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Test 1:
One of the most brutal features of gender inequality takes the
form of physical violence against women. The (1) of such violence is
remarkably high, not only in poorer and less developed economies but also in wealthy
and modern societies. Indeed the (2) of battering women even in the
richest and most developed economies is (3) high. Turning to India, it must
be (4) first that the frequency of assaults on women is high in the
country. To that (5) general recognition has to be added the special
role of violence connected with particular (6) features, such as dowry and
economic settlements. Even though the numbers involved in violent deaths are (7)
by the larger numbers that (8) from (9) of healthcare, the
crude and brutal nature of this form of gender inequality makes it a particularly
severe (10) of the deprivation of women.
1. 1) expectations 2) counting 3) incidence 4) acceptance 5)
responses
2. 1) frequency 2) occurrence 3) event 4) chance 5) blocking
3. 1) relatively 2) clearly 3) surely 4) undoubtedly 5) astonishingly
4. 1) accomplished 2) acknowledged 3) cleared 4) understand 5)
assured
5. 1) anxiety 2) terrible 3) surprise 4) power 5) form
6. 1) national 2) visible 3) social 4) category 5) personal
7. 1) fewer 2) outshine 3) lean 4) dwarfed 5) horrible
8. 1) perish 2) develop 3) spoil 4) incline 5) direct
9. 1) omission 2) attention 3) care 4) effort 5) neglect
10. 1) remark 2) indication 3) happening 4) manifestation 5) rise
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Test 2:
With the US military tied down on two fronts and the rest of the
world growing (1) to American power, the challenges for Rice are as (2)
as they have been for any Secretary of State in the past three decades. After
six years of tussling with others on Bush’s national-security team, Rice has
seen off her rivals and (3) as the principal spokesperson for Bush’s foreign
(4). Her reward has been to (5) responsibility for selling a
failed policy in Iraq and (6) a legacy for Bush at a time when (7) in
the world are in the mood to help her. “Bush is severely (8) and has
very little (9) or support at home or abroad,” says Leslie Gelb, former
president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “That is (10) true for
his Secretary of State. So they are (11) flailing around.” That’s a grim
assessment, since the (12) to international order are (13) today
than at any other time since the end of the cold war. The most immediate source
of (14) emanates from where the country civil war risks (15) a
region-wide conflict.
1. 1) resistant 2) subservient 3) immune 4) cordial 5) indifference
2. 1) obvious 2) trivial 3) superfluous 4) daunting 5) rewarding
3. 1) renamed 2) emerged 3) appointed 4) entrusted 5) visited
4. 1) aid 2) recognition 3) policy 4) acceptability 5) minister
5. 1) shirk 2) avoid 3) transfer 4) visualize 5) inherit
6. 1) focusing 2) framing 3) escaping 4) salvage 5) demolishing
7. 1) people 2) few 3) diplomats 4) autocrats 5) most
8. 1) intensified 2) master-minded 3) weakened 4) projected 5)
supported
9. 1) credibility 2) difficulty 3) majority 4) power 5) enthusiasm
10. 1) not 2) uniformly 3) remotely 4) partially 5) also
11. 1) effectively 2) inadvertently 3) basically 4) aimlessly 5) not
12. 1) admirations 2) threats 3) pleasantries 4) demands 5) accolades
13. 1) louder 2) fewer 3) magnificent 4) most 5) bigger
14. 1) instability 2) fuel 3) energy 4) peace 5) atrocity
15. 1) defusing 2) demolishing 3) terminating 4) igniting 5)
extinguishing
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Test 3:
Delinking of jobs from degrees is one of the (1) features
of our education (2). There has been a (3) fall in (4) in
the academic field in recent years. There is a (5) of degree
holders in the country. As a result, university degrees have (6) their
value and charm while the number of students in colleges and
universities of the country has been (7) rising. Consequently,
thousands of graduates and postgraduates come out of these institutions
and stand in queues waiting to get some (8) jobs (9) in
the country. Moreover, these degree holders do not have any technical or
vocational knowledge needed for a particular job. As a result, the
number of educated unemployed has been rising (10). It has created a
very serious problem.
1. 1) minor 2) trivial 3) unachievable 4) irrelevant 5) salient
2. 1) process 2) policy 3) development 4) guideline 5) procedures
3. 1) expected 2) sheer 3) rough 4) steep 5) gentle
4. 1) assessment 2) evaluation 3) competence 4) fees 5) value
5. 1) flood 2) class 3) party 4) mob 5) rabble
6. 1) mislaid 2) lost 3) increase 4) found 5) establish
7. 1) slowly 2) hastily 3) deeply 4) gradually 5) steadily
8. 1) prestigious 2) trivial 3) menial 4) academic 5) managerial
9. 1) occurring 2) posted 3) created 4) available 5) advertised
10. 1) exponentially 2) awfully 3) terribly 4) fast 5) incalculably
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Test 4:
Mass migration has produced a huge worldwide economy of its own
which has (1) so fast during the past few years that the figures have (2)
experts. Last year remittances sent home by migrants were expected to (3)
$232 billion according to the World Bank which (4) these figures. (5)
though the flow of remittances is to alleviate the plight of the migrant’s
family it cannot on its own lift entire nations out of poverty. Those who study
the (6) of remittances argue that the money allows poor countries to put
off basic decisions of economic management like (7) their tax collection
systems and building schools. Remittances to poor countries can also (8) the
fact that they do not produce much at home. The challenge is now to find
programmes that (9) the benefits of remitted cash while (10) some
of its downside.
1. 1) accelerated 2) grew 3) expand 4) increase 5) escalating
2. 1) strike 2) encouraged 3) astonished 4) convinced 5) disturb
3. 1) rise 2) represent 3) project 4) exceed 5) recover
4. 1) record 2) tracks 3) estimate 4) report 5) surveys
5. 1) Dtrimental 2) Minor 3) Profuse 4) Benefited 5) Vital
6. 1) circumstance 2) profit 3) impact 4) status 5) quality
7. 1) declaring 2) established 3) measuring 4) reforming 5) govern
8. 1) mask 2) hid 3) review 4) display 5) supported
9. 1) launch 2) predict 3) optimum 4) appreciate 5) maximize
10. 1) augmenting 2) avoiding 3) suspend 4) protects 5) detracting
ANSWERS:
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Test 1
1. 3 2. 1 3. 5 4. 2 5. 2 6. 5 7. 4 8. 1 9. 5 10. 4
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Test 2
1. 1 2. 4 3. 2 4. 3 5. 2 6. 4 7. 2 8. 3 9. 1 10. 5 11.
4 12. 2 13. 5 14. 1 15. 4
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Test 3
1. 5 2. 2 3. 4 4. 3 5. 1 6. 2 7. 5 8. 1 9. 4 10. 4
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Test 4
1. 1 2. 3 3. 4 4. 2 5. 5 6. 3 7. 4 8. 1 9. 5 10. 2
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