musical training prepares a young mind for enhanced
  performance.
  
  1.
   Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
   A) Music Use at home
   B) Music and Young Minds
   C) Music: Contrasting Views
   D) Ways to Improve Musical Quality
  2.
   What aspect of music does the passage mainly discuss?
   A) Its types
   B) Its origin
   C) Its function
   D) Its development
  3.
   The author has mentioned Plato in paragraph I in order to _____ .
   A) support the main point of the paragraph
   B) change the focus of the discussion presented in the paragraph
   C) set a condition for the achievement of the goal described in the paragraph
   D) refuse the inclusion of music in class as a teaching instrument before some research
  into its usefulness is done
  4.
   What instruction does the author mean by "no special instruction" as it is used in paragraph 2?
   A) Instruction in test taking
   B) Instruction in music
   C) Instruction at school in general
   D) Instruction in literacy skills

  In the 18th century, long before books, radios, and television sets existed, many people learned a language different from their own. In a world full of printed and spoken words today, people have a better
  chance to learn languages. Many people learn languages because language is the most useful tool for communication. It lets us think, learn, and share our thoughts and feelings with others. It makes man
  free from his anger; it is a source of comfort or delight. Language is important because it is alive; it grows and changes like a living organism. Language can influence a single human being or move a million in
  one moment.
  1. Language is important because it_____
  A) may move all people d ifferently
  B) lets us grow, change, and think
  C) is a source of anger and comfort
  D) allows people to exchange ideas
  2. We can understand from the passage that language is_____
  A) a kind of living organism
  B) like a useful tool
  C) similar to a living thing
  D) the same as a human being
  3. People can learn a language more easily than they used to because_____
  A) language was not as important as it is now
  B) old languages were more difficult than the present ones
  C) people were not aware of its importance
  D) there are many ways of communication now
  4. The best title for this passage would be:
  A) "Old and New Languages"
  B) "The Significance of Language"
  C) "The Source of Language"
  D) "Ways of Learning Languages"

  The calendar is a method by which people measure time for their own civil or religious purposes, dividing it into years, months, weeks and days. People of ancient times based the earliest calendars on the most obvious regular events they knew - the movements of the Sun and Moon, which together produce the three simplest divisions of time. These are the day, the lunar month, and the solar year.
   We now know that the regular movement of the Sun across the sky is the time taken by the Earth to revolve on its axis ..just under 24 hours. The lunar month is the time between two new moons - about 29.5 days.("Lunar" comes from lima, the Latin word for "moon"). The solar year is the time taken by the Earth to travel round the Sun .. 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds. ("Solar" comes from sol. the Latin word for "sun".)
   Because these lengths of time do not add up to round numbers, and because the lunar months do not fit into the solar year, it was many centuries before a calendar was developed that did not have to be corrected every now and then. The importance of finding such a calendar had been known for thousands of years.
  
  1. The passage is mainly concerned with _____
  A) a way to measure time
  B) the comparison of two calendars
  C) showing the importance of time in man's life
  D) describing the movements of space objects, which produce time divisions
  2. According to the passage, the movements of the Sun and Moon _____
  A) happen on a regular basis
  B) were unknown to ancient people
  C) include three different parts
  D) were described in the earliest calendars
  3. The word "its" in line 7 refers to _____
  A) sky
  B) Sun
  C) Earth
  D) movement
  4. How many Latin words are mentioned in the passage?
  A)1
  B)2
  C)3
  D)4
  5. It can be understood from the passage that _____
  A) Greeks were the first people to invent a calendar
  B) the earliest calendars had to be fixed from time to time
  C) the absence of an exact calendar led to problems in early people's life
  D) it was not a long time ago before man realized he needed to develop a correct calendar