Select the alternative that could replace the word where (l. 17) without significant change in the literal meaning of the text.
The word lag (l. 19) can be substituted without changing the literal meaning by
Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The expression “on a par with” (L.30) means competing.
In text V, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, “enthralled” (L.8) could be replaced by (mark right — C — or wrong — E)
captivated.
Read text 3 and answer question.
The conjunction SO in ‘I wouldn`t know about smartphones, so I couldn’t miss them’, is closest in meaning to
The word “shoulder” in “few auditors shoulder as much burden as those who work with the government” means
The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. The spirit of the Anglo-Saxon race, masterful in language as in war and commerce, has subjugated all these various elements to one idiom, making not a patchwork, but a composite language. Anglo-Saxon thrift, finding often several words that originally expressed the same idea, has detailed them to different parts of the common territory or to different service, so that we have an almost unexampled variety of words, kindred in meaning but distinct in usage, for expressing almost every shade of human thought.
According Cambridge Dictionary (2018), synonyms is a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language: the words "small" and "little" are synonyms.
And antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word: two antonyms of "light" are "dark" and "heavy".
Read carefully what is exposed from I to V.
I- 1) The game was abandoned at half-time because of the poor weather conditions.
2) He decided to forsake politics for journalism. It is impossible to keep both careers at the same time.
II- In my opinion, Julia Roberts is very beautiful! My dad agrees with me, but my mom says that the eternal pretty woman is ugly.
III- The singer has shown exceptional talent over the past two years. Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world. However, readers of magazines said they wanted more stories about ordinary people and fewer stories about the rich and famous like this singer.
IV- 1) I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.
2) I like simple food better than fancy dishes.
V- It was an extremely vulgar joke.
Now, read the statements that are made about information I to V (above).
1st) In I, there are the verbs to abandon and to forsake. They are synonyms. To keep is the antonym of them.
2nd) In II, the words beautiful and pretty are synonyms. Ugly is their antonym.
3rd) In III, the word ordinary is the antonym of exceptional. There is not any synonym for exceptional in III.
4th) In IV, simple is the antonym of fancy. It could be replaced by plain, but just in I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.
5th) In V, vulgar could be replaced by coarse or unsuitable.
READ TEXT II AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.
The word “several” in “it’s true that several sensors are already collecting as much personal data as possible” (fourth paragraph) is a synonym for
Instruction: Answer question based on the following text.
Consider the pair of words below, then judge if they are synonyms (S) or not (N) according to the context of occurrence.
( ) 'conscious' (l.05) – deliberate.
( ) 'notable' (l.13) – remarkable.
( ) 'rather' (l.19) – absolutely.
The correct order of filling in the parenthesis, from the top to the bottom, is:
Based on the meanings in Text I, the two items that express synonymous ideas are
In text V, without altering the general meaning of the sentence, “enthralled” (L.8) could be replaced by (mark right — C — or wrong — E)
bewitched.
The expression a hundredfold (l. 05) can be replaced without changing the literal meaning of the text by
Judge the following item, concerning the vocabulary used in text 6A4AAA.
In the text, the word “field" (ℓ.12) means the same as the word sphere.
Judge the following item, concerning the vocabulary used in text 6A4AAA.
The verb “may" (ℓ.34) is synonymous with might.
Concerning the ideas of the previous text and the vocabulary used in it, judge the following item.
The phrase “Surveys abound" (ℓ.8) could be correctly replaced by There are numerous surveys, without altering the meaning of the sentence.
