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By the fourth day, he was hallucinating. For example when he saw a street sign, he thought it
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Over the next few days, his speech became so slurred that people couldn't understand him.

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The price of clothing was so reasonable that we bought a lot of things.

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The test was so tough that no one passed it.

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We went to a trattoria after work. I ordered pasta, and he had a salad.

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William Porter wrote about 600 pieces of fiction, and his collections of stories were very popular.
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In 1954 the American and Soviet governments announced that they would launch satellites
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As Edison was a boy, he had a great deal of imagination and curiosity.

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There are different types of special schools for children who are deaf or blind; for mentally
retarded children; for physically handicapped children.
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Many scholars think that Greek comes from an even earlier language that was written from
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right to left, for the very early Greek inscriptions were from right to left.

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1. I was 16 when one morning, my father told me I could drive him into a remote village called Mijas,
about 18 miles away, on the condition that I take the car in to be serviced at a nearby garage.
1) building
2) restaurant
3) school
4) repair shop
2. Having just learned to drive, and hardly ever having the chance to use the car, I readily accepted.
1) quickly
2) proudly
3) quietly
4) sadly
3. My statements, my apologies, and the rest of my utterances were useless.
1) friends
2) clothes
3) words
4) mood
4. Storms occur all over the world, but for reasons that scientists are not fully able to discern, many of
them occur in the United States.
1) understand
2) cause
3) release
4) concern
5. The period of life of an elephant that dies from natural causes is about sixty-five years. Of course an
elephant can perish from a number of unnatural causes.
1) save
2) recover
3) die
4) pollute

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There were railways long before there were locomotives. As early as the 16th century, wagon-ways
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made of wooden rails were used to convey wagons loaded with coal.

6. The word "convey" is closest in meaning to . .

1) carry
2) stretch
3) control

4) follow

The Greek spread rapidly and came to be spoken in most of the lands, and the victories of
Alexander the Great carried it also to Asia.
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7. "Spread" in the first line is closest in meaning to . .
1) bend
2) stretch
3) failed

4) decrease

The governor of France had heard of the river, too. He decided to send a group to find out about it.
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The governor chose Louise Joliet to lead this expedition.
8. The word "expedition" is closest in meaning to . .
1) journey
2) occasion
3) distance

4) destination

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In 1896 he was asked by the police to return to Texas to answer charges that he had taken money
from the bank where he had worked.
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9. The word "charges" means .
1) some questions about one's job and living conditions.
2) a police statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
3) the police station where criminals are kept for further observation.
4) the money you have to pay back for you have borrowed it from the bank.
When the Japanese took over control of Korea in 1910, they ended the use and teaching of Korean
language. But after the World War II, the Korean language was revived.

4) review

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10. The word "revive" in the paragraph is closest in meaning to . .

1) renew
2) react
3) release

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Population is the number of people in a city or country.

population .
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)Cloth bags are reusable. (people can use them again and again for years.

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Geriatricians doctors for older people are studying how we grow old.

Geriatricians .

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Boys brag; in other words, they say good thing about themselves.

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She cooked some wonderful foods: stews, casseroles, and souffls.

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1957 Sputnik .

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In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik1. (Sputnik is a Russian word for "traveling
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Grahame .

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Grahame is one of the most famous children's stories of the 20th century.

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He devoted himself to philosophy, that is he studied and tried to understand and explain the
truth about the world around him.
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11. The word "expert" is closest in meaning to . .

1) a person with a high level of knowledge or skill
2) a person who is able to climb mountains easily
3) a healthy person knowing a lot about mountainous areas
4) the person living in remote cities
12. From the paragraph we understand that "mystery" means . .
1) longevity
2) activity
3) mission

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There are several places in the world that are famous for people who live a very long time. These
places are usually in mountainous areas, far away from modern cities. Doctors, scientists, and public
health experts often travel to these regions to solve the mystery of a long, healthy life; the experts hope
to bring to the modern world secrets of longevity.

4) secret

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Modern "disease detectives" include microbiologists, epidemiologists, and other scientists who try
to find out the reason for an epidemic - a sickness that many people in one region have.
4) scientist

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13. The word "microbiologist" is closest in meaning to a(n) . .

1) employer
2) disease
3) reason
14. From the paragraph we understand that "epidemic" means . .
1) a disease that most of the people like to find out
2) a reason why people are afraid of diseases
3) a disease in a large number of people at the same time
4) a region with an extensive number of diseases

Organ transplants are more common today than ever before. Because of modern technology,
moreover, they are more successful now than they were in the past. That is, people with a new heart,
liver, or kidney can live much longer than they used to previously.

15. The word "transplant" is closest in meaning to . .

1) move
2) reduce
3) contain

4) survive

Plato believed that rulers should be trained from their earliest youth to rule not for their own
benefit but for the good of all the people in the state. However, the young prince whom Plato himself
taught governed as badly as anyone else.
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16. From the paragraph you can guess that "benefit" is closest in meaning to . .
1) trouble
2) help
3) education
4) period
17. The word "state" in paragraph means . .
1) government
2) condition
3) manner
4) organisation

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The economic and social changes of the past few decades have changed the European family. What
was once normal - two parents, father employed, and mother at home, stable financial situation - is
now exceptional. Today, half of all marriages end in failure, and about half of all children spend
several years in a single-parent family. Some mothers never marry again, some parents lose their
husband or wife through death and some single women and men adopt children. It means that they
decide to raise other people's children. Single mothers are greater in number than single fathers.
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20. The word "brave" in the first line means . .

1) fearless
2) careless
3) flexible

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18. The word "exceptional" in line 3 is closest in meaning to . .

1) interchangeable
2) ordinary
3) unstable
4) uncommon
19. What can be the meaning of "adopt", according to the passage?
1) Become the legal parent of a child.
2) Grow a child in good financial conditions.
3) Take away parents of a child.
4) Become a single child of a family.
Peter was very sure of himself and very brave in danger. When he thought in one adventure that he
was going to be drowned, he did not let himself be afraid, but just said, "To die will be an awfully big
adventure."
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Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each
age gives him properly. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. A
child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. But a child has his pain . .
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21. The word "pleasure" is closest in meaning to . .

1) treatment
2) enhancement
3) enjoyment
22. In writer's opinion, a child's feature is that . .
1) he has little time to play
2) he is not very responsible for his actions
3) he feels painful in childhood
4) he has a lot of time and energy to play in the rain

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A teacher from a Western country recently visited an elementary school in an Asian country.
In one class, she watched sixty young children as they learned to draw a cat. The class teacher
drew a big circle on the blackboard, and sixty children copied it on their papers. The teacher
drew a smaller circle on top of the first and then put two triangles on top of it. The children
drew in the same way. The lesson continued until there were sixty-one identical cats in the
classroom. Each student's cat looked exactly like the one on the board.
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When Oakland High School was moved into a new building, the students and teachers
noticed a strong smell. Then almost half of the students began to have headaches and sore
throats and to be very tired. These three symptoms disappeared on weekends. The reason was a
mystery. Experts came to investigate and find the cause of the sickness. Finally, they discovered
that the air in the building was not safe to breathe. They were surprised to find that the cause
was the shelves in the school library!
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Why do work lovers enjoy their jobs so much? There are several advantages to work. It
provides people with paychecks, of course, and this is important. But it offers more than
financial security. It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction
when they've produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say, "I made that."

paychecks : " this"

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"this" refers to "It provides people with paychecks."

Experts in psychology believe that for many people, money is an important symbol of
strength and influence, love, or guilt. Husbands who complain about their wives' spending habits
may be afraid that they are losing power in their marriage. Wives, on the other hand, may waste
huge amounts of money because they are angry at their husbands. Many people consider money
a symbol of love. They spend it on their family and friends to express love, or they buy
themselves expensive presents because they need love.

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Many visitors to the United States think that Americans take their exercise and free time
activities too seriously. Americans often schedule their recreation as if they were scheduling
business appointments. They go jogging every day at the same time, play tennis two or three times
a week, or swim every Thursday. Foreigners often think that this kind of recreation sounds more
like work than relaxation. For many Americans, however, their recreational activities are relaxing
and enjoyable, or at least worthwhile, because they take part in health and physical fitness.
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Over the past decade, combining traditional music from Africa, Latin America, And Asia
with Western pop and jazz has become ordinary. But for a singer of traditional music, having
your voice on a famous song does not necessarily make you any money. Take the case of Lee
Fong Gwo, a Taiwanese rice farmer. His performance of a traditional song was recorded and
later sold without his knowledge to a group of German pop musicians. The German musicians
used the farmer's voice in a song that became a big hit. All this has risen an interesting debate:
Who owns traditional music and should Lee Fong Gwo be paid for his performance?

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"this" refers to "The German musicians used the farmer's voice ".

Like a rsum, the letter of application is a sample of your work; and it is, as well, an
opportunity to demonstrate, not just talk about your skills and personality. If it is written
skillfully and understanding and prepared with professional care, it is likely to be very effective.

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In today's world, larger numbers of people than ever before are asking for political asylum in
other countries. They feel that they are in danger in their own homeland because they are of the
"wrong" race, religion, nationality, or political opinion. One reason for this is the bad economic
situation in much of the world. In bad times, people often point to minority groups as the cause
of their troubles. Another one, surprisingly, is the end of the Cold War. Until the late 1980s,
communist governments in eastern Europe and the USSR did not approve of religious or
political expression, and they did not allow racial or national fights.
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The Mongolia to Moscow train stops in big cities and small villages so that passengers can go
sightseeing, and there is a daily lecture on board the train, in which everyone learns about
history and culture. For people who are looking for fun and adventure, there is the Mystery
Express, which runs from New York to Montreal, Canada. This trip interests ones who love
Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Miss Marple. It's for people who have always secretly
dreamed of being a private eye and solving mysteries.

After the second election she was believed to have broken the electoral laws. She acted against
it by declaring a state of emergency in which she put her enemies into prison and passed laws to
restrict people's freedom. Finally, parliament drove her out of office.
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"it" refers to "she was believed to have broken the electoral laws."

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He became so interested in writing that he bought a paper and made it a humorous weekly
called The Rolling Stone. He wrote most of the pieces for it and even illustrated the articles
himself. When the paper did not make enough money, he took a job writing for The Houston
Daily Post as a reporter and a journalist.

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.writing paper " it"

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"it" refers to "paper".

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Sputnik1 was followed in November 1957 by the much bigger Sputnik2, which weighed half a
tonne. It carried the dog Laika, which became the first living creature to orbit the Earth. The
first American satellite, Explorer I, weighed only 14 Kilograms. It was launched in January 1958.
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The idea of using an engine of some kind to turn the wheels of a carriage is really quite old.
The first automobile accident happened in 1769, nearly 200 years ago. A steam carriage built by
the Frenchman Nicolas Cugnot (Kune Yo) overturned on a curve. It was traveling less than
three miles an hour!
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"It" refers to "steam carriage".

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In Western Europe and the United States, the first programmes of special education were
developed during the late 18th and the 19th centuries, but were not widely available. These schools
were residential (boarding) establishments, and were often in the countryside. This meant that
children who attended them rarely mixed with other children.
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establishments children : " them"
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children who attended them.

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The railway made it possible to carry goods and people overland for long distances at high
speed. Railways were first built in Great Britain and in the 19th century, as the Industrial
Revolution developed, the railways were the most important and fastest growing form of
transport.
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For us, Greek and Latin are the most important of the languages of the ancient world. Greek is
the older of the two and much of Latin literature is based on the Greek literature that went before
it. The two languages are often learnt together because Greek and Latin grammar are alike in
various ways. Many scholars think that Greek comes from an even . .
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Greek is the older Greek literature that went before it.

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Some Korean words come from Chinese. These words are written in Chinese characters,
kanji. But unlike Japanese, words of Korean origin are never written in kanji. During the 15th
century, a local phonetic script called en-mun (today known as Hangul) was invented. It was not
based on Chinese models like the Japanese script, but on Sanskrit the phonetic alphabet of
ancient India. For a long time, the script was used only by the common people.
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In any country, women are the poorest of the poor. They produce more than half of the world's
food, but they own just one percent of the world's land. In the late 1980s Anne Firth Murray took the
initiative and began the Global Fund for Women. The Global Fund for Women helps to solve social
problems - e.g., violence and lack of education. For instance, it has helped a group of Palestinian
women who are working together to stop violence against women. It is giving money to a woman in a
village in southern India; she has started a literacy program to teach poor women to read.

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23. The word "literacy" in the last sentence is closest in meaning to . .

1) protection
2) initiation
3) production
4) education
24. What is the meaning of the word "violence"?
1) activities people are interested in
2) actions which hurt people
3) money people make at their jobs
4) education system which is famous
25. What does the pronoun "it" in line 4 refer to?
1) land
2) poverty
3) violence
4) the Global Fund

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One goal of many North Americans is to move out of a busy urban area such as Toronto. They say
that they want to escape from smog and noise pollution. They want to get away from crime. They're
tired of the crowds of people each day on the mass-transit systems - buses, commuter trains, and
subways. Or, if they have cars, they would like to avoid the traffic that they get into when they
commute daily from their homes to their offices and back. These people believe that life would be
better in the suburbs.

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26. The word "commute" is closest in meaning to . .

1) communicate
2) exhaust
3) travel
4) pollute
27. What is the meaning of the phrase "mass-transit systems"?
1) anti-traffic systems
2) political systems
3) popular education systems
4) public transportation systems
28. What does the pronoun "they" in line 4 refer to?
1) subways
2) systems
3) buses
4) North Americans

Hollywood moviemakers never considered most Native American cultures in their films. For
example, they did not explore life along the Northwest Coast. For hundreds of years, the people there
lived by hunting and fishing. The forests were full of wildlife such as deer, elk, and bear, as well as
smaller animals. The oceans and rivers provided salmon, halibut, and many other fish. In the Makah
language, in fact, the word for fish is the word for food. But of all the ocean's creatures, the gray whale
was the most important. It provided meat, oil, and huge bones for tools and weapons. Hunting was
seasonal work, best in the summer. And the people were able to preserve food by smoking fish. Because
of this they didn't have a lack of food in the winter, so they had time for creative activities such as
storytelling or woodworking.

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29. The word "preserve" is closest in meaning to . .

1) protect
2) provide
3) protest
30. According to the passage, it is understood that "elk" is a . .
1) sort of activity
2) style of life
3) kind of animal
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31. What does "this" refer to?
1) the way by which people wasted food
2) the fact that they hunted mainly in winters
3) not having to store food for rainy days
4) the fact that Native Americans preserved food

4) prevent
4) kind of exploration

4) pancakes
4) pour

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32. According to the passage, we can guess that "sap" is . .

1) the fluid which is served in favourite parties
2) the watery substance that carries food through a plant
3) sugary liquid that Americans like to pour over pancakes
4) a tree that has watery fluid inside
33. What does "They" refer to?
1) pots
2) guests
3) Americans
34. Which word in the passage means "move into position"?
1) take
2) set
3) heat

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In late winter or early spring, when the sap begins to run in the maple trees, a favourite activity
among country folk is a maple sugaring-off party. Sap is the clear liquid inside the maple trees - and
the source of the sweet, golden syrup that Americans pour over their pancakes at breakfast time. At a
sugaring off, the hosts heat up the syrup in big pots on the stove. Meanwhile, guests help by setting a
long table with spoons, forks, knives, and coffee cups, and by filling huge bowls with fresh, clean snow.
They also make sure that there are enough cake doughnuts. When the maple syrup is ready, someone
pours it into small bowls at each table setting, and all the guests take seats in front of the bowls of snow.

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At a time when productivity is the world's largest religion, the siesta tradition lives on. In Spain,
work operates under the command of life, instead of the other way around. No task is so critical that it
can't wait a couple of hours while you attend to more important ones like eating, relaxing, or catching
up on sleep. When the midday break hits, offices empty and streets clear. Taking a long break in the
middle of the day is not only healthier than the conventional lunch; it's apparently more natural.
Studies suggest that humans are "biphasic" creatures (requiring days broken up by two periods of
sleep), instead of one "monophasic" shift. The drowsiness you feel after lunch comes not from the food
but from the time of day.
35. The word "siesta "in the first line is closest in meaning to . .
1) relaxation
2) command
3) snooze
36. What is the meaning of the word "biphasic"?
1) having to sleep a lot
2) monophasic creatures
3) having two parts
4) needing to sleep twice at night

4) religion

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37. What does "ones" refer to?

1) streets
2) tasks

3) attentions

4) traditions1

When the Japanese took over control of Korea in 1910, they ended the use and teaching of Korean.
But after the end of World War II, Hangul was revived although Chinese writing is still taught in
schools in South Korea.
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38. The word "revived" in the paragraph is closest in meaning to . .
1) reacted
2) released
3) renewed
4) reviewed
39. "They" in the first line refers to . .
1) Japanese
2) Korean people
3) controlled areas
4) the Japanese

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Studies show that rapid increase in population growth creates problems for developing countries.
So why don't people have fewer children? The information collected from the developed countries
suggests that it is only when people's living standards begin to rise that birth rates begin to fall. There
are good reasons for this. Poor countries cannot afford social services and old age pensions the
money they get from the government when they become old and can't work and people's incomes are
so low that they have nothing to save for the future.
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40. What does "afford" mean?

1) earn
2) collect
3) support
4) continue
41. "This" in line 4 refers to . .
1) the fact that living standards are influenced by birth's rates
2) the suggestions made by governments of developed countries
3) the fact that the higher the standards of living are, the more populated the country is
4) the reason why poor countries can't solve the financial problems
42. Which word in the paragraph has been defined?
1) problems
2) pensions
3) information
4) money

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Plato was the most famous pupil of that other Greek teacher Socrates, and he wrote down the
words of his master. In two of his works, he gave accounts of Socrates' death. Plato also made Socrates
the chief speaker in most of his Dialogues, which are imaginary conversations on philosophy. It was in
these dialogues that Plato put forward his ideas. Following the example of Socrates, he tried to find
answers to such questions as "What is justice?" "What is beauty?" "What is goodness?". One of the
greatest of Plato's dialogues, The Republic describes a perfect state.
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43. According to the passage, Plato's dialogues are . .

1) mind supporting problems
2) read situations
3) daily expressions
4) invented situations
44. "His" in the 4th line refers to . .
1) Socrates
2) philosophy
3) Plato
45. "Pupil" in the first sentence means . .
1) learner
2) philosopher
3) accountant

4) teacher
4) speaker

Marquette was a French priest. He came to Canada as a missionary, a person teaching Christianity.
At first Father Marquette stayed at a mission near the east coast. He learned the language of several
Indian tribes. Then he decided to go west and preach to the Indians who lived near the Great Lakes.
From these Indians Marquette heard of great river farther west.
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46. "Preach" is closest in meaning to . .

1) travel over a long distance to speak with foreigners
2) teach people how to stay at a mission
3) talk about a religious subject in a public place
4) live with Indians who live in far west
47. "Who" refers to . .
1) Marquette
2) tribes
3) priest
48. Which word in the paragraph is defined?
1) tribe
2) mission
3) missionary

4) Indians
4) priest

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For us, Greek and Latin are the most important of the languages of the ancient world. Greek is the
older of the two and much of Latin literature is based on the Greek literature that went before it. The
two languages are often learnt together because Greek and Latin grammar are alike in various ways.
Many scholars think that Greek comes from an even earlier language that was written from right to
left, for the very early Greek inscriptions are from right to left.
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49. What do you guess "scholars" means?

1) ordinary people
3) Greek inscriptions
50. "It" in line 2 refers to . .
1) Greek language
3) Greek literature

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4) academic specialists

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Newton made many other discoveries. Some of them were about light. He found out, for instance,
that sunlight is made up of the rainbow colors. He studied sunlight partly by blowing soap bubbles and
watching the colors in them. His neighbours were surprised to see a grown man blowing bubbles for
hours at a time.
Newton wanted to find out more about the planets and the other heavenly bodies. But he was not
satisfied with the telescopes that were available..To get a better one he invented a new kind of
reflecting telescope. It helped him find out many new things about the sky.
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51. The word "made up" can be substituted by . .

1) destroyed
2) connected
3) separated
4) built
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52. "Them" in the 3 line refers to . .
1) colors
2) bubbles
3) neighbours
4) soaps
53. We can understand that "heavenly" means . .
1) relating to the earth
2) relating to the sky
3) involved with colors
4) included in the science
54. "One" in the second paragraph refers to . .
1) discovery
2) planet
3) telescope
4) body
55. What does "satisfied" in this passage mean?
1) pleased
2) amused
3) confused
4) amazed

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