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Reading Text
In lots of people's minds, the mystery of what killed the dinosaurs and other species — paving the way for the rise of mammals — was solved a couple of decades ago: a giant asteroid or comet slamming into the Earth, resulting in a dust cloud that shrouded the sun, cooled the planet dramatically and killed off plants and animals wholesale. It's a compelling story, but plenty of scientists never completely bought it. The dinosaurs died pretty quickly, they admit, but not quite abruptly enough to be explained this way. So alternative theories — the dinosaurs succumbed to allergies, from the rise of flowering plants, or to world-shaking volcanoes in what's now India, or to disease — have always bubbled around the periphery of the conventional wisdom.
1. According to this passage when did mammals emerge on earth?
A. After the disappearance of dinosaurs.
B. Before the emergence of dinosaurs.
C. At the same time as the dinosaurs emerged.
D. A few thousand years ago.

2. What is the most widely held explanation for the extinction of dinosaurs?
A. A worldwide epidemic.
B. Volcanic eruptions in India.
C. Extremely low temperature.
D. Dust allergy.

3. If you call a story ‘compelling’, you
A. force others to read it.
B. find it extremely interesting.
C. find it so boring that you have to be compelled to read it.
D. find it difficult to believe.

4. If dinosaurs succumbed to allergies, they
A. died of allergies.
B. suffered from allergies.
C. resisted allergies.
D. fought off allergies.

5. Infer which of the following the writer is most likely to do in the next paragraphs.
A. Show evidence against the widely accepted theory of the death of dinosaurs.
B. Reinforce the widely accepted theory of the disappearance of dinosaurs.
C. Illustrate the conventional wisdom on the death of dinosaurs
D. Talk about the relationship between dinosaurs and mammals.

6. Which of the following would make the best summary of the paragraph?
A. A giant asteroid or comet slamming into the Earth caused a dust cloud that cut off sunrays and the resulting low temperature caused dinosaurs to die.
B. The dinosaurs disappeared pretty quickly, but not abruptly because they were present all over the earth.
C. There are many explanations for the disappearance of dinosaurs some of which are conventional.
D. Although the disappearance of dinosaurs is generally attributed to a dramatic drop in earth’s temperature following an asteroid hitting the earth, there are several other plausible theories.

There could also be one-off questions on grammar, usage, and vocabulary.
Examples:
7. Fill the gap in the short passage with the most appropriate word/phrase.

The first hallmark of moralization is that the rules it invokes are felt to be universal. Prohibitions of rape and murder, ---------, are felt not to be matters of local custom but to be universally and objectively warranted.
A. however
B. for example
C. on the contrary
D. by the way

8. If you eliminate corruption in your organization, you -------- it.
A. support
B. reduce
C. remove
D. suspect