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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
” E un diavolo incarnato! You know the proverb?” She did not. It also seems not applicable for a young man who had spent a quiet winter in Rome with his mother. But since the engagement Cecil had started to affect a cosmopolitan naughtiness which he was far from preprocessing. What does the underlined word refer to here?
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“affect” in this passage only refers to “feign”, or it is the only possible word for this situation. The sentence indicates that Cecil is pretending to have created a “cosmopolitan naughtiness”, which he does not have done yet. “Feign” can mean here as “pretending to have”
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“affect” in this passage only refers to “feign”, or it is the only possible word for this situation. The sentence indicates that Cecil is pretending to have created a “cosmopolitan naughtiness”, which he does not have done yet. “Feign” can mean here as “pretending to have”
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
“We keep an apartment that we’ve only lived in three months and a little old house way off in nowhere. We’re frequently bored and yet we won’t make any effort to know anyone except the same crowd who drift around California all summer wearing sports clothes and waiting for their families to die.” What does it refer to by the underlined word?
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In the sentence containing the underlined word “drift”, the author refers to the idle rich who does not have any purposeful work, which is similar to “float aimlessly”.
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In the sentence containing the underlined word “drift”, the author refers to the idle rich who does not have any purposeful work, which is similar to “float aimlessly”.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
The total eclipse of the sun of May 29 gives clear confirmation of the new theory of Einstein’s universal attractive power of gravitation, and thus reinforced the conviction that this theory is one of the most important steps ever taken in the domain of natural science. What does “conviction” mean here?
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Here “Conviction” refers to Einstein’s theory as very important which is a reference to the academic consensus.
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Here “Conviction” refers to Einstein’s theory as very important which is a reference to the academic consensus.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
In the national wildlife refuge, scientists tag the birds to convey wildlife surveys, and to restore dangered habitats. Are these underlined words suitable here? if not what will be the replacement?
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If we look into the sentence, we can see that there are parallel structures like “tagging”, “conducting”. So the answer will be “restoring”.
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If we look into the sentence, we can see that there are parallel structures like “tagging”, “conducting”. So the answer will be “restoring”.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Doe a question ever strike you that, why are we still drawing as if we were living during the Renaissance? To be sure, the tools for drawing are easier to get and maybe even easier to use, but the basic process is exactly the same. By what replace the underlined part?
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“To be sure” is best suited in this sentence.
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“To be sure” is best suited in this sentence.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Neither I wish to live what was not life nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. What does “resignation” mean here?
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In respect of the context of the sentence, resignation indicates the writer’s desire to live.
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In respect of the context of the sentence, resignation indicates the writer’s desire to live.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close. What does “Spartan-like” mean?
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The author’s indifference to the harshness of life for the sake of accomplishing a goal, which indicates to severe or strict in manner or attitude.
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The author’s indifference to the harshness of life for the sake of accomplishing a goal, which indicates to severe or strict in manner or attitude.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
Given Ax + 2y = -8 and Bx -5y = -13. If the value of x and y is 2 and -1 respectively, what is the value of A/B?
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Ax + 2y = -8
A(2) + (-2) = -8
A= -3Bx -5y = -13
B*(2) -5(-1) = -13
B = -9A/ B = 1/3
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
If the circumference of a circle is 20. What is the value of its area? Pi= 3.14
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area = 31.847Incorrect
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
If 4x + 3 = 19, what will be the valueof 4x – 3?
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4x + 3-6 = 19-6
4x -3 =13Incorrect
4x + 3-6 = 19-6
4x -3 =13