Comprehensive Examination in English: Session I
Part A

for Interdisciplinary Teaching
Michelle Stappler, Regents High School Examination

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Directions:
Use your notes to answer the following questions about the passage read to you. Select the best suggested answer and write its number in the space provided. The questions may help you think about ideas and information you might use in your writing. You may return to these questions anytime you wish.

1. The speaker suggests the need for this disposal method is due to the fact that
   a. the future will bring too much garbage to handle
   b. its the latest technology in China
   c. China is overpopulated
   d. China prohibits other methods of waste management
   
   
2. Zhao Baoyuan states, "We do not need much investment to get a high value" to suggest
   a. China can be economically pragmatic to solve its problems
   b. China does not need foreign investors at this time
   c. China does not need to borrow much from foreign investors
   d. China values its methods
   
   
3. China has found a way to
   a. make waste useful
   b. deal with a pig overpopulation
   c. utilize chickens
   d. increase foreign relations
   
   
4. To determine if the method suggested is healthy,
   a. peasants separate the garbage
   b. chickens are laying eggs near the location of the waste site
   c. it will be tested by government inspection teams once a month
   d. vegetable patches must remain nourished