November 2004

12. For each of the following words, give one word or a short phrase (of not more
than seven words) which has the same meaning as it has in the passage.
Passage A
1. impact (line 16)
Our behaviour, also, has felt the impact of modern technology.
Answer: effect, consequence, result
The changes driven by the Internet have an enormous impact on the conduct of
every aspect of our society.
2. primitive (line 42)
Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.
Answer: backwards, ancient, a time when technology was not advanced
Some of historys most influential personalities tend to think that humans who
live in technologically primitive societies are not as intelligent as those who live in
advanced societies.
3. banished (line 50)
The motor-car has been blamed for its polluting effects and its demands for more and
more roads, but it has banished the time-consuming and uncomfortable journeys
endured in horse-drawn vehicles.
Answer: eliminated, got rid of, put an end to, had done away with
Between 1650 and 1775, many thousands of Scots were banished to the American
colonies for political, religious, or criminal offenses.
Passage B
4. angle (line 5)
Initially they protested but then they saw things from my angle.
Answer: perspective; viewpoint; standpoint

He looked at the problem only from his own angle.

5. effectively (line 13)
A flying elbow from him caught Zang in the stomach and that effectively ended the
race for Zang.
Answer: without a doubt, decisively OR instantly, immediately
These are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational
discussion.