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 there?" shouted him. (4) Hearing no reply, Nasreddin reached for his bow, set an arrow to the string, took aim, and shot in the direction of the mysterious figure. Satisfied that the intruder now would do him no harm, Nasreddin returned to bed and slept until dawn. (8) By morning's light he examined the scene outside his window, only to discover his own white shirt hanging on the clothesline and pierced by the arrow that he had shot during the night. (11) "That was a close call," murmured Nasreddin. "My own shirt, shot through by an arrow! What if I had been wearing it at the time!" ... he examined the scene outside his window...” Which is the synonym of the underlined word?

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...

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 noti...