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Synonym For IELTS # Find The Synonym

Given below are ten sentences, with each sentence having a word highlighted. Your task is to find the synonym of that word among the four options given.

 

  1. The fiction of desire may be parsed as the systematization of the gendered body
    1. enjoy
    2. absently
    3. determine
    4. basin
  2. The fiction of normative value(s) recapitulates the invention of the image.
    1. improve
    2. recap
    3. continental
    4. serenity
  3. The emergence of pop culture gestures toward the construction of agency.
    1. flake
    2. channel
    3. disk
    4. action
  4. The linguistic construction of normative value(s) is strictly congruent with the ideology of the gendered body.
    1. ugly
    2. grammar
    3. jade
    4. pessimist
  5. The linguistic construction of the gaze functions as the conceptual frame for the engendering of the gendered body
    1. produce
    2. exact
    3. predator
    4. heretical
  6. The poetic of praxis gestures toward the legitimation of pedagogical institutions.
    1. allotment
    2. guts
    3. authorization
    4. play
  7. The reification of consumption is, and yet is not, the politics of the nation-state.
    1. apotheosis
    2. vibrator
    3. heaven
    4. blossom
  8. The emergence of praxis carries with it the legitimation of the public sphere.
    1. hungry
    2. development
    3. noise maker
    4. coercion
  9. The logic of post-capitalist hegemony may be parsed as the invention of the public sphere.
    1. fabric
    2. tenth
    3. eye
    4. predominance
  10. The logic of the gaze is always already participating in the discourse of the spectacular economy.
    1. afraid
    2. discussion
    3. nuclear
    4. alliance

ANSWER

  1. C
  2. B
  3. D
  4. B
  5. A
  6. C
  7. A
  8. B
  9. D
  10. B

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Sample Listening Question # Chewing Gum

Sample Listening Question Chewing Gum

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about chewing gum.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. Which activity is said to improve the functioning of brain?
  2. When did the Singapore government out law chewing gum?
  3. What does “out lawing” something means?
  4. What was the chewing gum chewed by Egyptians made of?
  5. Which word has been used for the action which is not done responsibly?
  6. What happens when gums are stick to a desk or other thing for a long time?
  7. Which kind of cleaners are used to remove dry gums?
  8. What is the name given to the process that requires a lot of people for its completion?
  9. What is the other word of ‘two of a kind’?

ANSWER

  1. chewing gum
  2. 1992
  3. make it legal
  4. Brezin
  5. Irresponsibly
  6. chemical reaction
  7. high pressure steam
  8. labor intensive
  9. very similar

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IELTS Practice Reading # Does Flying Harm ?

Source : http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654488,00.html

DOES FLYING HARM THE PLANET?

Given the rage (angry fury) that air travel can provoke (to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex)in even the most tranquil (free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm)among us these days, it may be surprising (causing wonder)that riot (a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons,as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy,etc., in the streets)police aren’t a more regular feature at airports. But Sunday’s pitched (to set at a certain point)battle between roughly 500 environmental activists and a phalanx ( a group of heavily armed infantry formed in rank sand files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping)of baton-wielding police at London’s Heathrow airport wasn’t about long lines, delays, lost luggage or missed connections. Instead, the protesters (an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, oftenin opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid)— who had demonstrated outside Heathrow all of last week — were trying to draw travelers’ attention to the impact on climate change of the carbon gases emitted by the aircraft in which they fly. A placard (a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carriedby a demonstrator or picketer)from one activist at Heathrow expressed it thus: “You Fly, They Die.”

Airplanes operate on petroleum fuel, which means they release large amounts of carbon dioxide when they fly. Commercial (able to yield or make a profit)air travel is currently responsible for a relatively tiny part of the global carbon footprint —just 3.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But the unique chemistry of high-altitude jet emissions (an act or instance of emitting)may produce an additional warming effect, while the explosive (tending or serving to explode)growth in air travel makes it one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon gases in the atmosphere. And unlike energy or automobiles, where carbon-free or lower-carbon alternatives (a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things,propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility)already exist, even if they have yet to be widely adopted, there is no low-carbon way to fly, and there likely won’t be for decades.

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Increased Flights

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

With the increasing number of people travelling, there is a growing demand for more flights.

What problems does this have on environment?

What can be done to solve the problem?

Write at least 250 words.

 

With the coming of internet and globalization, the world has become a global village and people are now readily expanding their horizons. This often means that more and more people are choosing to travel overseas and find out about the various cultures. This new trend of travelling has in turn increased the number of flights, which has had effect on the environment.

The biggest issue with the rise in number of flights is the increase in the carbon emission. The high altitude jet emissions tend to produce an additional warming effect and the explosive growth in air travel makes it one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon gases in the atmosphere. One solution would be to increase the use of road transport where lower carbon alternatives already exists.

Another problem caused is the increasing danger to the birds flying at the same altitude. Increased number of flights tend to increase the air traffic which is not very favorable for the birds that often migrate or fly at that region. For instance, often it so happens that due to less visibility the bird gets hit by the plane, causing its death. Increased number of flights will increase such accidents. A possible solution to this problem could be advancement in technology such that no harm to the ecosystem is made.

Overall, with the increased human intervention, some problems have surely risen to the surface. Although, a completely neat solution is not available but if proper steps are taken the effect can surely be minimized.

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