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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. I whispered as I didn’t want anybody to hear our conversation. A. Since I whispered, heard our conversation D. I lowered my voice in order that our conversation couldn’t be heard Correct answer
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Answer D
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- Snow and rain ______ of nature.
Question:
Snow and rain ______ of nature. A. are phenomena Correct Answer B. is phenomena C. is phenomenon D. are phenomenon
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Answer A
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- Her outgoing character contrasts ______ with that of her sister.
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Her outgoing character contrasts ______ with that of her sister. A. thoroughly Correct Answer B. fully C. sharply D. coolly
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Answer A
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- Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
Question:
Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week. A. twice as much as Correct answer B. as much as twice C. twice more than D. twice as
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Answer A
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- I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it ______ as you did.
Question:
I wish you ______ me a new one instead of having it ______ as you did. A. had given/repaired Correct Answer B. gave/to repair C. would give/to repair D. had given/to be repaired
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Answer A
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- 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.LETTER TO THE EDITORThe Prime Minister’s comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. first, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraging to develop to their full (23)_____.Secondly, there’s too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (24)_____ for exams. These aren’t even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They’re just mock exams. Is the work she’s been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (25)_____. Thirdly, the standard (26)_____ doesn’t give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else’s work and (27)_____ good use of someone else’s ideas? Shouldn’t they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about selfstudy skill that’s essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do – in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.Fill in box 25
Question:
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.LETTER TO THE EDITORThe Prime Minister’s comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. first, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraging to develop to their full (23)_____.Secondly, there’s too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (24)_____ for exams. These aren’t even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They’re just mock exams. Is the work she’s been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (25)_____. Thirdly, the standard (26)_____ doesn’t give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else’s work and (27)_____ good use of someone else’s ideas? Shouldn’t they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about selfstudy skill that’s essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do – in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.Fill in box 25 A. latter Correct Answer B. frontier C. later D. latest
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Answer A
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