- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 5.. - The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. - By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies. - The following year, San Francisco was added to the network.. - The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. - Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam–driven rotary printing press by Richard M. - The establishment of the Associated Press as a central wire service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in journalism.. - Question 1: The main topic of the passage is. - the origin of the national telegraph. - how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads D. - the contributions and development of the telegraph network. - Question 2: The word "gathering". - in the second paragraph refers to. - compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the steam–driven rotary press B. - Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry B. - The extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention. - Journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry. - Question 5: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the growth of the communications industry?. - Morse invented the telegraph in 1837.. - The telegraph led to the invention of the rotary printing press.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.. - Read the following passage and mark the letter 1, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 32 to 36.. - And in the absence of any particular talent, their energy and enthusiasm can be harmes the benefit (34. - Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the numbered blanks from 37 to 44.. - All mammals feed their young. - The behavior of feeding of the young is built into the reproductive system. - But not all animal parents, even those that tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young.. - In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not actually feed them. - And in the meantime those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating of difficult–to–find supplies.. - The methods that mammals use to nurse their young. - Question 38: The author lists various animals in the first paragraph to. - Question 39: The word "tend". - in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to. - Question 40: The word "provisioning". - Question 41: According to the passage, how do some insects make sure their young have food to?. - By storing food near their young. - Question 42: The word “edge” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to. - Question 43: The word "it". - in the third paragraph refers to. - Question 44: The word "shielded". - in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.. - Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.. - Question 1 D Question 11 D Question 21 B Question 31 A Question 41 A Question 2 B Question 12 A Question 22 C Question 32 B Question 42 B Question 3 C Question 13 A Question 23 A Question 33 B Question 43 C Question 4 B Question 14 D Question 24 A Question 34 C Question 44 B Question 5 C Question 15 A Question 25 C Question 35 B Question 45 D Question 6 D Question 16 C Question 26 D Question 36 C Question 46 A Question 7 C Question 17 C Question 27 B Question 37 A Question 47 B Question 8 D Question 18 B Question 28 D Question 38 C Question 48 A Question 9 B Question 19 B Question 29 A Question 39 D Question 49 A Question 10 B Question 20 D Question 30 A Question 40 A Question 50 A