PRACTICE TEST 1 (A1)

PART A. LISTENING. (3 pts)

Listen to the tape TWICE and do the following sections from question 1 to question 20.
Section 1: Question 1-10: Choose the corrects A, B, or C
Example:
0. In the library George found
A. a book.
B. a brochure
C. a newspaper
1. In the lobby of the library George saw.
A. A group playing music.
B. A display of instruments.
C. A video about the festival.
2. George wants to sit at the back so they can see
A. see well.
B. hear clearly.
C. pay less.
Question 3-10 : Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL BOOKING FORM

Name: George O’Neil

Address: (3) ______________. Westsea.
Postcode: (4) ______________
Telephone: (5) _______________

Date Event Price per ticket No. of tickets

5 June Instrument group £ 7.50 2
Guitarini
17 June Singer (price includes £6 2
(6) _________ in the
garden)
22 June (7) _________ (Anna £ 7.00 1
Ventura)
23 June Spanish Dance & Guitar (8) £ __________ (9) _________
Concert.

NB Children / Students / Senior Citizens have (10) _________ discount on all tickects.

Section 2: Question 11 – 20: Question 11 – 15: Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Dinosaur Museum

The museum closes at ( 11) ______ p.m on Mondays.

The museum in not open on (12) ________ .
School groups are met by tour guides in the (13) ____________ .
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The whole visit takes 90 minutes, including (14) ___________ minutes for the guided tour.
There are (15) ____________ behind the museum where students can have lunch.

Question 16 – 18: Choose THREE letters, A – G: Which THREE things can students have with
them in the museum?
A. food
B. water
C. cameras
D. books
E. bags
F. pens
G. worksheets
Question 19 and 20: Choose TWO letters, A – E: Which TWO activities can students do after the
tour at present?
A. build model dinosaurs
B. watch films
C. draw dinosaurs
D. find dinosaur eggs
E. play computer games
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (5 pts)
I. Circle the correct answer to complete sentence. (2 pts)
1. She ______ on the computer for more than two hours when she decided to stop for a rest.
a. has worked b. has been working c. was working d. had been working
2. Realizing he got lost, he started to _______ help.
a. call for b. go for c. call at d. go to
3. _____anything suspicious arise, please let me know at once.
a. Would b. Should c. Did d. Can
4. I _________several musicians around that time.
a. came up with b. made friends to c. made the acquaintance of d. got back to
5. Tom has decided to_______ the time he spends watching television.
a. come up with b. cut down on c. run out of d. make up for
6. He carried a(n) _______ driving license.
a. artificial b. false c. untrue d. unfaithful
7. As the drug took ________, the patient became quieter.
a. effect b. force c. influence d. action
8. What ______make is your car? It’s ______Toyota Altis.
a. the/a b. the/the c. _/_ d. __/a
9. After five days using your medicine you prescribed, I feel better. Now I am as right as ______.
a. clouds b. a ray c. rain d. a haze
10. I hope you won’t take ______ when I say that you assignment needs to be done again.
a. offence b. hatred c. nerve d. anger
11. _____ you initially decided to do was not your final decision.
a. Which b. What c. Why d. Who
12. It is regrettable that two items were _____of the invoice and need to be added immediately.
a. stood out b. found out c. left out d. cut up
13. The bully ____ when he saw the teacher approaching.
a. called at b. brought about c. caught up d. cleared off
14. “Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back”, the
teacher said.
a. visible b. audible c. edible d. eligible
15. On the second thought, I believe I will go with you to the theater.
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a. a. Upon reflection b. After discussing with my wife
c. For this time only d. For the second time
16. Why don't you try praising your students occasionally instead of ________ them all the time?
a. crying to b. falling over c. shouting at d. rushing into
17. After so many years, it is great to see him ________ his ambitions.
a. realize b. get c. possess d. deserve
18. We still meet up for a drink and a chat once ________.
a. in a blue moon b. in a while c. at a time d. in a black mood
19. ________ in the diet is especially important for vegetarians.
a. Enough protein is obtained b. Obtaining enough protein
c. They obtain enough protein d. By obtaining enough protein
20. Linda: "It's been a tough couple of months, but I think the worst is behind us now."
Jill: “________”
a. Good luck! b. Good morning. c. Goodness me! d. Good.
Question 47: Many of the relics of early Mesopotamia, one of the areas where civilizations first
_____, ______ from their sites over the years, and are now on display in European museums..
A. used to develop/were removed B. had developed/have removed
C. developed/have been removed D. were developing/had removed
Question 48: Student: "I would like to join the library."
Librarian: “________”
A. OK. Would you like to fill in this form? B. OK. This is the form that requires us.
C. OK. I would like to fill in this form. D. OK. See if you can join.

II. Supply the correct word form. (1 pt)

1. You’d better ask Frank. I’m not in (possess)______________ of the manual you are looking for.
2. Thanks to the operation my (see)_____________ has improved considerably. I hope that after the
next one I won’t have to wear glasses at all.
3. Cigarettes, coffee and alcohol and other (addict) _____________ are known to have an adverse
influence upon human health.
4. The Blacks have helped us a lot in these hard times. We do feel (debt)_________to them for their
great support.
5. Tax exemption only applies to those with (resident) ____________ status.
6. His busy schedule made him completely (access) _____________ to his students.
7. The rain gave us a (make) _____________ excuse to stay at home.
8. ‘Have you got any (give) ___________ about the cooperation?’. ‘Oh, no, I’m sure it will be
successful.’
9. Cats are not considered to be social animals in the sense that they have never (habit)
_____________travelled in packs or adopted leaders.
10. Any athletes using doping will be (qualify) _______________ to participate in competition.

III. Each sentence has ONLY one mistake. Underline the mistake in each sentence and correct
it. (1 pt)

1. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important for trying it on with 1.

heavy clothing underneath.
2. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers, including 2.
firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.
3. A number of novelists submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to 3.
conceal the fact that there were women.
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4. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem perfectly, he still 4.
may not be able to find a drug which the patient will respond.
5. Because the Red Cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will 5.
not let you give blood if you have just had a cold.
6. Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the presence of dead organic 6.
material provide the ideal living condition for mushroom.
7. Despite fats and oils are nutritionally important as energy sources, 7.
medical research indicates that saturated fats may contribute to hardening
of the arteries.
8. The engineering in charge of the design of a scientific tool works in 8.
close partnership with the scientist and the technician.
9. Searching for alternate forms of energy does not necessary mean the 9.
abandonment of fossil fuels as an energy source.
10. The dense Belgian fogs, like the most inland fogs, are caused by the 10
cooling of humid surface air to a relatively low temperature.

IV. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition. (1pt)

1. This project made great contribution ________ the outcome of the domestic economy.
2. Helen is very excited ______ going to work in the USA.
3. Some people never set _______to become rich and famous.
4. The hotel was terrible, but the wonderful beach make ____ ____ our disappointment.
5. Has Tony’s book come _______yet?
6. I disagree. My ideas are entirely opposite _____ yours.
7. They decided to put _____ their differences and became friends.
8. The concert was called _______ because of the heavy rain.
9. There is a really good film ______ in town.
10. Although I rarely have time to talk to my neighbors, I get __________ well with them.

PART C. READING (5 pts)

I. Read the passages and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fit each space. (1 pt)

Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1) ............. to be successful?
Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (2) …...... - we all know
someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch
yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it.
You can change your view of life, according to psychologist. It only takes a little (3)….., and
you'll find life more rewarding as a (4)................ . .Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect
and confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (5) ………….. .
Optimists are more (6) ............. to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (7) ………..... to the world. Some
people are brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people
when anything (8)……..... wrong. Most optimists, on the (9) ……….. hand, have been brought up
not to (10.) …….... failure as the end of the world - they just get on with their lives.

1 A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited

2.A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun
3. A. energy B. effort C. work D. effect
4. A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product
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5. A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose
6. A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome
7. A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position
8. A. goes B. falls C. comes D. turns
9. A. opposite B. others C. other D. far
10. A. regard B. respect C. suppose D. think

II. Read the passage and answer the question by circling the correct answer. (1pt)
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent," the film has
never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an
indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film
exhibition in the Unites States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on
popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment
of any kind was sufficient.
Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film
became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of
the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be
added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed.
For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of
the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a
position was not skill or taste
so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom
saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky
enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing
suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing
with their films such indications of mood as "pleasant," "sad," "lively." The suggestions became
more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of
suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early
special scores was that composed and arranged for D.W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which
was released in 1915.

1. The passage mainly discusses music that was .............. .

A. performed before the showing of a film
B. played during silent films
C. specifically composed for certain movie theaters
D. recorded during film exhibitions
2. What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?
A. They were truly "silent."
B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras.
C. They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices.
D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions.
3. The word "solemn" is closest in meaning to .............. .
A. simple B. serious C. short D. silent
4. It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to .............. .
A. be able to play many instruments B. have pleasant voices
C. be familiar with a wide variety of music D. be able to compose original music
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5. The word "them" refers to .............. .
A. years B. hands C. pieces D. films
6. According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
A. It produced electricity. B. It distributed films.
C. It published musical arrangements. D. It made musical instruments.
7. It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around........ .
A. 1896 B. 1909 C. 1915 D. 1927
8. Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue sheet of
the early 1900's?
A. "Calm, peaceful" B. "Piano, violin"
C. "Key of C major" D. "Directed by D.W. Griffith"
9. The word "scores" is closest in meaning to .............. .
A. totals B. successes
C. musical compositions D. groups of musicians
10. The passage probably continues with a discussion of .............. .
A. famous composers of the early twentieth century
B. other films directed by D.W. Griffith
C. silent films by other directors
D. the music in Birth of a Nation

III. Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (1 pt)

When rainforests are cleared and (1) _______, millions of carbon dioxide are released into the
atmosphere affecting climatic conditions and threatening us all (2) _____ severe flooding, drought
and drop failure. The rainforests (3) _______at least half of the earth’s species. At the current rate of
devastation an (4) ______ 50 species worldwide become extinct every day.
One in four purchases from chemists is derived from the rainforests. Scientists are (5) ______
caught in a race against time to find rainforest treatments for cancer, AIDS and heart disease before
they are (6) _____ forever. Tribal people in the rainforests have been shot, poisoned and infected
with diseases to which they have no resistance – to make room for logging, mining and dams. If this
destruction continues, only nine (7) _____ the 33 countries currently exporting rainforest timber will
have any (8) ______ by the end of the decade.
Almost everyone will have part of the rainforests in their home, as do-it-yourself stores still supply
and the construction industry still uses tropical hardwoods for doors, window (9) ______ and even
toilet seats.
Please help us (10) _____ the tropical rainforests now, before it is too late.
IV. Read the passage carefully and do the following tasks. (2pts)

TOURISM
A. Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomenathan most
commentators have considered. On the face of it there counld not be a more trivial subjects for a
book. And indeed since social scientiests have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier
topics such as work or politics, it might be thought that they would have great difficulties
accounting for more trivial phenomena such as holidaymaking. However, there are interesting
parallels with the study of deviance. This involves the investigation of bizarre and idiosyncratic
social practices which happens to be defined as deviant in some societies but not necessarily in
others. The assumption is that the investigation of the deviance can reveal interesting and
significant aspects of normal sosieties. It could be said that a similar analysis can be applied to
tourism.
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B. Tourism is a leisure activity which prespposes its opposite namely regulated and organised work.
Is is one manifstion of how work and leisure are organized as separate and regulated spheres of
social practice in modern socieites. Indeed acting as a tourist is one of the defining characteristics
of being modern and popular concept of tourism is that it is organized within particular places
and occurs for regularised period of time. Tourism relationship arise from a movement of people
to and their stay various destinations. This necessarily invlves some movement that is the journey
and a period of stay in anew place for places. The journey and the stay are by definition outside
the normal places of residence and work and of a short term and temporary nature and there is a
clear intention to return ‘home within a relatively short period of time.
C. A substantial proportion of the population of modern societies engages in such tourist practices,
new socialised forms of provision have developed in order to cope with the mass character of the
gazes of tourists as opposed to the individual character of travel. Places are choosen to be visited
and be gazed upon because there is an anticipation especially through daydreaming and fantasy of
intense pleasures, either on a different scales or involving different senses from those sustomarily
encountered. Such anticipation is constructed ans sustained through a variety of non-rourist
practices such as film, TV, literature, magazines, records and videos which construct and
reinforce this daydreaming.
D. Tourists tend to visit features of landscape and townscape which separate them off from everyday
experience. Such aspects are viewed because they are taken to be in some sense out of the
ordinary. The viewing of these other tourist sights onten involves different forms of social
patterning with a such greater sensitivity to visual elements of landscape or townscape than is
normally found in everyday life. People linger over these sights in a way that they would not
normally do in their home environment anf the vision is objectified or captures through
photographs, porstcards, films and so on, which enable the moemory to be endlessly reproduced
and recaptured.
E. One of the earliest disertaions on the subject of tourism is Boorstins analysis of the pseudo event
(1964) where he argues that contemporary Americans cannot experience reality directly but thrive
on ‘pseudo events’. Isolated from the host environment and the local people, the mass tourist
travels in guided groups and finds pleasure in inauthentic contrived attractions gullibly enjoying
the pseudo events and disregarding the real world ouside. Over time the images generates of
different tourist sights come to constitute a closed self-perpetuating system of illusions, which
provide the tourist with the basis for selecting evaluating potential places to visit. Such visits are
made says Boorstin, within the “enviromental bubble of the familiar American style hotel, which
insulates the tourist from the strangeness of the host environment.
F. To service the burgeoning tourist industry, an array of professionals has developed who attempt to
reproduce ever-new objects for the tourist to look at. These objects or places are located in a
comples and changing hierarchy. This depends upon the interplay between, on the one hand,
competition between interests involved in the provision of such objects and on the other hand
changing class, gender, and generation distinctions of taste within the potential population of
visitors. It has been said that to be a tourist is one of the characteristics of the ‘modern
experience’. Not to go away is like not possessing a car or a nice house. Travel is a marker of
status in modern societies and is also thought to be nesessay for good health. The role of the
professional, therefore, is to cater for the needs and tastes of the tourists in accordance with their
class and overall expectations.

Task 1: Read the passage carefully and choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph
from the list headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i-ix) next to the paragraph A to
F. Paragraph D has been done for you as an example.
NB: There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them.
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 LIST OF HEADINGS

i. The politics of tourism

ii. The cost of tourism
iii. Justifying the study of tourism
iv. Tourism contrasted with travel
v. The essence of modern tourism
vi. Tourism versus leisure
vii. The artificality of moderm tourism
viii. The role of modern tour guides
ix. Creating an alternative to the everyday experience.

1. Paragraph A ……
2. Paragraph B ……
3. Paragraph C ……
4. Paragraph D - ix ( Example)
5. Paragraph E ……
6. Paragraph F ……
Task 2: Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

Yes - if the statement agrees with the writer.

No - if the statement contradicts the writer.
Not Given – if it is impossible to say the writer thinks about this.
Example
People who can’t afford to travel watch films and TV - Not Given.

1. Tourism is a trivial subject.

2. An analysis of deviance can act a a model for the analysis of tourism.
3. Tourism usually choose to travel overseas.
4. Tourists focus more on palces they visit than those at home.
5. Tour operators try to cheat tourists.
PART D. WRITING
I. Rewrite sentences so that the meaning stays the same. (1 pt)
1. Mrs. Barbara was very sorry because she couldn’t come to my daughter’s wedding.
-> Mrs. Barbara greatly regretted __________________________________________
2. We finished dinner and, a few moments later, Mr. John came in.
-> Hardly _____________________________________________________________
3. When I started work I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax. (clue)
______________________________________________________________________
4. You should not let anyone come into the house for any reason when your parents are away.
-> Under ______________________________________________________________
5. We have finally accepted that our relationship comes to an end. (terms)
______________________________________________________________________
II. Paragraph writing:
Write about the benefits of knowing how to swim.
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Part A: Listening (20 questions) 0.15 /
Listening 1. C one correct
(3pts) 2. B answer
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 3. 48 North Avenue
4. WS6 2YH
5. 01674553242
6. (free) drinks / refreshment(s)
7. the/a pianist
8. 10.50
9. 4
10. 50%
11. 1.30
12. 25 December/ Christmas Day.
13. Car-park/ parking lot
14. 45
15. (some) tables
16, 17,18: C, F, G (in any order)
19, 20: B. E (in any order)
Part B: I. Circle the correct answer to complete sentence. (2pts) 0.1/ one
Lexico correct
and 1. d 4. c 7. a 10. a 13. d 16. c 19. b answer
grammar 2. a 5. b 8. d 11. b 14. b 17. a 20. d
(5pts) 3. b 6. b 9. c 12. c 15. a 18. b
II. Supply the correct word form. ( 1pt) 0.1/ one
1. possession 6. inaccessible correct
2. sight 7. ready-made answer
3. addictions 8. misgivings
4. indebted 9. habitually
5. non-resident 10. disqualified
III. Each sentence has ONLY one mistake. Underline the mistake in each
0.1/ one
sentence and correct it. (1pt)
correct
answer
1. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very 1.to try
important for trying it on with heavy clothing 2. was
underneath. 3. they
2. What happened in that city were a reaction 4. to which
from city workers, including firemen and 5. Although
policemen who had been laid off from their 6. moisture
jobs. 7. Although
3. A number of novelists submitted their 8. engineer
manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal 9. necessarily
the fact that there were women. 10. most
4. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose
a problem perfectly, he still may not be able
to find a drug which the patient will respond.
5. Because the Red Cross accepts blood from
most donors, the nurses will not let you give
blood if you have just had a cold.
6. Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the
presence of dead organic material provide
the ideal living condition for mushroom.
7. Despite fats and oils are nutritionally
important as energy sources, medical
research indicates that saturated fats may
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 contribute to hardening of the arteries.
8. The engineering in charge of the design of
a scientific tool works in close partnership
with the scientist and the technician.
9. Searching for alternate forms of energy
does not necessary mean the abandonment of
fossil fuels as an energy source.
10. The dense Belgian fogs, like the most
inland fogs, are caused by the cooling of
humid surface air to a relatively low
temperature.
IV. Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition. (1pt)
1. to 3. out 5. out 7. aside 9. on 0.1/ one
2. about 4. up for 6. to 8. off 10. along/on correct
answer

Part C. I. Read the passages and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fit each space. 0.1/ one
Reading (1pt) correct
(5pts) answer
1. B. expected 3. B. effort 5. C. offer 7.B. 9. C. other
2. D. fun 4. A. result 6.B. likely attitude 10. A. regard
8.A. goes
0.1/ one
V. Read the passage and answer the question by circling the correct answer. correct
(1pt) answer

1. B 3. B 5. D 7. B 9. C
2. D 4. C 6. B 8. A 10. D 0.1/ one
correct
VI. Fill in the blank with a suitable word. (1pt) answer

1.burned 3.contain 5.currently 7.of 9.frames 0.2/ one

2.with 4.estimated 6.lost 8.left 10.save correct
answer
IV. Read the passage carefully and do the following tasks (2pts)
Task 1:
1. iii 2. v 3. iv 4. vii 5. viii

Task 2:
6. NO 7. YES 8. NOT GIVEN 9. YES 10.NOT GIVEN
Part A I. Rewrite sentences so that the meaning stays the same. (1pt) 0.2/ one
Writing 1. Mrs. Barbara greatly regretted not being able to come to my daughter’s correct
(7 pts) wedding. answer
2. Hardly had we finished diner when Mr. John came in.
3. I didn’t have any clue about how to send a fax when I started work.
4. Under no circumstances should you let anyone come into the house when your

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parents are away.
5. We have finally come to terms with the fact that our friendship comes to an
end.

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