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PASSAGE TWO (Questions 5-9)

The English names of the last four months of the Gregorian calendar (September,
October, November, December) have rather interesting histories. The Gregorian calendar is a
twelve-month calendar, so these months are the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
Line months respectively. However, their names do not reflect their positioning in the calendar.
(5) The name September comes from the Latin word septum, which means seven. This month was
originally the name of the seventh rather than the ninth month. Similarly, the name October
comes from the Latin octo (eight); the name November comes from the Latin novem (nine);
the name December comes from the Latin decem (ten).

5. The main topic of this passage is 8. It can be inferred from the passage
that November
(A) the origin of certain month
names (A) used to be the ninth month of
(B) the Gregorian calendar the year
(C) the numbers in Latin (B) is no longer part of the
(D) ten- and twelve-month calendars Gregorian calendar
(C) has always been the eleventh
6. The first month on the Gregorian month
calendar is probably (D) was not part of the original
(A) March Gregorian calendar
(B) May
(C) January 9. Which of the following is NOT
(D) December mentioned in the passage about
December?
7. The passage states that in the original (A) It is the twelfth month on the
version of the calendar, September Gregorian calendar.
was the name of (B) Its name is derived from a Latin
(A) the sixth month word.
(B) the seventh month (C) Its meaning comes from the
(C) the eighth month number ten.
(D) the ninth month (D) It has thirry-one davs.

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