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PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Based on the text below, answer the question.
Exercising Body and Mind at the Same Time?
New Device Lets You Read While You Run
Engineers from Purdue University have devised a new System that will facilitate a very specific type of physical and mental multitasking - helping treadmill runners to read text on a display screen.
The System, called ReadingMate, compensates for constantly
bobbing eyes so runners can train for a marathon while reading their
favorite novel.
"Not many people can run and read at the same time," said Ji Soo Yi, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University. "This is because the relative location of the eyes to the text is vigorously changing, and our eyes try to constantly adjust to such changes, which is burdensome."
Instead of increasing the size of the displayed font, Yi and his colleagues decided to compensate for a runner's head motion.
"You could increase the font size and have a large-screen monitor on the wall, but that's impractical because you cannot have numerous big screen displays in an exercise room," Yi said.
According to a report on the system published recently in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the engineers recruited 15 multitasking volunteers to perform a "letter-counting" test while jogging on a treadmill and using ReadingMate. The participants were asked to tally how many times the letter 'F' appeared in two lines of text nested in 10 lines of text that were displayed on a computer monitor.
While performing the test, the participants wore goggles equipped with infrared LEDs. An infrared camera tracked the motion of the LEDs, essentially recording the movement of the runner's head. To compensate for the head motion, the displayed text was moved as the volunteers ran along the treadmill with their heads bobbing.
The researchers found those who used the ReadingMate system performed better at multi-tasking their physical and mental assignments, particularly when it carne to reading smaller font sizes and smaller line-spaced text.
Besides aiding people with the novel task of reading while running, the researchers said their system could be used to assist airline pilots or those working in heavy industry.
"Both may experience heavy shaking and turbulence while reading information from a display," Kwon said. "ReadingMate could stabilize the content in such cases."
(Adapted from http://www.redorbit.com/news)
Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?
(1) _____ is a bad habit and it can cause lung cancer.
Which sequence best completes the text below?
Months and years passed, and I grew more distant (1)___ each (2)____ my friends. Various people flew (3) _____ and (4) _____ of my life. I lost some friends to distance, some to circumstance. Mostly, they just drifted away (5)____ me, toward their own lives. A few of these people are still in my life, and I'm very lucky, because not everyone still has a friend who knew them when they were seventeen.
(Adapted from http://www.notmyshoes.net/monologues/rachei.html)
Which sequence best completes the text below?
We ’re in danger of (1)___ locked in the midfield stalemate of agreement, so allow me (2)____ up the left wing. Given the extraordínary wealth of top flight football in this country, I do think the game owes a greater degree of pastoral care to its players, and of a more profound nature than (3)____ out their cars and living arrangements. Football clubs now gain control over players when they1re youngsters, but not nearly enough effort is put into (4)___ rounded, educated individuais.
(Adapted from http://www.guardian.co.uk)
What is the best sequence to complete the paragraph?
This place looks like a thousand other hotel bars up and down the country ... until (1)____ take into account (2 )____ location: reached via a half-hidden lift in the lobby of St George1s hotel. Perched 15 floors above Oxford Circus, the bar offers some of the best views of central London through (3)_____ "wall of Windows". (4) _____ also lies next door to the BBC's Broadcasting House, so you1re almost guaranteed to see a minor celebrity or two.
{Adapted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011)
Which alternative best reports the stranger's speech in this passage?
In 1953, I got married. A few weeks after the wedding, I suddenly fell ill. My husband took me to a hospital. I was there for almost a week. I was in so much pain. And no one could say for sure what was wrong. One night, in the hospital, a stranger came to see me. He told me, "Janie, you1 re going to die tomorrow". That was my name then, the name I was born with.
(Adapted from http://www.notmyshoes.net/monologues/ hannah-march.html)
Which is the correct option to complete the sentence below?
Windsurfing will be dropped from {1)____ Olympics after (2)____ London 2012 Games and will be replaced by (3)____ kiteboarding for (4) Rio 2016 Games.
(Adapted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/olympics-2012)
Which alternative contains a clause from the passage in the active voice?
The ABSTRACT is not a part of the body of the report itself. Rather, the abstract is a brief suramary of the report contents that is often separately circulated so potential readers can decide whether to read the report. The abstract should very concisely summarize the whole report: why it was written, what was discovered or developed, and what is claimed to be the significance of the effort. The abstract does not include figures or tables, and only the most significant numerical values or results should be given.
(Adapted from http://www.columbia.edu)
Which is the correct alternative to complete the following instructions?
(1)_____ a game card in the card slot. (2)_____ power. Important: (3)____ insert or remove cards when the power is on as it damages the machine. (4) _____ the game card icon.
Which of the alternatives below correctly completes the sentence?
What I like about Jenny is that she always comes (1) ____with great ideas.
In which two sentences the verbs are NOT followed by the correct preposition?
(1) They had to leave to the party right after work.
(2) He's always dreaming with his ex-girlfriend.
(3) She strongly disagreed with him.
(4) They had to apologize for being rude.
The correct answer is
Which sequence best completes the text below?
Apple (1)____ over 15 million iPads just in the final three months of 2011. Now the popular tablet Computer (2)____ in its third generation. But as Apple prepared (3)____ a new iPad on March 7th, it (4)____ legal challenges in China over rights to the name of the device.
(Extracted from http://www.manythings.org/ipad/e/v.php?v=4GmNlCqctLU)
Choose the best option to rewrite the sentence keeping the same meaning.
She got her brother to do her homework.
Which of the alternatives below correctly completes the sentence?
According to some scientífic studies, if children (1) ______ exposed to dirt early in life, their immune system will be strengthened.
Choose the best reply to this statement.
Michelle: Have you replied to his e-mail yet?
You: (1)______. I've been busy all morning but I'll do it
Which of the alternatives below correctly completes the sentence?
She will never talk to him again, and (1)____ I.
Which of the alternatives below completes the dialogue correctly?
Paul: Do you have to take him home tonight?
James: In fact, I (1)______. He is taking a taxi.
Which sequence best completes the sentence below?
The little gírl wouldn't go into the sea (1)____ her mother did so, too.
Which is the correct option to complete the sentence below?
He's done a lot of work today, (1)____ ?
Which of the alternatives below completes the sentence correctly?
Rio de Janeiro doesn' t get (1)____ Petrópolis.
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