מבחן אמיר'ם

1. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become ________ when they are behind a steering-wheel.

Incredible

Patient

Violent

Unrecognizable

4. A belief in ____________ is the belief that there are general principles that govern the interactions between matter and energy and that are responsible for all phenomena, both animate and inanimate.

Nature

Determinism

God

Darwinism

5. When it comes to democratic governing, the Greeks ____________ the Europeans by hundreds (if not thousands) of years.

Proceeded

Preceded

Preserved

Preferred

6. The problems of achieving successful change were many, but the ____________ one was that learning and the process of learning were deep mysteries, far from being understood.

Fascinating

Unnecessary

Fundamental

Irreversible

7. Across the whole Held of twentieth-century fiction, are ___________ the innumerable publications of H.G.Wells.

Found

Scattered

Visible

Hidden

8. Dieters are miserable, spending a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips. ______________ tummies and double chins.

Protective

Unendable

Protruding

Shrinking

9. You can use simple _______________ , such as strict data management procedures, to protect your computer system from a virus.

Preventative

Precautions

Medications

Various

10. The phenomenon called childhood ___________ , discovered by Sigmund Freud, refers to the fact that people cannot recall many events from the first 3 years of their lives.

Anxiety

Obesity

Subconsciousness

Amnesia

Restatements

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

Restatements

12. William hated Henry and nursed the hatred passionately, not sure what he could actually do about it.

(1) William knew exactly what to do about his hatred to Henry.

(2) William nursed Henry with great passion.

(3) William did not know what to do concerning his hatred to Henry.

(4) For many years William has hated Henry.

13. Monism is the belief that reality consists of a unified whole, and thus that the mind is a phenomenon produced by the working of the body.

(1) If you believe in Monism, it means you think that the body is produced by the mind.

(2) Monism, sometimes referred to as Atheism, is the belief that reality consists of both body and mind.

(3) To believe in Monism, is to believe that body and mind are one unit, the second being an outcome of the work of the first.

(4) If the body doesn't work, there is no mind.

14. The candidate considered the results of the pre-election’s pole as hardly reassuring.

(1) The candidate was pleased by the results of the pre-election's pole.

(2) The pre-election’s pole reassured the candidate.

(3) The pre-election's pole didn't make the candidate feel reassured.

(4) The candidate wasn't quite sure about the results of the pre-election's pole.

15. As with games and activities, role-playing and simulation are seen as ways of bridging the gap between the classroom and the world outside, for which we are presumably preparing our students.

(1) It is pretended that role-playing and simulation can prepare students for the world outside.

(2) Games, activities, role-playing and simulation are all methods of "feeling" the real world, even when you are in the classroom, in order to be ready for it.

(3) The gap between the world outside and the classroom cannot be bridged even by using methods like role-playing, simulation etc.

(4) Role-playing and simulation have been proven as successful ways of bridging the gap between the classroom and the world outside.

16. It seems reasonable to assume, that moving from brain-antagonistic settings to brain-compatible schooling and training could produce strikingly better outcomes.

(1) There is a reason to believe that moving from brain-antagonistic schooling to brain-competitive training will produce better outcomes.

(2) Good schooling and training outcomes may stimulate a movement towards brain-compatible settings.

(3) Brain-antagonistic settings will create a competition between brains.

(4) Moving from brain-antagonistic settings to brain-compatible ones is likely to improve students’ accomplishments.

17. The changes in the SAT and ACT are in response to recent high-school curriculum trends, that place a premium on more sophisticated reading, writing and mathematic's skills.

(1) The changes in the SAT and ACT were made just recently.

(2) The changes in the SAT and ACT, which place a premium on maths, reading and writing, make those tests much more difficult

(3) Due to a new high-school tendency to emphasize more complicated math, reading and writing, the SAT and ACT have also been altered.

(4) Various changes have been made in the SAT and ACT in response to recent high-school) trends.

Reading comprehension

This part consists of two reading passages, each followed by several related questions. For each question, choose the most appropriate answer based on the text.

Reading comprehension

This part consists of two reading passages, each followed by several related questions. For each question, choose the most appropriate answer based on the text.