APTIS Reading Part 4 - Paragraph Heading 1. Question “His career has been an extraordinary one. He is a man of good birth and
excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote a paper on the Binomial Theorem, in a European style. t was so good that he won the !athematical "hair at one one of our our small smaller er uni#e uni#ersi rsitie ties, s, and and had, had, to all appea appearan rance, ce, a prom promisi ising ng career before ahead of him. Question: What would be a good heading to this paragraph?
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Answer: %herloc& Holmes' bac&ground 2. Question There was an old man. He stood near the middle of the road in the heat and
sunshine. He stood with hands in the poc&ets of his long coat, and his head was loo&ing at the (oor. E#en though the weather was #ery hot, it loo&ed li&e he was cold. Question: what is the most suitable heading for this paragraph?
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Answer: )hat the old man was doing
3. Question )e had the train carriage to oursel#es, but there were a lot of papers on the
(oor. *ames was pic&ing the papers up and reading them one by one. At the same time, he was note-ta&ing and stopping occasionally to thin&. This lastest until we were past +eading. Then he suddenly rolled them all into a gigantic ball and tossed them out onto the rac&. “Ha#e you heard anything of the case he as&ed. Question: What is the most suitable heading for this paragraph?
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He tossed up the papers The papers on the (oor The ourney by train +eading the papers
Answer: The ourney by train 4. Question /es, ha#e you not heard 0oor father has ne#er been strong for years bac&,
but this has made him #ery sic&. He only lies on his bed, and 1r. )illows says that he is a wrec& and that his ner#ous system is #ery bad. !r. !c"arthy was the only man ali#e who had &nown dad in the old days in 2ictoria. Question: What is the most suitable heading for this paragraph?
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Her father's car has bro&en down A father's sic&ness her father is #ery strong Her father wrec&ed the car
Answer: A father's sic&ness
5. Question He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thin&er. He has a cle#er and
calculating brain. He sits still, li&e a spider in the center of its web, but that web has a thousand strings. He &nows the mo#ement of each line. He does little himself. He only plans. Question: What is the man’s sitting ompare to?
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A brain A %pider 3enius A web
Answer: A %pider !. Question Autumn came. The clouded s&y descended to the hills4 and the dead lea#es
were mo#ing under na&ed trees until the wind. 5rom morning until night you could see the hills and buildings under the wet clouds. The bright summer s&ies were now grey and loo&ed o#er the dar& land. There was a road leading straight through the area and stretched for hundreds of miles. /ou could see it all the way to the hori6on. Question: what is the paragraph desribing?
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The %&y )hat could be seen )et clouds The landscape
Answer: )hat could be seen
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calculating brain. He sits still, li&e a spider in the center of its web, but that
web has a thousand strings. He &nows the mo#ement of each line. He does little himself. He only plans. What is the best heading for this paragraph?
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The man's personality The man's philosophy the man's spider The man is a spider
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7. A$888888888Albert Einstein was a 3erman-born physicist who de#eloped one of the most important theories within science. He is &nown as arguably the smartest man who li#ed and is credited with showing the world the general y of relati#ity, which is a theory explaining the uni#erse. 9. B$888888888He recei#ed the :obel 0ri6e in 0hysics in 7;97, but not for relati#ity. His theories of special and general relati#ity are of great importance to many branches of physics and astronomy. They ha#e been conuation is . t means that energy and mass are di?erent forms of the same thing. @. 1$888888888Einstein published more than = scienti
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7 Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed hori6ontal and #ertical bands in multiple colours. Tartan is usually associated with %cotland. %cottish &ilts, or garments wrapped around mens waists, almost always ha#e tartan patterns. 9 Tartans originated in wo#en wool, but now they are made in many other materials. t is made with alternating bands of coloured threads wo#en as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The patterns are simply di?erent chec&ed-cloth patterns, chosen by the wearers preference t was not until the mid-nineteenth century that many patterns were created and arti
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A. 1escription of tartan B. The popularity of tartan ". )hat tartan is 1. Tartan history during the 7Gs E. 0ost 7Gs tartan history 5. 0resent use of tartan Answers
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%BE+A: HC%J/ A. 888888888The %iberian Hus&y is a medium-si6ed wor&ing dog. t is #ery >uic& and graceful. They ha#e a compact, or thic&, and furry body. Their ears are pointed and they ha#e a bushy tail. Their coats are usually a mix of white, blac& and grey. B. 888888888Hus&ies show a balance of power, speed, and endurance which means they can run for a #ery long time. !ales are usually thic&er than the females. This means they are used to tra#el across snow and ice in places such as Alas&a and +ussia. There are e#en competitions featuring Hus&y races. ". 888888888The personalities of the %ibrerian hus&y is friendly and gentle. They lo#e going outside and can stay alerts for long periods of time. They li&e to explore di?erent places and are not aggressi#e li&e other dogs. These >ualities with their intelligence ma&e Hus&ies a popular pet. 1. 888888888Hus&ies are often used in media. 5or example, with the story of the “3reat +ace of !ercy, dogs Balto and Togo famous. They usually appear in mo#ies and cartoons featuring trips to icy and snowy places. An example,
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%hanghai is the largest "hinese city by population and is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of "hina, with a population of more than 9@ million as of 97@. t is a global
= 5or centuries it was a maor administrati#e, shipping, and trading town, and grew in importance in the 7;th century due to its location and economic potential. The city was one of <#e forced open to foreign trade following the British #ictory o#er "hina in the 5irst Ipium )ar. After some time the city then (ourished as a center of commerce between east and west. Howe#er, after the "ommunist 0arty ta&eo#er of the mainland in 7;@;, trade focused on socialist countries, and the citys global in(uence declined. n the 7;;s, 1eng Niaoping started economic reforms which led to re-de#elopment of the city, and foreign in#estment to the city. @ %hanghai is a popular tourist destination renowned because of its historical landmar&s such as The Bund, "ity 3od Temple and /u 3arden as well as the extensi#e Kuia6ui s&yline, many s&yscrapers, and maor museums including the %hanghai !useum and the "hina Art !useum. t has been described as the “showpiece of the booming economy of mainland "hina. '(pe the orret letter ne)t the paragraph number.
A. 5uture de#elopments in %hanghai B. %hanghai's history ". The location of %hanghai 1. %hanghai o#er#iew E. The population of %hanghai 5. Tourism in %hanghai Answers
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9. The location of %hanghai =. %hanghai's history @. Tourism in %hanghai 13. Question A. 888888888Antigua is an island in the )est ndies, :orth America, and is the
main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. t was pre#iously part of the British Empire, but gained independence in 7;D. B. 888888888Antigua means “ancient in %panish was named after a location in %pain. t has another name, )aladli which comes from the nati#es who li#ed there before it was found by the Europeans. ". 888888888Because it is an island, Antigua has a coastline of G&m9. ts total area e>uals 97&m9 o#er two islands. Highest point is the mountain Boggy 0ea& which stands at about @9 metres. 1. 888888888Though the islands are small, the population is o#er ,. The largest city is the capital %t. *ohns which contains a third of the population at =9,. n terms of the ethnic groups or races, ;7O are blac& African, @.@O of other mixed races while 7.GO are white. E. 888888888The country is hea#ily reliant on tourism. n 97, 9@@, people #isited Antigua. There are many hotels and resorts around the coastlines and numerous airlines ha#e regular (ights to its international airport. The country also ma&es money from ban&ing and medical #isits to theCni#ersity of Health %ciences Antigua FCH%A$ and the American Cni#ersity of Antigua FACA$ "ollege of !edicine. $eadings
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15. Question A. 888888888The tiger is a carni#orous animal which means it eats meat. t is
the largest member of the cat family, which includes, lions, leopard, house cats and *aguars. B. 888888888Tigers only naturally li#e in Asia in countries such as ndia, "hina and %iberia. "888888888 Bengal tigers li#e in a ungle called the %undarbansin Bangladesh and )est and Bengal of ndia. They are also found in other south-east Asian countries. 1. 888888888They ha#e orange fur with blac& stripes, and a white belly. The blac& stripes usually reach the white underside. The stripes are used to &eep them hidden or camou(aged while hunting. Each tiger has a di?erent pattern of stripes.there are also tigers with di?erent colours. %ome are white and can ha#e blue or green eyes. E. 888888888Tigers #ery in si6e. %iberian tigers are the largest. !ales can grow to D feet long and weigh lb. 5emales are slightly smaller. 5.
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winter it is co#ered in ice and snow, and this remaining during most of the summer. 9. 888888888The Icean is about 7@.D million &m9, which ma&es it the worlds smallest ocean. The middle or central surface is co#ered by about = meters of ice. t also has around @,=; &ilometres of coastline, which is the
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