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סימולציה מס' 1

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7. The camaraderie ____ the five musicians was evident from the very first note they played, and the concert was fabulous.

(1) in front of

(2) among

(3) opposite

(4) with

8. No other animal ____ the loss of a human friend the way a dog does.

(1) hides

(2) despairs

(3) devastates

(4) mourns

Restatements (Questions 9-12) This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

9. One hundred years ago last Sunday, Gustav Mahler strode into the Vienna Opera House and changed opera for good.

(1) The Vienna opera house changed for the better when Gustav Mahler entered it one hundred years ago. (2) Last Sunday marked one hundred years since Gustav Mahler had walked into the Vienna opera house, changing opera forever. (3) Gustav Mahler entered the Vienna opera house for the first time one hundred years ago last Sunday, and was never the same. (4) Last Sunday, opera changed again, after it had changed one hundred years ago with Gustav Mahler’s entrance to the Vienna opera house.

10. Apart from Arabic, the most widely spoken African tongues are Swahili and Hausa, each with more than 20 million speakers.

(1) The most commonly spoken languages in Africa, excluding Arabic, are Swahili and Hausa, with over 20 million speakers each. (2) Unlike Arabic, the languages spoken the most in Africa are Swahili and Hausa, each with around 20 million speakers. (3) In Africa, Swahili and Hausa are not as widely spoken as Arabic, which is spoken by 20 million people. (4) Altogether, more than 20 million people speak the three most common tongues in Africa - Arabic, Swahili and Hausa.

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