UNIBEN English Language 2009/2010 Past Questions

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the work lettered I-D choose the word or group of words that is opposite-in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

From the words lettered -A-D choose the word which best completes each of the following sentences.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentences below, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the .interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

INSTRUCTION: From the words lettered A—D,choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as his used in the sentence.

Read the passage below and answer questions 26-30 that follow
According to the controversial sunspot theory, great storms on the surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet, causing shifts in weather on the Earth and interference with radio and television communications.
A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a word derived from the Latin word for shadow which is surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads extending out from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Actually the sunspots are cooler than the rest of the photospheres, which may account for their apparently darker colour.
Typically, the temperature in a sunspot umbra is 4000K, whereas the temperature in a penumbra registers 5500K, and the granules outside the spot are 6000K. Sunspots range in size from tiny grains to complex structures with areas stretching for billions of square miles. About 5 percent of all sunspots are large enough so that they can be seen from Earth without instruments; consequently, observations of sun spots have been recorded for thousands of years. They have been observed in arrangements of one to more than one hundred spots, but they tend to occur in pairs. There is also a marked tendency for the two spots of a pair to have opposite magnetic polarities. Furthermore, the strength of the magnetic field associated with any given sunspot is closely related to the spots size.
Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles over a period of eleven years. At the beginning of a cycle, the storms occur between 20 and 40 degrees north and south of the equator on the sun. As the cycle continues, some of the storms move closer to the equator. As the cycle diminishes, the number of sun sports decreases to a Minimum, and they cluster between 5 and 15 degrees north and south latitude. Although there is no theory that completely explains the nature and function of sunspots, several models show scientists' attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic field lines along the lines of longitude from the north and south poles of the sun.

Read the passage below and answer questions 26-30 that follow
According to the controversial sunspot theory, great storms on the surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet, causing shifts in weather on the Earth and interference with radio and television communications.
A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a word derived from the Latin word for shadow which is surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads extending out from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Actually the sunspots are cooler than the rest of the photospheres, which may account for their apparently darker colour.
Typically, the temperature in a sunspot umbra is 4000K, whereas the temperature in a penumbra registers 5500K, and the granules outside the spot are 6000K. Sunspots range in size from tiny grains to complex structures with areas stretching for billions of square miles. About 5 percent of all sunspots are large enough so that they can be seen from Earth without instruments; consequently, observations of sun spots have been recorded for thousands of years. They have been observed in arrangements of one to more than one hundred spots, but they tend to occur in pairs. There is also a marked tendency for the two spots of a pair to have opposite magnetic polarities. Furthermore, the strength of the magnetic field associated with any given sunspot is closely related to the spots size.
Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles over a period of eleven years. At the beginning of a cycle, the storms occur between 20 and 40 degrees north and south of the equator on the sun. As the cycle continues, some of the storms move closer to the equator. As the cycle diminishes, the number of sun sports decreases to a Minimum, and they cluster between 5 and 15 degrees north and south latitude. Although there is no theory that completely explains the nature and function of sunspots, several models show scientists' attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic field lines along the lines of longitude from the north and south poles of the sun.

Read the passage below and answer questions 26-30 that follow
According to the controversial sunspot theory, great storms on the surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet, causing shifts in weather on the Earth and interference with radio and television communications.
A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a word derived from the Latin word for shadow which is surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads extending out from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Actually the sunspots are cooler than the rest of the photospheres, which may account for their apparently darker colour.
Typically, the temperature in a sunspot umbra is 4000K, whereas the temperature in a penumbra registers 5500K, and the granules outside the spot are 6000K. Sunspots range in size from tiny grains to complex structures with areas stretching for billions of square miles. About 5 percent of all sunspots are large enough so that they can be seen from Earth without instruments; consequently, observations of sun spots have been recorded for thousands of years. They have been observed in arrangements of one to more than one hundred spots, but they tend to occur in pairs. There is also a marked tendency for the two spots of a pair to have opposite magnetic polarities. Furthermore, the strength of the magnetic field associated with any given sunspot is closely related to the spots size.
Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles over a period of eleven years. At the beginning of a cycle, the storms occur between 20 and 40 degrees north and south of the equator on the sun. As the cycle continues, some of the storms move closer to the equator. As the cycle diminishes, the number of sun sports decreases to a Minimum, and they cluster between 5 and 15 degrees north and south latitude. Although there is no theory that completely explains the nature and function of sunspots, several models show scientists' attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic field lines along the lines of longitude from the north and south poles of the sun.

Read the passage below and answer questions 26-30 that follow
According to the controversial sunspot theory, great storms on the surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet, causing shifts in weather on the Earth and interference with radio and television communications.
A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a word derived from the Latin word for shadow which is surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads extending out from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Actually the sunspots are cooler than the rest of the photospheres, which may account for their apparently darker colour.
Typically, the temperature in a sunspot umbra is 4000K, whereas the temperature in a penumbra registers 5500K, and the granules outside the spot are 6000K. Sunspots range in size from tiny grains to complex structures with areas stretching for billions of square miles. About 5 percent of all sunspots are large enough so that they can be seen from Earth without instruments; consequently, observations of sun spots have been recorded for thousands of years. They have been observed in arrangements of one to more than one hundred spots, but they tend to occur in pairs. There is also a marked tendency for the two spots of a pair to have opposite magnetic polarities. Furthermore, the strength of the magnetic field associated with any given sunspot is closely related to the spots size.
Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles over a period of eleven years. At the beginning of a cycle, the storms occur between 20 and 40 degrees north and south of the equator on the sun. As the cycle continues, some of the storms move closer to the equator. As the cycle diminishes, the number of sun sports decreases to a Minimum, and they cluster between 5 and 15 degrees north and south latitude. Although there is no theory that completely explains the nature and function of sunspots, several models show scientists' attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic field lines along the lines of longitude from the north and south poles of the sun.

Read the passage below and answer questions 26-30 that follow
According to the controversial sunspot theory, great storms on the surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet, causing shifts in weather on the Earth and interference with radio and television communications.
A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a word derived from the Latin word for shadow which is surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads extending out from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Actually the sunspots are cooler than the rest of the photospheres, which may account for their apparently darker colour.
Typically, the temperature in a sunspot umbra is 4000K, whereas the temperature in a penumbra registers 5500K, and the granules outside the spot are 6000K. Sunspots range in size from tiny grains to complex structures with areas stretching for billions of square miles. About 5 percent of all sunspots are large enough so that they can be seen from Earth without instruments; consequently, observations of sun spots have been recorded for thousands of years. They have been observed in arrangements of one to more than one hundred spots, but they tend to occur in pairs. There is also a marked tendency for the two spots of a pair to have opposite magnetic polarities. Furthermore, the strength of the magnetic field associated with any given sunspot is closely related to the spots size.
Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles over a period of eleven years. At the beginning of a cycle, the storms occur between 20 and 40 degrees north and south of the equator on the sun. As the cycle continues, some of the storms move closer to the equator. As the cycle diminishes, the number of sun sports decreases to a Minimum, and they cluster between 5 and 15 degrees north and south latitude. Although there is no theory that completely explains the nature and function of sunspots, several models show scientists' attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic field lines along the lines of longitude from the north and south poles of the sun.