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It is a sound you never get used to - it comes rushing back from the beginning of time and warns you, as it did the early hunters of the world.

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A rhetorical figure can be defined as an artful_(1)__ in the form taken by a statement. Since antiquity dozens of figures have been _(2), ranging from the familiar to the(3). Despite the frequent appearance of the rhetorical figures in print advertisements, their(4)__ into advertising theory and research has been minimal.

Directions: The following question consists of a statement broken into five parts. Choose the option that is most grammatically correct. A. typecast the characters B. is irritating but, C. the language employed to D. it makes for racy reading E. if you can bear with that,

Directions: TThe following question consists of a statement broken into five parts. Choose the option that is most grammatically correct. A. he has established B. in the world of C. Indian English writing D. with his third novel, E. a unique niche for himself

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Upset by the recent losses that the company suffered, the possibility of doling out bonuses to the employees was rejected by the board of directors at the annual general meeting.

Directions: From the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context Apollonian: After years of romantic emotionality, many artists began to adopt a more apollonian style, producing carefully detailed patterns and avoiding extremes of all kinds.

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Kim Philby was a relatively obscure British journalist after telling his wife he would meet her at a diplomatic party, when he disappeared from Beirut in January 1963.

Directions: From the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context. Delphic: All she could get from the old woman were a few Delphic comments that left her more confused than ever about the missing documents.

Directions: From the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context Dionysian: Only in the tropics did such festivals become truly Dionysian, he said, which was why he was booking his flight to Rio.

Directions: Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s). (A) Indian companies have two targets abroad: businesses that enable them to grow beyond India and become globally competitive and those that add value on terms of markets, brands, technology or raw materials. (B) Investment periods could get shorter as funds look to flip investments rather than buildup companies, and that could risk tarnishing the halo currently around private equity. (C) Manish Kajriwal, who runs India Temasek Holdings Advisors, says his firm has made, much money buying undervalued stocks from the private markets as it has from some of its large private - equity bets in India. (D) That trend will likely be boosted by a Standard & Poor's decision in late January to restore India to full investment - grade status after a 15 - year lapse, making it easier for the Indian companies to raise funds abroad.

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(A) Work is such a cozy place that its sometimes difficult for Google employees to leave the office, which is precisely how the company justifies the expenses, none of which it breaks out of its administrative costs. (B) To this day, they jam employees through shared offices and cubicles and would do so even if Google had more space - because3 Page, a student of “office flow” likes the idea of recreating that university environment in which he and Brin wrote the first Google search engine. (C) In its earliest days Google was more or less a post doctoral extension of Stanford computer science department from which Page, Brin, and a goodly number of their pals sprang. (D) Much has been made, for example, of the fact that Google now employed Vint Cerf, the “father” of the internet, and Lary Brilliant, who helped eradicate smallpox and now runs Google's fledgling philanthropic arm.

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(A) Drive down the empty back roads that lead to Gerald Tumbleson's Martin county, Minn., farmhouse, and you would never know you are riding through one of America's newest boomtown. (B) In Martin County and all across the Cornbelt, ethanol plants are bidding up corn prices and persuading farmers like Tumbleson to bypass traditional grain markets and sell corn to them year round instead. (C) The fact that many renewable energy technologies are still years from being commercially successful, combined with what some say is a lack of places to turn to for money, leaves many of these companies especially vulnerable. (D) Still, talk to farmers in southern Minnesota about the wealth being created here, and you'll discover there's almost as much anxiety as euphoria.

Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) It was 8:47 one night last August when a red message popped up on the computer screen of Oakland, California ambulance dispatcher John Fink. (A) On a map, a yellow snowflake appeared at the caller's location; nearby, a blue square marked “534” appeared at Highland hospital's parking lot. (B) Fink hit a computer key and five numbers appeared on the computer screen - the five closest ambulances. (C) A woman has just called 911 - the emergency number - alarmed that her elderly father was having trouble breathing. (D) Ambulance 534 (6) Fink hit another key, signaling the crew, and minutes later two paramedics were racing through the stricken man's door.

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A rhetorical figure can be defined as an artful_(1)__ in the form taken by a statement. Since antiquity dozens of figures have been _(2), ranging from the familiar to the(3). Despite the frequent appearance of the rhetorical figures in print advertisements, their(4)__ into advertising theory and research has been minimal.

Directions: From the alternatives given, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context Bacchanalian: The bacchanalian revelry on graduation night resulted in so much mayhem that the police had to be called to control the situation.

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A rhetorical figure can be defined as an artful_(1)__ in the form taken by a statement. Since antiquity dozens of figures have been _(2), ranging from the familiar to the(3). Despite the frequent appearance of the rhetorical figures in print advertisements, their(4)__ into advertising theory and research has been minimal.

Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) Make your friends instantly jealous or bored with your vacation snaps while you give them a call on their mobile phone. (a) The J - SH04 allows users to transmit color photos to other mobile as email attachments. (b) The phone's screen is able to display stored images and even show the picture of a friend when they call you. (c) This month, Japanese communications firm J - phone will release the first mobile phone with a built in digital camera. (d) Images can also be instantly be printed using a sharp color mobile printer. (6) Your boss could soon ask you to prove it the next time you say that you are in your sick bed.

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A child who reimagines the lives of her parents clearly is also bound to paint her own self - portrait using the reflections in their eyes.

Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) Doctors have long been aware that daily treatment with inhaled steroids is critical to saving the lives of patients with severe asthma - both children and adults. (A) Until now however, many physicians have hesitated to use inhaled steroids that outweigh the risks in children after all. (B) But two reports published recently conclude that the benefits of inhaled steroids outweigh the risks in children after all. (C) Although the drugs cannot stop the asthma attack that has started, inhaled steroids are very good at counteracting the chronic inflammation that predisposes the lungs to asthma attacks in the first place. (D) The drugs have side effects - most notably an apparent slowing of bone growth - that make them seem less than ideal for youngsters whose bones are still developing. (6) In the first study, which tracked more than a thousand North American kids aged 5 - 12, suffering from mild to moderate asthma, researchers found that boys and girls on inhaled steroids were much less likely to be rushed to the emergency room or to need treatment with even more powerful drugs.

Directions: The sentences given below, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. The first and the last sentences are 1 and 6 and the four in between are labeled a, b, c and d. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph. (1) Economist J. M. Keynes once suggested that when the IMF imposed strict conditions on a nation seeking help for its ailing economy, the fund was merely being “grandmotherly” (a) The IMF, critics also charge, the attempt to reform the economies of developing countries into the image and likeliness of western industrial nations - a new kind of imperialism. (b) But Thais and other Asians who had to turn to the fund for help after the 1997 financial crisis complaint that grandmother was never like this. (c) Recovery everywhere has been slow and uneven (d) Some of the structural changes the IMF demanded not only inflicted unnecessary pain on these countries' population but also failed to achieve the intended effect. (6) A well - researched report issued this month by a former IMF staffer, argues that some of these complaints have merit.

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The always cynical airline industry is passing through a particularly rocky time. Established carriers - hit hard by recession, terrorism, SARS, war and now skyrocketing fuel costs - face tough competition from a new generation of low cost airlines whose business model doesn't rely on the hub - and - spoke system and whose service has earned them accolades the big carriers can only dream about. But even the low costs upstarts face an uncertain future as they expand into larger cities.

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With the public's appetite for low carbohydrate food products on the rise, what is the right strategy for a baker or a spaghetti maker these days: Buck the trend or join in the feast? Marketing experts at Wharton say the answer will depend on what manufacturers of bread, pastries, pasta and other high carbohydrate foods think about the future of the low carbohydrate craze. If they feel it's a temporary fad, then it's smart not to spend a lot of money launching a low carbohydrate product line to supplement their existing high carbohydrate offerings. But if they feel that the low carbohydrate trend is permanent, they should go ahead and produce low carbohydrate alternatives. What's clear is that where finicky consumers and diet fads are concerned, there are no easy answers.

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When China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001, it agreed, among other things, to begin liberalizing its rules for foreign financial companies. By 2006, it will have to give them full access. Rolling out financial products and services and helping China's banks with their transaction to a market economy, however, is easier said than done, according to BCG consultants and Wharton professors.