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The NBT AQL Test: Exemplar questions
A: Academic Literacy
Read the following passage on advertising and answer the multiple-choice questions that follow:
The Influence of Advertising
1
...
market
...
Over the years,
advertising has evolved into a major industry
that goes beyond informing, to persuading
and influencing
...
The notion that the media are primarily in
place to give us news is not very true
...
The advertisers, on the other
consumers
...
Advertising has become a type of culture
audience to persuade them that this product
with ardent followers
...
enviable
attention
from
manufacturers and service providers who
fancy an edge over their competitors
...
This is a craving for harmful
products that we are better off without
...
The
billboards
(hoardings),
television and radio advertisements target us
4
...
Most of the advertisements are filled
with images that equate emotional well-being
with material acquisition and associate
independence and leisure with consumption
of alcohol
...
We have become trapped in the
web of advertising where products like brands
1
of beer and cigarettes take over our minds,
doing away with our core family values
...
englishdaily626
...
php?340
...
The overall purpose of paragraph 1 is to do the following: (communicative function)
a
...
inform the reader that advertising is brainwashing
c
...
indicate that advertising has changed to become influencing
2
...
” This suggests that advertisements mainly communicate the
message that (inferencing)
a
...
independence and leisure are always accompanied by alcohol consumption
c
...
lack of independence and leisure makes it impossible for people to relax
3
...
started in the past and ended in the past
b
...
started in the past and is still in progress
d
...
In paragraph 2, the word “ardent” can be substituted with the word: (vocabulary)
a
...
obsessed
c
...
energetic
5
...
” In this sentence, the word “This” mainly refers to (cohesion)
a
...
excessive consumption
c
...
increasing demands
3
6
...
Paragraph 2 takes over from paragraph 1
...
Paragraph 2 solidifies the point made in paragraph 1
...
Paragraph 2 corroborates the point made in paragraph 1
...
Paragraph 2 develops the point made at the end of paragraph 1
...
The main idea of paragraph 3 is that (essential/non-essential)
a
...
The media and advertisers complement each other
c
...
The media and advertisers aim to outsmart competitors
8
...
take pleasure in pushing others to the edge
b
...
wish to have an advantage over others
d
...
The writer’s attitude towards advertising in this text can best be described as: (text genre)
a
...
positive
c
...
supportive
4
B
...
Question 1: Data handling
Percentage
Distribution of agricultural households by type of activity and
province
1
...
2
20 %
B)
33 %
C)
54 %
D)
80 %
Approximately what percentage of agricultural households in Limpopo province were not
involved in “Crops only” and “Mixed farming” agricultural activity?
A)
4%
B)
20 %
C)
50 %
D)
80 %
5
2
...
The flask has a circular base
...
Cork
Tube
Flask
2
...
2
10 mm
B)
Graph B
C)
Graph C
time
D) Graph D
6
3
...
What is the ratio of teachers to
learners?
A)
1:3
B)
1:4
C)
2:4
D)
3:4
7
4
...
Question 5: Ratios
The table represents the number of singles tennis championships won by males from 1974 until
2014
...
6
5
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
5
4
2
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
1
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Weight of trees
Weight of trees
Weight of trees
Weight of trees
6
3
2
2
Z
7
In which distribution is the mode, median and the mean the same?
A)
X
B)
W
C)
Y
D)
Z
10
7
...
Five of the learners play the drums, 10 learners play the
guitar, 3 learners play the flute, 2 learners play the saxophone and the rest of the learners play the
trumpet
...
25
B)
25%
C)
0