PRACTICE TEST 05
PART I: LISTENING
ENGLISH PRACTICE 05_ Audio
Exercise 1: Questions 1-5. Track 1
Listen and tick (√) in the box. There is an example. You will listen TWICE.
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Exercise 2: Questions 6-10. Track 2
Listen and choose the correct answer.
6. The speaker says that fashion now interests ___
A. rich people.
B. young people.
C. most people.
7. Fashion clothes which were made before the 1900s were____
A. individually made.
B. copied from pictures.
C. made of light material.
8. Coco Chanel____
A. was born in 1908.
B. changed people's ideas about fashion.
C. liked wearing tight-fitting clothes.
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9. In the 1920s____
A. white skirts were fashionable.
B. clothes started to cost less.
C. women took up sports.
10. Which of these was part of the 'New Look'?
A. material with flowers
B. very short skirts
C. longer skirts
PART II: PHONETICS AND VOCABULARY
Exercise 1: Odd one out:
11. A. beautiful B. handsome C. pretty D. weather
12. A. consult B. discussion C. advise D. recommend
13. A. comic B. essay C. research paper D. textbook
14. A. rapidly B. speedily C. quick D. promptly
Exercise 2: Circle the word whose underlined letter(s) is pronounced differently from
the others
15. A. could B. should C. would D. cloud
16. A. lock B. show C. post D. note
17. A. find B. nine C. clip D. high
Exercise 3: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others
18. A. respond B. process C. project D. access
19. A. develop B. expensive C. remember D. necessary
20. A. habitat B. attitude C. reliable D. delegate
PART III: GRAMMAR
Exercise 1: Choose the correct option to complete the sentences
21. Let’s sing a song ....... A, B, C.
A. for
B. from
C. about
D. of
22. She suggested _______ a different route to avoid traffic.
A. to take
B. take
C. took
D. taking
23. The news was absolutely _______ to hear.
A. shocking
B. shocked
C. shock
D. shocks
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24. __________ you ever met her before?
A. Did
B. Do
C. Have
D. Are
25. When you get to your _____, you have to show your ticket to leave the station.
A. destination
B. harbor
C. souvenir
D. passport
26. Brazil _____ coffee all over the world.
A. invests
B. demands
C. exports
D affords
27. How do you _____ 'scar'?
A. interrupt
B. swear
C. guess
D. pronounce
28. You look worried. _____ about what happened last night?
A. Do you think
B. Are you thinking
C. You think
D. You are thinking
29. Shirley _____ to speak Russian before she met Ivan.
A. use not
B. hasn't used
C. wasn't used
D. didn't use
Exercise 2: Look at the sentences below and then choose the underlined part that is
incorrect.
30. I didn’t understand the homework, so I asked my teacher to explaining it.
A. didn’t
B. homework
C. asked
D. explaining
31. She prefers to go to the gym than running outside.
A. prefers
B. go to
C. than
D. outside
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32. There is too many information on the board for us to read quickly.
A. is
B. many
C. on
D. quickly
33. My brother is one of the most talented player in the team.
A. is
B. the most
C. player
D. the team
34. When I'm an adult, I want to be an pop star.
A. When
B. adult
C. want
D. an
PART IV: READING:
Exercise 1: Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
Before 1860 there was no quick way of getting main between the east and the west of the
United States. There were no railways at that (35) ____ and most mail was sent by coach. It
usually took at least 2 days for coaches to (36) ____ the coast. So in 1860 it was decided to
send mail by 'Pony Express', which was much faster. Riders with very fast horses were placed
along the route. They were at (37) ____ distances from each other and the mail was handed
from one rider to the next. Riders were all expected to travel between twenty and thirty
kilometres (38) _____ day on very bad roads. At each stop two minutes were allowed for
exchanging the mail bags, but riders were often held up by awful weather (39) ____ closed the
roads. With the invention of the telegraph in 1861, the demand for Pony Express disappeared.
35.
A. time
B. date
C. age
D. season
36.
A. get
B arrive
C. come
D. reach
37.
A. like
B. equal
C. same
D. level
38.
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A. any
B. one
C. some
D. a
39.
A. where
B. which
C. what
D. when
Exercise 2: Read the story and choose A, B, C or D to answer the following questions.
40. What is Martin Cary trying to do in the letter?
A. make an enquiry
B. cancel a booking
C. make a complaint
D. offer a suggestion
41. What will the restaurant manager discover from the letter?
A. One of his waiters behaved badly.
B. Some customers had a bad experience.
C. His food is unsatisfactory.
D. He charges too much for the meals.
42. What does Martin think about their experience?
A. They got to the restaurant too late.
B. There was not much choice on the menu.
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C. They won't return to the restaurant.
D. The food took too long to arrive.
43. Martin and his friends couldn't have any dessert because
A. someone had booked their table.
B. they had to be home by 9.30.
C. it was too expensive.
D. there was none left.
44. What did Martin's friends say as they left the restaurant?
PART V: WRITING
Exercise 1: Rearrange the given words to make a complete sentence.
45. library / often / to / do / how / students / go / their / during / week / the /?
A. How often do students go to their library during the week?
B. How often students do go to their library during the week?
C. How do student often go to their library during the week?
D. How often students go to their library during the week?
46. glass / Broken / damage / may / bicycle / your / tyres.
A. Broken tyres may damage your glass bicycle.
B. Broken tyres may damage your glass bicycle.
C. Broken glass may damage your bicycle tyres.
D. Your bicycle tyres may damage broken glass.
47. Jim and Jack / both / my / Jack / are / friends, / better. / I / but / like / better.
A. Jim and Jack are both my friends, I like Jack better but.
B. Jim and Jack are better, but I like both my friends.
C. Jim and Jack are both better, I like Jack but my friends.
D. Jim and Jack are both my friends, but I like Jack better.
Exercise 2: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the given one.
48. The exam results will be announced next week.
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A. We will know the exam results next week.
B. The exam results were announced last week.
C. The results of the exam have already been announced.
D. We already know next week’s exam results.
49. I used to go to the gym every day, but now I only go once a week.
A. I go to the gym more often now.
B. I have never gone to the gym.
C. I no longer go to the gym daily.
D. I go to the gym daily nowadays.
50. The teacher asked me not to be late again.
A. The teacher reminded me to be late.
B. The teacher told me not to come late again.
C. The teacher said I was never late.
D. The teacher encouraged me to be late.
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