TEST 105

A- Multiple choice:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
I. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answer:
1. An almost _______ line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the town.
A. continuous B. constant C. continual D. stopping
2. They were walking on tiptoe ______ the Director's room.
A. pass B. passed C. past D. passing
3. I haven’t been feeling very well ________.
A. of late B. not long ago C. currently D. by now
4. The strike was ___ owing to a last minute agreement with the management.
A. called off B. broken up C. set back D. put down
5. Lindsay’s excuses for being late are beginning to ___ rather thin.
A. get B. turn C. wear D. go
6. Is an inexperienced civil servant ___ to the task of running the company?
A. capable B. skilled C. eligible D. suited
7. He ____ so much harm on the nation during his regime that it has never fully recovered.
A. indicted B. inferred C. induced D. inflicted
8. Hotel rooms must be ____ by 10 a. m, but luggage may be left with porters.
A. vacated B. evacuated C. abandoned D. left
9. I do not think there is so much as a ____ of truth in that rumor.
A. crumb B. speck C. grain D. pebble
10. I have very ____ feelings about the plan – it might possibly work or it could be a disaster.
A. certain B. mixed C. doubtful D. troubled
11. The sixth time he called me at night was the ____
A. last cause B. last straw C. touch and go D. hot air
12. Only the _______ of the building is going to be remodeled.
A. insides B. interior C. indoors D. inner
13. After years of neglect there was a huge _______ program to return the city to its former glory.
A. restoration B. preservation C. conservation D. refurbishment
14. Have I done something to upset Noel? I just said hello to him and he gave me the cold ____.
A. hands B. smile C. eyes D. shoulders
15. I never get a _______ of sleep after watching a horror film.
A. wink B. blink C. night D. ounce
16. The sheep were huddled into a _______ to protect them from overnight frosts.
A. cage B. kennel C. hutch D. pen
17. ___ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the next century.
A. Raw B. Rude C. Crude D. Blunt
18. I must take this watch to be repaired; it _______ over 20 minutes a day.
A. increases B. gains C. accelerates D. progresses
19. Through generations, despite many _________, some Huong Canh families have successfully
preserved their traditional job of clay pot and tile making.
A. out and about B. odds and ends C. ins and outs D. ups and downs
20. The study adds to a growing ______ of evidence that links a lack of sleep with weight gain.
A. body B. form C. hulk D. soul
2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
21. In spite of poverty and dreadful conditions, they still manage to keep their self-respect.
A. self-reliant B. self-restraint C. self-esteem D. self-assured
22. The prom is permitted providing that everyone behaves responsibly.
 A. honestly B. imperfectly C. sensitively D. sensibly
23. Recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1983, the Taj Mahal Complex, including the tomb,
mosque, guest house, and main gate, has preserved the original qualities of the buildings.
A. initial B. ancient C. unique D. perfect
24. As visitors explore this magnificent place, there are always new surprises for them.
A. interesting B. strange C. impressive D. unusual
25. The mausoleum represents the greatest architectural and artistic achievement of Muslim art.
A. contains B. includes C. claims D. embodies
3. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
26. Tourists can do and see a lot in Ha Long Bay at a reasonable price.
A. inexpensive B. affordable C. cheap D. exorbitant
27. The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long was first built during the Ly Dynasty and then expanded
by subsequent dynasties.
A. following B. successive C. preceding D. next
28. Nam is considered to be the best student in our class because he's not only good at learning but
also well-informed about everything around the world.
A. perfectly-informed B. badly-informed C. bad-informed D. ill-informed
29. Tommy was fired owing to his arrogant manner.
A. humble B. overconfident C. superior D. haughty
30. The maintenance of this company is dependent on international investment.
A. affective B. self-reliant C. self-restricted D. reliant
4: Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which best fits each gap in the following passage.
These days in business, people have to face many challenging questions when designing
and implementing new projects in underdeveloped areas of the countryside. One issue which has to
be faced is whether it is possible to introduce new technology without destroying the local
environment.
Economic (31)_________ and environment conservation are often seen as natural enemies.
It is unfortunate that in the past this has often been true, and it has been necessary to choose
between (32)_________ the project or protecting the environment. However, by taking
environmental considerations (33)_________ at an early stage in a project, companies can
significantly reduce any impact on local plants and animals.
For example, in southern Africa, a company called CEL, was asked to put up 410 km of a
power transmission line without disturbing the rare birds which inhabit that area. The project was
carried out with (34)_________ disturbance last summer. What may surprise many business people
is the fact that this consideration for local wildlife did not in any way (35)_________ down the
project. Indeed, the necessary advance planning (36)_________ with local knowledge and
advanced technology, (37)_________ that the project was actually completed ahead of schedule.
CEL was contracted to finish the job by October and (38)_________ to do so two months earlier.
CEL is one of those companies which is (39)_________ to the principle of environmental
conservation. Many other companies have yet to be (40)_________ of the importance of balancing
the needs of people with those of the environment. However, it may be the only realistic way
forward.
31. A. progression B. development C. rise D. increase
32. A. dealing B. leading C. running D. controlling
33. A. severely B. gravely C. seriously D. deeply
34. A. minimal B. bare C. least D. smallest
35. A. slow B. speed C. turn D. hold
36. A. related B. added C. combined D. tied
37. A. led B. meant C. resulted D. caused
38. A. achieved B. managed C. succeeded D. fulfilled
39. A. persuaded B. convicted C. promised D. committed
40. A. urged B. impressed C. argued D. convinced

5. Complete each of the following sentences with one suitable preposition or particle.
41.The unpaid bill will be caried ________ to the next month's account.
A.in B. on C. up D. over.
42. I don't think that this fashion will ________.
A. catch on B. catch up C. catch out D. catch over.
43.Many of his best photographs of conflict were taken when he was actually ________ fire.
A. on B. under C. in D. to.
44.The government decided to crack ________ income tax invasion.
A. down on B. up on C. out of D. down with.
45.They want to bring ________ a bill to limit arms export.
A. in B. out C. up D. forward.
46. He set ________ his objections to the plan.
A. off B. in C. up D. about.
47. After a fall in profits, the company decided ________ the hotel business.
A. to pull out of B. to back off from C. to take out of D. to keep away from.
48. Jane's been ________ a bad patch-A holiday should cheer her up
A. coming up with B. going through C. putting up with D. to keep away from.
49. I didn't like that song when i first heard it, but it's grown ________ me. I quite like it now.
A. on B. out C. up D. in
50.He knew that I was right, but he refused to back ________.
A. on B. up C. down D.in.

B. CONSTRUCTED -RESPONSE

6. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

FLAMENCO DANCE
The essence of flamenco is song, often accompanied by the guitar and improvised dance.
Music and dance can be placed into specific groups. These categories are usually located across a
continuum with subjects dealing with the profound to those that are light-hearted.
__typically_________ (1. TYPE), the themes of death, anguish and despair, in contrast to love,
gaiety and the countryside are __dramatic________ (2. DRAMA). In flamenco dance, the men’s
steps are intricate, with toe and heel clicking. Footwork in women’s dancing is of less importance,
with the ___graceful________ (3. GRACE) use of hands and body taking
___precedence________ (4. PRECEDE). In the dance, the arm, hand and foot movements closely
resemble those of classical Hindu dance. Essential to traditional flamenco is the performer’s
interpretation of the dance ___unhindered_________ (5. HINDER) by the emotion of the music.
Performances are often accompanied by rapid hand clapping, finger snapping and
_encouraging__________ (6. ENCOURAGE) shouts. The dancers themselves frequently employ
finger snapping in complex rhythms including the use of castanets. This dance form was
___professionalized_______ (7. PROFESSION) in the 19th century, when Romany people first
began to perform in cafes. In this environment, _departure________ (8. DEPART) from the
traditional form occurred. Unfortunately, the pressures of the __commercial_________ (9.
COMMERCE) stage meant that rehearsed routines replaced the __spontaneity________ (10.
SPONTANEOUS) of the original flamenco performances.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

7. Read the text and fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word.
Black Holes Are Among Us
Black holes are suddenly turning up all over the place: vast one in other galaxies, middle-sized
ones in our own and maybe (1) ___even____ tiny ones on the Earth. A black hole is the essence
of gravity, a place where space is stretched to the limit. Stray (2) __too_____ close, and you will
be drawn irresistibly inwards. Even light cannot escape from beyond the event horizon,
(3)_______ time slows to a stop. Black holes may sound (4) __like_____ a crazy conjecture of
theoretical physicists, but now we have actually begun to find them. Gigantic black holes, it (5)
_______, lurk in the centers of most galaxies. Some astronomers now believe that these massive
holes created and shaped every galaxy in the universe. (6)___if____ we ever manage to visit a
black hole, it will probably be one in our own galaxy - perhaps one of the middleweight holes
believed to power micro quasars - ultraviolet objects discovered (7) _______ a few years ago. But
we might not (8) ___need____ to go so far. Two physicists believe that microscopic black holes
left (9) _______ from the big bang might litter the universe, pretending to be ordinary atoms.
Some of them (10) __might_____ even be hiding within you. So they mark the end of space and
time, the beginning of galaxies, and your insides. The universe is full of holes.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

8. Read the text and do the tasks as follow.

OUT OF THE ASHES
Paragraph A
On the afternoon of 30th August 1989, fire broke out at Uppark, a large eighteenth century
house in Sussex. For a year builders had been replacing the lead on the roof, and by a stroke of
irony, were due to finish the next day, on August 31 st. Within fifteen minutes of the alarm being
sounded, the fire brigade had arrived on the scene, though nothing was to survive of the priceless
collection on the first floor apart from an oil painting of a dog which the firemen swept up as they
finally retreated from the blaze. But due to the courage and swift action of the previous owners, the
Meade-Featherstonhaugh family, and the staff, stewards and visitors to the house, who formed
human chains to pass the precious pieces of porcelain, furniture and paintings out on to the lawn,
95 percent of the contents from the ground floor and the basement were saved. As the fire
continued to rage, the National Trust’s conservators were being mobilised, and that evening local
stationers were especially opened to provide the bulk supplies of blotting paper so desperately
needed in the salvage operation.
Paragraph B
The following morning, Uppark stood open to the sky. A sludge of wet charcoal covered the
ground floor and basement, and in every room charred and fallen timbers lay amongst the smoke.
It was a scene of utter devastation.
Paragraph C
After the initial sense of shock, the days which followed the fire were filled with
discoveries. Helped by volunteers, the National Trust’s archaeologists and conservators swung into
action, first of all marking the site out into a grid and then salvaging everything down to the last
door handle. The position of each fragment was recorded, and all the debris was stored in countless
dustbins before being sifted and categorised.
Paragraph D
There was great excitement as remnants of the lantern from the Staircase Hall were pulled
out from the debris of two fallen floors, and also three weeks later when the Red Room carpet,
thought to have been totally lost, was found wrapped around the remains of a piano. There was a
lucky reprieve for the State Bed too. Staff who had left the scene at 3 a.m on the night of the fire
had thought its loss was inevitable, but when they returned the next morning it had escaped largely
undamaged. Firemen, directed by the National Trust’s conservators from outside the Tapestry
Room window, dismantled the silk-hung bed and passed it out piece by piece. Twenty minutes
later the ceiling fell in.
Paragraph E
The scale of the task to repair Uppark was unprecedented in the National Trust. The
immediate question was whether it should be done at all. A decision had to be taken quickly, as the
building was unsound and whatever had not been damaged by the fire was exposed to the
elements. Within a month, after consulting many experts and with the agreement of the National
Trust’s Executive Committee, the restoration programme began. It was undertaken for three main
reasons. After the fire it had become apparent just how much remained of the structure with its
splendidly decorated interiors; to have pulled the house down, as one commentator suggested,
would have been vandalism. Also the property was covered by insurance, so the repairs would not
call upon the National Trust’s own funds. Lastly, much had been saved of the fine collection
acquired especially for Uppark from 1747 by Sir Matthew Featherstonhaugh and his son Harry.
These objects belonged nowhere else, and complete restoration of the house would allow them to
be seen and enjoyed again in their original setting.
Paragraph F
The search for craftsmen and women capable of doing the intricate restoration work was
nation-wide. Once the quality and skill of the individual or company had been ascertained, they
had to pass an economic test, as every job was competitively tendered. This has had enormous
benefits because not only have a number of highly skilled people come to the fore - woodcarvers
for example, following in the footsteps of Grinling Gibbons - but many of them, for example
plasterers, have relearnt the skills of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which can now be of
use to other country house owners when the need arises.
Paragraph G
In June 1994 the building programme was completed, on time and on budget. The total cost
of the work to repair the house and its contents came to be nearly £20 million, largely met from
insurance. In addition, it made economic sense for the National Trust to invest time and money in
upgrading water and heating systems, installing modern environmental controls, and updating fire
and security equipment.
Paragraph H
The final stages of restoration and the massive programme of reinstallation took eight
months. The family and the room stewards were visibly moved when returning to their old haunts,
perhaps the best testament that the spirit of Uppark had not died. But the debate will no doubt
continue as to whether or not it was right to repair the house after the fire. The National Trust has
done its best to remain true to Uppark; it is for others to judge the success of the project. Note: The
National Trust is a charitable organisation in Britain set up over a hundred years ago to preserve
the national heritage.
Questions 1–6. The text has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which paragraphs contain the following
information? Write the appropriate letters, A–H, in the boxes.
1. The procedure for sorting through the remains of the fire. C
2. How Uppark looked after the fire. B
3. Improvements made to the rebuilt Uppark. G
4. The selection of people to carry out the repair work. F
5. Why the National Trust chose to rebuild Uppark. E
6. How people reacted to the rebuilt Uppark. H
Questions 8–10. Answer the questions below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
from the text for each answer. Write your answers in the boxes.
7. On what date in 1989 should the original repairs to the roof have been completed? August
31st,1989
8. By what method were things rescued immediately from the burning house? human chains
9. After the fire, what did the conservators require large quantities of immediately?
10. Into what did the conservators put material recovered from the fire?

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV- WRITING:

HOW TO BECOME INDEPENDENT?

Write a paragraph to give your own opinion.

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