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Basic Drills (1)
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Choose the correct answer for each question.

1 Many people are afraid to fly on airplanes. This is largely because be involved in:
to experience
when a plane crashes, it is a huge news event. People see pictures of
the crashed plane on TV and they get very scared. But actually, when

you look at how many people fly on planes every day, only a miniscule
number of those people are involved in air crashes. Your chances of
being in an air crash are about the same as your chances of being hit by
lightning.

Q. The word miniscule in the paragraph is closest in meaning to

(A) frightening
(B) serious
(C) small
(D) unknown

2 Many people tell white lies. A white lie is a lie that is often told to keep keep from: to avoid
from hurting a person’s feelings. For example, if a friend buys a new acceptable: to be
morally or socially
outfit that you think is very ugly, you might tell your friend that you like
good enough
the outfit rather than hurt your friend’s feelings. This would be a white
lie. Many people feel it is perfectly acceptable to tell white lies, but I
favor honesty in almost every situation.

Q. In stating favor honesty , the author means that he

(A) dislikes people who tell white lies
(B) does not wish to hurt people’s feelings
(C) prefers to tell the truth
(D) does not trust most people

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