When we moved to our new house near the sea, I was eight years old. Even before that I had spent every summer messing about on boats. My dad had taught me to sail before I learnt to ride a bike so I knew how I wanted to spend my time at the new house- I was going to get my own boat and sail it everyday. The house was only a few meters from the water's edge, and in rough weather the waves would come crashing into the front garden. I used to sit with my nose pressed to the glass, fascinated by the power of the ocean. I grew up watching the skies to see if it was going to rain; would I be going sailing that afternoon or not?

Of course I sometimes wished I could live in the town like my friends. I used to get angry with my parents, who had taken early retirement because they seemed incapable of getting anywhere on time. Dad drove me the eight miles to school everyday, but I was often late because he had been walking on the cliffs earlier in the morning and had lost track of time. When I was taking my university entrance exams, I used to stay over at a friend's in town, just in case. All in all, I was lucky to grow up by the sea and I still love to sail.

The phrase "All in all "in the passage  is closest in meaning to .............

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• The word “alarmingly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____.

• What can be said about the mother and son in the passage?

• The word “employers” in the passage refers to ..............

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• The word "related" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

• Who called the apelike creatures 'Sasquatch'?

• What did the professor learn from the study?

• The word "their" in line 12 refers to ......

• The word "pigment" at the end of the first paragraph means ...........

• That Social Security payments will be a burden comes from the concern that ______.

• Who were the subjects of the study?

• The passage mainly discusses ______.

• The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

• The word "them" refers to __________

• What does the passage mainly discuss?

• Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?

• The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

• What is the passage mainly about?

• The author implies that in the 1920’s and 1930’s home deliveries of ice _________ .

• The Beatles stopped their live performances because .............

• Gestures __________.