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Question 1

There was a ..... in the number of deaths over the period

increase slightly

slight reduction

sharp drop

Question 2

to repair and improve something, especially a building

renovate

transform

replace

Question 3

The purchase of furniture was rather irratic, .... in the middle of the period

hitting a peak

felling back

dipping

Question 4

(WIDELY) (1) one of the greatest (2) mysteries of prehistory is how people in (3) separated places suddenly and spontaneously developed the capacity for language at roughly the same time.

3

2

1

Question 5

After a .... in the number of people setting in the city, there was a period of ....

dramatic fall, stability

dramatic fall, halved

gradual rise, halved

Question 6

to change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable

adapt

adjust

alter

Question 7

(SOON) (1) the next century (2) saw a feverish effort to track down the parent language, Indo-European, as it was (3) called.

1

3

2

Question 8

Share prices ..... but then stabilized

rose dramatically

plummeted

dipped

Question 9

(HIGHLY) Onomatopoeia (1) does play a part in language formation, but whether it or any other feature alone can account for how languages are formed is (2) doubtful (3)

2

3

1

Question 10

воинственный

abominable

hindrance

belligerent

Question 11

To increase in size

Vary

Switch

Swell

Question 12

Find exceptions

Fell back

Rocketed

Halved

Question 13

The number of deaths ..... over the period

remain constant

rise drammatically

increase slightly

Question 14

(WIDELY) (1) There is increasing evidence to suggest that languages (2) dispersed geographically may be more closely related than once thought (3)

3

2

1

Question 15

(FOR A LONG TIME) (1) it was believed that language was (2) simply learned (3)

2

3

1

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