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Answer Key
Multiple-choice, choose single answer: Answer Key
Official Guide
(Lauren Kennedy, 2012)
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
Test Builder
(Taylor, 2012)
1. 2
2. 1
3. 3
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4. 2
5. 3
6. 4
7. 2
8. 2
1.
Green symbolizes many issues, but most importantly, it represents the verdant landscape.
White represents the hope for equality between religious groups.
The symbolism of the colors is as meaningful today as at the time when the flag was
designed.
Prior to 1848 all three colors had little sybolic signficance.
Orange is associated with Irish Protestants because of the victory of Willian III.
When viewed from left to right the colors of the flag are orange, white, and green.
2.
Cereal are a cheap and nutritionally degraded food processed and marketed as a healthy
breakfast option.
Very few people in Britain ate breakfast before the advent of US marketing.
The problems with our modern diet have arisen quickly and without any discernible cause.
Processed food for human consumption should have artificially restore nutiritonal elements.
The problems arising from the mofern British diet are closely linked to the indsutrial
processing of food.
It was notuntil the Industrial Revolution that people began to eat an appropriate diet.
3.
the failure of critics to develop an agreed vocabulary of colour
the chemical compostion of the film
the move to an electronically determined aesthetic
objectively of colour awareness
the viewers own sense of colour appreciaiton
the generational gap between the object and the photograph
4.
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the provisions of the British Calendar Act of 1751
Britains continued use of the Julian Calendar
The accrual of very minor differences between the calendar used in Britain and real solar
events
The failure to include years divisible by four as leap years
The decree of Pope Gregory XIII
revolutionary ideas which had emerged from the West Indies
Britains us of a calendar consisting of twelve months rather than eleven
6.
Just under two million people live in Botswana.
Most Batswana speak the official language.
The population is comprised of very few Basarwa.
Most citizens of Botswana have no religious affiliation.
The life expectancy of the average citizen is 50.1 years.
People of Tswana background are also referred to as Setswana.
Test Builder
(Taylor, 2012)
1. 2, 3, 5, 6
2. 3, 4
3. 3,5,7
4. 1,4,5
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5. 1,2,4,5
6. 1,2,4
7. 3,4,6
8. 2,5
Reorder Paragraphs
Official Guide
(Lauren Kennedy, 2012)
1. CEBAD
2. BAEDC
3. DCBEA
4. EBACD
5. ECBDA
6. DECBA
Test Builder
(Taylor, 2012)
1. CBAD
2. DCAB
3. DBAC
4. CADB
5. DCBA
6. BADC
7. DBAC
8. DABC
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9. CDBA
10. CADB
11. EBDCA
12. CEADB
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Test Builder
(Taylor, 2012)
Official Guide
(Lauren Kennedy, 2012)
1.
1) surveyors
2) illusion
3) accepted
4) reservations
5) surpassed
2.
1) demonstrate
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2) constructed
3) skeleton
4) investigate
5) coveted
3.
1) including
2) observed
3) engages
4) influence
5) operation
4.
1) necessarily
2) mountainous
3) accents
4) pronunciation
5) characteristics
5.
1) competition
2) dramatic
3) common
4) developments
5) consider
6.
1) earlier
2) plagued
3) explored
4) unsympathetic
5) experience
7.
1) practical
2) mental
3) occupations
4) While
5) recognized
8.
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1) Synchronised
2) competitive
3) success
4) arrangements
5) challenging
9.
1) traditions
2) basis
3) analyses
4) encourage
10.
1) counter
2) revised
3) Observers
4) Conducted
11.
1) expedition
2) hope
3) saved
4) eventually
5) never
12.
1) quest
2) memorable
3) inspired
4) companion
5) unturned
13.
1) among
2) released
3) taught
4) followed
5) published
14.
1) commemorating
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2) learnt
3) featured
4) known
5) drawl
15.
1) Transformation
2) characteristics
3) revolutionize
4) access
5) facilitated
16.
1) century
2) dense
3) legendary
4) extended
17.
1) practical
2) cultures
3) attention
4) translated
5) studied
1. BACAD
2. BDABC
3. DBCAC
4. CADBC
5. DBDAC
6. DABA
7. BDBC
8. DCAB
9. BDBCB
10. ACDB
11. BACC
12. DDCA
13. ACCA
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14. CADB
15. DADDA
16. ACADC
17. DBDCA
18. ADACC
19. BBDCB
20. BADAA
Test Builder
(Taylor, 2012)
1 claim
2 caused
3 fun
4 forward
5 effective
1 global
2 Indicators
3 growth
4 crucial
5 rare
1 stable
2 runs
3 function
4 significant
5 searching
1 fact
2 distinct
3 speaking
4 unsuspecting
5 skill
1 envisioned
2 essentials
3 reconstruction
4 harmony
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5 exploit
1 admit
2 persuade
3 deal
4 getting
1 appear
2 added
3 entirely
4 potential
5 popularize
1 permanent
2 plots
3 regarded
4 performance
5 content
1 covered
2 useful
3 remains
4 preserved
5 levels
1 whereas
2 mistaken
3 liable
4 slight
5 blends
1 aside
2 despite
3 decisions
4 benefit
5 courses
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1 described
2 react
3 travel
4 complicated
5 characteristics
1 invention
2 brought
3 interest
4 accident
5 public
1 board
2 served
3 Alternatively
4 late
5 grasp
1 method
2 roughly
3 called
4 consisted
5 approach
1 wrapped
2 traditional
3 way
4 adopted
5 made
1 milder
2 decided
3 mashed
4 breeds
5 alternating
1 as
2 pointed
3 models
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4 controlled
5 realize
1 respond
2 known
3 chance
4 cause
5 symptoms
6 towards
1 estimated
2 left
3 stricter
4 labelled
5 cost
1 legal
2 includes
3 age
4 alike
5 responsibility
1 appear
2 caused
3 risk
4 similar
5 selfish
1 cultivate
2 souvenirs
3 trip
4 educating
5 something
1 history
2 state
3 planted
4 engineered
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5 cooling
References
Kate Chandler, S. C. (2013). PTE Academic Practice Tests Plus. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
Lauren Kennedy, C. C. (2012). The Official Guide to PTE Academic. Harlow: Pearson Education
Limited.
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