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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Had the committee members considered the alternatives more carefully, they would have realized that the second was better as the first.
more carefully
Had the committee members
second was
as the first
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The news of the decision to invade with armed forces were not well received by the citizens.
were
to
received
The
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
While this is not the most popular course offered at the university, just like many others classes that have low attendance in spite of their importance, at least several classes are always available.
others
offered
have
importance
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 4
Lunch is for sharing
Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.
A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.
Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.
mails
posts
sends
delivers
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 5
Lunch is for sharing
Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.
A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.
Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.
called
named
known
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 6
Lunch is for sharing
Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.
A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.
Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.
precise
specific
special
particular
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 7
Lunch is for sharing
Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.
A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.
Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.
created
fitted
suited
designed
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 4 to 8. Fill in the appropriate word in question 8
Lunch is for sharing
Mimi Ito carefully puts together her children's packed lunches each morning. She then photographs them on her cameraphone and (4) _______ the pictures on her online blog. In this way, Mimi is able to keep a record of meals that she is proud of, and hungry websurfers get the chance to look at her mouth-watering creations. For these are no ordinary lunches, Mimi prepares what are (5) _______ as bento meals for her children.
A bento is a single-portion Japanese takeaway meal that traditionally consists of rice, fish or meat, with vegetables on the side. In Japan, they are normally served in distinctive trays divided into sections for the different parts of the meal. Mimi thinks that children in (6) _______ enjoy having small compartments with little bits of food that are (7) _______ to their small appetites. However, if we think of the excitement that many of us feel when our airline meal arrives, it's easy to understand the fascination.
Mimi was born in Japan and currently lives in the USA. She is fairly health (8) _______, but believes that having wide tastes and finding pleasure in food is important. She thinks that it's possible to focus on that whilst at the same time also eating healthily.
conscious
sensible
informed
knowledge
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 9 to 13.
Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
The word “alleviating” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to _____.
causing
devastating
reducing
increasing
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 9 to 13.
Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
According to the passage, the method of chilling from the inside out is being considered for all of the following reasons except _____.
it is not possible to chill the head alone
cold dissolves blood clots
chilling from the inside out avoids shaking
drugs are not helpful in stopping the chain reaction.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 9 to 13.
Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
According to the passage, what causes a stroke?
Low blood flow
A blood clot sticking in an area of the brain
Hot blood
A patient choking on food
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 9 to 13.
Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
According to the passage, all of the following are true except that _____.
some cells die immediately when a person has a stroke, and others die later
the protein from dead cells kills other cells
cells die only as a direct result of the stroke
TPA is effective in removing blood clots
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 9 to 13.
Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.
The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.
The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.
The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.
It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.
Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.
What is the passage mainly about?
The dangers of cooling the body.
New pharmaceutical methods for reducing stroke damage that are being researched.
Causes and effects of strokes.
A new method of cooling the body to reduce stroke damage that is being researched.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She’s more interested in job _______ than in making a lot of money.
pleasure
contentment
satisfaction
enjoyment
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_____ she’s got a job that she likes, she’s a lot happier.
Since when
Just now
Just as
Now that
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The professor instructed the students _____ the essay without preparing an outline first.
to no write
not to write
to not write
do not write
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The manager _____ the men to return to work immediately.
suggested
insisted
ordered
demanded
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
As a result of the additional rain with so much flooding already having occurred, residents were seeking shelter _____ than in previous years.
more numerously
in more numbers
greater in numbers
in greater numbers
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It’s a pity you missed the party. If you _____, you _____ my friends from Hungary.
would have come; had met
came; would meet
had come; would meet
had come; would have met
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Whereas many people visit Internet sites where products are sold, a great number of them still hesitate _____ purchases online.
to actually make
actually making
making actual
actually to make
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Michael put his mistake_____ to lack of concentration.
down
over
through
up
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was not until the students were seated ______ the proctor realized he had the wrong test booklets.
as soon as
that
and
when
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Hardly _____ the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.
he had entered
had entered
had he entered
entered
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
To master the art of fiction writing _____ discipline and practice, as well as studying the works of other great authors.
require
requiring
that requires
requires
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I couldn’t believe it when Sylvia turned up in the same _____ hat that she wore last time.
horrible yellow wide
horrible wide yellow
wide yellow horrible
wide horrible yellow
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The polar bear’s _____ depends on its ability to catch fish.
survival
survive
surviving
survivor
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She went _____ a bad cold just before Christmas.
A through
over
in for
down with
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
There are substantial differences between the two groups.
effective
inconsiderable
considerable
slight
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The existing law there is nor entirely satisfactory.
satisfying
pleasant
effective
acceptable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
amount
career
private
submit
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
enthusiasm
economic
considerable
psychology
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
- Hello, Elena. What are you looking for?
+ __________
I’m sorry. I can’t.
No, I’m just looking.
I need some information for a sports project.
I can’t find anything.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
- I can’t stop worrying about my exam tomorrow.
+ __________
I’m sure you’ll do well.
That’s all right, never mind.
OK. It doesn’t matter.
Of course. So am I.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
It seemed incredible that she had been there a week already.
imaginable
clear
believable
unimaginative
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
A man answered the phone. He said Tom was out.
A man who said Tom was out answered the phone.
The man who answered the phone said Tom was out.
The man answered the phone who said Tom was out.
Tom is said to be out by a man who answered the phone.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
New materials for gauze that doesn’t adhere to a wound have recently been developed.
allow
come off
infect
stick to
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
“Look where you are going,” she said to me; “the road is full of holes and very badly lit.”
She said to me to look where you were going, and the road was full of holes and very badly lit.
She asked me to look where she was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit.
She told me to look where I was going as the road is full of holes and very badly lit.
She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that pf the rest in each of the following questions.
receives
brushes
matches
advantages
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that pf the rest in each of the following questions.
double
town
south
allow
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
Which is the main topic of this passage?
The reasons for the dwarfing of mammals
Detailed information about the features of a different species of human
The discovery of a hobbit-like species of human and its significance
A fictitious character in world history
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
What makes this discovery so significant?
It shows that hobbits may have existed.
This shows that small islands are good place for smaller species.
It shows that humans do not need a lot of different foods.
It shows that human can change a great deal according to the demands of the environment.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
The word “remains” in the passage is closest in meaning to _____.
pictures
descendants
fossils
records
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
Which of the following best favors a smaller body size?
a mainland where there is a little competition for survival
a small, isolated area where there is a limited food supply
an island that has a large and varied food supply
an environment where there are many predators
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
According to the passage, all of the following can dwarf a species of animal or human except _____.
little food
a deeply forested area with little sunshine
few predators
limited land
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
Which of the following is true of the newly discovered species?
They are the only human species to live with modern man.
They moved from island to island.
They needed less food than modern human.
They were only as intelligent as a three-year-old child.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
We learn from the passage that dwarfing has occurred _____.
on every continent
only on the island discussed in the passage
on their islands as well
none of the above
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 40 to 47.
Hobbit-like Species of Humans
On the tiny island of Flores, east of Bali and midway between Asia and Australia, the scientists have discovered the remains of a small, hobbit-like species of humans. These people grew no larger than the modern three-year-old child. They lived about 18,000 years ago and are completely different species of human.
This discovery has taught scientists a lot about the human species. This remarkable discovery shows that the human species is more varied and flexible in its ability to adapt than previously thought. These hobbit-like people join a short list of other type of humans that lived with modern humans.
The researchers believe that these hobbits evolved from a normal size, human population that reached Flores around 840,000 years ago. One likely explanation is that, over thousands of years, the species became smaller because the environmental conditions favored a smaller body size. The dwarfing of mammals on islands occurs frequently. Islands limit food supply and predators and species compete for the same environmental space. Survival would depend on minimizing energy requirements.
According to the passage, why does a smaller size help species survive under certain condition?
It makes them more difficult for predators to see.
It allows them to move more quickly.
It allows them to consume less food.
All of the above
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
The man was not able to take part in the expedition because of his age.
Taking part in the expedition was what the man was able to do.
The man was too old to take part in the expedition.
His age hardly prevented the man from taking part in the expedition.
The man was old enough to take part in the expedition.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We offer good-quality products and we will have many customers.
The better-quality products we offer, the more customers we will have.
We offer more good-quality products and will have many customers.
The more customers we will have, the better products we offer.
The more products we offer, the more customers we will have.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
There is a rumor that the chairman was planning to retire early at the time.
The chairman is rumored that he was planning to retire early at the time.
It is rumored that retiring early was what the chairman had planned at the time.
People rumored that the chairman planned to retire early.
The chairman is rumored to have been planning to retire early at the time.
