PRACTICE TEST 25

SECTION 1. LISTENING
I. Part 1. Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each
answer. You will hear the recording twice. (10 points)
LIBRARY INFORMATION
For registration, the man must take:
 Two (1)__________
 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)____________
Fines start at (5) £__________
II. Part 2:
You will hear a conversation between a man (Marco) and his wife (Sarah) about the film they’ve just
seen at the cinema and decide whether each sentence is correct (T) or incorrect (F). (10 points)
1. Marco and Sarah agree that the city in the film was London.
2. Marco feels that the length of the film made it rather boring.
3. Sarah was upset about how some of the audience behaved during the film.
4. Sarah was disappointed with the way the main actor performed.
5. Marco thinks this film is the best the director has made.
SECTION 2: PHONETICS
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the space
provided. (10 points)
1. A. notice B. post C. monument D. comb
2. A. river B. rivalry C. icon D. stripe
3. A. muscles B. needles C. routes D. wardens
4. A. sacred B. died C. naked D. wanted
5. A. catastrophe B. confidence C. recipe D. sesame
IV. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three of the group. Write your
answers in the space provided. (10 points)
1. A. readable B. satisfy C. evidence D. distinguish
2. A. relationship B. deliberate C. customer D. equipment
3. A. participate B. literature C. intimate D. powerful
4. A. baggy B. chairman C. dumping D. severe
5. A. antonym B. consequence C. opponent D. lunatic
SECTION 3. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
V. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the
space provided. (40 points)
1. Your parents must be proud of your result at school". - "_______"
A. Sorry to hear that. B. I am glad you like it.
C. Thanks. It's certainly encouraging. D. Of course
2. Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A. am being B. will be C. be D. would be
3.When you use the Internet, you have so much information at your ______.
A. fingers B. hands C. thumbs D. fingertips
4. I read the contract again and again _______ avoiding making spelling mistakes
A. in terms of B. by means of C. with a view to D. in view of
5. Not until a monkey is several years old ________to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.
A. beginning B. does it begin C. and begin D. it begins
6. I must go to the dentist and ___________
A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth
C. my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of
7. He had travelled for 20 years and then he decided to return home.
A. farther away B. far and wide C. far from it D.farthest of all
8. “You should stop working too hard you’ll get sick.”
A. or else B. if C. in case D. whereas
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 A. artificial B. unfaithful C.untrue D. false
10. Despite playing under strength, the village team _____ beat the rivals.
A. could B. were able to C. couldn’t D. weren’t able to
11.The government has introduced _______.
A. a children’s clothes tax B. a tax on children clothes
C. a children clothes tax D. a tax on children’s clothes
12. ______, they slept soundly.
A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was
C. Hot the night air as was D. Hot although the night air was
13. He suddenly saw Sue ____ the room. He pushed his way ____ the crowd of people to get to her.
A. across…through B. over…through C. across…across D. over…along
14. Nobody likes his behaviour, ________?
A. do they B. don’t they C. does he D. doesn’t he
15. I like that photo very much. Could you make an _____ for me?
A. increase B. enlargement C. extension D. expansion
16. – “When are you planning to resign?”
- “By Christmas....................”
A. no later B. until lately C. at the latest D. if not later
17. Please _____ your luggage and leave now. I can’t stand your presence any more.
A. throw off B. pack up C. fit in D. pile up
18. _______, he would have been able to pass the exam.
A. Studying more B. Had he studied more C. If he studied more D. If he were studying more
19. Joe seemed to be in a good mood, ____ he snapped at me angrily when I asked him to join us.
A. yet B. for C. and D. so
20. I had to pay through the nose to get my car repaired at a service station in the middle of the desert.
A. spend less money than usual B. pay too much for something
C. make a lot of money D. cost a lot of money
21: If it their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. hadn’t been for B. wouldn’t have been for
C. had been for D. hadn’t been
22: I am not sure how old he is but he must be for 70.
A. getting on B. going by C. getting up D. going off
23: Last year she earned her brother.
A. twice as much as B. twice as many as C. twice as more as D. twice more than
24: the airport, I was very worried to find that no one for me.
A. When arriving at/ was waiting B. On arriving in/ had waited
C. On arriving at/ was waiting D. On arriving at/ had waited
25: She is attending the seminar with a view to more qualifications.
A. acquire B. acquiring C. have acquired D. having acquired
26: every major judo title, Mark retired from international competition.
A. When he won B. Having won C. On winning D. Winning
27: When she her mistake, she apologized.
A. realized B. realize C. has realized D. was realizing
28: Not only among the largest animals that ever lived, but they are also among
the most intelligent.
A. some whales B. they are whales C. whales D. are whales
29: , he couldn’t finish that test in 60 minutes.
A. Intelligent as was the boy B. As intelligent the boy was
C. As the boy was intelligent D. Intelligent as the boy was
30: Over the last few months garages the price of petrol three times.
A. have gone up B. have put up C. raised D. have risen
31: Final year students attend lectures. It’s optional.
A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t C. ought to D. don’t have to
32: Quite soon, the world is going to energy resources.
A. come up against B. keep up with C. get into D. run out of
33: He has been waiting for this letter for days, and at it has come.

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 A. present B. the moment C. last D. the end
34: If only he accept some help with the work instead of trying to do it alone!
A. were B. would C. may D. will
VI. There is one mistake in each sentence. Identify the mistake and write your correction in the space
provided.
1. Humus, a substance found in soil, is soft and spongy and enables plant roots to send out tiny hair
through that they absorb water and food.
2. From the monitoring of earthquake waves, it is evidence that the Earth’s outer core is liquid,
whereas the inner one is solid.
3. People tend to make a lot of shopping at Xmas time.
4. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the hospital.
5. A fully grown male mountain lion may be eight long feet.
VII. Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answers in the space provided.
1. She supports her theory with......................evidence. (COPY)
2. Will it ever be possible for the human race to reach the extreme............. of the universe? (BOUND)
3. He says he had no intention of hurting me, but I am sure he hit me.......(PURPOSE)
4. Safety tests on old cars have been............................... throughout Europe. (STANDARD)
5. The teacher warned the children that if they................again, they would be punished. (BEHAVE)
VIII. Supply the correct form and tense of the verbs in brackets
1. We would like (invite) ....... to the president’s reception, but we weren’t.
2. Did you know that Oscar Wilde (live) .......... in Paris during his final years?
3. There was no sign indicating that the cottage (break) .......... into.
4. Without their valuable assistance we (never, gather) ........... enough money for our son’s operation.
5. By the time I go to bed tonight, I (write) .......... more than ten pages of the novel.
SECTION 4. READING
IX. Exercise 1: Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the passage
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can’t find
the energy to get out of bed (1) ________ for school? According to a new report, today’s generation of
children are in danger of getting so (2)_______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at
(3)_______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours’ sleep a night, (4)_______teenagers require
nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (5)________ anything between two
and five hours’ sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
This (6) _____ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children’s ability to concentrate
at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor
concentration is well (7) _______. Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour’s sleep a night can
have profound effects (8) ______how children perform the next day. A good night’s sleep is also crucial for
teenagers because it is while they are asleep (9)______ they release a hormone that is essential for their
‘growth spurt’ (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It’s true that they can,
to some (10) ______, catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won’t help them when they are dropping off
to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.
1. A. behind time B. about time C.in time D. at time
2. A. few B. less C. much D. little
3. A. jeopardy B. threat C. risk D. danger
4. A. or B. because C. whereas D. so
5. A. puts B. gets C. brings D. makes
6. A. raises B. rises C. results D. comes
7. A. organized B. arranged C. established D. acquired
8. A. in B. on C. to D. at
9. A. at which B. which C. where D. that
10. A. rate B. extent C. level D. point
X. Exercise 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. (10 points)
Universally acclaimed as America’s greatest playwright, Eugene O’Neill was born in 1888 in the heart of
the theater district in New York City. As the son of an actor he had early exposure to the world of the
theater. He attended Princeton University briefly in 1906, but returned to New York to work in a variety of
jobs before joining the crew of a freighter as a seaman. Upon returning from voyages to South Africa and
South America, he was hospitalized for six months to recuperate from tuberculosis. While he was

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recovering, he determined to write a play about his adventures on the sea. He went to Harvard, where he
wrote the one-act Bound East for Cardiff. It was produced on Cape Cod by the Provincetown Players, an
experimental theater group that was later to settle in the famous Greenwich Village theater district in New
York City. The Players produced several more of his one-acts in the years between 1916-1920. With the
full-length play Beyond the Horizon, produced on Broadway in 1920, O’Neill’s success was assured. The
play won the Pulitzer prize for the best play of the year. O’Neill was to be awarded the prize again in 1922,
1928, and 1957 for Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Although he
didn’t receive the Pulitzer prize for it, Mourning becomes Electra, produced in 1931,is arguably his most
lasting contribution to the American theatre. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
O’Neill’s plays, forty-five in all, cover a wide range of dramatic subjects, but several themes emerge,
including the ambivalence of family relationships, the struggle between the sexes, the conflict between
spiritual and material desires, and the vision of modern man as a victim of uncontrollable circumstances.
Most of O’Neill’s characters are seeking for meaning in their lives. According to his biographers, most of
the characters were portraits of himself and his family. In a sense, his work chronicled his life.
1. How many times was O’Neill awarded the Pulitzer Prize?
A. Five B. Three C. Four D. One
2. The word “briefly” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. without enthusiasm B. on scholarship C. seriously D. for a short time
3. What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 2: “According to his biographers, most of the
characters were portraits of himself and his family. In a sense, his work chronicled his life”?
A. His biographers took pictures of him with his family.
B. His biography contained stories about him and his family.
C. He had paintings of himself and members of his family.
D. He used his family and his own experiences in his plays.
4. The author mentions all of the following as themes for O’Neill’s plays EXCEPT__________.
A. adventures at sea B. life in college
C. relationships between men and women D. family life
5. We can infer from information in the passage that O’Neill’s plays were not __________.
A. autobiographical B. controversial C. popular D. optimistic
XI. Exercise 3: Gap-filling. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (20 points)
Every culture has its own unwritten list of behavior that is acceptable. Every society (1)
__________ has its taboos, or types of behavior that are considered the violation of (2) __________
manners. If you travel to (3) __________ country, on business or vacation, it is really helpful to learn
some of that country's customs so that you needn't insult (4) __________ local people there.
The word “taboo” comes (5) __________ the Tongan language and it is used in modern English to
describe (6) __________ and non-verbal behavior that is forbidden (7) __________ to be avoided. In
spite of people's common thought, (8) __________ are not universal and they tend to be specific to
certain (9) __________ or country, and usually form around a community’s values and beliefs.
Therefore,(10) __________ is considered acceptable behavior in one country may be a serious taboo in
another.
XII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Almost all living things ultimately get their energy from the sun. In a process called
photosynthesis, plants, algae, and some other organisms capture the sun's energy and use it to make
simple sugars such as glucose. Most other organisms use these organic molecules as a source of energy.
Organic materials contain a tremendous amount of energy. As food, they fuel our bodies and those of
most other creatures. In such forms as oil, gas, and coal, they heat our homes, run our factories and
power our cars.
Photosynthesis begins when solar energy is absorbed by chemicals called photosynthetic
pigments that are contained within an organism. The most common photosynthetic pigment is
chlorophyll. The bright green color characteristic of plants is caused by it. Most algae have additional
pigments that may mask the green chlorophyll. Because of these pigments, algae may be not only green
but brown, red, blue or even black.
In a series of enzyme-controlled reactions, the solar energy captured by chlorophyll and other pigments
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 one of very few carbon- containing molecules not considered to be organic compounds. Photosynthesis
then converts carbon from an inorganic to an organic form. This is called carbon fixation. In this
process, the solar energy that was absorbed by chlorophyll is stored as chemical energy in the form of
simple sugars like glucose. The glucose is then used to make other organic compounds. In
addition, photosynthesis produces oxygen gas. All the oxygen gas on earth, both in the atmosphere we
breathe and in the ocean, was produced by photosynthetic organisms. Photosynthesis constantly
replenishes the earth's oxygen supply.
Organisms that are capable of photosynthesis can obtain all the energy they need from sunlight
and do not need to eat. They are called autotrophs. Plants are the most familiar autotrophs on land. In
the ocean, algae and bacteria are the most important autotrophs. Many organisms cannot produce their
own food and must obtain energy by eating organic matter. These are called heterotrophs.
Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Hardback.1990.
1: From the passage, we can see that .
A. Algae are a kind of simple plants.
B. Most plants have additional pigments.
C. Oxygen helps the process of photosynthesis.
D. Autotrophs obtain energy by eating organic matter.
2: It can be inferred from the passage that the author considers solar energy to be .
A. a perfect solution to the energy problem B. a permanent and everlasting source of energy
C. useless to most bacteria and algae D. essential for every organism on earth
3: The word “pigments” is closest in meaning to .
A. colours B. chemicals C. organisms D. characteristics
Question 38: The word “replenishes” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. renews B. refines C. refills D. regulates
4: The phrase “this process” refers to the process of .
A. storing chemical energy B. absorbing solar energy
C. photosynthesis D. carbon fixation
5: The word “fuel” is similar in meaning to .
A. provide nutrients for B. produce organic materials
C. give fuel to D. help to function
6: What can be inferred about algae?
A. Green algae are less common than other colors of algae.
B. Algae are photosynthetic organisms.
C. They are chemically different from other plants.
D. They are ineffective producers of sugars.
7: Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Organic materials contain an amount of energy. B. Plants capture the sun's energy to make sugars.
C. Plants are familiar heterotrophs. D. Photosynthesis produces oxygen gas.

SECTION 5. WRITING
XII. Sentence transformation (20 points)
Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold. Do not change the word given. You must
use between three and six words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning
Write only the missing words in the space provided.
0. I last saw him at my 21st birthday party. since
I……haven’t seen him since ..... my 21st birthday party.
1. I don’t usually make such foolish mistakes. habit
I’m........................................................................................ such foolish mistakes.
2. I’m not sure which year saw the abolition of capital punishment in this country. did
I’m not sure when they....................................................................... capital punishment in this country.
3. Of all the cities I know, there are few that are more beautiful than St. Petersburg. loveliest
St. Petersburg is one .............................................................................visited.
4. Most medical students study for their degrees until they are 25. graduate
Most medical students................................................................................ of 25.
5. I really don’t want to tidy my room right now. feel
I really don’t.........................................................................................my room right now.

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6. Please don’t leave the building because we might need to speak to you again. case
Please don’t leave the building....................................................................to speak to you again.
7. My elder sister likes to look after small children. care
My elder sister enjoys...................................................................small children.
8. The meeting probably won’t last more than a few minutes. likely
The meeting.......................................................................... on for more than a few minutes.
9. Last night the theater was almost empty. anybody
Last night...................................................................................... the theater.
10. I can’t promise that you will get the job. guarantee
There................................................................................will get the job.
XIII. Sentence building. (20 points)
Complete the letter using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if necessary.
Dear John,
1. last letter / you / kindly offer / put / me / your flat / I / be / Berlin.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
2. I/ be / afraid / I / unable / take / offer / time being.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
3. My father / so sick / I / to stay / home / care / him.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
4. He / very sick / I cannot / him / alone.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
5. My brother / also / help / look / Dad / but / he / now / away / business trip / Paris.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
6. I / hope / be able / come / Berlin / later / end / year, / perhaps / January.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
7. If / room / free / I / glad / stay / you.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
8. I / let / know / plan / soon / possible / order / not interfere / own plan.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
9. Thank / much / again / offer.
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
10. I / not / wait / see / you / Berlin .
=> .......................................................................................................................................................................
With love,
Maria.
............The end...........

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