Read the following excerpt of a letter:
“Dear Mr. Fritz:
This is to inform you that your certificate of deposit, account number 92-734-123, will mature on August 14. The current value of your account is $10, 191, 63, with an interest rate of 2.5 percent until maturity.
Unless you instruct us otherwise, we will automatically renew your certificate of deposit for another year at the then prevailing interest rate. […]”
Source: LOUGHEED, Lin. Longman Preparation Series for the New TOEIC Test. Advanced Course. 4th ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, 2007, p. 200.
Based on the text given, it is possible to say that the letter is addressed to:
Read the movie review and answer the following question:
The Smurfs 2
Review: While the initial Smurfs flick was set in New York, this one takes a continental turn and shifts the scene to Paris, where the irrepressible Gargamel needs something called 'Smurf Essence', which he uses as part of his magician's act. So, he sends out one of his Naughties called Vexy to kidnap Smurfette via an inter-dimensional portal he has opened. He believes that Smurfette is a key ingredient in his quest for world domination. The fact that Smurfette is herself feeling a little blue, so to speak, because the whole vil lage has forgotten her birthday (or so she thinks) doesn't help matters.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/moviereviews/english/The-Smurfs-2/movie-review/21525794.cms
Choose the correct alternative based on the review:
Read the cartoon and answer the following question:
In the cartoon the sentence “I think we’ve got enough information now, don’t you?” the “don’t you?” is a Tag Question. According to Oxford dictionaries, a tag question is “a question converted from a statement by an appended interrogative formula, e.g., it’s nice out, isn’t it?”
Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tagquestion
Choose from the alternatives below, the tag question that uses an incorrect auxiliary verb form:
Read the sentence below:
“Scientists have succeeded in copying the silkproducing genes of the Golden Orb Weaver spider and are using them to create a synthetic material which they believe is the model for a new generation of advanced bio-materials.”
Source: IELTS: International English Language Test System. Specimen Materials 2003 (updated January 2005). British Council; IELTS Australia; Univ. of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, p. 11.
In the sentence given, the underlined pronoun (they) refers to: