PRACTICE TEST 03

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A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: Listen to the recording twice. Complete the table below. Write ONE
WORD ONLY for each answer. (10 points)

URBAN vs SUBURBAN LIVING

Advantages Disadvantages

Action – clubs, cafẻs etc. Noise

1.__________ More 2. __________ and pollution

Urban

Arts & Culture – museums etc. Price of housing

Close to work

Peace & quiet Cost of 4. __________

Greener environment Time lost in daily 5. __________

Suburban
Better for children

Homes larger with more

3.__________. – back yard
etc.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2:You will hear an interview with a man called Mike O’Toole, who works as
a teacher trainer. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits
best according to what you hear. (10 points)
1. Why are many teachers leaving the profession, according to Mike?
A. They don’t feel it is financially rewarding any more.
B. They are not being given the respect they once were.
C. They are investing too much in it without getting enough back.
D. They find the subject matter they have to teach too difficult.
2. Mike believes that without radical changes
A. education in the UK will begin to get worse.
B. UK schools will lose their ability to compete with one another.
C. the UK will soon no longer be a leader in education.
D. the educational system in the UK can be transformed.
3. The main failing of the UK education system is
A. the inability of students to use computers.
B. the resistance within schools to the introduction of technology.
C. the failure of government to invest in hardware for schools.
D. the lack of training for teachers in the use of technology in the classroom.
4. Why is teacher training failing teachers, according to Mike?
A. It is not helping them to keep pace with developments.
B. It does not use technology in its training classrooms.
C. It uses hardware and software that are out of date.
D. It is suffering from a lack of trainers with specialist knowledge.
5. Teachers can only benefit from technology if
A. they cease to see it as a threat.
B. they can combine it with traditional methods.
C. they are allowed to use it in their own way.
D. they are willing to research its possibilities on their own.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 3: Listen to the recording twice. Decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F). Write T or F in the space provided. (10 points)
1. The speaker has come from the Theosophical Society. _____
2. One of the main points of the talk is to save money. _____
3. The woman thinks students should do more home work. _____
4. The woman argues that plastic containers won’t biodegrade quickly. _____
5. The woman warns that asthma sufferers should be careful with her recipes. _____
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 4: Listen to the recording twice. You will hear part of a radio talk for
young people about animals communicating with each other. Complete the
sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. (20 points)
Bees do a (1.__________) to communicate where to find food.
Although parrots seem to speak, they are only (2.__________) the human sounds.
Primates can communicate a few (3.__________) using simple sounds.
Monkeys have not been observed to use any kind of (4.__________).
Although dolphins can make vowel sounds, they cannot accurately imitate our
(5.__________)
Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate an (6.__________) of when to use phrases.
The sounds made by whales contain (7.__________) than human speech.
The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the (8.__________) of human
speech.
The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in
(9.__________).
Indeed, a young child needs enough (10.__________) with other people to develop
speech.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50 points)

Part 1 : Choose the correct option for each gap in the following sentences. (20 points)
1. Please accept our _____ congratulations!
A. finest B. warmest C. dearest D. deepest
2. You should _____ at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D. allow
3. I had no chance to defend myself: the dog _____for me as soon as I opened the
door.
A. went B. ran C. fell D. stood
4. Please _____ a copy of your application form for at least six months.
A. return B. revise C. retain D. refer
5. _____ , dolphins have no sense of smell.
A. As known as far B. It is known as far
C. Known thus far as D. As far as is known
6. Alone in a deserted house, he was so busy with his research work that he felt
_____ lonely.
A. nothing but B. everything but C. anything but D. all but
7. Good health enables people to enjoy life and have the _____ to achieve their
gold.
A. chance B. opportunity C. occasion D. situation
8. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments.
A. climate B. weather C. temperature D. state
9. They drove _____ the home when their car run out of oil.
A. in a mile to B. for a mile to C. within a mile to D. within a mile by
10. If the size of the workforce can be easily and rapidly altered _____ market
fluctuations, profits will be maximized.
A. in terms of B. in response to C. in reply to D. with respect to
11. Leo was ________ from the meeting after he began objecting loudly to other
people’s ideas.
A. ejected B. rejected C. dejected D. injected
12. He was completely ________, sleeping on the streets and begging for money.
A. down-and-out B. grin and bear C. prim and proper D. fits and starts
13. It was ________ whether the operation would go ahead because so many staff
were on sick leave that week.
A. safe and sound B. touch-and-go C. pros and cons D. grin and bear
14. Everything was at ________ when we arrive, as they had only moved into the
house the day before.
A. fits and starts B. safe and sound C. sixes and sevens D. song and dance
15. My toothache is worse but until I can get to the dentist, I’ll just have to
________ it.
A. grin and bear B. prim and proper C. get rid of D. cast a spell on
16. The play is simply a vehicle for its stars and falls ________ of having a decent
plot.
A. fast B. short C. quick D. thin
17. Anna’s friend knew the casting director, so she pulled a few ________ to
arrange an audition.
A. ropes B. wires C. threads D. strings
18. Only a few companies were found to be in ________ with the new laws.
A. submission B. obedience C. compliance D. fulfillment
19. Miguel felt he was being overlooked, which is why he ________ back rudely
when his manager finally asked him what he thought.
A. answered B. responded C. replied D. uttered
20. As Mary was an ________ member of the team, everyone was disappointed
when she was announced her resignation.
A. intensive B. interior C. internal D. integral
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
 Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and
correct them in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done
as an example. (10 points)

Why I dislike computers

Most everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are Line 1……..
changing our lives for the better by making everything faster and more
reliable, but I’m not so sure that this is a case. Line 3……..
The another day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay Line 4……..
for a couple of films for my camera while the assistant announced that the Line 5……..
computer which controlled the till had stopped working. I didn’t think this
was a big problem and I set up to find another counter, but of course, all the Line 7……..
machines are part of the same system. So there we were: a shop full of
customers, money at the ready, waiting to do our purchases, but it was quite Line 9……..
clear that none of the assistants knew what to do. They weren’t allowed to
take our money and give customers a written receipt, so that the sales Line 11……..
wouldn’t then have been recorded on the computer system.
At the end, like many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and Line 13……..
walked out. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous? It will never have happened Line 14……..
before computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to
depend on these machines so completely that we simply can’t manage
without them no more. Line 17……..

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part three: Fill each gap in the following sentences with only one suitable
preposition particle. (10 points)
1. His honesty _____ question; nobody can doubt it.
2. The building of the new road has been held _____ by bad weather.
3. We can get _____ with eight computers in the lab at the moment, but we’ll need
a couple more when the new staff arrive.
4. She established the school in 1960 and since then tens of thousands of children
have passed _____ her school.
5. Judging _____ the time of the day when something is done, one can decide how
important an event is.
6. Her business has gone _____, and she has lost everything.
7. I can’t concentrate on my work with the prospect of the court case hanging
_____ me.
8. Peter was an inspirational politician, who put _____ his ideas with clarity.
9. His ball control skills really set _____ him from the rest of the players.
10. Can you check _____ these figures against last year’s figures. I’d like to know
which year was more successful.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4 : Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage. (10 points)
The upper layers of Earth’s oceans have cooled (1. SIGNIFY)__________ over
the past two years, even though the planet as a whole is warming up. While this
may just be part of the natural (2. VARY) __________ of oceans, (3. CLIMATE)
__________ are still confounded by the massive uncountable loss of heat.
Scientists have been (4. INCREASE) __________ concerned by rising sea
temperatures over the last 50 years but these new (5. FIND) __________ tell a
different story. Generally speaking, the (6. ABSORB) of heat by the oceans
reduces atmospheric warming. Now (7. MEASURE) __________ taken by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have put a wrinkle in the trend.
The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys which monitor the oceans (8.
WORLD) __________.They found that the oceans dropped in temperature by an
(9. BELIEVE) __________ 0.02 degrees centigrade between 2011 and 2013.
Now, that may not seem like much, but trying to account for the missing energy is
proving to be enormously (10. PROBLEM) __________. It is possible that
volcanic eruptions are one main cause of the phenomenon, but no firm answers
have yet been provided.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

C. READING (50 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best
fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10 pts)
The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn’t impress anyone
when you take into consideration the fact that only a few of them manage to (1)
____________ immorality and everlasting fame. And once they reach their prime
and display their talent at their best, they are (2) ____________ conscious that
their brilliant careers won’t last forever. They live under a constant pressure of
being (3) ____________ and subsequently replaced by someone who is younger,
faster and more accomplished. For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits
and pensions are of great concern to all professional athletes.
Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to
(4) ____________ their protest against any policy unresponsive to their demands
whereas the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the problem
as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (5) ____________ a solid
education, even at university level. Such an approach should help them find
interesting and well-paid jobs (6) ____________ their sports career is over.
A completely new strategy has been (7) ____________ by the schools
priding themselves (8) ____________ supporting their own teams. Their
authorities insist that the sports club members achieve high academic standards or
else they are debarred from partaking in certain sports events, which may lead to
further (9) ____________ in their professional careers.
 By these practical and most effective means, combining education with
sports activity, the (10) ____________ of the professional athlete as being
brainless and unintelligent may eventually be changing to the sportsmen’s benefit.
1. A. acquire B. fulfill C. attain D. succeed
2. A. fully B. extremely C. terribly D. very
3. A. outcast B. outshone C. outstayed D. outgrown
4. A. voice B. claim C. insist D. speak
5. A. mastering B. learning C. receiving D. attending
6. A. right away B. promptly C. barely D. once
7. A. assembled B. installed C. devised D. emerged
8. A. with B. on C. for D. in
9. A. disruption B. disturbance C. detachment D. damage
10. A. vision B. outlook C. image D. judgment
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only ONE word in each space. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. (15 points)
Throughout history people have worn clothing of one description or another. Apart
from protection against the weather, clothes were also often used to show the
wearer’s status and wealth. Over the years, numerous fashions in clothing have
come and gone. (1) ____________ some of these have been popular for relatively
short periods, others have lasted longer.
Until the first half of the 20th century, the ability to follow fashion was limited to
those (2) ____________ had the money to (3) ____________ so. But following
fashion did not only demand money, it also required large amounts of leisure time.
Wealthy people took fashion very seriously and close attention had to
 (4) ____________ paid to detail. Wearing the correct clothes for different
occasions was very important, despite the (5) ____________ that this often meant
changing clothes five or six (6) ____________ day.
More recently, fashionable clothes have come within the reach of ordinary people.
The traditional craft of dressmaking, (7) ____________ usually involved sewing
(8) ____________   hand, was both costly and slow. But today, large-scale
manufacturing has made it easier for people to keep (9) ____________ with
changes in fashion (10) ____________ having to spend a great deal of money.

Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the
questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
Tides are the periodic rise and fall of the Earth’s waters that are caused by
the Moon’s and Sun’s forces of gravity acting on the Earth. It is important to
distinguish natural tidal phenomena from huge tsunamis, with the later being
caused by earthquakes and undersea volcanic eruptions.
The Moon is a main factor controlling ordinary tides. At the location on the
Earth closest to the Moon, it exerts a powerful gravitational pull on the water. The
resulting rise in the water produces higher tides. The water on the side of the Earth
farthest away from the Moon also gets pulled by this lunar gravity, but not as
strongly. The Earth itself has its own gravitational force that is constantly pulling
waters downward, which is why the oceans do not simply bulge out toward the
Moon. Ordinary tides usually feature high and low waters alternating in relation to
the Earth’s rotation. Most shores around the world have two high waters and two
low waters for each day, which last about 24 hours and 50 minutes. The difference
in height between high water and low water is called the range of tide, and it can
be quite dramatic in narrower bays. Canada’s bays of Fundy, for example,
commonly experiences the world’s most extreme tidal ranges, with daily
differences of 16 meters.
Two other types of tides are influenced by the Sun, which is much farther
away from the Earth and exerts less than half of the Moon’s gravitational force.
When the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are directly in line, the solar and lunar
gravitational forces and up to produce higher spring tides. The range of spring tides
is intensified, with higher high water marks and lower low water marks. However,
when the Moon is in the first or third quarter, it is at a 90-degree angle with the
Sun in relation to the Earth. The opposing solar and lunar forces partially cancel
each other out, and the result is a lower tide. This is called a neap tide, which
comes twice a month and has lower high water marks and higher low water marks.
The range of neap tides is minimum.
Some tides do not occur over water at all. The solid body of the Earth has
slight elasticity, so lunar and solar gravity causes it to stretch very subtly. These
changes in the Earth’s shape, although imperceptible to humans, are known as
Earth tides. Another tidal phenomenon, atmospheric tides, is caused by the Sun’s
heating of the Earth’s atmosphere. Like ordinary tides, they usually occur over 12-
hour periods.
Question 1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Tides are influenced more by the Moon than by the Sun.
B. Tides are a natural phenomenon but are not a natural disaster.
C. Tides always occur over water and are usually predictable.
D. Tides are a phenomenon mainly caused by forces of gravity.
Question 2. Why does the author mention tsunamis in the passage?
A. To explain that not all tides are caused by gravity
B. To give an example of an extreme tidal phenomenon p
C. To show that they are not related to natural tides
D. To suggest that more categories for tides area needed
Question 3. The word “exerts” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. mixes with B. brings into use
C. infers from D. connects with
Question 4. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to
A. height B. the high water
C. the low water D. the range of tide
Question 5. What can be inferred about Canada’s Bay of Fundy?
A. It may experience tsunamis because of its extreme tides.
B. It may have a longer tide cycle because of its wide variations.
C. It may be very narrow because it has wide tidal variations.
D. It may be influenced more by gravity than other places.
Question 6. The word “imperceptible” in the last paragraph could best be replaced
by
A. not noticeable B. difficult to explain
C. not generally known D. not able to be said
Question 7. According to paragraph 3, it is true that
A. neap tides are characterized by lower water during the low tide period.
B. spring tides occur when the Moon is in the first and the Third quarter.
C. the Sun has more gravitational force than the Moon because of its larger size.
D. the range of tide is greater in spring tides than in ordinary tides.
Question 8. What is true about the Moon’s gravitational force?
A. It pulls water on the far side of the Earth more strongly
C. It is more than twice as powerful as that of the Sun.
 B. It has reduced gravity when it is lined up with the Sun and the Earth.
D. Its force is strongest when it is located at 90 degrees to the Earth.
Question 9. Besides ordinary tides, how many other types of tide are mentioned in
the passage?
A. two B. three C. four D. five
Question 10. Which of the following does not relate to ordinary tides?
A. receiving greatest influence from the Moon
B. influenced by the Sun’s position relative to the Moon
C. taking turns the higher and lower water relating to the Earth’s rotation
D. having the striking range of tide in narrower bays
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 points)
CLONING
A. The ethics of human cloning has become a great issue over the past few years.
The advocates for both sides of the issue have many reasons to clone or not to
clone. A recent poll has shown the differences in opinions with half as many
women as men approving of the process. Many people find it strange to see such a
clear difference between men and women with twenty-six percent of men
favouring cloning.
B. So, what is cloning? It has been defined as “the production of genetically
identical organisms via somatic cell nuclear transfer”. You take an egg and remove
its nucleus, which contains the DNA/genes. Then you take the DNA from an adult
cell and insert it into the egg, either by fusing the adult cell with the enucleated
egg, or by a sophisticated nuclear transfer. You then stimulate the reconstructed
egg electrically or chemically and try to make it start to divide and become an
embryo. You then use the same process to implant the egg into a surrogate mother
that you would use with artificial insemination. What cloning does is that it copies
the DNA/genes of the person and creates a genetic duplicate. The person will not
be a Xerox copy. He or she will grow up in a different environment than the clone,
with different experiences and different opportunities. Genetics does not wholly
define a person and the personality.
C. In February 1997, when embryologist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at Roslin
Institute in Scotland were able to clone a lamb named Dolly, the world was
introduced to a new possibility and will never be the same again. Before this,
cloning was thought to be impossible, but now there is living proof that the
technology and knowledge to clone animals exist. Questions began to arise within
governments and scientific organizations and they began to respond. Are humans
next? Is it possible to use this procedure to clone humans also? Would anyone
actually try? What can we learn if we clone humans? How will this affect the
world? These are only a few of the questions that have surfaced and need
answering. A whole new concept in ethics was created when the birth of Dolly was
announced.
D. When the cells used for cloning are stem cells, we are talking about cells that
are pluripotential. This means that they have the capacity to develop into any of the
numerous differentiated cell types that make up the body. Early embryonic cells
are pluripotent and a limited number of stem cells are also found in adults, in bone
marrow for instance. There is an important distinction to be made between
therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Reproductive cloning would be
exactly like Dolly; it would involve the creation of a cloned embryo which would
then be implanted into a womb to develop to term and the birth of a clone. On the
other hand, therapeutic cloning involves the use of pluripotent cells to repair
damaged tissue, such as found after strokes, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord
injuries.
E. There is evidence for the effectiveness of therapeutic cloning as shown by work
involving the introduction of stem cells into the brain of patients suffering from
brain diseases, when the cells which have been added differentiate to form nerve
cells which can in turn then lead to recovery of the lost function. In the US, foetal
human cells have been similarly used though recent reports indicate that the results
so far are disappointing. However, apart from the ethical problems associated with
the use of foetal cells in this way, there are simply not enough cells available for it
to be an effective treatment, since it needs the cells from three foetuses to treat one
patient.
 F. After Dolly, governments began to take control and make laws before anything
drastic could ever happen. Several ethics committees were asked to decide whether
scientists should be allowed to try to clone humans. In the United States, the
Bioethics Advisory Commission recommended a five-year moratorium on cloning
a child through somatic cell nuclear transfer. In the United Kingdom, the Human
Fertilization and Embryology Authority and the Human Genetics Advisory
Commission have approved human cloning for therapeutic purposes, but not to
clone children. Many organizations have come out and stated their opinions also.
Amongst all this ethical defining, many people are being ignored by the
governments. People are speaking out about what they want done.
G. Historically, we find that many a great medical breakthrough, now rightly seen
as a blessing, was in its own time condemned by bio-conservative moralists. Such
was the case with anesthesia during surgery and childbirth. People argued that it
was unnatural and that it would weaken our moral fibre. Such was also the case
with heart transplantations and with in vitro fertilization. It was said children
created by IVF would be dehumanized and would suffer grave psychological harm.
Today, of course, anesthesia is taken for granted; heart transplantation is seen as
one of medicine’s glories and the public approval rate of IVF is up from 15% in
the early seventies to over 70% today.
Task one: The passage has 7 paragraphs (A - G). Which paragraph offers
information on the following ideas? Write the appropriate letters (A - G) in the
gaps for questions 1 - 6. One paragraph is used more than once and two are not
used at all.
1. Different types of cloning. _______
2. Protective legislation. _______
3. Similar situations _______
4. A survey on attitudes towards cloning. _______
5. Scientific reasons why cloning is currently not viable for medical cures.
_______
6. Illness examples that cloning could help treat. _______
Task two: Choose the correct answers.
7. Which of the following is a feature of cloning used for possible medical
treatment?
A. A genetic duplicate is born through use of a surrogate mother.
B. The creation and implantation of an embryo.
 C. Implantation of differentiated pluripotent cells.
D. Genetic mutation of pluripotent cells.
8. Which of the following is NOT a feature of cloning?
A. Reproduction of a genetic copy of the subject cloned.
B. Reproduction of exact personality characteristics of the subject cloned.
C. Reproduction of the pluripotential stem cells of the subject cloned.
D. Reproduction of the DNA of the subject cloned.
Task three: Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage to answer
the questions
9. In what part of an egg is found the DNA used for cloning? ________________
10. According to the text, what body wants to wait before cloning a human?
_______________

Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
D. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the one printed before it. Write your answers in the space provided (10
points)
1. Two men stole the old lady's handbag.
The old lady was ……………………………………………………………
2. The minister gave no precise figures about the casualties.
The minister didn't go ………………………………………………………
3. You just can’t compare the quality of her work with his.
There’s no …………………………………………………………………...
4. Fares will be very likely to go up again this autumn.
It looks ………………………………………………………………………
5. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above
address.
 Further information can ………………………………………………………
Part II. Rewrite the sentences below in such a way that their meanings stay the
same. You must use the words in capital without changing their forms. Write
your answers in the space provided (10 points)
1. One of our philosophers is supposed to have said this. (ATTRIBUTED)

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2. A government official leaked the story to the world press. (WIND)

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3. He's becoming very successful. (PLACES)

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4. They're faced with the choice of two alternatives. (HORNS)

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5. Since the advertisement, we’ve had more applications than we can deal with.
(SWAMPED)
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Part 3. Paragraph writing. (30 points)

“Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing
the number of sports facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little
effect on public health and that other measures are required” Do you agree
with this statement? Write a paragraph of 150-200 words to state your viewpoint.
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