PTE Snacks V6 11 Flashcards

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1001 What is the term used for a place or an institution where one can park extra funds to earn a return or borrow funds by making an extra payment?

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a bank

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1002 Which of these is greater a billion or a trillion?

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a trillion

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1003 Which part of our body relates to the gastro?

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Stomach

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1004 What are the five things in front of your foot?

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Toes

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1005 What is the hardest/toughest part of your hand?

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Nails

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1006 What can we call a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work?

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Salon

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1007 What can we call a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area?

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Portico

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1008 If a building is one thousand meters high, from where do we measure the height?

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Skyline, Sky level

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1009 Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?

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Shoe

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1010 Which one is the odd one out among dog, cat, horse and shoes?

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Shoes

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1011 What can we call the Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds?

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Telephone

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1012 What is the thing which we use for painting and is made of hair?

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Brush

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1013 What can we call a seat for one person, with a support for the back?

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Chair

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1014 What do we call a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments?

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Desk

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1015 What do we call the thing we use to put into the lock and open it?

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Key

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1016 What is the thing which we use to turn the light off? / What do we call the device that controls electrical appliances on and off?

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Switch

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1017 What is the device that controls electrical appliances on and off?

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Switch

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1018 What do we call a set of data arranged in rows and columns?

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Table

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1019 What do we call a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs?

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Table

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1020 What would you do to show your appreciation for a video on YouTube and other social media?

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Like it ;subscribe ;share; comment

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1021 What is the common term for websites such as Facebook and Twitter?

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Social Media ; social networking

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1022 What can we call the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing?

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Central Processing Unit ; CPU

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1023 What is the point device in a presentation called?

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Laser pointer

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1024 Which short TV program or a part of TV program tell whether it will be sunny or rainy tomorrow?

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weather forecast

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1025 What can we call a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points?
Television
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1026 What device is used to measure a 200 meter sprint?
Stopwatch
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1027 What document would doctors give patients for them to buy medicines?
Prescription
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1028 Which is the last month of the year?
December
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1029 How many years are there in a bicentennial?
Two hundred
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1030 What can we call celebration of a hundredth year, once?
Centenary
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1031 Which century is 1642 in?
seventeenth
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1032 What can we call the practice of having two wives or husbands?
Bigamy
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1033 What movement can babies do before they can sit and walk?
Crawl ; crawling
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1034 What do we say if we call brothers and sisters in a same way? / Which word is used for a brother or sister?
Siblings
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1035 What is the joint name for all the plant life in a particular region or period?
Flora
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1036 What do we call any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors?
Orchid
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1037 What is the ripened reproductive part of a seed plant?
Fruit
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1038 What do we call a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees?
Orchard
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1039 What fruit is used in a winery?
Grapes
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1040 What is the main part of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants?
Leaf
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1041 What is the act that does not waste resources?
Recycle ; Recycling
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1042 What do we call a field of cultivated and mowed grass?
Lawn
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1043 What can we call a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems?
Shrub
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1044 What do we call an area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops?
Farm
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1045 What can we call a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations?
Secularism
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1046 What can we call an economic system based on state ownership of capital?
Socialism
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1047 What can we call an economic system based on private ownership of capital?
Capitalism
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1048 What can we call a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership, favoring collectivism in a classless society?
Communism
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1049 What can we call the one who speaks less?
Reticent
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1050 What can we call General pardon for political offenders?
Amnesty
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1051 What can we call the absence of government?
Anarchy
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1052 What can we call a country governed by the officials?
Bureaucracy
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1053 What can we call a country governed by the few?
Oligarchy
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1054 What can we call a country governed by the Nobles?
Aristocracy
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1055 What do people cast in an election?
vote ; ballot ; suffrage ; poll
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1056 What do we call the movement of a knife to separate or divide?
Cut
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1057 Which item of cutlery has several prongs usually three?
fork
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1058 What is the activity to cook foods (primarily meat) on a grill by using fire or hot coals called?
Barbecue
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1059 If someone is an alcoholic, what activity does he usually do?
Drinking
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1060 There are several customers and a waiter pointing at the menu, what are they doing?
Order
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1061 What do we call the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments?
Music
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1062 What can we call an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner?
Music
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1063 What do we call agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds?
Music
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1064 What is the short piece of music that comes before a longer piece, and is often used as an introduction?
Prelude
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1065 What is the music that is recorded for a movie or a film?
Soundtrack
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1066 What is the opposite of ending in a film or movie?
Prologue
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1067 What do you call the horror of being trapped in a closed space?
Claustrophobia
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1068 How do you describe a person who faces you?
Judge ; Gaze
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1069 A person of bad reputation is notorious, what is a person of good reputation?
famous ; well known
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1070 What do you call a person who does not give up?
persistent ; perseverance
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1071 What is the term used for the principle male character opposite a hero in a movie or a story?
Villain ; Antagonist ; devil ; monster
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1072 What do we call a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation?
Epic
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1073 What do we call the principal character in a work of fiction?
Protagonist
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1074 What do we call the extra performance that actors give?
Encore
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1075 Something that will last for a long time – durable or permanent?
durable
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1076 What is the term used for see through items such as clear glass?
transparent ; lucid ; pellucid ; crystal
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1077 How do we describe something through which light can pass?
Transparent
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1078 What is the word used to describe something through which light can partly pass?
Translucent
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1079 To which of our senses do all of the following words relate: rough, smooth and granular?
Touch
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1080 What does under the weather mean?
Feel sick ; poor health ; tired ; exhausted
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1081 Who is more likely to have sleep problems caused by their work schedule an accountant, a university lecturer or an international pilot?
an international pilot
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1082 What piece of furniture is specifically designed for sleeping all through the night?
a bed
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1083 Would most people spend greater amount of time eating, drinking or sleeping?
sleeping
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1084 In normal circumstances would four hours of sleep per night be too much, too little or just right for most people?
too little
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1085 What can we call the highest point of a mountain?
Summit
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1086 What is the term used for raised tall geographical structures that usually have cooler climate?
mountains ; hills
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1087 What can we call the sport running at a moderately swift pace or running for exercise?
Jog
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1088 What do we call the tall buildings that stick into the sky?
skyscrapers
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1089 What is the structure over river to transport?
Bridge
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1090 Where are ships anchored?
Harbor
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1091 What do we call a place where airplanes land and take off?
an airport
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1092 How do we call the car that uses two types of fuels?
Hybrid
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1093 In mechanics, what is the part that cars and airplanes all have?
Engine
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1094 Which one is more widespread, Korean, Thai, or Hindi?
Hindi
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1096 What is the most common symbol of a country at international gatherings?
its flag
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1097 What is the third largest area on the map of Britain?
Wales
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1098 Which country's language is more widespread, Japan, North Korea, or India?
India
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1099 What is the collection of maps called?
Atlas
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1100 If you want to find the map of the US, what type of book should you use?
Atlas