Passage

Jul 14, 2026

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A set of English passage-based questions on African demographic and migration trends, including selecting correct word options for sentence blanks, identifying statements consistent with the passage, and answering comprehension questions about emigration factors, meaning of phrases, and figures of speech. It also includes grammar items on prepositions/phrasal verbs and related multiple-choice selections.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages21

Reading Time53 min

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Directions(For the next five items):Fill in the blanksin the following sentences with the most appropriateoptions given below: against the stretched out sky. (a) red,beautiful and soul-quenching (b)beautiful,red and soul-quenching (c)soul-quenching,beautiful and red (d)beautiful,soul-quenching and red 2. Summers___be really hot at times,somake sure you stay hydrated.(a)can(b)could(c)might(d) may 3. I was wondering which festival_____wecelebrate together this year?(a)will(b) might(c)shall(d)do 4.I was_______exhausted by the end of theweek spent in the library doing research work.(a)exceedingly(b)inordinately(c)very(d)completely be very far away.I saw thema little while ago.(a)shall not(b)cannot(c)should not(d)ought not PENA-A-PTS PART-A Directions(For the next five items):Read thethat follow,keeping in mind the contents of thepassage alone: # Passage Africa is on the move.At least 20 million(i)__ live outside the continent,a three-foldincrease since 1990.Europe accounts for about half ofhas steadily declined since 1990.America,China,Saudi Arabia and Turkey have all seen surges in theirAfrican-born populations.It may seem otherworldly topredict that this will continue,given the fierceNotwithstanding pushback,African(iv)______is an unstoppable force that will long outlast today'spopulists and help define the 21st century.Demography is one cause.It is well-known that in thedeveloped world the number of people of working agewill decline,exacerbating labour shortages.What isless widely appreciated is that emerging countries thatare associated with exporting people,such as Mexicoand the Philippines,are also getting older andricher—meaning smaller shares of their populationwil,in future,wish to emigrate in search of work.I (2-C) Africa,by contrast,the working-age population isWhich of the following sentences with respectforecast to increase by around 700 million people byto the passage is/are correct?.2050.Another cause is economics.Many African 1.All rich western nations have been seeingan increase in emigration from Africacountries are entering a phase in their development inover the past few decades.which people are still poor enough to wish to leave2.Over the past thirty-five odd years,thenumber of African origin people livingbut,for the first time,rich enough to be able to traveloutside Africa has gone up by a factor oflong distances.African countries create only around athree.3. The fierce resistance to labour incursionfifth of the number of formal jobs required to absorbinto the West will temper emigration fromtheir expanding workforce.Africa in the 215t century. 6.In the above passage there are four blanksnumbered(i),(ii),(ii)and(iv).Select the optionfrom those given below in which the mostappropriate term has been used for each of theblanks respectively: (a)(i)immigrants;(ii)migration;(iii)emigrants;(iv)immigration (b)(i)emigrants;(ii)migrants;(iii)immigration;(iv)migration (c)(i)immig

Jul 14, 2026

Uploaded by Theodore