Reading passages

63- As explained in the passage, the real professional skills ............. .

A) were taught during the university years

B) were normally acquired through a period of apprenticeship
C) gained importance in the universities only after 1600
D) were acquired by nearly all university students
E) were taught only to the children of nobility.


Paper has been known in one form or another from very early times. The papyrus reeds of the Nile swamps served the ancient Egyptians for sheets upon which to inscribe their records. The Chinese and Japanese, centuries later, were using something more akin to modern paper. In substance, an Asiatic paper mulberry, yielding a smooth fibrous material, was being utilised. With the spread of learning in Western Europe, the necessity of a readier medium made itself felt, and paper began to be manufactured from pulped rags and other substances. Other papermaking staples were later introduced, such as linen cotton and wood pulp. The chief raw material in the world paper industry now is wood pulp, the main exporters being the timber growing countries of Canada, Sweden and Finland.


64- We can understand from the passage that, throughout the history, paper ............. .
A) has played a vital role in the advancement of learning
B) has been a major expert item for Asian countries, and for China in particular
C) has been produced a wide range from materials
D) has been valued as a means of communication more in the West than in the East
E) has largely been used for documentation rather than for learning
65- It is obvious from the passage that today the wood pulp needed for the manufacture of paper ............... .

A) is largely provided by the countries which produce a great deal of timber

B) is produced from a variety of substances other than timber
C) can only be produced economically with the aid of sophisticated technology
D) is normally made from raw materials locally available
E) can most readily be prepared form timber with a high fibrous content