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EPREUVE BAC SESSION 2022
Nous rappelons à tous les candidats que les sujets du concours bachelier session 2022
contenus dans ce document ne sont exhaustifs. En effet, le candidat qui souhaiterait
obtenir l’exhaustivité devra se rendre dans nos centres de formations pour bénéficier d’un
meilleur encadrement. Nous présentons le test de Cultures scientifiques en partie et le
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test d’anglais en partie.
CULTURE GENERALE
1) Une pâtisserie de la place a augmenté les prix de la baguette addition de 12% en 2015
et de 8% en 2014. Quelle est l’augmentation du prix de la baguette tradition sur les
deux années ?
A : Aucune B : 10% C : 20% D : 21%
2) Une famille est constituée de la mère, du père et des enfants. La moyenne des âges de
tous les membres de la famille est de 19 ans. Si l’on retire le père qui a 43 ans, la moyenne
d’âge du reste de la famille ne s’élève plus alors qu’à 15 ans. Combien y a-t-il d’enfants
dans cette famille ?
A:2 B:3 C:4 D:5
3) On choisit un nombre plus on le multiplie par 3, on rajoute 4, on élève le résultat obtenu
au carré auquel on retire 16 et finalement on divise le nombre obtenu par le nombre de
départ. Que vaut le nombre obtenu ?
A : 9 fois le nombre de départ plus 24 B : 9 fois le nombre de départ plus 28
C : 9 fois le nombre de départ moins 24 D : 9 fois le nombre de départ moins 28
4) Soit a , b deux réels positifs tel que 𝑎 = 11 − 10 ; 𝑏 = 11 + 10.
𝑎−𝑏+2
Déterminer la valeur de 𝑥 = (1+𝑎)(2+𝑏)
A : X=1 B : X=2 C:𝑋 = 110 D:𝑋 = 21
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EPREUVE BAC 2022 SESSION DE GUINEE
Consigne pour les candidats : Pour chaque question de l’épreuve, une ou seule
bonne réponse possible. Répondez sur la grille séparée qui comporte 60 questions
(Q1 à Q60). Seuls les grilles correctement remplies seront corrigées.
PARTIE I : EPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
I. 1. READING COMPREHENSION
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Question 1 to 5 will test your ability to understand a text in English. Please read the
Text and the questions and choose the most appropriate answer.
Genetically odified (GM) foods
Ot is hard a famer. Cold weather can kill your corps. Bugs can eat your corps. Weeds
can hurt your crops. Your corps may need more rain than they get. Fruits and
vegetables can go bad before they are solde. Some people say farmers can fix all of
this with GM food.
What is GM food ? All living things have DNA. DNA tells living things how to grow.
These days, people can change the DNA that tells food how to grow. When people
change the DNA of food, il is called GM food.
Some GM food can grow in cold weather. GM food can stop bugs from eating it. GM
fruits and vegetables can stay good longer. One day, GM food may be able to grow in
dry land in Africa. Il will feed people who do not have much food.
But there is a lot we do not know about GM food. Will GM companies help poor
people grow food ? Or do GM companies just want to get rich ? Does GM food kill
bugs we need, like butterflies ? Does GM food make birds sick ? Does GM food make
people sick ? We do not know. There have not been many tests on GM food.
Do you think farmers should grow GM food ?
Q01) What can bugs do that make it hard to be a farmer ?
A) They make your crops too dry B) They make your food go bad
C) They can eat your crops D) They can make your food
GM.
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Q02) What is DNA
A) It is something everyone needs to change.
B) Somethi,g about life that cannot be changed.
C) Something that is only in GM foods.
D) DNA is the part of every living things that tells it how to grow.
Q03) According to the reading, what is something that GM food can NOT
do ?
A) It can make food grow in cold weather.
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B) It can make food grow faster.
C) It might help grow food in dry parts of Africa.
D) GM food will help foods stay good longer.
Q04) What is the main reason we do not know enough about GM foods ?
A) Famers don’t like GM foods .
B) Scientists need to do more testing to understand GM foods.
C) Insecticides proves that GM foods will survive bug infestations.
D) Companies just want to get rich.
Q05) What is the writer’s main purpose for writing about GM foods ?
A) To convince the reader that GM food is good.
B) To educate the reader about GM food and help the reader make an opinion
about whether it is good or bad.
C) To convince the reader that GM food is bad
D) To convince the reader that farmers need to work harder so we don’t use GM
food.
I. 2 GRAMMAR : Choose the most appropriate answer.
Q06) The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ……. The
revolution.
A) Prelude B) intimate C) quell D) irradiate
Q07) Having left Abidjan at 9 am they………….in Yamoussoukro by now.
A) Have arrived B) should arrive C) should have arrived D)were
arrived
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Q08) Other ………..the report, what documents are expected to hand in
for the meeting ?
A) Then B) than C) that D) there
Q09) If we………….our cleaner more, she………….us.
A) paid/wouldn’t have left B) had paid/wouldn’t have left
C) Have paid/would leave D) would have paid/would leave
Q10) Little Koffi was very brave to save his friend……..courage in a child…….young
is very rare.
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A) So/such a B) Such a/so C)So a/such D) Such/so
Q11) « Cela fait cinq ans qu’il travaille dans cette usine. » can be translated as
A) He will work in this factory for five years.
B) He worked in this factory for five years.
C) He’s been working in this factory for five years
D) He had beed working in this factory for five years.
Q12) « On m’a dit de revenir demain. » can be translated as
A) They told me to come back tomorrow.
B) Someone said that i ought to come again.
C) I was told to come back tomorrow.
D) They told me to come back tomorrow.
Q13) « Lavez-vous les mains régulièrement et soigneusement avec une solution
hydroalcoolique ou à l’eau et au savon. » can be translated as
A) Regulary and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcoholic solution and wash
them with soap or water.
B) Regulary and best clean your hands withan alcohol-based hand rub or wash
them with soap and water.
C) Regulary and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcoholic solution wash
them with soap or water.
D) Regulary and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or
wash them with soap and water.
Q14) « Lavez-vous les mains avant de mettre votre masque, ainsi qu’avant de
l’enlever et après l’avoir fait » can be translated as
A) Wash your hands before you put your mask on, as well as before and after you
take it on, and after you touch it at any time
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Q22) « Les riches se déclarent souvent (…) que les autres, (…) du revenu
ne s’accompagne pas toujours (…) proportionnel(le) du bonheur ».
Complétez l’extrait.
A) Plus heureux / L’augmentation/ d’un accroissement
B) Aussi heureux / la stabilité / d’une durabilité
C) Plus heureux / la hausse / d’un abaissement
D) Moins heureux / l’extension / d’une croissance
Q23) Parmi les quatre propositions suivantes, une seule est
correctement orthographiée. Laquelle ?
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A) Ma connection internet ne fonctionne plus, je n’ai pas accès au site Internet de
l’entreprise.
B) Il est adullé par ses parents malgré ses mauvaises notes.
C) L’obsolessence programmée oblige les consommateurs à acheter régulièrement
un nouveau téléphone.
D) Je tiens à corroborer les propos de Monsieur Dupont. Nous devons accroitre
notre niveau d’exigence pour faire face à l’état de déliquescence de notre société.
Q24) Une seule expression est correctement orthographiée. Laquelle ?
A) Les amandes et condamnations pécuniaires
B) Les amandes et condamnations pécunières
C) Les amendes et condamnations pécuniaires.
D) Les amendes et condamnations pécuniaires
Q25) Quelle est la conjugaison du verbe plaire à l’imparfait du
subjonctif et à la deuxième personne du pluriel ?
A) Que vous plaisiez B) que vous plussiez
C) Que vous êutes plu D) que vous eussiez plu
Q26) Combien y-a-t-il de phrases incorrectes (orthographe et/ou
syntaxe) parmi les quatre figurant ci-dessous ?
Phrase 1 : Des fruits de cette plante, j'en ai mangé dans mon enfance.
Phrase 2 : Akouba visite la basilique de Yamoussoukro, regarde les photos qu'elle
m'en a envoyées.
Phrase 3 : Raïna et Rose ont de nouveaux jeux, elles en ont déjà installé sur ma
console.
Phrase 4 : Pauline m'a emprunté bien des livres, mais ne m'en a jamais rendu.
A) Deux B) Quatre C) Trois D) Aucune
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Q27) Parmi les propositions suivantes, laquelle est la plus éloignée du
sens de l'énonce « Les derniers à embarquer sur un navire sont les
premiers à prendre pied sur la rive » ?
A) Il est inutile d'agir avec empressement
B) Celui qui sait attendre le moment venu parvient plus rapidement à ses fins
C) Le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres
D) Après la pluie vient le beau temps.
Q28) On dit de Koffi qu'il est dans la recherche du plaisir et de la
satisfaction. Il est...
A) Opportuniste B) Hédoniste C) Nihiliste D) Idéaliste
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Q29) Que signifie l'expression : « Faire la fine bouche » ?
A) Être ridicule B) Être malin
C) Faire des exercices de prononciation D) Se montrer difficile
Q30) Lequel n'est pas un vaccin de contre la COVID-19 ?
A) AstraZenca B) Spoutnik C) Artemisia D) Moderna
Q31) Quelle est la signification de l'expression « délit d'initié » ?
A) Une discrimination motivée par le sexe ou l'âge d'un individu.
B) Une fraude permettant de ne pas contribuer aux cotisations publiques.
C) Une manipulation du taux interbancaire de référence.
D) Une infraction commise par l'exploitation de données privilégiées ou
confidentielles sur les marchés financiers.
Q32) Parmi les fleuves suivants, lequel est entièrement ivoirien ?
A) La Comoé B) Le Sassandra C) le Bandama D) Le Cavally
Q33) Qui est l'inventeur du paratonnerre ?
A) Thomas Edison B) Joseph Swan C) Alessandro Volta
D) Benjamin Franklin
034) Le saturnisme est une maladie due à une intoxication ...
A) à l'amiante B) au cuivre C) au fer D) au plomb
Q35) Dans quelle ville se trouve le siège de l'Organisation
Internationale du Cacao ?
A) Accra B) Londres C) Yamoussoukro D) Aucune bonne réponse
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Q36) Quel est l'intrus ?
A) ESA B) ESI C) ESCA D) ESMG
Q37) Murielle ANOURE a été championne du monde en salle sur 60 m
en
A) en 2016 B) en 2017 C) en 2018 D) en 2019
Q38) Le pays le moins densément peuplé du monde est
A) le Vatican B) La Mongolie C) La Dominique D) Les îles Marshall
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Q39) Quelle langue n'est pas reconnue comme langue officielle de
l'Union Africaine ?
A) l'Arabe B) le kiswahili C) l'Allemand D) le Portugais
Q40) Le premier Président de l'Union Africaine fut
A) Thomas Boni Yayi B) John Kufuor C) Thabo Mbeki
D) Mouammar Kadhafi
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Partie III - EPREUVE DE CULTURE SCIENTIFIQUE
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EPREUVE BAC SESSION 2023 – CI
Consigne pour les candidats : Pour chaque question de l’épreuve, une ou seule
bonne réponse possible. Répondez sur la grille séparée qui comporte 60 questions
(Q1 à Q60). Seuls les grilles correctement remplies seront corrigées.
PARTIE I : EPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
This is mutiple choice test. Cross the correct or best answer A, B, C or D on your
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answer sheet.
PART A: READING COMPREHENSION
Direction : Read the passage, then answer the questions following it according to
the information given n the passage. (5 x 1 = 5 marks)
Coca-Cola
It's not surprising that the birthplace or cola was the hot and humid American
South, This region had long specialized in creating delicious sort drinks. A druggist
in Atlanta. Georgia named John Pemberton created the most well-known drink
brand in the world in the 1880s. However, it seems clear that he had no ides how
big it would become
Like many American pharmacies of the day, Pemberton was opposed to the
drinking of alcohol and wanted Io produce a stimulating soft drink. First. he made
"the French wine of Coca," made from the coca leaf. Then he began to experiment
with the cola nut. Eventually, he managed ta make a combination of the two that he
thought was sweet, but not too sweet. Deciding that "the two C's would look well ln
advertising he named it Coca-Cola.
Pemberton's Invention caught an fairly quickly. By 1905, "Coke" was being
advertised ail over the country as "The Great Neural Temperance Drink." The drink
enjoyed additional success since there was a Urge and popular temperance
movement in the US at that time. In the 1920s, alcohol was outlawed, and sales of
Coke rose significantly. However. they continued to rise even alter the law was
repealed.
Another reason for Coke’s popularity was good business sense. A year after the
invented it, Pemberton had sold Coca-Cola to Asa Griggs Candler for only $283,261.
Candler was a marketing genius, and by the time of sold the Coca-Cola Company in
1919, it was worth $ 25 million.
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1) Which of the following would be a good title for the reading text?
A) The invention and History of Caca-Cola.
B) B) Why Cola is the World’s Most Popular Sort Drink
C) John Pemberton and Coca-Cola
D) Coca-Cola and the Temperance Movement
2) According to the reading. the birthplace of Coca-Cota is "not
surprising" because
A) almost all Southerners were opposed to alcohol
B) the South had a history of inventing soft drinks
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C) most ohnrmaci5ts came from the South
D) Coca-Cola means the South
3) Which of the following ls responsible for Coke's additional success ?
A ) The temperance movement B) its great laste
C) Pemberton's good business sense D) Its name
4) Which of the following happened LAST?
A) Asa Candler sold company
B) B) Coke was advertised as the "Great National Temperance,
C) John Pemberton sold Coca-Cola D) Alcohol was outlawed
5) It can be inferred that sales of Coke increased during the 1920's
because
A) people could not drink alcohol B) it had become cheaper
C) the government encouraged it D) the sales of other soft drinks were
outlawed in America
Part B: CLOZE
Direction : Read the passage, then select the word that best fills the bank n both
grammar and meaning (5 x 1 = 5 marks)
All over the word people are (6) ……. Just because they want to exercise their right
to freedom of (7) ….. For over 50 years, Amnesty International (AI) has been
fighting for thousands of prisoners of conscience—people who are arrested and
thrown Into prison for many reasons : political (8)….. to a ruling party, religious
(9)……., ethnic origin and others. Amnesty International works constantly for the
(10)……release of such prisoners.
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6) A. Prison B. Imprisoned C. Prisoned D. Imprisoned
7) A. Expression B. Expressive C. express D. expressions
8) A. oppose B. opposes C. opposed D. opposition
9) A. believing B. believers C. beliefs D. believe
10) Speeds B. Speeding C. speed D. Speedy
PART C : VOCABULARY
Direction : Choose the word that most appropriately completes the sentences
below. (5 x 1 = 5 marks)
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11) The speaker’s …………greatly impressed the audience.
A eloquence B. fulfillment C. notoriety D. obstinacy
12) The younger generation tend to ……….liberal ideals.
A. Embrace B. Avert C. gesture D. invade
13) The board members…………for four hours before arriving at a decision.
A. Impacted C. deliberated C. . conformed D. recoiled
14) Harry hasn’t done anything to …… promotion within the department.
A. Moderate B. initial C. merit D. resolve
15) The teacher explained that there was a(n)……….difference between the two
words.
A. Idle B. subtle C. candid D. Conspicuous
PART D : GRAMMAR
Direction : Choose the word or phrase with best completes the sentences bellow. (5
x 1 = 5 marks)
16) Scientists are examining an enormous…………..that has appeared overnight in a
cornfield.
A. depressant B. depression C. depressing D. depressed
17) ……..he earns a fortune, he is very thrifty.
A. Although B. despite C. whereas D. However
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18) Julie’s sister is…………my Chemistry teacher at high school.
A. Of B. for C. about D. from
19) Samantha is……….of the twins, but Tania is more athletic.
A. The cleverest B. more clever C. the cleverer D. Cleverer
20) Does anyone know………..with those old movie magazines I had ?
A. What has Morn done B. what did Morn do
C) What Morn has done D) what did Morn
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PARTIE II : EPREUVE DE CULTURE GENERALE
Q21) Combien y-a-t-il de phrases incorrectes (orthographe et/ou syntaxe) parmi les
trois figurant ci-dessous ?
Phrase 1: Lorsque les temperatures baissent; les risques d’intoxication au monoxide
de carbone augmente, raison d’appareils de chauffage mal réglés ou d’habitations
mal ventilées.
Phrase 2 : Le livre initial était trop épais. Il a donc été sceindé en deux par l’éditeur,
pour éviter de décourager mes lecteurs.
Phrase 3 : Discours écologique se développe, mais parfois de manière très
carricaturale; il faut une approche différenciée au plan local, au plan national; et au
niveau mondial.
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
Q22) Combien y-a-t-il de phrases incorrectes (orthographe et/ou syntaxe) parmi les
trois figurant ci-dessous ?
Phrase 1 : Toutes les mesures prises pour lutter contre le virus se sont appuyées sur
des études biaisées, car réalisées par des organisations commerciales.
Phrase 2 : La majorité du soja consommé par els animaux d’élevage vient
d’Amérique du Sud, ce qui accroit la deforestation pour répondre à la demande des
exploitants européens.
Phrase 3 : Ce Carrefour est devenu particulièrement accidentogène, en raison de la
recrudescence du traffic de poids lourds sur cet axe routier.
A. 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
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Q23) Choisir le meilleur antonyme pour les mots soulignés : « Quand il
était, il travaillait si peu à l’école qu’il était toujours la lanterne rouge de sa classe. »
A) Si bien la brebis galeuse
B) Si mal le nc plus ultra
C) Tellement fort le phénix
D) Tant et si bien la fine fleur
Q24) Dans la série de mots ci-dessous, trouvez celui qui n’a jamais le
même sens que tous les autres :
A) Humiliation B) Injure C) insolation D) outrage
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Q25) Dans la série de mots ci-dessous, trouvez celui qui n’a jamais le
même sens que tous les autres :
A) Claquer B) dilapider C) dissoudre D) flamber
Q26) Dans la série de mots ci-dessous, trouvez celui qui n’a jamais le
même sens que tous les autres :
A) Arrangé B) branché C) combiné D) mélangé
Q27) Délicieux signifie :
A) Coupable B) d’un goût très fin C) Répréhensible D) Dégoûtant
Q28) Malgré des baisses significatives, il souhaite de nouveau diminuer le prix du
service premium. Cela demandera des efforts mais pour « c’est dans l’effort que l’on
trouve la satisfaction et non dans la réussite. » Parmi les proverbes suivants, lequel
a le sens le plus proche de l’expression ci-dessous ?
A) Tout le bonheur du monde est dans l’inattendu.
B) Le bonheur, c’est de continuer à désirer ce que l’on possède.
C) Il n’ y a point de chemin vers le bonheur; le bonheur c’est le chemin.
D) L’égoïsme est en fin de compte le pire ennemi du bonheur humain.
Q29) Spolier signifie :
A) Tordre B) Débarrasser C) Confisquer D)
Posséder
Q30) Remplacer les mots soulignés par le mot ayant la même signification :
Je me croyais un grand observateur parce que je réfléchissais beaucoup. Les
arguties de mes analyses m’en cachaient la fausseté.
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A) La subilité excessive B) Le délayage narvant
C) L’ironie corrosive D) Le verbiage intarrisable
Q31) Sur combien d’Etat le Sahara est-il étendu ?
A) 7 B) 8 C) 10 D) 12
Q32) Quelle est la superficie totale de l’Afrique entière ?
A) 20 415 873 km2 B) 30 415 873 km2 C) 40 415 873 km2 D) 50 415 873 km2
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Q33) Combien d’écoles d’Ingénieurs sont-elles concernées par le concours
Bacheliers 2023 ?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
Q34) Combien de villes et combien de stades accueillerons la CAN prochaine ?
A) 3 villes et 5 stades B) 6 villes et 7 stades
C) 5 villes et 6 stades D) 6 villes et 8 stades
Q35) Prophylactique signifie :
A) Préventif B) Curatif C) Urgent D) Nécessaire
Q36) Irascible signifie :
Q37) Le pays possédant la plus longue frontière terrestre avec la Côte d’Ivoire est
A) Burkina Faso B) Guinée C) Libéria D) Mali
Q38) Parmi les pays suivants, lequel est non-signataire du traité sur la non-
prolifération des armes nucléaires (TNP) de 1968 ?
A) L’Iran B) La Russie C) L’Inde D) Les Etats-Unis
Q38) Parmi les pays suivants, lequel n’est pas traversé par le fleuve Niger ?
A) Sierra Leone B) Benin C) Mali D) Burkina
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Q41) Kassoum possède une piscine en forme de parallélépipède rectangle avec les
mesures suivantes : Longueur 10 m ; largeur 3 m et profondeur 150 cm. Les débits
maximaux des robinets d’eau froide et chaude sont respectivement de 5 litres/s et
2,5 litres/s.
A quelle heure Kassoum pourra remplir 90% du volume de la piscine en ouvrant les
robinets au maximum, s’il débute à 13h20 ?
A) 14h40 B) 14h50 C) 15h00 D) 15h20
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Q42) Pour aller travailler, Traoré doit emprunter le nouveau pont « HKB » sur la
lagune Ebrié et régler le péage. S’il prend le pont « De Gaulle », plus éloigné et
avec d’embouteillages, le tarif est deux fois plus élevé.
Quel est pourcentage d’augmentation de prix d’un aller-retour quotidien si Traoré
passe par le pont « De Gaulle » à chaque fois ?
A) 0% B) 100% C) 200% D) 400%
Q43) Au restaurant du campus, trois étudiants Amidou, Barry et Camara prennent
un fruit différent (et un seul) au dessert : pomme, papaye et pamplemousse. Le
restaurant mentionne que parmi les 4 propositions suivantes, une seule est vraie :
- Barry ne prend jamais la pomme au dessert
- Amidou ne prend jamais la papaye au dessert
- Amidou ne prend jamais la pomme au dessert
- Barry prend la papaye au dessert.
A partir de ces informations, laquelle de ces affirmations est fausse ?
A) Barry prend la papaye au dessert
B) Amidou ne prend jamais le pamplemousse au dessert
C) Camara prend la pomme au dessert
D) Amidou prend la papaye au dessert.
NB : LA SUITE DU SUJET SERA EXPLOITE DURANT LES COURS DE
PREPARATION INITIES PAR LA REFERENCE ….
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READING COMPREHENSION
PRACTICE TEST
P R A C T I C E Q U E S T I O N S
The front page of this booklet provides practice examples to show you what the questions on the real
test are like. Your test administrator or teacher will now take you through these.
Practice Example 1
The clown pulled silly faces to make the children laugh.
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The word silly in this sentence means:
A: funny B: bad C: tricky D: scary E: None of these
Please fill in your answer on the answer sheet provided.
Practice Example 2
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.
i am a good runner
A: i am a good runner.
B: I am a good runner
C: Im a good runner.
D: I am a good runner.
E: None of these
Please fill in your answer on the answer sheet provided.
Practice Example 3
Emily has three dogs and two cats. They are all brown, but one of the dogs has spots. His name is Spot.
Which of the following is true?
A: Emily has three animals in total.
B: Emily has more cats than dogs.
C: One of Emily’s cats is black.
D: All of Emily’s dogs have spots.
E: None of these
Please fill in your answer on the answer sheet provided.
When you are told to begin you will have 30 minutes to do as many questions as you can. If you don’t know
the answer to a question, make a guess or come back to it later. You don’t lose marks if you get something
wrong. It may be difficult to finish all the questions in the time allowed, so don’t spend too long on any one
question. Try to answer as many questions as you can. If you change your mind about an answer, please
erase your original answer using an eraser and colour your new answer in on the answer sheet.
PLEASE DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO.
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Question 1
For the little boy, a lolly was tangible, whereas a promise was not.
The word tangible in this sentence means:
A: basic B: untouchable C: actual D: edible E: none of these
Question 2
Please read the following sentence.
Once Jane lifted her pen and made a start, writing the essay became easy.
If we change the start of the sentence to:
Writing the essay became easy........
What will the ending be?
A: after starting.
B: after lifting her pen.
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C: once Jane lifted her pen and made a start.
D: once she lifted her pen and made a start.
E: None of these.
Question 3
The boy’s incorrigible behaviour puzzled his sister.
The word incorrigible in this sentence means:
A: appalling B: reformed C: incurable D: frustrated E: none of these
Question 4
Genealogy is fun. Just as a piece of furniture or a picture takes on much more interest
if you know its history, so does an individual become more real once the ancestral
elements that shaped him are known. An in-depth family history is a tapestry of all
those to whom we owe our existence.
Which statement best conveys the theme of this paragraph?
A: Finding out about our ancestors is more interesting than researching the history of objects.
B: Genealogy is a study of people and their belongings in the past.
C: Genealogy is a study of family history.
D: Genealogical research can bring meaning and life to a family’s history.
E: Most genealogies are a waste of effort.
Question 5
Choose the option which will best replace the underlined words in the sentence to make it correct.
She done it to quick, so it came out looking rough.
A: done it too quickly B: did it too quick C: did it too quickly D: did it to quickly E: none of these
Read the following paragraph to answer the next two questions (Questions 6&7).
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe and illegal. Many rear-end collisions are caused by drivers following
too close to the vehicle in front of them. The rules state that a driver must keep sufficient distance from
the vehicle in front in order to stop safely and avoid a collision. Drivers should allow a minimum two
seconds’ gap between their vehicle and the one ahead. At sixty kilometres an hour, this equates to
thirty-three metres; at a hundred it equates to fifty-five metres. More distance is needed to safely stop
in rain or poor visibility.
Question 6
Tailgating another vehicle is unsafe because:
A: all rear end collisions are caused by drivers following too close to the vehicle in front.
B: it may not allow sufficient time and space to stop and avoid a collision.
C: it is against the road rules.
D: it is a reckless practice.
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Question 7
‘More distance is needed to safely stop in rain or poor visibility.’ We can infer from this that:
A: people drive faster in rain and poor visibility.
B: the writer is merely calculating on the safe side.
C: braking is more hazardous in rain and poor visibility.
D: the road rules state that this must be so.
E: All of these.
Read the following paragraphs to answer the next two questions (Questions 8&9).
There is a place forty kilometres north-east of Portland, Victoria, which makes for an
unusual visit. It is Lake Condah. Here are to be found remains of aboriginal settlements:
the circular stone bases of several hundred huts, rock-lined water channels, and stone
tools chipped from rock not normally found in the area. One of the attractions of Lake
Condah long ago was its fish and the most startling evidence of aboriginal technology and
engineering to be found there are the systems built to trap fish.
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Water courses had been constructed by redirecting streams, building stone sides and even
scraping out new channels. At strategic spots, they piled rocks across the water courses to
create weirs and build funnels to channel eels and fish into conical baskets. This is an eel-
fishing technique which has hardly changed to the present day. Beside some of the larger
traps, there are the outlines of rectangular, stone-lined ponds, probably to hold fish and
keep them fresh.
On the bluffs overlooking the lake, stone circles are all that remain of ancient dwellings. Not
all of the stones were quarried locally. The huts vary in size, but all have gaps for doorways
located on the lee side, away from the prevailing wind. One theory is that the stone walls
were only waist to shoulder high, with the top roofed by branches and possibly packed with
mud.
The site presents a picture of a semi-settled people quite different from the stereotype of
nomadic hunter-gatherers of the desert.
Question 8
The word ‘stereotype’ as used in the above passage means:
A: distant culture.
B: opposite picture.
C: electronic print version.
D: standard view.
E: None of these.
Question 9
Lake Condah is seen as unusual, mainly because:
A: it is so close to a main town.
B: there are remains of buildings still to be seen.
C: it reveals a society that was at least partly settled and had building and engineering skills.
D: there is evidence that some of the building stone was imported.
E: it shows the lake dwellers were totally reliant on fish for a food source.
Question 10
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct
punctuation.
one of these days said mary youll get into trouble
A: One of these days, said Mary, you’ll get into trouble.
B: “One of these days”, said Mary “you’ll get into trouble”
C: “One of these days”, said Mary. “You’ll get into trouble.”
D: “One of these days”, said Mary, “you’ll get into trouble.”
E: “One of these days”, said Mary, “youll get into trouble.”
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Question 11
What does this sentence suggest?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A: Your own possessions are always worth more to you.
B: Birds are hard to catch, so hang on to one if you catch it.
C: To have something is better than having nothing at all.
D: A trained bird is twice the value of an untrained one.
E: There is no point in being envious.
Read the following paragraphs to answer the next four questions (Questions 12 - 15).
Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides
holding our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making
us tolerant of each other's yarns-and even convictions. The Lawyer-the best of old
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fellows-had, because of his many years and many virtues, the only cushion on deck, and
was lying on the only rug. The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes,
and was toying architecturally with the bones. Marlow sat cross-legged right aft, leaning
against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back,
an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembled
an idol. The Director, satisfied the anchor had good hold, made his way aft and sat down
amongst us. We exchanged a few words lazily.
Afterwards there was silence on board the yacht. For some reason or other we did not
begin that game of dominoes. We felt meditative, and fit for nothing but placid staring. The
day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance. The water shone pacifically;
the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the
Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland,
and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds. Only the gloom to the west, brooding over
the upper reaches, became more sombre every minute, as if angered by the approach of
the sun.
And at last, in its curved and imperceptible fall, the sun sank low, and from glowing white
changed to a dull red without rays and without heat, as if about to go out suddenly, stricken
to death by the touch of that gloom brooding over a crowd of men.
From ‘The Heart of Darkness’, by Joseph Conrad.
Question 12
The narrator of this passage is telling his story from:
A: a wharf.
B: the deck of a yacht.
C: a high vantage point.
D: the edge of the Essex marshes.
E: None of the above.
Question 13
The mood of the men in this passage is best described as:
A: surly. B: resigned. C: contemplative. D: restless. E: ecstatic.
Question 14
From the passage, it is clear that the men:
A: do not get along.
B: show a quiet understanding.
C: cannot be bothered with one another.
D: have just had a quarrel.
E: are worn out.
Question 15
The word ‘diaphanous’, used to describe the mist, means:
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Read the following paragraphs to answer the next four questions (Questions 16 - 19).
Among predatory dinosaurs, few flesh-eaters were bigger, faster and nastier than the
"tyrant lizard" of popular imagination, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At least, that is what we
have been led to believe.
Now research suggests that, far from being the Ferrari of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus Rex,
whose ferocious reputation has fascinated generations of schoolchildren, was in fact a
cumbersome creature with a usual running speed of twenty-five kilometres an hour. This is
a mere snail's pace compared with modern animals such as the cheetah.
Unlike some of the predators of today's African savannah, which can change direction
almost immediately, the dinosaur would have had to turn slowly or risk tumbling over. And
while a human can spin forty-five degrees in a twentieth of a second, a Tyrannosaurus
would have taken as much as two seconds, as it would have been hampered by its long
tail. Thankfully, however, all its prey, such as triceratops, would have been afflicted with the
same lack of speed and agility.
The findings were reached after researchers used computer modelling and biomechanical
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calculations to work out the dinosaur's speed, agility and weight. They based their
calculations on measurements taken from a fossil dinosaur representative of an average
Tyrannosaurus and concluded the creatures probably weighed between six and eight
tonnes.
Calculations of the leg muscles suggest that the animal would have had a top speed of forty
kilometres an hour, which is nothing compared to a cheetah’s one hundred kilometres an
hour. It is sobering to reflect, though, that an Olympic sprinter runs at about thirty-five
kilometres an hour, not sufficient to outrun a Tyrannosaurus, should Man have been around
at that time!
Question 16
Being known as the ‘Ferrari of dinosaurs’ means Tyrannosaurus Rex:
A: wore shoes.
B: was a quick and agile creature.
C: was a hunting machine.
D: was the most ferocious of dinosaurs.
E: None of these.
Question 17
In turning, a Tyrannosaurus would have been hampered by:
A: its weight.
B: its bulky leg muscles.
C: its overall size.
D: its tail length.
E: All of the above.
Question 18
In calculating the size, speed and agility of Tyrannosaurus Rex, scientists used:
A: examination of fossils.
B: biomechanical calculations and computer models.
C: comparisons with modern animals.
D: A and B together.
E: B and C together.
Question 19
The overall theme of the passage is:
A: Because it was cumbersome, Tyrannosaurus Rex was lucky to survive.
B: Tyrannosaurus Rex’s speed and agility were still superior to those of other dinosaurs.
C: Tyrannosaurus Rex’s fierce reputation is now laid to rest.
D: Compared to modern predatory animals, Tyrannosaurus Rex was slow and cumbersome.
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Read the following paragraph to answer the next four questions (Questions 20 - 23).
"Anne," cried Mary, still at her window, "there is Mrs Clay, I am sure, standing under the
colonnade, and a gentleman with her. I saw them turn the corner from Bath Street just now.
They seemed deep in talk. Who is it? Come, and tell me. Good heavens! I recollect. It is Mr
Elliot himself."
"No," cried Anne, quickly, "it cannot be Mr Elliot, I assure you. He was to leave Bath at nine
this morning, and does not come back till to-morrow."
As she spoke, she felt that Captain Wentworth was looking at her, the consciousness of
which vexed and embarrassed her, and made her regret that she had said so much, simple
as it was.
Mary, resenting that she should be supposed not to know her own cousin, began talking
very warmly about the family features, and protesting still more positively that it was Mr
Elliot, calling again upon Anne to come and look for herself, but Anne did not mean to stir,
and tried to be cool and unconcerned. Her distress returned, however, on perceiving smiles
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and intelligent glances pass between two or three of the lady visitors, as if they believed
themselves quite in the secret. It was evident that the report concerning her had spread,
and a short pause succeeded, which seemed to ensure that it would now spread farther.
"Do come, Anne" cried Mary, "come and look yourself. You will be too late if you do not
make haste. They are parting; they are shaking hands. He is turning away. Not know Mr
Elliot, indeed! You seem to have forgot all about Lyme."
To pacify Mary, and perhaps screen her own embarrassment, Anne did move quietly to the
window. She was just in time to ascertain that it really was Mr Elliot, which she had never
believed, before he disappeared on one side, as Mrs Clay walked quickly off on the other;
and checking the surprise which she could not but feel at such an appearance of friendly
conference between two persons of totally opposite interest, she calmly said, "Yes, it is Mr
Elliot, certainly. He has changed his hour of going, I suppose, that is all, or I may be
mistaken, I might not attend;" and walked back to her chair, recomposed, and with the
comfortable hope of having acquitted herself well.
From ‘Persuasion’, by Jane Austen.
Question 20
Anne does not believe it is Mr Elliot whom Mary sees from the window because:
A: Mary does not know what Mr Elliot looks like.
B: Mr Elliot was to have left Bath earlier that day.
C: it was highly unlikely Mr Elliot would be a friend of Mrs Clay.
D: A and B together.
E: B and C together.
Question 21
Anne obviously knows Mr Elliot quite well for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A: she has knowledge of his travel plans.
B: she shows discomfort at Mary spotting him.
C: she is sensitive to what the other ladies might know.
D: she had been speaking about Mr Elliot to others in the room.
E: Mary refers to Anne meeting Mr Elliot in Lyme.
Question 22
Anne finally goes to the window because:
A: she knows in her heart that it really is Mr Elliot.
B: she wishes to prove Mary wrong.
C: she wishes to calm Mary and cover up her own lack of composure.
D: Mary frets that Mr Elliot will disappear from view.
E: Mary is creating a fuss in front of the others in the room.
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Question 23
From what occurs it can be inferred that Anne:
A: couldn’t care less about Mr Elliot.
B: had not known Mr Elliot long enough to recognise him.
C: is attracted to Mr Elliot.
D: is uncomfortable at Mr Elliot’s behaviour.
E: C and D together.
Read the following paragraph to answer the next two questions (Questions 24 & 25).
A hare was very popular with the other beasts who all claimed to be her friend. But one
day she heard the hounds approaching and hoped to escape them with the help of her
many friends. “What are friends for,” she asked herself, “if not to help out in time of
need?” Furthermore, most of her friends were big and brave, so at least one should be
able to help. First she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her away from the
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hounds on his back. But he declined, stating that he had important work to do for his
master. ” I feel sure,” he said, “that all your other friends will come to your assistance.”
She then applied to the bull, and hoped that he would repel the hounds with his horns.
The bull replied: “I am very sorry, but I have an appointment with a lady. However, I feel
sure that our friend the goat will do what you want.” The goat, however, feared that his
back might be harmed if he took her upon it. The ram, he felt sure, was the proper friend
to apply to. So she went to the ram and told him the case. The ram replied: “Another time,
my dear friend. I do not like to interfere on the present occasion, as hounds have been
known to eat sheep as well as hares.” The hare then applied, as a last hope, to the calf,
who regretted that he was unable to help her. He did not like to take the responsibility
upon himself, as so many older persons had declined the task. By this time the hounds
were quite near, so the hare had to take to her heels. Luckily, she escaped.
Question 24
The hare was confident she would find a friend to help for all the following reasons except:
A: she knew she was popular.
B: she assumed friends were there to help.
C: most of her friends were big and strong.
D: her friends had promised help whenever she needed it.
E: .she had a wide range of friends.
Question 25
A suitable moral for this story would be:
A: a friend in need is a friend indeed.
B: never rely on your friends in a time of crisis.
C: popularity does not mean friendship.
D: friendship does not exist among animals.
E: in a time of crisis you discover who your true friends are.
Question 26
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.
dont you understand what im saying shouted his father get down at once
A: Don’t you understand what Im saying, shouted his father. Get down at once.
B: “Don’t you understand what I’m saying”, shouted his father, “Get down at once.”
C: “Don’t you understand what Im saying”, shouted his father. “Get down at once”
D: “Dont you understand what I’m saying.” shouted his father. “Get down at once”
E: “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?” shouted his father. “Get down at once.”
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Question 27
Choose the option which will best replace the underlined word in the sentence to make it correct.
The hotel accomodation was luxurious.
A: acommodation
B: accommodation
C: accomadation
D: accommerdation
E: Leave it as it is.
Read the following paragraphs to answer the next five questions (Questions 28 - 32).
When I returned to the common the sun was setting. The crowd about the pit had increased, and
stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky-a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were
raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. Strange imaginings
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passed through my mind. As I drew nearer I heard Stent's voice:
"Keep back! Keep back!" A boy came running towards me. "It's movin'," he said to me as he passed;
"it’s screwin' and screwin' out. I don't like it. I'm goin' home, I am." I went on to the crowd. There were
really, I should think, two or three hundred people elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two
ladies there being by no means the least active. "He's fallen in the pit!" cried some one. "Keep back!"
said several. The crowd swayed a little, and I elbowed my way through. Everyone seemed greatly
excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the pit. "I say!" said Ogilvy. "Help keep these idiots
back. We don't know what's in the confounded thing, you know!"
I saw a young man, a shop assistant in Woking I believe he was, standing on the cylinder and trying
to scramble out of the hole again. The crowd had pushed him in.
The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw projected.
Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed being pitched onto the top of the screw. I
turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel
with a ringing concussion. I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards
the Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my
eyes.
I think everyone expected to see a man emerge-possibly something a little unlike us terrestrial men,
but in all essentials a man. I know I did. But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the
shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks-like eyes. Then
something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the
writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me-and then another.
A sudden chill came over me. There was a loud shriek from a woman behind. I half turned, keeping
my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began
pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces
of the people about me. I heard inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a general movement
backwards. I saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw
the people on the other side of the pit running off, Stent among them. I looked again at the cylinder
and ungovernable terror gripped me. I stood petrified and staring.
A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the
cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.
Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head
of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the
lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. The whole creature heaved and
pulsated convulsively. A lank tentacular appendage gripped the edge of the cylinder, another swayed
in the air.
Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of its appearance. The
peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath
the wedgelike lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, the tumultuous
breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the
greater gravitational energy of the earth- above all, the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes-were at
once vital, intense, inhuman,
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crippled and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy
deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty. Even at this first encounter, this first
glimpse, I was overcome with disgust and dread.
From ‘The War of the Worlds’, by H G Wells
Question 28
This is part of a science fiction story. The most important clue to this would be:
A: the cylinder in a hole on the common.
B: something unscrewing the cylinder from within.
C: the sense of terror and apprehension in the crowd.
D: the emergence of a Martian.
E: the author’s feelings of disgust and dread.
Question 29
The people in the crowd were first ‘elbowing and jostling’ one another because:
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A: they were retreating in fear from the pit.
B: some were trying to push others into the pit.
C: they were excited and curious to see what was in the pit.
D: a few had lost their tempers.
E: there were no police present to control them.
Question 30
The author hints that the women in the crowd were:
A: just as aggressive as the men.
B: more aggressive than the men.
C: reluctant to push forward.
D: merely passive onlookers.
E: None of these.
Question 31
The mood of the crowd altered suddenly when:
A: the cylinder opened.
B: a bear emerged from the cylinder.
C: a pair of eyes was detected peering at them from the cylinder.
D: tentacles appeared out of the top of the cylinder.
E: the creature opened its mouth.
Question 32
Of the Martian’s features, the one most causing the writer’s disgust and dread was:
A: the slobbering mouth.
B: the huge, intensely staring eyes.
C: the oily, fungoid skin.
D: the Gorgon-like tentacles.
E: the heaving, pulsating body.
Question 33
Please read the following sentences.
We all love to win. However, we also have to know how to accept defeat.
If we change the above into a single sentence and begin:
We have to know how to accept defeat........
What will the best ending be?
A: however, we all love to win.
B: but winning is better.
C: so we can also love to win.
D: even though we all love to win.
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Question 34
He was a morose man, so people tended to avoid him.
The word morose in this sentence means:
A: large B: cheerful C: idiotic D: sullen E: none of these
Read the following paragraphs to answer the next two questions (Questions 35 & 36).
The debate on whether Australia will have a nation-wide carbon trading scheme ended last week with
the government committed to a national emissions scheme from 2012. However, the decision- making
as to how we power the economy in a carbon constrained world is only just beginning.
Fossil fuels like coal and oil have underpinned our economic growth and standard of living for
decades. The current resources boom is there because other countries want our fossil fuels, and for
all these reasons it is profitable to keep mining them. Ironically, the income may help develop the
technologies to replace them, but it is a matter of which and when.
Almost certainly, in the race to reduce emissions, new technologies such as solar, wind and
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geothermal (heat from rocks) power will compete against gas, clean coal and perhaps nuclear energy
to win the hearts and minds of the business world. In the end, business will favour whatever is a
cheap, abundant and reliable solution. You can imagine the lobbying that will ensue from the different
interest groups, to attract business capital and government support so that their technology wins out.
There may be many collapsed ventures and lost fortunes along the way.
Question 35
Fossil fuels will be in demand for some time yet because:
A: we have no other options.
B: they are plentiful and cheap in Australia.
C: our wealth and lifestyle are at present dependent on them.
D: A and B together.
E: B and C together.
Question 36
In the writer’s view ‘there may be many collapsed ventures’ along the way because:
A: cheaper fossil fuels will continue to be used for a long time.
B: business will favour existing sources, rather than undergoing expensive change.
C: carbon emission rules will cripple new energy sources.
D: not all the options will be adopted, so the cheaper and more efficient will survive.
E: None of these.
Read the following paragraphs to answer the next five questions (Questions 37 - 41).
One of the modern world’s intriguing sources of mystery has been aeroplanes vanishing in mid-flight.
One of the more famous of these was the disappearance in 1937 of a pioneer woman aviator, Amelia
Earhart. On the second last stage of an attempted round the world flight, she had radioed her position
as she and her navigator searched desperately for their destination, a tiny island in the Pacific.
The plane never arrived at Howland Island. Did it crash and sink after running out of fuel? It had been a
long haul from New Guinea, a twenty hour flight covering some four thousand kilometres. Did Earhart
have enough fuel to set down on some other island on her radioed course? Or did she end up somewhere
else altogether? One fanciful theory had her being captured by the Japanese in the Marshall Islands and
later executed as an American spy; another had her living out her days under an assumed name as a
housewife in New Jersey.
Seventy years after Earhart’s disappearance, ‘myth busters’ continue to search for her. She was the best-known
American woman pilot in the world. People were tracking her flight with great interest when, suddenly, she
vanished into thin air. Aircraft had developed rapidly in sophistication after World War One, with the 1920s and
1930s marked by an aeronautical record-setting frenzy. Conquest of the air had become a global obsession.
While Earhart was making headlines with her solo flights, other aviators like high-altitude pioneer Wiley Post
and industrialist Howard Hughes were grabbing some glory of their own. But only Earhart, the reserved tomboy
from Kansas who disappeared three weeks shy of her 40th birthday, still grips the public imagination.
Her
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disappearance has been the subject of at least fifty books, countless magazine and newspaper
articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen by journalists as the last great American mystery.
There are currently two main theories about Amelia Earhart’s fate.
There were reports of distress calls from the Phoenix Islands made on Earhart’s radio frequency for
days after she vanished. Some say the plane could have broadcast only if it were on land, not in the
water. The Coast Guard and later the Navy, believing the distress calls were real, adjusted their
searches, and newspapers at the time reported Earhart and her navigator were marooned on an
island. No-one was able to trace the calls at the time, so whether Earhart was on land in the Phoenix
Islands or there was a hoaxer in the Phoenix Islands using her radio remains a mystery. Others
dismiss the radio calls as bogus and insist Earhart and her navigator ditched in the water. An Earhart
researcher, Elgen Long, claims that Earhart’s airplane ran out of gas within fifty-two miles of the island
and is sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile area, at a depth of 17,000 feet. At that depth, the
fuselage would still be in shiny, pristine condition if ever anyone were able to locate it. It would not
even be covered in a layer of silt. Those who subscribe to this explanation claim that fuel calculations,
radio calls and other considerations all show that the plane plunged into the sea somewhere off
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Howland Island.
Whatever the explanation, the prospect of finding the remains is unsettling to many. To recover
skeletal remains or personal effects would be a grisly experience and an intrusion. They want to know
where Amelia Earhart is, but that’s as far as they would like to go. As one investigator has put it, “I’m
convinced that the mystery is part of what keeps us interested. In part, we remember her because
she’s our favourite missing person.”
Question 37
Amelia Earhart’s nationality was:
A: English. B: Australian. C: Canadian. D: American. E: South African.
Question 38
All the following are theories about Amelia’s fate EXCEPT:
A: she crashed on a remote island somewhere near her destination.
B: her plane ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea.
C: she was captured by the Japanese and executed as a spy.
D: she escaped incognito and lived under an assumed name.
E: she crashed somewhere on Howland Island
Question 39
The most convincing evidence that Amelia crashed somewhere on land was:
A: the finding of aircraft remains.
B: sightings by islanders.
C: radio contact with the coastguard from the Phoenix Islands.
D: distress signals from the Phoenix Islands on her particular radio frequency.
E: All of these.
Question 40
If the aircraft were ever recovered from its probable sea grave:
A: it would be hardly recognisable.
B: it would be in pristine condition and considered highly valuable.
C: it may reveal some grisly evidence.
D: A and C together.
E: B and C together.
Question 41
The fate of Amelia Earhart still fascinates investigators for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A: she was a famous female aviator and adventurer.
B: there are such conflicting theories about her disappearance.
C: she was so close to the end of her journey.
D: she may have staged her own disappearance.
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Question 42
You cannot be a hero without being a coward
What does this sentence suggest?
A: Heroes are transformed cowards.
B: To be truly heroic, you first have to know the meaning of fear.
C: Heroes are cowards in disguise.
D: You can never be one or the other; it is always a combination of both.
E: None of these.
Question 43
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct punctuation.
whos going to fly qantas to sydney and use its special return offer
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A: who’s going to fly qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?
B: Who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer?
C: Who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?
D: Whos going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use its special return offer.
E: who’s going to fly Qantas to Sydney and use it’s special return offer?
Question 44
Choose the option which best corrects the errors in this sentence.
Passed expereince tells me sitting in a draft you’ll catch a cold.
A: Passed expereince tells me if I sat in a draught you’ll catch a cold.
B: Passed experience tells me sitting in a draught I’ll catch a cold.
C: Past expereince tells me if I sit in a draft I’ll catch a cold.
D: Passed experience tells me if I sit in a draught you’ll catch a cold.
E: Past experience tells me if I sit in a draught I’ll catch a cold.
Question 45
Far from being upright and moral, his behaviour showed him to be fallible.
The word fallible in this sentence means:
A: capable of falling over. B: weak-kneed. C: capable of error.
D: immoral E: None of these
Question 46
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. Choose the option with the correct
punctuation.
we arent welcome here said Jenny so we had better go dont you think
A: “We aren’t welcome here, said Jenny. We had better go don’t you think.”
B: “We aren’t welcome here,” said Jenny, “we had better go, don’t you think?”
C: “We aren’t welcome here,” said Jenny. “We had better go, don’t you think?”
D: “We arent welcome here,” said Jenny, “we had better go, don’t you think.”
E: “We are’nt welcome here,” said Jenny, “we had better go, don’t you think?”
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Read the following paragraphs to answer the next two questions (Questions 47 & 48).
Until widespread clearing of land began after 1861, the Tweed Valley, from the beach dunes
to the mountains, was covered by dense wetland forests and rainforest. The rainforest had
plenty of red cedar, which grew along the river banks and over the floodplains and foothills.
Some of these trees were huge, up to sixty metres tall and as much as two thousand years
old. Cedar was highly valued for its light weight, rich pink to red colours and interesting grain
patterns. The tall trees provided magnificent lengths for the mills. Much early Australian
furniture was made from cedar.
The timber of the Tweed Valley was felled close to the river banks and then was tied and
floated downstream to the river mouth for shipping to the big cities. The river provided the
only means of removing the timber, because the felled trees were so bulky.
By the 1870s, the cedar industry was in decline. Land cleared for farming was on the increase
and easily obtainable, and large cedar trees were becoming scarce. It was purely an
extractive industry, which put nothing back. Given that many original trees were thousands
of years old, it would have been hundreds of years before the plantings could have been
harvested in any case.
Question 47
Tweed Valley cedar was valued in colonial Australia for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A: the trees were easy to fell and remove.
B: the timber was sought after for furniture making.
C: the timber was light in weight.
D: the timber was prized for its colour and grain variations.
E: the tree trunks were long and straight.
Question 48
Which of the following can we say caused the decline of the cedar industry?
A: Suitable trees closer to the river grew scarce.
B: Clearing for farming land was reducing the rainforest.
C: Felled trees were not replaced.
D: A and B together.
E: B and C together.
Question 49
A tour leader needs to be a gregarious person.
The word gregarious in the above sentence means:
A: well-travelled B: retiring C: adaptable D: chatty E: companionable
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Question 50
Please read the following sentence.
When she hit the ball, she had no idea where it was going….
If we change the start of the sentence to:
She had no idea where the ball was going........
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What will the ending be?
A: after she hit the ball.
B: while hitting it.
C: when she hit it.
D: when the ball was hit.
E: None of these
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GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY TEST
Culinary delights
Q1 Middle Eastern restaurants often have a way of whisking you away to a far off land of belly dancers, exotic
spices and ........ drink.
(a) incriminating (b) intimidating (c) intoxicating (d) instigating
Q2 Thai cuisine is one of the most romantic of the Asian cuisines as it still ........ an element of mystery and
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exoticism.
(a) remains (b) retains (c) refrains (d) regains
Q3 Modern Asian restaurants in Jakarta have an ........ history.
(a) extended (b) external (c) extracted (d) exude
Q4 Indonesia has an ........ range of Japanese restaurants as Japan has long been the biggest investor in the
country
(a) ecliptic (b) ecstatic (c) eclectic (d) eccentric
Q5 International restaurants in Singapore are ........ adept at simultaneously perfecting both eastern and western
dishes on their menues
(a) partially (b) particularity (c) partly (d) particularly
Q6 Hong Kong has to be one of the few places on the planet where you can enjoy.........cuisine and service at
relatively reasonable prices.
(a) exquisite (b) explicit (c) expletive (d) explosive
Q7 European cuisine always ........ a sense of nostalgia and romance, like running into an old flame.
(a) evolves (b) evinces (c) evokes (d) evicts
Q8 America is ........ at the front of the race to become the world's most obese country.
(a) undecidedly (b) undeniably (c) underbelly (d) underling
Q9 Many people drink wine, but many wine consumers know little about wine ........ or wine and food pairing
because they are intimidated or put off by the pretensions often associated with wine.
(a) appropriation (b) appreciation (c) apportion (d) apprehension
Q10 One of the most beautiful things about Jakarta is its ........ wealth from both within the archipelago and around
the world.
(a) cursory (b) cautionary (c) coronary (d) culinary
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Idioms with the phrasal verb carry
Q1 An eagle, if pressed for food, might ........ a small baby that had been left in the open unprotected, but such an
opportunity must occur very rarely.
(a) carry off (b) carry through (c) carry on with (d) carry out
Q2 Finland and the Finnish upper secondary education system constitute a good example of the fact that it is
possible to ........ very extensive readjustments with a view to making a system more flexible and adapted to
individualized learning.
(a) carry off (b) carry through (c) carry on with (d) carry away
Q3 India and Iran will continue to deepen ties and ........ bilateral projects, including the tri-nation pipeline and a
multi-billion dollar gas deal.
(a) carry off (b) carry through (c) carry on with (d) carry away
Q4 The liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile, which helps .......
waste products from the liver.
(a) carry away (b) carry through (c) carry on with (d) carry over
Q5 China's cultural industry was given a boost last week after the government announced its plan to ........ cultural
reform in more than 20 provincial areas.
(a) carry away (b) carry through (c) carry off (d) carry out
Q6 Items such as pointed scissors and ice skates are examples of articles that are not permitted in your .......
baggage when boarding an aircraft.
(a) carry off (b) carry on (c) carry on with (d) carry away
Q7 An employee with 400 accrued sick leave hours at the end of the fiscal year will ........ into the new fiscal year
360 hours of sick leave and 8 hours of additional annual leave.
(a) carry over (b) carry on (c) carry off (d) carry out
Q8 When irrigation has no ........ system, the evaporating water deposits a gradual build-up of salinization, which is
eventually damaging to plant life.
(a) carry over (b) carry on (c) carry off (d) carry out
Q9 The Scottish Parliament has appointed Mr. Maley to ........ an assessment of the current cost estimate and
likely completion date of a new information technology project.
(a) carry over (b) carry on (c) carry off (d) carry out
Q10 Animals and humans use the evaporation of water to ........ heat that is absorbed from the sun or generated by
metabolic activity and exercise.
(a) carry away (b) carry through (c) carry off (d) carry out
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English Grammar Tenses
Q1 ............ any one object if I turn the heating down?
(a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Doing
Q2 I ........ come to the conclusion that nowadays nobody cares about anything.
(a) will (b) had (c) do (d) have
Q3 No matter what happens next I ........ help you.
(a) am (b) have (c) will (d) would
Q4 They ........ for 3 hours when the storm suddenly broke.
(a) had been running (b) have been running (c) are running (d) will be running
Q5 I assumed you ........ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
(a) have been (b) was been (c) are being (d) had been
Q6 ............ get tired of answering the same questions every day?
(a) Have you ever (b) Had you ever (c) Do you ever (d) Are you ever
Q7 She .........working on that manuscript for 2 years now.
(a) will be (b) has been (c) had been (d) is
Q8 I ........ there once a long time ago and haven't been back since.
(a) went (b) go (c) have gone (d) was going
Q9 She .........trying to pass her driving test but fails every time.
(a) kept (b) is keeping (c) had kept (d) keeps
Q10 I ........ complete silence now while I try this experiment.
(a) am wanting (b) want (c) did want (d) have wanted
Q1 Many people ........ tried but no-one has succeeded so far.
(a) did (b) have been (c) were (d) have
Q2 That programme is so boring that it's like watching paint ........
(a) dries (b) dried (c) dry (d) has dried
Q3 By the end of this year I realize I ........ writing tests for three years now.
(a) shall be (b) shall have been (c) will be (d) shall have
Q4 Do you mind ........ the door as I find it very hot in here?
(a) to open (b) opened (c) opens (d) opening
Q5 I honestly think that the time ........ come when we should celebrate our success.
(a) has (b) had (c) will (d) having
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Q6 How anyone ........ to live in those conditions in the 18th century is difficult to imagine.
(a) manages (b) will manage (c) managed (d) is managing
Q7 ............ ever heard of this writer before?
(a) Did you (b) Have you (c) Do you (d) Will you
Q8 That stupid dog ........ all day long.
(a) does always bark (b) always is barking (c) had always barked (d) is always barking
Q9 They were eating dinner when the lights ........ out.
(a) go (b) are going (c) went (d) goes
Q10 No-one ........ believe your story when you tell them.
(a) will (b) did (c) has (d) is
Gerund or Infinitive
Q1 ............ me if I've told you this before.
(a) Stopping (b) Stopped (c) Stops (d) Stop
Q2 All I can say at the moment is: Long ........ the company!
(a) live (b) lives (c) lived (d) living
Q3 Sometimes I wish I ........ what the future holds.
(a) know (b) known (c) knew (d) knows
Q4 And at other times I'm glad I ........ know what the future holds.
(a) didn't (b) doesn't (c) hadn't (d) don't
Q5 Let's.........there tomorrow if it's fine.
(a) going (b) gone (c) go (d) goes
Q6 Try ........ the door really hard if you want to open it.
(a) pushing (b) push (c) pushes (d) pushed
Q7 Try ........ these irregular verbs by next week.
(a) learned (b) to learn (c) learns (d) learning
Q8 I really appreciate your ........ me at this difficult time.
(a) helps (b) help (c) helped (d) helping
Q9 I'll finish now and I look forward to ........ you again soon.
(a) seeing (b) see (c) seen (d) having seen
Q10 Please come back soon and .........the work you started two weeks ago.
(a) finished (b) finishing (c) finish (d) finishes
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Q1 Henry: Hello.
Man's voice: Is that Mr. Henry Orpington, the parliamentary candidate?
Henry: Yes, ........
(a) talking (b) dictating (c) speaking (d) deciding
Q2 Man's voice: Oh, good morning. I want to warn you about a bomb...
Henry: A bomb? Where? Hello! We've been ........ off. Operator! Operator! Operator!
(a) cut (b) severed (c) removed (d) drained
Q3 It was no good. The line had gone ......... As calmly as he could Henry went upstairs to tell his wife the alarming
news.
(a) quiet (b) dormant (c) dead (d) still
Q4 They decided to get dressed at once and take the two girls to their aunt's house. Henry ........ the police but
asked them to keep the news from the press.
(a) instructed (b) directed (c) said (d) informed
Q5 At half past eight Henry was in conference with his election agent, Andrew Higgins, at party headquarters.
Andrew: If you want my opinion, I suggest you cancel all your engagements for today and wait until the police
get to the ........ of the matter.
(a) base (b) end (c) bottom (d) hind
Q6 Henry: Certainly not! I'm not going to let.........be scared by some stupid crank.
(a) himself (b) itself (c) myself (d) themselves
Q7 Andrew: What did the man sound like? Did you recognize his voice?
Henry: No, I was half asleep.
His voice wasn't familiar but he sounded quite pleasant. He didn't seem to be ........ me.
(a) punishing (b) threatening (c) hitting (d) striking
Q8 Andrew: That makes the whole business even more sinister. Look here, Henry, one day won't make all that
much difference. I'll tell people that you've ........ your voice or something.
(a) lost (b) missed (c) disturbed (d) forgotten
Q9 Henry: No, I'm going to carry on as usual. Think of the advantage it would give my ........ if I were out of the
campaign even for one day.
(a) outsiders (b) opposites (c) opponents (d) onlookers
Q10 Andrew: If you say so. But I'd like to make it ........ that I'm dead against it.
(a) absolute (b) clear (c) defined (d) extreme
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Advanced Vocabulary
Q1 He always follows that old ......... early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
(a) phrase (b) ballad (c) adage (d) analogy
Q2 If you invest that money, you will find it will grow and ........ interest.
(a) agree (b) adapt (c) apart (d) accrue
Q3 People often ask her how she manages to stay slim and she always tells them she is very careful in the
amount she eats to the point of being ........
(a) abbreviated (b) abstemious (c) actuated (d) abrupt
Q4 You must react now and not just be ........ as if there is nothing wrong.
(a) complacent (b) combining (c) combative (d) concerning
Q5 I find these mathematical puzzles too ........ and prefer the more straightforward type.
(a) abject (b) abortive (c) abounding (d) abstruse
Q6 There was no changing her mind as she was quite ........ about her decision and wouldn't consider any
alternative.
(a) attractive (b) attentive (c) adamant (d) adjoined
Q7 It was quite obvious that he was drunk because he couldn't finish his sentences and his speech was not
........
(a) contented (b) coherent (c) convinced (d) convoluted
Q8 The strings on the puppet were all intertwined and it took us ages to ........them.
(a) disentangle (b) distribute (c) disturb (d) distend
Q9 There are really too many political parties in this election as there are so many small groups or ........
(a) fictions (b) fanatics (c) fusion (d) factions
Q10 He liked to play the ........ and would invariably dress up in the most outrageous clothes.
(a) eclectic (b) eccentric (c) evasive (d) evolved
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Verbal Test
Q1 In some 19th century novels you see the very poor conditions people lived in that can only be described as
....... misery.
(a) dejected (b) object (c) reject (d) abject
Q2 Television can give you a very good idea of how people live in different countries as it can ........ scenes from
every day life.
(a) deter (b) depict (c) delineate (d) defer
Q3 This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been ........ to fit into the newspaper.
(a) adopted (b) attuned (c) abbreviated (d) added
Q4 It was quite obvious from the secretive manner in which he left the shop and the ........ looks he kept giving that
he hadn't paid for the items of clothing.
(a) furtive (b) fugitive (c) furious (d) famous
Q5 It was a remarkable performance because the actor seemed to convey the whole range of human emotions ,
what you might call the complete ........ from beginning to end.
(a) gamble (b) grasp (c) granting (d) gamut
Q6 The telephone connection was very poor and we only heard a ........ account of what the reporter was
describing.
(a) gesticulated (b) gambled (c) garrulous (d) garbled
Q7 The teacher found it quite ........ to try and teach the children because they refused to listen to a word she was
saying.
(a) festive (b) futile (c) feeble (d) fatuous
Q8 The university decided to give their ........ an honorary degree because she had always been most generous in
her financial help.
(a) believer (b) benefit (c) benefactor (d) beholder
Q9 I've no wish to disregard or ........ your achievements but I think you could have done much more.
(a) belittle (b) bemoan (c) bereave (d) betoken
Q10 His attempt to make fun of the situation was considered to be in bad taste and ........ in the extreme.
(a) fertile (b) frequent (c) febrile (d) facetious
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Q1 As a new employee she's very anxious to do the right thing and hopes that her new project ........ with the
approval of her boss.
(a) reaches (b) meets (c) accepts (d) holds
Q2 It's just not within his character and I would never say that he was ........ to that kind of behaviour.
(a) presented (b) prepared (c) pre-empted (d) predisposed
Q3 You couldn't find a more loyal bunch of people who have a ........ of reliability so strong that they will never let
you down.
(a) wish (b) desire (c) sense (d) sensing
Q4 You can take it or leave it as there is absolutely no ........ to accept my proposal.
(a) push (b) pressure (c) pushing (d) leaning
Q5 The department has ........ so much money on administration that there is little left for employing sales
personnel.
(a) devoted (b) exhausted (c) developed (d) spent
Q6 Although he claimed it was an accident, he was ........ of murder.
(a) accused (b) blamed (c) criticized (d) arrested
Q7 They say that pregnant women develop a .........for certain foods and must eat them all the time.
(a) appetite (b) craving (c) thirst (d) eating
Q8 You must choose the right description for each word and I would ........ this one as an adjective.
(a) delineate (b) decipher (c) decide (d) define
Q9 I wouldn't believe everything she says because it's my belief that she is ........ to exaggerate.
(a) designated (b) declined (c) inclined (d) tended
Q10 We will get as near as we can to your requirements but we may not be able to ........ all your needs.
(a) meet (b) encounter (c) measure (d) face
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Bite, Bit, Bitten
Q1 She certainly won't invest in that company again having lost a fortune — it's a case of once bitten twice
........
(a) nervous (b) coy (c) shy (d) reserved
Q2 He may seem very angry but don't worry his ........is worse than his bite.
(a) bark (b) growl (c) snort (d) snarl
Q3 They were so angry with me they practically bit my ........ off.
(a) nose (b) hand (c) fingers (d) head
Q4 I think he'll succeed but it's a lot of work and sometimes he feels he's bitten off more than he can ........
(a) digest (b) chew (c) taste (d) swallow
Q5 In view of the way things have improved I now feel confident enough to have another bite at the ........
(a) banana (b) apple (c) pear (d) cherry
Q6 I'm very sorry to tell you that your scheme has failed and it has well and truly bitten the ........
(a) powder (b) dust (c) fluff (d) ground
Q7 It must have come as a great shock to get the sack but I'm afraid you'll just have to accept it and bite the
........
(a) shot (b) knife (c) bullet (d) blow
Q8 I can't believe that he's turning against his own parents — it's like biting the hand that ........ you.
(a) brought (b) nourished (c) helped (d) fed
Q9 My advice to you is to resist saying anything at the moment and simply bite your ........
(a) mouth (b) teeth (c) lip (d) gums
Q10 I know she would really like to say exactly what she feels but I believe she should bite her ........
(a) cheek (b) nails (c) ear (d) tongue
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Q1 I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone ........ thanks to the hot sunshine.
(a) parched (b) dry (c) clear (d) dried
Q2 They came straight out with their complaint ........ no bones about it whatsoever.
(a) saying (b) trying (c) doing (d) making
Q3 It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just .......
and bone.
(a) skin (b) flesh (c) meat (d) cover
Q4 It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone ........
(a) lazy (b) useless (c) idle (d) inactive
Q5 It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I ........ it in my bones.
(a) understand (b) feel (c) see (d) follow
Q6 We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ........ on my French.
(a) in (b) to (c) with (d) up
Q7 Ah, yes I've got a bone to ........ with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got
the money yet.
(a) pick (b) chew (c) taste (d) eat
Q8 Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit .......
the bone.
(a) next (b) close (c) near (d) by
Q9 I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ........ bones.
(a) naked (b) bare (c) simple (d) stripped
Q10 Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her .........to the bone for
them.
(a) elbows (b) arms (c) legs (d) fingers
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Q1 After the small talk was over, it was time for the two heads of state to ........ discussions concerning bilateral
relations between the two countries.
(a) get through with (b) get by with (c) get down to (d) get around
Q2 My accountant advised me that one of the best ways to ........ paying taxes in my own country was to set up an
offshore bank account.
(a) get away with (b) get by with (c) get down to (d) get around
Q3 The high school teacher was so strict that he would not let his students ........ any of the stunts that they tried to
pull with their previous teacher.
(a) get away with (b) get by with (c) get down to (d) get around
Q4 Train passengers wishing to go to the football match were advised to ........ the train at the next stop.
(a) get on with (b) get off (c) get in (d) get on
Q5 By the time I ........ you, you will be sorry that you ever stepped foot on the face of this earth.
(a) get through with (b) get by with (c) get down to (d) get around
Q6 The referee instructed both captains to stop their complaining and ........ the rugby match.
(a) get by with (b) get on with (c) get through with (d) get by with
Q7 The days when Americans can.........in the world on English only will soon be gone.
(a) get in (b) get off (c) get by (d) get on
Q8 Please mind your step when you ........ the train.
(a) get on with (b) get by with (c) get by (d) get on
Q9 I knew that I had to ........ early the next morning so I set my alarm for 4.30 a.m.
(a) get on (b) get off (c) get up (d) get out
Q10 Employees at the reinsurance company were finding it very difficult to ........ with their new manager.
(a) get along (b) get away (c) get through (d) get out
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Q1 Sherri tries to ........Marcie all the time.
(a) act up (b) act like (c) seeming like
Q2 When he tried to balance his checkbook, he found that things just didn't ........
(a) add on (b) add right (c) add up
Q3 Ken really likes Kirstie but he's too nervous to ........
(a) ask her out (b) ask her on (c) ask out
Q4 Lenny didn't ........ when his superior reprimanded him.
(a) back up (b) back down (c) back over
Q5 Norman is really aggressive and sometimes he should know when to ........
(a) back up (b) back off (c) back over
Q6 Sandy wants to learn how to drive but she must also learn how to.........so she can get in and out of parking
spots easily.
(a) back up (b) back behind (c) back off
Q7 No one at the office expected him to lose his temper and ........ the way he did.
(a) blow away (b) blow over (c) blow up
Q8 After the tragic accident, Lauren's mother had a nervous ........
(a) breakup (b) breakdown (c) breakthrough
Q9 Kathy felt a little uneasy when she found out her neighbours had a ........
(a) break-in (b) breakout (c) break
Q10 No one in the group could believe that Sally and Steve ........
(a) broke over (b) broke up (c) broke apart
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Q1 It's no good worrying about that now because the damage is done and it's no good crying over spilled ........
(a) sauce (b) water (c) beer (d) milk
Q2 It really is a crying ........ that after all that money has been spent, the project is now being abandoned.
(a) shock (b) shame (c) disgust (d) pity
Q3 As a child she would burst into tears at every problem and so she soon got known as a regular ........ at school.
(a) crychild (b) cryinfant (c) crybaby (d) crygirl
Q4 It really was a large and spacious garden but it cried out ........ something colourful to be planted.
(a) for (b) to (c) by (d) on
Q5 We had great hopes of being able to invite the distinguished writer to our meeting but he cried ........ at the last
moment.
(a) on (b) through (c) with (d) off
Q6 For crying out ........ how many times do I have to tell you how to work that machine?
(a) strong (b) loud (c) full (d) hard
Q7 I'm all in favour of ambition but I think when he says he'll be a millionaire by the time he's 25, he's simply
crying for the ........
(a) stars (b) sun (c) earth (d) moon
Q8 The trouble is that he's cried ........ so often that now he's in real trouble, nobody believes him.
(a) wolf (b) tiger (c) cat (d) dog
Q9 George is now 70 and he reckons that working conditions for the average office clerk today are a ........ cry
from when he first started work.
(a) distant (b) long (c) far (d) further
Q10 There was a noisy crowd of about a dozen people in ........ cry chasing after the child who'd stolen an apple
from the fruit market.
(a) strong (b) full (c) loud (d) big
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