1 . A good title for the passage will be–

• A. Telescope and exploration of the universe
• B. Digital telescope and exploration of the universe
• C. Astronomers and exploration of the universe
• D. Space exploration in the new millennium

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

2 . Read the following passage and answer the Increasing every year questions: Forests are an important part of civilization. They not only form a considerable portion of the national wealth of a country, but also play an important role in maintaining the environmental balance. Indiscriminate felling of trees to enhance city areas is a threat to our civilization. We often forget that a peaceful and well-balanced co- existence of man-made civilization and nature is absolutely important for human existence on the earth. Indiscriminate felling of trees makes our planet less green and threatens the wildlife. Forests and trees have an enormous impact on the climate as they are instrumental in drawing rain to the earth. Deforestation has resulted in radical changes in our climate. The overall temperature of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate. The duration of seasons is fluctuating all over the world. The rate of rainfall is becoming erratic. The future of this planet is in trouble unless immediate attention is paid to this danger. A suitable title of the passage is :

• A. Temperature changes
• B. Deforestation
• C. Human existence on the earth
• D. Melting of Polar ice-caps

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

3 . Read the following passage and answer the Increasing every year questions: Forests are an important part of civilization. They not only form a considerable portion of the national wealth of a country, but also play an important role in maintaining the environmental balance. Indiscriminate felling of trees to enhance city areas is a threat to our civilization. We often forget that a peaceful and well-balanced co- existence of man-made civilization and nature is absolutely important for human existence on the earth. Indiscriminate felling of trees makes our planet less green and threatens the wildlife. Forests and trees have an enormous impact on the climate as they are instrumental in drawing rain to the earth. Deforestation has resulted in radical changes in our climate. The overall temperature of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate. The duration of seasons is fluctuating all over the world. The rate of rainfall is becoming erratic. The future of this planet is in trouble unless immediate attention is paid to this danger. According to the passage, Indiscriminate felling of trees results in-

• A. An expansion of urban centers
• B. Radical changes in our climate
• C. Environmental balance
• D. An increase in rainfall

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

4 . Read the following passage and answer the Increasing every year questions: Forests are an important part of civilization. They not only form a considerable portion of the national wealth of a country, but also play an important role in maintaining the environmental balance. Indiscriminate felling of trees to enhance city areas is a threat to our civilization. We often forget that a peaceful and well-balanced co- existence of man-made civilization and nature is absolutely important for human existence on the earth. Indiscriminate felling of trees makes our planet less green and threatens the wildlife. Forests and trees have an enormous impact on the climate as they are instrumental in drawing rain to the earth. Deforestation has resulted in radical changes in our climate. The overall temperature of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate. The duration of seasons is fluctuating all over the world. The rate of rainfall is becoming erratic. The future of this planet is in trouble unless immediate attention is paid to this danger. The word "instrumental" in the passage means:

• A. Performed on instruments
• B. Secondary
• C. Using instruments to achieve results
• D. Very important in causing something to happen

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

5 . Read the following passage and answer the Increasing every year questions: Forests are an important part of civilization. They not only form a considerable portion of the national wealth of a country, but also play an important role in maintaining the environmental balance. Indiscriminate felling of trees to enhance city areas is a threat to our civilization. We often forget that a peaceful and well-balanced co- existence of man-made civilization and nature is absolutely important for human existence on the earth. Indiscriminate felling of trees makes our planet less green and threatens the wildlife. Forests and trees have an enormous impact on the climate as they are instrumental in drawing rain to the earth. Deforestation has resulted in radical changes in our climate. The overall temperature of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate. The duration of seasons is fluctuating all over the world. The rate of rainfall is becoming erratic. The future of this planet is in trouble unless immediate attention is paid to this danger. According to the passage, the temperature of the world is:

• A. Increasing in a disturbing way
• B. Increasing every year
• C. Decreasing every year
• D. Increasing only in the Polar Regions

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

6 . Read the following passage and answer the Increasing every year questions: Forests are an important part of civilization. They not only form a considerable portion of the national wealth of a country, but also play an important role in maintaining the environmental balance. Indiscriminate felling of trees to enhance city areas is a threat to our civilization. We often forget that a peaceful and well-balanced co- existence of man-made civilization and nature is absolutely important for human existence on the earth. Indiscriminate felling of trees makes our planet less green and threatens the wildlife. Forests and trees have an enormous impact on the climate as they are instrumental in drawing rain to the earth. Deforestation has resulted in radical changes in our climate. The overall temperature of the planet is increasing at an alarming rate. The duration of seasons is fluctuating all over the world. The rate of rainfall is becoming erratic. The future of this planet is in trouble unless immediate attention is paid to this danger. The passage suggests that the future of this planet is in trouble, because ----

• A. Urbanization is likely to stop
• B. Deforestation will bring disasters everywhere
• C. Cities will be flooded as a result of the melting of ice-caps.
• D. The duration of seasons is becoming longer

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

7 . Read the following passage and answer the questions Money is not only coins and banknotes, It is anything that people are willing to use in order to represent tl1e value of other things for the purpose of exchanging goods and services. Money enables people to compare quickly ai1d easily the value of different commodities (such as fish and shoes), to exchange one thing for another, and to store wealth conveniently. There have been many types of money. The most familiar is the coin, which is a standardized piece of imprinted metal. Yet money existed long before the invention of coins, and cultures have prospered using things as currency, such as cowries, cattle, skins, salt, grains, beads, cloth and promissory notes. In modern prisons,  cigarettes have often served as money. Nowadays people do not have to carry money when they go for shopping, the can use debit or cash cards. These cards are also called plastic money.  1. What is the passage about?

• A. The history of money in human society
• B. How money changes society
• C. How coins came into existence
• D. The importance of plastic money

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

8 . How does the passage define money?

• A. Anything that is used to represent the value of something and used for the purpose of exchange of goods and services.
• B. Cowries and coins are used for the purpose of exchange of foods and services.
• C. Something that is only used to store wealth.
• D. A standardized piece of imprinted metal.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

9 . According to the passage ....... .

• A. debit or cash cards were early forms of money.
• B. debit and cash cards have always been there.
• C. debit and cash cards are newer forms of money.
• D. debit and cash cards are money only in our imagination.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

10 . Read the following passage and answer the questions Money is not only coins and banknotes, It is anything that people are willing to use in order to represent tl1e value of other things for the purpose of exchanging goods and services. Money enables people to compare quickly ai1d easily the value of different commodities (such as fish and shoes), to exchange one thing for another, and to store wealth conveniently. There have been many types of money. The most familiar is the coin, which is a standardized piece of imprinted metal. Yet money existed long before the invention of coins, and cultures have prospered using things as currency, such as cowries, cattle, skins, salt, grains, beads, cloth and promissory notes. In modern prisons,  cigarettes have often served as money. Nowadays people do not have to carry money when they go for shopping, the can use debit or cash cards. These cards are also called plastic money.    The passage suggests that ...... .

• A. coins existed long before the invention of money
• B. cowries were never counted as money.
• C. in ancient times, cigarettes were used as money.
• D. coins fallowed the invention of money.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

11 .         In Bangladesh folk music great has great variety , with songs being composed on the culture , festivals views of the life natural beauty rivers and rural and scrivener life these songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the martial world and the metaphors of rives and boats. Since the country is basically riveter, the Bhatiyali forms and importance genre of flok music. Folk music is formed and developed according to the environment . Differences in the natural environment are reflated in the people of the different regions. The dialects  too vary across the different in the different regions. bangladesh folk music northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs. Folk songs may be sung individually or in chorus. Folk songs Leto Alkap and Gambhira. Some songs are regional in character, but others are common to both Bangladesh and West Bengal The most suitable title for the passage is:

• A. Bangla Folk Music
• B. Folk Musical Saga
• C. Bengal Folk Trend
• D. Bangladeshi Folk

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

12 . Probably no belief has been more tenaciously held among people of all times than the conviction that it is possible to judge an individual's mental characteristics by the way he is put together physically. Novelists describe the build, facial shape, coloring, and cloths of their characters in such a way as to accentuate the inner qualities which they assume are  'pooh-pooh' the idea of fortune -telling in general still feel that "there may be something in this palmistry or phrenology." Books explaining personality in terms of the glands obtain wide and enthusiastic acceptance. Employment interviewers develop their own systems of judging prospective employees by their appearance. Habits of thinking in such terms are ingrained in our language in such expressions as "high-brow," "long-headed," of "thin-skinned ."   2. 'Prospective ' in the passage is a /an ____ .

• A. adverb
• B. adverb
• C. adjective
• D. verb

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

13 . When it comes to dealing with violence against vulnerable groups in society, such as children, legislation is one important tool that must be enacted to deter people from resorting to violence. In Bangladesh, there are laws providing protection for children, especially girls, but these laws have often proved to be ineffective either because of an absence of stricter clauses or lack of proper implementation. These have resulted in a surge in violence in recent times. Rape, gang -rape, torture, deaths and child marriage are only a few examples of violence -related cases. Formulating appropriate mechanism for the implementation of the children Act 2013 has become an urgent need to improve the legal protection of children. We must all be sensitized to the rights of children and must unite to create an environment of zero tolerance towards violence of any sorts- sexual, physical or psychological against children through the implementation of the Act. The most appropriate title for the passage would be :

• A. Violence against children
• B. The legal system of Bangladesh
• C. Protection children's rights
• D. children in Bangladesh

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

14 . According to the passage, modern transporation __

• A. Reduces the number of wild animals
• B. Exposes passengers and drivers to radiation
• C. Causes biological disasters
• D. Increases the risk of diseases

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

15 . The passage emphasize that modern technology___.

• A. Is an unmixed blessing
• B. Has caused serious hazards to life
• C. Has produced powerful chemicals
• D. Has benefited highly developed nations

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

16 . According to the passage, the increasing use of fertilizers is responsible for__

• A. Abundance of food
• B. Disturbance in the ecological system
• C. Disturbance in the weather patterns
• D. Water pollution

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

17 . Choose the best for the passage . mashrafe , the--

• A. great pacer
• B. comeback hero
• C. crazy player
• D. brave fighter

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

18 . Dolphins are regarded as the friendliness creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drawing sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man?  Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us ___ is the least satisfactory. On the country, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them. The passage seems to suggest that

• A. Man is not a mammal
• B. Man is the most intelligent mammal
• C. Dolphins are the only intelligent mammals
• D. There could be more intelligent mammals than man .

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

19 . One can infer from reading the passage that -----.

• A. communication is the most fascination aspect of the dolphins
• B. dolphins have some social traits that are similar to those of humans.
• C. dolphins have skills that no other living creatures have, such as the ability to think.
• D. it is not usual for dolphins to communicate with each other.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

20 . The fact that the writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily than they can till us --- .

• A. does not mean that we are superior to them
• B. means that they are better adapted to their environment than we are
• C. shows that dophins have a very sophisticated from of communication
• D. proves that dolphins are not the most intelligent species at sea.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

21 . Dolphins are regarded as the friendliness creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drawing sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man?  Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us ___ is the least satisfactory. On the country, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them. It is clear form the passage that dolphins ------.

• A. don't want to be with us as much as we want to be with them
• B. are proven to be less intelligent that once though
• C. are capable of learning a language and communicating with humans.
• D. have a reputation for being friendly to humans.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

22 . According to the passage

• A. Dolphins have been helping drowsing sailors since the Roman time .
• B. Sailors have helped drowing dolphins since the Roman times.
• C. Dolphins have drowned sailors since the Roman times.
• D. Drowning sailors and dolphins have been helping each other since the Roman times

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

23 . The passage indicates that the ban on Ali

• A. prevented him from excelling
• B. made him quiescent
• C. did no harm to him carrier
• D. did not make him any less great

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

24 . The pioneers of science education imagined that its introduction into the curriculum would erase conventionality, artificiality, and prejudice. So, too in their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classics would banish pedantry and superstition. The chief claim for the use of science in the learning process is that it teaches young ones some truths about the universe that we are part of, acquaints them with the highlights of scientific discoveries, and rationally. To some extent, these goals have been reached only in the first of these aims. Young people who have been given this sort of science education will know the basics of physics and chemistry. However, they will know not much more than what they would have learned by picking up scientific hobbies or suing everyday scientific appliances.   Choose a suitable title for the passage :

• A. The advantages of science education for young people
• B. Preparing students for science education
• C. The Classics and science education for the young .
• D. The problems of science education for young people

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

25 . Use of electronic mail (e-mail) has been widespread for more than a decade and a half. E-mail simplifies the flow of ideas, connects people and a half. E-mail simplifies the flow of ideas, connects people to form distant offices. eliminates the need for a meeting, and often boosts productivity. However, e-mail should be carefully managed to avoid unclear and inappropriate communication .E-mail messages should be concise and limited to one topic. when complex issues need to be addressed, phone calls are still the best. 16.The passage suggests that e-mail messages should be

• A. unclear
• B. clear-cut
• C. detailed
• D. frequent

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

26 . Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?

• A. Why Phone Calls Are Better Than E-Mail
• B. E-Mail's Popularity
• C. E-Mail: The Ideal Form of Communication
• D. Appropriate Use of E-Mail

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

27 . Choose the appropriate for the passage above:

• A. Saving Man and Nature
• B. Conservation Volunteers
• C. Singers, Writers and Actors
• D. Man and Animals

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

28 . Vulture are not careful about what they eat. This makes them vulnerable to eating meat that could be toxic. The consequence often is the death of these birds. That is one reason why these birds are not widely seen in Bangladesh anymore. The other is that the. trees which vultures perch on have also been. disappearing from the land. The net result is the birds are not present throughout the country in the numbers in which they were viewed a generation, or even a decade, ago.   A suitable title for the passage would be:

• A. birds of Bangladesh
• B. Food habits of Vultures
• C. Disappearing Trees
• D. Disappearing Vultures of Bangladesh

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

29 . Widely used in the passage is a /an

• A. adjectiv
• B. adverb
• C. participle
• D. gerund

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

30 . The net result is closet in meaning to which of the following words that have also used in the passage:

• A. consequence pech
• B. perch
• C. generation
• D. reason

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

31 .          There is a popular perception that the reason behind the lack of. Economic dynamism in a range of countries is the lack of entrepreneurship. The reality is that people who live in poor countries have to be very entrepreneurial even just to survive. For every loiterer in a developing country, you have two or three children shining shoes and four or five people hawking things. What makes the poor countries poor is not the absence entrepreneurial energy at the personal level, but the absence. productive ‘technologies and developed — social institutions. especially modern firms. The increasingly apparent problems wit micro-credit_______ very small loans given to poor people in developing countries with the pronounced aim of helping them up business  show the limitations of individual entrepreneurship Especially in the last century, entrepreneurship has become, collective activity, and so the poverty of collective organization.Become an even bigger obstacle to economic development than the deficient entrepreneurial spirits of individuals. A suitable title for the passage would be-

• A. Entrepreneurship in poor and rich countries
• B. What makes the poor countries poor
• C. Limitation of indidual entrepreneurship
• D. Collective organization as obstacle to development

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

32 . Accoding to the author of the passage, which of the following in true?

• A. People in poor countries lack entrepreneurial spirit
• B. People in rich countries exhibit plenty of entrepreneurial energy
• C. Micro-credit is an effective strategy for large -scale poverty reduction
• D. People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

33 . In the passage, the word obstacle refers to;

• A. poverty and lack of opportunity
• B. lack of institutions
• C. Lack of entrepreneurial spirit
• D. dimanation of the rich

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

34 . The word pronounced in the passage implies:

• A. stated
• B. secret
• C. unreal
• D. genuine

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

35 . Nine years ago, a rice paddy in eastern Java suddenly began spewing mud. Before long, it covered three square miles;  roads factories and homes disappeared under a tide of muck.  Twenty lives were lost and nearly 40,000 people displaced, with damages topping $ 2.7 billion.  The disaster,  known as the Lusi mudflow, continues to have its impact till now. A mud volcano, Lusi expels water and clay rather than molten rock. such eruptions occur around the world,   but Lusi is the biggest and most damaging know. Scientists have debated the cause for years. and two intensely argued hypotheses have emerged: Some believe and earthquake set off the disaster,  others that the mudflow was caused by a  company drilling for natural gas. Researchers largely relied on computer models and comparisons with other earthquakes and mud volcano eruptions. But recently scientists uncovered a previously overlooked set of gas, reading collected at the drilling sites by Lapindo BBrantas, a natural gas and oil company, in the days before the mudflow began. In a report in, the new data proves that the drilling by the company caused the disaster.   The passage is about _______ 

• A. Indonesia's nine-year-old volcano's eruption
• B. Mud versus usual volcanoes in science
• C. Indonesia's mud volcano and its causes
• D. Why Indonesia's dormant volcano became active

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

36 . Which statement is false according to the information presented in the passage?

• A. Two smajor causes of Lusi's eruption have been confirmed
• B. Lusi caused thousands of people to leave their homes
• C. Mud volcanoes are not uncommon in the world.
• D. Drilling for natural gas might have caused the volcano

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

37 . What could be an appropriate to the passage?

• A. Food scarcity in Singapore
• B. Lack of food security in Singapore
• C. Diversification of food sources in Singapore
• D. Singapore’s food imports and exports

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

38 . According to the passage, the Singapore government wants to diversify its food sources __ of its high position in the global food security index.

• A. In spite
• B. Despite
• C. In case
• D. Because

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

39 .  In the passage "quarry" means-

• A. the place where the statues were made
• B. the hunted animal
• C. the place from where the stone was dug out
• D. a track

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

40 .  In the passage a child in darkness is likened to----.

• A. someone who lives where there are on seasons
• B. an animal without the sense of touch
• C. a sea creature with on seeing or hearing ability
• D. a deaf child unaffected by the environment

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

41 . Which statement is true in the context of the passage ?

• A. We are unfortunate because we cannot experience winter and summer.
• B. We can feel, smell and taste unlike the deep sea creatures.
• C. We can spend our lives in darkness in bed
• D. We can see the ground beneath our feel and depth of the ocean.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

42 . Judging from the passage, we can say that this passage is mainly about __________

• A. the superiority of human beings over some creatures in terms of senses
• B. how changes in the seasons are perceived by the deep-sea creatures
• C. life of sea creatures at the bottom of the sea
• D.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

43 . In the passage a child in darkness is likened to ___________.

• A. a sea creature with no seeing or hearing ability
• B. a deaf child unaffected by the environment
• C. someone who lives where there are no season
• D. an animal without the sense of touch

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

44 .   Increased numbers of women in science can only be a good thing. Not simply because it is grossly unjust for women to be unable to experience the challenging but also hugely intellectually rewarding experience of participating in scientific resource in half.  sWhat's more, women bring new ways of thinking and a broader range of ideas to the table, which is crucial for science to flourish. All scientists have a responsibility to be feminists and encourage women to participate in science and fight the barriers that exist. However, this is often more easily said than done. There are several proposed reasons for why women are discouraged from participating in science at a ranger of levels -form primary school children to professors. Among other things, these include a lack of role models and support network  -as well as harassment and bullying but also less obvious barriers, for example, unconscious biases in job interviews and letters of reference.  In the end, the way to tackle prejudice against women is to increase awareness of the particular challenges faced by female scientists and to put systems in place that promote equal opportunities. Meanwhile, we need outstanding female role models to show unequivocally that women can compete on the same intellectual level as men and encourage other women to follow their lead  Together we can create the level playing field which is so desperately required.   Which of the following opinions is not shared by the writer of the passage?

• A. Participation of women science is beneficial for humanity .
• B. Women bring in new ideas and resources.
• C. Whom tend to be more intelligent than men
• D. Excluding women from science is counter -productive

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

45 . In the passage , "flourish" means the opposite of -

• A. boom
• B. decline
• C. unfold
• D. grow

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

46 .   Increased numbers of women in science can only be a good thing. Not simply because it is grossly unjust for women to be unable to experience the challenging but also hugely intellectually rewarding experience of participating in scientific resource in half.  sWhat's more, women bring new ways of thinking and a broader range of ideas to the table, which is crucial for science to flourish. All scientists have a responsibility to be feminists and encourage women to participate in science and fight the barriers that exist. However, this is often more easily said than done. There are several proposed reasons for why women are discouraged from participating in science at a ranger of levels -form primary school children to professors. Among other things, these include a lack of role models and support network  -as well as harassment and bullying but also less obvious barriers, for example, unconscious biases in job interviews and letters of reference.  In the end, the way to tackle prejudice against women is to increase awareness of the particular challenges faced by female scientists and to put systems in place that promote equal opportunities. Meanwhile, we need outstanding female role models to show unequivocally that women can compete on the same intellectual level as men and encourage other women to follow their lead  Together we can create the level playing field which is so desperately required.   which of the following is not the reason for women staying away form science, according to the passage?

• A. lack of role models
• B. inadequate faccilities
• C. orthodox mindset
• D. character trait

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

47 . Testimony in the passage implies:

• A. hypothesis
• B. test case
• C. eviedence
• D. glamour

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

48 . Acqusisition in the passage implies:

• A. lacking
• B. loss
• C. gaining
• D. dearth

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

49 .  the passage is all about

• A. the inefficinency of local mobike markets
• B. a locla mobile firm's experience of sim production
• C. the competitive nature of mobile banking
• D. lack of overnment initiative in sim production

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

50 .  'retractile claws' in the passage means _____ .

• A. claws that are extra sharp
• B. cats that can change shape
• C. claws that can move inwards
• D. claws that are sensitive to feelings

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

51 .  The title below that best expresses the ideas in the passage is

• A. making people aware about information flows
• B. Decreasing
• C. centralized information flow
• D. improving social services

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

52 .  In the passage we get mainly ___________types of judgments.

• A. two
• B. three
• C. four
• D. seven

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

53 . According to the passage judgement are______.

• A. seldom made
• B. frequently made
• C. rarely made
• D. discouraged

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

54 . As Pavlova’s bird body revealed itself on the scene, either;  immobile in trembling mystery or tense in the incredible are which; was her lift, her instep stretched ahead in an are never before seen,the tiny bones of her hands in ceaseless vibration , her face radiant,diamonds glittering under her dark hair, her. little waist encased. In silk, the great tutu balancing quickening and flashing over her! beating, flashing, quivering legs, every man and woman. sat: forward, every pulse quickened. She never appeared to rest static, some art of her trembled, vibrated, beat like a heart. Before our: dazzled eyes, we flashed. with the sudden sweetness of a hummingbird in action too quick for understanding by our gross utilitarian standards in action sensed rather than seen. The movie cameras could not record her allegro. Her feet and hands photographed as a blur. The passage is describing ______.

• A. a bird named Pavlova
• B. Confused
• C. a ballet because
• D. A hummingbird

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

55 . In the passage allegro means-

• A. fast movement
• B. fast music
• C. full bodt
• D. delicate

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

56 . The main subject of the passage is -

• A. The beauty of a coral reef
• B. The correlation of climate and life
• C. The correlation of climate and life
• D. The colours of a coral reef

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

57 . The most suitable title for the passage would be :

• A. Climate and differences in people
• B. Different lives in different parts of the world
• C. Climate and different parts of the world
• D. Climatic differences the world over

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

58 . From the quotation at the end of the passage, we get a picture of the country which is :

• A. communist
• B. democratic
• C. socialist
• D. idealistic

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

59 . what is ther meaning of the word lip-service in the second paragraph of the passage ?

• A. a plan followed by actions
• B. a promise with commitment
• C. a blank firing
• D. a promise not followed by actions

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

60 . what is the critical meassage of the passage ?

• A. a collective effort is needed from the inernational community wo wards combating the effects of global warming
• B. global warming is having an adverse effects on agriculture
• C. global warming is causing droughts in many parts of the earths
• D. The us is responsible for 25% of the global warming

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

61 . what is the main cause of global warming as inferred from the passage ?

• A. A continued rise in sea levels
• B. Emission of carbon dixide
• C. melting of ice-caps in the polar counineuts
• D. Frequent droughts in many parts of the earth

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

62 . The writer of the passage agrees with

• A. Sainte - Bauve
• B. neither Proust nor Sainte -Bauve
• C. Proust
• D. both the criteies

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

63 .  Once a bird is brought to a rehabilitation center, basic procedures are followed. First, the bird is sedated, if necessary, and examined to detect broken bones, cuts or other injuries. Next, oil is flushed from its eyes and intestines. Heavily oiled birds are then wiped with adsorbent cloths to remove patches of oil. Stomach -coating medicines may be administered orally to prevent additional absorption of oil inside the bird's stomach. The bird is then warmed and placed in a quiet area. Finally, Curtains are often hung around the area to limit the bird's contact with people.  The passage is about :

• A. The preservation of aquatic creatures from water pollution.
• B. Measures taken to treat a broken limb of a bird
• C. The treatment of a water bird after an oil spill.
• D. Preventive measures taken to rehabilitate an infected bird

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

64 . According to the passage the main function of literacy is to

• A. promote interaction between people
• B. enable people to read and write
• C. enable people to get better jobs
• D. promote knowledge

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

65 . According to the passage the main medium of 'communication's is --

• A. TV
• B. radio
• C. standard language
• D. telephone

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

66 . What is the basic message of the passage ?

• A. Banks and financial insutituiion
• B. The market economy is not working
• C. WB and IMF have done great harm to the word
• D. US people do not approe wastage of tax payers money

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

67 . A successful text is the one where the reader is taken along by the flow of the writing, doesn't get lost or confused, and comes away with the feeling that the ideas it contains could not have been expressed in any other way. So it is important to make a plan in which ideas are developed logically and necessary information is introduced at exactly the right point, Where it is necessary to use ideas of information that have not been referred to for some time. the reader needs a gentle reminder of what it is necessary to use ideas of information that have not been referred to for some time. the reader needs a gentle reminder of what these are. If the flow of ideas needs a gentle reminder of what these are. If the flow of ideas needs to take a sudden new turn, this may need preparation or explanation. It every point, the reader's needs, expectations, and possible difficulties must be considered. The introduction is often the most difficult section to write. That first sentence can often prove exasperatingly elusive. Novelists sometimes agonize for weeks over the first sentence of a new novel it sets the tone of what is to come and fixes the reader's expectations.      Choose the most suitable the title for the passage :

• A. An essay on texts
• B. Writing
• C. A satisfactory pattern
• D. A beautiful text

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

68 . What can be the appropriate title of the passage ?

• A. establishig more finace institutions
• B. Establishig a social stock exchange
• C. Establishing companies without profit
• D. Establishing wealth creating business

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

69 . What is the ceritical message of the passage ?

• A. Business implies wealth creation only
• B. Business runs on no profit no loss
• C. Business implies doing well to people without ensuring its cost-effective poeration
• D. Business implies doing good to society and people in addition to wealth creation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

70 . Giving a presentation can be a worrying prospect, Nervous about the audience 's important, some speakers read from a prepared text. Such occasions are rarely a success. A reader finds it difficult to engage with an audience in the way that an unscripted speaker can. When you read, your eyes are much of the time, turned down towards your script and thus away from the audience. You do not make eye contact and cannot be properly aware of the way in which your listeners are responding to your words.  Choose a suitable title for the passage.

• A. Problems of Presentation
• B. Reading and Talking
• C. Stage fright
• D. Of Talkers and Listeners

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

71 . The second half of the twentieth century saw more changes than the previous two hundred years. There were many remarkable advances in medicine that helped to increase our average life expectancy way beyond that of our ancestor's Incredible innovations such as television changed the way we spend our leisure hours. Perhaps the most important breakthrough, however, has been the microchip. Nobody could have imagined, when it was first invented, that within a matter  of years, this tiny   piece of silicon would be found in almost every household object form the kettle to the video recorder, And nobody could have predicted the sudden proliferation of computers that would completely change our lives, allowing   us to access information from  the other side of the world via the internet /www or send messages around the world by e-mail  at the touch of a button. Meanwhile, research into other aspects of information technology is making it easier and cheaper for us to talk to friends and relations around the world.  Choose the most suitable title for the passage :

• A. Wonders of Technology
• B. Progress
• C. Recent Break through in Technology
• D. Sciences

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

72 . The passage suggests that :

• A. In general, men are more sensitive than women
• B. In general, women are more sensitive than men
• C. Men and women are equally sensitive
• D. Men are never as sensitive as women

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

73 . What can be the appropriate title of the passage ?

• A. Be careful about bacteria
• B. prevent food poisonig at home
• C. eat poison free food
• D. avoid serving food properly

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

74 . What is the critical message of the passage ?

• A. protect your health
• B. Enrich your knowledge about bacteria
• C. do not eat at any party
• D. learn how to destroy bacteria

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

75 . Accpording to the passage, which one is the cause of food poisoning ?

• A. keping cold food always cold
• B. keeping hot food always hot
• C. cooking food at safe temperature
• D. not serving food properly

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

76 . Throughout human history, nearly all people were close to the soil. Therefore their lives were profoundly affected by the alternation of winter and summer, by the coming and going of the full moon, and by the pattern of rain and drought and the annual harvest. Steadily the ever-expanding city replaced the countryside as the home of most of the world's people, and the big cities now have dwarfed the biggest city of several hundred years earlier. In 1995 at least 25 cities each  held more than seven million inhabitants In the passage the word 'dwarfed' means -

• A. were smaller than
• B. made look smaller
• C. are comparable to
• D. are not as big as

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

77 . According to the passage the lives of the people were -

• A. greatly influenced by nature
• B. little influenced by nature
• C. somewhat influenced by nature
• D. were not influenced by nature

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

78 . Advertising has become a very specialized activity in modern times. In the business world  of today . supply is usually greater than demand . There is great competition between  different manufacturers of the same kind of product to buy their own particular brand . They always have to remind the consumer of the  name  and qualities of their  product. They do this by advertising. The manufactuere  advertises in the product in commercial radio programmes. He employs attractive sales- girls to distribute samples  of it. He  organizes competitions, with prize for the winners. He often advertises on the screens of local cinemas. Most  important of all , in countries that have television he has advertisements put  into programmes that will accept them.  There are --- kinds of advertisements mentioned in the passage.

• A. five
• B. six
• C. seven
• D. eight

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

79 . The Victorian cult of death is quite unique in English history. Never before or since have the English been so obsessed with the rites and rituals of deaths. Funerals and mourning: whole language rites and rituals of deaths Funerals and mourning: a whole language of dress, objects, and social formalities grew up around it  Queen Victoria herself set an example of irreproachable widowhood for her subjects to follow. After Prince Albert's death in 1861, she remained in mourning for over ten years. To the end of her life, she preferred to wear black. Many people thought she  e=carried things too far; it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to re-enter public in 1871, An appropriate title for the passage would be:

• A. Black Obsession
• B. Language of Mourning
• C. After Prince Albert
• D. Victorian Rites

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

80 . according to the passage before the final results of the study were known which of the folllowing seemed likely?

• A. That he highest productivity
• B. That workers who initially achieved high productivity
• C. That the highest performance ratings would be achived by workers with highest roductiviy
• D. Taht supervisors who claimed to value

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

81 . It can be inferred that the author of the passage of the passage discussed unmonitored workers primarily in order to:

• A. Computer the ratings of these workers wih the ratings of monitored workers
• B. provide an exam
• C. provide an example of a case in which monitoring might be eddective
• D. emphasize the effect that CPMCS may have on workers perception of their jobs

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

82 . According to the passage hygiece factor is an aspect of worker's performace that:

• A. has no effect on the rating of
• B. is sobasic performace
• C. is given les imprtance than it deserves in rating a worker's performance
• D. is not likely to affect a worker's rating unless it is judged to be inadequate

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

83 . The primary purpose of the passage is so:

• A. explain the need for the information of an innovative strategy
• B. discuss a study of the use of particular method
• C. recommend a course of action
• D. solve a difference of opinion

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

84 . A rain forest, as the term suggests, is a kind of wooded are subject to unusually heavy and frequent rains, Found only in the tropical or subtropical  regions of the Caribean, Brazil, Africa, and Asia, rain forests contain a great variety of trees including bamboo, palm, cedar ebony, calabash and white wood. Many of these trees grow to a height of more than a hundred feet, with dense canopies or crowns characteristically forming three. distinguishable stores. Although ground flora is sparse, climbers of all kinds abound and often exotic flowers appear inconspicuously in the thick foliage.  1. Choose a suitable title for the passage.

• A. Trees and rain forest
• B. A Dream region
• C. The Rain Forests
• D. Forestry

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

85 . The phrase 'impact upon' in the passage is closest in meaning to--

• A. affect
• B. intrude
• C. vary
• D. prohibit

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

86 . The word potential the passage could best be replaced by---

• A. range
• B. advantage
• C. organization
• D. possibility

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

87 . Although speech is generally accepted as the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using words. In every known culture, signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are commonly utilized as instruments of communication. There is a great deal of agreement among communication scientists as to what each of these methods is and how each differs from the others. For instance, the basic function of any signal is to impact upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, as, for example, the dots and dashes that can be applied to telegraph circuits. Coded to refer to speak, the potential for communication through these dots and dashes - short and long intervals as the circuit is broken - is very great. Which of the following would be best title for the passage ?

• A. Signs and signals
• B. Gestures
• C. Communication
• D. Speech

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

88 . According to the passage , the main difference between the system of medical practice is that _

• A. the modern medical system ignores environmental causes.
• B. the modern medical system does not always examine the root cause of the disease
• C. the modern medical system looks at the emotional imbalance of a patient .
• D. the modern medical system believes that a balanced life can prevent illness

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

89 . A suitable title for the passage would be---

• A. man and machines
• B. the rise of capitalism
• C. consequences of technological revolution
• D. the spread of science

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

90 . About fifty years ago, plant physiologists set out to grow roots, by themselves in solutions in laboratory flasks. The scientists found that the nutrition of isolated roots was quite simple. They required sugar and usual minerals and vitamins. However, they did not require organic nitrogen compounds. These roots got along fine on mineral inorganic nitrogen. Roots are capable of making their own proteins and other organic compounds. These activities by roots require the energy of course. The process of respiration uses sugar to make the high-energy compound ATP, which drives the biochemical reactions. Respiration also requires oxygen. Highly active roots require a good deal of oxygen.  1.What is the main topic of the passage ?

• A. The relationship between a plant's roots and its shoots
• B. what can be learned by growing roots in isolation
• C. How plants can be grown without roots
• D. How plants can be grown without roots

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

91 . According to the passage , what is ATP?

• A. A biochemical process
• B. The tip of root
• C. A chemical compound
• D. A type of p;ant cell

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

92 . Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer of the question given on the basis of you comprehension of the passage: Think customer says a huge in the lobby of Dell 3, one of Dell Computer Corporation's their biuding at the Round Rock Texas campus, The reminder almost seems redundant because that's what Dell's Computer Corporation has room to symbolize since its humble beginning in Michael Dell's dorm room in 1983. Rather than let the computer re sellers medicate the relationships between company and customer, Dell began with a redically different business model for a high tech company ; Sell computers directly to customers and offer them direct technical support ' We have a tremendously clear business model' says Michel  Dell , the 35 years old founder. There's no confusion about what the value proposition is, what the company offers and why it's great for customers. That's very simple thing but it also garners tremendous profits for the company . In 1998, Dell's revenues were 12.3 billion, with thew company growing at the rate of 52 percent a year. It recently passed IBM to become the nation's second largest seller or business computers and is because the gaining of Compaq. Dell is running rings around competitors because the direct to customer business model enables the company to be extremely responsive Because model enables the company to be extremely responsive . Because its computers are built to order allowing it to slash inventories and keep costs low. Dell can prices products 10% to 15% less than its rials can. 1.How old was Mr. Michael Dell when he began the comppany

• A. 21 years
• B. 35 years
• C. 27 years
• D. None

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

93 . Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer of the question given on the basis of you comprehension of the passage: Think customer says a huge in the lobby of Dell 3, one of Dell Computer Corporation's their biuding at the Round Rock Texas campus, The reminder almost seems redundant because that's what Dell's Computer Corporation has room to symbolize since its humble beginning in Michael Dell's dorm room in 1983. Rather than let the computer re sellers medicate the relationships between company and customer, Dell began with a redically different business model for a high tech company ; Sell computers directly to customers and offer them direct technical support ' We have a tremendously clear business model' says Michel  Dell , the 35 years old founder. There's no confusion about what the value proposition is, what the company offers and why it's great for customers. That's very simple thing but it also garners tremendous profits for the company . In 1998, Dell's revenues were 12.3 billion, with thew company growing at the rate of 52 percent a year. It recently passed IBM to become the nation's second largest seller or business computers and is because the gaining of Compaq. Dell is running rings around competitors because the direct to customer business model enables the company to be extremely responsive Because model enables the company to be extremely responsive . Because its computers are built to order allowing it to slash inventories and keep costs low. Dell can prices products 10% to 15% less than its rials can. 16.Think Customer means'

• A. Customers are requested to think
• B. Customers are orderderd to think
• C. Thinking how to find out
• D. None of the above

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

94 . The word 'launched' in the passage means_______ ,

• A. established
• B. floated
• C. invented
• D. introduced

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

95 . Select the most suitable title for the passage.

• A. Making history
• B. People's contribution
• C. Civilization and history
• D. the sunsung soldiers

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

96 . According to the passage, NASA is worried that ____ .

• A. Its spacecraft may unwillingly harm Jupiter's life forms
• B. NASA astronauts may be harmed by Jupiter's life forms
• C. Its spacecraft may crash land into Jupiter accidentally
• D. NASA should abandon its Jupiter programmer immediately

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

97 . I conceived an admiration for him as a statesman, a man of affairs, and a war leader, If felt the utmost confidence in his upright inspiring character and outlook, and personal regard. the affection I must say.... for him beyond my power to express today His love for his own country, his respect for its constitution, his power of always evident, but added to these were the beatings of that generous heart which was always stirred to anger and to action by wear. It is, indeed, a bitter loss to humanity that those heartbeats are stilled forever. 1.The passage describes the qualities of --- .

• A. a statesman
• B. a man of affairs
• C. a war-leader
• D. all of the above

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

98 . The last line of the passage means that......

• A. the heart of the man still beats
• B. it is a sad loss to the humanity that the heart-beats of the man still resound
• C. it is a sad loss to humanity that the heart of the man still resound
• D. it is a sad loss to the humanity that the heart of the man stopped beating for ever

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

99 . The word 'mobile' means, in the context of the passage -----.

• A. telephone
• B. engine-lubricant
• C. portable
• D. changing rapidly

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

100 . Choose the most suitable title for the passage from the following suggestion ----

• A. Homage to a leader
• B. A man of affection
• C. A nationalist
• D. Homage to our country

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

101 . I conceived an admiration for him as a statesman, a man of affairs, and a war leader, If felt the utmost confidence in his upright inspiring character and outlook, and personal regard. the affection I must say.... for him beyond my power to express today His love for his own country, his respect for its constitution, his power of always evident, but added to these were the beatings of that generous heart which was always stirred to anger and to action by wear. It is, indeed, a bitter loss to humanity that those heartbeats are stilled forever. 16.One of the following descriptions of the man the writer is praising in the passage does not match.Pick the description:

• A. He had great love for his country.
• B. His power to judge the changing public opinions was questionable
• C. He had deep respect for the constitution
• D. He reacted angrily to spectacles of aggression

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

102 . In the passage , 'sensational ' means

• A. excitement
• B. excessive excitement
• C. due to excitement
• D. causing excitement

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

103 . In the passage exclusion means

• A. to go out side
• B. to fight out
• C. the cat of keeping out
• D. dept out

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

104 . In the passage 'in order to ' means

• A. for discipline
• B. to establish discipline
• C. in giving an order
• D. with the purpose of

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

105 . In the passage 'some' means _____ .

• A. not as many as
• B. approximately
• C. a little more than
• D. more than

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

106 . In the passage 'distinct' means ______ .

• A. recognizable
• B. separate
• C. portable
• D. long -lasting .

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

107 . In the passage ' particular ' means ____ .

• A. exact
• B. strange
• C. new
• D. special

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

108 . In the passage 'considerable' means -

• A. Moderate
• B. Significant
• C. Limitless
• D. Debatable

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

109 . In the passage ' they were doomed to fail' means _

• A. Their failure was unavoidable
• B. Their failure was not sure
• C. They were destroyed totally
• D. They were about to fail

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

110 . In the passage ' base metals' means __ .

• A. Precious metals
• B. Metals which cannot be melted easily
• C. Non -precious metals, like copper
• D. Pure metals

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

111 . In the passage ' paved the way ' means ____ .

• A. put stone and bricks on the way
• B. closed the way
• C. continued progress
• D. prepared the way

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

112 . In the passage ' concerned with ' means -

• A. Interested in
• B. Worried about
• C. Related to
• D. Ignorant about

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

113 . What is the best title of the passage? 

• A. Symbolism of the Great Pyramid
• B. Problems with the construction of the Great Pyramid
• C. Wonders or the Great Pyramid of Giza
• D. Exploration of the Burial Chamber of Cheops