1. Can you lend me some money? -1 can a sureness b surely c sure d unsure It's been a really hot summer ?

29. The word stifle in the text means ...
A) reside B) smoother C) force D) inhabit
30. As it is given in the text, the fig tree does not only get nutrition from the host tree, but also...
A) it is food for animals.
B) it gives minerals to other plants.
C) it exists at the expense of other plants.
D) it produces nutrition to the air.
Read the text. Then Choose the correct answer for each question below (31-33).
The word alphabet is made up from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet - alpha and beta - and describes any group of symbols intended to represent the sounds used m speech The letters of an alphabet can be assembled in thousands of different combinations to form words, and are therefore much more flexible than other symbols such as pictograms or ideograms each of which can only stand for one object or idea. The origin of alphabets is obscure. Some scholars believe that the first true alphabets developed from Egyptian Hieroglyphics; others contend that the cuneiformscripts of the Sumerians. Babylonians and Assyrians hold the key.
31. The author informs us that an alphabet is...
A) the sound used when we speak
B) a group of meaningless symbols
C) a group of sings that stand for vocal sounds
D) two Greek letters alpha and beta
32. We can understand from the passage that alphabets are well-suited for writing because...
A) they derive from ancient hieroglyphics
B) their letters represent specific words or ideas
C) than can have thousands of different letters
D) they are not as rigid as other symbolic systems
33. According to the passage academics disagree about...
A) the disadvantages of alphabets
B) the key to cuneiform scripts
C) pictograms and ideograms
D) the origin of alphabets
Read the text. Then Choose the correct answer for each question below (34-36).
Each year about 7000 people in the United States are bitten by poisons snakes. Fewer than a dozen of these person die but many are left with disability of a limb and scarring at the site of the bite. Persons at greatest risk are those who handle snakes for purposes of entertainment, religion or science. Outside the high-risk group hunters farmers and fishermen are the most likely to be bitten. The best way to tell the difference between a poisonous and a non-poisonous bite is to identify the snake. A non-poisonous bite doesn't usually cause much pain or swelling thought the wound many bleed freely. When there is any about as to whether the snake is venomous presume that the bite was poisonous and take precautions.