In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

At low tide he walked over the sands to the headland and round the corner to the little bay facing the open sea. It was inaccessible by boat, because seams of rock jutted out and currents swirled round them treacherously. But you could walk there if you chose one of the lowest ebb tides that receded a very long way. You could not linger on the expedition, for once the tide was on the turn, it came in rapidly. For this reason very few people cared to explore the little bay fresh and unlettered, as it was completely covered by the sea at high tide. The cave inviting, looked mysteriously dark, cool and inviting, and he penetrated to the farthest corner where he discovered crack, rather like a chimney, he peered up and thought he could see a patch of daylight.

According to the writer, the bay could not be reached by boat because

• it had numerous number of rocks

• there were too many ebbs

• it was facing the open sea

• it was facing the open sea

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.

I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

In this passage 'situation' means

• place

• event

• condition

• condition

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

We all know that Eskimos have 50 different words for ‘snow’ Or is it 500? Anyway, an awful lot. It is one of those interesting little facts that says something about the amazing ingenuity of humans. Whereas we see snow, the Eskimos perceive an endlessly varying realm of white textures and possibilities. Except that is not true. Talk to the average Eskimo and you’ll find he has about the same number of words for snow as we do. I discovered this when I took a sledge-dog team through the Russian Arctic and asked the locals. And it gets worse: the Eskimo-Inuit do not live in igloos.

Shelters made out of snow are indeed constructed and fashioned from snowy bricks. Just as we like to imagine. Except the Eskimo-Inuit rarely lived in them for long disappointingly, the elders that I met had never heard of them. In truth, these are coastal peoples who traditionally foraged for driftwood, whalebone, stones, and turf to construct their camps, saving snow-houses for hunting excursions or migrations.

Chameleons also attract numerous myths. While many of them change color, this is often less to do with camouflage and more to do with their mood and temperature. A chameleon might, if too cold, turn a darker shade to absorb more heat. or it might turn a lighter color to reflect the sun and so cool down. Moreover, chameleons often change color as a signalling device some such as the panther chameleon. transform into a vivid orange to scare off predators, while others flash bright color to attract a mate. The brighter the color a mate is able to display, the more dominant. Thus the act of standing out can be more important than that of blending in.

A chameleon warms itself by

• residing in bright areas

• turning a darker colour to absorb more heat

• matching its colour with the environment

• matching its colour with the environment

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.

I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

"I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant' means

• the writer found the situation tragic

• he explained the situation to the assistant who was very sorrowful

• with great distress, the writer explained his unfortunate situation to the assistant

• with great distress, the writer explained his unfortunate situation to the assistant

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

At low tide he walked over the sands to the headland and round the corner to the little bay facing the open sea. It was inaccessible by boat, because seams of rock jutted out and currents swirled round them treacherously. But you could walk there if you chose one of the lowest ebb tides that receded a very long way. You could not linger on the expedition, for once the tide was on the turn, it came in rapidly. For this reason very few people cared to explore the little bay fresh and unlettered, as it was completely covered by the sea at high tide. The cave inviting, looked mysteriously dark, cool and inviting, and he penetrated to the farthest corner where he discovered crack, rather like a chimney, he peered up and thought he could see a patch of daylight.

It was not possible to 'linger on the expedition' because

• the tide turned sprightly

• the tide turned at once

• the water rose rapidly

• the water rose rapidly

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

We all know that Eskimos have 50 different words for ‘snow’ Or is it 500? Anyway, an awful lot. It is one of those interesting little facts that says something about the amazing ingenuity of humans. Whereas we see snow, the Eskimos perceive an endlessly varying realm of white textures and possibilities. Except that is not true. Talk to the average Eskimo and you’ll find he has about the same number of words for snow as we do. I discovered this when I took a sledge-dog team through the Russian Arctic and asked the locals. And it gets worse: the Eskimo-Inuit do not live in igloos.

Shelters made out of snow are indeed constructed and fashioned from snowy bricks. Just as we like to imagine. Except the Eskimo-Inuit rarely lived in them for long disappointingly, the elders that I met had never heard of them. In truth, these are coastal peoples who traditionally foraged for driftwood, whalebone, stones, and turf to construct their camps, saving snow-houses for hunting excursions or migrations.

Chameleons also attract numerous myths. While many of them change color, this is often less to do with camouflage and more to do with their mood and temperature. A chameleon might, if too cold, turn a darker shade to absorb more heat. or it might turn a lighter color to reflect the sun and so cool down. Moreover, chameleons often change color as a signalling device some such as the panther chameleon. transform into a vivid orange to scare off predators, while others flash bright color to attract a mate. The brighter the color a mate is able to display, the more dominant. Thus the act of standing out can be more important than that of blending in.

The author was surprised by the fact that

• Eskimos have 500 words for 'snow'

• the ingenuity of humans

• the Eskimo-Inuit do not live the igloos

• the Eskimo-Inuit do not live the igloos

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting. and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it: but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heard this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. there were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment, it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up, he could easily have claimed the case already. Fortunately this had not happened, for, after a time, I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case.

I took out my wallet to pay him. I pulled out a ten shilling note and out slipped my ‘lost’ receipt with it! I could not help blushing. The assistant nodded his head knowingly as if to say that he had often seen this happen too !!

The assistant asked the writer to make a list of the contents to

• ascertain his ownership of the case

• test his memory

• charge him extra money

• charge him extra money

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

We all know that Eskimos have 50 different words for ‘snow’ Or is it 500? Anyway, an awful lot. It is one of those interesting little facts that says something about the amazing ingenuity of humans. Whereas we see snow, the Eskimos perceive an endlessly varying realm of white textures and possibilities. Except that is not true. Talk to the average Eskimo and you’ll find he has about the same number of words for snow as we do. I discovered this when I took a sledge-dog team through the Russian Arctic and asked the locals. And it gets worse: the Eskimo-Inuit do not live in igloos.

Shelters made out of snow are indeed constructed and fashioned from snowy bricks. Just as we like to imagine. Except the Eskimo-Inuit rarely lived in them for long disappointingly, the elders that I met had never heard of them. In truth, these are coastal peoples who traditionally foraged for driftwood, whalebone, stones, and turf to construct their camps, saving snow-houses for hunting excursions or migrations.

Chameleons also attract numerous myths. While many of them change color, this is often less to do with camouflage and more to do with their mood and temperature. A chameleon might, if too cold, turn a darker shade to absorb more heat. or it might turn a lighter color to reflect the sun and so cool down. Moreover, chameleons often change color as a signalling device some such as the panther chameleon. transform into a vivid orange to scare off predators, while others flash bright color to attract a mate. The brighter the color a mate is able to display, the more dominant. Thus the act of standing out can be more important than that of blending in.

A male chameleon is believed to be more dominant if

• he has the colours of the panther

• he exhibits vivid orange colour

• if he can blend in with the others

• if he can blend in with the others

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

We all know that Eskimos have 50 different words for ‘snow’ Or is it 500? Anyway, an awful lot. It is one of those interesting little facts that says something about the amazing ingenuity of humans. Whereas we see snow, the Eskimos perceive an endlessly varying realm of white textures and possibilities. Except that is not true. Talk to the average Eskimo and you’ll find he has about the same number of words for snow as we do. I discovered this when I took a sledge-dog team through the Russian Arctic and asked the locals. And it gets worse: the Eskimo-Inuit do not live in igloos.

Shelters made out of snow are indeed constructed and fashioned from snowy bricks. Just as we like to imagine. Except the Eskimo-Inuit rarely lived in them for long disappointingly, the elders that I met had never heard of them. In truth, these are coastal peoples who traditionally foraged for driftwood, whalebone, stones, and turf to construct their camps, saving snow-houses for hunting excursions or migrations.

Chameleons also attract numerous myths. While many of them change color, this is often less to do with camouflage and more to do with their mood and temperature. A chameleon might, if too cold, turn a darker shade to absorb more heat. or it might turn a lighter color to reflect the sun and so cool down. Moreover, chameleons often change color as a signalling device some such as the panther chameleon. transform into a vivid orange to scare off predators, while others flash bright color to attract a mate. The brighter the color a mate is able to display, the more dominant. Thus the act of standing out can be more important than that of blending in.

The changing color of a chameleon is more to do with

• camouflage

• mood and temperature

• transformation

• transformation

In the following questions, you have brief passages with 5 / 10 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

At low tide he walked over the sands to the headland and round the corner to the little bay facing the open sea. It was inaccessible by boat, because seams of rock jutted out and currents swirled round them treacherously. But you could walk there if you chose one of the lowest ebb tides that receded a very long way. You could not linger on the expedition, for once the tide was on the turn, it came in rapidly. For this reason very few people cared to explore the little bay fresh and unlettered, as it was completely covered by the sea at high tide. The cave inviting, looked mysteriously dark, cool and inviting, and he penetrated to the farthest corner where he discovered crack, rather like a chimney, he peered up and thought he could see a patch of daylight.

One could visit the bay

• at any time one chose

• when there was low tide

• on certain occasions

• on certain occasions