Passage 8: The ambulance service estimates that as many as 500 lives are lost each year because of slower emergency response times caused by road humps. Some claim that road humps, or sleeping policemen, cost more lives than are saved as a result of slowed traffic. Critics of road humps also claim that they cause more pollution as drivers repeatedly slow down and speed up and that they cause more congestion by disrupting the flow of traffic. Residents complain of the noise of cars crossing them and accelerating away from them. Some of these claims run counter to published research which shows that road humps cause average speeds to drop by 10 mph and as a result save lives. Since 1980 and the widespread introduction of road humps, figures show that the level of deaths and serious injury fell by 60 per cent.
Statement: Drivers find road humps annoying.
True
False
Cannot tell
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
Manufacturing has spread from its origins of setting up and running a company\'s IT systems and now provides a multitude of services including finance, accounting, human resources, design and even outsourcing.
回答
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
Which adjective is the comparative?
回答
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
Book publishing is big business – the industry is worth £4 billion and more than 12,000 books are published in the UK a year, each third of which are exported.
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Passage 7: Credit card fraud has reached £500 million despite the introduction of new controls. Figures show that losses to fraud rose by 20 per cent last year. Most frauds result from cards intercepted in the post. One hundred thousand cards were posted to customers every day last year. This represents rich pickings for fraudsters. The banks knew the year would be difficult because it was thought that fraudsters would try to commit as many crimes as possible before new controls were introduced. It is hoped that by this time next year the effect of the new measures will be known and that the level of fraud will have fallen considerably.
Statement: The level of losses to overall credit card fraud rose by 20 per cent.
True
False
Cannot tell
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
unearth overhear library
回答
Passage 11: Oil prices have been at record levels and are currently at around $45 a barrel. In the most efficient oilfields it costs only 80 to 90 cents to extract a barrel. Most producing countries want greater oil price stability and fear the effect on their economies and on world demand when, as in recent years, oil prices have fluctuated between $20 and $50 a barrel. In response, some producers are expanding production capacity in order that they can respond more flexibly to demand and rising prices with greater production. Exploration and research into extraction techniques have been commissioned to investigate ways in which production can be expanded. This exploration and research brought unexpected results. Oil analysts have concluded that there is much more oil in the world than current estimates assume and that new techniques make it possible to extract much more of the known reserves economically than previously thought.
Statement: The passage states that the recent exploration has found new reserves.
True
False
Cannot tell
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
This is pollution.
It can be small-scale or global and most plants and animals suffer its effects.
Harmful by-products of industry and agriculture enter the environment.
回答
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
The oldest person the world also lives the from a doctor.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
siphon lyric notebook
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Passage 10: Recent changes to the postal voting system are considered by election officials to significantly increase the risk of electoral fraud. If it were to become widespread, such fraud could discredit the electoral process. Greatest concerns centre around the very limited time the new system allows electoral administrators to check that requests for postal ballots are genuine. The government is keen to increase the number of people who cast a vote and believe that people should not be denied a vote simply because they do not apply in good time. Fraud is currently rare and there is so far no evidence of postal votes leading to widespread fraud.
Statement: There is a process for checking the validity of applications for postal votes.
True
False
Cannot tell
Passage 5: In tropical rainforests the climate remains hot and damp all year round. In the Arctic it is cold all year, and in high mountain ranges the climate is much colder than in nearby low-lying lands. Climate is not the same as weather. The weather can change quickly whereas climate describes likely weather conditions over a much longer period. The world is divided into five climate zones. Polar is the only zone where it is always cold; tropical is hot all year round; temperate has warm summers and cold winters; desert is dry and cool; forest has cool, short summers. Mankind can affect climate (e.g., forest fires that obscure the sun; more recently, pollution has affected climate via the greenhouse effect).
Statement: The passage states that the weather in high mountain ranges is cooler than in nearby low-lying areas.
True
False
Cannot tell
Passage 3: Traditionally medicine was the science of curing illness with treatments. For thousands of years people would have used plants and would have turned to priests for cures. In more recent times illness has been attributed to natural causes rather than to gods or magic. Medicine today is as much concerned with prevention as with cure. Doctors use treatments of many types, including radiation and vaccination, both of which were unknown until very recent times. Other treatments have been known about and practised for centuries; Muslim doctors were skilled surgeons and treated pain with opium. When Europeans first reached the Americas they found healers who used many plants to cure illnesses. The Europeans adopted many of those treatments and some are still effective and in use today.
Statement: The author of the passage believes that prevention is better than cure.
True
False
Cannot tell
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
Adopted because she was not born there but made it her home for over three decades.
The centenary of Lisa Smith approaches and the city of Leeds plans many celebrations.
She gave the world classics such as The Lost Teddy Bear and The Adventures of Young Tom.
The fairy-tale writer is its most famous adopted daughter.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
wobbly echo petrol
回答
Passage 3: Traditionally medicine was the science of curing illness with treatments. For thousands of years people would have used plants and would have turned to priests for cures. In more recent times illness has been attributed to natural causes rather than to gods or magic. Medicine today is as much concerned with prevention as with cure. Doctors use treatments of many types, including radiation and vaccination, both of which were unknown until very recent times. Other treatments have been known about and practised for centuries; Muslim doctors were skilled surgeons and treated pain with opium. When Europeans first reached the Americas they found healers who used many plants to cure illnesses. The Europeans adopted many of those treatments and some are still effective and in use today.
Statement: Vaccination is a relatively recent discovery.
True
False
Cannot tell
Identify the word that means the opposite of the given word. Ascend
Surmount
Escalate
Descend
Choose the word that means the opposite of the given word. Replenish
Restock
Stock
Exhaust
Provide
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
monumental epidemic fortify
回答
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
I hope to visit the church .
回答
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
My wife will be away Sunday which time we will have finished the work.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
cockroach aplomb winkle
回答
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
Reading is one of the most important keys to success.
Employers are critical.
But what is happening to standards?
‘It is a great disappointment to find young employees so deficient in their command of English,’ wrote one.
回答
Eurozone GDP growth ___ still weak, which is discouraging for UK exporters to the region, but US GDP ___ is stronger than has been expected and UK interest ___ are likely to increase only slowly.
回答
Passage 7: Credit card fraud has reached £500 million despite the introduction of new controls. Figures show that losses to fraud rose by 20 per cent last year. Most frauds result from cards intercepted in the post. One hundred thousand cards were posted to customers every day last year. This represents rich pickings for fraudsters. The banks knew the year would be difficult because it was thought that fraudsters would try to commit as many crimes as possible before new controls were introduced. It is hoped that by this time next year the effect of the new measures will be known and that the level of fraud will have fallen considerably.
Statement: The new measures are sophisticated anti-fraud strategies.
True
False
Cannot tell
Choose two words, one from each list, that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection.
回答
Choose two words, one from each list, that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection.
回答
How many adjectives are in the sentence? Type the number.
Sentence: “The beautiful young woman was wearing a blue and green dress.”
回答
Europe’s ageing population will be ___ to sustain the cost of maintaining pensions for its growing number of pensioners because economic growth will stagnate and institutions will be faced with ___ and ___.
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Passage 8: The ambulance service estimates that as many as 500 lives are lost each year because of slower emergency response times caused by road humps. Some claim that road humps, or sleeping policemen, cost more lives than are saved as a result of slowed traffic. Critics of road humps also claim that they cause more pollution as drivers repeatedly slow down and speed up and that they cause more congestion by disrupting the flow of traffic. Residents complain of the noise of cars crossing them and accelerating away from them. Some of these claims run counter to published research which shows that road humps cause average speeds to drop by 10 mph and as a result save lives. Since 1980 and the widespread introduction of road humps, figures show that the level of deaths and serious injury fell by 60 per cent.
Statement: Critics believe that traffic would flow more smoothly if road humps were removed.
True
False
Cannot tell
Strikes escalated ___ the Guy company yesterday after a third round of negotiations with unions failed to reach a ___.
回答
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
As far as economic management is concerned he was very lucky to inherit what he did, growth had already fallen and inflation had returned; importantly, the lessons of the deep recession had been learnt.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
litmus throttle needle
回答
Choose two words—one from each list—that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection. Responsive is to elastic as: rival is to
colleague
partner
competitor
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
Hindu typical peddle
回答
Passage 12: Solicitors, doctors and priests have traditionally kept in strict confidence information they hold about or are told by their clients. A doctor will not disclose a patient’s illness to anyone but the patient or next of kin. Priests have sought to keep secret the content of what they learn in the confessional and solicitors have guarded carefully the confidentiality of the client–lawyer relationship. However, under certain circumstances all these professions make exceptions and will break confidences. A doctor must by law report injuries he believes are the result of gunshots and conditions that represent serious threats to public health. Priests have provided information to the police in relation to child abuse cases and murder. Solicitors are required to report only suspicions they have of money laundering. Journalists also adopt a code of confidentiality to protect their sources. They have a reputation for being a profession far less likely to break their code even when ordered by the courts. In a number of high-profile cases journalists have chosen to go to jail for contempt of court rather than reveal the source of a story.
Statement: The passage states that a doctor can be prosecuted if he or she does not report a patient who has suffered gunshot wounds.
True
False
Cannot tell
Choose two words, one from each list, that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection.
回答
Passage 11: Oil prices have been at record levels and are currently at around $45 a barrel. In the most efficient oilfields it costs only 80 to 90 cents to extract a barrel. Most producing countries want greater oil price stability and fear the effect on their economies and on world demand when, as in recent years, oil prices have fluctuated between $20 and $50 a barrel. In response, some producers are expanding production capacity in order that they can respond more flexibly to demand and rising prices with greater production. Exploration and research into extraction techniques have been commissioned to investigate ways in which production can be expanded. This exploration and research brought unexpected results. Oil analysts have concluded that there is much more oil in the world than current estimates assume and that new techniques make it possible to extract much more of the known reserves economically than previously thought.
Statement: New extraction techniques allow oil to be extracted at a price of between 80 and 90 cents a barrel.
True
False
Cannot tell
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
Drive into Liverpool from Manchester and the route of economic dereliction that once dominated the signs are now almost all gone.
回答
Choose two words, one from each list, that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection.
回答
Complete the analogy by choosing the opposite. Particular is to general as: speculation is to
reality
surmise
hypothesis
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
effigy enzyme aluminium
回答
Complete the analogy by choosing the opposite. Different is to corresponding as: superior is to
elder
junior
manager
Choose two words—one from each list—that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection. Manufacture is to production as: lease is to
agreement
ownership
liberate
Choose the word that means the opposite of the given word. Purified
Pure
Clarified
Crude
Refined
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
A nuclear power station uses the energy produced by a controlled nuclear reaction.
The very hot coolant is used to generate steam to drive turbines and produce electricity.
A series of chain reactions occurs inside the core and produce heat.
The heat is carried away by a coolant circulating the core.
回答
Choose two words—one from each list—that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection. Uphold is to sustain as: magnitude is to
infinitive
charm
proportion
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
A two-hour drive of 200 kilometres from the motorway on Milan would bring you to the Mediterranean Sea.
回答
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
The earth is surrounded by colourless and odourless gases.
Without this atmosphere life on the planet would not be possible.
They are mainly nitrogen and oxygen but also carbon dioxide and a gas called argon.
It protects us from the most harmful of the sun’s rays and retains the sun’s heat.
回答
Passage 5: In tropical rainforests the climate remains hot and damp all year round. In the Arctic it is cold all year, and in high mountain ranges the climate is much colder than in nearby low-lying lands. Climate is not the same as weather. The weather can change quickly whereas climate describes likely weather conditions over a much longer period. The world is divided into five climate zones. Polar is the only zone where it is always cold; tropical is hot all year round; temperate has warm summers and cold winters; desert is dry and cool; forest has cool, short summers. Mankind can affect climate (e.g., forest fires that obscure the sun; more recently, pollution has affected climate via the greenhouse effect).
Statement: You can infer from the passage that the Arctic is a polar climate zone.
True
False
Cannot tell
Choose the sentence(s) that contain an error. Options are lettered A–D.
回答
Complete the analogy by choosing the opposite. Divulge is to conceal as: percentage is to
fraction
whole
decimal
Passage 6: The theory goes that everything around us is built up of tiny particles called atoms. Some materials are made up of only one type of atom; these are called elements. Others are made up of different sorts of atom bonded together into molecules. Water, for example, is a compound made up of molecules that contain two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The force which holds atoms together is called bonds. Atoms are made up of even smaller particles such as neutrons, electrons and protons. Neutrons and protons are made up of quarks and gluons. The search is on for the particles that make up quarks.
Statement: The atom is the smallest particle of matter.
True
False
Cannot tell
Passage 4: Asia is the world’s largest continent and stretches from the Baring Sea in the east to Turkey and Europe in the west. Its southern border comprises many islands, including those that make up Indonesia. Since independence of colonial powers, Asian economies have boomed. First were Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea and later Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. More recently China and India have enjoyed rapid economic growth. The south-west and central parts of the continent are deserts. The Himalayan mountains divide the cold north from the tropical south. The people of Asia make up over two-thirds of the world’s population and they live in the birthplace of the world’s earliest civilizations.
Statement: The colonial era was a disaster for Asia.
True
False
Cannot tell
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
flatter muscle scream
回答
Complete the sentences by choosing the correct words for blanks A, B and C.
rugby team scored three kick goals. According to the timetable the train runs day twice hour.
回答
Choose two words—one from each list—that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection. Rebuke is to reprimand as: contingent is to
fortuitous
deliberate
incidental
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
The apartment was expensive but not expensive the first one we viewed.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
international usherette apartment
回答
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
Comparisons between India and China are tempting because they are both large agricultural societies that are undergoing economic development at a fantastic rate but China is fundamentally an open society while India is still intolerant of dissent.
回答
Choose the word that means the opposite of the given word. Counter
Confirm
Rebut
Deny
Complete the analogy by choosing the opposite. Steep is to gradual as: bicker is to
agree
wrangle
scrap
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
normal prig asphalt
回答
Identify the word that means the opposite of the given word. Respect
Admire
Despise
Exalt
Complete the sentence by choosing the correct word for blank A.
My sister and I have three brothers; two of are left-handed.
回答
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
As steady she goes.
回答
Passage 12: Solicitors, doctors and priests have traditionally kept in strict confidence information they hold about or are told by their clients. A doctor will not disclose a patient’s illness to anyone but the patient or next of kin. Priests have sought to keep secret the content of what they learn in the confessional and solicitors have guarded carefully the confidentiality of the client–lawyer relationship. However, under certain circumstances all these professions make exceptions and will break confidences. A doctor must by law report injuries he believes are the result of gunshots and conditions that represent serious threats to public health. Priests have provided information to the police in relation to child abuse cases and murder. Solicitors are required to report only suspicions they have of money laundering. Journalists also adopt a code of confidentiality to protect their sources. They have a reputation for being a profession far less likely to break their code even when ordered by the courts. In a number of high-profile cases journalists have chosen to go to jail for contempt of court rather than reveal the source of a story.
Statement: All professions have a confidentiality code but some are stricter than others.
True
False
Cannot tell
Choose the correct word(s) from the lists to complete the sentence.
The was in the .
回答
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
A new hypothesis puts forward the human view that global warming in fact started thousands of years before the industrial revolution, caused by unfashionable deforestation and farming.
回答
Choose two words, one from each list, that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection.
回答
Passage 6: The theory goes that everything around us is built up of tiny particles called atoms. Some materials are made up of only one type of atom; these are called elements. Others are made up of different sorts of atom bonded together into molecules. Water, for example, is a compound made up of molecules that contain two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The force which holds atoms together is called bonds. Atoms are made up of even smaller particles such as neutrons, electrons and protons. Neutrons and protons are made up of quarks and gluons. The search is on for the particles that make up quarks.
Statement: It can be inferred from the passage that molecules are made up of neutrons, electrons and protons.
True
False
Cannot tell
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
They all tend to have a roof, walls and a floor.
Large buildings have foundations which form the base on which they are constructed.
Buildings come in a huge variety of sizes and shapes from tower blocks and supermarkets to garden sheds.
Despite the differences they all serve the same purpose of providing shelter for us and our belongings.
回答
Rearrange the sentences into the order in which they were originally written.
From the road you just glimpse the tops of the houses with names such as Sweet View and Ocean Swell.
Inside the high walls and closed gates of the two-and-a-half hectare site you begin to appreciate the extent to which it caters for the lifestyle of the extremely wealthy.
It boasts a cinema, tennis court, two pools and elegant but informal gardens and terraces that all look out to sea.
回答
Choose two words—one from each list—that are closest in meaning or have the strongest connection. Relent is to acquiesce as: remiss is to
diligent
sensible
imprudent
Swap two words so that the sentence reads sensibly.
People will be better motivated and understand the organization goals and objectives if miscommunication between the levels of an organization\'s are avoided.
回答
Passage 11: Oil prices have been at record levels and are currently at around $45 a barrel. In the most efficient oilfields it costs only 80 to 90 cents to extract a barrel. Most producing countries want greater oil price stability and fear the effect on their economies and on world demand when, as in recent years, oil prices have fluctuated between $20 and $50 a barrel. In response, some producers are expanding production capacity in order that they can respond more flexibly to demand and rising prices with greater production. Exploration and research into extraction techniques have been commissioned to investigate ways in which production can be expanded. This exploration and research brought unexpected results. Oil analysts have concluded that there is much more oil in the world than current estimates assume and that new techniques make it possible to extract much more of the known reserves economically than previously thought.
Statement: It is reasonable to assume that greater capacity at times of high demand will help stabilize prices.
True
False
Cannot tell
Passage 8: The ambulance service estimates that as many as 500 lives are lost each year because of slower emergency response times caused by road humps. Some claim that road humps, or sleeping policemen, cost more lives than are saved as a result of slowed traffic. Critics of road humps also claim that they cause more pollution as drivers repeatedly slow down and speed up and that they cause more congestion by disrupting the flow of traffic. Residents complain of the noise of cars crossing them and accelerating away from them. Some of these claims run counter to published research which shows that road humps cause average speeds to drop by 10 mph and as a result save lives. Since 1980 and the widespread introduction of road humps, figures show that the level of deaths and serious injury fell by 60 per cent.
Statement: It is fair to say that road humps can save lives and injuries but at a price.
True
False
Cannot tell
Maclenas, the London insurer, was on ___ to meet full-year expectations ___ future performance underpinned by its successful new savings product.
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
flotsam epicentre anonymous
回答
Find the new four-letter word from the end of one given word and the beginning of the next.
reserve proposal electricity
回答
Вербальный психометрический тест измеряет способность понимать, анализировать и логически интерпретировать текстовую информацию. Он широко применяется при приёме на работу и профессиональной оценке.
Что проверяет тест
Словарный запас — знание значений слов и оттенков смысла.
Грамматику и правила языка — умение использовать корректные структуры предложений.
Логическое мышление — умение делать выводы на основе текста без предположений.
Понимание прочитанного — точность восприятия смысла и контекста.
Зачем нужен тест
Работодатели используют его, чтобы оценить, насколько кандидат способен быстро обрабатывать информацию, критически мыслить и ясно выражать свои идеи — это ключевые навыки для большинства профессий.
Как готовиться
Регулярно практикуйтесь на примерах вопросов.
Расширяйте словарный запас, используя словарь и тезаурус.
Читайте качественные тексты и учитесь кратко пересказывать смысл.
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