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Choose the word or phrase ( A, B, C or D). Write your answers in the spaces bellow. The unemployment rate of the area ……………..every year until 2003 then started to fall.
A. raised
B. rose
C. dropped
D. decreased
It is gravity……………………objects towards the earth.
A. pulling
B. to pull
C. what pulls
C. what pulls
…………problems in sailing in tropical seas is the coral reefs.
A. One of the biggest
B.The biggest one
C. Of the biggest one
D. There are the biggest
……………foreign languages requires great effort.
A. Learn
B. Learning
C. To learn it
D. Learnt
I am tired"
“ ……… ”
A. Me too
B. Also me
C. For me the same
D. I also
I’m really not satisfied with the way you have …………………the situation.
A. dealt
B. handled
C. done
D. fingered
We may win, we may lose- It is just the ………………..of the draw.
A. strike
B. odds
C. chance
D. luck
War is ……………as open-armed conflict between countries or factions within countries.
A. delineated
B. declared
C. defaulted
D. defined
I hope you won’t take it…………………if I suggest an alternative remedy.
A. offence
B. amiss
C. upset
D. most
Claims for compensation could ………………… run into billions of pounds.
A. far
B. much
C. well
D. most
Although all Americans do not (1) ............ the same way,
A. say
B. speak
C. talk
D. tell
their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a (2) …… of English distinct from British English, Australian English and other national varieties.
A. alteration
B. change
C. variety
D. variation
It began to (3) ............ from British English during its colonial beginnings
A. diverge
B. divert
C. digress
D. depress
and (4) ............ regional differences and ethnic flavor.
A. enquired
B. inquired
C. required
D. acquired
Today it (5) …………….other languages and other varieties of English because it is the medium by which the attractions of American culture - its literature
A. affluence
B. fluency
C. influences
D. nuances
(6) ............pictures and television programs - are transmitted to the world.
A. motion
B. moving
C. movement
D. removing
All speakers of English (7)............ a common linguistic system and a basic set of words.
A. have
B. bear
C. tear
D. share
American English (8) ............ from British English, Australian English and other national varieties in many of its pronunciations
A. differentiates
B. differs
C. changes
D. alters
other national varieties in many of its pronunciations, words, spellings and grammatical (9) ..............
A. constructions
B. building
C. points
D. syntax
Words or phrases of American (10) ............ and those used in America but not so much elsewhere, are called Americanisms.
A. birth
B. source
C. origin
D. tradition
What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The life of Langston Hughes
B. The Harlem Renaissance
C. African-American writers
D. American twentieth-century writers
Where was Langston Hughes born?
A. Spain
B. New York
C. Missouri
D. North Carolina
As used in the passage, which of the following words could best replace the word "ports"?
A. Islands
B. Ships
C. Friends.
D. Harbors
To which of the following movements might Shakespeare in Harlem refer?
A. The Civil War
B. The Harlem Riots
C. The Harlem Renaissance
D. The Civil Rights Movement
What provided Hughes with assistance for his travel to Spain and Russia?
A. His job as a reporter
B. His career as a soldier
C. A literary fellowship
D. A college study program
The word "talents" in the passage could be replaced by which of the following?
A Desires
B. Abilities
C. Strategies
D. Careers
According to the author, what did Hughes do during the later years of his life?
A. Write short stories
B. Popularize African-American writers
C. Advocate racial equality
D. Write about life in Harlem
Which of the following could best replace the word "accomplished" as used in the passage?
A Successful
B. Prolific
C. Brilliant
D. Imaginative
Which of the following can best substitute for the word "depicting" in the passage?
A. Congratulating
B. lessing
C. Screening
D. Portraying
According to the passage, Langston Hughes was all of the following EXCEPT:
A A novelist
B. A poet
C. A historian
D. A journalism