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for Selective School Exam Preparation
for Selective School Exam Preparation for year 5 students
for Selective School Exam Preparation for year 5 students
Power English
Power Mathematics
Power English
Power Mathematics
Power English 4. Why are disfluencies in speech seen as improper?
A. It’s not the correct form of the English language.
Questions for 1 to 5 B. Scottish people find it difficult to understand.
Questions for 1 to 5. 6. What should replace the __?
C. It is very irritating to follow a conversation.
Erring on the side of ‘er’ D. Scientists believe it slows down one’s speech.
LETTER OF THE DAY (5 - 11) __ 12 + 88 = 42
THEY are seen as a mark of poor communication, and can be … um … simply mad-
IT seems William Cameron (“At loss over frock shock”, September 16) up holds the view 5. Why has the article been given the title, “Erring on the side of ‘er’?”
dening for anyone waiting for a punchline. (a) – (b) ÷ (c) × (d) +
that women can only be feminine when they are dressed up all pretty in a frock. When
But the utterances that slow down our sentence actually make us better understood, A. It sounds good in this article. B. It is a play on words.
are people going to realise that femininity and masculinity can be expressed and ex-
C. It adds meaning to the article.
D. It makes the reader take notice.
according to scientists.
plored in many more ways than just appearance? Women and men should feel open to 7. A rectangular fish tank measures 8500mm by 3m by 600cm. The number of
express themselves aesthetically based on what makes them feel confident, happy and
They found that “ums”, “ers” and “ahs”- known as “disfluencies” - force a listener to pay
spiritually free, not confined by the rigid constraints of the terms masculine and femi- kilolitres of water that it will hold when full is_____ (Use 1 litre = 1000 cm3 )
Power Mathematics
attention.
nine. Femininity is more than clothes, make-up, sanitary products and fancy weddings.
The experts at Stirling and Edinburgh universities in Scotland asked volunteers to (a) 153 (b) 153000 (c) 159330 (d) 423477
How do we expect to go forward and look after the things that really matter, such as the
listen to a series of sentences, including a number that had disfluencies.

environment, family and global peace, when all we are worried about is how someone 6. A worm crawls up a 47 cm wall 3 cm each day, but slips back 2 cm each night.
They then tested how much the listeners could remember. After how many days will he reach the top?
dresses? I’m hoping that summer trends for 2008 are intelligence and enlightenment.
8. In 2208 the price of 1 kilogram of mangoes was $1000.00. In 2209 the price
Inserting the “ers” apparently had a significant effect on recall. A. 45 days B. 48 days C. 49 days D. 47 days
Shallow and obtuse is so 2007.
Up to an hour after hearing typical sentences, volunteers got 62 per cent of words
Pep Phelan, Macleod was increased 15 percent. In 2210, the price was decreased by 15 percent.
Our letter of the day winner receives a stylish Parker Sonnet stainless steel gold trim What was the price of 1 kilogram of mangoes in 2210?
correct where there had been a dissiliency in the sentence. That compared with 55
ball pen, courtesy of Parker. 7. At halftime, Albert Park School had scored all of the points so far in their annual
per cent for sentences where there had not been any stumbles, the team said.
(d) $1150
(a) $945.00 (b) $1000 (c) $977.50
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Dr Martin Corley, of Edinburgh University, said: “A disfluency is an interruption to match against Hawthorn School. In the second half, each side scored three points.
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the predicted ritual of things. It’s like we are saying to ourselves ‘I’d better pay at- At the end of the match, Albert Park had scored 90% of the points. What fraction of
9. In a class of 36 students, 8 say that they like Mathematics and 14 say that
tention, because what I thought was going to happen isn’t going to happen’.”
1. The writer believes that nice clothes: the points in the match was scored in the second half?
they like English. There are 20 students who do not like either. At the very
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(a) inspire confidence (b) are important to happiness least how many of them like both Mathematics and English? 1
1. A ‘disfluency’ could best be described as A. 3 B. 50 C. 10 D. 5
(c) are central to femininity (d) are overrated
A. an interruption to a sentence’s predicted form. (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 4

B. a lack of fluency in one’s speech. 8. Steven was absent because of his fever, so he had to take the English test a day
2. A cause that promotes the rights of women is known as: late. He scored 96 which was found to raise the class average on the test from 71
10. There are 25 lollies in a bag. 7 are raspberry flavoured, 6 are coke, and
C. a grammatical technique which forces a listener to pay attention.
D. a test of one’s ability to recall what was in a sentence.
12 are bubblegum. What is the probability of picking 2 coke lollies one after
(a) feminism (b) altruism (c) jingois (d) environmentalism to 72. How many students excluding Steven took the test?
A. 21
2. How does the writer of this article feel about the utterances used in our speech? the other? B. 19 C. 22 D. 24

3. The word aesthetic relates to: 9. The sequence 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, … consists of all natural numbers which are neither
A. Rather annoying and distracting.
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B. It adds meaning to our sentence.
(a) personality (b) appearance (c) wealth (d) nationality perfect squares nor perfect cubes. Find the 54th term of this sequence.
C. The perfect way to communicate. A. 59 B. 63 C. 64 D. 65
D. An effective way to help remember the information
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3. In their experiments, what were the experts trying to ascertain? 10. A recipe for making 18 cookies requires ¾ cup of sugar. How much sugar would
(a) confine (b) free (c) constrain (d) rigid
A. The amount of words spoken in an hour. be needed to make two dozen cookies using the same recipe? 1

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B. One’s recollection of words in disfluent sentences compared to the uninterrupted
5. Which of these proverbs is not relevant to this letter? A. cup B. 1 cup C. 1 cups D. 1 cups
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D. The amount of volunteers who spoke with disfluencies.
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신상 / 성향
식당 주문
I gave up sweets. 단 음식을 끊었어.
학교 - 시험 직 후
실생활에서 많이 쓰이는 500문장!
· When's the midterm for that class? (웬즈 더 미드텀 포 댓 클래스?) 그 과목은 중간고사를 언제 봐요?
· Are you Chinese? (아 유 차이니즈?) 중국 사람인가요?
· May I take your order? (메이 아이 테익 유어 오더? ) 주문하시겠어요?
·Were the questions what you expected? ( 워 더 퀘스쳔스 왓 유 익스펙티드? ) 예상이 적중한 문제가 많아요?
How did you lose weight? (하우 디 쥬 루즈 웨잇? ) 어떻게 살을 뺐어?
· Next week. (넥스트 위크) 다음 주예요.
· No. I'm Korean. (노우. 아임 코리언) 아니요, 한국 사람이에요.
왕초보 영어 어
왕 초보 영 · What does it cover? (왓 더즈 잇 커버?) 시험 범위는 어디예요? 왕 초보 영 어
· I would like to order now. (아이 우드 라이크 투 오더 나우) 네, 주문할게요.
실생활 기초 영어!
·Yes, but I think I made a mistake on question number four.
• 236. 내 적성에 안 맞는 일이야. I'm not cut out for this.
I gave up sweets. (아이 게이브 업 스위츠) 단 음식을 끊었어.
· How old are you? (하우 올드 아 유?) 몇 살이세요?
( 예스, 벗 아이 씽크 아이 메이드 어 미스테익 온 퀘스쳔 넘버 포 ) 네, 하지만 4번 문제는 실수한 것 같아요.
· What will you be having? ( 왓 윌 유 비 해빙? ) 무엇을 드시겠어요?
기초편
기초편
· The whole text. (더 호울 텍스트) 교재 전부래요.t. (아임 낫 슈어 아이 쿠드 매니지 댓 ) 나는 그렇게 할 수 있을지 모르겠어.
I’m not sure I could manage tha
• 237. 너는 마당발이다. You're well connected.
· I'm 30 years old. (아임 써티 이얼스 올드) 저는 올해 서른 살이에요.
·I feel great now the test is over. (아이 필 그레잇 나우 더 테스트 이즈 오버) 시험이 끝나서 마음이 홀가분해요.
· This exam is going to be hard. (디스 익잼 이즈 고잉 투 비 하드) 이번 시험은 어렵겠어요.
· Two steaks, please. (투 스테익스, 플리즈) 스테이크 2인분 주세요.
You can do it. I’ll support you. (유 캔 두 잇. 아이 윌 서포트 유 ) 넌 할 수 있어. 내가 도와줄게.
· What do you do for work? (왓 두 유 두 포 워크?) 무슨 일을 하세요?
• 238. 저는 뭘 하든 조심해야 돼요. I have to be careful what I do.
·When do we get the exam results? ( 웬 두 위 겟 더 익잼 리절츠? ) 시험 결과는 언제 나와요?
· Yeah, I'm going to be up all night preparing for the exam..
Well, looking at you inspires me. (웰, 루킹 앳 유 인스파이어스 미 ) 음, 널 보니까 의욕이 생긴다.
· How would you like your steak? (하우 우쥬 라익 유어 스테익?) 스테이크는 어떻게 해 드릴까요?
· I'm an office worker. (아임 언 오피스 워커) 저는 회사원이에요.
(예아, 아임 고잉 투 비 업 올 나잇 프리패링 포 더 익잼) 준비하려면 밤새워야 할 거예요.
·I ran out of time. (아이 랜 아웃 업 타임) 시간이 모자랐어요.
• 239. 당신하고는 말이 통하는군요. Our thoughts are compatible.
Expression / word
Expression / word
Expression / word
Expression / word
Expression / word 기초편
• 240. 말은 쉽죠. Talk is cheap.
·order : 주문
·two steaks : 2개 스테이크
·May : ~일지도 모른다
sweets : 단것, 단 음식
I’m not sure~ : ~할지 잘 모르겠다
·whole text. : 교재 전부
·work : 일
·How old are you? : 몇 살이세요?
·cover : 커버 · give up : 끊다 ·over : 끝나서 ·up all night : 밤을새워야 ·result: 결과
·Chinese : 중국인
·expected : 예상되는
·would like: ~하고싶다
·having : ~하고있다
·what : 무엇
support : 지지하다, 후원하다, 지원하다
inspire : 의욕을 불러일으키다, 영감을 주다
·midterm : 중간고사 ·going to be hard : 어렵겠어요. ·prepare for : ~ 준비를 하다 ·office worker : 회사원
·30 years old : 서른 살
·Korean : 한국인 ight : 살을 빼다
·ran out: 모자라다
·exam : 시험
· lose we
·made a mistake: 실수하다
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