Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
dimension
expansion
confusion
tension
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anachronism
anecdotal
aorta
aperture
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massage
carriage
voyage
dosage
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fascination
fascism
nascent
incandescent
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Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The team wasn’t playing well, so the coach took the bull by the horns and sacked several senior players.
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Although he doesn't have a medical condition he uses the same prescription medication that people who have ADHD use to stay on the ball during exams.
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I can't believe what a narrow escape it was when the car went off the road and passed within a few feet of us.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The president's plan first came under fire from the community who said he didn't include enough spending cuts.
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The police have concluded tentatively that the explosion was caused by a bomb.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Bob began to write his examination and found himself hitting on all cylinders.
Katie O'Donovan, public policy manager at Google UK, said the company had shown its _____ to protecting children by developing its resources such as an online safety course has been taught to 40,000 schoolchildren.
We couldn't afford that house because it _____.
We need to ask whether the interest in Machiavellian behavior is _____ from the positive side of political activity.
No matter how often I explain it, he doesn't seem to _____.
He was accused of theft, but then he _____ as the real thief confessed to the police.
Technology is used for the of human needs and production is increased by technology. Science and technology, the concerned with know-what and latter with know-how, are continuously conditioning man’s world view and have material standards beyond any earlier vision of man’s potential. However, in this science and technology, there is too much concerned with quantity at the expense of . Technology has made possible the mass production of articles and mass production seems to have reduced the quality of goods. If a motor-car in the past was made to last, today it is made to be thrown away and . While the quality in terms of new features has improved, is of little concern to manufacturers. In their drive to expand markets and be competitive, manufacturers ignore quality and are concerned with quantity or the number of products that can be sold. Evolving technology encourages the economy of economy of transience which is fast replacing the economy on permanence of the old world. Medical technology prolongs life and reduces the mortality rate, but the quality of life . Genetics has increased agricultural productivity, and the Green Revolution that it set in motion had resulted in high-yielding variety of wheat, rice paddy, etc., but they lack the quality which the traditional variety, through low- yielding, had. Alvin Toffler in his Future Shock considers the lowering of costs of manufacture and increased demand as factors for the sacrifice of quality. Science and technology should be concerned equally with quality and quantity. This concern is of great importance since science and technology are to make further strides.
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In the American colonies, there was little money. England did not supply the colonies with coins and did not allow the colonies to make their own coins, except for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which received permission for a short period in 1652 to make several kinds of silver coins. England wanted to keep money out of America as a means of controlling trade: America was forced to trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy products from other countries. The result during this pre-revolutionary period was that the colonists used various goods in place of money: beaver pelts, Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all commonly used substitutes for money. The colonists also made use of any foreign coins they could obtain. Dutch, Spanish, French, and English coins were all in use in the American colonies.
During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the world, so each of the individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money. So much of this paper money was printed that by the end of the war, almost no one would accept it. As a result, trade in goods and the use of foreign coins still flourished during this period.
By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists, the monetary system was in a state of total disarray. To remedy this situation, the new Constitution of the United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue money. The individual states could no longer have their own money supply. A few years later, the Coinage Act of 1792 made the dollar the official currency of the United States and put the country on a bimetallic standard. In this bimetallic system, both gold and silver were legal money, and the rate of exchange of silver to gold was fixed by the government at sixteen to one.
The passage mainly discusses _____.
The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was _____.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was allowed to make coins _____.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a substitute for money during the colonial period?
According to the passage, what happened to the American monetary system during the Revolutionary War?
The 1789 Constitution of the United States allowed issuing money to _____.
How was the monetary system arranged in the Constitution?
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the bimetallic monetary system?
This is the communicative exchange at an electric shop.
The shop assistant: "This is my last portable CD player. I’ll let you have it for sixty dollars."
Steven: " _____?"
Mike and Laura are talking about their plan for the weekend.
Mike: “I promise to go shopping with you if you help me with the housework.”
Laura: “______. You are the last person to keep a promise.”
Sarah and Kathy are talking about bad habits of children.
Sarah: “Children under ten shouldn't stay up late to play computer games.”
Kathy: “_____.”
John: "You don't like beer, do you?"
Will: "_____. I never drink it."
James: "Would you like me to take that book?"
Marry: "_____."
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Does he feel strongly about your switching to the night shift?
b. Oh? What's it all about?
c. Well, to make a long story short, my boss wants me to switch to the night shift, but I'd rather stay on the day shift.
d. Well, to tell the truth, I've been having a disagreement with my boss.
e. Yes, he does. And I feel just as strongly about staying on the day shift.
f. You seemed troubled for the past few days. Is anything wrong?
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. What is gravity?
b. Without gravity, you would float into the sky like a balloon.
c. I don’t understand.
d. Gravity is very important
e. That would be fun!
f. It’s the force that pulls everything down.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Have you heard the news?
b. I doubt it, personally.
c. It's a rumor going around the office. Do you think it's true?
d. No, what?
e. Our supervisor has been fired?! I can't believe it. Who told you that?
f. Our supervisor has been fired.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Well, you can find pencils and an eraser in the kitchen drawer.
b. Dad, I need a few supplies for school.
c. Things are just more progressive now.
d. I didn’t have any of that when I was at school, and I did just fine.
e. You mean I’m too old, don’t you?
f. I’m in middle school and I need high-tech stuff for my demanding classes.
Choose the best way to rearrange the following sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation.
a. Check out the silverware.
b. Well, let’s forget about germs and focus on food.
c. The tables and chairs look okay.
d. Is this a clean restaurant?
e. It passes inspection.
f. What about the waiter?
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.
Since the 1960s, water pollution has increased, leading to a reduction in the number of fish species.
Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.
What began as a pleasant hike ended up being a fight for survival.
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I envy Jack, as he seems to accomplish everything so effortlessly.
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Much as George loved travelling in Asia, he decided not to go to Iraq because of his fears of terrorism.
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We’re still hesitating about which school our son ought to go to.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
I am so thankful for your reminder of the Spanish test. Otherwise, I would not have attended today's class.
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William Clark was not granted the rank of captain. Captain Lewis more or less ignored this and treated Clark as his equal in authority and rank.
Choose the correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
The main actor didn't show up at the press conference. They had to cancel it.
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(1)________. Cook was unlike most other explorers of the same period as he did not come from a wealthy family and had to work hard to achieve his position in life. He was lucky to be noticed by his father's employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen, he started work in a shop in a fishing village, (2)________. He developed an interest in the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy in order to see more of the world.
Cook was fascinated by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an expert in these subjects. (3)________, he was one of the first people to realize that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful attention to diet. (4) _______ that Cook made his historic landing in Australia and the major discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. (4)________.
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