Olympic Lop 10 Practice4 (14.02)
Olympic Lop 10 Practice4 (14.02)
Olympic Lop 10 Practice4 (14.02)
QUESTION 2: VOCABULARY
Choose a word or a phrase that best completes each sentence.
1.We believe that these animals could be saved if our plan were _______ .
A. adopted B. taken up C. practised D. exploited
2. Local people are concerned about pollution from ______ oil wells.
A. maritime B. sea-going C. off-shore D. coastline
3. Through my binoculars, I watched a tiger stalking its _________ . A. nourishment B. adversary C. culprit D. prey
4. The strong garlic sauce tastes quite _________ . A. hot B. insipid C. bland D. pungent
5. He bought a pair of sunglasses with silver ________ . A. rims B. brims C. edges D. boundaries
6. The ________ from a nearby tree were scratching against the window.
A. trunks B. boughs C. twigs D. barks
7. Those campers are really ________ . They have no idea how to set up a tent.
A. green B. blue C. white D. black
8. I was woken up by the sound of sheep ________ in the meadows.
A. neighing B. crowing C. bleating D. croaking
9. _______ beans are sweeter and tastier than big ones. A. Dwarf B. Microscopic C. Minimal D. Miniature
10. Some sportsmen _______ to relax before a contest. A. predict B. contemplate C. meditate D. conceive
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A. for B. in C. with D. to
7. His success can be put _______ his cleverness and good luck.
A. up to B. down to C. forward D. on
8. The small boat drifted helplessly the mercy of the wind and waves.
A. in B. with C. to D. at
9. A corporation might write a debt _______ if it looks uncollectible.
A. away B. out C. over D. off
10. The tennis player wore his elbow ______ from many years of playing.
A. off B. out C. up D. away
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
QUESTION 5: READING
A. PASSAGE 1
Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric literature is its freshness and its originality of perspective. Satire itself,
however, rarely offers original ideas. Instead, it presents the familiar in a new form. Satirists do not offer the world new
philosophies. What they do is look at familiar conditions from a perspective that makes these conditions seem foolish,
harmful, or affected. Satire jars us out of complacence into a pleasantly shocked realization that many of the values we
unquestioningly accept are false.
Don Quixote makes chivalry seem absurd; Brave New World ridicules the pretensions of science; A Modest Proposal
dramatizes starvation by advocating cannibalism. None of these ideas is original. Chivalry was suspect before Cervantes,
humanists objected to the claims of pure science before Aldous Huxley, and people were aware of famine before Swift.
It was not the originality of the idea that made these satires popular. It was the manner of expression, the satiric
method, that made them interesting and entertaining. Satires are read because they are aesthetically satisfying works of art,
not because they are morally wholesome or ethically instructive. They are stimulating and refreshing because with
commonsense briskness they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions. With spontaneous irreverence, satire
rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition, and speaks in a personal idiom instead
of abstract platitude.
Satire exists because there is need for it. It has lived because readers appreciate a refreshing stimulus, an irreverent
reminder that they live in a world of platitudinous thinking, cheap moralizing, and foolish philosophy. Satire serves to
prod people into an awareness of truth, though rarely to any action on behalf of truth. Satire tends to remind people that
much of what they see, hear, and read in popular media is sanctimonious, sentimental, and only partially true. Life
resembles in only a slight degree the popular image of it.
Question 1: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Difficulties of writing satiric literature.
B. Popular topics of satire.
C. New philosophies emerging from satiric literature.
D. Reasons for the popularity of satire.
Question 2: The last sentence of the first paragraph refers to as a result of reading satire.
A. a long fact-finding quest B. a pleasant surprise
C. a process of disillusionment D. a process of total confusion
Question 3: Don Quixote, Brave New World, and A Modest Proposal are cited by the author as _________ .
A. classic satiric works B. a typical approach to satire
C. best satirists of all times D. good critiques by satirists
Question 4: What satires fascinates readers is how .
A. ideas are expressed B. ideas are organized
C. realistic they are D. plots are created
Question 5: Which of the following can be found in satiric literature?
A. Newly emerging philosophies.
B. Odd combinations of objects and ideas.
C. Abstract discussion of morals and ethics.
D. Wholesome characters who are unselfish
Question 6: According to the passage, there is a need for satire because people need to be
A. Informed about new scientific developments
B. Exposed to original philosophies when they are formulated
C. Reminded that popular ideas may often be inaccurate
D. Told how they can be of service to their communities
Question 7: The word “refreshing” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. popular B. revitalizing C. common D. awakening
Question 8: The word “sanctimonious” may be new to you. It most probably means
“ “ in this conext.
A. exaggerated B. good C. educational D. moderate
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put A. up to
B. accept conventional points of view
C. become better informed about current affairs
D. re-examine their opinions and values
Question 10: The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT
A. introducing readers to unfamiliar situations
B. brushing away illusions
C. reminding readers of the truth
D. exposing false values
Write your answers here:
1.D 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.A
B. PASSAGE 2
Read the passage and choose the correct answers to the questions that follow.
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their lives are controlled by other
There is no single element that guarantees high life satisfaction for everyone who possesses it. Happiness seems to
abetween
very high
A. worried about
A. authority
commitment to available
B. responsible for
C. financial strain
D. controlled by
in one's
A. knowledge
key relationship changes as
B. appearance
successful
A. appreciated
middle-aged adi
B. forgotten C. determined D. organized
10. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that the author most likely believes which of the following about long-term life
satisfaction.
chance of experiencing
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that peopli
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the experiences
are
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and positive
those mid an<
Write your answers here:
1.C 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.A
If you've been told by your boss to improve your knowledge of a foreign language you will know that success doesn’t come
quickly. It generally takes years to learn another language well and constant (1) ______ to maintain the high standards required
for frequent business use. Whether you study in a class, with audiocassettes, computers or on your (2) ______ sooner or (3) _____
every language course finishes and you must decide what to do next if you need a foreign language for your career.
Business audio Magazine is a new product designed to help you continue language study in a way that fits easily into your
busy schedule. Each audiocassette (4) ______ of an hour - long program packed with business news, features and interviews in the
language of your choice. These cassettes won’t teach you how to order meals or ask for directions. It’s (5) ______ that you can do
that already. Instead, by giving you an opportunity to hear the language as it’s really spoken, they help you to (6) ______ your
vocabulary and improve your ability to use real language relating to, for example, that all- important marketing trip.
The great advantage of using audio magazines is that they (7) ______ you to perfect your language skills in ways that suit
your lifestyle. For example, you can select a topic and listen in your car or hotel when away on business. No other business course
is as (8) _______ and the unique radio- magazine format is as instructive as it is entertaining. In addition to the audiocassette, this
package includes a transcript with a business glossary and a study (9) _____ . The components are structured so that intermediate
and advanced students may use them separately or together, (10) ________ on their ability.
1. A. exercise B. performance C. practice D. operation
2. A. self B. individual C. personal D. own
3. A. after B. then C. later D. quicker
4. A. consists B. includes C. contains D. involves
5. A. insisted B. acquired C. asserted D. assumed
6. A. prolong B. extend C. spread D. lift
7. A. allow B. let C. support D. offer
8. A. adjustable B. flexible C. convertible D. variable
9. A. addition B. supplement C. extra D. manuscript
10. A. according B. depending C. relating D. basing
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2. Supply the correct forms of d
11. Even if you are good at y
(confident)
12. The pain became______durin
13. She gave a(n)_________ gas
(volunteer)
14. The small boy picked up some
15. In spite of all_________, she
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17. She’s accused of being______
(social)
18. The______of the knowledge of
19. In design and quality of
manuft
20. They were brought up to
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behavi
Pigeons have been taught to recognize human facial expressions, upsetting long-held beliefs that only humans had
evolved the (1) _______ nervous system to perform such a feat. In recent experiments at the University of Iowa, eight (2)
__________ pigeons were shown photographs of people displaying emotions of happiness, anger, surprise, and disgust. The birds
learned (3) _______ between these expressions. Not only that, but they were also able to (4) _______ identify the same
expression on photographs of (5) _______ faces.
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Their achievement does not suggest, of course, that the pigeons had any idea what the human expression meant.
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Some (6) _______ have theorized that because of the importance of facial expression to human communication , humans
developed special nervous systems (7) _______ of recognizing subtle expressions. The pigeons cast double on that idea, however.
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In fact, the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion is not (8) _____ innate even in human babies, but may have
to (9) _______ in much the same way pigeons learn. In experiments conducted several years ago at the University of Iowa, it
was found that pigeons organize imagines of things into the same logical categories that humans do.
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None of this work would come as any surprise to Charles Darwin, who long ago wrote about the (10) _______ of mental
development from animals to humans.
Write your answers here:
1. sophisticated 2. trained 3. TO 4. correctly 5. unFAMILIAR
DISTINGUISH
6. psychologists 7. capable 8. necessarily 9. BE learnED 10. CONTINUITY
QUESTION 3: ERROR CORRECTION
The passage below contains ten errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answer in the space provided in the
column.
One spring before the period of the Civil War, a boy appeared at a prosperous farm in Portage country, Ohio. The boy
was finding for work. The farmer did not know something about the boy, but the spring is a busy time for farmers, so that he hired
him. The boy’s name was Jim. Jim worked in the farm all through the spring and summer. He helped with planting, cut wood,
brought the cows to pasture, etc… He was a good worker but quiet and retiring. He ate in the kitchen and was sleeping in the barn
on a pile of hay.
Before the end of summer, however, young Jim fell in love with one of the farmer’s daughters, a pretty young girl of
about his own age. He wanted to marry her, but the farmer told very plainly that he did not intend to let his daughter marry a
young man without money, without name, without prospects of any kind in the future. Jim said nothing in answer to this, but that
night he packed together his few things and disappeared. No one in this section ever saw him or heard from him again.
About thirty years after, the famer was tearing down his old barn in order to build a new one. In one of the wooden
beams above the place where young Jim used to sleep, the farmer noticed his name cut into the wood with a pen-knife: “James A.
Garfield”. “Jim” at that time was PresidentD of the United States.
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