b) The indirect discovery of a substance in another one. c) The inferential discovery of an asteroid.
d) the visual, spotting of a new plant in a jungle.
12. It isn't right to say that...................
a) Palaeontology is a science that deals with fossils.
b) telescope is an instrument used for observing objects in the outer space.
c) microscope; is an instrument used for observing small things inaccessible to the naked eye.
d) nowadays discovery is achieved by looking at the traces the object leaves behind rather than looking at it itself. Finns are the best readers in the industrialised world. The world's highest percentage of
engineering is in the former Czechoslovakia. The Swiss are tops at math and science. Canada
has turned out the highest proportion of university graduates. The Japanese spend
proportionately less on education than everybody else. And after a decade of school reform, the
United States compares more favourably -though still not impressively - with the rest of the
industrialised world than it has in the past, according to a study released last week by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The research, based on
figures obtained in 1991 offers the most comprehensive comparison ever made among the
educational systems of the world's wealthiest countries.
13. The passage is about...................
a) the educational systems in underdeveloped countries.
b) the educational systems in developing countries.
c) where the industrialised nations stand in terms of educational performance. d) the educational systems in industrialised countries.
14. According to the paragraph,.........................
a) after ten years of school reform, the US has succeeded in surpassing the developed countries
to a great degree.
b) in spite of a decade of school reform, the US has not yet outranked the other
