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1. Where would you expect to find this passage in a newspaper?
(a) editorial
(b) advertisement
(c) travel section
(d) daily news section

a b c d

2. Which of these statements is true:
(a) yesterday's earthquake was stronger than the one in 1976
(b) Chinese people are not scared by small earthquakes
(c) the last earthquake was harmless
(d) yesterday's earthquake activity was prolonged

a b c d

3. According to the Tangshan Seismology Institute what is the forecast for 1995?
(a) inactivity
(b) relative stability
(c) instability
(d) disastrous activity

a b c d

4. According to the passage how serious was the earthquake?
(a) fatal
(b) cataclysmic
(c) disastrous
(d) minor

a b c d

5. According to the passage, earthquakes are:
(a) common in Tangshan
(b) infrequent in Tangshan
(c) rare in Tangshan
(d) predictable in Tangshan

a b c d

6. According to the passage, what did the authorities try to do immediately after the earthquake?
(a) reassure the inhabitants
(b) distribute food
(c) warn the inhabitants that it was likely there would be another earthquake
(d) implement a nation wide anti-disaster campaign

a b c d

7. In paragraph 1, 'in which' could be replaced by which of the following:
(a) when
(b) as
(c) at the time that
(d) that

a b c d

8. In paragraph 2, 'premonition' could be replaced by which of the following?
(a) a threat
(b) a forewarning
(c) a preparation
(d) a preposition

a b c d

9. In paragraph 2, 'just' is closest in meaning to which of the following:
(a) recently
(b) only
(c) in the same way
(d) at that moment

a b c d

10. In paragraph 2, 'foretold' could be replaced by which of the following?
(a) presumed
(b) forejudged
(c) prevented
(d) predicted

a b c d

11. In paragraph 3, 'however' could be replaced by which of the following?
(a) on the other hand
(b) still
(c) nevertheless
(d) yet

a b c d

12. In line 16 "It was terrifying.... " is in inverted commas because:
(a) the writer is using direct speech
(b) the words are used in an unusual way
(c) the words quoted are a translation
(d) the writer is quoting from another source

a b c d

13. 'Despite the fact that' in paragraph 4, can best be replaced by:
(a) at the same time
(b) whereas
(c) regardless of
(d) even though

a b c d

14. Which of the following could best replace 'several' in paragraph 6?
(a) enough
(b) a few
(c) few
(d) many

a b c d

15. The word 'although' in paragraph 7 is similar in meaning to which of the following:
(a) however
(b) moreover
(c) despite the fact that
(d) nevertheless

a b c d

16. In paragraph 8, 'implement' is closest in meaning to:
(a) put in to action
(b) implant
(c) impose
(d) put into motion

a b c d