Intended for students taking the English 33 Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in Alberta, Canada, this test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the reading component of the June 1988 tests. The following short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and day-to-day functional materials are included: (1) "The Turtle" (George Vukelich); (2) an excerpt from "Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Bronte); (3) "Ranch Wife" (James M. Moir); (4) an excerpt from "By Any Other Name" (Santha Rama Rau); (5) several related materials which the student is required to evaluate, including a personal letter, a collection of cartoons, a college brochure, and a magazine review of computers; (6) a student's composition in first draft form; (7) "Advice to an Interplanetary Visitor" (Bruce Dawe); (8) an excerpt from "Ronnie So Long at the Fair" (Merna Summers); and (9) "Ceintures S.V.P." (Mervyn J. Huston). Duration of the examination is 2 hours. (MM)