SAMPLE Mastering Thinking Skills B1 2ed
SAMPLE Mastering Thinking Skills B1 2ed
SAMPLE Mastering Thinking Skills B1 2ed
Book 1
Mastering
Thinking
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Skills PL
Selective and Scholarship Tests
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Develops mental, cognitive and
strategic abilities
A FIVE SENSES PUBLICATION
Yvonne Kang
Instructions v
Test 1 1
Test 2 24
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Test 3 47
Test 4
Solutions
Notes
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If the noodles are cheap, then they don’t have to be recommended by many people.
If the noodles are expensive, then they have to be recommended by many people.
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A Fantastic Bowl because it’s the cheapest and reasonably recommended.
C Beef Oodles because it is the most expensive and most highly recommended.
2. One of the largest impacts TV has on teenagers is violence. When someone sees a lot
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of violence on TV or video games, it can desensitize the viewer and make them feel
almost immune to it when it is happening to them.
Sandra: “Children should reduce their TV time to less than 30 minutes a day.”
A Studies have shown that violence in young adults has been steadily increasing over
the years.
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3. Three identical cubes as stacked on top of each other. The views from the north and east
are shown below.
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What does the sculpture look like from above?
A B
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4. David has four cars. No one else in his company has four cars. There are 50 people in
his company.
If the information in the box is true, which one of the following must be also true?
A All employees in the company have less than four cars each.
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D Forty-nine people in the company don’t have 4 cars.
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5. The Cinema Club has three categories of cinema memberships, as below.
John is planning to watch one movie each month for a year and has decided to join one
of the membership categories.
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A Gold membership
B Silver membership
C Bronze membership
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Solutions
TEST 1
1. A: Brian wants noodles that are either cheap with least recommendations or expensive
with most recommendations. Fantastic Bowl is both the cheapest and most
recommended by his friends.
2. D: Sandra’s argument is that because TV is a bad influence, the time children are
exposed to it should be reduced. Option D weakens this argument by providing a
positive impact TV can have on its viewers.
3. A: From the north, all three cubes are equally visible. From the east, you can see the
cubes stacked vertically with one cube partially visible on the right. Only figure A fits
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this description.
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4. D: All other employees in the company have a different number of cars. This can be any
number but 4. There is not enough information on other employees in the company
to make a conclusion about them.
5. C: Let the tickets be $10 each.
Each year, John will spend 12 x $10 = $120 on tickets.
Gold: 20% savings on $120 = $24.
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$120 - $24 = $96 on tickets
Total cost = $96 + $80 subscription fee = $176
Silver: 10% savings on $120 = $12
$120 - $12 = $108
Total cost = $108 + $40 subscription fee = $148
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