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Vocabulary Words: Q1(1.decorated 2. access 3. excavated 4. interment 5. scientifically 6. represent 7. Legendary) Q2 (1. revealed 2. embalm 3. conjunction 4. project 5. privilege 6. history 7. evidence 8. complements 9. Jigsaw) Q3(1. however 2. turned out 3. get rid of 4. what 5. Instead) Q4(1. it 2. determined 3. on the rise 4. without 5. Driving) Q5(1. predict 2. numerous 3. uncertainty 4. probability 5. industrialized 6. reliable 7. Methodology) Q6(1. applied 2. tracking 3. optical 4. demonstrated 5. Reversible)

Question 1 – Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ access, scientifically, excavated, legendary, interment, decorated, represent ] As the favourite wife of the pharaoh Ramses II, Nefertari was provided with a beautifully (1)__________ tomb in the valley of the Queens to which Professor Anderson was recently given (2)__________. Although plundered in ancient times, the tomb, first (3)__________ by Italian archaeologists in 1904, still contained objects which were sent to the Egyptian Museum in Turin. This included a pair of mummified legs which could have been part of a later (4)__________ as was often the case in other tombs in the region. But as the legs had never been (5)__________ investigated, it was decided to undertake the recent study to find out if the legs could actually (6)__________ all that remained of one of Egypt’s most (7)__________ queens.

Question 2 – Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ privilege, revealed, complements, embalm, jigsaw, evidence, conjunction, history, project ] The study, published in the journal, (1)__________ that the legs are those of an adult woman of about 40 years of age. Dr Buckley’s chemical analysis also established that the materials used to (2)__________ the legs are consistent with 13th Century BC mummification traditions, which when taken in (3)__________ with the findings of the other specialists involved, led to the identification. Professor Fletcher said: “This has been the most exciting (4)__________ to be part of, and a great (5)__________ to be working alongside with some of the world’s leading experts in this area. Both Stephen and myself have a long (6)__________ studying Egypt’s royal mummies, and the (7)__________ we’ve been able to gather about Nefertari’s remains not only (8)__________ the research we’ve been doing on the queen and her tomb but really does allow us to add another piece to the (9)__________ of what is actually known about Egyptian mummification.”

Question 3 - Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ However, turned out, get ride of, what, Instead ] Bill and Sam decided to kidnap the son of a banker to compensate for their business loss. They kidnapped the boy and hide him in a cave. They asked for a ransom of $2,000 to return the boy. (1)__________, their plan quickly got out of control. Their young captive (2)__________ to be a mischievous boy. He viewed the kidnapping as a wonderful camping trip. He demanded that his kidnappers play tiring games with him, such as riding Bill as a horse for nine miles. Bill and Sam were soon desperate and decided to (3)__________ the little terror. They lowered the price to $1,500. Yet, knowing perfectly well (4)__________ a troublemaker his son was, the father refused to give them any money. (5)__________, he asked the kidnappers to pay him $250 to take the boy back. To persuade the boy to return home, Bill and Sam had to tell him that his father was taking him bear-hunting. The kidnappers finally handed over the boy and $250 to the banker and fled town as quickly as they could.

Question 4 - Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ determined, it, on the rise, without, driving ] International trade is the exchange of good and services between countries. Trade is driven by different production costs in different countries, making (1)__________ cheaper for some countries to import goods rather than make them. A country is said to have a comparative advantage over another when it can produce a commodity more cheaply. This comparative advantage is (2)__________ by key factors of production such as land, capital, and labor. While international trade has long been conducted in history, its economic, social, and political importance has been (3)__________ in recent centuries. During the 1990s, international trade grew by nearly 8.6% each year. In the year 1990 alone, the growth in trade in services was as high as 19%. Today, all countries are involved in, and to varying degrees dependent on, trade with other countries (4)__________ international trade, nations would be limited to the goods and services produced within their own borders. Trade is certainly a main (5)__________ force for globalization. It is also the subject of many international agreements that aim to govern and facilitate international trade, such as those negotiated through the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Question 5 - Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ industrialized, methodology, numerous, uncertainty, reliable, probability, predict ] The team developed a new method to (1)__________ longevity, similar to the methods used for weather forecasting, which takes into account (2)__________ different models for forecasting mortality and life expectancy. All the predictions in the study come with some (3)__________ range. For instance, there is a 90 percent that life expectatncy for South Korean women in 2050 will be higher than 86.7 years, and a 57 percent (4)__________ that it will be higher than 90 years. The researchers chose the 37 (5)__________ countries in the study as they all had (6)__________ data on deaths since at least 1984. The team then used this data, together with their new (7)__________ to predict life expectancy to 2050.

Question 6 - Fill In The Blanks With Appropriate Words [ optical, tracking, reversible, demonstrated, applied ] Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been (1)__________ to intracellular imaging and (2)__________ of drug delivery involving various (3)__________ and vibrational spectroscopic-based techniques such as fluorescence, Raman, and hyperspectral imaging. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have (4)__________, for the first time, that photo luminescent carbon nanoparticles can exhibit (5)__________ switching of their optical properties in cancer cells.

Q1) Answers – 1. decorated 2. access 3. excavated 4. interment 5. scientifically 6. represent 7. legendary Q2) Answers – 1. revealed 2. embalm 3. conjunction 4. project 5. privilege 6. history 7. evidence 8. complements 9. jigsaw Q3) Answer - 1. however 2. turned out 3. get rid of 4. what 5. instead Q4) Answers – 1. it 2. determined 3. on the rise 4. without 5. driving Q5) Answers – 1. predict 2. numerous 3. uncertainty 4. probability 5. industrialized 6. reliable 7. methodology Q6) Answers – 1. applied 2. tracking 3. optical 4. demonstrated 5. reversible