Sample Passage and Questions

Complete the passages by selecting the appropriate words or phrases from among the choices below. Select the letter of your best answer.

1. Sound is something we _____.
a. hears
b. hearing.
c .heard.
d. hear. 


2.  It comes to your ______  in different ways.
a.  eyes
b.  nose
c.  ears
d.  mouth
  
3.  It might be pleasant, like the voice of a friend, ___ unpleasant, 
a. when
b. as
c. or
d. since


4.like the screech of a train’s wheels on a railroad ______. 
a.  station.
b.  track. 
c.  light.
d.  conductor.


5. Some sounds are loud, and some are soft; some are high, and some are ____. 
a.  full.
b.  low. 
c.  quiet.
d.  big.


6.Sound is very____________to us because it is the basic  means of communication.
a.  importance
b.  importantly  
c.  important
d.  import