EXAM PRACTICE 15 TEST 61

PRACTICE
PART A. LISTENING (40 points)
I. Listen to a radio programme about two writers. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to complete
each of the questions. (10 p)
1. The novelist J. D. Salinger went to university but
A. was asked to leave B. received poor grades in his first year.
C. left before finishing the first year. D. did not regard getting a degree as ‘success’
2. Salinger’s famous novel about adolescence was
A. popular mainly because it was controversial. B. only popular with younger readers.
C. extremely popular but condemned by some people D. not taught in many schools at first.
3. Because Salinger refused to be in the public eye,
A. people stopped asking him for interviews. B. nobody was even sure what religion he was.
C. he was rarely talked about. D. his fame actuality increased.
4. Harper Lee’s education was
A. not as successful as she had hoped. B. more successful than Salinger’s.
C. not as successful as Salinger’s. D. very similar to Salinger’s.
5. How did Harper Lee find time to write her first novel?
A. A friend paid for her to take a year off work. C. A friend got her work as a songwriter in New York.
B. She couldn’t find a job in New York. D. She wrote slowly for ten years in total.
II. Listen to five descriptions of an event. For each description, decide if it is TRUE or FALSE. (10 p)
1. A dog ran on during the match and one of the linesmen caught it.
2. A golfer sneezed at the same time as playing a shot and ended up playing a bad one.
3. The winner of the race was angry with another competitor.
4. A young boy played a few points because the professional was angry with himself.
5. When the fight started, the other players didn’t try to stop it.
III. You will hear part of a talk about dolls. For questions 1 – 10, complete the sentences. (20 p)
DOLLS
The first known dolls were found in (1) _____________________ in ancient Egypt
The earliest dolls in the museum date from the (2)_____________________
Early European dolls were dressed like (3)_____________________
On the 17th-century dolls, you can see details like the (4)_____________________
17th-century dolls may cost as much as (5) ___________________________ each.
Collectors look for examples in perfect condition, with their (6) _____________________
19th-century dolls had (7) _____________________ and real hair.
If you can take off the doll's hair, you may see the (8)_______________________ underneath.
Before the 20th century, all dolls were (9)_____________________________, not babies.
From the 1930s, dolls were made of (10)________________________________.
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (60 POINTS)
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences. (20 p)
1. The ______ will be chaired by Mr. Sheldon, one of the most innovative directors in the company.
A. category B. qualification C. committee D. productivity
2. The customer returned his order saying its switch was defective, and the online store agreed to ______ the
full amount to his account.to pay money into a bank account
1 A. magnify B. credit C. discontinue D. charge
3. His neighbors found his ______ manner bossy and irritating, and they stopped inviting him to backyard
barbeques. A magistrate is an official who administers the laws
2-3A. insentient /ˌmædʒ.əˈstɪr.i.əl/: have complete authority
B. magisterial C. preparatory D. restorative
/ɪnˈsɛnʃ(ə)nt/:
4. Steven incapable of feeling
is always ______ or understanding
about showing up for things
work because he feels that tardiness is a sign of
irresponsibility.
A. legible B. tolerable C. punctual D. literal
5. Candace would ______ her little sister into an argument by teasing her and calling her names.
A. advocate incite
B. provoke C. perforate 4 D. expunge 5
6. The dress Arid wore _______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.
B. reiterated/ˈsɪntɪleɪt/
C.to emit sparks /ɪnˈθrɔːl/capture
/ˈtɪtɪleɪt/ excite the fascinated attention of
6-9 A. titillated scintillated D. enthralled
/ˌriːˈɪtəreɪt/say something again or a number of times
7. Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.
10-12 A. maximize B. recombinant C. reiterate D. necessitate /nɪˈsɛsɪteɪt/
/rɪˈkɒmbɪnənt/relating to or denoting
an organism, cell, or genetic material formed
by recombination
 8. Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.
announce officially or publicly /əˈbɛt/encourage or assist sb to do sth wrong
13-16
A. coerced B. proclaimed C. abetted D. sanctioned a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or
/kəʊˈəːs/persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats rule
9. Shakespeare, a(n) ______writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion /dʒɪˈnɛrɪk/
A. numeric B. obstinate C. generic D. prolific
not specific
10. I had the ________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from
Brussels. /ˈɡɑː.lɪŋ/: annoying:
17-18 A. satisfactory B. commendable C. galling D. acceptable
11. Prince Phillip had to choose: marry the woman he loved and ______ his right to the throne, or marry Lady
/ˈrɛprɪmɑːnd/ express to someone
Fiona and inherit the crown.
/ˈæb.də.keɪt/abandon, give up /ˌʌpˈbreɪd/scold your strong official disapproval of them
19-22 A. abdicate B. upbraid C. reprimand D. winnow /ˈwɪnəʊ/: seperate sth from sth by blowing it
away
12. If you will not do your work of your own ______ I have no choice but to penalize you if it is not done on
time. /vəˈlɪʃn/because one wants to
23-25
A. predilection B. infusion C. excursion D. volition = accord
13. After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty food-encrusted dishes became _____ .
/malˈəʊd(ə)rəs/.
26-27 A. malodorous
smelling very unpleasant
B. prevalent C. imposing D. perforated
14. Giulia soon discovered the source of the ______ smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of
the children had hidden in the closet.
28-31 A. quaint B. fastidious C. clandestine D. fetid smelling extremely unpleasant
15. After making ______remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White House
pressroom. /ɪˈrev.ɚ.ənt/=unholy
32-33 A. hospitable B. irreverent C. enterprising D. chivalrous
16. When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the _____.
A. nut B. stone C. seed D. core
17. A military junta has taken over power in the country after the democratic administration _____ .
A. collapsed B. stumbled C. vanished D. abandoned
18. She was kept awake for most of the night by the _____ of a mosquito in her car.
A. whine B. moan C. groan D. screech
19. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather _____.
not in agreement with
A. disembodied B. discordant C. dismissive D. disconcerting
20. - A: Another cup of coffee? - B: No, but thanks _______
A. not at all B. for all C. all the same D. you for all
II. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Number 0 has been done as an
example. (10 p) telecommunication: science and technology of the communication telecommunications: the sending and receiving of
messages over distance
Line made
1 In the last twenty year, the country has done great technological progress, culminating
telecommunications
2 in our entering the space age earlier this year with the launch of our first telecommunication
modernization
3 satellite. From a health perspective, there has been a major modern programme in public
diagnostic
4 hospitals. This has involved the purchase of the latest scanning and diagnosis equipment, as
5 well as the refurbishment of major operating theatres with state-of-the-art surgical
infrastructure
6 equipment. As far as the superstructure of the country is concerned, several major projects
7 in on progress,
are
including
included the construction of three major motorways, a hydroelectric power
8 station and a new international airport. All of these public works are being carried out using
9 increasing
the latest technology. With the increased use of computer technology, the future of our
is anticipated
10 country looks very bright indeed. It anticipates that, in the very near future, all government
11 offices will be computered and networked to central mainframe computers in the capital.
12 computerized
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Your answers:
Number Line Mistake Correction
0 1 year years
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2
3
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5
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7
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9
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43 III. Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition. (10 p)
1. When we had worked _____________ out the cost of a holiday abroad, we decided to stay at home.
2. I thought he was mad and backed ______ away nervously.
3. "I understand Diane lost her job." "Yes, but she's actually better ______." off
4. The members of a jury are chosen _____ at ____ random from a list of voters.
5. The hunter froze as the tiger started running ________ towardshim. He had nowhere to hide.
6. Don't give us any money for it. You can have it ______ for nothing.
7. I'll do it tomorrow. No, ______ on second thoughts, I'll do it today.
8. Why did you leave ______ out the second question on your examination?
9. He got out as the train drew _______. up
10. The boss was really hot _______ under the collar when you told him you lost the contract.
IV. Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided. There is an example at
the beginning (0). (20 p)
Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition
The Norwegian explorer and (0. ARCHAEOLOGY) --> ARCHAEOLOGIST, Thor Heyerdahl,
accomplished many things during his life but his name has become (1. SEPARABLE)inseparably ....................... linked
with the Kon-Tiki voyage. In 1937, while doing research in the western Pacific, Heyerdahl became (2.
increasinglyinterested in how the Polynesian islands had become populated. He made the
INCREASE) .............................
observation that ocean currents flowed across the Pacific from east to west. Since there were cultural (3.
SIMILAR)similarities
........................ to be found on either side of this ocean, he was convinced that South Americans
had sailed westwards to populate these islands before the eleventh century.
central argument against Heyerdahl’s theory was lack of evidence that, at
The (4. CENTRE) ..........................
capability to cross such an (6. EXPAND)
that time, boats existed with the (5. CAPABLE) ..............................
expanse of ocean. So a determined Heyerdahl built a primitive raft of balsa wood, named it Kon-Tiki,
………….....
and on April 28th, 1947, left Peru with a crew at five. Moved along by the ocean currents, the fragile raft Kon-
Tiki sailed a steady 70 kilometers a day.
Despite heavy storms, failure never crossed the crew’s minds. After 97 days, they caught (7. SEE)
sight
…………….... of tone of the islands. However, due to unusually high winds they could not land and,
realising that a reef presented an (8. AVOID) unavoidable …………..... obstacle, they prepared for the inevitable (9.
collision. Amazingly, they all survived the crash, and Heyerdahl had his (10. PROVE)
COLLIDE) .....................
proof
…………......
PART C: READING (60 POINTS)
I. Read the text below and then decide which word (A, B, C, D) best fits each space. (15 p)
People’s personalities _____ (1) considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our
ingrained characteristics which _____ (2) the patterns of our behaviour, our reactions and temperaments are
unparalleled on _____ (3) of the diversified processes that _____ (4) our personality in the earliest _____ (5)
of human development.
Some _____ (6) of character may to some _____ (7) be hereditary simulating the attributes that _____
(8) our parents. Others may _____ (9) from the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this
way reflecting the parents’ approach towards _____ (10) their offspring. Consequently, the environmental
factor _____ (11) a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating certain behavioural systems making an
individual more prone to _____ (12) to the patterns that _____ (13) a prize.
Undoubtedly, human personality _____ (14) the most profound and irreverible formation during the
first period of its development, yet, certain characteristics may still be _____ (15) to considerable changes
conditioned by different circumstances and situations.
1. A. distinguish B. converge C. vary D. differentiate
2. A. denote B. resolve C. inflict D. determine
3. A. account B. means C. token D. event
4. A. mould B. design C. conceive D. fabricate
5. A. states B. instants C. stages D. terms
6. A. factors B. traits C. items D. breeds
7. A. scope B. area C. extent D. length
8. A. pertain B. recognize C. associate D. identify
9. A. stem B. relate C. rise D. formulate
10. A. breeding B. rearing C. growing D. yielding
11. A. makes B. does C. finds D. plays
12. A. comfort B. pledge C. aquiesce D. obey
13. A. yearn B. deserve C. wish D. necessitate
14. A. underacts B. undertakes C. undergoes D. underlies
15. A. practicable B. feasible C. subject D. potential
II. Fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word. (15 pts)
People around the world dance for different reasons and in different ways. Some dances can express
feelings/
(1. _________)emotionslike sadness, anger, or joy. Other dances can tell a story.

In some cultures a shaman, or healer, might dance to (2. cure _________) an illness. Some societies use
dance to reach a state of trance so the (3. _________)
dancers can perform acts of strength or courage, such as dancing
on hot coals.
Dance probably has been (4. around
_________) about as long as people have. Cave paintings thousands of
years old show what look (5. like _________) dancing figures. Dancers appear in the art of (6. _________)
ancient Egypt
and Greece. Through dance, societies (7. _________)
asked their gods for good crops or bravery in battle.
Hundreds of years ago the Christian church frowned on dancing. But farmers and villagers still danced
for fun. Many of these dances developed into folk dances. Ballet grew out of dances at the (8. _________) royal
courts of France and Italy in the 1500s and 1600s.
Drama, acrobatics, and music are (9. _________)
combined with dance in many cultures. People added make-up,
costumes, and masks to turn dance into theater. These performances tell a story using (10. _________) movements rather
than words.
III. Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 1 to 10. (15 p)
Line
If food is allowed to stand for some time, it putrefies. When the putrefied material is
examined microscopically, it is found to be teeming with bacteria. Where do these
bacteria come from, since they are not seen in fresh food? Even until the mid-nineteenth
century, many people believed that such microorganisms originated by spontaneous
5 generation, a hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving
matter.
The most powerful opponent of the theory of spontaneous generation was the
French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Pasteur showed that
structures present in air closely resemble the microorganisms seen in putrefying
10 materials. He did this by passing air through guncotton filters, the fibers of which stop
solid particles. After the guncotton was dissolved in a mixture of alcohol and ether, the
particles that it had trapped fell to the bottom of the liquid and were examined on a
microscope slide. Pasteur found that in ordinary air these exists a variety of solid
structures ranging in size from 0.01 mm to more than 1.0 mm. Many of these bodies
15 resembled the reproductive structures of common molds, single-celled animals, and
various other microbial cells.
As many as 20 to 30 of them were found in fifteen liters of ordinary air, and they
could not be distinguished from the organisms found in much larger numbers in
putrefying materials. Pasteur concluded that the organisms found in putrefying materials
20 originated from the organized bodies present in the air. He postulated that these bodies
are constantly being deposited on all objects.
Pasteur showed that if a nutrient solution was sealed in a glass flask and heated to
boiling to destroy all the living organisms contaminating it, it never putrefied. The
proponents of spontaneous generation declared that fresh air was necessary for
25 spontaneous generation and that the air inside the sealed flask was affected in some way
by heating so that it would no longer support spontaneous generation. Pasteur constructed
a swan-necked flask in which putrefying materials could he heated to boiling, but air
could reenter. The bends in the neck prevented microorganisms from getting in the flask.
Material sterilized in such a flask did not putrefy.
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1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Pasteur’s influence on the development of the microscope.
B. The origin of the theory of spontaneous generation .
C. The effects of pasteurization on food.
D. Pasteur’s argument against the theory of spontaneous generation .
2. The phrase “teeming with ”in line 2 is closest in meaning to
A. full of B. developing into C. resistant to D. hurt by
3. Which of the following questions did the theory of spontaneous generation attempt to answer?
A. What is the origin of the living organisms are seen on some food?
B. How many types of organisms can be found on food?
C. What is the most effective way to prepare living organisms for microscopic examination?
D. How long can food stand before it putrefies?
4. The purpose of the “guncotton” mentioned in paragraph 2 was to
A. trap particles for analysis B. slow the process of putrefaction
C. increase the airflow to the microscopic slide D. aid the mixing of alcohol and ether
5. The author mention “1.0 mm” in line 16 in describing the
A. thickness of a layer of organisms that was deposited on an object
B. diameter of the fibers that were in the guncotton filters
C. thickness of the microscope slides that were used
D. size of the particles that that were collected
6. The word “postulated” in line 23 is closest in meaning to
A. analyzed B. doubted C. persuaded D. suggested
7. The objects that Pasteur removed from the air in his experiment were remarkable because they were
A. primarily single-celled organisms B. no different from objects found in putrefying materials
C. fairly rare D. able to live in a mixture of alcohol and ether
8. The word “it” in line 22 refers to
A. a nutrient solution B. a glass flask C. boiling D. spontaneous generation
9. According to paragraph 3, proponents of spontaneous generation believed that which of the following was
important for the process to succeed ?
A. A sealed container B. Fresh air C. Heat D. The presence of nutrients
10. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that Pasteur employed a swam-necked flask to
A. store sterilized liquids for use in future experiments B. prevent heat from building up in a solution
C. disprove a criticism of his conclusions D. estimate the number of organisms in a liter of air
IV. Read the passage and answer the questions below (15 p)
1 The earliest stage of writing is called pre-writing or proto-literacy, and depends on direct representation
of objects, rather than representing them with letters or other symbols. Evidence for this stage, in the form of
rock and cave paintings, dates back to about 15,000 years ago, although the exact dates are debatable. This
kind of proto-literate cave painting has been found in Europe, with the best know examples in South-
Western France, but also in Africa and on parts of the American continent. These petrographs (pictures on
rock) show typical scenes of the period, and include representations of people, animals and activities. Most
are astonishingly beautiful, with a vibrancy and immediacy that we still recognise today. They are painted
with pigments made from natural materials including crushed stones and minerals, animal products such as
blood, ashes, plant materials of all kinds, and they produce a wide range of colours and hues.
2 Why did ancient people put such effort into making them? Various theories have been put forward, but
the most compelling include the idea that the pictures were records of heroic deeds or important events, that
they were part of magical ceremonies, or that they were a form of primitive calendar, recording the changes in
the seasons as to why man started to write.
3 A related theory suggests that the need for writing arose thereafter from the transactions and bartering
that went on. In parts of what is now Iraq and Iran, small pieces of fired earth-pottery- have been found which
appear to have been used as tokens to a casino, or money, today. Eventually, when the tokens themselves
became too numerous to handle easily, representations of the tokens were inscribed on clay tablets.
4 An early form of writing is the use of pictograms, which are pictures used to communicate.Pictograms
have been found from almost every part of the world and every era of development, and are still in use in
primitive communities nowadays. They represent objects, ideas or concepts more or less directly. They tend
to be simple in the sense that they are not a complex or full picture, although they are impressively difficult to
interpret to an outsider unfamiliar with their iconography, which tends to be localised and to differ widely
form society to society. They were never intended to be a detailed testimony which could be interpreted by
outsiders, but to serve instead as aide- memoires to the author, rather as we might keep a diary in a personal
shorthand. However, some modern pictograms are more or less universally recognised, such as the signs
which indicate men’s and women’s toilets, or road signs, which tend to be very similar throughout the world.
5 The first pictograms that we know of are Sumerian in origin, and date to about 8000 BC. They show how
images used to represent concrete objects could be expanded to include abstractions by adding symbols
together, or using associated symbols. One Sumerian pictogram, for example, indicates ‘death’ by combining
the symbols for ‘man’ and ‘winter’; another shows ‘power’ with the symbol for a man with the hands
enlarged.
6 By about 5,000 years ago, Sumerian pictograms had spread to other areas, and the Sumerians had made
a major advance towards modern writing with the development of the rebus principle, which meant that
symbols could be used to indicate sounds. This was done by using a particular symbol not only for the thing it
originally represented, but also for any thing which was pronounced in a similar way. So the pictogram for na
(meaning ‘animal’) could also be used to mean ‘old’ (which was also pronounced na). The specific meaning
of the pictogram (whether na meant ‘old’ or ‘animal’) could only be decided through its context.
Question 1-6: This Reading Passage has seven paragraphs (1-6). Choose the most suitable headings for
paragraphs 1-6 from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate letters A-G in the corresponding
numbered boxes.
N.B. There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.
List of headings
A Magic and Heroes B Doing Business
C Early Developments D Sounds and Symbols
E Images on Stone F Stories and Seasons
G A Personal Record
1 Paragraph 1: _____ 2 Paragraph 2: _____ 3 Paragraph 3: _____
4 Paragraph 4: _____ 5 Paragraph 5: _____ 6 Paragraph 6: _____

Question 7-10: Complete the following notes using ONE or TWO WORDS from the Reading Passage
for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Notes on the Development of Writing
First stage of writing - pre-writing or proto-literacy - very old- 15,000 years. Evidence: cave and rock
paintings. Famous example- …………………….(7). Reasons for development of writing: primitive
ceremonies, recording events, …………………….(8), used on pottery to represent bartered objects. Next
stage: simple pictograms- pictures used to represent articles and…………………….(9). Very simple
drawings (but very difficult to understand). Then - 8000 BC – combined………………(10) to create new
concepts (eg. Man + winter = death). After this - started using same pictogram for different words with sames
sound, very important step.
Your answers:
7. 8. 9. 10.

PART D. WRITING (40 p)

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it. (7.5p)
1. I won’t go all that way to visit him again on any account!
On no account ___________________________________________________
will I go all that way to visit him again!
2. I wasn’t surprised when they refused to pay me.
As I ___________________________________________________________
(had) expected, they refused to pay me.
3. We have credited the money to your current account at this bank.
We have placed __________________________________________________
the money to the credit of your current account at this bank.

4. Your silly questions distracted me.

You drove ______________________________________________________
me to distraction with your silly questions.
5. Edward eventually organised himself and started work.
Edward eventually got his act __________________________________________
together and started work.
start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way
II. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way
that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given
word. (7.5p)
1. I don’t think this record will ever be popular. (CATCH)
.............................................................................................
I don’t think this record will ever catch on.
2. Mike is never reluctant to make tough decisions as a manager. (SHRINKS)
. Mike never shrinks from making tough decisions as a manager.
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3. You can’t possibly expect me to have supper ready by eight o’clock. (QUESTION)
It is out of the question (for me) to have/ get supper ready by eight o’clock.
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There is no question of supper being ready by eight o’clock.
4. It is my opinion that there is no advantage in further discussion. (SEE)
.............................................................................................
5. Please excuse Jane’s poor typing: she’s only been learning for a month. ( ALLOWANCES)
Please make allowances for Jane’s poor typing: she’s only been learning for a month.
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4. I do not/ cannot see any advantage/point/sense in further discussion.
-THE END -
I (can) see no advantage/point/sense in further discussion.
As far as I can see, there is no advantage/point/sense in further discussion.
As I see it, there is no advantage/point/sense in further discussion.