BASO #53 BY I'M POSSIBLE PTN

22. Which of the following aspects of glass fiber does the passage mainly discuss?

• (A) The major developments in its production

• (B) Its relationship with pottery making

• (C) Important inventors in its long history

• (D) The variety of its uses in modern industry

• (E) The invention of “spun glass” fibers

23. The word “coarse” in line 1 is closest in meaning to …….

• (A) Decorative

• (B) Natural

• (C) Crude

• (D) Weak

• (E) Smooth

24. Why was there nothing written about the making of Renaissance glass fibers until seventeenth century?

• (A) Glassmakers were unhappy with the quality of the fibers they could make.

• (B) Glassmakers did not want to reveal the methods they used.

• (C) Few people were interested in the Renaissance style of glass fibers.

• (D) Production methods had been well known for a long time.

• (E) Glassmakers want to be known as inventor of glass fiber

25. According to the passage, using a hot glass tube rather than a wheel to pull fibers from molten glass made the fibers….

• (A) Quicker to cool

• (B) Harder to bend

• (C) Shorter and more easily broken

• (D) Longer and more easily broken

• (E) Longer and more durable

22. The phrase “this material” in line 17 refers to….

• (A) Glass fibers

• (B) Decorations

• (C) Ornament

• (D) Longer and more durable

• (E) Ostrich feathers