Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
On ............ inspection, one may realise that the farmers do not use fertilisers and pesticides for the simple reason that it would not pay off.
It is a huge transition, but achievable - particularly if we .......... the massive present waste of energy.
Sidebar can keep information and tools .......... available for you to use.
Scientists have found a way by which they can convert all blood types into O- type blood, .........?
He didn't achieve much at school in academic terms but he was .......... of his elders and listened to them.
“Did you enjoy your graduation ceremony?” “Oh yes; I didn’t like .......... photographed all the time, though.”
Visitors to the park must pay an entrance and boat fee, which is approximately $60 regardless of the number of people ............
He admits that quite .......... very experienced climbers have died on the West Ridge route.
....... in Central Park every year to commemorate John Lennon’s death and to argue for stricter gun laws.
“Do you need any help with those grocery bags?” “............ to ask! Thank you!”
This app comes with a small set of games that you can play whenever you're in the ...... for a bit of fun.
Only after food has been dried or canned ............
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: wood, bookbinder, brotherhood, proof
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: sacred, rumoured, bothered, considered
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on you answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress: advocacy, artificial, businessman, secretary
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress: continent, permanent, coherent, sentiment
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
“How much do you earn in your new job?” “............”
Julie and Ann are talking about their classmate.
- Julie: “...........”
- Ann: “Yeah, not bad, I suppose.”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Increasing urbanization has led to problems. Cities are centers of civilization and culture.
It’s not fair to put all the blame on him. He’s not the only one at fault.
Mark the letter A, It, C, or l) on your answer sheet to iiuiicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
There is no point in your phoning Jane - she's away.
My eldest sister started working as a freelance journalist as soon as she graduated from university.
We’ve decided to replace those plastic shower curtains with these rubber ones.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 30
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country’s impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada’s history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society.
Young people were staying at school longer, more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada’s population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960s was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
The word “five” in bold refers to ..............
The word “surging” in bold is closest in meaning to ............
The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s ...............
The word “trend” in bold is closest in meaning to ...............
The word “peak” in bold is closest in meaning to .............
The author mention all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT _____________
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35
Why is culture important and how does it answer the question “What is cultural identity?" Culture is the underlying foundation of traditions and beliefs that help a person relate to the world around then. It is the basis for any superstitions they may have. It is the aversion to (31) .............types of meat, or which days you can work on. Culture gives us a (32) .......... starting point when beginning to search for our roots. Knowing (33) ............a person comes from will help to define how they look at their family obligations as well as how they celebrate important milestones in life. As a person has given up their cultural identity, they no longer can identify themselves with the things that were (34) ............ the most important things in their lives. They lose direction. As time (35) .......... by and they continue to forget about their past and their natural traditions, their identity becomes less and less pronounced.
(31) ..................
(32) ..................
(33) ..................
(34) ..................
(35) ..................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): Some supporters were shouting to him and he was talking back and I told him to calm down.
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): Birds are at their most vulnerable when they leave their nests and find food on their own.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): His jokes won't be to everyone's taste because it is so close to the bone.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s): Most impoverished families' homes are primitive shelters made of scrap materials, which provide minimal privacy and protection against the elements.
Mark the letter A, B. C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Find the mistake: You should take out insurance for your house from any possible damage. Earthquakes sometimes occur here.
Find the mistake: An understanding of engineering theories and problem are impossible until basic arithmetic is fully mastered.
Find the mistake: The alarm was raised too late because when the emergency crew arrived, no less than 10,000 gallons of oil has gusted into the stream.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50
Glass is a remarkable substance made from the simplest raw materials. It can be colored or colorless, monochrome or polychrome, transparent, translucent, or opaque. It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful Glass can be decorated in multiple ways andits optical properties are exceptional. In all its myriad forms - as table ware, containers, in architecture and design - glass represents a major achievement in the history of technological developments.
Since the Bronze Age about 3,000 B.C. glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, line and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century. When heated, the mixture becomes soft and malleable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow. Why glass deteriorates over time, especially when exposed to moisture, and why glassware must be slowly reheated and uniformly cooled after manufacture to release internal stresses induced by uneven cooling.
Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or “freeze” at specific temperatures glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying stages of malleability until it flows like a thick syrup. Each stage of malleability allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus amenable to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.
Why does the author list the characteristics of glass in paragraph 1?
The word "durable" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___________.
What does the author imply about the raw materials used to make glass?
According to the passage, how is glass that has cooled and become rigid different from most other rigid substances?
The words “exposed to” in paragraph 2 most likely mean _____________.
What must be done to release the internal stresses that build up in glass products during manufacture?
The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
According to the passage, why can glass be more easily shaped into specific forms than can metals?
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