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Based on text I, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The author concludes that cave artists depicted humans as weak to show the preponderance megafauna had in those days.

Judge whether the following item about text I are right (C) or wrong (E). In the last sentence of the text, inserting a comma immediately after the first occurrence of “that” would make the sentence grammatically incorrect.

Judge whether the following item about text I are right (C) or wrong (E). In the expressions “unalloyed triumph” (first sentence of the text) and “sheer silliness” (first sentence of the second paragraph), the adjectives “unalloyed” and “sh…

Judge whether the following item about text I are right (C) or wrong (E). The last sentence of the second paragraph could be rewritten, maintaining its original meaning and correctness, as: Accordingly, Judith Thurman has already written th…

Judge whether the following item about text I are right (C) or wrong (E). By stating that the human figures in cave art are “self-effacing” (last sentence of the first paragraph), the author means that humans were virtually absent character…

Considering text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). As used in the third sentence of the first paragraph, the expression “most exacting class of critics” refers to critics who worry too much about being co…

Considering text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). In the fragment “most exacting class of critics, critics who are quick to (…)” (third sentence of the first paragraph), omitting the second occurrence of…

Considering text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). By stating that he wants to show the reader “the lie of the land” (first sentence of the text), the author means that he wants to inform the reader of th…

Considering text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). In the fragment “I have never believed that books for young people should differ from books for adults except for the fact that they must reckon with the…

Based on text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). In the last sentence of the text, the word “dog” has a similar meaning to trouble.

Based on text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The excerpt “lest the well-known masterpieces be crowded out by my own personal favourites” (second sentence of the second paragraph) could be, maintaining…

Based on text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). It can be correctly concluded from the excerpt “Praise is so much duller than criticism” (ninth sentence of the first paragraph) that the author wishes to w…

Based on text II, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). In “for them the familiar appearance” (third sentence of second paragraph), “them” refers to the people the book is meant for: “those who look for bearings…

Regarding text III, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The author of the text considers that, more than the competence of the applicants or their nationality, it is their political connections — who they know…

Regarding text III, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). According to the text, reconciling the principle of equitable geographical distribution of recruits with that of securing the highest standards of efficie…

Regarding text III, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The fragment “even at the expense of sheer quality” (last sentence of the second paragraph) could be, without harming the coherence of the text, replaced…

Regarding text III, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The excerpt “It licenses a kind of international spoils system” could be, without altering the meaning of the sentence, replaced with It spoils the intern…

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The text suggests that, when their original drafts were modified by a minister, Hector and Douglas would stand up…

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). In the first sentence of the text, the verb “making” is being used with the sense of writing.

Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, judge whether the following statement are right (C) or wrong (E). The narrator of the text considers that the process of rewriting the speech multiple times contributes to its bec…