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 Reading Comprehension

1. Choose the best answer to each question based on the information you obtain from the passage.

1. MIT offers all kinds of courses online for the purpose of ______. 
A) showing enthusiastic approval of the Internet
B) providing most advanced education online
C) gaining more profit and greater reputation
D) spreading knowledge and higher education globally

2. What frustrated the Indian student when he was at school? 
A) He had an opportunity to use the facilities at MIT.
B) He often couldn’t get the books he wanted.
C) He was dreaming of studying at MIT.
D) He could not afford to buy what he wanted.

3. Which of the following is true of the letter from Australia? 
A) Americans seek for things that are seemingly attractive.
B) America is blamed for the tawdry.
C) The man will take the courses regardless of his age.
D) The man saluted MIT for sharing knowledge with people.

4. Before the OCW program, the student in Sri Lanka _______. 
A) had benefited from the MIT website
B) had already taken MIT courses
C) had shared knowledge with others
D) couldn’t wait to have the materials on the website

5. It can be concluded from the passage that the MIT OCW program______. 
A) has sped up the arrival of a new generation of computers
B) has given rise to new forms of online education
C) has led to the transformation of traditional education
D) has brought about an information revolution

 
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