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    [passage-header]First, read the passage, and then answer the question based on it. You are required to select your answer based on the content of the passage and opinion of the author only.
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    The sky was already full of rusting wings. But when Jean stepped into the still lusterless water, he seemed to be swimming in an undetermined darkness until he saw the streaks of red and gold over the horizon. Then he suddenly swam back to land and clambered up the winding path to his house. After a great deal of panting he reached a little gate, pushed it open and climbed a stairway. The house above the world had its huge bay-windows through which one could see the horizon from one edge to the other. Here, no one complained of exhaustion. Every one had his joy to conquer, everyday.

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    What do the words "great deal of painting" imply?
    1. Jean was too weak to walk.
    2. Jean's house was on a hill. 
    3. Jean was too tired to walk after swimming. 
    4. Jean's house was too far away from the shore. 
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

    Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and folioed a great humanistic education. Today the study, both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent, the vacuum has been filled with a correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

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    Which of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage? 

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 

    During his early days as editor of the popular magazine, Saturday Evening Post, George Lorimer did much of the reading of unsolicited stories. This meant endless hours of sitting at the desk, pouring over big stacks of manuscripts, trying to decide which were worthy of publication and which were not. Lorimer became an expert at making these decisions.
    One day he received a huffy letter from a would-be writer who had a complaint. "Last week you rejected my story," she wrote "I am positive you did not read it, because, as a test, I pasted together pages 14, 15 and 16. The manuscript came back with the pages still pasted. There is no question in my mind but that you are a sham and a disgrace to your profession."
    Lorimer's reply was succinct: "Madam, at breakfast when I crack open an egg, I don't have to eat the whole egg to know it is bad." 

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    Lorimer was a good editor because _______________________.

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

    Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and folioed a great humanistic education. Today the study, both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent, the vacuum has been filled with a correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

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    According to the author of the above passage, the old form of education, based on the study of the classics and of the Bible, has ________________________.

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

    Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and folioed a great humanistic education. Today the study, both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent, the vacuum has been filled with a correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

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    The author of the above passage fears that the greater part of the vacuum created by lack of interest in the classics and the Bible has been filled up by ___________________.

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows:

    Literature and history are twin sisters, inseparable. In the days of our own grandfathers, and for many generations before them, the basis of education was the Greek and Roman classics for the educated, and the Bible for all. In the classical authors and in the Bible, history and literature were closely intervolved, and it is that circumstance which made the old form of education so stimulating to the thought and imagination of our ancestors. To read the classical authors and to read the Bible was to read at once the history and the literature of the three greatest races of the ancient world. No doubt the classics and the Bible were read in a manner we now consider uncritical but they were read according to the best tenets of the time and folioed a great humanistic education. Today the study, both of the classics and of the Bible has dwindled to small proportions. What has taken their place? To some extent, the vacuum has been filled with a correct knowledge of history and a wider range of literature. But I fear that the greater part of it has been filled up with rubbish.

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    The author of the above passage says that the classics and the Bible were read by his ancestors ______.

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    [passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and strength in the air, we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender, and even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle, until the New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old. 

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    The passage consists of repetitive patterns in syntax and vocabulary. The effect of this style is that it _______.

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    [passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and strength in the air, we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender, and even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle, until the New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old. 

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    Which of the following pairs of the phrases helps best to bring out the intention of the speaker?

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    [passage-header]Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]We shall go on to the end; we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and strength in the air, we shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender, and even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas would carry on the struggle, until the New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old. 

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    The speaker in the passage wants to go on fighting because ______.

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    Read the passage and answer the question that follows. 

    During his early days as editor of the popular magazine, Saturday Evening Post, George Lorimer did much of the reading of unsolicited stories. This meant endless hours of sitting at the desk, pouring over big stacks of manuscripts, trying to decide which were worthy of publication and which were not. Lorimer became an expert at making these decisions.
    One day he received a huffy letter from a would-be writer who had a complaint. "Last week you rejected my story," she wrote "I am positive you did not read it, because, as a test, I pasted together pages 14, 15 and 16. The manuscript came back with the pages still pasted. There is no question in my mind but that you are a sham and a disgrace to your profession."
    Lorimer's reply was succinct: "Madam, at breakfast when I crack open an egg, I don't have to eat the whole egg to know it is bad." 

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    Lorimer did much reading of the stories _______.

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