Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence and then identify your answer by circling le
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PRACTICE TEST 12
QUESTIONS 1-5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable in the position which is different from that of the others Identify your choice by circling letter A,
B, C or D on the answer sheet
QUESTIONS 6 - 35: These are incomplete sentences Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
6 Unlike moderate antislavery advocates, abolitionists an immediate slavery
A demanded B have demanding C to be demanded D demands
7 Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is in various forms
A abundant B the abundance C a abundant time D abundance
8 The ceremonial Chilcat blanket of the Northwest Tlingit Indians was generally from cedar bark, wool, and goats' hair
9 The Greenhouse effect is a phenomenon that is caused when carbon dioxide and is trapped in the atmosphere
A is released B releases C has been released D had been releasing
10 The typical elephant herd adult females and the young of both sexes
A that is made up B is made of C is made D is made up of
11 Because the wood of the dogwood tree is very hard, is used for objects, such as roller skate wheels, in which hardness is desired
12 Etymology, finding out where a word came from by studying the roots of words, has been
greatly assisted by modern inventions like the Internet
A is a technique of B which a technique of C a technique to D a technique of
13 The discovery of the halftone process in photography in 1881 made it photographs in books and newspapers
A possible reproducing B possible to reproduce
C the possibility of reproducing D possibly reproduced
14 Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920's in blues music
A was one of the greatest periods B one of the greatest periods
C was of the greatest periods D the greatest periods
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15 A master is an electronic apparatus that radio and light waves
A generated and was amplified B generating and amplifying
C generates and amplifies D to generate and amplify
16 Black Boy is an autobiographical account of the childhood of Richard Wright and portrays the suffering
of an African American bigotry
A in a society full of B in a full of society C in of a full society D in society of full a
17 James A Bland, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" was adopted as the state song of Virginia in
1940
A Were written by B Be written by C Has been written by D Written by
18 In her time, Isadora Duncan was today a liberated woman
19 Built in 1882, the Kinzua Viaduct in McKean County, Pennsylvania, is open only to those
visitors are able to walk its 2,058-foot length
20 Warmer temperatures led to changes in the ecology of Europe, the animal population and methods of hunting
21 Although bats avoid entangled areas, they can dart about in the room filled with criss-crossing wires without ever hitting one they use the navigation functions in their ear
22 several years for bamboo seeds to grow into plants that can be used for commercial purposes
23 The black-billed cuckoo has been known to steal eggs to other birds
A belong B which belonging C which they belong D that belong
24 that distinguish human beings from other primates are related to the ability of people to stand upright and walk on two legs
A Many of the physical characteristics B Of the many physical characteristics
C The physical characteristics are many D There are many physical characteristics
25 At the beginning of the 20th century, people made coffee a cloth bag full of coffee grounds into boiling water
A by have dumped B by dumping C by dumped D by have been dumping
26 The twentieth century has been a period of enormous growth in mathematical research and in the
number of mathematicians and fields them
27 native to Europe, the daisy has now spread throughout most of North America
28 Chimpanzees, apes, orangutans and a few other primates laugh, but
A another animals also laugh B so other animals do
29 The Wildlife Management Act of 1983 spelled out the basic rules that apply in the US today but heavy punishments on poachers selling illegal furs
A include no B includes no C included no D are including no
30 Gorillas are quiet animals, they are capable of making about 20 different sounds
31 The Mono Lisa, painted in Florence in 1504 by Leonardo da Vinci, is a name which is perhaps more
recognizable to people throughout the world to da Vinci himself
32 Speech is like a piece of cloth many threads including a voice box, lips, tongue, and a good brain
33 The protection of technologies and technological information has become of many countries
A the importance of a concern B an importance concern
C the importance concerning D an important concern
34 Not only as a cooked dish the world over, but it is also used as the base of many other foods, condiments, and even beverages
A eating rice B is rice eaten C rice is eaten D people eat rice
35 In the summer of 1974, a film producer named Allan Carr saw Grease on Broadway and the next day to see if the film rights were still available
A impressed so that he was called B he was called so impressed that
C was so impressed that he called D that he was so called impressed
QUESTIONS 36 - 45: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet
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of his sporting achievements He was at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics learns and held the world record for the long jump He was (38) a popular sport journalist
He was so famous that letters addressed to "Mr Fry, Oxford" were delivered to him (39) any difficulty His college, although it had a quite different name, (40) known as "Fry's College"
Some people have criticised Fry's sporting (41) _ They point out that he lived at a time (42) standards were quite low and (43) was much easier to do well in several sports It is certainly true that athletes at that time did not have the totally dedicated approach of modern athletes However, it is only fair to judge him (44) the standards of his (45) time There is no doubt that he had extraordinary skills and an ability to write about sport with style and intelligence
QUESTIONS 46 - 50: Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answer and then mark your choice on the answer sheet
In the early 1800s, an Indian woman named Sacajawea helped explore the Northwest Territory of the
United States She went with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to chart that area
Sacajawea helped by creating good feelings between the explorers and the Native Americans living in the Northwest She helped the explorers talk with the Indians She showed them wild foods thai were good
to eat Once the Lewis and the Clark party met the Lemhi Shoshoni Indian The Shoshoni were on distant terms with them, but Lewis and Clark needed their help The two explorers sent Sacajawea to speak to them She was delighted to find that her brother was their chief As a result, they provided Lewis and Clark with everything they needed
The legend that Sacajawea led the expedition is not true However, without her help in getting horses, supplies and other guides, Lewis and Clark could not have completed their journey
46 The best title of the passage is
A Exploring the Territory
B Exploring the Northwest Territory of the United States
C Lewis and Clark - The explorers
D The language of Sacajawea
47 Sacajawea was
A of little help B from India C an Indian D a spy for the Shoshoni
48 According to the passage, the Shoshoni the explorers
A live far from B did not concern the C were unfriendly to D immediately liked
49 The passage does not tell
A whom Sacajawea went with B what territory was explored
50 The word expedition in paragraph one is closest in meaning to
QUESTIONS 51 - 55: Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answers and then mark your choice on the answer sheet
Why do people explore the farthest reaches of the globe? For John Clouse and Parke Thompson, the
motivation is not curiosity, fame or fortune It is just to break records
The two men, both in their sixties, are members of the Travellers' Century Club To belong to this club,
a person must have travelled to at least one hundred countries The club has divided the world into 308 different units -countries, territories and other areas A member who has visited every places listed will cover the entire globe
Clouse has visited 307 of the 308 locations on the club's list Thompson claims to be the first and the only person to have visited all 308 listed places However, Clouse says that, like himself, Thompson has
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51 The best title for the passage is
A Countries and Territories of the world
B Clouse and Thompson - world travellers
C Why people travel
D Travelling for a hundred years
52 A must - principle to become a member in Travellers' Century Club is that a candidate has visited
A 308 different places B 100 countries
53 The man who claims to have visited all 308 locations on the club's list is
A Parke Thompson B John Clouse C Pake Clouse D John Thompson
54 The passage implies that these two men
A avoid flying B give trail talks C enjoy competition D no longer travel
55 The word motivation in paragraph 1 means„
A movement B change of place C reason for action D ability to move
QUESTIONS 56 - 60: Each of the following sentences has four underlined words or phrases marked A,
B, C, and D Choose the word or phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D and then mark your choice on the answer sheet
56 From (A) 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was (B) at the height of her writing career, publishing of her (C) three most (D) famous novels
57 The Rocky Mountains were (A) explored by (B) fur traders during the early 1800's, in a (C) decades preceding (D) the United States Civil War
58 In human beings as in other mammal (A), hairs around (B) the eyes and ears and in the nose prevent (C) dust, insects, and other matters from entering (D) these organs
59 Rice, which it still (A) forms the staple diet of much (B) of the world's population, grows best (C) in hot (D), wet lands
60 Because of its (A) vast tracts of virtually (B) uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one (C) of the lowest population density (D) in the world
QUESTIONS 61 - 70: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one and mark your choice on the answer sheet
61 If we don't leave the party now we will miss the last train
A If we leave the party now we would have not miss the last train
B If we leave the party now we could not have missed the last train
C We ought to leave the party now if we are to catch the last train
D We ought to leave the party now if we would catch the last train
62 No one present noticed anything strange
A The people who were there didn't notice anything strange
B The people who were there didn't notice anything usual
C The people were there didn't notice anything strange
D The people who were there didn't notice something strange
63 Jane's strange idea astonished everybody
A Everybody was astonished at Jane's strange idea
B Everybody were astonished at Jane's strange idea
C Everybody was astonished on Jane's strange idea
D Everybody was astonished about Jane's strange idea
64 "Don't leave the house until I get back, John," his sister said
A John's sister told him not to leave the house when she got back
B John's sister told him not to go out till she get back
C John's sister told him to go out until she got back
D John's sister told him to stay at home till she got back
65 You will catch a cold if you don't keep your feet dry
A Don't keep your feet dry or you will catch a cold
B Unless you keep your feet dry you will not catch a cold
C Unless you keep your feet dry, you will catch a cold
D You will not catch a cold if you don't keep your feet dry
66 The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road
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run into the road B The gate is closed so that
the children cannot run into the road C The
gate is closed to the children cannot run into the
road
D The gate is closed and that the children cannot
run into the road
67 Jack bought that second-hand car and he then recognised that he shouldn't have done that
A Jack regretted buying that second-hand car B Jack regretted to buy that
second-hand car
C Jack wished he did not bought that second-hand car D Jack wished he has not bought that second-hand car
68 Joan finally managed to get a good job
A Joan finally succeeded at getting a good job B Joan finally succeeded in
getting a good job C Joan finally succeeded on getting a good job D Joan finally
succeeded to get a good job
69 Smith's career as a television presenter began five years ago
A Smith had been a television presenter for five years B Smith has been a television
presenter five years ago C Smith has been a television presenter since five years D Smith has been a television presenter for five years
70 "Don't bite your nails anymore," said Mrs Francesca to her son
A Mrs Francesca told her son stop biting his nails B Mrs Francesca told her son to stop bite his nails
C Mrs Francesca told her son to stop biting his nails D Mrs Francesca told her son to stop
to bite his nails QUESTIONS 71 - 80: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the
best sentence which is made up from the given cue words and then mark your choice on the answer sheet
71 weather / not / decide / we / go out / because
A We decided not go out because of the weather B We decided not to go out
because of the weather C We decided not going out because of the weather D We not decided to go out because of the weather
72 allow / she / smoke / house
A She doesn't allow smoking in her house B She doesn't allow to
smoking in her house C She doesn't allow to smoke in her house D She
doesn't allow smoking at her house
73 this coat / you / prefer / coat / wear / yesterday
A I prefer this coat than the coat you were wearing yesterday B I prefer this coat to the coat you wear yesterday C I prefer this coat to the coat you wearing yesterday D I prefer this coat to the coat you wore yesterday
74 you / I / would rather / say / tell / anyone
A I would rather you not tell anyone what I said B I would rather you didn't tell
anyone what I said C I would rather you don't tell anyone what I said D I would rather you didn't tell anyone what I say
75 must / fed up / study / she / be
A She must be fed up of studying B She must fed
up with studying C She must be fed up with studying D She must be
fed up on studying
76 climb / window / without / see / they
A They climbed through window without being seen B They climbed through the window
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77 look forward / Rose / come / home / we
A We are looking forward to Rose coming home B We are looking forward
Rose coming home C We are looking forward to Rose come home D We are
looking forward Rose to come home
78 feel / you / like / go out / this evening?
A Are you feel like going out this evening? B Do you feel to like going
out this evening? C Do you feel like go out this evening? D Do you feel like
going out this evening?
79 want / Phillips / Dave / cook / help / insist / him / himself
A Phillips wanted to cook himself but Daniel
insisted in helping him B Phillips wanted to cook
himself but Daniel insisted to help him
C Phillips wanted to cook himself but Daniel
insisted on helping him D Phillips wanted cooking
himself but Daniel insisted on helping him
80 prefer / I / drive / train / travel
A I prefer driving than travelling by train B I prefer driving to
travelling by train
C I prefer to drive to travel by train D I prefer to driving than
travelling by train