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 following questions
Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, its a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.
At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” _ an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.
There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says _ actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said.

The word “rather” is closest in meaning to….




A.in brief
B.on the contrary
C.in general
D.as a result

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Grace Kelly was first famous as a Hollywood actress and then _______ Prince Rainier of Monaco.




A.to be the wife of
B.she was the wife of
C.the wife of
D.as the wife of

Tom: “Which is more important? Luck or effort?”Mary: “Luck is _______effort.”




A.on the same importance
B.of the same importance as
C.the same importance as
D.as the same importance as

Most people in developing countries_________.




A.planted trees on the edge of the deserts
B.cook on wood fires
C.put oil on sandy areas
D.raise sheep and goats

You can see the details_________the computer screen.




A.in
B.on
C.at
D.by

Sunglasses come_________many different colors, shapes, and strengths.




A.with
B.from
C.by
D.in

A.dessert
B.desert
C.deserve
D.prefer

A.technological
B.punctuality
C.representative
D.characteristic

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The children ______ to bed before their parents came home from work.




A.were all going
B.had all gone
C.had all been going
D.have all gone

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Project-based learning provides wonderful opportunities for students to develop their ______.




A.creative
B.creativity
C.create
D.creatively