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GRAMMAR

In the grammar section, there are two question types:

 In questions 1-13 you must click in the circle next to the word or phrase that correctly completes in
the sentence.

 In questions 14-25, you must click on the circle next to the incorrect word or phrase in the sentence.

You will be shown one example before each of the two different question types. You have 10 minutes to
review and answer the 25 questions.

SECTION ONE

For questions 1-13 select the word or phrase that CORRECTLY completes the sentence.

The students to visit a museum tomorrow.

(A) is going
(B) are going
(C) will going
(D) will be go

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1. The use of details is method of 7. Rubber from vulcanized silicones
developing a controlling idea, and with a high molecular weight is difficult
almost all students employ this method. to distinguish from natural rubber.

(A) more common (A) is produced

(B) common (B) produced
(C) most common (C) producing
(D) the most common (D) that produces

2. Can you speak more please? 8. The train has not left the station .

(A) loudly (A) never

(B) loud (B) still
(C) load (C) always
(D) louder (D) yet

3. The Apollo 11 astronauts, of the 9. Engineers for work on the new

Earth’s inhabitants witnessed on the space program.
famous first moonwalk on July 20, 1969,
were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. (A) necessary
(B) are needed
(A) whom (C) hopefully
(B) were some (D) next month
(C) whom some were
(D) whom millions 10. In any matter, heat tends to flow
to the cooler parts.
4. in Stevenson’s landscapes, the
more vitality and character the (A) hotter parts
paintings seem to possess. (B) from the hotter parts
(A) The brushwork is loose (C) there are hotter parts
(B) The looser brushwork (D) toward the hotter parts
(C) The looser the brushwork is
(D) The loose brushwork is 11. Is the water for you?

5. Carnivorous plants insects to (A) warm enough

obtain nitrogen. (B) enough warm
(C) always warm
(A) are generally trapped (D) neither warm
(B) trap generally
(C) are trapped generally 12. Look at in the mirror.
(D) generally trap
(A) your
6. I need about the project. (B) you
(C) yourselves
(A) an information (D) who
(B) some information
(C) of information 13. She couldn’t eat she was very
(D) for information hungry.

(A) despite
(B) although
(C) in spite of
(D) either

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SECTION TWO

For questions 14-25, select the word or phrase that is NOT CORRECT in the sentence.

He is studying Law at the university in order to becoming an attorney.

(A) is studying
(B) in order to
(C) becoming
(D) an

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14. The quality of the ink was not good, nor I 20. Linus Pauling has wins two Nobel Prizes:
changed the typewriter ribbon. the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the
1962 Nobel Peace Prize.
(A) was not
(B) nor (A) has
(C) changed (B) wins
(D) typewriter (C) two Nobel prizes
(D) in chemistry
15. In the grove the overripe oranges were
falling at the ground. 21. Seldom cactus plant are found outside of
North America.
(A) In
(B) overripe (A) cactus plant
(C) were (B) are found
(D) falling at (C) outside
(D) of
16. Construction of the housing development it
will be underway by the first of the month. 22. Mar’s two small moons are irregularly
shaped and covered for craters.
(A) of
(B) housing (A) two small
(C) it (B) irregularly
(D) the first (C) shaped
(D) for
17. The missing wallet was found, but the cash
but credit cards had been removed. 23. Half of the food that we are serving to the
guests are still in the refrigerator.
(A) was found
(B) the cash (A) Half of
(C) but (B) that
(D) cards (C) are serving
(D) are
18. Their backgrounds are thorough
investigated before they are admitted to 24. Oxygen is abundanter than nitrogen.
the organization.
(A) Oxygen
(A) thorough (B) abundanter
(B) before (C) than
(C) they (D) nitrogen
(D) admitted to
25. After Clarence Day’s book Life with Father
19. Some of the animals from the zoo was was rewritten as a play, they ran for six
released into the animal preserve. years on Broadway.

(A) the animals (A) Clarence Day’s book

(B) was (B) rewritten
(C) into (C) they
(D) preserve (D) six years

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LISTENING

The listening section has three parts:

Part 1: four short conversations, each followed by 1 question

Part 2: one longer conversation, followed by 4 questions
Part 3: one lecture, followed by 6 questions

You will hear each conversation or lecture only one time. However, you may take notes while listening
and use your notes when answering the questions. You must answer each question before continuing. To
continue to the next question, click the “Next” button. In this section, you cannot use the “Back” button
to return to an earlier question. The number of questions and the amount of time you have to answer the
questions will be shown separately for each question in the “Question - Time Left” window on your screen.
Time is not counted while you are listening to the conversation or lecture.

Part 1

Now prepare to listen to 4 short conversations, and to answer 1 question after each.

You will have a total of 80 seconds to answer the 4 questions. This time will be shown in the “Time Left”
window.

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1. Why did the man’s boss call?

(A) To discus the budget

(B) To announce a salary raise
(C) To ask the man to go work early
(D) To go over the accounts

2. How much will the woman pay?

(A) $ 65
(B) $ 155
(C) $ 165
(D) $ 220

3. Who will help the woman with her project?

(A) The man

(B) Her boss
(C) Mr. Wing
(D) Mr. Wing’s assistance

4. What is the man’s complaint?

(A) He didn’t see any art

(B) The tickets were expensive
(C) The hotel is far away
(D) The museum is closed at night

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Part 2

Now prepare to listen to 1 longer conversation, and to answer 4 questions about the conversation.

You will have a total of 2 minutes to answer the 4 questions. This time will be shown in the “Time Left”
window.

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5. What would the student’s mother complain about?

(A) He goes out to party a lot

(B) He is not responsible for his future
(C) He spends a lot of water while taking a shower
(D) He does not call her often

6. Why the student wants to join to a fraternity?

(A) He wants to be cooler

(B) He does not want to keep sleeping with his current roommate
(C) He wants to be at the best parties on campus
(D) He wants to improve his grades

7. What can be inferred about Omega Theta fraternity?

(A) It has a good reputation in getting the best grades

(B) It does not have a good reputation
(C) it possesses a big house
(D) It has the best parties on campus

8. Why will Marlin have the same roommate for a while?

(A) Both students will be accepted in the same fraternity

(B) Even though his roommate is accepted, the fraternity does not house freshmen
(C) His roommate will not be accepted by the fraternity
(D) Fraternities admissions will only start next year

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Part 3

Now prepare to listen to a lecture, and to answer 6 questions about the conversation.

You will have a total of 3 minutes to answer the 6 questions. This time will be shown in the “Time Left”
window.

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9. What is the main purpose of the lecture?

(A) To discuss the style of an early filmmaker

(B) To describe different types of filmmaking in the 1930s
(C) To discuss the emergence of the documentary film
(D) To describe Painlevé’s influence in today’s science-fiction films

10. Why are Painlevé’s films typical of the films of the 1920’s and 1930’s?

(A) They do not have sound

(B) They are filmed under water
(C) They are easy to understand
(D) They are difficult to recognize

11. According to the professor, how did Painlevé’s films confuse the audience?

(A) They show animals out of their natural habitat

(B) They depict animals as having both human and animal characteristics
(C) The narration is scientific and difficult to understand
(D) The audiences of the 1920s and 1930s were not used to film shot underwater

12. Why does the professor mention sea horses?

(A) To explain that they were difficult to film in the 1930s

(B) To point out that Cousteau made documentaries about them
(C) To illustrate Painlevé’s underwater films were not successful
(D) To explain why Painlevé´s underwater films were not successful

13. Why does the professor compare the film styles of Jacques Cousteau and Jean Painlevé?

(A) To explain how Painlevé influenced Cousteau

(B) To emphasize the uniqueness of Painlevé’s filming style
(C) To emphasize the artistic value of Cousteau’s documentary films
(D) To demonstrate the superiority of Painlevé’s filmmaking equipment

14. What can be inferred of Painlevé?

(A) Everybody understood painlevé’s films

(B) Despite his well done films, he is not very famous
(C) His films were very direct
(D) He is not respected as a filmmaker

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READING

Part 1: The first passage is approximately 250 words in length, and is followed by 4 questions.

Part 2: The second passage is approximately 450 words in length, and is followed by 6 questions.

In this section you will have 20 minutes to read two passages and answer comprehension
questions about them. While there is time remaining, you may use the “Next” and “Back”
buttons to move forward and backward between both passages and all of the questions, and you
may change your answers if you wish.

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Schizophrenia
A The causes of schizophrenia are not clear, but schizophrenia has long been attributed to
faulty parenting. B In cases where schizophrenia developed, the parents were often considered
responsible. C However, recent studies are now pointing to heredity and prenatal environmental
factors as the chief culprits in this disease. D

Recent studies of identical twins have been used to demonstrate that heredity plays a role
in the development of schizophrenia. These studies have shown that in cases where one identical
twin is afflicted with schizophrenia, the other twin has a 50 percent probability of also suffering
from it.

However, heredity is not believed to be the only culprit. Studies of the fingerprints of
identical twins have lent credence to the theory that prenatal environmental factors are likely
contributors to the development of schizophrenia and one is not, abnormalities were found in
the fingerprints of one-third of the twins, always in the afflicted twin. Since fingers develop in
the second trimester of pregnancy, the hypothesis has been proposed that the abnormalities in
the fingerprints were due to a second-trimester trauma that affected only one of the twins and
that this same trauma was a factor in the onset of schizophrenia.

1. The purpose of the author with this passage 3. The word “culprits” as used in the passage
is to: is closest in meaning to:

(A) Enumerate examples (A) Guilty

(B) Cause the development of schizophrenia (B) Offender
(C) Prove that faulty parenting is the main (C) Responsible
cause of schizophrenia (D) Perpetrator
(D) Refute a common misconception
4. The word “abnormalities” can be best
2. Where this sentence would logically occur replaced for:
in the passage?
(A) Anomalies
They were faulted for having been uncaring, (B) Faults
or manipulative, or emotionally abusive (C) Defects
(D) Discrepancies
A()B()C()D()

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Operation Barbarossa and Napoleon
On June 22, 1941, one year to the day after the signing of an armistice following his
successful invasion of France, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the code name for
Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia (then the dominant part of the Soviet Union). Hitler had
amassed an invading army of over 3 million soldiers, still the largest invading force in world
history. What followed paralleled, in many ways, another failed invasion of Russia more than 100
years earlier by another tyrant: Napoleon Bonaparte, ruler of France. For both leaders, invading
Russia would be the turning point in a war they had previously dominated, and would lead to
their final defeat elsewhere in Europe.

Operation Barbarossa involved an invasion along three fronts. Army Group North was to
conquer the Baltic countries and ultimately Leningrad. Army Group Center was to invade the
heartland of present-day Russia and proceed to Moscow, the Soviet capital. Army Group South
had orders to invade and conquer Ukraine and various southern cities in Russia to capture key
economic resources, such as grain and oil. The conquest was one of annihilation: Nazi Germany
viewed Soviet communism (“Bolshevism”) as the mortal enemy of the Nazi’s “National Socialist”
political doctrine. Furthermore, National Socialism viewed Slavic and Jewish people—both
predominant in Russia— as inferior to Germans. Therefore, the war was about conquest of land at
all costs, and many civilians were targeted for forced labor or assassination.

By contrast, Napoleon’s invasion was based on a trade disagreement. A The real enemy of
Napoleon was Britain, with whom France was at war, and his invasion of Russia was intended to
force the Russian nobility to stop trading with Britain. B His goal was to use his grande armée
(French for “great army”) to swiftly defeat the inferior Russian defending forces, march to
Moscow, and force Tsar Alexander I to sign an agreement ceasing all trade with Britain. C This
would culminate in Britain’s inability to continue to wage war with France, Napoleon reasoned.
Britain would have to seek peace, thereby ending the decade-long Napoleonic Wars. D
Supposedly thus “fighting for an end to fighting,” Napoleon’s forces began the invasion on June
24, 1812, crossing the Neman River into Russia.

For each leader, the invasion had substantial initial success but ultimately met disaster.
Russia is an enormous country geographically, and the distance to Moscow dwarfed that covered
by any other invasion that either leader had successfully completed before. Supply lines for both
invading armies quickly became stretched thin; troops and equipment were faced with
exhaustion. To make matters worse, Russians engaged in scorched-earth tactics: as they
retreated from the invading army, they burned or otherwise destroyed everything of value, so
that no invading forces could use it. This dashed any hopes of living off the land. In addition, the
Russian winter is exceptionally cold, and both leaders failed to make appropriate provisions for
winter warfare, as both thought their invasion could be successfully completed before winter set
in. Finally, while Russian armed resistance was light at first, it dramatically intensified as the
invaders approached Moscow. By the end, invading troops met fierce Russian opposition while
also combating hunger, privation, and extremely cold temperatures.

Unlike Hitler, Napoleon did successfully reach Moscow, only to find it ablaze and vacated.
He waited with his army, trying to force the Russian tsar, now in exile, to sign a treaty.
Meanwhile his army continued to starve, and the weather turned sharply colder. Napoleon was
thus forced to leave Moscow to find provisions and shelter for his army, and this departure turned
into an all-out retreat as appropriate provisions and shelter could not be found. As it attempted
to flee Russia, Napoleon’s army was massacred by hunger and temperatures of –25⁰ Celsius much
more than by Russian troops.

Hitler’s invasion took a somewhat different path to disaster. While Army Groups North and
South succeeded in fulfilling their objectives, Hitler’s Army Group Center was stopped about 15
miles short of Moscow by a Soviet counteroffensive. Army Group Center successfully fended off
the Soviets and survived the cold Russian winter, but had suffered heavy losses. In 1942, German
strategic objectives changed, and much of the strength of the invading force was redirected to

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southern Russia. The German advance to Moscow was thereby halted, and resounding defeats at
the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk permanently crippled the German war machine. It was only a
matter of time before Soviet forces from the East and other Allied troops from the West could
overwhelm and defeat Nazi Germany.

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5. The word “annihilation” as used in the passage is closest in meaning to:

(A) Eradication
(B) Dismissal
(C) Introduction
(D) Victory

6. All of the following are mentioned on paragraph 2 as places targeted by Operation Barbarossa
EXCEPT:

(A) France
(B) Ukraine
(C) Cities in southern Russia
(D) Leningrad

7. Where the sentence below can occur in the passage?

Napoleon correctly believed that the goods Russia was sending to Britain were helping Britain to wage
war against France, and he felt it was imperative to stop

A()B()C()D()

8. Which of the following does the author conclude was an important factor in the failure of
Napoleon’s invasion of Russia?

(A) Napoleon’s decision to begin his invasion in the middle of winter

(B) The relatively slight distances that invading troops were to cover
(C) The scorched-earth response of the retreating defenders
(D) Intense military resistance at the beginning of the invasion

9. The author uses the phrase “what followed paralleled, in many ways, another failed invasion
of Russia more than 100 years earlier” in order to:

(A) Point out that Napoleon’s invasion and Hitler’s invasion occurred in different centuries
(B) Initiate a comparison between Operation Barbarossa and Napoleon’s invasion of Russia
(C) Introduce a broad category of military actions consisting of failed invasions of Russia
(D) Compare the size of Hitler’s army with that of Napoleon’s army

10. Which of the following 3 sentences best describe both invasions

(A) Succeeded in reaching Moscow

(B) Attempted to invade and conquer Ukraine
(C) Supply lines for the invading army became stretched thin
(D) Met fierce Russian opposition
(E) Army was destroyed in Moscow
(F) Failed to make appropriate provisions for winter warfare

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WRITING

The writing section has 2 parts:

 Part 1: In this part, you will write a short note or a letter

 Part 2: In this part, you will write a longer essay

Topics will be given to you for both the note and the essay.

You have a total of 25 minutes to complete the Writing Section. For part 1 of the Writing Section you will
be presented with a simple situation or topic about which you will be asked to write a short note or letter.
For part 2 of the Writing Section you will be asked to write a longer essay expressing an opinion on a topic,
and you will be expected to support your answer. Once you finished, you must click “Next.” Once you
click on “Next” you cannot return to the previous question.

Part 1

For Writing Section 1 you will be asked to write a short note or letter (50-75 words) to respond to a simple
situation or topic. Type your answer on the keyboard. You have 5 minutes to complete the task. You must
click “Next” to indicate that you have finished. Once you click on “Next”, you cannot return to the
question.

1. You lost your credit card on a flight. Write a note to your bank explaining the situation and asking
for its cancellation.

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Part 2

In the Writing Part 2 Section you will be required to write an essay of 175-225 words (maximum 250 words)
expressing an opinion on the given topic. To score well, you must give reasons and examples to support
your opinion. You will type your essay using a keyboard, and you will be allowed 20 minutes to complete
the assignment. Once you have completed your writing, you must click “Next”, you cannot make any more
changes.

2. Human activity has had a negative impact on plants and animals around the world. Some people
think that this cannot be changed, while others believe actions can be taken to bring about a
change. What do you think can be done? Give reasons and examples to support your opinion.

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SPEAKING

The Speaking section has two parts:

 In the first part, you will both hear the question and see it printed on your screen
 In the second part, you will hear a statement that presents two differing opinions, or points of view,
on a topic. You will only hear the statement—it will not be shown on your screen. After you hear the
statement, you will be asked your thoughts on the topic.

In both Parts 1 and 2, you may take notes and use them to help you with your spoken responses.

Part 1

You will both hear and read a question. Answer the question giving specific reasons and examples that
support your answer. After you hear the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your answer, and
45 seconds to speak.

1. What characteristics do you think make someone a good parent? Explain why these characteristics are
important to you.

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PART 2

Listen to a short statement presenting two differing opinions on a topic. Then express your thoughts on
the topic, giving specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
You will only hear the statement—it will not appear on your screen. After you hear the statement, you will
have 45 seconds to prepare, and 60 seconds to speak. Remember, you may take notes.

Now listen to the audio

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