DPS Final Exam Practice- Grade X - English Language

Which one is *not* the reason for locals' belief in the existence of ancient race of giants?

• Locals can prove existence of thriving cities long before ‘regular-sized’ humans arrived in the area

• Ecuadorian legends tell of an ancient city of giants.

• Tribes from all over the Amazon basin recollect their memories of giants

Choose what the text means by ‘thriving cities’ (line 3)

• Big buildings

• Growing settlements

Choose what the text means by ‘ancient structures’ (line 5)

• buildings from distant past

• old systems

Is the given statement true or false?

The 80-metres-tall by 80-metres-wide pyramids show that the giants worked hard.

• True

• False

The Ecuadorian authorities did

not want to believe the findings because ...

• one of the teams of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture inspected the pyramid

• the regular size of the blocks was nothing more than a natural

  formation

• the blocks were of the artificial origin

• the inspection was brief

Which one is *not* the reason why the

researchers are wrong in their theories?

• mound shape could be no more than mud and foliage

• the sites have not been excavated yet

• the shape of the mound suggests that the pyramids may be buried beneath them.

Choose an option with a word or phrase which has the same meaning that the word: recollect ( line 2)

• collect

• reminisce

• revive

• summon

Choose an option with a word or phrase which has the same meaning that the word: an inclination ( line 6)

• a slope

• a capacity

• an angle

• an acclivity

Choose an option with a word or phrase which has the same meaning that the word: wilfully ( line 14)

• calculatedly

• deliberately

• heedlessly

• recklessly

Choose an option with a word or phrase which has the same meaning that the word: excites ( line 21)

• agitates

• provokes

• thrills

• motivates