English Practice Test - 4

What word in the passage means 'having a pleasant and distinctive smell'?

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Small Warty Acampe is a flowering species that produces aromatic tiny flowers. It grows in India, in the Eastern Himalayas up to a height of 200 meters. It is also found in adjoining areas of Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia in small patches. It is a group of small flowers with a single stem that can be either straight or curved. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated. The plant's long, rubber-like leaves are divided into two parts. These species forms slow-growing, medium-sized stems that form very large plant mass in nature. The hard parts of its flower look alike. The central column is short and has two pollen grains. Its powder is used sometimes as an energy supplement in India, though the plants themselves infamously require high-maintenance and are hard to grow.

What type of flowers does Small Warty Acampe bear?

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Small Warty Acampe is a flowering species that produces aromatic tiny flowers. It grows in India, in the Eastern Himalayas up to a height of 200 meters. It is also found in adjoining areas of Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia in small patches. It is a group of small flowers with a single stem that can be either straight or curved. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated. The plant's long, rubber-like leaves are divided into two parts. These species forms slow-growing, medium-sized stems that form very large plant mass in nature. The hard parts of its flower look alike. The central column is short and has two pollen grains. Its powder is used sometimes as an energy supplement in India, though the plants themselves infamously require high-maintenance and are hard to grow.

Up to what height does Small Warty Acampe grow in the Eastern Himalayas?

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Small Warty Acampe is a flowering species that produces aromatic tiny flowers. It grows in India, in the Eastern Himalayas up to a height of 200 meters. It is also found in adjoining areas of Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia in small patches. It is a group of small flowers with a single stem that can be either straight or curved. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated. The plant's long, rubber-like leaves are divided into two parts. These species forms slow-growing, medium-sized stems that form very large plant mass in nature. The hard parts of its flower look alike. The central column is short and has two pollen grains. Its powder is used sometimes as an energy supplement in India, though the plants themselves infamously require high-maintenance and are hard to grow.

These flowers are rarely cultivated because

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Small Warty Acampe is a flowering species that produces aromatic tiny flowers. It grows in India, in the Eastern Himalayas up to a height of 200 meters. It is also found in adjoining areas of Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia in small patches. It is a group of small flowers with a single stem that can be either straight or curved. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated. The plant's long, rubber-like leaves are divided into two parts. These species forms slow-growing, medium-sized stems that form very large plant mass in nature. The hard parts of its flower look alike. The central column is short and has two pollen grains. Its powder is used sometimes as an energy supplement in India, though the plants themselves infamously require high-maintenance and are hard to grow.

What product of Small Warty Acampe is used in India?

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Small Warty Acampe is a flowering species that produces aromatic tiny flowers. It grows in India, in the Eastern Himalayas up to a height of 200 meters. It is also found in adjoining areas of Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia in small patches. It is a group of small flowers with a single stem that can be either straight or curved. Due to their large size and small flowers, they are rarely cultivated. The plant's long, rubber-like leaves are divided into two parts. These species forms slow-growing, medium-sized stems that form very large plant mass in nature. The hard parts of its flower look alike. The central column is short and has two pollen grains. Its powder is used sometimes as an energy supplement in India, though the plants themselves infamously require high-maintenance and are hard to grow.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Many people believed that spices help ___________ food; however nutritionists found that most spices were __________ of having any effect on growth of microbes present in the food.