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VerbalComprehensionTest5笔试题The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates. It was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayyad Ibn Abd Shams, the great-grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from the city of Mecca, their capital was Damascus, Syria. At its largest, the Umayyad caliphate covered more than five million square miles, making it one histories largest empires and home to 28.8% of the worlds population. After the Umayyad dynasty was overthrown, they fled to North Africa where they established the Caliphate of Cordoba.Q1 Which one of the following best replaces “derives” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. TranspiredB. OriginatesC. DrawsD. DevelopsQ2 Which one of the following best replaces “established” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. FoundedB. BuildC. InventedD. InstigatedAn Atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon, either partially or completely. Atolls are formed through the extinction of volcanic islands. As the island and the ocean floor subside,corral growth builds a fringing reef, often including a shallow lagoon between the land and the main reef. As the subsiding continues, the fringing reef becomes larger, with a bigger and deeper lagoon inside. Eventually, the island sinks below sea level and the barrier reef becomes an atoll, enclosing the open lagoon.Q3 Which one of the following best replaces “encircles” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. ConsumesB. SurroundsC. EncapsulatesD. MilieusQ4 Which one of the following best replaces “subsiding” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. SaggingB. SubsidenceC. SettlingD. CollapsingBehavioural economics and its sister field, behavioural finance, studies the effects of social,cognitive and emotional factors on the economic decisions of individuals and institutions.This field is typically focuses on the bounds of rationality by economic agents. Behavioural models typically integrate insights from psychology with neo-classical economic theory, and therefore cover a range of concepts, methods and paradigms. There are three prevalent themes in behavioural finance: Heuristics, Framing and Market Inefficiencies.Q5 Which one of the following best replaces “integrate” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. IncorporateB. AmalgamatedC. ProvidesD. AbsorbsQ6 Which one of the following best replaces “prevalent” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. OverridingB. RampantC. LeadingD. PredominantThe Spade-Toothed whale is believed to be the worlds rarest species of beaked whale.The species was identified in 1986, when a Spade-Toothed whale skull was found beached in Chile. However, in 2010 two whole specimens were found stranded on Opape beach,New Zealand, the first time compete specimens have been found. DNA analysis of the three finds identified they were of the same species, allowing biologists to officially name the species M.traversii, or the Spade-Toothed whale. The appearance of the whale was only described in 2012, and nothing is known about their behaviour, although it is predicted to be similar to other beaked whales.Q7 Which one of the following best replaces “beached” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. StrandedB. AshoreC. ShipwreckedD. MaroonedQ8 Which one of the following best replaces “officially” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. CorrectlyB. AppropriatelyC. AppreciablyD. FormallyThe city of Jericho is a Palestinian city located near the west banks of the Jordan River.Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of settlement dating back to 9000BC. The first settlement was built near the Ein as-Sultan spring, between 10,000 and 9,000BC. Due to increasing global temperatures around this time, agriculture and permanent residence become possible, leading to the development of permanent villages. By about 9,400 BC, the town of Jericho had grown to more than 70 homes, and may have housed over 1000 people. Famously, the early town was surrounded by a 3.6 metre high wall, known as the wall of Jericho.Q9 Which one of the following best replaces “located” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. FoundedB. AdjacentlyC. SituatedD. FormulatedQ10 Which one of the following best replaces “agriculture” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. HusbandryB. GardeningC. GatheringD. HorticultureThe BCG (Boston Consulting Group) growth-share matrix is a chart formulated by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in order aid organisations with their analysis of services and products. This chart is designed to help companies allocate resources by plotting where products or services rank on market-growth and relative market share.Products and services with high growth -high market share are referred to as “stars” and require further investment. Low market growth - high market share products are “cash cows”, reliable sources of income. Low market share-low growth products are referred to as“dogs” and require de-vestment. Finally high market growth-low market share products are“question marks”, requiring in-depth analysis before further investment.Q11 Which one of the following best replaces “formulated” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. ProducedB. PresentedC. SynthesisedD. InauguratedQ12 Which one of the following best replaces “allocate” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. IdentifyB. BestowC. DistributeD. EndowmentThe Richter Magnitude Scale is a method of assigning a single number to quantify theenergy released during an earthquake. The magnitude is defined as the logarithm of theratio of the waves amplitude, measured through a seismograph. Therefore, an earthquake that measures 5.0 of the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude of 10 times that of an earthquake measuring 4.0. Since the middle of the 20 th century, the Richter Scale has been mostly superseded by the Moment Magnitude Scale, the Richter Scale is still used in Russia and some other former Soviet Union states.Q13 Which one of the following best replaces “method” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. MeasurementB. ScaleC. ApproachD. ProcessQ14 Which one of the following best replaces “superseded” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. SupplantedB. TransferredC. RemovedD. UsurpedThe Handicap principle is an evolutionary hypothesis proposed in 1975 by Amotz Zahavi,explaining how animals may evolve handicapped signals which put the animal at adisadvantage, in order to express biological fitness. The best example of this is theplumage of Peacocks. Although the plumage of the peacock may make the Peacock seem vulnerable to predators, the handicap principle suggests it is a method of signalling their biological fitness to Peahens by surviving this long, despite the disadvantage of a large plumage. Although initially this hypothesis was criticised, it has since gained widespread acceptance by the scientific community.Q15 Which one of the following best replaces “proposed” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. SuggestedB. CommendedC. HighlightD. RequestedQ16 Which one of the following best replaces “vulnerable” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. LiableB. PredispositionC. SusceptibleD. WeakThe United States Bullion Depository, often referred to as “Fort Knox” is a fortified vault building located next to Fort Knox in Kentucky, which houses a large proportion of the United States gold reserves, among other precious items belonging to the federalgovernment. The United States Bullion Depository holds 4,578 metric tons of gold bullion,which is approximately 3% of all the gold ever refined in human history. Despite this huge volume of gold held at the United States Bullion Depository, the Federal Reserve Bank holds 7000 metric tons of gold bullion, putting the United States bullion depository in second place for the largest gold reserve in the USA.Q17 Which one of the following best replaces “proportion” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. VolumeB. PercentageC. AmountD. DegreeQ18 Which one of the following best replaces “approximately” while maintaining the meaning of the sentence?A. RelativelyB. ComparablyC. RoughlyD. PreciselyThe