Phenomenal Woman - Maya Angelou

 Phenomenal Woman – Maya Angelou

 

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I’m telling lies.

I say,

It’s in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

 

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or 

Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honeybees.

 

I say,

It’s the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet,

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

 

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much 

But they can’t touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them,

They say still can’t see.

I say,

It’s in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

 

Now you understand

Just why my head’s not bowed.

I don’t shut or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing,

It ought to make you proud.

 

I say, 

It’s in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The palm of my hand,

The need for my care.

’Cause I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me. 

 

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IQ Test - 2 (Key)

IQ Test – 2 (Key)

 

1.     Cut, Drill

 

2.     33 minutes: 12 noon less 33 minutes = 11.27

11.27 less 48 minutes = 10.39

9 am plus 99 minutes (3x33) = 10.39

 

3.     Turtle: each word can be suffixed by NECK 

 

4.     Vulnerable

 

5.     Wednesday

 

6.     In The Pink

 

7.     Rise to vote sir

 

8.     7, 21, 22

 

9.     Sack oboe = bookcase. The books are lexicon (Neil Cox), thesaurus (assure hut), omnibus (Sumo bin), and cookery (Roy Coke)

 

10.    Modest

 

11.  Fox

 

12.  Fresh – water – fall – short – story – line – age – group 

 

13.  28, 102: 7x4 = 28, 74 + 28 = 102

 

14.  Pen: it is a female swan. The rest are all male animals

 

15.  Picture – gallery

 

16.  Exultation

 

17.  Libretto: libretto is the words of a musical composition; the rest are types of song

 

18.  Kidnap, theft 

 

19.  Synonyms: accuse, cite

Antonym: absolve

 

20.  1 foot: sapling = 1 foot, wall = 7 foot 

IQ Test - 2

 IQ Test – 2

 

1.     Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that form a connection (analogy), thereby relating to the words in capitals in the same way.

 

CHISEL (cut, smooth, tool)

AUGER (engrave, drill, punch)

 

 

2.     How many minutes is it before 12 noon if 48 minutes ago it was three times as many minutes past 9 a m.

 

 

 

3.     Break              Bottle              Rough

Which word below has something in common with all the words above.

 

Donkey,          Rabbit,            Turtle,             ox,                   Tortoise

 

 

4.     Susceptible to attack or damage. Which word below most closely fits the above definition?

 

Debilitated,     Vulnerable,     Unstable,         Emasculated,   Unprepared

 

 

5.     SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

 

Which day is three days before the day immediately following the day two days before the day three days after the day immediately before FRIDAY?

 

 

6.     Change one letter only in each word below to find a well-known phrase.

 

ON TIE WINK

 

 

7.     Insert the letters provided into the spaces to spell out a palindromic phrase, that is, one that reads the same backwards and forwards.

Clue: exercise franchise

 

TREE VISITOR

 

            - - S -  / - -  / - O - -   /- - - /

 

8.     On glancing through your morning newspaper, you notice that four pages are missing. One of the missing pages is page 8. The back page of the newspaper is 28. What are the other three missing pages?

 

 

 

9.     Which of the following is not an anagram of a type of book?

 

Neil Cox

Assure Hut

Sumo Bin 

Sack Oboe

Roy Coke

 

 

10.  Which word in brackets is opposite in meaning to the word in capitals?

 

Significant (ordinary, stupid, modest, petty, dull)

 

11.  FELINE: CAT

VULPINE: 

 

a.     Ferret

b.     Fox

c.     Deer

d.     Wolf

e.     Sheep

 

 

12.  Arrange the following words in a line so that each pair of words in the line forms a new word or phrase. 

 

For example: word, game, pass, point = pass, word, game, point to give the words or phrases, password, word-game and game-point. 

 

SHORT,          GROUP,         WATER,         LINE,              STORY,          AGE, 

FRESH,           FALL

13.  Which two numbers come next in the sequence?

 

38, 24, 62, 12, 74, ?

 

 

14.  Which is the odd one out?

 

ROOSTER,        BUCK,          GANDER,           PEN,          RAM

 

 

15.  The following in extracted from which hyphenated word.

 

Clue: viewing area

 

- - - - - RE /  GA- - - - - /

 

16.  Outline tax is an anagram of which 10 – letter word?

 

 

 

 

17.  Which is the odd one out?

 

Canticle,          Threnody,       Madrigal,        Libretto,          Aria

 

 

 

18.  Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that form a connection (analogy), thereby relating to the words in capitals in the same way.

 

ABDUCTION            (Winch, kidnap, ransom)

LARCENY                 (Theft, deceit, crime)

 

 

19.  Select two words that are synonyms, plus an antonym of these two synonyms, from the list of words below.

 

Amass,            Accuse,           Question,         Cite,    Empower,       Absolve, 

Forsake

 

 

20.  How tall is a sapling that is six feet shorter than a wall that is seven times higher than the sapling?

 

IQ Test - 1 (Key)

 IQ Test – 1 (Key) 

 

1.     Vast melody

 

2.     Fjord: it is a stretch of water. The others are all land

 

3.     Reef: to spell out the numbers as follows:

CART(ON E)NJOYMEN(T WO)RDSMI(TH REE)F

 

4.     Talent

 

5.     27: add, then deduct, the sum of the digits of the previous number alternately each time, 36 – 3 – 6 = 27

 

6.     Delete: to give -- fade / desk, hole / lean, kite / tear

 

7.     48 mph 

Say, distance travelled = 60 miles each way

 

 

 

8.     C: across

 

9.     They all contain trees: le(gum)es, qu(ash)ed, af(fir)ms, cl(oak)ed.

 

10.  51: 9 x 5 = 45 + 6 = 51

 

11.  When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. 

 

12.  Long, pithy

 

13.  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

14.  P(lane)t

 

15.  56 and 54 should be swapped round

The top sequence progresses +10, +11, +12, +13, +14

The bottom sequence progresses +8, +10, +12, +14, +16

 

 

16.  LOCK

 

17.  156 lbs: 75% of 156 = 176. 39 x 4 = 156, 39 x 3 = 117

 

18.  1 in 56

 

     =  

 

19.  Synonyms: vigilant, circumspect

Antonym: remiss

 

20.  Aid They Sore

 

 

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