Questions 14—17 are based on text 5 below. (1) A dog used to run up quietly to everyone he met and to bite without notice. His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. Thinking it a mark of distinction, the dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the marketplace. (5) One day an old hound said to him. “Why do you make such an exhibition of yourself? That bell that you carry is not any order of merit, but a mark of disgrace. It is a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill-mannered dog." (Taken from http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes060.htm ) “...mark of disgrace ...” What is the closest meaning of the underlined word?

Questions 35—37 are based on text 12 below. (1) One night Nasreddin awoke, thinking he had heard a strange noise outside his window. Looking out, he saw a suspicious white figure. (3) "Who goes ...

Questions 35—37 are based on the text below. (1) Once upon a time there lived a widow of the tribe of the Gispaxlâ'ts. Many men tried to marry her daughter, but she declined them all. (3) The mo...

Questions 14—17 are based on the text below. (1) There was a shepherd-boy who watched a flock of sheep near a village. (2) One day, he brought out the villagers by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!...

Read the text for number 35 to 37! The Legend of Lake Maninjau Long ago, in an area in West Sumatra, there is a very active volcano named Mount Tinjau. In one village at the foot of Tinjau's bro...

Questions 35—37 are based on the following text. (1) A peasant left a jug of milk with a neighbor for safe keeping. When he reclaimed the jug, the milk had disappeared. Angry words led to a lawsuit...