DECEMBER 2018 INTERNATIONAL

TEST

ANSWER KEY

EXPLANATION & ANALYSIS

CURVE

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MOHAMED MANSOUR
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ANSWER KEY& EXPLANATION& ANALYSIS

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PASSAGE 1 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
1 C
2 A
3 C
4 D
5 B
6 A
7 D
8 B
9 B
10 A
 PASSAGE 2 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
11 B
12 D
13 B
14 D
15 C
16 B
17 D
18 B
19 C
20 C
21 A
 PASSAGE 3 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
22 D
23 B
24 C
25 C
26 C
27 D
28 B
29 D
30 C
31 A
32 C
 PASSAGE 4 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
33 A
34 B
35 D
36 A
37 C
38 D
39 B
40 A
41 A
42 D
 PASSAGE 5 READING

QUESTION ANSWER
43 B
44 C
45 C
46 D
47 A
48 A
49 B
50 C
51 B
52 D
 PASSAGE 1 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
1 C
2 D
3 C
4 D
5 C
6 A
7 B
8 C
9 A
10 D
11 C
 PASSAGE 2 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
12 D
13 A
14 C
15 D
16 C
17 A
18 B
19 D
20 B
21 D
22 B
 PASSAGE 3 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
23 B
24 C
25 A
26 A
27 B
28 D
29 B
30 C
31 B
32 C
33 A
 PASSAGE 4 WRITING

QUESTION ANSWER
34 B
35 A
36 C
37 D
38 B
39 B
40 A
41 A
42 B
43 B
44 D
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READING

1. C.
The article begins with three questions about the hero(lines 1-7,，15-17),），
and 28 lines begin to describe how the hero runs his knife-sharp business.
So you should go from the overt to the professional interaction. So
choose C.

2. A.
The first sentence means "when persuasion speaks of age", so press is
the meaning of the verb "persuasion, urging", so choose urge.

3. C.
According to articles 10-12, in those days indicate that in the past,he even
sharpened the swords of the nobles of the Crown. So in contrast to the
past, he now has fewer types of sharpeners.

4. D.
A single evidence-based question. Ask which proves that ranga provides
services that many people don't think are necessary. One of the D options
says it's tiring to make people think it's important to sharpen a knife. So
this option fits best.

5. B.
We can infer what happens to tailors and barbers that Ranga encounters,
and the original Well, the original line 32 refers to tailors and
hairdressers, , according to lines 34-35, encourage sharpeners in their
behavior, but always imply the next Ranga grind. So choosing B is the
best, and there's a bit of hypocrisy in the behavior, because they're not
just refusing.

This question is prone to mistaking C,，C is wrong in openly,they do not

openly satirize the sharpener, but encourage him.

6. A.
According to lines 44-47 of the article, it is known that R The way to drum
up business is his solicits business by hisdetermination,corresponding
to the originals Persist and determin dally. B is wrong in the anal,，C is
wrong in appearance,，D is wrong in immediately.

7. D.
According to lines 62-63, comparison Uses pyroteotes to catch the
children's eye, so combine the dry to be the most accurate of them his
competitor, ， R uses pyrotechnics to catch the children's eye, so
combining the caption D is the most accurate, where the presentation is
display，and more impressive because of pyrotechnics.

8. B.
See the line number in the last question, so it's option B that contains
lines 62-63.

9. B.
R compares the sharpness of the knife worn by the opponent to an egg,
so this mention of the egg is a comparison made by R to show that the
knife worn by the opponent is very blunt, because the egg is not sharp.
So pick BB,bluntness(blunt, not sharp).

10. A.
"The 60-day guarantee of the sharp instrument indicates that R is shrewd
in doing business, and 75-80 says that R will counter that other reasons
have contributed to the bluntness of the sharp instrument." B is easily
mis-selected, but this paragraph does not indicate a comparison
relationship, it does not prove who is smarter.

11. B.
This article is Whitman's letter to Emerson and is included in the grass
leaf collection. The main idea of the letter is that the United States inherits
the great literary wealth of England, and on this basis, it has its own
literary characteristics. So the C option is the most relevant, in which the
present culture condition is to imitate English literature,and the
immediate need to transform the second half of the third paragraph
Whitman's call for American literature of its own.

12. D.
According to lines 8-10, the author shuttles among the city's young
people every day, which attracts him evenmore. This gives you an option
of D.

13. B.
Based on the clue to the last question, this question should be selected
B

14. D.
Vocabulary questions. Drawn's original sentence means that it is more
attractive to the author here than some authors. So here drawn means
attractive, so choose D.

15. C.
Option A does not notice line 22 of to be our own, and, in
addition,magnificent development is not equal to everything in option A

16. B.
Rich's original sentence here means all the rich traditional treasures.
Rich here refers to a lot. Option A is easy to mis-select, but A means
wealth and money. So B is the meaning of a steady stream of quantities.

17. D.
According to lines 30-33, the big English trends have made inestaable
benefits here that need to be praised and appreciated. So choose D based
on the words praise and gratitude,which corresponds to honor and
tankful in the options.

18. B.
The question asks Whitman what the point of view is that American
literature and English literary heritage are implied. Let's start with the next
question to find four evidence-based options that reflect the relationship
between the two. A Just to talk about English literary heritage,B sayswe
have to pay the price. Option D means that we are struggling to find our
own literature, and there is no mention of English literature, so only
option C says what you have copied and stolen,，tug after other nations,
indicating that we are "plagiarizing"and"stealing" other people's
literature. So select B for this question,where the copye corresponds to
copy and steal.

19. C.
C is selected according to the corresponding position in the question
above.
20. C.
The main thrust of this last paragraph is also the purpose of this article,
the author stressed that we should have our own literature, create their
own heritage. So C is the best choice.

21. A.

The last sentence of the article means: we don't need to adopt an heir, we
need to have our own real heir, here heir is a metaphor, metaphorical
literature. It means that we don't copy English literature, we have to have
our own literature. So option A is appropriate, whether it's practical or
figurative, and we're going to take action. The action here is to build
American literature.

22. D.
The main topic. This article discusses two issues, the first in lines 7-9,
and we don't know why boer is immune to deadly caffeine. The second
question is which bacteria provide immunity to caffeine. So both of these
issues address option D, which is how boer is immune to caffeine. The
next two experiments are to help us explain these problems.

23. B.
Vocabulary questions. The original sentence means "reduced revenue",
so you should choose reducing.

24. C.
According to 5-6 lines, the boler is a coffee bean. So choose C.

25. C.
The dry question proves that if boler absorbs caffeine, it can affect its
development. Option C says that if the intestines were sterile (i.e.
removing the protection of the coffee bug and allowing him to absorb
caffeine), the number would drop by 95%.

26. C.
Vocabulary questions. The original sentence means that caffeine
immunity is provided by bacteria, so confer here is the meaning provided
by the verb, so choose the best offer.

27. D.
52-60 This paragraph says that trying to kill Pulva is easier than doing it
(it's actually very difficult to do), and even if sprayingantibiotics is
possible, it's not a good way(undesirable). The empty sign in the middle
also explains (this method we can never be sure of, because the larvae
will take a lot of antibiotics). So the purpose of the brackets is to tell us
that this method is not icable,sochoose D.

28. B.
This question only says Pseudomonas fulva,so there are not many clues,
only two questions to look at, or first look at the evidence section ofthe
next question to exclude a few options. fulva, Options say that even if we
get rid of it there are B，other caffeine-eating bacteria that There are other
caffeine-eating bacteria that replace it （ replace it, so fulva ） ， So
corresponding isn't the only one that eats caffeine for boer, according to
the D option that found 29 questions after reading 28 it.

29. D.
See the analysis of the last question.

30. C.
According to the dry keywords egg and control group, it is 150-200.

31. A.
Table 2A is described correctly, noting that the high absorption rate at the
bottom of the chart represents a large caffeine concentration, so you can
tell that A. B The two lines at the wrong position of 6400 are not similar.
C Wrong line is slipping, not constant. D should be the peak that comes
after the region.

32. C.
The C option fits the main thrust of this article, with high caffeine
concentrations, high mortality rates, and two tables.

33. A.
"According to lines 7-8, everyone can express their views, so choose A
andeach judge will be able to present his orher position."

34. B.
Vocabulary questions, the original sentence is that everyone can express
their views, so here is the meaning of expression, so choose express.

35. D.
Examine the experimental design. The question is which line number can
prove that the cognitive errors of the participants were ruled out when
designing the experiment. So the position of D says that the length is
obviously different, there is no need for a ruler to measure, indicating that
the difference is obvious and not wrong.

36. A.
Subject here refers to the actor behindit, which is to arrange for people
who are deliberately wrong, so they are not the real subject, so quote
them, so A's description is accurate, and their role is to mislead others.

37. C.
The question asked the experimenters what they think of the subjects.
Looking at question 38 first, the first three options are objective facts that
do not indicate the author's point of view, only D says that whether you
stand firm or can think independently, we do not feel that we agree with
the group's point of view. It shows that the author is very understanding
of the subject and thinks the result is normal. So you should choose
understanding.
It is easy to mis-select B,but the position of B for the next question is an
objective fact, as is the case with experiments, so it is not author's
authoropinion.

38. D.
Select Dbased on the lastquestion.

39. B.
According to lines 66-68, unanimity is consistent across the affecting
groups. A is about how the unity of opinion within a group affects the
self-awareness of an individual who privately disagrees with the majority
of people, which is what the first experiment did. The question is the
second study, so option B is right, The options are right and the views are
unified （ and the lack of unity of opinion affects a person's public
opposition to the will ofthe majority. Because the second experiment is
that one actor starts to object, so that the subjects who object start to get
more.

40. A.
Select A based on the lowest point in Table 1. A

41. A.
The biggest gap in Table 1 is between 2-3, so choose A.

42. D.
Table 2 indicates that when there are insanity, the height is higher than
without dissenter, so D conforms to the description.

43. B.
The first article as a whole tells Darwin's conclusions through extensive
observation. The whole article is about earthworm's contribution to the
earth, so B is the best.

44. C.
Vocabulary questions. The original sentence means that Darwin has made
a lot of explicit statements about earthworm, so assertion is the most
interesting.

45. C.
Single evidence-based. The dry question requires finding the benefits of
radon for plant growth. So C in this sentence says ideal fnurtur oring
vegetation, whichfits the title, so choose C.

46. D.
The last few sentences of the they were all about the contribution of radon
to the earth and their importance, and they are in the row, and one of its
important roles is to emphasize, so D is best suited to the title.

47. A.
Infer the question. According to 60-64 lines,duff provides moisture,
nourishes the growth of many plants, and small animals feed on them, so
duff is the foundation of an ecosystem.

48. A.
Depending on lines 67- 69 Some plant litter earthworms and burrowing
species, different species practice differently, so you should choose A.

49. B.
Option A is clearly wrong to say that the second article only talks about
the situation. Option C is the opposite. D Select the statement about
human participation, neither article said.

50. C.
A option counteract is wrong, option B is wrong, option D catastrophe is
wrong.

51. B.
Because the last two sentences of the article say that in the absence of
invasive earthworm, mites are better off, indicating that earthworm
although there are P1's two line numbers mentioned in the role

For the place where the dragonfly invades (i.e., ecosystems to the
organisms that perform those processes are notnative) it is potentially
harmful.

The second article is saying the dragonfly, too, on their own that invasive
slugs are harmful to ecosystem, and if you choose D, it's like saying that
the second article thinks that you're not being introduced into a new
environment, but that you're not in your own ecosystem, it's not about
your own ecosystem, it's bad for your own ecosystem ecosystem
ecosystem. The second article is not so think, perhaps, we do not know.
We cannot impose this view on the author of the second article.
The D option is frequently misunderstood as conferring an advantage to
all the organisms in an ecosystem did not correspond in the second
article. The second article focuses on the damage that invasive
earthworms can do to the original local mite, without focusing on the fact
that “many people often think that radon brings a benefit to all living
things in an ecosystem, which is wrong." ,frequentlymisunderstood
could not find the evidence.

So pick B doesn't pick D.

52. D.
The number ofmites has been greatly reduced by the invasion of radon.
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WRITING

1. C The principle of simplicity, visible and can be seen synonym.

2. D Parallel structure. Coloration, posture, and patterns are three
nouns in parallel.
3. C Contact the last sentence,the equipmentdesigned by the
researchers is used to record the behavior of squids, so the next
sentence talks about the results from the information gathered.
4. D resolve resolution; unscramble finishing, sorting out; convert
conversion
5. C. Insertion. The chromatic of body pattern is a whole, so the
middle or color, as an insertion, must use a double comma.
6. A. The main meaning is consistent and tense, the host is
expansion,and the contextis now.
7. B. The second half of the sentence(chromatophores) can shrink
orstretch in a specific position in the body, and the color can be
immediately displayed, the first half of the sentence as a
generalization, to choose acolor-related point of view.
8. C. Insertion. dark spots on the fins are the main language,
andthesee is the predicate.
9. A. The conclusion of the previous paragraph of the researchers
observation is equivalent to positive information, the next paragraph
of have yet to answer every question is negative information, so
there needs to be a turning point, and the discoveries are a
generalization of the previous paragraph.
10. D. Looking back, the original Crittercam is sing sing, and you need
to add 's here, and you don’t need an apostrophe after findings.
11. C. Researchers' study of squids found some patterns, but this
paragraph shows that some questions remain unanswered and
 therefore more complex than you think. Option A deviates fromthe

center of the article Too much detail to summarize the full text；D is

too detailed to summarize the full text;

12. D. The seat is followed by a guest clause, and the guest language
and predicate cannot be divided with punctuation in special cases
such as no insertion.
13. A. Primarily, adjective, primacy first, and belongs to nouns. The
start is decorated here andmust beadverbs.
14. C. The last sentence:he met many fellow musicians and others in
the music industry, echoing the c options these friends and

acquaintances;；his reputation grew and the second half of the

sentence make a steady income make a logical relationship.

15. D. Logical host. The logical host (or action issuer) of the
development is Zobrocki, and only the D option is correct.
16. C. Broad set of skills corresponds to the answer in the
diversifying. .
17. A. A single type of work as a clue, corresponding to the first , 983.
18. B. Looking at the chart, musicians with two or more skills make up
the majority.
19. D. The principle of simplicity. Although the four options mean
basically the same thing, A, B, and C are too long to express.
20. B. Parallel structure. Composes original songs, teaches guitar

lessons,，and writes for magazine are three moving phrases parallel,

following a, b, and c structural rules.

21. D. The main meaning is the same. The host is having multiple
roles, don’t mistake roles for the host. Verb phrases as a whole,
predicate sing sing sings.
22. B. Option A is not concise enough anddoes not highlight causal
logic, the C option along with changes the meaning of the original
 sentence,and option D turns the original causality into a side-by-side
relationship without a true combine of two sentences.
23. B. The tense. in the future, indicatingthat it has not yet occurred,
to use in the future.
24. C. By returning is the way this sentence is adjectives, and
prepositional phrases do not need to be punctuation at the end of a
sentence.
25. A. This paragraph emphasizes that past information is lost
because the device does not match, andoptionA is a summary of the
next two specific examples.
26. A. 90s files are not compatible with modern computers, with
incompatible,. Mismatch indicates improper coordination,

uncongenial indicates a a different interest，antagonistic hostility.

27. B. Dashes here indicate that they are not stand-alone

sentencesand cannot be broken with a halfsome or period,and
cannot be followed by a comma. Use exclusion.
28. C. The simplicity principle excludes A and B, while the D option is
missing, meaning that the original sentence is now expensive and
difficult to obtain, using now.
29. B. The added information explains why lignin is removed and
should be added according to the relevance principle. The meaning
of option A is irrelevant.
30. C. Parallel structure. Light, heat, and humidity. .
31. B. Pronouns refer to. It here refers to the archival paper.
32. C. The added sentence does not explain how the adopted bills
have to do with the issues discussed by Parliament in the original
text.
33. A. To undertake the last sentence, can not accept have information
stored only in digital form. Option A talks about the possible
 consequences of this situation. Option B speaking of the measures
to be taken by a particular country is independent of the content of
this paragraph. C and D are also irrelevant information.
34. B. Such as romances and Westerns are the contents of the
additional statement, which is in parentheses.
35. A. The original two sentences belong to a side-by-side
relationship, option A and connect expensive and difficult, because
as an insertion, explains the reason for the difficult to obtain. The B
option changes the logical relationship between the original
sentence and does not highlight that the two are side by side. The C
option misinterprets the meaning of the original sentence, the D
option while connects two sentences ambiguously, and the structure
of the original sentence changes significantly.
36. C. The following is Robert's Robert experience of innovation,and
hisendeavor is a cue. The A, D options are independent. B jumps
directly to achievement, whichis not related to the description of the
intermediateprocess.
37. D. You already have a verb though,and you don't need to add
additional verbs.
38. B. ““Observe”” to the success story, with observe. detect
detection, detection, scan scanning, browsing, view scan viewing.
39. B. The main meaning is the same. Remove the interference of the
insertion, the who in the clause refers to the forerunner word de
Graff, in sing sings, and the tense is generally past.
40. A. This paragraph talks about de Graff's pre-preparation,obtain the
backing, customize, distribution three aspects of the effort. Option
A is a summary of the entire paragraph.
41. A. To ensure represents the purpose, disconnecting from the main
sentence that follows with a comma.
42. B. The dashed sentence is a more detailed description of the
previous sentence.
43. B. Fixed usage, lose something to somebody, lose, succumb.
44. D. The previous sentence, which lost a large market, was a
negative message, and the latest sentence, made good on his
promise, Belongs to the positive evaluation, in the middle to use the
words to represent the transition relationship was a positive review,
with the word nevertheless in the middle representing a turning
relationship.
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