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In the following questions, you have six brief passages with 5 questions following each passage, Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
A morning commute seems like a good time to embark on an ambitious train of thought. At least, that was the idea from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which put a professor on a train on Wednesday to lecture commuters. Passengers on the 9 am train from the suburban community of Modin to Tel Avie put away their morning tabloids and iPods to listen to a talk from professor Hanoch Gutfreund on ‘Einstein’s love letters’. The lecture was the first of the University’s Scientists on the Rails’ programmer – an attempt to broaden the appeal of higher education and bring academia to the people.
Unsure how the move would be received, the train talks have been re-scheduled for just after morning rush hour and only in one carriage on the train to avoid antagonizing people. As the train chugged through tunnels and past the airport, one woman interrupted the professor with a question.
“Will you finish your talk before we reach the station?” She wanted to know.
“Madam, by the time you reach your station, you’ll have your BA”. came the reply from the professor.
“The train talks have been re-scheduled for just after morning rush-hour and only in one carriage on the train to avoid antagonizing people’. The terms means


  • annoying

  • crowding

  • confusing

  • confusing


A.

annoying

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