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It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
THE PERFORMING ARTS
In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or (31) _________a musical instrument. As they (32) _________up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these occasions with great (33) _________ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers (34) _________ an endless stream of easily available entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous (35) _________as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.
(34)......................

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When I picked up my book I found that the cover had been torn

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

The team leader allowed members to make important decisions. He fostered their spirit of commitment.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

“Look where you are going,” she said to me; “the road is full of holes and very badly lit.”

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions: 

 It's your duty to help him.

Rewrite: 

They had been lost in the mountains for three days, but they looked strong and healthy.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

The film was not interesting. However, he tried to watch the whole film.

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The living room isn’t as big as the kitchen.

Rewrite: 

In the class of twenty, Nam is the third best student.

Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one: Tom couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Carol.

Make the best choice

 These new machines have put an end to queuing

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one: Jim came down with flu and had to stay in.

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Mark delayed writing the book until he had done a lot of research.

Rewrite: 

He is such a slow speaker that his students get bored.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to  without changing the meaning

Thanks to the efforts of environmentalists, people are becoming better aware of the problems of endangered species.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

Enormous efforts have been made. People want to find a cure for this disease.

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 They say that the visitors were killed by terrorists.

Make the best choice

“Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. 

Rewrite: 

They didn't recognize me until I talked.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.