Exam type: final examination

Read the text and choose the correct answer.
How often have you gone to a vending machine to get a bag of chips? What if you found a pair of live beetles instead? It may sound strange, but a company in Japan sells large beetles through vending machines. The vending machine company and nature conservationists disagree about selling beetles this way.
Many school-age children in Japan collect beetles. Other people also enjoy this hobby. However, people are building houses where the beetles live. This destroys the beetles’ homes. Now, it is difficult to find the beetles in the wild.
Since 1999, the Mirai Seiko Company has been selling these beetles in vending machines. The company says that it wants to help people own these rare insects. It also says that it takes good care of the beetles in the machines. True or not, the machines are very popular. The machines sell more than 1,500 beetles per month. Sometimes, people buy all the beetles in a machine in just a few minutes.
On the other hand, conservationists feel that the machines are harmful. Children may think that living creatures are like soft drinks or boxes of candy. Do you feel that the vending machines give people a rare experience, or that they give children bad ideas? Either way, they show how clever people can be.
21. What is another good title for this reading?
a. “Expensive Beetles in Japan”
b. “Unusual Vending Machines”
c. “Japanese Beetles”
d. “Japanese Children’s Hobbies”
22. Who likes to collect beetles as pets?
a. Mirai Seiko
b. Many people in Japan
c. Only Japanese schoolchildren
d. Conservationists
23. Why is it hard to find beetles in the wild?
a. They are too fast.
b. They live underground.
c. Their homes are disappearing.
d. They die very easily.
24. How quickly do the beetles usually sell out?
a. Within a couple of days b. Within hours c. Within a month d. Within minutes