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Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following information.
Scuba Diving (1) Scuba diving is deep-sea diving using equipment that is carried on the back of the diver. (2) Before the development of scuba equipment, they breathed air pumped down a long hose from the surface. (3) With scuba equipment, the diver receives air from the tanks through a rubber hose. (4) At the end of the hose is the air control device a demand regulator. (5) It keeps the pressure of the air in the diver’s lungs equal to the pressure of the water. (6) This regulation is necessary to prevent serious lung damage.
(1) Scuba diving is deep-sea diving using equipment that is carried on the back of the diver. (2) Before the development of scuba equipment, they breathed air pumped down a long hose from the surface. (3) With scuba equipment, the diver receives air from the tanks through a rubber hose. (4) At the end of the hose is the air control device a demand regulator. (5) It keeps the pressure of the air in the diver’s lungs equal to the pressure of the water. (6) This regulation is necessary to prevent serious lung damage.
Sentence 2: Before the development of scuba equipment, they breathed air pumped down a long hose from the surface.
Sentence 4: At the end of the hose is the air control device a demand regulator.
Questions 3 and 4 refer to the following consumer information.
Credit (1) You get credit by promising to pay in the future for something you receive in the present. (2) Credit is a convenience. (3) It lets you charge a meal on your credit card, pay for an appliance on the installment plan, or taking out a loan to buy a house. (4) With credit, you have enjoyed your purchase while you’re paying for it, or you even make a purchase when you’re lacking cash. (5) There are some strings attached to credit, however. (6) It usually costs something, and, of course, what is borrowed must be paid back.
(1) You get credit by promising to pay in the future for something you receive in the present. (2) Credit is a convenience. (3) It lets you charge a meal on your credit card, pay for an appliance on the installment plan, or taking out a loan to buy a house. (4) With credit, you have enjoyed your purchase while you’re paying for it, or you even make a purchase when you’re lacking cash. (5) There are some strings attached to credit, however. (6) It usually costs something, and, of course, what is borrowed must be paid back.
Sentence 3: It lets you charge a meal on your credit card, pay for an appliance on the installment plan, or taking out a loan to buy a house.
Sentence 6: It usually costs something, and, of course, what is borrowed must be paid back.
Questions 5 through 7 refer to the following excerpt.
Shopping Malls: Good or Bad? (1) The environmental commissioner and the governor have agreed on her policy of not building giant shopping malls in the state. (2) Both feel that businesspeople have exaggerated the need for them. (3) Environmentalists believe that the malls cause traffic problems and strain a city’s sewage and water resources. (4) Economists disagree with the views of the environmentalists and argue that they generate jobs and boost a city’s economy.
(1) The environmental commissioner and the governor have agreed on her policy of not building giant shopping malls in the state. (2) Both feel that businesspeople have exaggerated the need for them. (3) Environmentalists believe that the malls cause traffic problems and strain a city’s sewage and water resources. (4) Economists disagree with the views of the environmentalists and argue that they generate jobs and boost a city’s economy.
Sentence 1: The environmental commissioner and the governor have agreed on her policy of not building giant shopping malls in the state.
Sentence 2: Both feel that businesspeople have exaggerated the need for them.
Sentence 4: Economists disagree with the views of the environmentalists and argue that they generate jobs and boost a city’s economy.
Questions 8 through 10 refer to the following information.
Structure of the Spine (1) A knowledge of the spine can help you understand backaches. (2)The spine is made up of 33 or 34 bones called vertebrae, which are separated and cushioned by oval pads called discs. (3) The sites of most back problems are the flexible regions of the spine, the neck, and the lower back. (4) The discs between the vertebrae have three main parts. (5) Oval plates of cartilage form the top and bottom of each disc. (6) The outside wall is tough tissue and elastic ligament, which overlay one another like the sections of a radial tire. (7) This structure allows the disc to change their shape and then rebound to its original proportions. (8) The core of the discs is a white, shiny substance in the center that enables the disc to act as a shock absorber. (9) Also contained in the back are strong tissues the tendons and the ligaments. (10) Flexing the back suddenly, the ligaments attached to your spine may rupture. (11) The remedy for such an injury is usually surgery.
(1) A knowledge of the spine can help you understand backaches. (2)The spine is made up of 33 or 34 bones called vertebrae, which are separated and cushioned by oval pads called discs. (3) The sites of most back problems are the flexible regions of the spine, the neck, and the lower back. (4) The discs between the vertebrae have three main parts. (5) Oval plates of cartilage form the top and bottom of each disc. (6) The outside wall is tough tissue and elastic ligament, which overlay one another like the sections of a radial tire. (7) This structure allows the disc to change their shape and then rebound to its original proportions. (8) The core of the discs is a white, shiny substance in the center that enables the disc to act as a shock absorber. (9) Also contained in the back are strong tissues the tendons and the ligaments. (10) Flexing the back suddenly, the ligaments attached to your spine may rupture. (11) The remedy for such an injury is usually surgery.
Sentence 7: This structure allows the disc to change their shape and then rebound to its original proportions.
Sentence 9: Also contained in the back are strong tissues the tendons, and the ligaments.
Sentence 10: Flexing the back suddenly, the ligaments attached to the spine may rupture.