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les multi-candidatures ;

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Quel que soit le lieu où les épreuves ont été passées, les résul-

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une durée de 3 heures :

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■ une épreuve de Compréhension et expression écrite en

français ;

■ une épreuve de Raisonnement logique et numérique ;

■ une épreuve de Compréhension et expression écrite en

anglais.

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Culture

générale 100 points

50 questions à

choix multiple

(QCM)

45 minutes

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et expression

écrite

en français

100 points

50 questions à

choix multiple

(QCM) dont une

partie visant à

juger de la com-

préhension d'un

texte

45 minutes

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logique

et numérique

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choix multiple

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45 minutes

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et expression

écrite en anglais

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50 questions à

choix multiple

(QCM) dont une

partie visant à

juger de la com-

préhension d'un

texte

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sont proposées ; une seule réponse est correcte.

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expression

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français

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expression

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multiples

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■ Un livret unique est remis aux candidats regroupant les

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■ Les 170 réponses sont portées au recto d'une grille unique,

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d'inscription, la session ainsi que le centre d'écrit du candidat.

■ Le candidat noircit la case correspondant à la réponse

choisie, en utilisant le crayon fourni par le centre d'écrit ou

un portemine (B ou HB). Les corrections doivent

impérativement être effectuées avec un blanc correcteur.

Exemple de marquage :

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Exemple : extrait d'un QCM de culture générale et de la feuille de

réponses d'un candidat.

Question X - Des cinq pays européens suivants, lequel a la superficie

la plus grande ?

1. L'Allemagne

2. L'Espagne

3. La France

4. L'Italie

5. Le Royaume-Uni

Feuille de réponses :

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L'inscription s'effectue en ligne sur le site internet :

http://score.iae-message.fr

Lors de l'inscription, le candidat choisit parmi une liste qui lui

est proposée :

- le centre d'écrit (lieu de passage du Score) ;

- la session à laquelle il souhaite participer ;

- les formations dans lesquelles il envisage de déposer un

dossier de candidature.

Attention : le choix du centre d'écrit et le choix de la session

sont définitifs et ne peuvent être modifiés quel que soit le

motif.

Pour les sessions 2017, le coût du passage du Score est de

30 euros. Le paiement s'effectue uniquement en ligne, par carte

bancaire.

Une fois l'inscription terminée, le candidat reçoit sa convoca-

tion par e-mail sous format pdf.

Le remboursement en cas d'absence n'est pas possible, quel

que soit le motif (même médical).

Pour améliorer ses résultats, le candidat a la possibilité de se

présenter à plusieurs sessions. Dans ce cas, le candidat présen-

tera aux formations dans lesquelles il postule le meilleur de ses

scores.

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Pour être autorisé à passer l'épreuve, le candidat a l'obligation

de présenter :

- la convocation reçue par e-mail, imprimée ;

- une pièce d'identité en cours de validité (la carte d'identité,

le passeport et le permis de conduire sont les seules pièces

d'identité autorisées).

Aucun retard n'est autorisé, quel que soit le motif.

Le candidat dispose de 3 heures pour composer. Le sujet com-

plet comportant les 170 questions lui est remis au début de

l'épreuve ; le candidat gère donc son temps comme il le sou-

haite.

Les documents, dictionnaires, lexiques et calculatrice sont for-

mellement interdits durant l'épreuve. Aucun brouillon n'est

fourni, ni autorisé durant l'épreuve.

De la même manière, les téléphones portables et sacs ne doivent

pas être à portée des candidats.

A l'issue des 3 heures, le candidat rend au surveillant sa grille

de réponses complétée ainsi que son sujet. Toute grille de ré-

ponses rendue sans le sujet ne sera pas corrigée.

Quelques jours après les épreuves (date à consulter sur le site

internet du Score lAE-Message, rubrique Sessions), le candidat

reçoit ses résultats sous la forme d'une attestation. Il lui revient

de la transmettre aux formations dans lesquelles il souhaite

postuler et de déposer un dossier de candidature.

Les résultats obtenus au Score lAE-Message sont valables pour

une durée de 2 rentrées universitaires. Par exemple, les résul-

tats obtenus lors d'une session passée en 2017 sont valables

pour les rentrées 2017-2018 et 2018-2019.

Chaque formation dispose d'un outil de consultation des résul-

tats. Il est donc inutile de tenter de les falsifier. En cas de tenta-

tive de fraude, chacune des formations en sera immédiatement

avertie et le dossier du candidat sera automatiquement rejeté.

f 5. cflienDRiGR nés sessions 2017 du scors me-messRGe

En 2017, 8 sessions sont organisées en France :

■ lre session : mardi 14 février 2017

■ 2e session : samedi 11 mars 2017

■ 3e session : samedi 18 mars 2017

■ 4e session : jeudi 27 avril 2017

■ 5e session : samedi 29 avril 2017

■ 6e session : jeudi 18 mai 2017

■ 7e session : mardi 30 mai 2017

■ 8e session : jeudi 24 août 2017

Et 4 sessions sont organisées à l'étranger :

■ lre session : mardi 21 février 2017

■ 2e session : mardi 14 mars 2017

■ 3e session : mardi 11 avril 2017

■ 4e session : mardi 2 mai 2017

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horaires sont consultables sur le site du Score lAE-Message,

rubrique Centres de passage, puis en cliquant sur le centre

concerné.

Tous les centres n'organisent pas les 12 sessions et le nombre

de places est limité (cf. site internet).

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Cette épreuve comprend deux parties :

■ la première partie {Expression, 35 questions) évalue les

capacités d'expression du candidat par la maîtrise écrite

de l'anglais ;

■ la seconde partie {Compréhension, 15 questions) évalue

l'aptitude du candidat à comprendre et analyser un texte

ayant trait à la vie économique ou à une situation de

décision en gestion, et à maîtriser les concepts et le

vocabulaire qui s'y rapportent.

L'épreuve prend la forme de questions à choix multiple (QCM).

Sa durée conseillée est de 45 minutes.

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1

GHPRession

According to the Finance Minister the economy was going

through a bad ... but would soon return to growth.

1/ Period

2/ Patch

3/ Piece

4/ Moment

5/Time

The minister went on to say that ongoing reforms will ...

the way for improved working conditions for ail.

1/ Make

2/ Set

3/ Mark

4/ Pave

5/ Highlight

It was Friday afternoon and the unruly pupils were

continually being reminded to ... attention by the teacher.

1/ Lend

2/ Fix

3/ Provide

4/ Give

5/ Pay

Mary had taken an early breakfast so by midday she was

beginning to feel a little ....

1/ Pedantic

2/ Peevish

3/ Peckish

4/ Perky

5/ Brackish

The coach was well known for his half-time ... talks which

always motivated the team for the second half.

1/ Ont

2/ Shop

3/Pep

4/Train

5/ Walks

The température had risen slightly since the sudden snowstorm

and on the roads most of the snow was turning to ... .

1/ Sluice

2/ Slush

3/ Mush

4/ Sludge

5/ Mud

There was now a slight... with the family's plan to buy their

mother's birthday présent on the day. They had forgotten

today was a bank holiday and ail of the shops were closed.

1/ Snub

2/ Shirk

3/ Snare

4/ Snarl

5/ Snag

The sales were starting today and queues of shoppers were

waiting for opening time in order to ... up some bargains.

1/ Snap

2/ Snip

3/ Snag

4/ Soak

5/ Shore

Heavy rain had fallen ail morning in the hills, so by

lunchtime the hikers' clothes were well and truly ....

1/ Soppy

2/ Soiled

3/ Sullen

4/ Sodden

5/ Shabby

The previous owner had not carried out any rénovation work

on the property for many years, and by now the wallpaper

was looking very ....

1/ Scrappy

2/Tatty

3/ Scraggy

4/ Smart

5/ Sad

Relations between the two countries had been ... for some

time, before agreement was reached on how ownership

could be shared of the disputed territory.

1/Taught

2/Tawdry

3/Tant

4/Taunted

5/Tainted

Subject to receiving ail of the information listed below

we will ... to produce our report by the end of this week.

1/ Empress

2/ Enforce

3/ Empower

4/ Endeavour

5/ Endure

If a driver causes death or serious injury by driving

dangerously he or she could end ... in prison.

1/ Down

2/ Up

3/ Over

4/ Out

5/ Left

Once ail of the items listed on the agenda had been dealt

with, the committee meeting was ... to a close.

1/ Carried

2/Taken

3/ Brawn

4/ Reported

5/ Brought

There were over six thousand product references split

over several locations. Not surprisingly James always fount

the stock count very ....

1/Tedious

2/Tenuous

3/Tenacious

4/Terse

5/Truculent

Hidden in between huge cliffs they found a ... beach which

was accessible only by boat.

1/ Secured

2/ Sedated

3/ Secluded

4/ Segregated

5/ Shielded

The neighbours were having a barbecue and the smell of

roasting sausages was ... over the hedge.

1/ Flowing

2/ Wafting

3/ Wandering

4/ Wallowing

5/ Billowing

Guy was known as a bit of a ... and could always be relied

on to tell a few jokes at the end of the meal.

1/ Twit

2/Wag

3/ Brag

4/ Wager

5/ Bigwig

Suzy was an adept negotiator and after only twelve months

with the firm she was able to ... her way into a new job with

a much higher salary.

1/ Waggle

2/ Wrangle

3/ Waffle

4/ Waddle

5/ Wangle

I bave been ... here for a few days and therefore I will not

return home until early next week at the earliest.

1/ Wayward

2/ Wavered

3/ Waylaid

4/ Leeward

5/ Outlaid

Just after midnight witnesses heard the ... of an aircraft

engine followed by a loud thump.

1/ Wine

2/ Grind

3/ Whine

4/ Wail

5/ Wheeze

A ... sixty tonnes of fish had been landed at the port over the

last three days.

1/ Strapping

2/ Flipping

3/ Flopping

4/ Whopping

5/ Hopping

Once the ... had gone out the children could fîsh for shrimps

and search for crabs in the rock pools.

1/ Sea

2/ Water

3/Tide

4/ Océan

5/ Marine

Her schedule was ... : work by day, classes two nights per week,

studying evenings and weekends, plus a family to look after.

1/ Gripping

2/ Gruesome

3/ Great

4/ Gruelling

5/ Grisly

We are having a terrible time on holiday: our original hôtel

was overbooked so we were switched to a ... little hôtel

situated behind a factory and five kilométrés from the beach.

1/ Gritty

2/ Grumpy

3/ Gross

4/ Gory

5/ Grotty

This is a sensationalistic and ... collection of true stories that

highlight real terror.

1/ Fulsome

2/ Gruesome

3/ Wholesome

4/ Winsome

5/ Wistful

2/ Just behind the point the ancient lighthouse and its ... rocks

are exposed to some of the strongest coastal currents in Europe.

1/ Rigged

2/ Ragged

3/ Jagged

4/ Snagged

5/ Haggard

28 The crew had been given the order to abandon ship so they

prepared to ... the life rafts into the boiling sea.

1/ Throw

2/ Deposit

3/ Offload

4/ Disembark

5/ Jettison

29 The Chairman had announced his retirement barely a week

ago, but his potential successors were already ... for position.

1/ Jockeying

2/ Jousting

3/ Juggling

4/ Juxtaposing

5/ Jogging

9Q In order to raise money charities will often organise ... sales

where they will sell items donated by members of the public.

1/ Summer

2/ Bargain

3/ Winter

4/ Fumble

5/ Jumble

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2J Mary was very good at keeping in ... with her friends and

never forgot to send a card on their birthdays.

1/ Contact

2/ Partnership

3/Touch

4/Tune

5/View

32 is important for management to anticipate changes in

market conditions adjust its strategy and thereby keep the

company's fortunes on an even ....

1/ Feel

2/ Keel

3/ Reel

4/ Heel

5/ Creel

33 Old people should in général be ... of people contacting them

by téléphoné, post or e-mail to sell goods at a huge discount.

1/ Suspect

2/ Wavy

3/ Scary

4/ Wary

5/ Prudent

34 In fhe face of a serions threat the government will do ...

is necessary to protect the security of its citizens.

1/ Whomsoever

2/ Whatever

3/ Whoever

4/ Wherever

5/ Whichever

Police offîcers are still questioning the family and friends of

the missing person but nobody appears to know bis ....

1/Thereabouts

2/ Hereabouts

3/ Whereabouts

4/ Wherever

5/ Wheresoever

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The Guardian - Sean Steininger

| Friday 22 ]uly 2016 14.00 BST

1 I had been living on the Hawaiian island of Maui for about a year,

| working as a dive instructor, when friends from the mainland US came

| to visit last summer: Renee and her boyfriend Jason, Noah, Sarah and AJ,

| ail keen to have some adventures. We spent a week exploring another

| island, but there was a spot doser to home I wanted to show them - a

| serene 30-foot waterfall with a beautiful dive pool beneath it. l'd been

| once before and thought it would be a perfect place to spend the day

| 2 There was a walk of about two miles from the road upstream to the

| falls, along a path known as the Commando Hike. About halfway

| there, a light rain began. The area is notorious for flash floods during

| the rainy season and we'd been hearing warnings ail week, but the

i shower was so gentle I thought nothing of it; by the time we reached

| our destination it had already stopped. We had to wade up the stream

| to reach the swimming hole, in water that was no more than knee-deep.

| 3 On my last visit, Td jumped in from a ledge halfway up, to the side

i of the falling water. AJ was keen to try it and we stripped to our

| swimming shorts. Renee is a film-maker and Jason a photographer,

| and as AJ and I climbed the cliff face, Renee set up a drone with a

| caméra to shoot some video, while Jason took pictures from a beach-

| like area facing the waterfall. Noah and Sarah cooled off in the pool.

| 4 I climbed to the top of the waterfall and waded across to a rock in

| the middle, right near the edge. I was standing there, messing around

| while Jason took pictures, when I saw AJ on the ledge below, signalling

i that he was about to jump. I had no intention of leaping from where I

| was - there was a danger I wouldn't clear the face of the waterfall and

| there were too many rocks right below. But when I stepped back into

j the stream, I plunged in up to my waist.

| 5 Moments before it had been knee-deep and the pull had been gentle

i - now I felt myself being dragged to the lip of the waterfall. Leaning

| forward, I grabbed for rocks, trying to gain stability as I edged towards

| the bank. But the water just kept rising. I found another big rock and

i latched on to it like a limpet, blinded by panic but clinging on even

| as the water rose up to my shoulders, then chin. As it covered my

| face, the pull became irrésistible and I was ripped off the rock into the

| brown-black surge. I remember feeling in freefall, and a jolting impact

| as my heel bounced off something hard. Then I was fully submerged,

i spinning and cartwheeling. My training as a diver was no use here -

| Td experienced nothing like this in the océan.

i 6 I tried to strike for the surface but had no idea which way I was

| pointing. I wondered if I was being drawn towards a larger waterfall

i a hundred yards downstream, but when my head broke the surface,

| I saw the current had spat me out by the beach; the force had been so

i great that Td cleared the cliff face and the rocks completely, with only

i my foot clipping the ledge as I fell. The others had already scrambled

j on to the beach to escape the flood, but as the water continued to rise,

| we realised we were standing on a fast-shrinking island. There was

| no way back, but we managed to reach the opposite bank, wading

i in water up to our chests, or using vines and overhanging branches

i to haul ourselves across. Looking back, we saw the island we'd been

| standing on had completely disappeared.

i 7 I learned later that until I appeared on the beach, everyone had

i assumed Td drowned. I got to see how close a call Td had, too; Renee

i managed to retrieve her drone and seeing the footage underlined how

| lucky we'd been to escape with our lives. Other than my throbbing

| foot, we were completely unharmed.

i 8 As we climbed, we ran into another stranded hiker who called 911.

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We were told to wait for a helicopter, which had to retrieve other people

farther downstream first. We'd been lucky - the rescue team told us

they often had to recover bodies. In flood season, rainwater can collect

in the mountains, overflow and funnel down ail at once. I was stupid

N to ignore the warnings; Fil pay more heed to local knowledge in future.

Questions

In the following phrase taken from the first paragraph

Ail keen to have some adventure", the word "keen" means: //

1/ Strong

2/ Acute

3/ Enthusiastic

4/ Cold

5/ Intense

2 In the following phrase taken from the first paragraph

"There was a spot doser to home'', the word "spot" means:

1/ Mark

2/ Location

3/ Geographical area

4/ Period

5/ Blemish

In the following phrase taken from the second paragraph

"The area is notorious for flash floods during the rainy

season", the word "flash" means:

1/ Brief space of time

2/ Sudden rush

3/Volatile mixture

4/ Ostentatious display

5/ Sham

In the following phrase taken from the second paragraph

"We had to wade up the stream to the swimming hole",

the word "hole" means:

1/ Fault

2/ Opening

3/ Area hollowed out

4/ Deep place

5/Vacancy

In the following phrase taken from the third paragraph

'Td jumped in from a ledge halfway up", the word "ledge"

means:

1/ A layer of rock containing an ore

2/ Board

3/Tree

4/ Branch

5/ Narrow shelf-like rock

In the following phrase taken from the fourth paragraph

"I was standing there, messing around while Jason took

pictures", the word "messing" means:

1/ Behaving in a silly way

2/Treating people badly

3/ Doing things without any purpose

4/ Eating

5/ Interfering

In the following phrase taken from the fourth paragraph

"I had no intention of leaping from where I was",

the word "leaping" means:

1/ Reacting quickly

2/ Coming into prominence

3/ Jumping

4/ Diving

5/ Falling

In the following phrase taken from the fifth paragraph

"I remember feeling in freefall, and a jolting impact",

the word "jolting" means:

1/ Shocking

2/ Painful

3/ Causing a sudden jar

4/ Solid

5/ Huge

In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph

"I tried to strike for the surface", the word "strike" means;

1/ Arrive

2/ Set out

3/ Break

4/ Swim

5/ Float

|Q In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph

"I was being drawn towards a larger waterfall",

the word "drawn" means:

1/ Pushed

2/Thrown

3/ Pulled

4/ Drifted

5/ Cruised

|J In the following paragraph taken from the seventh

paragraph "1 got to see how close a call Td had, too",

the word "call" means:

1/ Sommons

2/ Prédiction

3/ Shout

4/ Escape

5/ Effort

|2 In the following phrase taken from the seventh paragraph

"seeing the footage underlined how lucky we'd been to

escape", the word "footage" means:

1/ Length

2/ Photographs

3/ Height

^ 4/ Distances

5/ Part of a film 4-J .c CT1

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In the following phrase taken from the eighth paragraph

"As we climbed, we ran into another stranded hiker",

the word "stranded" means:

1/ Marooned

2/ Left helpless

3/ Aground

4/ Injured

5/ Lost

In the following phrase taken from the eighth paragraph

"Fil pay more heed to local knowledge in future",

the word "heed" means:

1/ Hold to account

2/ Attention

3/ Credibility

4/ Notification

5/ Information

In the following phrase taken from the sixth paragraph

"The others had already scrambled onto the beach",

the word "scrambled" means:

1/ Dashed

2/ Barged

3/ Jockeyed for position

4/ Moved quickly using their hands

5/ Scuffled

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Chaque bonne réponse vous donne 2 points. Une réponse

fausse n'entraîne pas de points négatifs. Pour chacune des

questions une seule réponse est correcte.

Questions Bonnes réponses Questions Bonnes réponses

Questions d'Expression 26 2

1 2 27 3

2 4 28 5

3 5 29 1

4 3 30 5

5 3 31 3

6 2 32 2

7 5 33 4

8 1 34 2

9 4 35 3

10 2 Questions de Compréhension

11 3 1 3

12 4 2 2

13 2 3 2

14 5 4 4

15 1 5 5

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It is debatable ... trends in the wages and salaries of

researchers will vary significantly between industries.

1/ Whatever

2/ Wherever

3/ However

4/ Whether

5/ Ever

There is a ... belief that literacy and économie prosperity go

hand in hand.

1/ Panoramic

2/ Upheld

3/ Widespread

4/ Large

5/ Overall

The grant funding provided to overseas projects was limited

so the government wanted to ensure it was not allocated ...

according to the whims of local officiais.

1/ Riff-raff

2/ Willy-nilly

3/ Silly-Billy

4/ Shilly-shally

5/ Molly coddle

The leading runners were now ... sight of the finish line and

used their remaining reserves of energy in the race to the line.

1/ Withhold

2/ Without

3/ Over

4/ Under

5/ Within

The new leadership were promised the ... support of

the members.

1/ Warmhearted

2/ Wholehearted

3/ Heartbreaking

4/ Hearty

5/ Wholesome

Ail members must... by the internai rules of the association

and pay their subscription on time.

1/ Astride

2/ Abide

3/ Résidé

4/ Deride

5/ Betide

Under the law once the tenant had been evicted for

non-payment of rent he became of no fixed ....

1/ Property

2/ Domicile

3/ Home

4/ Dwelling

5/ Abode

Jacques had never visited London before and rather than

relying on guide books he decided to walk ... the city in

order to discover it for himself.

1/ In

2/Throughout

3/Through

4/ Over

5/ Around

When preparing their assessments the teachers were

asked to make ... for pupils who did not speak English

as a first language.

1/ Allowances

2/ Compensation

3/ Adjustments

4/ Provisions

5/ Additions

Jane had forgotten that garlic did not... with her so after

trying a few snails the night before she woke up with an

upset stomach.

1/ Support

2/ Pass

3/ Meet

4/ Agree

5/ Settle

It would soon be low tide and as the boat was late leaving

the harbour it soon ran ....

1/ Amok

2/ Away

3/ Aboard

4/ Abed

5/ Aground

The door of the director's office had been left... so his

secretary could hear everything he said to the Chairman

about the Company's poor resuit for the year.

1/ Acute

2/ Astride

3/ Ajar

4/ Afar

5/ Adjacent

A bystander managed to ... the knife from the attacker's

grasp before he managed to plunge it into the victinTs chest.

1/ Writhe

2/ Wring

3/ Wreak

4/ Wrench

5/ Wriggle

Bill was leaving after thirty-fîve years with the firm and his

colleagues had arranged a ... round in order to offer him a

gift for his retirement.

1/ Pass

2/ Whip

3/ Hand

4/ Whisk

5/ Whirl

Sophie did not have a due about the answer to the final

exam question so she had a ... guess at the answer.

1/Vague

2/ Précisé

3/ Savage

4/ Wild

5/ Big

The journey by car is so long ... you will get bored

after two hours.

1/Than

2/ Where

3/ From

4/That

5/ As

They want... London and they need your help to

communicate in English.

1/ Go to

2/To go to

3/To go at

4/ Going by

5/ Go for

We insist on ... the holidays with Mary.

1/ Spending

2/ Spent

3/ Spends

4/ Spend

5/To spend

They're going to have the ... holidays of their life.

1/ More exciting

2/ More excited

3/ Most excited

4/ Exciting

5/ Most exciting

After ... the race, he surpassed Leonidas of Rhodes.

1/ Winner

2/To win

3/ Wins

4/ Winning

5/To winning

The candidate said that he intended ... his unorthodox

campaign style.

1/ Sticking at

2/ To stick with

3/To stick on

4/ Stick by

5/To stick

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incrémental and far better than Michaers vague plan.

1/ Whom

2/Within

3/ While

4/ When

5/ Who

22 There was a hole in the boat... he rented and he had to

swim back to the beach.

1/ What

2/ From

3/ Ago

4/ By

5/ Which

24 The boy ... David has invited is his cousin.

1/ What

2/ Who

3/ Which

4/ With

5/ Where

25 The articles ... they want to write will be read

by a lot of people.

1/ Who Q.

2/ Whom

3/ Where

4/ Which

5/ When

Back at home, they express their feelings ... the party.

1/ For

2/ About

3/ By

4/To

5/ With

If only we ... see Mary tomorrow.

1/ Could

2/ Can

3/ Were

4/ Will

5/ Can't

They ... worry about the weather,

it was a beautiful day.

1/ Don't have to

2/ DoesiTt have to

3/ Do have to

4/ Haven't to

5/ DidrTt have to

He wasn't allowed to go to the beach ... .

1/ On his own

2/ On her own

3/ By her own

4/To his own

5/ On himself

It won't be necessary for them to return home ... night.

1/ By

2/To

3/ For

4/ From

5/ At

They aren't brothers, ...?

1/ Aren't they

2/ Is he

3/ Are they

4/ Isn't he

5/ Is she

l've never seen ... so wonderful.

1/ Anything

2/ Nothing

3/ No what

4/ A thing

5/ What

We've been here ... last week and we've already seen Mike.

1/ From

2/ Since

3/ For

4/ By

5/ When

45

34 Can we have a look ... them now?

1/To

2/For

3/At

4/ With

5/ By

35 They've been here ... two days.

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1/ From

2/ Ago

3/ By

4/ For

5/ At

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hy Frank Van Riper

The Washington Post

1 "Of ail the means of expression, photography is the only one that

| fixes forever the précisé and transitory instant. We photographers

| deal in things that are continually vanishing, and when they have

| vanished, there is no contrivance on earth that can make them come

back again. We cannot develop a print from memory" (From Henri

| Cartier-Bresson's 1952 essay on The Décisive Moment).

i 2 Henri Cartier-Bresson, (1908-2004), the legendary photographer,

| coined the term "the décisive moment" to refer to photography's

unique ability to freeze time, to capture moments in an instant, be it

the fleeting émotion between two lovers, peak sports action or tragedy

| amid war and upheaval.

1 3 It can be assumed that he was not talking about landscape

photographers making pictures of immovable mountains, or still life

photographers or architectural photographers. (And just as obviously,

| given the year of his essay, he was not talking about some poor soul

trying to digitally manufacture a great moment after the fact in

| Photoshop).

| 4 What he was talking about was only one type of shooting: call it

journalism, documentary photography, spot news photography,

| interprétative or environmental protaiture - even snapshooting.

5 Cartier-Bresson was talking about photography of the evanescent,

| of the here and now. The kind of photography that, in many ways,

i defines the entire craft, the entire art. \ ' ►

6 Most photography, but especially this kind, bas a tenuous réputation

for truth-telling largely because of the camera's, if not always the

photographer's, ability to record events objectively. In fact photography

is unique among the visual arts, not only because a photograph

cannot be created from (sometimes clouded and prejudiced) memory,

but because the subject of the photograph - and not really the

photographier - détermines absolutely what that depiction will be.

7 This seemingly miraculous confluence of expression, gesture,

lighting and composition is what makes so much of Cartier-Bresson's

work exceptional, especially since most of it happened on the fly, in

the real world and not in the studio.

8 Part of being able to capture the décisive moment is practice and

just as in fishing, it requires great patience and flawless reflexes. Fve

learned that sometimes the best moments happen before or after an

actual event. The first instance that cornes to mind is trying to make

a telling picture of a child blowing out birthday candies. You wait for

the child to perform and most often youTl get a passable snap of a kid

with billowing cheeks blowing out candies. But with more experience

you wait for the instant just after the candies go out, when the child

looks up from the cake, his or her face flush with excitement and

achievement amid a wreath of candie smoke.

9 One of my favourite shots during my time as a children's

photographer was of twin toddler boys sitting side by side on a couch

in their parents' living room. During the shoot I asked the mother

to place her older son's electric guitar - something they were never

allowed to touch - in their lap. The ecstatic looks of the boys' faces-

the décisive moment, to be sure - was the best picture of the session.

The smallest thing, the little human détail, can be a great subject

and when you capture it and everything else falls together, it is a

wonderful feeling.

10 "Photography shows us things that lie beyond our imagination and

compel our amazement because they really happened/ said writer ►

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I photographer David Jenkins. "It revels in the beauty, the mystery and

| the strangeness of life. It is the most powerful purely visual médium

i ever created. "

| 11 That is why I cringe to hear some people - even photographers,

i though none I really admire - dismissing the idea of the décisive

| moment as outmoded, even irrelevant in the digital âge. That

j somehow, a transcendent picture - a photograph - can be patched

| together from différent digital éléments.

I 12 Sure it can. Just dont call it photography.

| 13 And just as important, don't try to pass it off as same.

Questions

In the opening paragraph. How does Henri Cartier-Bresson

describe photography?

1/ A form of entertainment

2/ A means of expression

3/ An interesting hobby

4/ A complicated process

5/ A work of art

Referring to paragraph 2, according to Bresson, what unique

ability does photography possess?

1/ It can make the subject look good

2/ It créâtes memories

3/ It can predict the future

4/ It has the ability to freeze time

5/ It can alter reality

Also referring to paragraph 2, he speaks of a "fleeting

émotion". What does the word "fleeting" mean?

1/ Gentle

2/ Short lived

3/Troubled

4/ Overlooked

5/ Intense

Referring to paragraph 5. What type of photography

is Henri Cartier-Bresson speaking of in his essay

"The Décisive Moment".

1/ Still photography

2/ Landscape photography

3/ Archecetural photography

4/ Photography of the here and now

5/ Portrait photography

According to the author of the article, photography has

a réputation for what?

1/ Enhancing the moment

2/ Exaggeration

3/Telling the truth

4/ Omitting détails

5/Telling lies

Referring to paragraph 6, who détermines absolutely how a

photograph will be depicted?

1/The photographer

2/The background

3/The caméra

4/The weather on the day

5/The subject of the photograph

In the following sentence taken from paragraph 6. "In fact

photography is unique among the visual arts, not only

because a photograph cannot be created from memory, but

because the subject of the photograph - and not really the

photographer - déterminés absolutely what that depiction

will be." What does the word "depiction" mean?

1/ Something that is represented in art form

2/The clarity of the photograph

3/The subject matter

4/The end resuit

5/The shutter speed

In paragraph 7. What adjective does the author use to

decribe Henri Cartier-Bresson's work?

1/ Dull

2/ Exceptional

3/ Amateur

4/ Uninspiring

5/ Mundane

According to the author, what is it that is required of a

photographer to capture the décisive moment?

1/ Luck

2/ Knowledge

3/Talent

4/ Practice and Patience

5/ Ability

In paragraph 8, the author talks about the best moment to

capture a great photograph, according to him,when is the

best moment?

1/ Before or after an event

2/ When everyone is facing the caméra

3/ When the caméra is focused properly

4/ When everyone stands still

5/ On a clear day

What slang word is used for photograph in paragraph 8?

1/ Pap

2/ Snipe

3/ Snap

4/ Pic

5/ Shoot

In paragraph 9, how does the author describe the expression

on the twin boys faces while having their picture taken with

an electric guitar?

1/ Bored

2/ Worried

3/ Frightened

4/ Ecstatic

5/ Gloomy

@

In the article, the author refers to photography as what kind

of médium?

1/ Sound

2/Visual

3/ Dance

4/ Light

5/ Print co CD- zn

m |4 In the following phrase taken from paragraph 11.

"That's why I cringe to hear some people - even some

photographers, though none I really admire - dismissing the

idea of the décisive moment as outmoded..." What does the

word "cringe" mean?

1/To feel embarassed

2/To look away

3/To become frightened

4/To ignore

5/To seek help

Also referring to paragraph 11 and the phrase "dismissing

the idea of the décisive moment as outmoded..." What does

the word "outmoded" mean?

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1/ Modem

2/ Unusable

3/ Unsuitable

® 4/ Faulty

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The two workers are pleased ... their experience.

1/ Straight

2/ By

3/ For

4/To

5/ With

Ail summer, kids have been ... in front of the Library

in London.

1/ Hanging on

2/ Hanging at

3/ Hanging with

4/ Hanging off

5/ Hanging out

It's the only way they can complété their online math .

1/ Housework

2/ Working out

3/ Homework

4/ Work out

5/ Worker

I know there are technological hurdles to ... universal

broadband.

1/ Provide

2/ Providing

3/ Provides

4/ Provided

5/ Had provided

That's ... how the staff still sees it.

1/ Pretty much

2/ Beauty much

3/ Awful les

4/ Much

5/ So

... March 2016, the Army warned the committee about that.

1/To

2/ At

3/ By

4/ For

5/ In

I told him that a lot of people ... to interféré with the course

of justice.

1/ Was trying

2/ Has tried

3/ Is trying

4/ Were trying

5/Tries

The Army deserves crédit for ... the corrosive power of

improper influence.

1/To recognize

2/ Recognizing

3/ Recognize

4/ Recognized

5/ Recognizes

... using the screen to work, we played Pac-Man.

1/ Instead by

2/ Instead for

3/ Instead on

4/ Instead at

5/ Instead of

Since 1970, Michael has voted ... the Republican candidate

in presidential élections.

1/ From

2/ At

3/ For

4/ By

5/ In

We have seen concerns ... foreign nations meddling directly

in United States élections.

1/ For

2/ By

3/ With

4/ About

5/ If

@

|2 They should ... planning to verify and audit voting

wherever possible.

1/ Starting

2/ Started

3/ Start

4/ Begins

5/ Beginner

12 The government is ... reaching its officiai consumer inflation

target of around 3 percent this year.

1/ Confident of

2/ Confidence

3/ Confident for

4/ Confidence from

5/ Confident by

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|4 The producer price index fell 1.4 percent in July from

a year ..., smaller than June's 3.6 percent décliné.

1/ Since

2/ By

3/To

d 4/ On c

5/ Ago o UD i—i O «N

The company reported a record $1.4 billion pounds' annual

f1 loss on Wednesday, hammered by a ... shale. >- Q.

1/ Bad bedding of

2/ Bad bet

3/ Good bet

4/ Bad bet on

5/ Bad betting

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|0 The world's ... mining company said cost cuts and a

réduction in net debt should see it double its free cash flow

to more than $7 billion this year.

1/ Big

2/ Biggest

3/ Bigger

4/ Small

5/ Smaller

|7 There is some sense that prices have stopped ... as opposed

to being in free fall.

1/ Feel

2/ Fell

3/ Failed

4/ False

5/ Falling

|g The underlying profit was the ... since the merger of A and C

— in 2011.

1/ Waked

2/ Weakest

6 3/ Weakness c

4/ Awake

5/ Weaker i—i o «N O 4-J

10 It announced a full-year dividend of 30 cents, which it said

was more than the minimum under its new .... u

1/ Playout policy

2/ Layout policy

3/ Payout policy

4/ Playout politics

5/ Layout politics

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2(J It added that déclinés in the index ... in the second half of

this year.

1/ Will also ease

2/ Also easy

3/ Easily

4/ Easel

5/ Will also

21 The online ... quickly went stratospheric.

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1/ Bids

2/ Boding

3/ Biding 2j||

4/ Bidding

5/ Biting

22 The knives were ont for the minister to step down following

a ... week in politics.

1/ Disaster

2/ Disastrous

3/ Distaste

4/ Deserted

5/ Desired

23 The élection was won by a ... majority. (y)

1/ Significant

2/ Signified Q.

3/ Stratifiéd

4/ Concentrated

5/ Concerted

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24 He was due to stand trial for his ... involvement

in the killing.

1/ Illégal

2/ Alledged

3/ Alligned

4/ Alledgely

5/ Illegally

25 Ifwas a very high ... case.

1/ Profit

2/ Provide

3/ Contrive

4/ Defile

5/ Profile

25 He had a distinguished ... record of public service.

1/ Black

2/Track

3/Trick

4/ Slick

5/ Stock

2/ The charity provides éducation and ... for teenagers.

1/ Supported

2/ Supports

3/ Support

4/ Supporting

5/ Supporter

28 He ... a broken leg in the accident

1/ Developed

2/ Pertained

3/ Sustained

4/ Obstained

5/ Retained

29 There was public ... as events unfolded.

1/ Outcome

2/ Outlook

3/ Outing

4/ Outer

5/ Outcry

9Q It was a ... moment as they waited for the final resuit.

1/Terse

2/ Tame

3/Tense

4/Tease

5/Tried

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9| It was unfortunate that he had let his émotions

get the ... of him.

1/ Most

2/ Best CTl

Q.

4/ Good

3/ Great

4/ Good

5/ Bette

32 He resigned following a ... of criticism from the public.

1/ Waft

2/ Wave

3/ Wove

4/ Weave

5/ Waver

33 He was suspended for one month ... the incident.

1/ Following

2/ Flowing

3/ Feeling

4/ Fleeting

5/ Freeing

34 II had ... apparent over recent days that things

were not good.

1/ Being

2/ Became

3/To be

4/ Become

5/Was

35 A lot of money was raised ... goodwill and hard work.

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3/Through

4/Tough

5/Thou

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The annual rate of CPI hit 0.6 per cent in July, up from 0.5 per cent

in June and analysts predict further increases due to Brexit

The Independent. August 16th 2016. Ben Chu Economies Editor

1 Consumer price inflation picked up in the wake of the UïCs Brexit

vote, hitting its highest rate since November 2014.

2 The Office for National Statistics said the annual rate of CPI hit 0.6

per cent, up from 0.5 per cent in June and higher than City of London

analysts had been expecting.

3 A separate ONS measure of "factory gâte" inflation rose at an annual

rate of 0.3 per cent in July, the biggest increase since June 2014, and

breaking two years of déclinés.

4 This suggests that the record fall in sterling in the wake of the 23 June

référendum vote is beginning to push up the import costs of domestic

manufacturers, which should eventually feed through into higher

consumer prices.

5 Samuel Tombs of Panthéon said he expected the consumer price

inflation rate to hit 3 per cent next year, above the Bank of England's

officiai 2 per cent target.

6 "Inflation's pick-up... will gain strong momentum in 2017, when

sterling's dépréciation will boost core goods inflation" he said.

7 "Labour market weakness might constrain wage growth soon, but

with productivity also likely to fall sharply as the economy slows,

v firms' cost pressures will remain intense".

© ✓ / \

! 8 The ONS said the main drivers of the increase in the consumer price

| inflation rate in July were rising prices of motor fuels, alcoholic drinks

| and accommodation services.

| 9 "It looks probable that consumer purchasing power will be

| significantly diluted over the coming months as inflation trends

| higher and earnings growth is limited,, said Howard Archer of IHS

| Global Insight.

| 10 ''Companies may well look to clamp down on workers' pay as they

| strive to save costs in a more difficult environment and as imported

| input prices are lifted by the weakened pound. Meanwhile, a likely

| softening labour market and reduced consumer confidence will dilute

!. workers' ability and willingness to push for higher pay awards".

Questions

| What is this text about?

1/This text is about tourism in London

2/This text is about foreign investment in United States

3/This text is about job insecurity in France

4/This text is about conséquences of a référendum

5/This text is about English inflation

2 What is "CPI"?

1/ Inflation

2/ Labour Party

3/ Economy

4/ An organization

5/ A race

What is ONS?

1/ Office for National Sciences

2/ Office for National Statistics

3/ Organization for New Sciences

4/ Organization for National Statistics

5/ Organization for New Statistics

What does "in wake of" (title) mean?

1/ Sleeping

2/ After the morning

3/ Instead of

4/ Waking

5/ As a resuit of

What does "picked up" (paragraph 1) mean?

1/ Felt down

2/ Collapsed

3/ Decreased

4/ Improved

5/ Disappeared

Why will inflation go on increasing?

1/ Because of the Labour Party

2/ Because of companies'prices

3/ Because of the Sterling dépréciation

4/ Because of the government

5/ Because of the rest of Europe

The word weakness (paragraph 7) is closest in meaning to

1/ Increase

2/ Walker

3/Vulnerability

4/ Dislike

5/ Aversion

Which historical rate did inflation hit?

1/ Inflation hit the rate of 2017

2/ Inflation hit the rate of November 2014

3/ Inflation hit the rate of June 2016

4/ Inflation hit the rate of July 2016

5/ Inflation hit the rate of June 2017

The word constrain (paragraph 7) is closest in meaning to:

1/ Go

2/ Leave

3/ Stop

4/ Give up

5/ Oblige

The word confidence (paragraph 10) is closest in meaning to?

1/ Sureness

2/Truth

3/ Secret

4/ Friendship

5/ Rule

When did Brexit vote occurred?

1/ During spring 2016

2/ During winter 2016

3/ During fall 2016

4/ At the beginning of summer 2016

5/ At the end of winter 2016

What does "clamp down'' (paragraph 10) mean?

1/ Give down

2/ Collapse down

3/ Buy down

4/ Increase down

5/ Shut down

What does "main drivers" (paragraph 8) mean?

1/ Conséquences

2/ British bikers

3/ Motors of growth

4/ Boats drivers

5/ Race drivers

Which prices increased the most in July?

1/ Real estate

2/Tobacco

3/ Manufactured products

4/ Housing services

5/ Because Chinese export bikes

The word willingness (paragraph 10) is closest in meaning to

1/ Full

2/ Ache

3/ Inclination

4/ Leader

5/ Silence

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Their living conditions were ... cramped.

1/ Quiet

2/ Quit

3/ Quite

4/ Quote

5/ Quid

He was ... prepared for the long journey that lay ahead.

1/ Bad

2/ III

3/ Nothing

4/ Idly

5/ Some

The company was fraudulent in its ... .

1/ Delving

2/ Peelings

3/ Dating

4/ Dappling

5/ Dealings

He ... going against ail the odds.

1/ Keeping

2/ Keeper

3/ Kept

4/ Keep

5/ Crept

They conducted their affairs ... an exemplary manner.

1/At

2/ On

3/ Over

4/To

5/ In

He was a ... figure in the political campaign.

1/ Father

2/Key

3/ Full

4/ Slim

5/Big

She played a major ... in his life

1/ Rail

2/ Roll

3/ Risk

4/ Rôle

5/ Route

It was a city positively ... with power and culture.

1/ Homing

2/ Humming

3/ Hounding

4/ Hiding

5/ Having

London is, and always was the ultimate ... pot.

1/ Meeting

2/ Fleeting

3/ Melting

4/ Molting

5/ Mating

It was July and the sun was beating ....

1/ Around

2/ Over

3/ Up

4/ Under

5/ Down

He had ... a huge collection of art over the years.

1/ Missed

2/ Amassed

3/ Amazed

4/ Amused

5/ Messed

The house ... lying vacant for 1 year before being purchased.

1/ Will be

2/ Having been

3/ Had been

4/ Is

5/ Would have been

13 With the benefit of ... it is always easy to apportion blâme

1/ Insight

2/ Sight

3/ Foreseen

4/ Foresight

5/ Hindsight

|4 The young boy sustained ... injuries in the fall.

1/ Much

2/ Multiple

3/ More

4/ Alot

5/ Multitude

There was no ... option but to cancel the concert.

1/ Otherwise

2/ Outer

3/ Either

4/ Other

5/ Ever

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of the forest. i—i o rM (5) 1/ Unable

f, 2/ Disable

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20 The young man was ... to embark on a new future in a

foreign country.

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3/ Only

4/ Always

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significant arrears.

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3/ Since

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By Bill Bryson

1 The Grand Canyon was the one vivid experience from my childhood

I that I could hope to recapture and I had been looking forward to it for

| many days. By the time I reached the entrance to the Grand Canyon

| National Park, and paid the $5 admission, snow was dropping heavily

| again, thick white flakes so big that their undersides carried shadows.

| 2 The road through the park followed the southern lip of the canyon

| for thirty miles. Two or three times, I stopped in lay-bys and went

| to the edge to peer hopefully into the silent murk, knowing that

| the canyon was ont there, just beyond my nose, but I couldn't see

| anything. The fog was everywhere-threaded among the trees, adrift

| on the roadsides, rising steamily off the pavement. It was so thick I

| could kick holes in it. Glumly I drove on to the Grand Canyon Village,

| where there was a visitohs centre and a rustic hôtel and a scattering

| of administrative buildings. There were lots of tour buses and

| recreational vehicles in the parking lots and people hanging around

| in entranceways or picking their way through the slushy snow, going

| from one building to another.

| 3 I went and had an overpriced cup of coffee in the hôtel cafétéria and

| felt damp and dispirited. I had really been looking forward to the

| Grand Canyon. I sat by the window and bleakly watched the snow

| pile up.

| 4 Afterwards I trudged towards the visitohs centre, perhaps 200

1 yards away, but before I got there I came across a snow-splattered sign

| announcing a look-out point half a mile away along a trail through

| the woods and impulsively I went down, mostly just to get some air.

i The path was slippery and took a long time to traverse, but on the

i way the snow stopped falling and the air felt clean and refreshing.

| Eventually I came to a platform of the rock, marking the edge of

i the canyon. There was no fence to keep you back from the edge, so

j I shuffled cautiously over and looked down, but could see nothing

j but grey soup. A middle-aged couple came along and as we stood

i chatting about what a dispirited experience this was, a miraculous

i thing happened. The fog parted. It just silently drew back. Like a set of

I theatre curtains being opened, and suddenly we saw that we were at

| the edge of a sheer giddying drop of at least a thousand feet. "Jésus!"

| we said and jumped back and ail along the canyon edge you could

i hear people saying "Jésus", like a message being passed down a long

i line. And then for many moments ail was silence, except for the tiny

| fretful shiftings of the snow, because out there in front of us was the

i most awesome, most silencing sight that exists on earth.

i 5 The scale of the Grand Canyon is almost beyond compréhension,

i It is ten miles across, a mile deep, 180 miles long. You could set the

i Empire State Building down in it and still be thousands of feet above

| it. Indeed you could set the whole of Manhattan down inside it and

j you would still be so high above it that buses would be like ants and

i people would be invisible, and not a sound would reach you. The

| thing that gets you - is the silence. The Grand Canyon just swallows

| sound. The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming. Nothing

i happened out there. Down below you on the canyon floor, far, far,

j away, is the thing that carved it: the Colorado River. It is 300 feet wide,

i but from the canyon's lip it looks thin and insignificant. It looks like

i an old shoelace. Everything is dwarfed by this mighty hole.

i 6 And then, just as swiftly, just as silently as the fog had parted, it

| closed again and the Grand Canyon was a secret once more. I had seen

j it for no more than twenty or thirty seconds, but at least I had seen it.

| Feeling semi-satisfied, I turned around and walked back towards the

i car, content now to move on. \ ' /

How was the weather on the day the author visited the

Grand Canyon National Park?

1/ It was raining heavily

2/The sun was splitting the clouds

3/There was heavy snowfall

4/There was a storm blowing

5/ It was very windy

What prevented the author from having a clear view of

Grand Canyon below?

1/ A large wall

2/ A dense forest

3/ His bad eyesight

4/ A bright light

5/ Heavy fog

In paragraph 2, the author refers to the snow as being

"slushy''. What does the word "slushy" mean?

1/ Solid

2/ Watery

3/ Heavy

4/ Compact

5/ Soft

Referring to paragraph 2, what word describes the mood of

the author as he drove to the Grand Canyon Village?

1/ Cold

2/ Sad

3/ Glum

4/ Pensive

5/Tired

In the following phrase taken from paragraph 2 "Two or

three times, I stopped in lay-bys and went to the edge to peer

hopefully into the silent murk, knowing that the canyon was

ont there..." What does the word "peer" mean?

1/To listen with intent

2/To concentrate

3/To shout aloud

4/ To look with difficulty

5/To feel scared

In paragraph 3. "1 sat by the window and bleakly watched

the snow pile up" What does the adverb "bleakly" mean?

1/ Without hope

2/ In pain

3/ With great longing

4/ With intent

5/ In a mood

In paragraph 4, the author cornes across a sign post on his

way to the visitors centre. What place of interest was he

informed of from this sign?

1/The Information Centre

2/ A look-out point

3/The way out

4/The location of the restaurant

5/The parking area

Also referring to paragraph 4, what theatrical occurance does

the author use as a comparison for the moment when the fog

eventually parted to reveal the edge of the canyon?

1/The audience clapping

2/The lights coming up

3/The actors on stage

4/ A set of theatre curtains being opened

5/The final curtain coming down

In paragraph 4 and the phrase "Afterwards, I trudged

towards the visitor's centre,..." What does the word

"trudged" mean?

1/ Floated along

2/ Walked heavily

3/ Walked quickly

4/ Slipped

5/ Ran

In paragraph 5, according to the author, what is it that affects

or gets to visitors of the Grand Canyon?

1/The overbearing noise

2/The beauty

3/The silence

4/The vastness of the canyon

5/The spectacular colours

Also referring to paragraph 5. What affect does the canyon

have on sound?

1/ It dulls it

2/ It swallows it

3/ It enhances it

4/ It magnidies it

5/ It lowers it

What adjective does the author use in paragraph 5 to

describe how a person feels on being exposed to the sense of

space and emptiness of the canyon.

1/ Dissappointed

2/ Bored

3/ Excite d

4/ Overwhelmed

5/ Uninterested

What geographical feature is responsible for carving out the

canyon floor?

1/ A storm

2/ A river

3/ A tornado

4/ A mountain

5/ A lake

Also in paragraph 5 the author states "Everything is dwarfed

by this mighty hole." What does the verb "to dwarf" mean?

1/To be surrounded by

2/To look down upon

3/To intimidate

4/To cause to seem small or insignificant

5/To enhance

What everyday item does the author use as a way of

describing how the Colorado river looks way down on the

canyon floor?

1/ A long rope

2/ A large stick

3/ An old shoelace

4/ A piece of paper

5/ A matchstick

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