English reading passages (for dtm test takers)

104. All of the following statements are FALSE, EXCEPT ... .
A) Jade increased man’s power and gave long life.
B) Jade was never considered valuable in the past.
C) Chinese people never used jade in musical instruments.
D) Jade was used for various purposes in the past.


Read the text and answer the questions according to it.

Sarah is 36 years old, and she lives in Canada. She works two days a week as a teacher. Her

husband’s name is Nathan, and he’s a sales manager. Nathan’s job is very busy, so he often comes home late. At weekends, they often go driving or walking in the countryside. Nathan was born in Canada, but Sarah wasn’t. She was born in Argentina, and she moved to Canada when she was 26. After she graduated from university, she decided to work as an English teacher. She simply couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Soon, she found her first work as a teaching assistant in a school. She liked the work, although the children had no good discipline. When s e first came to Canada, she would never have imagined that she would stay there. She wanted to gain some useful experience, which could help her in Argentina. In some ways, she wished she hadn’t been so far away from her family, but at the same time, she felt that she had learned so many things that she never would have experienced in Argentina.


105. According to the passage, what do Sarah and Nathan often do at weekends?
A) They work at the same job.
B) They often get out of the city.
C) They often go to the cinema.
D) They often stay in the city.
106. According to the passage, Sarah’s feeling about her first job was ....
A) negative
B) mixed
C) bad
D) positive
107. According to the passage, when Sarah first went to Canada, she thought ....
A) she would stay in Canada for all her life
B) she would find a job as a university teacher
C) she would come back to Argentina soon
D) she would never return to Argentina