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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
A person born in the Year of the Tiger is capable of earning large sums of money, but he is rather a spendthrift and does not always put his money to best use. He can also be most generous and will often shower lavish gifts on friends and relations. That is why a Tiger person has many friends and acquaintances.
Which of the following is true about a person born in the Year of the Tiger?
He spends his money in extravagant and irresponsible way.
He is a good businessman.
He is always successful in earning large sums of money.
He welcomes people in need and helps them in whatever way he can.
“It’s twenty-five after six and the sky still has some shades of purple and orange…oh well just like me, I am standing here, in this secretive rooftop, overjoyed…yet there are still some fragments of fear and haze… I wonder if the sky is glad and excited about the night or if it is crying over the bright day that passed.”
– Fehl Dungo – “Higher than the Rooftop”
What is the mood of the story?
Happiness
Sorrow
Confusion
Grief
A dance instructor is holding an aerobics class every morning in front of the town market where there is a big open space. There are many participants and he charges them 10 pesos per session. In contrast, a Zumba class in the nearby dance studio has only 10 participants because the enrollment fee is expensive. Only the rich can afford to enroll in the Zumba class.
What can we deduce from the situation?
The participants of the aerobics class are all poor.
The aerobics class is more enjoyable than the Zumba class.
The aerobics class is more popular than the Zumba class.
More people enroll in the aerobics class because the enrollment fee is affordable.
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus
What does this proverb mean?
Even someone with minor ability is considered special by those with no ability at all.
Someone who can see will be able to take advantage of others who cannot see.
It would be easy for someone who can see to become king in a land of people who cannot see.
It's more advantageous to be able to see, even a little bit, than to be blind
Most researches in needy countries are based on the thinking and approach of the highly developed Western world, and seldom have they been directed toward meeting the countries' own development needs.
The sentence best supports the statement that _________.
Needy countries need researchers to help them reach the status of the Western world.
Most researches done in needy countries are missing their objectives.
Highly developed countries offer the best guide for the development of needy countries
Most researches have universal application.
Arrange the following into proper order:
A. Fat, milk and eggs were forbidden during the Lenten season, and people ate dry pretzels instead of bread.
B. They were especially popular on Ash Wednesday.
C. Pretzels date back to the early Christians in the Roman Empire.
D. They were used at that time solely for religious purposes.
CABD
CDAB
ABCD
CADB
A. Pepper is considered to be the most important of all the spices in the world
B. After salt, it is the seasoning most used for food.
C. In ancient times and during the middle ages, only the rich could afford to use pepper.
D. It had to be carried by caravan from the Far East and this made it so expensive that a kilo of pepper was considered a fitting present for a king!
E. In some ways pepper was like gold.
What is the appropriate sequence of the sentences above?
DCEBA
BCDEA
CDEAB
ABCDE
Choose the appropriate order for the sentences below:
A. Nobody knows exactly when falconry began, but we do know it was a long, long time ago.
B. According to ancient Japanese writings, the Chinese used trained falcons more than four thousand years ago!
C. Falconry was probably known in Europe by the beginning of the Christian era.
D. One of the greatest falconry books of all time was written in the thirteenth century by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
CABD
DCBA
ABCD
BDCA
What is the appropriate order of the following sentences:
A. Imagine for a moment that an unknown animal had been discovered deep in the jungles of South America.
B. What does it look like? What are its winning characteristics?
C. Take a paper now and draw it, making some notes about your sketch.
D. It is destined to replace the dog and the cat in popularity as a domestic pet during this century.
CBAD
ADBC
ADCB
ABDC
A. The first step in the process, evaporation, is going on practically all the time during the day.
B. But this invisible water vapour does not change into visible cloud droplets every day.
C. If there are very few or no dust – particles in the air, condensation is not likely to take place.
D. Water vapour is rising into the atmosphere.
E. And this is because the water vapor has to have a surface on which to condense.
What should be the proper order of these sentences?
ADBEC
CDEAB
ACDBE
BCDEA
