PRACTICE TEST 3

SECTION 1: LISTENING (40 points)

Section 1: You will hear a man telephoning a library to find out about joining. Listen and
complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS/ OR A NUMBER for each
answer. You will hear the recording TWICE.

LIBRARY INFORMATION

For registration, must take

​ - two (1) _______________ and

​ - two forms of I.D. e.g. driving licence, (2) _______________

Cost to join per year (without current student card): (3) £_______________

Number of items allowed: (members of public) (4) _______________

Loan times: four weeks

Fines start at (5) £_______________

Computers can be booked up to (6) _______________ hours in advance

Library holds most national papers, all (7) _______________, and magazines

Need (8) _______________ to use photocopier

Answer

Creative Writing class

● tutor is John (9) _______________

● held on (10) _______________ evenings

II. Listen to a conversation on a university campus and choose the correct option.
(10 points)
1. What is the woman’s status at the university?
A. She is a senior.​ ​ ​ ​ B. She is a junior.
C. She’s a transfer student.​ ​ D. She’s a graduate student.
2. What is the man’s status at the university?
A. He is a senior.​ ​ ​ ​ B. He is a tutor.
C. He’s a transfer student.​ ​ D. He’s a graduate student.
3. What does the man want to learn from the woman?
A. How to transfer to a junior college.
B. How to find his way around campus.
C. The course requirements for a literature major.
D. Who won the campus election.

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4. How many total courses must a student take for a literature major?
A. Three​ ​ B. Five​​ C. Eight​ ​ D. Ten
5. The man will probably take his elective courses in which area?
A. American literature ​ ​ B. World literature
C. Literary analysis​ ​ ​ D. Surveying
III. You will hear an explorer called Richard Livingstone talking about a trip he made in the
rainforest of South America. Listen and indicate true (T) or false (F) statements. (10 points)
Statements T F
1. They went all the way by boat.
2. Richard say that during the walk, they were always both cold and wet.
3. In a deserted camp, they found some soup made from unusual meat and
vegetables.
4. After the meal, they began to feel worried about what they have done.
5. Before leaving the camp, they left the sum of 50 dollars to thank the host.
SECTION 2: PHONETICS: (10points)
Part 1: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. contribute​ ​ B. tornado​ ​ ​ C. category​ ​ ​ D. tsunami
2. A. diplomacy​ ​ B. intimacy​ ​ ​ C. peninsula​ ​ ​ D. pneumonia
3. A. telecommuting​ B. notwithstanding​ ​ C. humanitarian​ D. nevertheless
4. A. coincident​ ​ B. indicative​ ​ ​ C. arithmetic​ ​ D. prosperous
5. A. Arabic​ ​ ​ B. lunatic​ ​ ​ C. prolific​ ​ ​ D. politic

Part 2: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. conservation​ ​ B. consequential​ ​ C. conscientious​ D. consideration
2. A. grandeur​​ B. individual​ ​ C. soldier​ ​ ​ D. destiny
3. A. cleanliness​ ​ B. lead​​ ​ C. healing​ ​ ​ D. steady
4. A. guiltless​ ​ B. unsuitable​ ​ C. building​ ​ ​ D. circuit
5. A. oaths​ ​ ​ B. wreaths​ ​ ​ C. months​ ​ ​ D. youths
SECTION 3: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (50 points)
I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the gap in each sentence (20 points)
1.​ Nathalie seems very tough at work. She’s a different person at home, _________.
​ A. though​ ​ B. although​ ​ C. as though​ ​ D. even though
2.​ I kept out of the conversation because it _________ me.
​ A. wasn’t concerned​ B. wasn’t concerning​C. didn’t concern​ D. didn’t concern to
3.​ The entire city was _________ electricity last night- it was chaotic.
​ A. no​ ​ ​ B. almost no​ ​ C. hardly any​ ​ D. without
4.​ Henry was overweight, so he went on a strict diet and _________ twenty kilos.
​ A. missed​ ​ B. lost​ ​ ​ C. failed​ ​ D. fell
5.​ He was arrested because he answered to the description of the _________ man.
​ A. searched ​ ​ B. pursued ​ ​ C. wanted​ ​ D. hunted
6.​ Humanity has done great damage to the environment in its search for _________
materials.
​ A. live​ ​ ​ B. raw​ ​ ​ C. crude​ ​ D. rude
7.​ _________, the balcony chairs will be ruined in this weather.
​ A. Leaving uncovered​ ​ ​ ​ B. Having left uncovered​
C. Left uncovered​ ​ ​ ​ D. Been left uncovered
8.​ One way to let off _________ after a stressful day is to take some vigorous exercise.
​ A. cloud​ ​ B. tension​ ​ C. steam​ ​ D. sweat

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 9.​ Their research into the causes of cancer promises to break the new _________ in the field
and possibly lead to a cure.
​ A. earth​ ​ B. ground​ ​ C. soil​ ​ ​ D. land
10.​ After three days in the desert, his mind began to play _________ on him.
​ A. games​ ​ B. jokes​ ​ C. tricks​ ​ D. fun
11.​ The match will be screened on ITV with _________ commentary by Any Gray.
​ A. lively​ ​ B. live​ ​ ​ C. alive​ ​ D. living
12.​ I know you didn’t want to upset me but I’ sooner you _________ me the whole truth
yesterday.
​ A. could have told​ B. told​​ ​ C. have told​ ​ D. had told
13.​ As the drug took _________, the patient became quieter.
​ A. effect​ ​ B. force​ ​ C. influence​ ​ D. action
14.​ The dawn redwood appears ____ some 100 million years ago in northern forests around
the world.
​ A. was flourished​ B. having to flourish​ C. to have flourished​​ D. have flourished
15.​ His comments _________ little or no relation to the facts and the figures of the case.
​ A. reflect​ ​ B. bear​ ​ ​ C. give​​ ​ D. possess
16.​ All _____ is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.
​ A. what is needed​ B. for our needs​ C. the thing needed​ D. that is needed
17.​ It is urgent that this letter _____ immediately.
​ A. was posted​​ B. posted​ ​ C. be posted​ ​ D. be post
18.​ John: This grammar test is the hardest one we’ve ever had this semester!
​ Mary: _____ but I think it’s quite easy.
​ A. I couldn’t agree more​ ​ ​ B. I understand what you’re saying
​ C. You’re wrong​ ​ ​ ​ D. I don’t see in that way
19.​ It is only recently that ballets have been based on the themes _____ American life.
​ A. reflecting​ ​ B. reflects​ ​ C. is reflecting​​ D. reflected
20.​ I wish you’d do the accounts. I don’t have ________ for numbers.
​ A. a head​ ​ B. a mind​ ​ C. the heart​ ​ D. the nerve
II. The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers
in the space provided in the column on the right. (10 points)
Britain has a general mild temperate climate. The weather, however, tends to be changed (though
not necessarily unpredictable) as a result of the constant influence of different air mass. The
prevailing winds are south-westerly, which bring warm air in from across the Atlantic. There are a
few extremes in temperature, which rarely goes above 320C or below -100C. In summer, southern
Britain is warmer than northern Britain because of its latitude, but in winter the North Atlantic Drift
– a warm sea current - keeps the west mild than the east. Consequently, Wales and the south-west
Peninsula has the most moderate climate and eastern England the most extremely. These
differences, are not great however, and local variations arise from factors such as altitude and
pollution are often greater. Annual rainfall is fairly evenly distribute, but ranges from more than
1,600 mm in the mountainous areas of the west and north far less than 800 mm over central and
eastern parts. This is because depression from the Atlantic bring frontal rainfall first to the west and
because western Britain is higher and so gets more relief rain.
Your answer:
Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

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IV. Supply the correct form of the verbs in block capitals in brackets to complete the passage.
(10 pts)

Mount Mulanje
Mount Mulanje in Malawi is the highest mountain in central Africa,
part of a range which comprises no fewer than twenty peaks over 2,500
metres. The range is readily (1)________ by road and a day’s drive allows ACCESS
a (2)_________ circumnavigation. More energetic visitors, particularly LEISURE
walkers and climbers, are rewarded with an experience that is
(3)__________. FORGET
Mulanje is a (4)________ sight, visible for miles around. The giant BREATH
slab of rock appears to protrude almost vertically from the plain. This
impression is borne out by the existence of the longest sheer rockface in
Africa, demanding for even the most skilled (5)___________ . The
explanation for this dramatic geography lies in the rock: a hard granite, MOUNTAIN
very resistant to (6)_________ , which contrasts with the softer rocks of
the plains. ERODE
Most visitors remain on the lower, gentler slopes, making use of forest
huts for overnight accommodation. The trek up the foothills, along clearly
defined paths, is not overly (7) ________ but may take up to a week. As
the climate cools gradually, almost (8)___________ , with every few CHALLENGE
metres of altitude gained, so the full (9)___________ of fauna and flora PERCEPTIBLE
is revealed in all its (10)_____________. DIVERSE
SPLENDID
V. VERB FORMS
Put the verbs in the brackets into their appropriate tenses and forms (10 pts)
1. I was terribly disappointed _____ (1. discover) that he _____ (2. lie) to me.
3. I really didn’t expect _____ (3. introduce) to the president.
4. The sunlight _____ (4. come) through the window _____ (5. wake) me up early every morning.
5. The girl got into a lot of trouble. She _____ (6. not, tell) a lie.
6. I appreciate _____ (7. tell) the news.
7. The airplane in which the football team _____ (8. travel) crashed soon after taking off.
9. You don’t remember _____ (9. tell) him how to get here. If you _____ (10. have) we _____ (11.
not miss) the train.
SECTION 4: READING (50 points)
I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. (10 points)
AS OLD AS YOU FEEL
It might after all be true that you are only as old as you feel. A British clinic is carrying out new
high-tech tests to calculate the “real” biological age of patients (1)_____ (on the rate of physical
deterioration. Information on every (2)_____ of a patient’s health, fitness, lifestyle and family
medical history is (3)_____ in to a computer to work out whether they are older or younger than
their calendar age suggests.
The availability and increasing accuracy of the tests has (4)_____ one leading British
gerontologist to call for biological age to be used to determine when workers should retire. He
(5)_____ that if an employee’s biological or “real” age is shown, for example, to be 55 when he
reaches his 65th birthday, he should be (6)_____ to work for another decade. Apparently most
employers only take into (7)_____ a person’s calendar years, and the two may differ considerably.
Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to
smugly walk away with medical (8)_____ showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving
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them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. Dr Lynette Yong, resident doctor at
the clinic where the tests are offered claims that the purpose of these tests will be to motivate
people to (9)_____ their health.
The concept of “real” age is set to become big (10)_____ in the USA with books and websites
helping people work out whether their body is older or younger than their years. Others firmly
believe that looks will always be the best indicator of age.
1. A. prospect ​ B. arranged ​ C. based ​ D. established
2. A. attitude ​ B. position ​ C. decided ​ D. aspect
3. A. planned ​ B. provided ​ C. supplied ​ D. fed
4. A. prodded ​ B. prompted ​ C. projected ​ D. provoked
5. A. argues ​ B. discusses ​ C. enquires D. debates
6. A. incited ​ B. encouraged ​ C. supported ​ D. promoted
7. A. detail ​ B. account ​ C. interest D. importance
8. A. evidence ​ B. grounds ​ C. signs ​ D. demonstration
9. A. increase ​ B. gain ​ C. improve ​ D. progress
10. A. pursuit ​ B. concern ​ C. trade ​ D. business
II. Fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word in the space provided. (10
points)
INTRODUCTION TO A NOVEL
Some years ago, I received a letter from a stranger, Joanna King. It seemed at first to be
one of those pleasant fan letters that authors are occasionally cheered (1)________, but which
then turn out to be something else. Joanna had an aunt, aged ninety-eight, who had kept a diary
from the age of thirteen until she was ninety-four. (2)_______ Joanna nor her husband had ever
been allowed to read any of these diaries, but because their relative was a woman (3)_______
strong opinions, they thought they would be interesting.
The point of writing to me was to ask my advice. Joanna had read a memoir I’d written
about my own mother and grandmother, two ordinary women with (4)______ claim to fame, and it
had made her wonder if there was some value in the diaries (5)_______ a social document. Could I
suggest (6)________ might be done with them?
I suggested that a university might be interested and enclosed various names and
addresses. I said the thought of someone keeping a diary over such (7)______ length of time, so
neatly covering most of a century, was (8)________ itself extraordinary, and I would love to read
them myself. Joanna replied saying that this was what she had hoped. (9)________ is, that I
myself might be intrigued enough to want to (10)_______ something of them. I hadn’t, in fact,
mean that, but once it had been suggested I began to toy with the prospect.
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. (15 points)
​ Madison Square Garden, a world-famous sporting venue in New York City, has actually
been a series of buildings in varied locations rather than a single building in one spot. In 1873. P. T.
Barnum built Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome at the corner of Madison
Avenue and 26th Street, across from Madison Square Park. Two years later bandleader Patrick
Gilmore bought the property, added statues and fountains and renamed it Gilmore's Gardens. When
Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property in 1879, it was renamed Madison Square Garden.
​ A second very lavish Madison Square Garden was built at the same location in 1890, with
a ballroom. a restaurant, a theater, a rooftop garden, and a main arena with seating for 15,000.
However, this elaborate Madison Square Garden lasted only until 1924, when it was torn down to
make way for a forty-story skyscraper.
​ When the second Madison Square Garden had been replaced in its location across from
Madison Square Park. boxing promoter Tex Rickard raised six million dollars to build a new Madison
Square Garden. This new Madison Square Garden was constructed in a different location on 8th
Avenue and 50th Street and quite some distance from Madison Square Park and Madison Avenue.
Rickard's Madison Square Garden served primarily as an arena for boxing prizefights and circus
events until it outgrew its usefulness by the late 1950s.

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​ A new location was found for a fourth Madison Square Garden. atop Pennsylvania
Railroad Station, and plans were announced for its construction in 1960. This current edifice, which
includes a huge sports arena. a bowling center. a 5,000-seat amphitheater, and a twenty-nine-story
office building, does retain the traditional name Madison Square Garden. However, the name is
actually quite a misnomer. The building is not located near Madison Square, nor does it have the
flowery gardens that contributed to the original name

1. The main point of this passage is that Madison Square Garden

(A) has had a varied history in various locations ​ (B) was P. T. Barnum's major accomplishment
(C) is home to many different sporting events ​ (D). was named after an adjacent park
2. Which paragraph discusses the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden?
(A) The first paragraph ​ ​ (B) The second paragraph​
(C) The third paragraph​ ​ (D). The last paragraph
3. What is a "venue"?
(A) A place where people come together​ (B) An event in a competition
(C) An exhibit of various products​ ​ (D). An invitation to a
program
4. According to the passage, Patrick Gilmore did all of the following EXCEPT that he
(A) purchased the property at the corner' of Madison Avenue and 26th Street
(B) made improvements to the property that he bought
(C) named the property that he bought Madison Square Garden
(D) sold the property to Cornelius Vanderbilt
5. The word "lavish" is closest in meaning to
(A) simple​​ (B) modern​ (C) elaborate​ (D) outlandish
6. How long did the second Madison Square Garden last?
(A) 11 years​ (B) 34 years​ (C) 45 years​ (D) 60years
7. The word “it” in the third paragraph refers to
(A). circus events ​ (B). arena ​ (C). Square Garden​ (D). Square Park
8. Which of the following would most likely have taken place at Rickard's Madison Square Garden?
(A) A ballroom dance ​ ​ (B) A theater production​
(C) A basketball game​ ​ (D) A tiger show
9. The word "edifice" is most likely
(A) an address​ ​ (B) an association
(C) a component​ ​ (D) a building
10. What can be inferred about the current Madison Square Garden?
(A) It is on Madison Avenue. ​ ​ (B) It is across from Madison Square Park.
(C) It has incredible gardens​ ​ (D) It is above a transportation center.
IV.
Questions 1-7
Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs A-G.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number i-x in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.
William Gilbert and Magnetism
A
The 16th and 17th centuries saw two great pioneers of modern science: Galileo and Gilbert. The impact of
their findings is eminent. Gilbert was the first modern scientist, also the accredited father of the science of
electricity and magnetism, an Englishman of learning and a physician at the court of Elizabeth. Prior to him, all
that was known of electricity and magnetism was what the ancients knew, nothing more than that the
lodestone possessed magnetic properties and that amber and jet, when rubbed, would attract bits of paper or
other substances of small specific gravity. However, he is less well known than he deserves.
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Gilbert’s birth pre-dated Galileo. Born in an eminent local family in Colchester County in the UK, on May 24,
1544, he went to grammar school, and then studied medicine at St John’s College, Cambridge, graduating in
1573. Later he travelled in the continent and eventually settled down in London.
C
He was a very successful and eminent doctor. All this culminated in his election to the president of the Royal
Science Society. He was also appointed personal physician to the Queen (Elizabeth I), and later knighted by
the Queen. He faithfully served her until her death. However, he didn’t outlive the Queen for long and died on
November 30, 1603, only a few months after his appointment as personal physician to King James.
D
Gilbert was first interested in chemistry but later changed his focus due to the large portion of mysticism of
alchemy involved (such as the transmutation of metal). He gradually developed his interest in physics after
the great minds of the ancient, particularly about the knowledge the ancient Greeks had about lodestones,
strange minerals with the power to attract iron. In the meantime, Britain became a major seafaring nation in
1588 when the Spanish Armada was defeat­ed, opening the way to British settlement of America. British ships
depended on the magnetic compass, yet no one understood why it worked. Did the Pole Star attract it, as
Columbus once speculated; or was there a magnetic mountain at the pole, as described in Odyssey, which
ships would never approach, because the sail­ors thought its pull would yank out all their iron nails and
fittings? For nearly 20 years, William Gilbert conducted ingenious experiments to understand magnet­ism. His
works include On the Magnet, Magnetic Bodies, and the Great Magnet of the Earth.
E
Gilbert’s discovery was so important to modern physics. He investigated the nature of magnetism and
electricity. He even coined the word “electric”. Though the early beliefs of magnetism were also largely
entangled with superstitions such as that rubbing garlic on lodestone can neutralise its magnetism, one
example being that sailors even believed the smell of garlic would even interfere with the action of compass,
which is why helmsmen were forbidden to eat it near a ship’s compass. Gilbert also found that metals can be
magnetised by rubbing mater­ials such as fur, plastic or the like on them. He named the ends of a magnet
“north pole” and “south pole”. The magnetic poles can attract or repel, depending on polarity. In addition,
however, ordinary iron is always attracted to a magnet. Though he started to study the relationship between
magnetism and electricity, sadly he didn’t complete it. His research of static electricity using amber and jet
only demonstrated that objects with electrical charges can work like magnets attracting small pieces of paper
and stuff. It is a French guy named du Fay that discovered that there are actually two electrical charges,
positive and negative.
F
He also questioned the traditional astronomical beliefs. Though a Copernican, he didn’t express in his
quintessential beliefs whether the earth is at the centre of the universe or in orbit around the sun. However, he
believed that stars are not equidistant from the earth but have their own earth-like planets orbiting around
them. The earth itself is like a giant magnet, which is also why compasses always point north. They spin on
an axis that is aligned with the earth’s polarity. He even likened the polarity of the magnet to the polarity of the
earth and built an entire magnetic philosophy on this analogy. In his explanation, magnetism is the soul of the
earth. Thus a perfectly spherical lodestone, when aligned with the earth’s poles, would wobble all by itself in
24 hours. Further, he also believed that the sun and other stars wobble just like the earth does around a
crystal core, and speculated that the moon might also be a magnet caused to orbit by its magnetic attraction
to the earth. This was perhaps the first proposal that a force might cause a heavenly orbit.
G
His research method was revolutionary in that he used experiments rather than pure logic and reasoning like
the ancient Greek philosophers did. It was a new attitude towards scientific investigation. Until then, scientific
experiments were not in fashion. It was because of this scientific attitude, together with his contri­bution to our
knowledge of magnetism, that a unit of magneto motive force, also known as magnetic potential, was named
Gilbert in his honour. His approach of careful observation and experimentation rather than the authoritative
opinion or deductive philosophy of others had laid the very foundation for modern science.

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Questions 1-7
Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs A-G.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number i-x in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i.​ Early years of Gilbert​
ii.​ What was new about his scientific research method​
iii.​ The development of chemistry​
iv.​ Questioning traditional astronomy​
v.​ Pioneers of the early science​
vi.​ Professional and social recognition​
vii.​ Becoming the president of the Royal Science Society​
viii.​ The great works of Gilbert​
ix.​ His discovery about magnetism​
x.​ His change of focus
1 Paragraph A
2 Paragraph B
3 Paragraph C
4 Paragraph D
5 Paragraph E
6 Paragraph F
7 Paragraph G
Questions 8 - 10
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 8-10 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE.​ if the statement agrees with the information​
FALSE.​ if the statement contradicts the information​
NOT GIVEN. If there is no information on this
8 He is less famous than he should be.
9 He was famous as a doctor before he was employed by the Queen.
10 He lost faith in the medical theories of his time.
SECTION 5: WRITING (60 points)
I. Write the new sentences using the words in brackets. Do not alter the given words in any
way. (10 points)
1. “I think the whole idea is ridiculous.”, he said. (being)​
He dismissed ____________________________________________________
2. The disagreement was a lot of a fuss about nothing. (teacup)
The disagreement ________________________________________________
3. Sorry, you can’t do whatever you want. (pick)​
Sorry, you are not in _______________________________________________
4. You should not open the door for any reason. (no)​
Under ___________________________________________________________
5. Her lateness made the boss angry. (bananas)​ ​
It was because of _________________________________________________
6. Someone paid five thousands pounds for the painting. went
7. Stop criticizing everybody! (Down)
8. I need a calculator to arrive at the total. (OUT)
II. Rewrite the following sentences, keeping their meaning unchanged, beginning with the
words given. (10 points)
1. You must never mention this to him
Under …………………………………………………………………………….
2. His condition improved so rapidly that he went home four days after the operation.
There ……………………………………………………………………………...

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3. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation like this.
Only ​ ……
4. It wasn’t my fault that she lost the money.
Through …………………………………………….
5. The chances are that the whole thing will have been forgotten by next term.
In all ………………………………………………………………………………
6. I sufferd from obsessive and agonising thoughts. prey
7. I don’t usually remember people’s surnames. MEMORY
I don’t …………………..………………………………………..……… people’s surnames.
IV. Essay writing: (20 points)
Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion on the following topic:
​ With the development of online communication, people will never be alone and will always
be able to make new friends. To what extent do you agree?