Reading passages

294 -It is obvious from the passage that ---- .
A) Benjamin Franklin's father had plenty of free 
time to spend with his son 
B) Benjamin Franklin grew into a man of many 
talents 
C) lacking a formal education, Benjamin Franklin 
didn't achieve much in writing 
D) Benjamin Franklin's relationship with his father 
was distant 

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E) Benjamin's father was illiterate 
The world's first liquid -fuelled rocket took off on a 
cold afternoon in March 1926, from a farm in New 
England. The result of years of trial and error by a 
physics professor named Robert Goddard, it rose 
about 14 metres. Goddard was certain that this 
modest flight was the first step towards future space 
flight, but few others shared hisenthusiasm. The 
director of the Smithsonian - Institution, from which 
he had been receiving a small amount of financial 
assistance, was disappointed. The newspapers made 
fun of him. Yet today, space scientists consider the 
1926 experiment an event as important as man's first 
successful flight. 
295 -The passage makes it clear that ---- .
A) hardly anyone took Goddard and his rocket 
seriously at the time 
B) Goddard found financial support after the 
experiment 
C) Goddard was not in the habit of exaggerating 
things 
D) space flight was considered a real possibility 
by many people after 1926 
E) it is best to experiment with rockets when the 
weather is cold 
296 -We learn from the passage that ---- .
A) it is always cold in New England in March B) the 
Smithsonian Institution met the entire expense for 
Goddard's rocket 
C) Goddard's experiment was important in the 
development of future rockets 
D) Goddard was put on trial for his errors as a 
physics professor 
E) Robert Goddard owned a farm in New England