Grade 10 Reading Exercise

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 All Exercises
End of Silver Screen
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Universities in Britain
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Students' Problem
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World's Largest Volcano
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Sniff Out Disease
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Phi Phi Island Resort
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People of Corn
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Travel To Australia
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We French Do Love To Demonstrate
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Unmasking Skin
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Put Pupils Off Languages
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Teenage Model
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Sea Monsters
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Calisthenics
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Children Language
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City and Natural Environment
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The Animal That Regrows Its Head
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Americans Are Angry
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 Today's Question
Questions 1-6: The Reading Passage has six paragraphs A–F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
1Campus types
2Old universities
3Universities during the industrial revolution
4University colleges
5Rising standards in higher education
6The second expansion
7Former polytechnics
1. Section A

2. Section B

3. Section C

4. Section D

5. Section E

6. Section F
Questions 7-10: Answer the questions below with words taken from the Reading Passage. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
7. Why were several universities established during the 19th and 20th centuries?
Answer 7:

8. What did the government decide to do in the 1960s?
Answer 8:

9. What qualification do many former polytechnics provide?
Answer 9:

10. What are colleges the centre of?
Answer 10:
Questions 11-16: Classify the following descriptions as referring to
OUold universities
CUcivic universities
NUnew universities
FPformer polytechnics
UCuniversity colleges
You may use any answer more than once.
11. have accommodation and educational facilities on campus.

12. provide various courses on a single subject.

13. have lecturers and students living in the same place.

14. were linked to religious institutions.

15. were built in growing cities.

16. offer diploma courses.