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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.

While passing  through the cave, the writer discovered a 

• large opening

• chimney-shaped rock

• cool and secluded corner

• cool and secluded corner

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.

He found the bay 'fresh and unlittered' because

• the sea water had receded

• he was the first visitor there

• the high tide had just washed the litter away

• the high tide had just washed the litter away

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.

The world’s largest living organism is not the blue whale-which still is the world’s largest living animal-but Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s prime living animals and prime tourist attraction. Sadly, size notwithstanding, it is slowly succumbing to the killer white syndrome a bleaching disease which has invaded 33 of its 48 reefs.

Otherwise brilliantly multicolored and teeming with a Kaleidoscope of life, the affected reefs have acquired a deathly white pallor, the result of dying tissues. The bleaching of the reef happened following the recording of the warmest ever sea water temperature in the area here. Scientists fear that the naturally gorgeous reef are endangered and the as yet undiscovered animal and plant species would soon suffer irreplaceable damage. Thus is only because of the rising of water temperature.

Which of the following statements is not true?

• The Great Barrier Reef is not the world's largest living mammal

• The Blue whale is dying of 'white syndrome'

• The 'white syndrome' is a new bleaching disease.

• The 'white syndrome' is a new bleaching disease.

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.

The world’s largest living organism is not the blue whale-which still is the world’s largest living animal-but Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s prime living animals and prime tourist attraction. Sadly, size notwithstanding, it is slowly succumbing to the killer white syndrome a bleaching disease which has invaded 33 of its 48 reefs.

Otherwise brilliantly multicolored and teeming with a Kaleidoscope of life, the affected reefs have acquired a deathly white pallor, the result of dying tissues. The bleaching of the reef happened following the recording of the warmest ever sea water temperature in the area here. Scientists fear that the naturally gorgeous reef are endangered and the as yet undiscovered animal and plant species would soon suffer irreplaceable damage. Thus is only because of the rising of water temperature.

33 out of Australia’s 48 reefs have succumbed to

• the impact of the Blue Whale

• the impact of tourism

• the destructive impact of 'white syndrome'

• the destructive impact of 'white syndrome'

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.

The world’s largest living organism is not the blue whale-which still is the world’s largest living animal-but Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s prime living animals and prime tourist attraction. Sadly, size notwithstanding, it is slowly succumbing to the killer white syndrome a bleaching disease which has invaded 33 of its 48 reefs.

Otherwise brilliantly multicolored and teeming with a Kaleidoscope of life, the affected reefs have acquired a deathly white pallor, the result of dying tissues. The bleaching of the reef happened following the recording of the warmest ever sea water temperature in the area here. Scientists fear that the naturally gorgeous reef are endangered and the as yet undiscovered animal and plant species would soon suffer irreplaceable damage. Thus is only because of the rising of water temperature.

The dying reefs acquired a

• brilliant and multicolour

• kaleidoscopic hues

• brilliant blue colour like the whale

• brilliant blue colour like the whale

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.

The world’s largest living organism is not the blue whale-which still is the world’s largest living animal-but Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s prime living animals and prime tourist attraction. Sadly, size notwithstanding, it is slowly succumbing to the killer white syndrome a bleaching disease which has invaded 33 of its 48 reefs.

Otherwise brilliantly multicolored and teeming with a Kaleidoscope of life, the affected reefs have acquired a deathly white pallor, the result of dying tissues. The bleaching of the reef happened following the recording of the warmest ever sea water temperature in the area here. Scientists fear that the naturally gorgeous reef are endangered and the as yet undiscovered animal and plant species would soon suffer irreplaceable damage. Thus is only because of the rising of water temperature.

Scientists' main worry is that

• there will be a fall in tourism with reefs gone

• the bleaching will make the water warmer

• other endangered and undiscovered flora and fauna will also be damaged

• other endangered and undiscovered flora and fauna will also be damaged

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.

The world’s largest living organism is not the blue whale-which still is the world’s largest living animal-but Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one of the country’s prime living animals and prime tourist attraction. Sadly, size notwithstanding, it is slowly succumbing to the killer white syndrome a bleaching disease which has invaded 33 of its 48 reefs.

Otherwise brilliantly multicolored and teeming with a Kaleidoscope of life, the affected reefs have acquired a deathly white pallor, the result of dying tissues. The bleaching of the reef happened following the recording of the warmest ever sea water temperature in the area here. Scientists fear that the naturally gorgeous reef are endangered and the as yet undiscovered animal and plant species would soon suffer irreplaceable damage. Thus is only because of the rising of water temperature.

The meaning of 'succumbing' is 

• giving way to an underground passage

• giving way to something powerful

• following order

• following order

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.

The wright brothers did not have at look far for ideas when building their airplane, they studied birds. The act of copying from obscure scientific journals to the mainstream. The term ‘bio mimicry’ popularized by American natural-sciences writer Janine Benyus in the late 1990s refers to innovation that take their inspiration from flora and fauna. Bio mimicry advocates argue that with 3.8 billion years of research and development, evolution has already solved many of the challenges humans now encounter. Although we often see nature as something we mine for resources, bio mimicry views nature as a mentor. From all around the globe, there are countless instances where natural sources that promise to transform every sector of society. One such instance occurred in 1941 when Swiss engineer, George deMestral out hunting with his dog one day when he noticed sticky burrs. with their hundreds tiny hooks, had attached themselves to his pants and his dog’s fur. These were his inspiration for Velcro.

The airplane was inspired by

• animals

• plants

• birds

• birds

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.

The wright brothers did not have at look far for ideas when building their airplane, they studied birds. The act of copying from obscure scientific journals to the mainstream. The term ‘bio mimicry’ popularized by American natural-sciences writer Janine Benyus in the late 1990s refers to innovation that take their inspiration from flora and fauna. Bio mimicry advocates argue that with 3.8 billion years of research and development, evolution has already solved many of the challenges humans now encounter. Although we often see nature as something we mine for resources, bio mimicry views nature as a mentor. From all around the globe, there are countless instances where natural sources that promise to transform every sector of society. One such instance occurred in 1941 when Swiss engineer, George deMestral out hunting with his dog one day when he noticed sticky burrs. with their hundreds tiny hooks, had attached themselves to his pants and his dog’s fur. These were his inspiration for Velcro.

Biomimicry refers to designs that

• are inspired by natural things

• transformed society

• are based on scientific engineering

• are based on scientific engineering

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.

The wright brothers did not have at look far for ideas when building their airplane, they studied birds. The act of copying from obscure scientific journals to the mainstream. The term ‘bio mimicry’ popularized by American natural-sciences writer Janine Benyus in the late 1990s refers to innovation that take their inspiration from flora and fauna. Bio mimicry advocates argue that with 3.8 billion years of research and development, evolution has already solved many of the challenges humans now encounter. Although we often see nature as something we mine for resources, bio mimicry views nature as a mentor. From all around the globe, there are countless instances where natural sources that promise to transform every sector of society. One such instance occurred in 1941 when Swiss engineer, George deMestral out hunting with his dog one day when he noticed sticky burrs. with their hundreds tiny hooks, had attached themselves to his pants and his dog’s fur. These were his inspiration for Velcro.

Biomimicry views the natural world as a 

• mine for resources

• mine field of ideas

• mentor

• mentor