MID TERM TEST ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS 2

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Welcome to your MID TERM TEST ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE JS 2

RREADING COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow

Reading is a complicated process that involves the skills of eye movements and a mental process interpretation. As you read, your eyes move from one left to right following the line of printed words. It moves in short jumps each followed by a very short stop. At the end of the line, the eye sweeps quickly back to the beginning of the next line. The stops are called fixation. The length of a fixation in a child is about half a second, and in adult , a quarter of a second. The shortest time that the eye can rest on a word and understand it before the next jump is 1/25th of a second. It is impossible for the eye to see the new image until the first one fades out. This fading takes place about 1/15th of a second. During this time, the mind is busy sorting out the the information just read.

QUESTIONS

1. What are two skills involved in reading?

2. As one reads, the eye moves in a short jump which is followed by a very short stop, what is the name of this stop.

3. What is the length of fixation of a child?

4. How long does it take the eye to rest on a word and understand it before the next jump?

5. When is the mind busy sorting out the information just read?

1. The girl was ------ for losing her school fees

2. The president ------- a London-bound plane at the Aminu Kano international airport.

3. The staff gave the director a -------- ovation

4. Air ----- has been described as a major health hazard in industrial communities

5. The nurse needed a/an ------- to examine the patient's temperature

6. Mr and Mrs Ade ------ gone to the village

7. Many students would prefer to study Medicine -------- of Law

8. The lady about ------ I spoke to you last week is here now

9. Bimbo is good ----- basket ball while her sister plays Volleyball

10. They have ------- eggs than we do

11. I wish I ------ gone for the concert

12. Jacinta was recently delivered ------ a baby boy

13. The man is ------ good that everybody in the village loves him

14. We met him at the bank, ----?

15. The past tense of 'swim' is -------

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