ENGLISH PRACTICE 13

A. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is different from the rest in each of the following
questions
1. A. career B. schoolgirl C. machine D. request
2. A. deposit B. complexion C. difference D. decision
3. A. tuition B. symbolize C. etiquette D. interest
4. A. semester B. acceptance C. procedure D. institute
5. A. industry B. comprehend C . confident D. socialize

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (20 pts)

I. Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
1. To meet this __________, we have brought 3 ships into regular operation.
A. demand B. success C. appeal D. situation
2. I can’t remember his name, but it’s on the tip of my _______________.
A. tongue B. mouth C. figure D. head
3. The discovery was a major ______________for research workers.
A. breakthrough B. breakdown C. breakout D. breakup
4. This is not the right ___________to ask for my help; I’m far too busy even to listen.
A. moment B. situation C. opportunity D. circumstance
5. He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he wll___________someone crossing the road.
A. crash down B. knock down C. turn over D. run across
6. When the electricity failed, he ____________a match to find the candles.
A. rubbed B. struck C. scratched D. started
7. The safety committee’s report recommend that all the medicine should be kept out of the
________of children.
A. reach B. grasp C. hand D. hold
8. I __________part in the last competition if I__________younger.
A. would have taken/would be B. would take/were
C. would have taken/would have been D. would have taken/ were
9. It was desirable that we ____________at dawn.
A. started B. had started C. start D. would start
10. Thousand dollars ____________wasted by him in the casino.
A. was B. were C. are D. has
11. I’m going to stay here for___________few days.
A. another B. other C. others D. the other
12. “Can’t you read?” Mary said, _____________
A. and angrily pointing to the notice. B. pointing angrily to the notice.
C. angrily pointed to the notice. D. and pointed angrily the notice
13. There has to be this starting and stopping movement __________the eye can only see only when it
is not moving.
A. because B. although C. when D. while
14. “________to Japan?” – “Yes, I _________there the year when there was an earthquake.”
A. Were you ever/was B. Have you ever been/ have been
C. Were you ever/have been D. Have you ever been /was
15. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to cut ________the gas supply to
the flat.
A. down B. out C. across D. off

II. Some of the lines in the passage are correct, and some have a word that needs correction. If a
line is correct, put a tick (). If a line has a word that needs correction, write the word and its
correction. There are two examples at the beginning ( 0 and 00).
 Women are experts at gossiping, and they always talk about trivial 0. _____
things, or at least that’s which men have been always thought. 00. ____
However, some new research suggests that when women talk to 1.______
women, whose conversations are far from frivolous, and cover many 2.______
more topics (up to 40 subjects) than when men talk to other men. 3.______
Women’s conversations ranged from health to their houses, from 4.______
politics to fashion, from films to family, from education to 5.______
relationship problems. Football is notable absent. Men tend to have a 6.______
more limited range of subjects, the most popular being work, sport, 7.______
jokes, cars, and women.

According to Professor Petra Boynton, a psychology at University 8.______

College London, which interviewed over 1000 women, women also 9.______
tend to move quickly from one subject to another in conversation, 10._____
whereas men usually stick about one subject for longer periods of 11._____
time.

At work, this difference can be an advantage for men, where they can 12._____
put another matters aside and concentrate fully on the topic being 13._____
discussed. In the other hand, it also means that they sometimes find it 14._____
hard to concentrate when several things have to be discussed at the 15._____
same time in a meeting.
0. 
00. which=> what

III. Supply the correct forms of the words in the CAPITAL letters
“Culture shock” describes the impact of ______(1) from a familiar MOVE
culture to one which is ________( 2). It is an experience described by FAMILIAR
people who have traveled abroad to work, live or study; it can be felt to a
certain extent even when abroad on holiday. It can ______(3) anyone, EFFECT
including _______(4) students. It includes the shock of a new NATION
environment, meeting lots of new people and learning the ways of a
_______(5) country. It also includes the shock of being separated from the DIFFER
______(6) people in your life, maybe family, friends, colleagues, IMPORT
teachers: people you would normally talk to at times of _____(7), people CERTAIN
who give you support and guidance. When familiar ______(8) , sounds, SEE
smells or tastes are no longer there you can miss them very much. If you
are tired and ______(9) when you arrive small things can be upsetting and JET-LAG
out of all proportion to their real __________(10). SIGNIFY

C. READING
I. Read the text and think of the word that best fits each space. (ONE word for each space)
About 50 years ______(1) now, it is possible to use virtual reality to bring the_____(2) back to life,
people will drag out _____(3) old and boring movies and choose a relative _____(4) bring back to life.
The visual will be combined ______(5) records about that person to create a virtual relative.
Then the family can _____(6) a chat with that relative, _____(7) it running, and live with it. The
experience will be_____(8) living with a ghost. People who died long ago will be resurrected,____(9)
they can take on new _____(10).
A. How to maximize the SPF of sunscreens?
II. Read B.
theSummer
passage sport
and choose
and skinthe best heading in the box for each paragraph. There are three
protection
extra ones that should not be used.
C. How the various types of radiation differ?
D. Sunscreens: the higher the SPF the better?
E. What is ultraviolet radiation?
F. Other ways to protect yourself
G. What are the first signs of skin cancer?
H. A short break in the sun won’t hurt, will it?
1.___________
Sunshine contains three different bans of ultraviolet radiation: UVA, UVB and UVC. Although UVC
is the most dangerous, because it is a shorter-wavelength radiation than UVA and UVB, it is screened
out by the Earth’s ozone layer. UVA used to be thought less dangerous than UVB, but it is now known
that both bands can cause skin cancer. It is UVB which causes sunburn. However, both UVA and UVB
can age the skin prematurely.
2.___________
Levels of UV rays can vary. A two-week holiday in the Mediterranean will expose you to the same
amount of sun as you would get in a year in Britain. Short periods of intense exposure to the sun are
thought to be more risky than regular daily exposure, particularly if you have fairer skin. However,
even if you have darker skin tones you will burn eventually. You can find out the daily UV rate by
watching the solar UV index which has recently been introduced on national weather forecasts across
Europe.
3.___________
The ideal sunscreen to use is an SPF15. This means a sunscreen which gives you fifteen times more
protection that you would have normally. An SPF15 sunscreen will absorb proportionally equal
amounts of UVA and UVB, and will give you good protection if you are sensible about your exposure.
Sunscreens higher than SPF15 tend to lose their balanced effect: the chemicals in an SPF30, for
example, will not block UVA rays as effectively as UVB. The other danger with high SPFs is that
people will stay in the sun longer because they think are better protected. Higher SPFs do not give
proportionately greater protection. An SPF15 gives 93 percent protection, for example, while an
SPF34 gives 97 percent protection.
4.____________
Only UVA rays can pass through glass, so you won’t get sunburnt sitting by a window, while you can
still enjoy the warmth of the sun. Be careful when sitting in the shade, however. You can still get burnt
because you will be exposed to rays bouncing off reflective surfaces nearby. This is particularly the
case near water. Not all clothing offers effective protection, either. If you can see the light through a
piece of clothing when you hold it up, it will not offer much of a barrier to UV rays.
5.____________
You should keep an eye out for any moles or dark spots on the skin that change in size, shape, or color,
become bigger, itchy or inflamed, or bleed. All these may be symptoms of skin cancer and should be
checked by a doctor. Once a mole has been identified as a potential melanoma, it is removed under
local anaesthetic and sent for examination. Most turn out to be harmless. Of the three forms of skin
cancer the two most common varieties – basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are easily treatable
and rarely fatal, and even melanomas can be treated effectively if caught in time.

III. Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each question.
Scientists do not yet thoroughly understand just how the body of an individual becomes sensitive to a
substance that is harmless or even wholesome for the average person. Milk, wheat, and egg, for
example, rank among the most healthful and widely used foods. Yet these foods can cause persons
sensitive to them to suffer greatly. At first, the body of the individual is not harmed by coming into
contact with the substance. After a varying interval of time, usually longer than a few weeks, the body
becomes sensitive to it, and an allergy has begun to develop. Sometimes it's hard to figure out if you
have a food allergy, since it can show up so many different ways. Your symptoms could be caused by
many other problems. You may have rashes, hives, joint pains mimicking arthritis, headaches,
irritability, or depression. The most common food allergies are to milk, eggs, seafood, wheat, nuts,
seeds, chocolate, oranges, and tomatoes. Many of these allergies will not develop if these foods are not
fed to an infant until her or his intestines mature at around seven months. Breast milk also tends to be
protective. Migraines can be set off by foods containing tyramine, phenathylamine, monosodium
glutamate, or sodium nitrate. Common foods which contain these are chocolate, aged cheeses, sour
cream, red wine, pickled herring, chicken livers, avocados, ripe bananas, cured meats, many Oriental
and prepared foods (read the labels!). Some people have been successful in treating their migraines
with supplements of B-vitamins, particularly B6 and niacin. Children who are hyperactive may benefit
from eliminating food additives, especially colorings, and foods high in salicylates from their diets. A
few of these are almonds, green peppers, peaches, tea, grapes. This is the diet made popular by
Benjamin Feingold, who has written the book Why your Child is Hyperactive. Other researchers have
had mixed results when testing whether the diet is effective.
1. The topic of this passage is 
A. reactions to foods B. food and nutrition
C. infants and allergies D. a good diet
2. According to the passage, the difficulty in diagnosing allergies to foods is due to
A. the vast number of different foods we eat
B. lack of a proper treatment plan
C. the similarity of symptoms of the allergy to other problems
D. the use of prepared formula to feed babies
3. The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to
A. indications B. diet C. diagnosis D. prescriptions
4. The phrase "set off" is closest in meaning to
A. relieved B. identified C. avoided D. triggered
5. What can be inferred about babies from this passage?
A. They can eat almost anything.
B. They should have a carefully restricted diet as infants.
C. They gain little benefit from being breast fed.
D. They may become hyperactive if fed solid food too early.
6. The word "hyperactive" is closest in meaning to 
A. overly active B. unusually low activity
C. excited D. inquisitive
7. The author states that the reason that infants need to avoid certain foods related to allergies has to do
with the infant's
A. lack of teeth B. poor metabolism
C. underdeveloped intestinal tract D. inability to swallow solid foods
8. The word "these" refers to
A. food additives B. food colorings
C. unnutritious foods D. foods high in salicylates
9. Which of the following was a suggested treatment for migraines in the passage?
A. Eating more ripe bananas
B. Avoiding all Oriental foods
C. Getting plenty of sodium nitrate
D. Using Vitamin B in addition to a good diet
10. According to the article the Feingold diet is NOT
A. verified by researchers as being consistently effective
B. available in book form
C. beneficial for hyperactive children
D. designed to eliminate foods containing certain food additives

D. WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences, using key words in the parentheses or the suggested phrases
given at the beginning of the sentences
1. Jack has become confident as a result of his success. (turned)
Jack’s success______________________________person.
2. To find new fuels it is necessary to spend a lot of money.( means)
Finding_____________________________________money.
3. Dan promised sincerely that he wouldn’t watch so much TV. (sincere)
Dan________________________________________not to watch so much TV.
4. Someone almost certainly broke the window on purpose. (must)
The window ________________________on purpose.
5. We were all surprised when she suddenly left the job. (found)
All__________________________________left the job.
6. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.
There________________________________________________
7. “No one can persuade me to sleep in that haunted house,” she said.
She flatly_____________________________________________.
8. If we can solve the problem soon, it will be better for all concerned.
The sooner____________________________________________.
9. We must continue our efforts, whether there are problems or not.
Regardless ___________________________________________.
10. “ Less noise!” the teacher told the boys.
The teacher shouted_______________.
II. The social networks such as Facebook or Twitter are very popular among teenagers. What
are their advantages? Give examples and reasons to support your opinion.
Write a paragraph of about 200 words.
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