SET 004
Questions 1-2: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His brother Orville was born in 1871. They were the first people in the world to fly an airplane.
The Wright brothers had always liked to make things. When they were children, they made their own toys. They also liked to fix | things. When they got older, they opened a bicycle shop. They built bicycles and repaired broken bicycles.
The Wright Brothers wanted to build something else. They wanted to construct a machine that could fly They began to work on an airplane
Their first airplane had big wings, like a bird. This plane did not stay in the air. They needed to build a plane with an engine. But most engines were too heavy. They needed to build a much lighter engine.
The Wright brothers worked hard. They built a very light engine for their airplane. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test it out. On December 17, 1903, they tested their new plane at Kitty Hawk. Their plane flew! All of their hard work had finally paid off.
Today, you can see the plane that the Wright brothers flew at the National Air Museum in Washington, DC.
1. Why did the Wright brothers take their new airplane to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
(A) to exhibit it
(B) to sell it
(D) to abandon it
(C) to test it out
2. Which word out of the following can best describe Wright brothers?
(A) lucky
(C) decent
(B) truthful
(D) hardworking
3. "They also liked to fix things". In this sentence the word 'fix' belongs to which of the following word groups?
(A) paste, glue, unite
(B) observe, analyze, assess
(C) repair, modify, rectify
(D) consider, evaluate, judge
4. The Wright brothers wanted to build a machine______
(A) that was light
(B) that could lift things
(C) that was heavy
(D) they could fly
5. Which one of the following sentences is true according to the passage above?
(A) The first airplane Wright brothers built had big wings
(B) The first airplane Wright brothers built looked like a beast.
(C) The first airplane Wright brothers built stayed in the air.
(D) The first airplane Wright brothers built had a light engine.
6. Pick out the sentence which is NOT true according to the passage
(A) Wright brothers repaired bicycles.
(B) Wright brothers gave bicycles for rent
(C) Wright brothers built bicycles.
(D) Wright brothers opened a bicycle shop.
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