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“CULTURE SHOCK”
Selection Options
Anthropologists have coined the term “Culture 1) 1. has upon the visitor who is unprepared
Shock” to describe the effect that immersion 2. is having on the unprepared visitor
in the strange culture 1 . 3. has on the unprepared visitor
4. has in the unprepared visitor
5. have on the unprepared visitor
It is what happens when familiar psychological 2.) 1. is replaced by new ones
clues that help an individual to function in 2. were replaced by new ones
society are suddenly withdrawn and 2 3. are being replaced with new ones
that are alien and incomprehensible. 4. replaced by new ones
5. to be replaced by new ones
But most travelers 3 that the culture 3.) 1. have the comforting knowledge
2. have the comfortable knowledge
3. have the knowledge that is comforting
4. are comforted through the knowledge
5. find knowledge comforting
will be there ____4____. The victim of future 4.) 1. returning to them
2. to return back to
3. when they return back
4. to return to
5. waiting for their return
5 rate of change within a society. 5.) 1. produced from the great accelerated
2. produced of the greatly accelerated
3. a product produced by the greatly accelerated
4. a product of the greatly accelerated
5. a product of the great accelerated
6 the superimposition of a new culture; 6.) 1. It rises from
2. It arose from
3. It arises from
4. It has risen from
5. It has been rising from
but, its impact is 7 . 7.) 1. very worse
2. far worse
3. the worst
4. far worst
5. surely worst
Take an individual out of his own culture 8.) 1. set him down with suddenness
and 8 in an environment sharply different 2. seat himself down suddenly
from his own, 3. sat down suddenly
4. set him down suddenly
5. suddenly sit him down
then cut him off 9 to a more familiar 9.) 1. from any hope of retreat
social landscape, and the dislocation he 2. from no hope of retreat
suffers is double sever. 3. with any hope of retreating
4. with no hope to retreat
5. from having any hope of retreat
Moreover, if this new culture is itself in 10.) 1. their values are incessantly changed
constant turmoil, and if worse yet 10 2. its values are changed incessantly
the sense of orientation will still be further 3. the values it has are not changed incessantly
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intensified. 4. its values are incessant changes
5. its values are incessantly changing
“MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIUM”
Selection Options
A mass communication medium like television, 11.) 1. can be use to help in the unification
for example, 1 a country fragmented 2. is of use for helping to unity
by tribal 3. can be used for helping in unifying
4. can be used to help unify
5. has for its use to help unify
loyalties, customs, culture or simple geographic 12.) 1. that inform the people
barriers. Programs 2 about national 2. that gave information to the people
purposes and 3. which purpose is to inform the people
4. that supply the people with information
5. which aims to inform the people
national problems might help unite the people 13.) 1. busily at work
and put damper on the divisive forces 3 . 2. of work in the country
3. at work in the country
4. which are at work in the country
5. that help work in the country
A national mass communication television 14.) 1. the language standardization of the country
network also can help 4 . On the other 2. standardizing the language of the country
hand, modes of 3. the country’s standardization of language
4. in standardizing the language in the country
5. standardize language in the country
personal communication 5 the means 15.) 1. can balance neatly out
2. neatly balances out
3. neatly balance out
4. is neatly balancing out
5. serve to neatly balance out
of people; each person talking on the telephone 16.) 1. could still retained
6 his individual traits and identify the 2. is able to retain still
the things that make him unique as a person. 3. has the ability to retain
4. is still retaining
5. can still retain
In developing countries, establishing such balance 17.) 1. will not evolve exactly as they
should be an important consideration. 2. will not evolve exactly like they
If we can be sure of one thing, it is that communications 3. are not to evolve exactly as they
in the new nations 7 did in the 4. do not evolve as they exactly
5. have not evolve exactly as they
United States and other Western nations. The 18.) 1. should make with ability
older nations invested in the telegraph, in the 2. will have the ability to make
telephone, and in television in a random 3. will be in certain position to make
piece-meal fashion without knowing where 4. can be able to make
their steps would lead them, the newer nations 8 5. will be able to make
a more considered, conscious choice. 19.) 1. are facing up a unique opportunity
Benefiting from the past mistakes of the older 2. face a unique opportunity
nations, today’s new nations 9 3. have to face a unique opportunity
in the field of communications. 4. face a more unique opportunity
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5. still face a most unique opportunity
In fact, they 10 some of the most advanced 20.) 1. might be able to develop
and most sophisticated communications 2. might develop
system in the world. 3. can, with ability
4. might be in a position to develop
5. should developed
VOCABULARY
1. ABRADES - to wear away by friction; to wear down in spirit; irritate
2. ACQUESCED - concerted; agreed; assented; acceded; accepted; complied
3. ANONYMITY - of unknown or undeclared origin or authorship
4. ASTOUNDED - amazed; shocked; alarmed
5. DETERIOUS (deteriorate) – to impair; to grow; worse/to frighten; to turn aside; discourage or prevent from aching (as by
fear); inhibit
6. DURESS - compulsion by threat; restraint
7. FIDGET(ED) - restlessness; to move about restlessly
8. GARB - a dress; to clothe; style of dress; outward form; appearance
9. IMMOLATE - to kill as a sacrificial victim
10. JEOPARDY- hazard; danger; peril; risk; exposure to death, loss, or injury
11. LISTLESS(LY) - languid; inattentive; spiritless
12. LUGURBRIOUS - sorrowful; mournful often to an exaggerated degree
13. MILIEU - environment setting; status
14. PINNACLE - a thin turret; a spire or high peak; acme turret-a small tower
15. POSIT - to assume the existence of; postulate – to assume as true
NUMBER ANALOGY
1. 0.75 is to ¾ as 0.8 is to _________
1. 2/3 2. 4/5 3. 5/6 4. 6/7 5. 3/5
2. 75% is to 1/2 as 45% is to ________
1. 3/11 2. 3/10 3. 3/4 4. 2/3 5. 3/5
3. 0.25 is to 0.125 as to 1.25 is to ________
1. 0.625 2. 1.125 3. 1.625 4. 2.125 5. 6.250
4. 2 is to 50 as 3.2 is to _________
1. 60 2. 70 3. 80 4. 90 5. 160
5. 14 is to 28 as 5 is to _________
1. 7 2. 8 3. 9 4. 10 5. 15
6. 1 is to 1/4 as 5/25 is to ________
1. 1/16 2. 1/18 3. 2/6 4. 3/4 5. 1/20
7. 0.35 is to 7 as 0.45 is to ________
1. 8 2. 9 3. 12 4. 14 5. 0.9
8. 1/3 is to 2/18 as 1/12 is to ________
1. 2/72 2. 2/48 3. 3/36 4. 3/25 5. 1/72
9. 3/8 is to 12/32 as 2/5 is to ________
1. 8/20 2. 10/23 3. 6/13 4. 4/6 5. 5/6
10. 1/3 is to 3/7 as 1/6 is to ________
1. 3/14 2. 1/5 3. 1/4 4. 1/3 5. ½
11. 0.4 is to 2/5 as 0.6 is to ________
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“CULTURE SHOCK”
Selection Options
Anthropologists have coined the term “Culture 1) 1. has upon the visitor who is unprepared
Shock” to describe the effect that immersion 2. is having on the unprepared visitor
in the strange culture 1 . 3. has on the unprepared visitor
4. has in the unprepared visitor
5. have on the unprepared visitor
It is what happens when familiar psychological 2.) 1. is replaced by new ones
clues that help an individual to function in 2. were replaced by new ones
society are suddenly withdrawn and 2 3. are being replaced with new ones
that are alien and incomprehensible. 4. replaced by new ones
5. to be replaced by new ones
But most travelers 3 that the culture 3.) 1. have the comforting knowledge
2. have the comfortable knowledge
3. have the knowledge that is comforting
4. are comforted through the knowledge
5. find knowledge comforting
will be there ____4____. The victim of future 4.) 1. returning to them
2. to return back to
3. when they return back
4. to return to
5. waiting for their return
5 rate of change within a society. 5.) 1. produced from the great accelerated
2. produced of the greatly accelerated
3. a product produced by the greatly accelerated
4. a product of the greatly accelerated
5. a product of the great accelerated
6 the superimposition of a new culture; 6.) 1. It rises from
2. It arose from
3. It arises from
4. It has risen from
5. It has been rising from
but, its impact is 7 . 7.) 1. very worse
2. far worse
3. the worst
4. far worst
5. surely worst
Take an individual out of his own culture 8.) 1. set him down with suddenness
and 8 in an environment sharply different 2. seat himself down suddenly
from his own, 3. sat down suddenly
4. set him down suddenly
5. suddenly sit him down
then cut him off 9 to a more familiar 9.) 1. from any hope of retreat
social landscape, and the dislocation he 2. from no hope of retreat
suffers is double sever. 3. with any hope of retreating
4. with no hope to retreat
5. from having any hope of retreat
Moreover, if this new culture is itself in 10.) 1. their values are incessantly changed
constant turmoil, and if worse yet 10 2. its values are changed incessantly
the sense of orientation will still be further 3. the values it has are not changed incessantly
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intensified. 4. its values are incessant changes
5. its values are incessantly changing
“MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIUM”
Selection Options
A mass communication medium like television, 11.) 1. can be use to help in the unification
for example, 1 a country fragmented 2. is of use for helping to unity
by tribal 3. can be used for helping in unifying
4. can be used to help unify
5. has for its use to help unify
loyalties, customs, culture or simple geographic 12.) 1. that inform the people
barriers. Programs 2 about national 2. that gave information to the people
purposes and 3. which purpose is to inform the people
4. that supply the people with information
5. which aims to inform the people
national problems might help unite the people 13.) 1. busily at work
and put damper on the divisive forces 3 . 2. of work in the country
3. at work in the country
4. which are at work in the country
5. that help work in the country
A national mass communication television 14.) 1. the language standardization of the country
network also can help 4 . On the other 2. standardizing the language of the country
hand, modes of 3. the country’s standardization of language
4. in standardizing the language in the country
5. standardize language in the country
personal communication 5 the means 15.) 1. can balance neatly out
2. neatly balances out
3. neatly balance out
4. is neatly balancing out
5. serve to neatly balance out
of people; each person talking on the telephone 16.) 1. could still retained
6 his individual traits and identify the 2. is able to retain still
the things that make him unique as a person. 3. has the ability to retain
4. is still retaining
5. can still retain
In developing countries, establishing such balance 17.) 1. will not evolve exactly as they
should be an important consideration. 2. will not evolve exactly like they
If we can be sure of one thing, it is that communications 3. are not to evolve exactly as they
in the new nations 7 did in the 4. do not evolve as they exactly
5. have not evolve exactly as they
United States and other Western nations. The 18.) 1. should make with ability
older nations invested in the telegraph, in the 2. will have the ability to make
telephone, and in television in a random 3. will be in certain position to make
piece-meal fashion without knowing where 4. can be able to make
their steps would lead them, the newer nations 8 5. will be able to make
a more considered, conscious choice. 19.) 1. are facing up a unique opportunity
Benefiting from the past mistakes of the older 2. face a unique opportunity
nations, today’s new nations 9 3. have to face a unique opportunity
in the field of communications. 4. face a more unique opportunity
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5. still face a most unique opportunity
In fact, they 10 some of the most advanced 20.) 1. might be able to develop
and most sophisticated communications 2. might develop
system in the world. 3. can, with ability
4. might be in a position to develop
5. should developed
VOCABULARY
1. ABRADES - to wear away by friction; to wear down in spirit; irritate
2. ACQUESCED - concerted; agreed; assented; acceded; accepted; complied
3. ANONYMITY - of unknown or undeclared origin or authorship
4. ASTOUNDED - amazed; shocked; alarmed
5. DETERIOUS (deteriorate) – to impair; to grow; worse/to frighten; to turn aside; discourage or prevent from aching (as by
fear); inhibit
6. DURESS - compulsion by threat; restraint
7. FIDGET(ED) - restlessness; to move about restlessly
8. GARB - a dress; to clothe; style of dress; outward form; appearance
9. IMMOLATE - to kill as a sacrificial victim
10. JEOPARDY- hazard; danger; peril; risk; exposure to death, loss, or injury
11. LISTLESS(LY) - languid; inattentive; spiritless
12. LUGURBRIOUS - sorrowful; mournful often to an exaggerated degree
13. MILIEU - environment setting; status
14. PINNACLE - a thin turret; a spire or high peak; acme turret-a small tower
15. POSIT - to assume the existence of; postulate – to assume as true
NUMBER ANALOGY
1. 0.75 is to ¾ as 0.8 is to _________
1. 2/3 2. 4/5 3. 5/6 4. 6/7 5. 3/5
2. 75% is to 1/2 as 45% is to ________
1. 3/11 2. 3/10 3. 3/4 4. 2/3 5. 3/5
3. 0.25 is to 0.125 as to 1.25 is to ________
1. 0.625 2. 1.125 3. 1.625 4. 2.125 5. 6.250
4. 2 is to 50 as 3.2 is to _________
1. 60 2. 70 3. 80 4. 90 5. 160
5. 14 is to 28 as 5 is to _________
1. 7 2. 8 3. 9 4. 10 5. 15
6. 1 is to 1/4 as 5/25 is to ________
1. 1/16 2. 1/18 3. 2/6 4. 3/4 5. 1/20
7. 0.35 is to 7 as 0.45 is to ________
1. 8 2. 9 3. 12 4. 14 5. 0.9
8. 1/3 is to 2/18 as 1/12 is to ________
1. 2/72 2. 2/48 3. 3/36 4. 3/25 5. 1/72
9. 3/8 is to 12/32 as 2/5 is to ________
1. 8/20 2. 10/23 3. 6/13 4. 4/6 5. 5/6
10. 1/3 is to 3/7 as 1/6 is to ________
1. 3/14 2. 1/5 3. 1/4 4. 1/3 5. ½
11. 0.4 is to 2/5 as 0.6 is to ________
