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 WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 27, CHOOSE THE 7. Were she to have really passed the exam she
CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH ________ have been given the scholarship.
SENTENCE. A. had to
B. should
1. Jim’s house is gorgeous. It’s amazing how C. can’t
even the cats increase the ________ of the D. was
place.
8. One or two new species of insect ________
A. amalgam
found every year in the UK.
B. alibi
C. aesthetic A. was
B. will
D. afore
C. are
2. I made these changes to my text for the D. had been
school magazine to ________ critics.
9. It ________ hard when I reached the bus
A. stricken shelter.
B. vector A. had rained
C. interest B. rained
D. conciliate C. will be raining
3. I won the race ________ the rain and wind. D. was raining
A. because 10. My sister answered the questions about her
B. although presentation ________ at first; perhaps because
C. however she’s shy.
D. despite A. edifyingly
B. emphatically
4. Oh no, we’re late. I think they must ________ C. reticently
for us for ages. We’d better leave now. D. staunchly
A. have been waiting
B. will have been waiting 11. I forgot to put my ________ in a bag before
security and they were really not happy.
C. are waiting
D. were waiting A. toiletries
B. helicopters
5. Jay’s new attitude toward studying is virtually C. trees
________ compared to his lazy old ways. D. operators
A. pathological 12. If the weather gets better later, ________ for
B. gravitational a walk.
C. educational
A. we’ll go
D. consequential B. could have gone
6. I could ________ that car if only I had C. went
remembered to buy a raffle ticket. D. go
A. have 13. Sam: Do you know how long we have been
B. have had here? It feels like days.
C. had Ed: Is that a ________ question? You know
D. had had it’s only been a few hours.
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 A. superstitious 20. The new painting in the gallery is ________
B. defiant huge.
C. hereditary A. rather
D. rhetorical B. extremely
C. a bit
14. I have finished my work so let’s ________.
D. very
A. go on
B. get going 21. I saw Gregg ________ to the gym too – so
C. have gone we went together.
D. went A. had gone
B. was going
15. Geoff: Oops, I’ve missed the bus! C. has gone
Jane: No problem, I ________ you my car D. will be going
now.
22. You seem to smell ________ for someone
A. will lend with a cold.
B. lend
A. well
C. lent
B. good
D. am lending C. happy
16. When I got back from our camping trip, D. brilliant
I realised the skin on my leg had broken 23. I decided to ________ for John now he’s
________ a rash. joined this school because I knew him well
A. down with last year.
B. out in A. vouch
C. up on B. subdue
D. back of C. taunt
D. too
17. I’m not quite ________ that is the correct
answer. 24. ________ quite recently, no one knew about
A. convincing his paintings.
B. convince A. For
C. more convinced B. During
D. convinced C. Until
D. When
18. Jane played that match really well, ________
she? 25. Yesterday’s argument was the end of the
________ as far as I was concerned.
A. couldn’t
B. didn’t A. line
C. wasn’t B. day
D. hadn’t C. thing
D. bridge
19. I will call you later to meet up. Hopefully,
26. ________ I won the last game of chess I would
I can ________ a lift from my brother.
have been invited to the final in Greece.
A. opulent
A. If
B. scrounge
B. When
C. misguide
C. Had
D. conserve D. Could
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27. Preceding the election there was a _____ of B. Introspective
negative posters put up around the school. C. Awesome
A. ramp D. Plausible
B. turnaround
C. spate 32. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION.
D. subpoena What is the correct spelling of the word that
FOR QUESTIONS 28 AND 29, CHOOSE THE means organisational pension?
PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN A. Supanuation
ERROR. B. Superannuation
28. I was surprised when I heard how old are you C. Suparanuasion
especially considering the great job you’ve D. Supannuasion
done.
A. I was surprised when I heard FOR QUESTIONS 33 TO 35, CHOOSE THE
B. how old are you CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.
C. especially considering the 33. Vex
D. great job you’ve done. A. Infuriate
29. This is a woman, who takes her responsibilities B. Honor
seriously as you can see. C. Love
A. This is a woman, D. Encapsulate
B. who takes her
C. responsibilities seriously as 34. Wheeze
D. you can see. A. Lap
FOR QUESTIONS 30 AND 31, CHOOSE THE B. Crunch
CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD. C. Rasp
30. Serenity D. Partition
A. Venom
B. Havoc 35. Trickle
C. Tinsel A. Drizzle
D. Retro B. Wiggle
31. Obnoxious C. Shuffle
A. Deleterious D. Wrestle

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 40, READ THE
PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
Europe’s first underwater restaurant is set to
open in southern Norway. At the moment, it
is still in the final stages of design but the
images released by the Swedish architectural
firm are intriguing. The restaurant is going
to be called ‘Under’ and it will be found five
metres below the sea surface. Its structure
is half submerged, so you enter on dry land
and then descend to the underwater depths.
However, it will look like it’s accidentally
underwater due to its angle, almost like
a huge block that has washed up on the
rocks. Or, if it were not so rectangular, it
might resemble a beached whale. It will
be spacious and able to host 100 diners

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 spread over three floors. There will be
large panoramic windows made of acrylic
that look out into the deep blue. The walls
and windows are going to be very thick to
prevent leakage or damage from rough seas
in bad weather. The rooms will be painted
with deep blues and greens to resemble the
colour of the sea outside.
It is hoped that, by using concrete on the
building’s exterior, sea creatures will be
attracted to make the surface their home. In
addition, when the restaurant is not serving
guests, it will be a centre for scientific
oceanographic research. The plan is to use
it as a base from which scientists can take
measurements of sea conditions and monitor
sea creatures and their habitats.
However, when it comes to dining under the
sea, Europe is behind the rest of the world.
‘Ithaa’ is found in the Maldives and offers
a very different underwater experience to
that which is expected in Norway. Here,
the waters are warm and clear, and the
restaurant is surrounded by coral reef and
tropical fish. Customers enjoy fresh seafood
of the highest quality while sitting in an
ingeniously designed transparent tube. In
actual fact, this is not the only restaurant
like this in the Maldives, there are many
more, similarly spectacular, underwater
restaurants to visit there.
There are also other places where it is
possible to eat in underwater environments.
Most of these are however artificial
aquariums or ponds that surround the dining
room. For example, in Dubai, there is a
restaurant with a huge fish tank at its centre
that makes customers feel as though they
are under the sea. It is filled with 990,000
cubic litres of seawater and lots and lots of
beautiful fish.
The design of these underwater marvels and
feats of modern engineering is varied. The
Norwegian addition is set to be modern and
minimalist. The restaurant in Dubai could
not contrast more as it is ostentatious and
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ornate. Those in the Maldives, are simplistic
and as such are of a style more similar to
Under. However, due to the nature of the
sea in which they are placed, they differ
greatly in atmosphere to that expected in
Norway. With temperatures that are cold
and sometimes subzero, and weather that
is far from mild, Under could make for a
very dramatic eating experience. As work
has not started on it yet, an opening date
has not been confirmed but it is likely to
have a long waiting list for a table. Let’s
just hope that the food is as innovative as
the building design.
36. Choose the most suitable title or heading for
the passage.
A. The World’s Top Restaurants
B. Saving the Rarest Fish
C. Eating Under the Sea
D. Europe is Trying to Catch Up
37. Which country’s underwater restaurant will
have a research facility?
A. Maldives
B. Norway
C. UAE
D. Sweden
38. The author thinks these restaurants are ____.
A. a spectacular idea
B. a waste of money
C. too common now
D. bad for the sea life
39. Which paragraph suggests this is not a unique
idea?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
40. What does the word ‘ostentatious’ mean in
final paragraph?
A. Beautifully designed
B. Enormously tall
C. Very subtly decorated
D. Over the top
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FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 45, READ THE
PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW.
Hot air balloons fly because they are lighter
than air. The balloon itself is actually
called an envelope as it is not sealed on the
underside. The hole, or opening, underneath
enables hot air to be pushed into it which
is lighter than the air around it and so the
balloon rises in the sky. When you attach a
basket underneath that can carry passengers,
it can become an ideal activity for tourists
as they can soar high above the landscape
below and experience a unique view.
This form of travel is associated with
adventure and romance. ‘It is brought to
life in fiction, like in film adaptations of the
ingenious travel book ‘Around the World in
80 Days’ that plots Phineas Fogg’s famous
journey to circumnavigate the globe, and
‘Up’ a film in which an elderly man uses
more than just one balloon.’ Here, the story
focusses around a house that can fly as it
has a lot of balloons attached to it. These
are not filled with hot air but with helium
which is a gas that is lighter than air, so
it rises and so does the house. ‘This may
sound like an imbecilic and impossible idea
in reality, but it is not.’
In the 1980’s an American truck driver
invented what is now called cluster
ballooning, when he attached weather
balloons to his garden chair and allegedly
flew 15,000 ft. up into the air. More recently,
a British man has succeeded in reaching
a height of 8,000 ft., whilst strapped to a
camping chair attached to 100 helium filled
balloons. To descend, he had to cut balloons
off one by one and this enabled him to land
safely just north of Johannesburg, South
Africa. He did not fly all the way from home,
the climatic conditions in South Africa were
better for his crazy adventure, so he and his
team decided to give it a go there instead.
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The balloons he used were not quite like
those in the movie, they were bigger and
stronger, but still multicoloured. In 2015,
a Canadian man made a similarly inspiring
flight, but he ended up with a large fine for
dangerous operation of an aircraft.
As a man can be lifted by helium balloons,
this may mean that it is possible to lift a
house, high up into the atmosphere, in a
similar way. However, this might depend
on what the house was like. In the film
mentioned previously, the house is made of
wood and does not have any foundations,
so it is light and not attached strongly to
the ground. This makes it the ideal type of
house to be transported with balloons. If you
wanted to move a brick house instead, this
might prove tricky. For one, it is likely to
fall apart if you remove it from its concrete
foundations, and even if it is still in one
piece, will probably be just too heavy to
lift with balloons, no matter how many.
In the future, it is likely that someone will
try this feat, the question is, how high can
a house fly?
41. Choose the most suitable title or heading for
the passage.
A. Balloons in the Sky
B. Full of Hot Air
C. Best Views of South Africa
D. Houses that are Different
42. Who was penalised for his flight?
A. The American
B. The Canadian
C. The Brit
D. The South African
43. What was the house in ‘UP’ made from?
A. Wood
B. Bricks
C. Concrete
D. Glass
44. The British man flew his chair _____. 45. What is the meaning of the word ‘imbecilic’
A. from Britain to South Africa in the second paragraph?
B. in Canada A. Easy
B. Continual
C. around America
C. Expensive
D. in South Africa D. Witless

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 AND 47, CHOOSE THE Stultify

CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH A. Remain
SENTENCE. B. Excite
C. Create
46. I knew this needed something added. I just D. Redefine
added more salt and _______ it’s perfect.
49. CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF
A. Bob’s your uncle THE GIVEN WORD.
B. all mouth and no trousers
Abstruse
C. thick as thieves
A. Obscure
D. throw a spanner in the works
B. Ubiquitous
47. There is a group of cats, found behind the C. Corporeal
large trees by the river and _______ noise D. Risible
has all but stopped now, have really kept the 50. W H I C H O F T H E F O L L O W I N G
rodents down. ALTERNATIVES TO THE UNDERLINED
A. its PORTION WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE?
B. whom The police cleared the path and blocked it
with tape, so they would have more privacy
C. which to work.
D. then A. path and then blocked
48. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF B. path, blocking
C. path blocked
THE GIVEN WORD.
D. path before blocking

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1. (C) 9. (D) 17. (D) 25. (A) 33. (A) 41. (A) 49. (A)
2. (D) 10. (C) 18. (B) 26. (C) 34. (C) 42. (B) 50. (C)
3. (D) 11. (A) 19. (B) 27. (C) 35. (A) 43. (A)
4. (A) 12. (A) 20. (A) 28. (B) 36. (C) 44. (D)
5. (A) 13. (D) 21. (B) 29. (A) 37. (B) 45. (D)
6. (B) 14. (B) 22. (A) 30. (B) 38. (C) 46. (A)
7. (B) 15. (A) 23. (A) 31. (C) 39. (C) 47. (A)
8. (C) 16. (B) 24. (C) 32. (B) 40. (D) 48. (B)

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