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PRACTICE TEST 2
A PHONETICS
I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
II Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others.
B VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
I Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
11 Java Man, who lived before the first Ice Age, is the first manlike animal.
12 .is one of my favourite leisure activities
13 I doubt the book is worth reading
14 I this book to all who enjoy an exciting story
15 I had my hair… by my brother
16 The document describes the new regulations
17 I think access to cinemas and theatres is the main… of city life
18 .the dollar as its monetary unit in 1878
19 .places which attract so many art lovers as Florence, Italy.
20 Our son is very on detective stories
21 "What should I tell the mechanic?" ~ "The oil needs… "
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23 Because of their convenience, cellular phones and other, portable phones have become popular
24 Dark glasses are sometimes worn to the eyes from strong sunlight
25 The , the first daily newspaper in the United States, first appeared in 1783
A Pennsylvania Evening Post is two pages long B Pennsylvania Evening Post was
II Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26 (A) Drying food (B) by means of solar energy (C) is an ancient process (D) applying wherever food and climatic conditions make it possible
27 It should not be (A) assume that (B) the lower the price, (C) the happier (D) the buyer
28 (A) There is estimated that (B) the Orion nebula contains (C) enough matter fo form 10,000 (D) stars
29 The main routes (A) used by the pony express (B) was equipped with (C) stops providing stables, (D) lodging, and food
30 Measles (A) have not (B) yet been (C) eradicated (D) up to now
III Choose the one option (A, B, C or D) corresponding to the best sentence that is made up from the sets of words and phrases given.
31 Pat / teach / drive /when / he /young
C Pat was thought to teach to drive when he was young D Pat taught me driving when he was young
32 suspect / think / leave /country
A The" suspect is thought of leaving the country B The suspect is thought to have left the country
C The suspect left the country he thought D Leaving the country, the suspect was thought so
33 Miss Smith / appall / student / grammar
A Miss Smith was- appalled by her students' grammar
B Miss Smith was appalling by her students' grammar
C Miss Smith was appalled with her students' grammar
D Miss Smith was appall by her students' grammar
34 Kate / have / car/ service / tomorrow
A Kate is having her car to service tomorrow B Kate is having her car service tomorrow
C Kate is havjng her car serviced tomorrow D Kate is having her car serving tomorrow
35 say oil / healthy / butter
A People say that oil is healthier than butter B It is said that oil is healthier than butter
C READING
I Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
AUDIOBOOKS - BOOKS ON CASSETTE
In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from Entertainment industries (36) for your leisure time You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art gallery or concert or, of course, read a book Sometimes it seems that reading is (37) because, even if you're a fast reader, it can take a (38) amount of time to finish a novel, for example But in the (39) world, time is something that can be
in short supply Book publishers haven't been (40) to realise this and are now selling a product which needn't (41) as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story The new product is the audiobook -cassette recordings of shortened novels, often read by well-known pers6nalities or the authors themselves Audiobooks are (42) new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing al! the time
One of the attractions of audiobooks is that they're (43) listening to the radio, only better You can listen
to what you want when you want, and you won't ever (44) anything Much of their appeal lies in their flexibility They (45) you to do other things while you're listening, such as driving or doing the housework For some people, audiobooks can be a much more enjoyable way of gaining knowledge than reading
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II Read the passage below and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
Books which give instructions on how; to do things are very popular in the United States today Thousands of
these How-to books are useful: in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the
words 'How-to" One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend
it and another may explain how to give your money away
Many How-to books give advice on careers They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it If you fail, however, you can buy the book How to Turn Failure into Success If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Millionaire If you never make any money at all you may need a book called How to Live on Nothing.
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems If you want to have a
better love of life, you can read How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your Life If you are tired of books
on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex Today people have far more time to use, more choices td make, and more problems to solve How-to books help people deal
with modern life
46 From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are
47 The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how
48 If you often read How-to books, you
A will be sure to get something you need B will not know how to help yourself in life
49 Which of the following opinions about How-to books is not mentioned in the passage?
A How-to books are among the best sellers in the world.
B How-to books are useful in many ways.
C How-to books give advice on careers.
D How-to books help people with personal problems.
50 How-to books appear only because
A people have more free time to spend than before
B people meet more problems than their parents ,
C people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D modern life is more difficult to deal with
The End Notes.
Java Man (Homo erectus erectus; Javanese: Manungsa Jawa; Indonesian: Manusia Jawa) is the popular name given
to early human fossils discovered on the island of Java (Indonesia) in 1891 and 1892 Led by Eugène Dubois, the excavation team uncovered a tooth, a skullcap, and a thighbone at Trinil on the banks of the Solo River in East Java Arguing that the fossils represented the "missing link" between apes and humans, Dubois gave the species the scientific name Anthropopithecus erectus, then later renamed it Pithecanthropus erectus.
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Florence, Italy
ANSWER KEY
26 D
applied
27 A
assumed
28 A
It
29 B
were
30 A
has