1.S1: Life is hazardous.
P: And prey have evolved adaptations that reduce the risk of being eaten.
Q: Many animals are killed and eaten by other animals.
R: And many predators die from starvation because they fail to secure prey.
S: Predators have continued to evolve adaptations that enable them to locate and kill prey.
S6: Everything points to a special kind of arms race with elaborate strategies and counter-strategies for attack and defence.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QPRS
b) QRPS
c) QRSP
d) SQRP
2. S1: Of course, it is silly to try to overcome fears that keep us from destroying ourselves.
P: This is sensible.
Q: You wait until it is out of the way before crossing.
R: You need some fears to keep you from doing foolish things.
S: You are afraid of an automobile coming rapidly down the street you wish to cross.
S6: The only fears you need to avoid are silly fears which prevent you from doing what you should do.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) PRSQ
c) RPSQ
d) RSQP
3.S1: Most people know that economics deals with such items as population, natural resources, incomes, tariffs, money and prices.
P: Instead, it is how it organises and analyses its materials; it is the perspective from which it views the world that makes it a special field of study.
Q: However, it is not what economics deals with that makes it a distinctive science.
R: Indeed, the list of topics can be greatly extended.
S: Economics is a particular view of reality.
S6: From this view, human behaviour is seen as activity directed towards the achievement of various objectives through the use of various resources.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QPSR
c) RQPS
d) RSPQ
4. S1: When you meet someone and discover areas of common interest and experience, you gain building blocks to develop a deeper relationship.
P: This gives you and your partner an opportunity to decide if you would like to get to know one another better.
Q: Remember, much of the point of conversation is to discuss different topics and experience in order to find a common bond.
R: So, when you discover a connection, tell your partner right away.
S: If you have enough in common, then hopefully you will want to see each other again to share common interests.
S6: This creates a sense of familiarity and indicates your interest in discussing the topic further and sharing your ideas.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) RPQS
b) PQRS
c) QPSR
d) SRQP
5. S1: Egypt is located in north-east of Africa.
P: The land should be productive.
Q: It is on the coast of Mediterranean Sea.
R: The important thing is not just the area.
S: Its area is almost four times that of England.
S6: Egypt is mostly desert or semi-desert.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QSRP
c) RPQS
d) SRPQ
6. S1: We speak today of self-determination in politics.
P: So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to bear it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit.
Q: Slavery begins when one ceases to feel the restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good.
R: There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture on another.
S: Political subjection primarily means restraint ion the outer life of people.
S6: Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) RSPQ
b) RSQP
c) SPQR
d) SPRQ
7. S1: Music, like literature, is an art that deals with sound.
P: Literature makes use of words which are sounds.
Q: They also have meanings.
R: And the writer must be concerned with the effect produced by the sounds he uses.
S: But words are not only sounds.
S6: They refer to specific things other than themselves such as objects an ideas.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ
b) PSQR
c) RPSQ
d) SRPQ
8. S1: Why then, do sharks attack?
P: "The only way a shark can warn you is with its mouth and teeth," says Baldridge.
Q: In murky water it may simply be a case of mistaken identity.
R: Snork bumps and open - mouthed slashings are ways of trying to frighten you off.
S: But the most persuasive explanation is that they perceive their victim as a threat.
S6: Attacks of this kind may be generated by a swimmer who unwittingly interrupts a courting procedure, trespasses in a shark's territory and cuts off its escape route.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) PRSQ
c) QPRS
d) QSPR
9. S1: The essence of democracy is the active participation of the people in government affair.
P: When the people are active watchmen and participants, we have that fertile soil in which democracy flourishes.
Q: This democracy of ours is founded upon a faith in the overall judgement of the people as a whole.
R: When the people do not participate, the spirit of democratic action dies.
S: When the people are honestly and clearly informed, their common sense can be relied upon to carry the nation safely through any crisis.
S6: By and large it is the actual practice of our way of life.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ
b) PSRQ
c) RPSQ
d) SPQR
10. S1: We don't know whether the machines are the masters or we are.
P: They must be given or rather 'fed' with coal and given petrol to drink from time to time.
Q: Already man spends most of his time looking after and waiting upon them.
R: Yet he has grown so dependent on them that they have almost become the masters now.
S: It is very true that they were made for the sole purpose of being man's servants.
S6: And if they don't get their meals when they expect them, they will just refuse to work.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) RSPQ
b) RSQP
c) SPQR
d) SRQP