Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. 

My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

In many families, the most important decisions are ....... by many women.

We are a very close-knit family.

Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.

We can use either verbal or nonverbal forms of communication.

The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to .......

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the

following questions.

Question 26. 'Sorry, we're late. It took us ages to look for a parking place,' said John.

The word “chance” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ........

When my mother is busy preparing dinner, my father often gives her a hand …….. the housework.

The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she demonstrates in her works.

There are probably around 3,000 languages speaking in the world.

Whole villages were ......... by the floods last year.

I know you feel bad now, Tommy, but try to put it out of your mind. By the time you're an adult, you ........ all about it.

All of the following are true EXCEPT …………

 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education in infancy. Education, then, is a very broad/inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

What is the main idea of the passage?