PRACTICE TEST 142 ( 2024)

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)

I. Grammar and Structures (5 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. He prefers to attend Economics University rather than…..
A. going to Polythetic B. to be accepted to Polythetic
C. studying Polythetic D. to attend Polythetic
2. It could have been a lot worse ….. there.
A. when he had not been B. had he not been
C. for he had not been D. whether or not have been
3. ….. cassfified as a carnivore, the North America Grizzly bears eat berries and even grass.
A. Just as B. Because of C. Although D. Either
4. They sat and talked …… into the night.
A. deeply B. in a deep way C. deepeningly D. deep
5. For the first few months, the babies looked so alike I couldn’t tell ……
A. who is whom B. which is which
C. which is from D. whom with whom
6. As soon as John …..., we can leave.
A. has the car starting B. has got the car started
C. got started the car D. was got starting the car
7. It pays …… some professional advice before you make a decision.
A. get B. getting C. to getting D. to get
8. It turned out that we …… rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours
A. hadn’t B. should have C. mustn’t D. needn’t have
9. ……, dolphins have no sense of smell
A. As known far as B. As far as I know
C. It is known as far D. Known as far as it is
10. …………………., go to the bank before five o’clock.
A. Should you need more money B. You should need more money
C. you need more money D. do you need more money.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts)

Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1.We had a terrible row a few years ago and we still haven’t made it ……
A. out B. up C. for D. of
2. The computer has …… a long way over the last thirty years.
A. taken B. come C. broken D. up
3. She play …… the fact that I’d enjoyed studying Shakespeare at school and suggest that I audition for a part.
A. off B. over C. by D. up
4. The end of semester marks each year all court …… your final degree.
A. for B. towards C. in for D. along
5. She rounded …… the tour with a concert at Carnegie hall.
A. up B. into C. off D. along
6. He muttered a word of apology and …… that he left.
A. with B. in C. at D. before
7. The Americans …… of the 1980 Moscow Olympics after the invasion off Afghanistan.
A. stood out B. drew out C. made off D. pull out

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 8. My husband loves …… old cars and then working on them for months until they look like new.
A. taking into B. stripping down
C. throwing down D. trading in
9. The two brothers fight continually, mainly …… jealousy.
A. out from B. in view of C. with a view to D. out of
10. Many habitats change …… the types of plants and animals that live there.
A. with respect to B. in respect for
C. as for D. as against
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Vocabulary (10 pts)
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences.
1. For people, with being difficulties, telephones with volume control provide the best ……
A. reply B. response C. solution D. result
2. His answer is so confusing that I could hardly make any …. of it at all.
A. interpretation B. meaning C. intelligibility D. sense
3. If she can make up such stories, she is certainly a very …. girl.
A. imaginable B. imaginative C. imaginary D. imagining
4. During the first World War, an …… 5 million people lost their lives.
A. assumed B. estimated C. envisage D. approximated
5. The sporting …… of the young are focused on the achievements of their heroes.
A. expectations B. inspirations C. aspirations D. intentions
6. Many schools set a lot of ….. by the success of their students in examinations.
A. prize B. honor C. value D. store
7. The middle class take their right to public money for sport facilities for ……..
A. granted B. given C. awarded D. pleasure
8. I think I understand the nut and …… of the operation.
A. screws B. hammer C. bolts D. nail
9. It was a hot summer day and ice cream salesmen were doing a …… trade.
A. busy B. luctative C. bustling D. roaring
10. She …… a name for herself in politics by running for mayor.
A. gave B. made C. did D wrote
11. My mother is a real …… potato. She watches TV all the time.
A. cough B. sofa C. armchair D. cushion
12.The school was closed for a month because of serious _________ of fever.
A.outcome B. outburst C. outset D. outbreak
13. The campaign raised far more than the _________ of $20,000.
A.aim B. object C. goal D. target
14.We have a _________ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
A.cruel B. pessimistic C. grim D. fierce
15.Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the _________ of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the
countryside.
A.rest B. remainder C. remains D. rester
16.An almost _________ line of traffic was moving at a snail's pace through the town.
A.continuous B. constant C. continual D. stopping
17.Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always _________
A.credible B. creditable C. credulous D. imaginable
18. My friends have just moved to a new flat in a residential area on the _________ of Paris.
A.suburbs B. outside C. outskirts D. side

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 19.You are being thoroughly _________ in refusing to allow this ceremony to take place.
A.unrequited B. unrepresentative C. unreliable D. unreasonable
20.“But so”, I told him, “You are my own _________ ”
A. heart and heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone
I. Guided Cloze (10 pts) Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
Passage A:
RAISING AWARENESS
In cities around the world a wide (0)…… of schemes is being instigated to promote environmental awareness.
It’s just as easy to (1)…… of litter properly as it is to drop it on the streets; says city councilor Mike Edwards,
who was (2)…… on the government to mount a concerted campaign to deal with the problem of litter. ‘It just a
matter of encouraging people to do so as a (3)…… of course. Once the habit is ingrained, they won’t even (4)
…… they are doing it. After all, think what we have achieved with recyclable waste I the home. Sorting paper,
glass, aluminium and plastics waste and then depositing it in the appropriate container outside is (5)……. a
great choice anymore. People have become accustomed to doing this, so it doesn’t (6)…… to them that they are
spending any additional time in the process. Only if they have to carry this waste for some appreciable distance
to find a suitable containers do they feel they are (7) ……’.
Most people know they should behave in a responsible way and just need (8)…… to do so. So a quirky, (9)
…… gimmick might be enough to change behaviour. With this in(10)….. , the city of Berlin is introducing
rubbish bins that say ‘danke’, ‘thank you’ and ‘merci’ – Berlin is a(n) cosmopolitan city – when someone drops
an item of rubbish into them. It might just do the trick in this city, too.
1 A dispose B discard C jettison D throw
2 A appealing B called C approached D urged
3 A principle B system C matter D duty
4 A notice B remark C comprehend D appreciate
5 A almost B barely C virtually D hardly
6 A concern B occur C impress D strike
7 A inconvenienced B sacrificed C complicated D imposed
8 A ordering B prompting C forcing D obliging
9 A lighthearted B mundane C subjective D intense
10 A context B thought C spirit D mind
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Passage B:
A QUESTION OF SAFETY
Life involves a certain amount of risk, or at least it did. These days, however, governments seem to have
become (1)………….with the idea of protecting us from it. As a result, what we actually risk most is not being
allowed to live at all.
(2)………, take a resent edict which emerged from the British government’s health and safety department. It
would be amusing if it wasn’t so serious. Circus artistes performing on tightropes or the flying trapeze are
being (3)…………to wear the type of hard hats more usually (4)…………with the construction industry. Under
a relatively new law (5)………as the \temporary work at heights directive’, such a hat must be worn for any
working activity taking (6)…………above the height of an ‘average stepladder’. Now you might think that
sounds (7)………….reasonable, but the absurd thing is that the rule is being (8)………to circus performers as
well.
The first to be hit by this rule were baffled members of the Moscow State Circus, who were touring England at
the time. Used to flying through the air without even the (9) ……of safety net, they pointed out that trapeze
artistes often break arms and legs, but (10)……….heads. This simple fact was apparently lost on the
bureaucrats at the government department, however, who, insisted that the rule be followed.
1. A. prone B. obsessed C. addicted D. devoted

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2. A. in other words B. Such as C. What’s more D. For example
3. A. proposed B. challenged C. required D. demanded
4. A. regarded B. associated C. recognized D. concerned
5. A. referred B. called C. entitled D. known
6. A. place B. forth C. part D. ahead
7. A. fairly B. duly C. widely D. closely
8. A. presided B. enforced C. directed D. applied
9. A. profit B. benefit C. remedy D. welfare
10. A. barely B. merely C. rarely D. unusually
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
V. Reading Comprehension (10 pts) Read the texts below and choose the best answer to each question.
Passage A:
THE LAND UNDER THE SEA
Ten thousand years ago, as the last ice age drew to a close, sea levels around the world were far lower than they
are today. Much of the land under the North Sea and the English Channel was part of a huge region of forests
and grassy plains, where herds of horses and reindeer roamed free and people lived in villages by the lakes and
rivers. Then the climate gradually became warmer (a phenomenon certainly not confined to our own age!) and
the water trapped in glaciers and ice caps was released. This ancient land was submerged in the resulting deluge
and all that remains to tell us that it was once lush and verdant- and inhabited- is the occasional stone tool,
harpoon or mammoth tusk brought up from the sea bed by fishing boats.
Now the development of advanced sonar technology, known as bathymetry, is making it possible to study this
flooded landscape in extraordinary detail. A special echo sounder is fixed to the bottom of a survey vessel, and
it makes wide sweep across the sea bed. While previous devices have only been ale to produce two-
dimensional images, bathymetry makes use of computers, satellite positioning devices and special software to
create accurate and remarkably detailed maps. For the first time an ancient river bed leaps out of the three-
dimensional image, complete with rocky ledges rising up from the bottom of the valley. The sites of pre-
historic settlements can now be pinpointed, and it is also possible to see in stunning detail the sunken
shipwrecks that litter in this part of the sea bed.
According to archaeologist Dr Linda Andrews, this technological development is of huge significance. ‘We
now have the ability to map the sea bed of the Channel and the North Sea as accurately as we can map dry
land’, she says. She is, however, scathing about the scale of government funding for such projects. ‘We have
better images of Mars and Venus than of two- thirds of our own planet! In view of the fact that Britain is a
maritime nation, and the sea has such a massive influence on us, it’s an absolute scandal that we know so little
about the area just off our shores!’
Once bathymetric techniques have identified sites where people might have built their homes and villages, such
as sheltered bays, cliffs with caves and the shores of freshwater lakes, divers could be sent down to investigate
further. Robot submarines could also be used, and researchers hope they will find stone tool and wood from
houses (which survives for longer in water than on dry land) as proof of human activity. The idea of Britain as
a natural island kingdom will be challenge by these findings: Britain has been inhabited for about 500,000
years, and for much of this time it has been linked on and off to continental Europe. It remains to be seen how
far this new awareness is taken on board among our ‘island’ people.
In fact, the use of bathymetry scanners will not be limited to the study of lost landscapes and ancient
settlements. It will also be vital in finding shipwrecks. Records show that there about 44,000 shipwrecks off the
shores of Britain, but there is good reason to believe that the real figure is much higher. In addition, commercial
applications are a real possibility. Aggregates for the construction industry are becoming increasingly
expensive, and bathymetry scanners could be used to identify suitable sites for quarrying this material.
However, mapping the sea bed will also identify places where rare plants and shellfish have their homes.
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water deeper: there are plans to dredge parts of the English Channel to provide deeper waterways for massive
container ships.
1.We are told that the area now under the sea
A.was not previously thought to have been populated.
B.was created by the last Ice Age.
C.has yielded some archaeological artifacts.
D. was flooded, drowning the inhabitants.
2. How does the new sonar technology work?
A.It has an echo sounder at the bottom of the sea.
B.It produces two- dimensional images of the sea floor.
C.It makes use of various devices.
D. It uses computers to locate pre- historic sites.
3. What is the most important aspect of the new scanning technique?
A.It can pinpoint the location of shipwrecks under the sea.
B.It is able to follow the course of ancient rivers.
C.It can measure the depth of the sea bed with accuracy.
D. It reveal important details of underwater topography.
4. How does Dr Andrews feel about the lack of accurate maps of the waters around Britain?
A. outraged
B. resigned
C.astonished
D. amused
5. The writer suggests that a better understanding of the settlements on the sea bed may
A. inspire more young people to take up archaeology.
B. modify the attitudes of the British to their country’s history.
C. provide confirmation about the dangers of global warming.
D. after the perception other countries have about Britain.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Passage B:
FACING THE MUSIC
Declan Mayes, president of the Music Buyers Association, is furious at a recent announcement by the recording
industry MP3 music files from the Internet. Of course, there are files that can be downloaded legally for a small
change, but the uproar is not about this: it is about illegal downloads, which constitute an undoubted
infringement of copyright. However, there is a great deal of controversy over whether the people who indulge
in this activity should be regarded as actual criminals.
A few parallels may be instructive. If someone copies an audio music cassette for their own private use, they
are, strictly speaking, breaking the law. But recording companies have usually turned a blind eye to this practice
because prosecuting the few people involved would be difficult, and the final loss to the company itself is not
considered significant. At the other end of the scale, there are criminals who make illegal copies of CDs and
sell them to a profit. This is far more serious, and the industry actively pursues and prosecutes pirates. Now the
Music Recording Association has announced that it regards individuals downloading music from the Internet as
pirates, claiming that they damage the industry in just the same way. ‘The industry is completely over-reacting;
it’ll be a laughing stock’, says Mayes. ‘They’re going to arrest some teenagers downloading files in his
bedroom – and sue him for thousands of dollars! This isn’t going to frighten anyone into buying CDs’.
Mayes may have a point. There is a general consensus that CD pirates should be subjected to the full red of the
law, but few would see an individual downloading music for his or her pleasure in the same light, however,
downloading music files illegally is not as innocuous as making private copies of audio cassettes. The scratchy,
distorted cassette copy is a poor version of the original recording, whereas an MP3 file if of high quality and

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can be stored – on a CD, for example. It is this that makes the practice a powerful temptation for music fans,
given the high cost of CDs.
What does Mayes think about claims that music companies could be forced out of business by people
downloading music illegally? ‘That’s nonsense. Music companies are always whinning about high cost, but that
doesn’t prevent them from recording hundreds of CDs but completely unknown artists, many of whom are
’packaged’ by marketing departments to appeal to young consumers. The companies are simply hoping that one
of these new bands or singers will be a hit, and although it can be expensive to promote new artists, the cost of
manufacturing the CDs is actually very low’.
This last point would appear to be the focus of resentment against music companies: a CD is far cheaper to
produce than its price in the shop would indicate, and profit margins for the music companies are huge. An
adult with a reasonable income may not object to pay 15 pounds for a CD of classical music, but a teenager
buying a CD by the latest pop sensation may find that price rather steep - especially since the latest pop
sensation is almost certain to be forgotten within a few months. And while the recording industry can’t be held
responsible for the evanescent nature of fame, given the teenage appetite for anything novel, it could lower the
prices it charges - especially since technology is making CDs even cheaper to produce.
This is what Mayes hopes will happen. ‘If the music industry stops exploiting the music-buying public, it can
survive. Everyone would rather buy a CD, with an attractive jacket and booklet, than mess around downloading
files, but the price has to be reasonable. The problem isn’t going to vanish if the industry carries on trying to
make a quick profit. Technology has caught up with the music companies, and trying to fight it by taking
people to court will only earn money for the lawyers.’ A frightening thought.
1. If someone downloads MP3 music files illegally, the Music Recording Association will now
A. turn a blind eye.
B. be indulgent towards them.
C. take them to court.
D. charge them a fee.
2. Mayes thinks that the recording industry’s recent announcement
A. fails to take into account the difficulties of prosecuting offenders.
B. makes the industry appear ludicrous.
C. will deter consumers from buying CDs.
D. will encourage resentment of CD piracy.
3. According to the article, it is commonly accepted that
A. producing pirate CDs in order to make money is a serious offence.
B. downloading MP3 files is more serious than making audio cassettes.
C. the Music Recording Association should ignore infringement.
D. the laws regarding illegal music recordings should be ashamed.
4. Why does the writer feel that MP3s are unlike copies of audio cassettes?
A. Downloaded MP3 files are generally not for private use.
B. The financial losses to the music industry are greater.
C. The price of MP3s is greater than the price of audio cassettes.
D. There is a significant difference in quality.
5. Mayes implies that music companies
A. could cut cost by making cheaper CDs.
B. should not promote artists who are unknown.
C. are speculating when they promote new artists.
D. should use different manufacturing processes.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Passage C:
THE HISTORY OF EARLY CINEMA

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The history of the cinema in its first thirty years is one of major and, to this day, unparalleled expansion and
growth. Beginning as something unusual in a handful of big cities – New York, London, Paris and Berlin – the
new medium quickly found its way across the world, attracting larger and larger audiences wherever it was
shown and replacing other forms of entertainment as it did so. As audiences grew, so did the places where films
were shown, fishing up with the ‘great picture palaces’ of the 1920s, which rivaled, and occasionally
superseded, theatres and opera-houses in terms of opulence and splendour. Meanwhile, films themselves
developed from being short ‘attractions’ only a couple of minutes long, to the fulllength feature that has
dominated the world’s screens up to the present day. Although French, German, American and British pioneers
have all been credited with the invention of cinema, the British and Germans played a relatively small road in
its worldwide exploitation. It was above all the French, followed closed by the Americans, who were the most
passionate exporters of the new invention, helping to start cinema in China, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
In terms of artistic development it was again the French and the Americans who took the lead, though in the
years before the First World War, Italy, Denmark and Russia also played a part.
In the end, it was the United States that was to become, and remain, the largest single market for films. By
protecting their own market and pursuing a vigorous export policy, the Americans achieved a dominant position
on the world market by the start of the First World War. The centre of film-making had moved westwards, to
Hollywood studios that flooded onto the world’s film markets in the years after the First World War, and have
done so ever since. Faced with total Hollywood domination, few film industries prove competitive. The Italian
industry, which had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like Quo vadis? (1913) and Caribria
(1914), almost collapsed. In Scandinavia, the Swedish cinema had a brief of glory, notably with powerful epic
films and comedies. Even the French cinema found itself in a difficult position. In Europe, only German proved
industrially capable, while in the new Soviet Union and in Japan the development of the cinema took place in
conditions of commercial isolation.
Hollywood took the lead artistically as well as industrially. Hollywood films appealed because they had better-
constructed narratives, their special effects were more impressive, and the star system added a new dimension
to screen acting. If Hollywood did not have enough of its resources, it had a great deal of money to buy uy
artists and technical innovations from Europe to ensure its continued dominance over present or future
competition.
The rest of the world survived partly by learning from Hollywood and partly because audiences continued to
exist for a product which corresponded to needs which Hollywood could not supply. As well as popular
audiences, there were also increasing audiences for films which were artistically more adventurous or which
dealt with the issues in the outer world.
None of this would have happened without technology, and cinema is in fact unique as an art form. In the early
years, this art form was quite primitive, similar to the original French idea of using a lantern and slides back in
the seventeenth century. Early cinema programs were a mixture of items, combining comic sketches, free-
standing narratives, serial episodes and the occasional trick or animated film. With the arrival of the
featurelength narrative as the main attraction, other types of films became less important. The making of
cartoons became a separate brand of film-making, generally practiced outside the major studios, and the same
was true of serials. Together with newsreels, they tended to be shown as short items in a program which lead to
the feature.
From early cinema, it was only Americans slapstick comedy the unsuccessfully developed in both short and
feature format, however, during this ‘Silent Film’ era, animation, comedy, serials and dramatic features
continued to thrive, along with factual films or documentaries, which acquired an increasing distinctiveness as
the period progressed. It was also at this time that the avant-garde film first achieved commercial success, this
time thanks almost exclusively to the French and the occasional German film.
Of the countries which developed and maintained distinctive national cinemas in the silent period, the most
important were France, Germany and the Soviet Union. Of these, the French displayed the most continuity, in
spite of the war and post-war economic uncertainties. The German cinema, relatively insignificant in the pre-
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the 1917 Revolution. They turn their back on the past, leaving the style of the pre-war Russian cinema to the
émigrés who fled westwards to escape the Revolution.
The other countries whose cinemas changed dramatically are: Britain, which hah an interesting but
undistinguished history in the silent period: Italy, which had a brief moment of international fame just before
the war: the Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, which played a role in the development of silent
cinema quite out of proportion to their small population: and Japan, where a cinema developed based primarily
on traditional theatrical and, to a lesser extent, other art forms and only gradually adapted to western influence.
Questions 1-3
Choose THREE letters A-F. Write your answers in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.
Which THREE possible reasons for American dominance of the film industry are given in the text?
A plenty of capital to purchase what it didn’t have
B making films dealing with serious issues
C being first to produce a feature film
D well-written narratives
E the effect of the First World War
F excellent special effects
Questions 4-10
Look at the following statements (Questions 4-10) and the list of the countries below.
Match each statement with the correct country. Write the correct letters A - J in boxes 4-10 in your answer
sheet.
4 It helped other countries develop their own film industry.
5 It was the biggest producers of films.
6 It was the first to develop the ‘feature’ film.
7 It was responsible for creating stars.
8 It made the most money from ‘avant-garde’ films.
9 It made movies based on more on its own culture than outside influences.
10 It had a great influence on silent movies, despite its size.
List of countries
A Frnace F Japan
B Germany G Soviet Union
C USA H Italy
D Denmark I Britain
E Sweden J China
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A. WRITTEN TEST (70 PTS)
I. Cloze test (20 pts)
Passage A:
A COMPUTER BAG WITH STYLE

It came as something as a surprise in the fashion industry when Julien MacDonald, the well-known dress
designer, teamed (1)……….with the company Intel to produce a computer bag. MacDonald made (2)
………….name creating the type of dresses the major celebrities like to be seen wearing at high-profile events
such as film premieres and awards ceremonies.
The computer bag, however, was not designed with such occasions (3)……………..mind. rather, it was created
for the modern woman (4)…………..relies on technology but hopes to look more chic than geek. MacDonald
first got inspiration for the bag (5)……………he caught sight of female friends and colleagues in fashion
shows, furiously typing away on their laptops. He couldn’t (6)………noticing, however, that the rather
unstylish carrying cases needed to transport the machines tended to get push (7)………of sight under their

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 chair. It was as (8)………the women were somehow ashamed of them. MacDonald (9)…..out to change all
that. The challenge facing the designer was (10)…………to combine a ‘must-have’ handbag from the stylistic
point of view, with the functionality required to protect expensive computer equipment.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Passage B:
A HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

Like many other sports, table tennis started out as a mild social diversion, it is actually a descendent, (1)…….
with lawn tennis and badminton, of the ancient game of tennis. It was popular in England in the second half of
the nineteenth century under its present name and various trade name (2)…………….as Whiff-Whaff and Ping-
Pong that sought to imitate the sound (3)………….by the ball striking the table. The game soon became
something of a craze and there are many contemporary references to it and illustrations of it being played,
usually in domestic surroundings.
(4)……….the early twentieth century, the sport had already acquired some of its present-day complexities,
although it was still seen by many as an after-dinner amusement (5)………..than a sport. An account published
in 1903 found it necessary to warn players (6)………………the wearing of evening dress, but went on to give
detailed technical advice about the pen-holder grip and tactics.
Over the next 60 years, table tennis developed (7)……………a worldwide sport, played by up to 300 million
competitive players and by countless millions (8)….. .. played less seriously. (9)………..getting faster, more
subtle and more demanding all the time, the game has not changed in its essence (10)……….the earliest days.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Word formation (20 pts)
Part 1: Supply the correct form of the words in CAPITAL LETTER.
1.It’s undeniable that the…………….of the local incompetent healer was responsible for her sudden death.
(DIAGNOSE)
2. A few jokes can………up a lecture. (LIFE)
3. He is…………late for meetings. He is always on time. (VARY)
4. Nothing wrong will happen to you as long as you follow the strict………set by the inspector. (GUIDE)
5. I’m thinking of giving Anna and Mathew a………vase for her silver wedding. (CRYSTAL)
6. A renewable resource is one that may be replaced overtime by natural process or is………..(EXHAUST)
7. It is said that the rapid climate change has been caused by too drastic………………(FOREST)
8. The mother of the child hurried………….to her neighborhood drugstore. (BREATH)
9. The workers who were …………during the recession badly needed help from the government. (SIZE)
10. His performance in the match today……….his reputation as a great player. (LIE)
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2: Read the passage and supply the correct form of the words in CAPITAL LETTER.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
The publication in paperback of Mathew Quick’s debut novel
represented something of a milestone. The promotional material that 1.COMPANY
(1)……….the launch featured glowing, five-star reviews such as 2. ARGUE
‘charming and well-written, (2)………….the best book I’ve ever read 3. PROFESSION
this year’. Nothing do unusual in that, you might think. Except that
these notices came not from the pens of (3)………..critics on national 4. FINANCE

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 newspapers, but from actual readers who had bought the book on the 5. EDIT
Internet, and enjoyed it enough to post a positive review on the site. 6. ANALYSE
Presumably, no (4)……….incentive or other consideration colored 7. RELY
the view of these readers, whose opinions appear in an (5) 8. FEED
……….form as can be seen from the various spelling and 9. ADJUST
grammatical mistakes they often contain. It could be argued, of 10. RECOMMEND
course, that the (6)………of an informed literacy critic may well be
more (7)………than the thoughts of one casual reader. But along
with the actual words penned by the amateur reviewers, the site
records the star rating awarded to each title by all readers providing
(8)……… . the book receives a cumulative star rating based on the
average number of stars awarded, and constant (9)………….are made
as further reviews come in. the more people like the book, the higher
the star rating. Maybe that kind of (10)………speaks for itself.
ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Error correction (10 pts)
The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.
ON TO EVEREST
Line 1 After four years of backbreaking training and also preparation. The
Singapore Mt Everest Expedition Team is ready to mount the summit of
the world high peak in the next few weeks. In 1953, the Sir John Hunt
expedition has put two climbers on the summit. On this expedition, they
mounted the summit in the South Col route. This Singapore team will
attempt to retrace the same route as they begin their ascent. The idea to
climb Everest was first bring up in 1900.
The Singapore Mountaineering Federation, being established in 1993 and
the permit for a climb was finally given in May 1994. The Singapore
Everest team, comprises eight climbers and a support team, left for
Katmandu in early march: a relative young team with the average age of
members being about 30 years old and whose members come from all
walk of life. The journey will be gruel and members are fully aware of
that they may not succeed, or worse, survive. Our hopes and prayers will
follow them.
ANSWERS
1. line 2. line 3. line 4. line 5. line

6. line 7. line 8. line 9. line 10. line

IV. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)

A. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before.
1. Dave had to cut in pay to keep losing his job.
Dave’s salary__________________________________________________________
2. The students’ rebellious behaviors should have been severely punished.
The students deserved___________________________________________________
3. It’s almost nine months since I stop subscribing to that magazine.
I cancelled____________________________________________________________
4. Only an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now.
Nothing_______________________________________________________________

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5. It doesn’t matter which chemical you put into the mixture first. The result will be the same.
It makes ______________________________________________________________
B. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. The given words must not be altered in any way.
1. You can’t possibly expect me to pay for the tickets. (QUESTION)
There ______________________________________________________________
2. He’s so garrulous that we are not able to say anything. (WORD)
_____________________________________________________________________
3. Have you decided to enter the poster competition? (GO)
_____________________________________________________________________
4. Tony’s habit of taking risk doesn’t fit in his image as a family man. (COMTATIBLE)
_____________________________________________________________________
5. The authorities had decided they would get tough with dissidents. (CRACKDOWN)
_____________________________________________________________________
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ANSWER KEYS TO T142

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS)
II. Grammar and Structures (5 pts) Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1A 2B 3C 4D 5B 6B 7D 8D 9B 10B
III. Phrasal verbs and Prepositions (5 pts) Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1B 2B 3D 4B 5C 6A 7D 8B 9D 10A
IV. Vocabulary (10 pts) Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1C 2D 3B 4B 5C 6D 7A 8C 9D 10B
11A 12A 13D 14C 15C 16A 17 A 18C 19D 20C
V. Guided Cloze (10 pts) Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space
Passage A: RAISING AWARENESS
1A 2B 3C 4A 5D 6B 7A 8B 9A 10D
Passage B: A QUESTION OF SAFETY
1B 2D 3C 4B 5D 6A 7A 8D 9B 10C
VI. Reading Comprehension (10 pts) Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question
Passage A: THE LAND UNDER THE SEA
1C 2C 3D 4A 5B
Passage B: FACING THE MUSIC
1C 2B 3A 4D 5C
Passage C: THE HISTORY OF EARLY CINEMA
1-3 ANY ORDER: A-D-F
4A 5C 6H 7C 8A 9F 10D

B. WRITTEN TEST (70 PTS)

V. Cloze test (20 pts)
Passage A: A COMPUTER BAG WITH STYLE
1.up 2. his 3. in 4. who 5.when
6. help 7. out 8. if 9. set 10. how
Passage B: A HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS

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1. along 2. such 3. made 4. by 5. rather
6.against 7. into 8. who 9. despite 10. since

VI. Word formation (20 pts)

Part 1:
1. misdiagnosis 2. liven 3. invariably 4. guideline 5. crystalline
6. inexhaustible 7. deforestation 8. breathlessly 9. downsized 10.belies

Part 2: CUSTOMER REVIEWS

1. accompanied 2.argueably 3. professional 4. financial 5. unedited

6. analysis 7. reliable 8. feedback 9.(re)adjustment 10. recommendation

VII. Error correction (10 pts)

1. line 3: high -> highest 2. line 4: has -> (cross out)
3. line 5: in -> through 4. line 7: bring -> brought
5. line 8: being -> was 6. line 10: comprises -> which comprises
7. line 11: relative -> relatively 8. line13: walk -> walks
9. line 13: gruel -> grueling 10. line 14: of -> (cross out)

VIII. Sentence Transformation (20 pts)

A. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before.
1. Dave’s salary was lowered to keep from losing his job.
2. The students deserved severe punishment for their rebellious behaviours.
3. I cancelled my/the subscription to that magazine nine months ago.
4. Nothing but an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now.
5. It makes no difference which chemical you put into the mixture first.
B. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words. The given words must not be altered in any way.
1.There is no question of me/my paying for the tickets.
1. He’s so garrulous that we are not able/can’t get a word in edgeway/edgewise.
3. Have you decided to go in for the poster competition?
4. Tony’s habit of taking risk is not compatible with his image as a family man.
5. The authorities had decided there would be/hah decided on a crackdown on dissidents.
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