Before the 17th century, "the little people" or "the hidden people" were ______.
A. highly respected
B. called universally as fairies
C. believed to be active at night
D. said to move about naked all the time
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause for the slow growth of job opportunities
A. Mergers and challenges in the airline industry.
B. Advancement in technology.
C. Advanced business communication means.
D. Terrorists' attacks.
To sail round the world single-handed is quite a ______
A. [A] fate
B. [B] fame
C. [C] feat
D. [D] fear
According to the passage, which of the following statements about female names is true
A dissyllabic pet name is much more likely to be female.
B. Female names tend to end with a plosive.
C. There is less predictability about popular female names than about male names.
D. There is no one female name on the list of the most popular names.