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Culture
générale 100 points
50 questions à
choix multiple
(QCM)
45 minutes
Compréhension
et expression
écrite
en français
100 points
50 questions à
choix multiple
(QCM) dont une
partie visant à
juger de la com-
préhension d'un
texte
45 minutes
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logique
et numérique
100 points
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choix multiple
(QCM)
45 minutes
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et expression
écrite en anglais
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50 questions à
choix multiple
(QCM) dont une
partie visant à
juger de la com-
préhension d'un
texte
45 minutes
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sont proposées ; une seule réponse est correcte.
Barème de notation
Épreuve
de Culture
générale
Épreuve de
Compré-
hension et
expression
écrite en
français
* Epreuve de
Raisonne-
ment logique
et numérique
Épreuve de
Compré-
hension et
expression
écrite en
anglais
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réponse ou
réponses
multiples
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d'inscription, la session ainsi que le centre d'écrit du candidat.
■ Le candidat noircit la case correspondant à la réponse
choisie, en utilisant le crayon fourni par le centre d'écrit ou
un portemine (B ou HB). Les corrections doivent
impérativement être effectuées avec un blanc correcteur.
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BON • MAUVAIS (szS ^ <*=>]
Exemple : extrait d'un QCM de culture générale et de la feuille de
réponses d'un candidat.
Question X - Des cinq pays européens suivants, lequel a la superficie
la plus grande ?
1. L'Allemagne
2. L'Espagne
3. La France
4. L'Italie
5. Le Royaume-Uni
Feuille de réponses :
Question X
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L'inscription s'effectue en ligne sur le site internet :
http://score.iae-message.fr
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est proposée :
- le centre d'écrit (lieu de passage du Score) ;
- la session à laquelle il souhaite participer ;
- les formations dans lesquelles il envisage de déposer un
dossier de candidature.
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sont définitifs et ne peuvent être modifiés quel que soit le
motif.
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30 euros. Le paiement s'effectue uniquement en ligne, par carte
bancaire.
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tion par e-mail sous format pdf.
Le remboursement en cas d'absence n'est pas possible, quel
que soit le motif (même médical).
Pour améliorer ses résultats, le candidat a la possibilité de se
présenter à plusieurs sessions. Dans ce cas, le candidat présen-
tera aux formations dans lesquelles il postule le meilleur de ses
scores.
( 4. DéRouiemenT du scorg ine-messflGeJ
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de présenter :
- la convocation reçue par e-mail, imprimée ;
- une pièce d'identité en cours de validité (la carte d'identité,
le passeport et le permis de conduire sont les seules pièces
d'identité autorisées).
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Le candidat dispose de 3 heures pour composer. Le sujet com-
plet comportant les 170 questions lui est remis au début de
l'épreuve ; le candidat gère donc son temps comme il le sou-
haite.
Les documents, dictionnaires, lexiques et calculatrice sont for-
mellement interdits durant l'épreuve. Aucun brouillon n'est
fourni, ni autorisé durant l'épreuve.
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pas être à portée des candidats.
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de réponses complétée ainsi que son sujet. Toute grille de ré-
ponses rendue sans le sujet ne sera pas corrigée.
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de la transmettre aux formations dans lesquelles il souhaite
postuler et de déposer un dossier de candidature.
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une durée de 2 rentrées universitaires. Par exemple, les résul-
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tats. Il est donc inutile de tenter de les falsifier. En cas de tenta-
tive de fraude, chacune des formations en sera immédiatement
avertie et le dossier du candidat sera automatiquement rejeté.
f 5. cflienDRiGR nés sessions 2017 du scors me-messRGe
En 2017, 8 sessions sont organisées en France :
■ lre session : mardi 14 février 2017
■ 2e session : samedi 11 mars 2017
■ 3e session : samedi 18 mars 2017
■ 4e session : jeudi 27 avril 2017
■ 5e session : samedi 29 avril 2017
■ 6e session : jeudi 18 mai 2017
■ 7e session : mardi 30 mai 2017
■ 8e session : jeudi 24 août 2017
Et 4 sessions sont organisées à l'étranger :
■ lre session : mardi 21 février 2017
■ 2e session : mardi 14 mars 2017
■ 3e session : mardi 11 avril 2017
■ 4e session : mardi 2 mai 2017
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de places est limité (cf. site internet).
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Cette épreuve comprend deux parties :
■ la première partie {Expression, 35 questions) évalue les
capacités d'expression du candidat par la maîtrise écrite
de l'anglais ;
■ la seconde partie {Compréhension, 15 questions) évalue
l'aptitude du candidat à comprendre et analyser un texte
ayant trait à la vie économique ou à une situation de
décision en gestion, et à maîtriser les concepts et le
vocabulaire qui s'y rapportent.
L'épreuve prend la forme de questions à choix multiple (QCM).
Sa durée conseillée est de 45 minutes.
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1
GHPRession
According to the Finance Minister the economy was going
through a bad ... but would soon return to growth.
1/ Period
2/ Patch
3/ Piece
4/ Moment
5/Time
The minister went on to say that ongoing reforms will ...
the way for improved working conditions for ail.
1/ Make
2/ Set
3/ Mark
4/ Pave
5/ Highlight
It was Friday afternoon and the unruly pupils were
continually being reminded to ... attention by the teacher.
1/ Lend
2/ Fix
3/ Provide
4/ Give
5/ Pay
Mary had taken an early breakfast so by midday she was
beginning to feel a little ....
1/ Pedantic
2/ Peevish
3/ Peckish
4/ Perky
5/ Brackish
The coach was well known for his half-time ... talks which
always motivated the team for the second half.
1/ Ont
2/ Shop
3/Pep
4/Train
5/ Walks
The température had risen slightly since the sudden snowstorm
and on the roads most of the snow was turning to ... .
1/ Sluice
2/ Slush
3/ Mush
4/ Sludge
5/ Mud
There was now a slight... with the family's plan to buy their
mother's birthday présent on the day. They had forgotten
today was a bank holiday and ail of the shops were closed.
1/ Snub
2/ Shirk
3/ Snare
4/ Snarl
5/ Snag
The sales were starting today and queues of shoppers were
waiting for opening time in order to ... up some bargains.
1/ Snap
2/ Snip
3/ Snag
4/ Soak
5/ Shore
Heavy rain had fallen ail morning in the hills, so by
lunchtime the hikers' clothes were well and truly ....
1/ Soppy
2/ Soiled
3/ Sullen
4/ Sodden
5/ Shabby
The previous owner had not carried out any rénovation work
on the property for many years, and by now the wallpaper
was looking very ....
1/ Scrappy
2/Tatty
3/ Scraggy
4/ Smart
5/ Sad
Relations between the two countries had been ... for some
time, before agreement was reached on how ownership
could be shared of the disputed territory.
1/Taught
2/Tawdry
3/Tant
4/Taunted
5/Tainted
Subject to receiving ail of the information listed below
we will ... to produce our report by the end of this week.
1/ Empress
2/ Enforce
3/ Empower
4/ Endeavour
5/ Endure
If a driver causes death or serious injury by driving
dangerously he or she could end ... in prison.
1/ Down
2/ Up
3/ Over
4/ Out
5/ Left
Once ail of the items listed on the agenda had been dealt
with, the committee meeting was ... to a close.
1/ Carried
2/Taken
3/ Brawn
4/ Reported
5/ Brought
There were over six thousand product references split
over several locations. Not surprisingly James always fount
the stock count very ....
1/Tedious
2/Tenuous
3/Tenacious
4/Terse
5/Truculent
Hidden in between huge cliffs they found a ... beach which
was accessible only by boat.
1/ Secured
2/ Sedated
3/ Secluded
4/ Segregated
5/ Shielded
The neighbours were having a barbecue and the smell of
roasting sausages was ... over the hedge.
1/ Flowing
2/ Wafting
3/ Wandering
4/ Wallowing
5/ Billowing
Guy was known as a bit of a ... and could always be relied
on to tell a few jokes at the end of the meal.
1/ Twit
2/Wag
3/ Brag
4/ Wager
5/ Bigwig
Suzy was an adept negotiator and after only twelve months
with the firm she was able to ... her way into a new job with
a much higher salary.
1/ Waggle
2/ Wrangle
3/ Waffle
4/ Waddle
5/ Wangle
I bave been ... here for a few days and therefore I will not
return home until early next week at the earliest.
1/ Wayward
2/ Wavered
3/ Waylaid
4/ Leeward
5/ Outlaid
Just after midnight witnesses heard the ... of an aircraft
engine followed by a loud thump.
1/ Wine
2/ Grind
3/ Whine
4/ Wail
5/ Wheeze
A ... sixty tonnes of fish had been landed at the port over the
last three days.
1/ Strapping
2/ Flipping
3/ Flopping
4/ Whopping
5/ Hopping
Once the ... had gone out the children could fîsh for shrimps
and search for crabs in the rock pools.
1/ Sea
2/ Water
3/Tide
4/ Océan
5/ Marine
Her schedule was ... : work by day, classes two nights per week,
studying evenings and weekends, plus a family to look after.
1/ Gripping
2/ Gruesome
3/ Great
4/ Gruelling
5/ Grisly
We are having a terrible time on holiday: our original hôtel
was overbooked so we were switched to a ... little hôtel
situated behind a factory and five kilométrés from the beach.
1/ Gritty
2/ Grumpy
3/ Gross
4/ Gory
5/ Grotty
This is a sensationalistic and ... collection of true stories that
highlight real terror.
1/ Fulsome
2/ Gruesome
3/ Wholesome
4/ Winsome
5/ Wistful
2/ Just behind the point the ancient lighthouse and its ... rocks
are exposed to some of the strongest coastal currents in Europe.
1/ Rigged
2/ Ragged
3/ Jagged
4/ Snagged
5/ Haggard
28 The crew had been given the order to abandon ship so they
prepared to ... the life rafts into the boiling sea.
1/ Throw
2/ Deposit
3/ Offload
4/ Disembark
5/ Jettison
29 The Chairman had announced his retirement barely a week
ago, but his potential successors were already ... for position.
1/ Jockeying
2/ Jousting
3/ Juggling
4/ Juxtaposing
5/ Jogging
9Q In order to raise money charities will often organise ... sales
where they will sell items donated by members of the public.
1/ Summer
2/ Bargain
3/ Winter
4/ Fumble
5/ Jumble
@
2J Mary was very good at keeping in ... with her friends and
never forgot to send a card on their birthdays.
1/ Contact
2/ Partnership
3/Touch
4/Tune
5/View
32 is important for management to anticipate changes in
market conditions adjust its strategy and thereby keep the
company's fortunes on an even ....
1/ Feel
2/ Keel
3/ Reel
4/ Heel
5/ Creel
33 Old people should in général be ... of people contacting them
by téléphoné, post or e-mail to sell goods at a huge discount.
1/ Suspect
2/ Wavy
3/ Scary
4/ Wary
5/ Prudent
34 In fhe face of a serions threat the government will do ...
is necessary to protect the security of its citizens.
1/ Whomsoever
2/ Whatever
3/ Whoever
4/ Wherever
5/ Whichever
Police offîcers are still questioning the family and friends of
the missing person but nobody appears to know bis ....
1/Thereabouts
2/ Hereabouts
3/ Whereabouts
4/ Wherever
5/ Wheresoever
1
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I eHPGRience: i ujrs suiGPT ougr a imgrpall
The Guardian - Sean Steininger
| Friday 22 ]uly 2016 14.00 BST
1 I had been living on the Hawaiian island of Maui for about a year,
| working as a dive instructor, when friends from the mainland US came
| to visit last summer: Renee and her boyfriend Jason, Noah, Sarah and AJ,
| ail keen to have some adventures. We spent a week exploring another
| island, but there was a spot doser to home I wanted to show them - a
| serene 30-foot waterfall with a beautiful dive pool beneath it. l'd been
| once before and thought it would be a perfect place to spend the day
| 2 There was a walk of about two miles from the road upstream to the
| falls, along a path known as the Commando Hike. About halfway
| there, a light rain began. The area is notorious for flash floods during
| the rainy season and we'd been hearing warnings ail week, but the
i shower was so gentle I thought nothing of it; by the time we reached
| our destination it had already stopped. We had to wade up the stream
| to reach the swimming hole, in water that was no more than knee-deep.
| 3 On my last visit, Td jumped in from a ledge halfway up, to the side
i of the falling water. AJ was keen to try it and we stripped to our
| swimming shorts. Renee is a film-maker and Jason a photographer,
| and as AJ and I climbed the cliff face, Renee set up a drone with a
| caméra to shoot some video, while Jason took pictures from a beach-
| like area facing the waterfall. Noah and Sarah cooled off in the pool.
| 4 I climbed to the top of the waterfall and waded across to a rock in
| the middle, right near the edge. I was standing there, messing around
| while Jason took pictures, when I saw AJ on the ledge below, signalling
i that he was about to jump. I had no intention of leaping from where I
| was - there was a danger I wouldn't clear the face of the waterfall and
| there were too many rocks right below. But when I stepped back into
j the stream, I plunged in up to my waist.
| 5 Moments before it had been knee-deep and the pull had been gentle
i - now I felt myself being dragged to the lip of the waterfall. Leaning
| forward, I grabbed for rocks, trying to gain stability as I edged towards
| the bank. But the water just kept rising. I found another big rock and
i latched on to it like a limpet, blinded by panic but clinging on even
| as the water rose up to my shoulders, then chin. As it covered my
| face, the pull became irrésistible and I was ripped off the rock into the
| brown-black surge. I remember feeling in freefall, and a jolting impact
| as my heel bounced off something hard. Then I was fully submerged,
i spinning and cartwheeling. My training as a diver was no use here -
| Td experienced nothing like this in the océan.
i 6 I tried to strike for the surface but had no idea which way I was
| pointing. I wondered if I was being drawn towards a larger waterfall
i a hundred yards downstream, but when my head broke the surface,
| I saw the current had spat me out by the beach; the force had been so
i great that Td cleared the cliff face and the rocks completely, with only
i my foot clipping the ledge as I fell. The others had already scrambled
j on to the beach to escape the flood, but as the water continued to rise,
| we realised we were standing on a fast-shrinking island. There was
| no way back, but we managed to reach the opposite bank, wading
i in water up to our chests, or using vines and overhanging branches
i to haul ourselves across. Looking back, we saw the island we'd been
| standing on had completely disappeared.
i 7 I learned later that until I appeared on the beach, everyone had
i assumed Td drowned. I got to see how close a call Td had, too; Renee
i managed to retrieve her drone and seeing the footage underlined how
| lucky we'd been to escape with our lives. Other than my throbbing
| foot, we were completely unharmed.
i 8 As we climbed, we ran into another stranded hiker who called 911.
28
We were told to wait for a helicopter, which had to retrieve other people
farther downstream first. We'd been lucky - the rescue team told us
they often had to recover bodies. In flood season, rainwater can collect
in the mountains, overflow and funnel down ail at once. I was stupid
N to ignore the warnings; Fil pay more heed to local knowledge in future.
Questions
In the following phrase taken from the first paragraph
Ail keen to have some adventure", the word "keen" means: //
1/ Strong
2/ Acute
3/ Enthusiastic
4/ Cold
5/ Intense
2 In the following phrase taken from the first paragraph
"There was a spot doser to home'', the word "spot" means:
1/ Mark
2/ Location
3/ Geographical area
4/ Period
5/ Blemish
In the following phrase taken from the second paragraph
"The area is notorious for flash floods during the rainy
season", the word "flash" means:
1/ Brief space of time
2/ Sudden rush
3/Volatile mixture
4/ Ostentatious display
5/ Sham
In the following phrase taken from the second paragraph
"We had to wade up the stream to the swimming hole",
the word "hole" means:
1/ Fault
2/ Opening
3/ Area hollowed out
4/ Deep place
5/Vacancy
In the following phrase taken from the third paragraph
'Td jumped in from a ledge halfway up", the word "ledge"
means:
1/ A layer of rock containing an ore
2/ Board
3/Tree
4/ Branch
5/ Narrow shelf-like rock
In the following phrase taken from the fourth paragraph
"I was standing there, messing around while Jason took
pictures", the word "messing" means:
1/ Behaving in a silly way
2/Treating people badly
3/ Doing things without any purpose
4/ Eating
5/ Interfering
In the following phrase taken from the fourth paragraph
"I had no intention of leaping from where I was",
the word "leaping" means:
1/ Reacting quickly
2/ Coming into prominence
3/ Jumping
4/ Diving
5/ Falling
In the following phrase taken from the fifth paragraph
"I remember feeling in freefall, and a jolting impact",
the word "jolting" means:
1/ Shocking
2/ Painful
3/ Causing a sudden jar
4/ Solid
5/ Huge
In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph
"I tried to strike for the surface", the word "strike" means;
1/ Arrive
2/ Set out
3/ Break
4/ Swim
5/ Float
|Q In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph
"I was being drawn towards a larger waterfall",
the word "drawn" means:
1/ Pushed
2/Thrown
3/ Pulled
4/ Drifted
5/ Cruised
|J In the following paragraph taken from the seventh
paragraph "1 got to see how close a call Td had, too",
the word "call" means:
1/ Sommons
2/ Prédiction
3/ Shout
4/ Escape
5/ Effort
|2 In the following phrase taken from the seventh paragraph
"seeing the footage underlined how lucky we'd been to
escape", the word "footage" means:
1/ Length
2/ Photographs
3/ Height
^ 4/ Distances
5/ Part of a film 4-J .c CT1
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In the following phrase taken from the eighth paragraph
"As we climbed, we ran into another stranded hiker",
the word "stranded" means:
1/ Marooned
2/ Left helpless
3/ Aground
4/ Injured
5/ Lost
In the following phrase taken from the eighth paragraph
"Fil pay more heed to local knowledge in future",
the word "heed" means:
1/ Hold to account
2/ Attention
3/ Credibility
4/ Notification
5/ Information
In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph
"The others had already scrambled onto the beach",
the word "scrambled" means:
1/ Dashed
2/ Barged
3/ Jockeyed for position
4/ Moved quickly using their hands
5/ Scuffled
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(UOTRG SCORG )
Chaque bonne réponse vous donne 2 points. Une réponse
fausse n'entraîne pas de points négatifs. Pour chacune des
questions une seule réponse est correcte.
Questions Bonnes réponses Questions Bonnes réponses
Questions d'Expression 26 2
1 2 27 3
2 4 28 5
3 5 29 1
4 3 30 5
5 3 31 3
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It is debatable ... trends in the wages and salaries of
researchers will vary significantly between industries.
1/ Whatever
2/ Wherever
3/ However
4/ Whether
5/ Ever
There is a ... belief that literacy and économie prosperity go
hand in hand.
1/ Panoramic
2/ Upheld
3/ Widespread
4/ Large
5/ Overall
The grant funding provided to overseas projects was limited
so the government wanted to ensure it was not allocated ...
according to the whims of local officiais.
1/ Riff-raff
2/ Willy-nilly
3/ Silly-Billy
4/ Shilly-shally
5/ Molly coddle
The leading runners were now ... sight of the finish line and
used their remaining reserves of energy in the race to the line.
1/ Withhold
2/ Without
3/ Over
4/ Under
5/ Within
The new leadership were promised the ... support of
the members.
1/ Warmhearted
2/ Wholehearted
3/ Heartbreaking
4/ Hearty
5/ Wholesome
Ail members must... by the internai rules of the association
and pay their subscription on time.
1/ Astride
2/ Abide
3/ Résidé
4/ Deride
5/ Betide
Under the law once the tenant had been evicted for
non-payment of rent he became of no fixed ....
1/ Property
2/ Domicile
3/ Home
4/ Dwelling
5/ Abode
Jacques had never visited London before and rather than
relying on guide books he decided to walk ... the city in
order to discover it for himself.
1/ In
2/Throughout
3/Through
4/ Over
5/ Around
When preparing their assessments the teachers were
asked to make ... for pupils who did not speak English
as a first language.
1/ Allowances
2/ Compensation
3/ Adjustments
4/ Provisions
5/ Additions
Jane had forgotten that garlic did not... with her so after
trying a few snails the night before she woke up with an
upset stomach.
1/ Support
2/ Pass
3/ Meet
4/ Agree
5/ Settle
It would soon be low tide and as the boat was late leaving
the harbour it soon ran ....
1/ Amok
2/ Away
3/ Aboard
4/ Abed
5/ Aground
The door of the director's office had been left... so his
secretary could hear everything he said to the Chairman
about the Company's poor resuit for the year.
1/ Acute
2/ Astride
3/ Ajar
4/ Afar
5/ Adjacent
A bystander managed to ... the knife from the attacker's
grasp before he managed to plunge it into the victinTs chest.
1/ Writhe
2/ Wring
3/ Wreak
4/ Wrench
5/ Wriggle
Bill was leaving after thirty-fîve years with the firm and his
colleagues had arranged a ... round in order to offer him a
gift for his retirement.
1/ Pass
2/ Whip
3/ Hand
4/ Whisk
5/ Whirl
Sophie did not have a due about the answer to the final
exam question so she had a ... guess at the answer.
1/Vague
2/ Précisé
3/ Savage
4/ Wild
5/ Big
The journey by car is so long ... you will get bored
after two hours.
1/Than
2/ Where
3/ From
4/That
5/ As
They want... London and they need your help to
communicate in English.
1/ Go to
2/To go to
3/To go at
4/ Going by
5/ Go for
We insist on ... the holidays with Mary.
1/ Spending
2/ Spent
3/ Spends
4/ Spend
5/To spend
They're going to have the ... holidays of their life.
1/ More exciting
2/ More excited
3/ Most excited
4/ Exciting
5/ Most exciting
After ... the race, he surpassed Leonidas of Rhodes.
1/ Winner
2/To win
3/ Wins
4/ Winning
5/To winning
The candidate said that he intended ... his unorthodox
campaign style.
1/ Sticking at
2/ To stick with
3/To stick on
4/ Stick by
5/To stick
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22 ••• not comprehensive, the proposais are realistic,
incrémental and far better than Michaers vague plan.
1/ Whom
2/Within
3/ While
4/ When
5/ Who
22 There was a hole in the boat... he rented and he had to
swim back to the beach.
1/ What
2/ From
3/ Ago
4/ By
5/ Which
24 The boy ... David has invited is his cousin.
1/ What
2/ Who
3/ Which
4/ With
5/ Where
25 The articles ... they want to write will be read
by a lot of people.
1/ Who Q.
2/ Whom
3/ Where
4/ Which
5/ When
Back at home, they express their feelings ... the party.
1/ For
2/ About
3/ By
4/To
5/ With
If only we ... see Mary tomorrow.
1/ Could
2/ Can
3/ Were
4/ Will
5/ Can't
They ... worry about the weather,
it was a beautiful day.
1/ Don't have to
2/ DoesiTt have to
3/ Do have to
4/ Haven't to
5/ DidrTt have to
He wasn't allowed to go to the beach ... .
1/ On his own
2/ On her own
3/ By her own
4/To his own
5/ On himself
It won't be necessary for them to return home ... night.
1/ By
2/To
3/ For
4/ From
5/ At
They aren't brothers, ...?
1/ Aren't they
2/ Is he
3/ Are they
4/ Isn't he
5/ Is she
l've never seen ... so wonderful.
1/ Anything
2/ Nothing
3/ No what
4/ A thing
5/ What
We've been here ... last week and we've already seen Mike.
1/ From
2/ Since
3/ For
4/ By
5/ When
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34 Can we have a look ... them now?
1/To
2/For
3/At
4/ With
5/ By
35 They've been here ... two days.
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1/ From
2/ Ago
3/ By
4/ For
5/ At
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hy Frank Van Riper
The Washington Post
1 "Of ail the means of expression, photography is the only one that
| fixes forever the précisé and transitory instant. We photographers
| deal in things that are continually vanishing, and when they have
| vanished, there is no contrivance on earth that can make them come
back again. We cannot develop a print from memory" (From Henri
| Cartier-Bresson's 1952 essay on The Décisive Moment).
i 2 Henri Cartier-Bresson, (1908-2004), the legendary photographer,
| coined the term "the décisive moment" to refer to photography's
unique ability to freeze time, to capture moments in an instant, be it
the fleeting émotion between two lovers, peak sports action or tragedy
| amid war and upheaval.
1 3 It can be assumed that he was not talking about landscape
photographers making pictures of immovable mountains, or still life
photographers or architectural photographers. (And just as obviously,
| given the year of his essay, he was not talking about some poor soul
trying to digitally manufacture a great moment after the fact in
| Photoshop).
| 4 What he was talking about was only one type of shooting: call it
journalism, documentary photography, spot news photography,
| interprétative or environmental protaiture - even snapshooting.
5 Cartier-Bresson was talking about photography of the evanescent,
| of the here and now. The kind of photography that, in many ways,
i defines the entire craft, the entire art. \ ' ►
6 Most photography, but especially this kind, bas a tenuous réputation
for truth-telling largely because of the camera's, if not always the
photographer's, ability to record events objectively. In fact photography
is unique among the visual arts, not only because a photograph
cannot be created from (sometimes clouded and prejudiced) memory,
but because the subject of the photograph - and not really the
photographier - détermines absolutely what that depiction will be.
7 This seemingly miraculous confluence of expression, gesture,
lighting and composition is what makes so much of Cartier-Bresson's
work exceptional, especially since most of it happened on the fly, in
the real world and not in the studio.
8 Part of being able to capture the décisive moment is practice and
just as in fishing, it requires great patience and flawless reflexes. Fve
learned that sometimes the best moments happen before or after an
actual event. The first instance that cornes to mind is trying to make
a telling picture of a child blowing out birthday candies. You wait for
the child to perform and most often youTl get a passable snap of a kid
with billowing cheeks blowing out candies. But with more experience
you wait for the instant just after the candies go out, when the child
looks up from the cake, his or her face flush with excitement and
achievement amid a wreath of candie smoke.
9 One of my favourite shots during my time as a children's
photographer was of twin toddler boys sitting side by side on a couch
in their parents' living room. During the shoot I asked the mother
to place her older son's electric guitar - something they were never
allowed to touch - in their lap. The ecstatic looks of the boys' faces-
the décisive moment, to be sure - was the best picture of the session.
The smallest thing, the little human détail, can be a great subject
and when you capture it and everything else falls together, it is a
wonderful feeling.
10 "Photography shows us things that lie beyond our imagination and
compel our amazement because they really happened/ said writer ►
(48)
y"" n / \
I photographer David Jenkins. "It revels in the beauty, the mystery and
| the strangeness of life. It is the most powerful purely visual médium
i ever created. "
| 11 That is why I cringe to hear some people - even photographers,
i though none I really admire - dismissing the idea of the décisive
| moment as outmoded, even irrelevant in the digital âge. That
j somehow, a transcendent picture - a photograph - can be patched
| together from différent digital éléments.
I 12 Sure it can. Just dont call it photography.
| 13 And just as important, don't try to pass it off as same.
Questions
In the opening paragraph. How does Henri Cartier-Bresson
describe photography?
1/ A form of entertainment
2/ A means of expression
3/ An interesting hobby
4/ A complicated process
5/ A work of art
Referring to paragraph 2, according to Bresson, what unique
ability does photography possess?
1/ It can make the subject look good
2/ It créâtes memories
3/ It can predict the future
4/ It has the ability to freeze time
5/ It can alter reality
Also referring to paragraph 2, he speaks of a "fleeting
émotion". What does the word "fleeting" mean?
1/ Gentle
2/ Short lived
3/Troubled
4/ Overlooked
5/ Intense
Referring to paragraph 5. What type of photography
is Henri Cartier-Bresson speaking of in his essay
"The Décisive Moment".
1/ Still photography
2/ Landscape photography
3/ Archecetural photography
4/ Photography of the here and now
5/ Portrait photography
According to the author of the article, photography has
a réputation for what?
1/ Enhancing the moment
2/ Exaggeration
3/Telling the truth
4/ Omitting détails
5/Telling lies
Referring to paragraph 6, who détermines absolutely how a
photograph will be depicted?
1/The photographer
2/The background
3/The caméra
4/The weather on the day
5/The subject of the photograph
In the following sentence taken from paragraph 6. "In fact
photography is unique among the visual arts, not only
because a photograph cannot be created from memory, but
because the subject of the photograph - and not really the
photographer - déterminés absolutely what that depiction
will be." What does the word "depiction" mean?
1/ Something that is represented in art form
2/The clarity of the photograph
3/The subject matter
4/The end resuit
5/The shutter speed
In paragraph 7. What adjective does the author use to
decribe Henri Cartier-Bresson's work?
1/ Dull
2/ Exceptional
3/ Amateur
4/ Uninspiring
5/ Mundane
According to the author, what is it that is required of a
photographer to capture the décisive moment?
1/ Luck
2/ Knowledge
3/Talent
4/ Practice and Patience
5/ Ability
In paragraph 8, the author talks about the best moment to
capture a great photograph, according to him,when is the
best moment?
1/ Before or after an event
2/ When everyone is facing the caméra
3/ When the caméra is focused properly
4/ When everyone stands still
5/ On a clear day
What slang word is used for photograph in paragraph 8?
1/ Pap
2/ Snipe
3/ Snap
4/ Pic
5/ Shoot
In paragraph 9, how does the author describe the expression
on the twin boys faces while having their picture taken with
an electric guitar?
1/ Bored
2/ Worried
3/ Frightened
4/ Ecstatic
5/ Gloomy
@
In the article, the author refers to photography as what kind
of médium?
1/ Sound
2/Visual
3/ Dance
4/ Light
5/ Print co CD- zn
m |4 In the following phrase taken from paragraph 11.
"That's why I cringe to hear some people - even some
photographers, though none I really admire - dismissing the
idea of the décisive moment as outmoded..." What does the
word "cringe" mean?
1/To feel embarassed
2/To look away
3/To become frightened
4/To ignore
5/To seek help
Also referring to paragraph 11 and the phrase "dismissing
the idea of the décisive moment as outmoded..." What does
the word "outmoded" mean?
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1/ Modem
2/ Unusable
3/ Unsuitable
® 4/ Faulty
f1 5/ Old fashioned
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The two workers are pleased ... their experience.
1/ Straight
2/ By
3/ For
4/To
5/ With
Ail summer, kids have been ... in front of the Library
in London.
1/ Hanging on
2/ Hanging at
3/ Hanging with
4/ Hanging off
5/ Hanging out
It's the only way they can complété their online math .
1/ Housework
2/ Working out
3/ Homework
4/ Work out
5/ Worker
I know there are technological hurdles to ... universal
broadband.
1/ Provide
2/ Providing
3/ Provides
4/ Provided
5/ Had provided
That's ... how the staff still sees it.
1/ Pretty much
2/ Beauty much
3/ Awful les
4/ Much
5/ So
... March 2016, the Army warned the committee about that.
1/To
2/ At
3/ By
4/ For
5/ In
I told him that a lot of people ... to interféré with the course
of justice.
1/ Was trying
2/ Has tried
3/ Is trying
4/ Were trying
5/Tries
The Army deserves crédit for ... the corrosive power of
improper influence.
1/To recognize
2/ Recognizing
3/ Recognize
4/ Recognized
5/ Recognizes
... using the screen to work, we played Pac-Man.
1/ Instead by
2/ Instead for
3/ Instead on
4/ Instead at
5/ Instead of
Since 1970, Michael has voted ... the Republican candidate
in presidential élections.
1/ From
2/ At
3/ For
4/ By
5/ In
We have seen concerns ... foreign nations meddling directly
in United States élections.
1/ For
2/ By
3/ With
4/ About
5/ If
@
|2 They should ... planning to verify and audit voting
wherever possible.
1/ Starting
2/ Started
3/ Start
4/ Begins
5/ Beginner
12 The government is ... reaching its officiai consumer inflation
target of around 3 percent this year.
1/ Confident of
2/ Confidence
3/ Confident for
4/ Confidence from
5/ Confident by
m
|4 The producer price index fell 1.4 percent in July from
a year ..., smaller than June's 3.6 percent décliné.
1/ Since
2/ By
3/To
d 4/ On c
5/ Ago o UD i—i O «N
The company reported a record $1.4 billion pounds' annual
f1 loss on Wednesday, hammered by a ... shale. >- Q.
1/ Bad bedding of
2/ Bad bet
3/ Good bet
4/ Bad bet on
5/ Bad betting
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|0 The world's ... mining company said cost cuts and a
réduction in net debt should see it double its free cash flow
to more than $7 billion this year.
1/ Big
2/ Biggest
3/ Bigger
4/ Small
5/ Smaller
|7 There is some sense that prices have stopped ... as opposed
to being in free fall.
1/ Feel
2/ Fell
3/ Failed
4/ False
5/ Falling
|g The underlying profit was the ... since the merger of A and C
— in 2011.
1/ Waked
2/ Weakest
6 3/ Weakness c
4/ Awake
5/ Weaker i—i o «N O 4-J
10 It announced a full-year dividend of 30 cents, which it said
was more than the minimum under its new .... u
1/ Playout policy
2/ Layout policy
3/ Payout policy
4/ Playout politics
5/ Layout politics
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2(J It added that déclinés in the index ... in the second half of
this year.
1/ Will also ease
2/ Also easy
3/ Easily
4/ Easel
5/ Will also
21 The online ... quickly went stratospheric.
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1/ Bids
2/ Boding
3/ Biding 2j||
4/ Bidding
5/ Biting
22 The knives were ont for the minister to step down following
a ... week in politics.
1/ Disaster
2/ Disastrous
3/ Distaste
4/ Deserted
5/ Desired
23 The élection was won by a ... majority. (y)
1/ Significant
2/ Signified Q.
3/ Stratifiéd
4/ Concentrated
5/ Concerted
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24 He was due to stand trial for his ... involvement
in the killing.
1/ Illégal
2/ Alledged
3/ Alligned
4/ Alledgely
5/ Illegally
25 Ifwas a very high ... case.
1/ Profit
2/ Provide
3/ Contrive
4/ Defile
5/ Profile
25 He had a distinguished ... record of public service.
1/ Black
2/Track
3/Trick
4/ Slick
5/ Stock
2/ The charity provides éducation and ... for teenagers.
1/ Supported
2/ Supports
3/ Support
4/ Supporting
5/ Supporter
28 He ... a broken leg in the accident
1/ Developed
2/ Pertained
3/ Sustained
4/ Obstained
5/ Retained
29 There was public ... as events unfolded.
1/ Outcome
2/ Outlook
3/ Outing
4/ Outer
5/ Outcry
9Q It was a ... moment as they waited for the final resuit.
1/Terse
2/ Tame
3/Tense
4/Tease
5/Tried
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get the ... of him.
1/ Most
2/ Best CTl
Q.
4/ Good
3/ Great
4/ Good
5/ Bette
32 He resigned following a ... of criticism from the public.
1/ Waft
2/ Wave
3/ Wove
4/ Weave
5/ Waver
33 He was suspended for one month ... the incident.
1/ Following
2/ Flowing
3/ Feeling
4/ Fleeting
5/ Freeing
34 II had ... apparent over recent days that things
were not good.
1/ Being
2/ Became
3/To be
4/ Become
5/Was
35 A lot of money was raised ... goodwill and hard work.
1/True
2/Though
3/Through
4/Tough
5/Thou
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The annual rate of CPI hit 0.6 per cent in July, up from 0.5 per cent
in June and analysts predict further increases due to Brexit
The Independent. August 16th 2016. Ben Chu Economies Editor
1 Consumer price inflation picked up in the wake of the UïCs Brexit
vote, hitting its highest rate since November 2014.
2 The Office for National Statistics said the annual rate of CPI hit 0.6
per cent, up from 0.5 per cent in June and higher than City of London
analysts had been expecting.
3 A separate ONS measure of "factory gâte" inflation rose at an annual
rate of 0.3 per cent in July, the biggest increase since June 2014, and
breaking two years of déclinés.
4 This suggests that the record fall in sterling in the wake of the 23 June
référendum vote is beginning to push up the import costs of domestic
manufacturers, which should eventually feed through into higher
consumer prices.
5 Samuel Tombs of Panthéon said he expected the consumer price
inflation rate to hit 3 per cent next year, above the Bank of England's
officiai 2 per cent target.
6 "Inflation's pick-up... will gain strong momentum in 2017, when
sterling's dépréciation will boost core goods inflation" he said.
7 "Labour market weakness might constrain wage growth soon, but
with productivity also likely to fall sharply as the economy slows,
v firms' cost pressures will remain intense".
© ✓ / \
! 8 The ONS said the main drivers of the increase in the consumer price
| inflation rate in July were rising prices of motor fuels, alcoholic drinks
| and accommodation services.
| 9 "It looks probable that consumer purchasing power will be
| significantly diluted over the coming months as inflation trends
| higher and earnings growth is limited,, said Howard Archer of IHS
| Global Insight.
| 10 ''Companies may well look to clamp down on workers' pay as they
| strive to save costs in a more difficult environment and as imported
| input prices are lifted by the weakened pound. Meanwhile, a likely
| softening labour market and reduced consumer confidence will dilute
!. workers' ability and willingness to push for higher pay awards".
Questions
| What is this text about?
1/This text is about tourism in London
2/This text is about foreign investment in United States
3/This text is about job insecurity in France
4/This text is about conséquences of a référendum
5/This text is about English inflation
2 What is "CPI"?
1/ Inflation
2/ Labour Party
3/ Economy
4/ An organization
5/ A race
What is ONS?
1/ Office for National Sciences
2/ Office for National Statistics
3/ Organization for New Sciences
4/ Organization for National Statistics
5/ Organization for New Statistics
What does "in wake of" (title) mean?
1/ Sleeping
2/ After the morning
3/ Instead of
4/ Waking
5/ As a resuit of
What does "picked up" (paragraph 1) mean?
1/ Felt down
2/ Collapsed
3/ Decreased
4/ Improved
5/ Disappeared
Why will inflation go on increasing?
1/ Because of the Labour Party
2/ Because of companies'prices
3/ Because of the Sterling dépréciation
4/ Because of the government
5/ Because of the rest of Europe
The word weakness (paragraph 7) is closest in meaning to
1/ Increase
2/ Walker
3/Vulnerability
4/ Dislike
5/ Aversion
Which historical rate did inflation hit?
1/ Inflation hit the rate of 2017
2/ Inflation hit the rate of November 2014
3/ Inflation hit the rate of June 2016
4/ Inflation hit the rate of July 2016
5/ Inflation hit the rate of June 2017
The word constrain (paragraph 7) is closest in meaning to:
1/ Go
2/ Leave
3/ Stop
4/ Give up
5/ Oblige
The word confidence (paragraph 10) is closest in meaning to?
1/ Sureness
2/Truth
3/ Secret
4/ Friendship
5/ Rule
When did Brexit vote occurred?
1/ During spring 2016
2/ During winter 2016
3/ During fall 2016
4/ At the beginning of summer 2016
5/ At the end of winter 2016
What does "clamp down'' (paragraph 10) mean?
1/ Give down
2/ Collapse down
3/ Buy down
4/ Increase down
5/ Shut down
What does "main drivers" (paragraph 8) mean?
1/ Conséquences
2/ British bikers
3/ Motors of growth
4/ Boats drivers
5/ Race drivers
Which prices increased the most in July?
1/ Real estate
2/Tobacco
3/ Manufactured products
4/ Housing services
5/ Because Chinese export bikes
The word willingness (paragraph 10) is closest in meaning to
1/ Full
2/ Ache
3/ Inclination
4/ Leader
5/ Silence
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GHPRession
Their living conditions were ... cramped.
1/ Quiet
2/ Quit
3/ Quite
4/ Quote
5/ Quid
He was ... prepared for the long journey that lay ahead.
1/ Bad
2/ III
3/ Nothing
4/ Idly
5/ Some
The company was fraudulent in its ... .
1/ Delving
2/ Peelings
3/ Dating
4/ Dappling
5/ Dealings
He ... going against ail the odds.
1/ Keeping
2/ Keeper
3/ Kept
4/ Keep
5/ Crept
They conducted their affairs ... an exemplary manner.
1/At
2/ On
3/ Over
4/To
5/ In
He was a ... figure in the political campaign.
1/ Father
2/Key
3/ Full
4/ Slim
5/Big
She played a major ... in his life
1/ Rail
2/ Roll
3/ Risk
4/ Rôle
5/ Route
It was a city positively ... with power and culture.
1/ Homing
2/ Humming
3/ Hounding
4/ Hiding
5/ Having
London is, and always was the ultimate ... pot.
1/ Meeting
2/ Fleeting
3/ Melting
4/ Molting
5/ Mating
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3/ Foreseen
4/ Foresight
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1/ Much
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4/Vowed
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foreign country.
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3/ Only
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5/ Even
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significant arrears.
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2/ After
3/ Since
4/ Over
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By Bill Bryson
1 The Grand Canyon was the one vivid experience from my childhood
I that I could hope to recapture and I had been looking forward to it for
| many days. By the time I reached the entrance to the Grand Canyon
| National Park, and paid the $5 admission, snow was dropping heavily
| again, thick white flakes so big that their undersides carried shadows.
| 2 The road through the park followed the southern lip of the canyon
| for thirty miles. Two or three times, I stopped in lay-bys and went
| to the edge to peer hopefully into the silent murk, knowing that
| the canyon was ont there, just beyond my nose, but I couldn't see
| anything. The fog was everywhere-threaded among the trees, adrift
| on the roadsides, rising steamily off the pavement. It was so thick I
| could kick holes in it. Glumly I drove on to the Grand Canyon Village,
| where there was a visitohs centre and a rustic hôtel and a scattering
| of administrative buildings. There were lots of tour buses and
| recreational vehicles in the parking lots and people hanging around
| in entranceways or picking their way through the slushy snow, going
| from one building to another.
| 3 I went and had an overpriced cup of coffee in the hôtel cafétéria and
| felt damp and dispirited. I had really been looking forward to the
| Grand Canyon. I sat by the window and bleakly watched the snow
| pile up.
| 4 Afterwards I trudged towards the visitohs centre, perhaps 200
1 yards away, but before I got there I came across a snow-splattered sign
| announcing a look-out point half a mile away along a trail through
| the woods and impulsively I went down, mostly just to get some air.
i The path was slippery and took a long time to traverse, but on the
i way the snow stopped falling and the air felt clean and refreshing.
| Eventually I came to a platform of the rock, marking the edge of
i the canyon. There was no fence to keep you back from the edge, so
j I shuffled cautiously over and looked down, but could see nothing
j but grey soup. A middle-aged couple came along and as we stood
i chatting about what a dispirited experience this was, a miraculous
i thing happened. The fog parted. It just silently drew back. Like a set of
I theatre curtains being opened, and suddenly we saw that we were at
| the edge of a sheer giddying drop of at least a thousand feet. "Jésus!"
| we said and jumped back and ail along the canyon edge you could
i hear people saying "Jésus", like a message being passed down a long
i line. And then for many moments ail was silence, except for the tiny
| fretful shiftings of the snow, because out there in front of us was the
i most awesome, most silencing sight that exists on earth.
i 5 The scale of the Grand Canyon is almost beyond compréhension,
i It is ten miles across, a mile deep, 180 miles long. You could set the
i Empire State Building down in it and still be thousands of feet above
| it. Indeed you could set the whole of Manhattan down inside it and
j you would still be so high above it that buses would be like ants and
i people would be invisible, and not a sound would reach you. The
| thing that gets you - is the silence. The Grand Canyon just swallows
| sound. The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming. Nothing
i happened out there. Down below you on the canyon floor, far, far,
j away, is the thing that carved it: the Colorado River. It is 300 feet wide,
i but from the canyon's lip it looks thin and insignificant. It looks like
i an old shoelace. Everything is dwarfed by this mighty hole.
i 6 And then, just as swiftly, just as silently as the fog had parted, it
| closed again and the Grand Canyon was a secret once more. I had seen
j it for no more than twenty or thirty seconds, but at least I had seen it.
| Feeling semi-satisfied, I turned around and walked back towards the
i car, content now to move on. \ ' /
How was the weather on the day the author visited the
Grand Canyon National Park?
1/ It was raining heavily
2/The sun was splitting the clouds
3/There was heavy snowfall
4/There was a storm blowing
5/ It was very windy
What prevented the author from having a clear view of
Grand Canyon below?
1/ A large wall
2/ A dense forest
3/ His bad eyesight
4/ A bright light
5/ Heavy fog
In paragraph 2, the author refers to the snow as being
"slushy''. What does the word "slushy" mean?
1/ Solid
2/ Watery
3/ Heavy
4/ Compact
5/ Soft
Referring to paragraph 2, what word describes the mood of
the author as he drove to the Grand Canyon Village?
1/ Cold
2/ Sad
3/ Glum
4/ Pensive
5/Tired
In the following phrase taken from paragraph 2 "Two or
three times, I stopped in lay-bys and went to the edge to peer
hopefully into the silent murk, knowing that the canyon was
ont there..." What does the word "peer" mean?
1/To listen with intent
2/To concentrate
3/To shout aloud
4/ To look with difficulty
5/To feel scared
In paragraph 3. "1 sat by the window and bleakly watched
the snow pile up" What does the adverb "bleakly" mean?
1/ Without hope
2/ In pain
3/ With great longing
4/ With intent
5/ In a mood
In paragraph 4, the author cornes across a sign post on his
way to the visitors centre. What place of interest was he
informed of from this sign?
1/The Information Centre
2/ A look-out point
3/The way out
4/The location of the restaurant
5/The parking area
Also referring to paragraph 4, what theatrical occurance does
the author use as a comparison for the moment when the fog
eventually parted to reveal the edge of the canyon?
1/The audience clapping
2/The lights coming up
3/The actors on stage
4/ A set of theatre curtains being opened
5/The final curtain coming down
In paragraph 4 and the phrase "Afterwards, I trudged
towards the visitor's centre,..." What does the word
"trudged" mean?
1/ Floated along
2/ Walked heavily
3/ Walked quickly
4/ Slipped
5/ Ran
In paragraph 5, according to the author, what is it that affects
or gets to visitors of the Grand Canyon?
1/The overbearing noise
2/The beauty
3/The silence
4/The vastness of the canyon
5/The spectacular colours
Also referring to paragraph 5. What affect does the canyon
have on sound?
1/ It dulls it
2/ It swallows it
3/ It enhances it
4/ It magnidies it
5/ It lowers it
What adjective does the author use in paragraph 5 to
describe how a person feels on being exposed to the sense of
space and emptiness of the canyon.
1/ Dissappointed
2/ Bored
3/ Excite d
4/ Overwhelmed
5/ Uninterested
What geographical feature is responsible for carving out the
canyon floor?
1/ A storm
2/ A river
3/ A tornado
4/ A mountain
5/ A lake
Also in paragraph 5 the author states "Everything is dwarfed
by this mighty hole." What does the verb "to dwarf" mean?
1/To be surrounded by
2/To look down upon
3/To intimidate
4/To cause to seem small or insignificant
5/To enhance
What everyday item does the author use as a way of
describing how the Colorado river looks way down on the
canyon floor?
1/ A long rope
2/ A large stick
3/ An old shoelace
4/ A piece of paper
5/ A matchstick
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