Find the irrelevant sentences in the following paragraphs . -3
1 . ( I ) Though you may think the hula hoop was a fad born in the 1950s , in fact people have been doing basically the same thing with circular hoops for thousands of years . ( II ) The word hula hoop may be regarded as very interesting by most of the people . ( III ) In ancient Egypt , for example , children played with large hoops of dried grapevines which they would propel along the ground with sticks or swing around their waists . ( IV ) During the 14th century , a “ hooping ” craze swept through England , and was as popular among adults as kids . ( V ) The records of doctors at the time attribute numerous dislocated backs and heart attacks to “ hoping ”.
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
2 . ( I ) The legendary jazzman Charlie Parker , popularly known as “ bird ", was born in Kansas city , Kansas in 1920 . ( II ) When he was 7 , his family moved across the river to Kansas City , Missouri ( III ) Charlie , played tuba in his high school band , but his fcj mother thought it looked funny and bought him a saxophone instead . ( IV ) Kansas city was one of the great jazz centres of the time . ( V ) Because he was seif - taught on this instrument , he developed a strange but highly original style .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
3 . ( I ) Few would dispute V . S . Naipaul ' s status as probably the greatest living writer of Indian origin . ( II ) Indeed , some would go further and argue that he is the greatest living writer of English prose . ( Ill ) Moreover , his views are taken very seriously , and for good reason . ( IV ) He is a writer whose fiction and nonfiction form a body of work of great brilliance . ( V ) Therefore , he displays an immoral and humiliated style .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
4 . ( I ) Popular literature includes both those writings intended for masses and those that find favour with large audiences . ( II ) It can be distinguished from artistic literature in that it is designed primarily to entertain . ( Ill ) Unlike high literature , which seeks a high degree of formal beauty or subtlety , popular literature is generally aimed to be simple enough to be understood by the average reader . ( IV ) in this way , high literature aims to appeal to ordinary readers . ( V ) Therefore , the growth of popular literature has paralleled the spread of literacy through education .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
5 . ( I ) Worrying news comes from Britain about the high school curriculum . ( II ) In the country that discovered gravity , evolution and DNA , the popularity of Maths and Science are on the decline . ( Ill ) In the short term , it may be necessary to make use of the universities ' resources . ( IV ) The number of secondary school pupils who choose to study these subjects is falling due to their difficulty . ( V ) The authorities ' response is to make the courses a lot easier starting next year .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
6 . ( I ) Sewage system of the government has a major problem . ( II ) They ' re running out of numbers for their customers . ( Ill ) The system now in use was invented in 1947 . ( IV ) No one then had any idea how fast the population would grow . ( V ) Soon there will be no more combinations left of the seven-digit numbers .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V
7 . ( I ) Many scientists , including Charles Darwin , wondered why we cry tears . ( II ) But , in fact animals cry , too . ( Ill ) What is the biological or evolutionary purpose of tears ? ( IV ) We could just as well cry without any tears falling . ( V ) Despite his further studies , Darwin couldn ' t find the answer to this crying matter .
A ) I B ) II C ) III D ) IV E ) V