EPT English Reading Comprehension

Directions to Erik's house 

Leave Interstate 25 at exit 7S. Follow that road (Elm Street) for two miles. After one mile, you will pass a small shopping center on your left. At the next set of traffic lights, turn right onto Maple Drive. Erik's house is the third house on your left. It's number 33, and it's white with green trim.

1. What is Erik's address? 

A.   Interstate 25

B.    2 Elm Street

C.    13 Erika Street

D.   33 Maple Drive

2. Which is closest to Erik's house? 

A.   the traffic lights

B.    the shopping center

C.    exit 7S

D.   a greenhouse

Date: May 16, 1998

To: Megan Fallerman

From: Steven Roberts

Subject: Staff Meeting

Please be prepared to give your presentation on the monthly sales figures at our upcoming staff meeting. In addition to the accurate accounting of expenditures for the monthly sales, be ready to discuss possible reasons for fluctuations as well as possible trends in future customer spending. Thank you.

3. The main focus of the presentation will be ______________. 

A.   monthly expenditures

B.    monthly salary figures

C.    monthly sales figures

D.   staff meeting presentations

4. Who will give the presentation?

A.   the company president

B.    Megan Fallerman

C.    Steven Roberts

D.   future customers

 

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5. Which of the following counties is not included in the tour? 

A.   Devon

B.    Cornwall

C.    Essex

D.   Hampshire

6. How many people can go on this tour?

A.   10

B.    an unlimited number

C.    2-8

D.   a limited number

7. What can we infer about this area of southern England? 

A.   The region has lots of vegetation.

B.    The coast often has harsh weather.

C.    The sun is hot and the air is dry.

D.   The land is flat.

Anna Szewcyzk, perhaps the most popular broadcaster in the news media today, won the 1998 Broadcasting Award. She got her start in journalism as an editor at the Hollsville County Times in Missouri. When the newspaper went out of business, a colleague persuaded her to enter the field of broadcasting. She moved to Oregon to begin a master's degree in broadcast journalism at Atlas University. Following graduation, she was able to begin her career as a local newscaster with WPSU-TV in Seattle, Washington, and rapidly advanced to national television. Noted for her quick wit and trenchant commentary, her name has since become synonymous with Good Day, America! Accepting the award at the National Convention of Broadcast Journalism held in Chicago, Ms. Szewcyzk remarked, "I am so honored by this award that I'm at a total loss for words!" Who would ever have believed it?

8. What is the purpose of this announcement?

A.   to invite people to the National Convention of Broadcast Journalism

B.    to encourage college students to study broadcasting

C.   to recognize Ms. Szewcyzk's accomplishments

D.   to advertise a job opening at the Hollsville County Times

9. The expression "to become synonymous with" means 

A.   to be the same as.

B.    to be the opposite of.

C.    to be in sympathy with.

D.   to be discharged from.

10. What was Ms. Szewczyk's first job in journalism?

A.   She was a T.V. announcer in Washington.

B.    She was a newscaster in Oregon.

C.   She was an editor for a newspaper in Missouri.

D. She was a talk show host in Chicago


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