Msu Celp Sample Test 3 With Key
Msu Celp Sample Test 3 With Key
Msu Celp Sample Test 3 With Key
41. "Is it easy to find a waitressing job?" 48. "Did you go to the dance last weekend?"
"Well, ______ any other qualifications, "No, but I wish I ______.”
that’s all you'll be able to do." a. could
a. to not have b. had
b. not to have c. had had
c. not have d. would
d. not having
49. "They live right downtown."
42. We couldn’t believe Jack didn’t get into "I could never ______ such a thing."
university even though he is ______ a. be used to
conscientious student. b. have used to
a. such c. get used to
b. so d. used to
c. very
d. such a 50. "What are you doing here today?"
"I ______ on vacation, but things didn’t
43. "You should take up a hobby ______ you work out that way."
enjoy." a. was gone
a. if b. were to go
b. which c. went
c. when d. was to have gone
d. where
51. "I waited for you at the restaurant for an
44. "Do you want some more coffee?" hour last night."
"No, I have had ______ much already." "I'm sorry ______ you sitting there so
a. too very long."
b. too many a. to keeping
c. much too b. having kept
d. that c. about to keep
d. to have kept
45. "How did you like my driving?"
"As far as ______, I’m never coming with 52. "Am I to blame for Susan's expulsion?"
you again." "No, in your position, I probably ______
a. concerned with that the same."
b. it concerns a. would do
c. that is concerned b. did
d. concerning that c. would have done
d. must have done
46. "Did he call to cancel his reservation?"
"He might ______, but I don’t know." 53. "I don't know how I'll ever unlock this
a. have drawer."
b. do “______ the key might help."
c. have done a. To have found
d. done b. To find
c. Finding
47. "Did you have a test today?" d. Having found
"No, no sooner ______ down than there
was a fire drill." 54. “They are first cousins."
a. we sat "I thought they must be related. They
b. we had sat look so ______.”
c. had we sat a. the same as
d. our sitting b. much like
c. alike
d. just like
55. "What qualifications must one have for the 62. I bought a new car ______ in Sweden.
position?" a. that manufactured
“They want someone persuasive, ______ b. manufacturing
that means." c. manufactured
a. whatever d. was manufactured
b. so
c. what 63. "Do I have to do that?"
d. which "Yes. It doesn’t matter ______ you want
to or not."
56. "Why doesn't she do anything about her a. because
appearance?" b. as if
"She's ______ lazy to let such things worry c. either
her." d. whether
a. very
b. such a 64. "Were you surprised by the election
c. so results?"
d. too "Yes, they were different ______ I had
expected."
57. "Should I mail the invitation to the Smiths?" a. that
"Why don't you ______?” b. from
a. give to Mary it. c. than
b. to Mary give it d. to
c. give Mary it
d. give it to Mary 65. The part ______ repair the car was
ordered today.
58. "Why don't you like Italian cars, they're a. needed to
faster?" b. needing
"Because I prefer ______ any day." c. needs to
a. German made car d. needing to
b. a made in Germany car
c. a German made car 66. "Will you help me with this sometime?"
d. a car made in German "Sure, ______, I could do it right now."
a. even so
59. It seems ______ he knows what he's doing. b. on the other hand
a. though c. however
b. as though d. in fact
c. like if
d. to be 67. Do you think ______ be stricter crime
laws?
60. "What did you think of Mr. Morris' lecture?" a. there should
"I found it very ______.” b. it should
a. informing c. should there
b. informative d. should
c. informational
d. informed 68. Because of the state of worldwide
economics, many factories ______ close.
61. We were lucky because the insurance a. having been
company paid for our ______ after we were b. had have to
robbed. c. have been
a. losses d. have had to
b. lost
c. loosing 69. "I don’t think John solved the problem
d. loose very well."
"Oh, really? What ______ have done?"
a. will he
b. would you
c. will you
d. would he
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70. Air pollution is ______ problem than water 76. I wish I had a car ______ give you a ride.
pollution is. a. that I can
a. not less b. that I could
b. not a less c. so that I can
c. no less a d. so that I could
d. no a less
77. The conclusion ______ in that article states
71. Mary had to lean ______ the counter to that this medicine is effective.
open the window. a. is present
a. above b. presented
b. over c. is presented
c. after d. presenting
d. around
78. Only if it rains, ______.
72. This newspaper has more ______ than that a. the match will cancel
newspaper. b. the match will be cancelled
a. popularity c. will the match cancel
b. popular d. will the match be cancelled
c. popularization
d. popularly 79. ______ people were expected at the
meeting.
73. Thank goodness ______ hurt in the train a. All that
accident. b. More than
a. didn’t more people get c. Many more
b. didn’t get more people d. Much more
c. more didn’t get people
d. more people didn’t get 80. That office building ______ a large
reception area.
74. I’d like ______ this with you before the a. had lack
meeting. b. lacked
a. to discuss about c. was lack of
b. discussing about d. lacked in
c. the discussing of
d. to discuss
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READING TEST READING TEST READING TEST
Environment
As part of a class at school you have to read this article from a sociology book. Read it and
answer the questions that follow.
1 Few experts doubt the fact that social environment plays a major role in
2 determining whether or not someone develops a mental disorder (#87), but there are
3 many different theories about how this influence is expressed. One of the earliest
4 theories among psychotherapists was that mental disorders are caused by disturbances
5 in the individual’s early psychological development in the family. For example, it is
6 generally believed that parental love and affection are vital (#81) to the normal
7 maturation of a child. Children who are rejected by their parents may display a
8 variety of psychological problems, including anxiety, insecurity, low self-esteem and
9 hostility. §1.
10 Parental standards of discipline are also important for proper development.
11 Children have to feel that someone is watching over them and guiding their actions.
12 Harsh, rigid standards may produce either a hostile and rebellious child, or a passive,
13 guilt-ridden one. Lack of discipline is thought to encourage antisocial and aggressive
14 tendencies. Others feel that the children of overprotective parents develop “passive-
15 dependant personalities”. Everything must be done in moderation. It must be noted,
16 however, that most of these conditions would not really qualify as mental disorders
17 by most psychiatric standards. §2.
18 One theory that does deal with mental disorders was developed by George
19 Bateson, a well-known anthropologist. Bateson and his colleagues attributed
20 schizophrenia (#88) to the double bind some parents place on their children. For
21 example, when a mother tells her son “I love you” but flinches or pulls away every
22 time he touches her, the child receives two contradictory messages at the same time
22 (#82) and becomes confused as to which one is true. As a result, he may come to
23 mistrust and misinterpret normal communications and eventually become seriously
24 disoriented. §3.
25 On the whole, however, the critics have not been kind to those who held early
26 parental influences responsible for major mental disorders (#84). For one thing, they
27 say that this approach is too vague about the exact conditions that cause mental
28 disorders. Almost every family has some conditions that developmental theorists
29 consider conducive to psychological disorder, but most children do not develop
30 mental disorders. Moreover, many contemporary critics feel that this approach
31 unfairly blames parents for everything that goes wrong with their children (#84), and
32 that it produces unnecessary parental guilt and anxiety about whether or not they’ve
33 fulfilled their roles as good parents. §4.
81. What according to the passage do children 86. What is the author’s attitude toward
need to mature? mental disorders?
a. rigid standards a. They are caused by an unstable
b. a double bind environment.
c. parental love b. They are found in the early
d. overprotective parents development stages.
c. They are caused by lack of
82. What is a simple explanation of the communication.
“double bind”? d. Parents should not be blamed for
a. the inability to express feelings everything.
b. the lack of human contact
c. not wanting to be touched 87. What is crucial to developing a healthy
d. saying one thing and acting in a mentality?
contradictory manner a. strict discipline
b. a healthy social environment
83. What is the meaning of the word c. little or no discipline
conducive in line 29? d. having a dependant personality
a. eliminating
b. responsible 88. Which mental disorder did George
c. explicit Bateson deal with?
d. illuminating a. schizophrenia
b. disorientation
84. What does the author claim is unfair? c. communication disorders
a. suffering from mental disorders d. passiveness
b. blaming parents for everything that
goes wrong with a child 89. At which point in the passage would
c. being seriously disoriented the following sentence best fit? “Were
d. parental standards of discipline this the case, a great many people
would be classified as having mental
85. What is the meaning of the word vague in disorders”.
line 27? a. §1
a. prominent b. §2
b. elusive c. §3
c. unclear d. §4
d. condescending
This is one of the articles your teacher has provided as background reading for your assignment.
Read it and answer the questions that follow.
90. Why does the author give us a look at past 95. The phrase “well-to-do” in line 17 refers
practices? to _______________.
a. as proof of the mother/child a. financial standing
attachment. b. a person’s kind actions
b. to explain why people have children. c. someone who helps others
c. to help solve child abuse. d. someone who is handy
d. to shoot down the assumption we have
of the child/parent attachment theory. 96. What does the passage claim about 19th
century parents?
91. Which word is closest in meaning to the a. They were self-centered
word defy in line 3? b. They lavished too much love on their
a. go against children
b. support c. They were critical parents
c. evoke d. They did not abuse their children
d. acknowledge
97. How were children protected from
92. What does the author say was tolerated in abusive parents?
the 16th and 17th centuries? a. They were not protected.
a. infanticide b. Laws were passed to protect them.
b. letting a child die c. The parents were afraid of being
c. child abuse criticized.
d. maternal indifference d. They were taken to hospitals.
93. What was the main reason Western 98. Why does the author use the word
European mothers left their children to be “Ironically” in line 34?
raised at hospitals or by wet nurses? a. He finds it ironic that parents would
a. They lacked the funds to raise them. harm their children.
b. They didn’t love their children. b. Cruelty to animal laws were passed
c. the social stigma of the un-wed before laws to protect children.
mother c. He doesn’t believe the parent/child
d. Scholars aren’t really sure. relationship is sacred.
d. He finds reform ironic.
94. What was the problem with foundling
hospitals? 99. One can infer from the passage that
a. Many children died there. _______________.
b. They were very expensive. a. the author is trying to be ironic.
c. They placed a social stigma on the b. the author blames women for child
child raised there. abuse.
d. Their methods were later prosecuted. c. children should be protected.
d. many children died in the 18th and
19th centuries.
Imagine you are taking a class in sociology. This is the introduction to a chapter on social
functions and behavior. Read it and answer the questions which follow.
100. According to the passage, which was the 105. The author says in lines 21-22: “but it’s
first Thanksgiving? safe to say the pilgrims weren’t gobbling
a. the one in Virginia up pumpkin pie or playing with their
b. the Plymouth Thanksgiving mashed potatoes”. This refers to
c. the one between English colonists and ________________.
Native Americans a. the pilgrim’s eating habits
d. it is not quite certain b. our lack of table manners
c. how we eat
101. What according to the passage is venison, d. what was not on the first Thanksgiving
in line 26? menu
a. a type of game bird
b. deer meat 106. The word feast in line 17 is closest in
c. another name for turkey meaning to ________________.
d. a type of squash a. holiday
b. celebration
102. At which point in the passage would the c. feat
following sentence fit best? “It is just as d. expectations
important a holiday as Christmas is”.
a. §1 107. The expression “after we had gathered
b. §2 the fruit of our labors” refers to
c. §3 ________________.
d. §4 a. having picked the fruit
b. working as laborers
103. What according to the passage is c. having collected the harvest
Thanksgiving? d. having gathered everyone together
a. a celebration of thanks
b. a family holiday 108. How did the Indians repay their hosts?
c. a European holiday a. by hunting fowl
d. a Native American holiday b. by entertaining the pilgrims
c. by honoring the governor
104. Who was Edward Winslow? d. by hunting venison
a. a governor
b. a hunter 109. What does the author claim about the
c. a pilgrim Native Americans?
d. a famous historian a. They had Thanksgiving celebrations
before the pilgrims came.
b. They cooperated amongst
themselves.
c. They learned about Thanksgiving
from the pilgrims.
d. They were better hunters than the
pilgrims.
Hospitals
At your doctor’s office you see this article in a medical magazine. It catches your interest so
you read it. After reading it, answer the questions that follow.
1 Hospitals were originally hospices, a place of refuge where the poor could go
2 and die. Not until modern times did the hospital become a place where sick and
3 injured people were given medical treatment. Today hospitals are the nerve centers of
4 the medical profession. A hospital determines which physicians will be allowed to
5 use the hospital and thus which patients will be admitted. Some hospitals are deeply
6 involved in teaching and research, and an increasing number offer a wide range of
7 outpatient services through clinics and emergency rooms. §1
8 In most industrialized nations, hospitals are either owned directly by the
9 government or are operated under tight governmental controls. In the United States
10 the ownership and control of hospital services rests in many different hands. The
11 federal government has special hospitals for military personnel and veterans, and
12 many countries operate their own hospital systems, which often carry a heavy share
13 of the burden of providing health care for the poor. Most hospitals, however, are
14 owned by such diverse private groups as universities, religious organizations,
15 physicians, health plans, and charities. Of all types, the fastest growing are the large
16 corporate hospital chains. §2
17 This trend toward corporate ownership has had some beneficial effects.
18 Hospital chains often provide more comfort and convenience for patients and have
19 introduced computerized billing facilities and other efficient management practices
20 (#119). Moreover, many of these chains have set up “emergency centers” in suburban
21 malls and business districts that often provide faster and more convenient care at
22 lower cost than traditional health care services. §3
23 Yet on the whole, this trend is a worrisome one (#118). One fear arises from
24 the shift in control that goes with corporate ownership. Traditional hospitals are
25 usually run by their physicians, but the corporate chains are controlled by
26 professional managers who are likely to have far less understanding of medical
27 practice and the needs of patients (#113). The greatest concerns, however, center on
28 finances. Although the corporate hospitals provide more services to patients, they also
29 charge higher rates than the traditional nonprofit hospitals. Moreover the corporate
30 hospitals have tended to ignore the enormous health care needs of the poor and focus
31 on the people with good health insurance who are already well cared for. These
32 hospitals have often been charged with performing “wallet biopsies” before
33 admitting any patient who does not have a dire need for emergency care. Even the
34 lower-cost emergency-care centers often take Visa and MasterCard but not Medicaid
35 (the government health care program for the poor). Defenders of the corporate
36 hospitals argue that they have no more responsibility to provide free services to the
37 poor than any other business (#115), and that it is up to the nonprofit hospitals to
38 carry that cost (#116). The problem with that argument is that the corporate hospitals
39 are skimming off the most lucrative business that the nonprofit hospitals once used to
40 cover their losses from treating the poor. As a result, more and more nonprofit
41 hospitals are going bankrupt (#120) – often to be bought up by the corporate chain
42 and closed to the poor. That, of course, creates acute overcrowding (#117) and an
43 inevitable decline in the quality of care at those hospitals that still try to meet the
44 needs of all people. §4
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110. What does this passage deal with? 116. What according to the author did the
a. government run hospitals earlier hospitals not do?
b. changing hospital trends a. make a profit
c. modern Medicaid b. research
d. ideal emergency hospitalization c. teach
d. offer emergency services
111. At which point in the passage would the
following sentence best fit? “Even those 117. What has happened to the original
who can not afford to pay for such needs.” hospitals?
a. §1 a. They no longer teach.
b. §2 b. They have become overcrowded.
c. §3 c. Research funds have been cut.
d. §4 d. They no longer treat emergencies.
112. What is the author’s attitude at the end of 118. What is the author’s attitude toward
the passage? corporately owned hospitals?
a. one of discouragement a. He is in favor of them.
b. one of acute optimism b. He likes them because they are
c. one of total indifference cheap.
d. one of heavy responsibility c. He is skeptical about them.
d. He likes their efficiency.
113. What is true about hospitals run by
professional managers? 119. What might corporate hospitals be
a. They cater to the poor. compared to?
b. They have better doctors. a. the original hospices
c. They lack the ability to understand b. expensive retreats
patient needs. c. efficient offices
d. They have low profit expectations. d. emergency centers
114. What are “wallet biopsies” referred to in 120. What is one result corporate hospitals
line 32? have produced?
a. having to pay for a biopsy a. They are providing better medical
b. making sure someone has Medicaid care.
c. making sure emergency cases are b. The poor are getting better care.
treated first c. Medical care is now faster.
d. checking out a person’s financial d. They are bankrupting nonprofit
condition before giving him hospitals.
healthcare
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41. d 81. c 90. d 100. d 110. b
42. d 82. d 91. a 101. b 111. d
43. b 83. b 92. b 102. b 112. a
44. c 84. b 93. d 103. a 113. c
45. c 85. c 94. a 104. c 114. d
46. a 86. d 95. a 105. d 115. c
47. c 87. b 96. b 106. b 116. a
48. b 88. a 97. b 107. c 117. b
49. c 89. b 98. b 108. d 118. c
50. d 99. c 109. a 119. b
51. d 120. d
52. c
53. c
54. c
55. a
56. d
57. d
58. c
59. b
60. b
61. a
62. c
63. d
64. c
65. a
66. d
67. a
68. d
69. b
70. c
71. b
72. a
73. d
74. d
75. c
76. d
77. b
78. d
79. c
80. b