PRACTICE TEST 2

SECTION A: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (50 pts)

I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences. Write the
answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (20 pts)
1. Getting angry with your boss is unproductive because it’ll just ______ a bad situation worse.
A. make B. cause C. do D. give
2. The new Arts Centre seems to have been ______ construction for quite some time.
A. in B. on C. under D. below
3. If the goods are faulty, customers are ______ to a refund.
A. attributed B. entitled C. allowed D. permitted
4. At the back of the cave, there was a narrow ______ that seemed to lead further into the mountain.
A. passage B. corridor C. aisle D. alley
5. People can become very ______ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
A. nervous B. stressful C. pressed D. bad-tempered
6. Nobody knew anything about the fate of the MH370 flight, which was ______ without trace years ago.
A. disappeared B. vanished C. lost D. hidden
7. ______, we didn’t have to put our pet cat in a cattery as our neighbors offered to look after her.
A. Generally B. Importantly C. Unfortunately D. Thankfully
8. It goes without ______ that you’ll be paid handsomely for your contribution to the company’s success.
A. telling B. saying C. speaking D. talking
9. Will you ______ my suitcase while I go to get the tickets?
A. take into account B. catch sight of C. keep in mind D. keep an eye on
10. Dave goes to the football every week, come ______.
A. day or night B. more or less C. war or peace D. rain or shine
11. It turned out that I ______ have bought Frank a present after all.
A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. oughtn’t D. mightn’t
12. The doctor ______ the cut on my knee and said it had completely healed up.
A. investigated B. researched C. examined D. studied
13. It’s vital that immediate action ______ to solve the problem of drug trafficking.
A. take B. should take C. be taken D. was taken
14. I read the two books you recommended, but I didn’t like ______ of them.
A. either B. all C. neither D. two
15. Fifty new schools are to be built, but this is just a drop in the ______.
A. lake B. river C. ocean D. sea
16. Tickets for the concert are $30, plus a booking ______.
A. cost B. change C. cash D. fee
17. My parents are now having our house ______ for my elder brother’s wedding.
A. decorated B. to decorate C. decorate D. decorating
18. We were disappointed that only ______ members could come to the club party.
A. a few B. few C. a little D. little
19. That he made excuses rather than taking the blame for his wrongdoings only added ______ to the fire.
A. oil B. petrol C. fuel D. gas
20. Do you know who will be in ______ of the department when Sophie leaves?
A. responsibility B. charge C. rule D. organization

II. Complete each of the following sentences with one suitable particle or preposition. Write
the answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

1. I often mistake Jim __________ James because they are identical twins.
2. He keeps picking __________ me and I really don’t know what I’ve done wrong.
3. Since his heart attack, Mr Jones has cut __________ all fatty foods. In other words, he hasn’t eaten any
of them.
4. I had to read the email twice before I could take __________ what the writer meant.
5. Read the instructions and you will know how to go __________ operating the machine in the right way.
6. It is widely believed that making a right choice can be difficult without anyone to turn __________ for
advice.
7. The school decided to do __________ with uniform and let students wear whatever they liked.
8. They pretended to be friendly, but I quickly saw __________ them.
9. I hope Kevin will put me __________ for some days during my next visit to London.
10. Mary was let __________ with a warning instead of having to pay a fine.

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III. Use the word given in CAPITALS at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in
the gap in the same line. Write the answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

FOODSERVICE COMPANIES PHASE OUT

SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
About 13,000 schools, (1) __________, and venues will be plastic bag and 1. WORK
stirrer free by 2020, thanks to a new sustainability push by foodservice
company Sodexo. The company (2) __________ cafeteria-style meals and 2. PROVISION
concessions to many clients. Among them is National Geographic's
Washington, D.C. headquarters, where compostable utensils and plant-based
menus are offered.

Sodexo follows in the footsteps of other foodservice giants, Aramark and Bon
Appétit Management, which announced similar (3) __________ this past 3. MEASURE
summer.

In (4) __________ to bags and stirrers, Sodexo plans to phase out polystyrene 4. ADD
foam containers by 2025. Plastic straws, a (5) __________ item, will now only 5. CONTROVERSY
be available by request, which the company hopes will cut down on customer
(6) __________. 6. USE

A (7) __________ from the company says the move will eliminate 245 million 7. REPRESENT
single-use items that would have otherwise been used at its (8) __________. 8. LOCATE

The decision is being applauded by environmental groups like Greenpeace and

the World Wildlife Fund, who say that reducing (9) __________ is a key step 9. CONSUME
toward preventing plastic from entering landfills and marine environments.
These non-profit groups are (10) __________ imploring food servers to reduce 10. INCREASE
the single-use plastic items they buy and sell to customers.

IV. Read the text below carefully. There are TEN mistakes in the text. UNDERLINE each
mistake and write the correction in the corresponding line in the box provided on the
Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

A GERMAN STARTUP JUST COMPLETED ITS FIRST TEST OF

A NEW ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI

For several years now, a handful of daring companies has been E.g. 0. has → have
jockeying for a futuristic air taxi service that changes the way people
move around crowding, car-dependent cities. (Write the answer on the
Candidate Answer Sheet.)
Despite technically known as “vertical take-off and landing vehicles,"
many people have labeled this new machines something far simpler:
“flying cars.”

This week, Lilium, a Munich-based startup found in 2015, unveiled its

latest entrance in the flying car race: an electric, five-seat air taxi
that completed their first flight earlier this month, according to the
company. Powered by 36 jet engines, but lacking a tail, a rudder and
propellers, the aircraft is designed to take off and land vertically.

In the statement posted online, Daniel Wiegand, Lilium’s co-founder

and CEO, called the aircraft a significant step towards “urban air
mobility". He noted that “In less than two years we have been able
to design, build and successfully flying an aircraft that will serve as
our template for mass production. Moving from two to five seats has
always been our ambition as it enables us to open up the skies to
much more travelers.”

Lilium said the aircraft will be accessible via an app that allows
customers to locate the nearest “landing pad” among a network
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across “cities and regions.” Though the company hasn’t revealed
which cities and regions it plans to launch in, Lilium claims the
journeys will be comparable in price to a conventional taxi, and four
times as fast.

SECTION B: READING (30 pts)

I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write the
answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

ABU DHABI PRESIDENTIAL PALACE OPENS ITS DOORS TO VISITORS FOR FIRST TIME
Abu Dhabi's "Palace of the Nation" has just opened its doors to the public, and it's (1) ______ bit as
impressive as you'd expect. Based inside the Presidential Palace complex in the UAE capital, Qasr Al Watan
pays tribute to Arabian heritage and design.

Complete with huge white domes, lush gardens and dramatic chandeliers, the new (2) ______ aims to give
visitors a real (3) ______ into the UAE's governing traditions and values. Once inside, guests can explore
exhibitions celebrating Arabic customs as well as experience a spectacular night show, which is (4) ______
every evening.

The interior, which is decorated using white, yellow and blue to (5) ______ the landscape of the region, is
(6) ______ of a number of grand areas including the grand Great Hall as well as a room filled with items
gifted to the UAE president by various countries around the world. It also (7) ______ the Qasr Al Watan
Library, which boasts a collection of over 50,000 books and (8) ______. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, (9) ______ Qasr Al Watan as an
important (10) ______ of the UAE's progressive journey during its inauguration ceremony earlier this
month. “Visitor tours of the palace will serve as a knowledge base and a boost to cultural understanding,"
he added.

1. A. little B. some C. every D. each

2. A. scene B. display C. landmark D. landscape
3. A. information B. understanding C. knowledge D. insight
4. A. taken B. held C. done D. made
5. A. express B. signify C. indicate D. signalize
6 A. comprised B. consisted C. included D. contained
7 A. houses B. covers C. displays D. exhibits
8 A. sources B. necessities C. supplies D. resources
9. A. declared B. described C. admitted D. defined
10. A. symbol B. emblem C. token D. mark

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. Write the answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

WHY HAS EVOLUTION FAVOURED TOLERATING DAIRY?

Dairy milk has competition. Alternative “milks” made from plants (1)__________ soya or almonds are
(2)__________ in popularity. These alternatives are often vegan-friendly and can be suitable for people who
are allergic to milk, which dates back thousands of (3) __________, and has had a lot of ups and downs.

When you think about (4)__________, milk is a weird thing to drink. It’s a liquid made by a cow or other
animal to (5)__________ its young; we have to squirt it out of the cow’s udders to obtain it.

In many cultures it is almost unheard of. Back in 2000, China launched a nationwide campaign to encourage
people to consume more milk and dairy products (6)__________ health reasons – a campaign that had to
overcome the deep suspicions of older Chinese people. Cheese, which is essentially milk that has
(7)__________ allowed to go off, can still make many Chinese people feel sick.
Set against the 300,000-year history of our species, drinking milk is (8)__________ a new habit. Around
10,000 years ago, (9)__________ anybody drank milk, and then only on rare occasions. The first people
(10)__________ drink milk regularly were early farmers and pastoralists in Western Europe. Today, drinking
milk is common practice in Northern Europe, North America, and a patchwork of other places.

III. You are going to read a newspaper article about the potential of Africa’s Honey Bee. Ten
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-K the one which
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fits each gap (1-10). There is ONE EXTRA sentence which you do not need to use. Write the
answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)

THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF AFRICA’S HONEY BEES

In the dry north of Kenya, Trinnie Cartland is preparing to scale up her organic acacia honey business. She
tells me that local communities have been keen to work with her: many young people are looking for
alternatives to livestock farming. There’s high demand for honey in Kenya, where prices are similar to those in
Europe and beekeepers can make good money. 1. ______. She aims to use her business to reforest land that
has been degraded by pastoralism.

More trees mean more forage, or food, for the bees. 2. ______. When beekeeping is done properly, Cartland
explains, “you end up restoring the environment”. She is not alone in the belief that bee farming could be a
successful conservation industry in sub-Saharan Africa. 3. ______.

4. ______. “Approximately one-third of all food produced is the result of commercial honey bee pollination
and about 80% of native flowering plants in Africa benefit from honey bee pollination,” says Mike Allsopp, a
honey bee specialist at South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council. When studying smallholding farms in
Tanzania, the researchers found that a decrease in natural habitats of wild pollinators between 2008 and 2013
reduced crop revenue possibly by as much as 29% and 4%.

Free of harsh winters, many African countries have perfect conditions for commercial bee farming. “There are
virgin, organic, lush territories,” enthuses Keith Smith of non-profit Bee Parks Trust. “I’m not trying to
romanticise it – it’s just fact.” 5. ______.

If beekeeping can protect honey bee populations, provide critical pollination services, help with wildlife
restoration and protection and be a sustainable, lucrative business, it seems like the ideal eco-friendly
industry. 6. ______.

“I think it’s a bit of a red herring to claim that honey bees have potential for global conservation,” says Manu
Saunders, a research fellow at the University of New England, Australia. “Wild pollinators, such as other bee
species, flies, wasps, butterflies and moths, depend on the preservation of more diverse habitats than
managed honey bees.” Saunders agrees that promoting the environmental benefits of honey bees might be
useful in initially engaging people. 7. ______

Jonas Geldmann of the University of Cambridge, co-author of a paper entitled Conserving Honey Bees Does
Not Help Wildlife, says his concern is that managed honey bees compete with other pollinators, putting wild
species at risk. But, Geldmann says, “this might be true of everywhere except Africa”. 8. ______.

Geldmann suggests that “lack of natural habitat is the biggest problem to biodiversity”, in sub-Saharan Africa,
“the risk to wild pollinators might be minimised by the benefit to ecosystems.” In addition to the
environmental benefits, sub-Saharan Africa’s honey industry has potential for big economic returns.
9. ______. But that is changing: last year’s inaugural Business of Conservation Conference in Kigali, Rwanda,
highlighted the urgent need for conservation to move from a series of philanthropic projects to an ethical,
collaborative and business-minded industry. Beekeeping was cited as an example of a profitable conservation
industry. 10. ______.

A. Typically, conservation and business do not go hand in hand

B. Our need for bees is practical: bees and other pollinators support the food chain

C. There’s a world shortage of honey – especially organic

D. But Cartland’s ambitions are not only profit-based

E. That is because African honey bees and South Africa’s Cape honey bees are native – unlike the honey
bees in the Americas or Australia

F. But it must reach its full economic potential or there will not be a strong enough incentive for people to
protect trees, for example, that might otherwise serve as charcoal or timber

G. Still, she says, “from a long-term conservation perspective, it can be dangerous to make decisions based
on the needs of one species that may not translate to other relevant species.”
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H. This results in richer honey harvests, providing a financial incentive for maintaining an ecosystem

I. These are places where a profitable honey industry could flourish through proper training and access to
market

J. But many scientists have problems with the honey bee becoming a symbol of conservation

K. Yet she’s one of the few exploring its full potential

SECTION C: WRITING (20 pts)

I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it is closest in meaning to the
one printed before it, using the word given in CAPITALS. Do not alter the word given. Write the
answer on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)
1. The question is not related to the main topic of the survey. NOTHING
The question ______________________________ the main topic of the survey.
2. I do not intend to stay in my present job very much longer. NO
I ______________________________ in my present job very much longer.
3. Everyone thinks the portrait was painted by an Italian. SUPPOSED
The portrait ______________________________ by an Italian.
4. George is proud of what he has achieved. HIMSELF
George ______________________________.
5. Jeremy has to accept the fact that he can’t be part of the team due to his leg injury. TERMS
Jeremy has to ______________________________ he can’t be part of the team due to his leg injury.
6. The final draft is far better than the initial one. NEARLY
The initial draft ______________________________ the final one.
7. “Yes, I broke the window,” said Ted. TO
Ted ______________________________ the window.
8. Tom and Sheila both like camping holidays. AS
Tom is fond of camping holidays, ______________________________.
9. I always keep fruit in the fridge to keep insects off it. AIM
I always keep fruit in the fridge ______________________________ off it.
10. I’m sure this is not the road to Rome. BE
We ______________________________ to Rome.

II. Write a paragraph to answer the question: “What will you do to reduce daily single-use
plastic waste?”
You should write about 150 words on the Candidate Answer Sheet. (10 pts)
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