English Questions

• In the passage about free market economics, who are considered by the economists to be the right group of people to set the price of a commodity?
• According to the passage, price-fixing is a phenomenon that is normal in which type of societies?
• In the context of the passage on free market economics, a major act of will will bring about a view of price-fixing that will be seen as what?
• According to the passage on free market economics, selling a commodity at a price that is not more than that charged by competitors is how regarded?
• According to the passage describing war and its effects, the writer says that war is essentially what?
• In the war passage, the line friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood conveys which idea?
• From the war passage, what do we learn about Tony Vassall?
• In the sentence as well a touching inducement to marry again from the war passage, the word inducement most nearly means what?
• According to the war passage, what happens to Olive after the death of her parents Nathan and his wife?
• According to the passage on art and human experience, all art is, in an important sense, described as what?
• Read the following English comprehension passage about art as an escape and about the philosopher Aristotle on poetry, then choose the most appropriate answer from the four alternatives. All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from the present experience, to use the accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is the greatest and most distinctive human ability. We must not forget the force of the argument by Aristotle that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows human beings not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or, in terms more sympathetic to us today, as they are capable of becoming. According to this passage, what does Aristotle mainly argue about the nature of poetry and its value?
• Read the following passage about art as an escape and Aristotle on poetry, then answer the comprehension question. All art is, in an important sense, an escape. The passage explains that human beings can escape from the present by using consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future. According to the author, what exactly enables a person to project a vision of the future in this context?
• Read the following passage on art as an escape and Aristotle on poetry, then choose the most appropriate answer. The passage explains that all art is a kind of escape and that, according to Aristotle, poetry is valuable because it shows human beings not only as they actually are but also as they ought to be or as they are capable of becoming. Based on this argument, what does poetry show, according to Aristotle in this passage?
• Read the following passage on avoiding foolish opinions, observation, and errors in belief, then choose the most appropriate answer. The author explains that human beings are prone to silly errors and gives examples involving Aristotle, hedgehogs, unicorns, and salamanders. According to the passage, how does the author portray mankind in general?
• Read the passage about foolish opinions, observation, and imaginary creatures such as unicorns and salamanders, then answer the question. Ancient and medieval writers, according to the author, wrote confidently about unicorns and salamanders without ever seeing them. What does the author suggest about unicorns and salamanders in this context?
• Read the passage about foolish opinions, observation, Aristotle, and hedgehogs, then answer the question. The author says that he believes that hedgehogs eat black beetles because he has been told so, but that he would not write it as fact in a serious book without observing it. What does the author imply about hedgehogs and black beetles in this passage?
• Read the passage about simple rules to avoid foolish opinions, then answer the question. The author recommends that, when a matter can be settled by observation, one should observe directly instead of relying on assumption or hearsay. What method of drawing conclusions does the author clearly favour in this passage?
• In the passage about avoiding foolish opinions and the need to rely on observation, the author criticises confident statements made without evidence and praises simple factual checking. Considering this emphasis on evidence, how can the authors overall attitude best be described?
• Read the passage on how to write a good personal letter, with the example of Carlyle writing to his brother Alec about their mother, then answer the vocabulary question. In this passage the writer advises that a letter should be personal and not abstract. In this context, what does the word abstract most nearly mean?
• In the passage on how to write a good letter, the writer says that if you share small things that you talk about at home, the recipients will see you, hear your voice, and understand what you are talking about. According to the passage, what should the recipient of your letter be able to do when reading it?