ESP Reading 2 Quiz

Stone, mud, and fibrous plants are the most ____________________ building materials.

                                                                                                                                                     

 

• a. used  

• b. modern 

• c. basic  

• d. writing

In Paragraph 3, Line 1,the pronoun “It” refers to __________________.

                                                                                                                                                

 

• a. stone   

• b. history    

•   c. structure 

• d. material

A brick is a block usually made from clay or __________________.

                                                                                                                                                           

 

•   a. stone  

• b. rock  

•    c. block   

• d. shale

The two most common masonry materials are _________________________.

                                                                         

 

• a. glass and metal 

• b. stone and brick 

• c. mud and plants 

• d. wood and glass

Soil as a building material can keep temperatures at __________________levels.

                                                                                                                                                                    

 

• a. low  

• b. high

• c. constant

• d. very high

We can use____________________ as a structural framework for skyscrapers.

                                                                                                                                            

• a. wood  

• b. glass  

• c. metal  

• d. bricks

Concrete strengthened with ________________ rods is called reinforced concrete.

                                                                                                                               

 

• a. steel     

•    b. stone 

• c. wooden  

•    d. heavy

Clay, leaves, twigs, rocks, and sand are ____________________ building materials.

                                                                                                                     

 

• a. modern 

• b. natural   

• c. man-made 

• d. strong

The two examples of man-made building materials are ___________.

                                                                     

• a. fibrous plants 

• b. mud and rocks  

• c. metals and alloys  

• d. ceramics and plastic

_________________is wood used as building material.

                                                                                                                               

• a. Ceramics 

•     b. Timber   

• c. Silicate  

• d. Clay