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6. Unless it is restored soon, the Monitor – one of the most famous warships in American

history – will completely.

(1) investigate
(2) deteriorate
(3) contemplate
(4) navigate

7. Fog can a driver's perception of speed, causing him to think he is driving more slowly

than he actually is.

(1) conceal
(2) rebuke
(3) salvage
(4) distort

8. Health care in many developing countries is because of the shortage of doctors and

medical equipment.

(1) inconsiderate
(2) inoffensive
(3) insensitive
(4) inadequate

Restatements (Questions 9-12)

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the main
idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement which best
expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

9. Studies on learning have shown that although the elderly learn more slowly than the young,

they can master new material and remember it as well as young people can.

(1) Both old and young people took part in studies on learning whose results showed that the
younger people were better able to remember the new things that they had learned.

(2) Studies have shown that it is hard for the elderly to learn new things and remember them
because they do not learn as quickly as young people do.

(3) Old people learn as quickly as young people, but studies on learning show that they do
not remember the new things they are taught.

(4) Studies have shown that the ability of older people to learn new things and remember
them is equal to that of young people, even though it takes the elderly more time to learn.

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