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Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized one:

REWARD

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The word closest in meaning to bewilderment is:

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What is life? A little scum of no importance on the surface of an unimportant globe circling round a second-rate star? An accidental conglomeration of atoms which have come together by an odd chance, the result of an exceedingly improbable happening? That is what some astronomers would have us think. Looking out into the depth of space, they have discovered a universe of unthinkable dimensions. A billion suns in our own galaxy, beyond it perhaps a billion galaxies, only revealed to us as tiny smudges on a photographic plate. No wonder they are impressed by the enormous disparity between the scaffolding and the result. Life seemed to be, as Jeans said, ‘an utterly unimportant by-product’ in a universe which was clearly not designed for life, and which, to all appearances, is either totally indifferent or definitely hostile to it’. It seemed ‘incredible that the universe can have been designed primarily to produce life like our own; had it been so, surely we have might expected to find a a better proportion between the magnitude of the mechanism and the amount of the product.

According to the author if the universe had been designed primarily to produce life like our own then:

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Anglo-Saxon is now, of course, a dead language, but a good deal of its vocabulary has survived, in one form or another to the present day. Most of the very common words in modern English are Anglo-Saxon in origin; nouns like father, mother, food, drink, bed, hunger; most of the prepositions and conjunctions; and nearly all the strong verbs. When it was mixed with Norman French, there were three main results: the grammar was simplified, the pronunciation and spellings became much more complicated and the vocabulary was enormously extended. French is a Latin language, so the major part of our vocabulary is now Latin in origin.

A “dead language” is:

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The two machines _____________ considerably. One has an electric motor, and the other one runs on oil.

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The traveler ____ a long tour to water the camel.

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Slipshod: organization (analogy):

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What type of statement is the following: I have two sisters.

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The slaughter of animals for their fur ________ caused controversy.

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But man is not destined to vanish. He can be killed, but he cannot be destroyed because his soul is deathless, and his spirit is irrepressible. Therefore, though the situation seems park in the context of the confrontation between the superpowers, the silver lining is provided by an amazing phenomenon that the very nations which have spent incalculable resources and energy for the production of deadly weapons and desperately trying to find out how they might never be used. They threaten each other, intimidate each other and go to the brink, but before the total hour arrives, they withdraw from the brink.

Irrepressible’ in the second line means:

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He invited __ and Zia to dinner.

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If you ____________ (start) at once you can reach by 6 o’clock.

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Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized one.

BRUTAL:

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What part is wrong in the following sentence?

You must had a kind and gentle heart if you want to become a successful doctor.

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By next Saturday, I ________________ (work) on this painting for exactly one month.

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Lions, like any other carnivores, _____ on meat.

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Select the right sentence:

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Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.
GENTLE

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Complete the sentence using the grammatically correct word or phrase.

They ______ to watch a movie _____ going home.

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Due to the extremely hot weather, the electric company is planning to turn off power in certain districts during the day. This will reduce the total demand for electricity and prevent a city-wide shutdown of electrical services. Power will not be out longer than two hours in your area. For further information, please visit our Web site at www.electricity.com. All areas affected by the shutdown are listed there, as well as the times that the power will be turned off in each area.

Why is the power being turned off?

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