English Exam Review: Key Answers and Explanations

Posted on Jan 19, 2025 in Medicine & Health

June 10 (A): The Truth About Bears

1. a) TRUE: The wildlife biologist (…) them on maps.
2. b) FALSE: He abandoned scientific detachment (…) his study animals.

3. a) animals – creatures b) confidence – trust c) distance – detachment d) move (in the air) – wave

4. 1. believes
   2. eating
   3. about
   4. shall study
   5. I don’t need to dissect an animal to know a lot about it.
   6. told the bear not to worry

June 10 (B): Trick or Treat?

1. a) FALSE: Halloween originated … a pagan festival. b) FALSE: They began to dress … for food or money.

3. a) products b) stunning c) actually d) fleeing

4. a) if/from b) so/a c) although/in d) …who celebrate in the streets, are attracted by New York’s Village Halloween Parade.

Model 10 (A): Political Polls

1. FALSE: The more people surveyed, the more meaningful the results. b) FALSE: They are surveys of a (…) final vote.

3. meaningful b) accurate c) tendency d) to stress

4. a) have been used / to help b) larger/ more accurate c) It/ before d) who/ than

Model 10 (B): Should Everest Be Closed?

1. FALSE: “Warnings from (…) ignored for years.” b) TRUE: “There are tens (…) these people will starve.”

3. a) providing b) perilous c) reduction d) summit

4. a) visiting/to destroy b) found / significantly c) if / to save d) is being done

September 10 (A): Music Therapy for Children

1. FALSE: But, after the operation (…) begin to speak. b) FALSE: The toddlers (…) become introverted.

3. undergoes b) toddlers c) suitable d) researchers

4. 1. which
   2. between
   3. are videotaped
   4. to
   5. so much
   6. by
   7. The mother said that her son had improved his communication with music therapy.

September 10 (B): Trick or Treat! It’s Halloween

1. FALSE: Halloween originated (…) a pagan festival. b) FALSE: Irish began to (…) trick-or-treat tradition.

3. sweets b) stunning c) actually d) fleeing

4. 1. if
   2. from
   3. so
   4. a
   5. although
   6. in
   7. Two million people celebrate New York’s Village Halloween Parade in the streets.

June 11 (A): Self-Driving Google Cars

1. FALSE: “With someone behind (…) human interventions.” b) TRUE: “Because the robot (…) fuel consumption.”

3. harder b) eventually c) reducing d) proof

4. a) bought/ has been complaining b) than/are c) are/driving d) by/an

June 11 (B): What’s in a Name?

1. FALSE: “In Britain, you can (…) offensive words.” b) TRUE: “Some parents choose (…) novels and films.”

3. a) fashion b) choose c) equally d) such as

4. a) the most important b) if/ searching c) likes/ mispronounced d) baby’s / whose

Model 11 (A): Greening the Sahara

1. TRUE: “Egypt’s population (…) likely to get worse.” b) FALSE: “Crowded living (…) the next 10 years.”

3. a) vast b) likely c) because d) rather than

4. 1. as
   2. from
   3. travelling
   4. most ancient
   5. was built
   6. on
   7. which
   8. to promote

Model 11 (B): The International Year of the Potato

1. FALSE: “Only in Antarctica is the potato neither cultivated nor consumed.” b) FALSE: “Over the next two (…) million people a year.”

3. a) goal b) flavor c) abundant d) surely

4. 1. which
   2. in
   3. stronger
   4. more productive
   5. should be introduced
   6. to solve
   7. Politicians asked if the new food policy would be successful.

September 11 (A): Cleopatra

1. FALSE: “Christoph Schaefer…has presented evidence on a television program.” b) FALSE: “Eminent zoologists and toxicologists…said that a snake bite would have been too uncertain and taken too long.”

3. a) likewise b) portrayed c) evidence d) cocktail

4. 1. than
   2. who
   3. shows
   4. as
   5. was hidden
   6. on
   7. wrote
   8. later