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The shuttle bus usually ran straight across the bridge, but today a barrier stretched across the road. Nia unfolded her map as the driver turned towards the riverbank. She had promised to meet her cousin at the station, and the minute hand on her watch seemed unusually eager. Through the window she could see the station clock, close enough to read but on the other side of the water.
Then the driver pointed out a narrow footbridge ahead. “The bus goes round to the next road bridge,” he said, “but anyone walking to the station can get off here.” Nia checked the map before she stood up. The footbridge led directly to the station square. She put her watch back beneath her sleeve and pressed the stop button.
What best explains why Nia puts her watch back beneath her sleeve at the end?
Choose one answer.
AShe has discovered that the watch cannot tell the time.
BShe intends to stay on the bus until it crosses the next road bridge.
CChecking the walking route has made her less worried about reaching the station.
DHer cousin has told her that their meeting is cancelled.
EThe station clock has stopped working.
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C: Checking the walking route has made her less worried about reaching the station.
At first Nia is anxious about the time. She then checks that the footbridge leads directly to the station and gets ready to leave the bus. This supports reduced worry after finding a useful route. Nothing says either clock is faulty or the meeting is cancelled.
English · Vocabulary: meaning in context
An unexpected route
The shuttle bus usually ran straight across the bridge, but today a barrier stretched across the road. Nia unfolded her map as the driver turned towards the riverbank. She had promised to meet her cousin at the station, and the minute hand on her watch seemed unusually eager. Through the window she could see the station clock, close enough to read but on the other side of the water.
Then the driver pointed out a narrow footbridge ahead. “The bus goes round to the next road bridge,” he said, “but anyone walking to the station can get off here.” Nia checked the map before she stood up. The footbridge led directly to the station square. She put her watch back beneath her sleeve and pressed the stop button.
In “The shuttle bus usually ran straight across the bridge”, which meaning of “ran” fits best?
Choose one answer.
AMoved quickly on legs
BFollowed its regular route
CFlowed like water
DManaged a business
EBecame used up
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B: Followed its regular route
A bus can be said to run along a route: it provides a regular service there. The subject is the bus, so the sentence is not about a person running on legs or managing a business.
Maths samples
Maths · Maths: elapsed time across an hour
A journey begins at 10:47 am and takes 25 minutes. At what time does it end?
Choose one answer.
A11:02 am
B11:07 am
C11:17 am
D11:22 am
E11:12 am
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E: 11:12 am
There are 13 minutes from 10:47 to 11:00. Of the 25 minutes, 25 − 13 = 12 remain. Twelve minutes after 11:00 is 11:12 am.
Maths · Maths: chart totals and fractions
The chart shows the occupied seats on four separate shuttle journeys. Every journey has 16 seats available. What fraction of the 64 available seat places across the four journeys were empty?
Occupied seats on four shuttle journeys: first 12, second 16, third 11, fourth 9. Each journey has 16 seats. (occupied seats)
Choose one answer.
A1/4
B1/8
C1/3
D3/4
E4/5
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A: 1/4
The chart gives 12 + 16 + 11 + 9 = 48 occupied seat places. There were 4 × 16 = 64 places available, so 64 − 48 = 16 were empty. The empty fraction is 16/64 = 1/4; 3/4 is the occupied fraction.
Group 1 (A–C): SCARCE, HOLLOW, ANCIENT. Group 2 (D–F): PLENTIFUL, ROUGH, NARROW. Select TWO words, one from each group, that are opposite in meaning.
Choose exactly 2 answers. All must be correct for the mark.
ASCARCE
BHOLLOW
CANCIENT
DPLENTIFUL
EROUGH
FNARROW
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A: SCARCE · D: PLENTIFUL
Scarce means available in too small a quantity; plentiful means available in a large quantity. Hollow would contrast with solid, and ancient with modern or recent, but neither of those opposites appears in Group 2.
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