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Victorian Age, those two abstract ideas have deluded many specialists and millions of newspaper readers 
into supposing that during certain decades called the Middle Ages, and again during certain decades called 
Age of Victoria, everyone thought or acted more or less in the same way-till at last Victoria died or the 
Middle Ages came to an end. But in fact there was no such similarity. 
16. The passage suggests that contrary to common assumption; the behaviour of people ........... 
a. was more uniform in the Middle Ages than in the Victorian Age 
b. was not uniform, at all, in any given period 
c. is a subject that should also be studied by historians 
d. in any given period is always the same 
e. is unrelated to the age they live in 
17. As can be understood from the passage, the division of history into periods ............ . 
a. is both useful and deceptive 
b. is avoided by modern historians 
c. was rejected in the Victorian Age 
d. has been in use since the Middle Ages 
e. serves no useful purpose at all 
18. As we can understand from the passage, the study of history .............. . 
a. began in the Middle Ages and reached its height in the Victorian Age 
b. has changed greatly in our time 
c. requires a knowledge of dates and periods 
d. includes a great variety of interrelated subjects 
e. should concentrate on the reconstruction of past events 
The famous American detective Thomas Osbourne was actually a great lover of music; he often played the 
violin and even composed some music. He would sometimes spend a whole afternoon, listening to music, 
and this would make him extremely happy. On such occasions he grew gentle and dreamy, quite unlike the 
sharp, clever and rather frightening detective that everybody knew him to be. But such a mood rarely lasted 
long; and when it left him he was more alert and businesslike than ever. 
19. The writer describes a side of Detective Ousborne's character which ............. 
a. he thinks is unsuitable for a detective 
b. is referred to as a major defect 
c. was little known by the general public 
d. had a bad effect upon his work 
e. eventually led to his downfall 
20. The writer points out that, after a quiet afternoon spent in listening to music, Ousborne............. 
a. went back to his detective work with greater efficiency 
b. would lose interest in his professional work 
c. found himself behaving in an aggressive manner 
d. wished he didn't have to work as a detective 
e. would take up his violin and play some of his own words 
21. We can understand from the passage that Ousborne was generally regarded as ............. 
a. being rather unreliable as a detective 

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