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PRACTICE TEST 2

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PAPER 1 Listening (40 minutes)

Part 1 Questions 1-8

Listen to short conversations, announcements or instructions There is one question for each conversation, announcement or instruction For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

1 You hear two friends talking about attending a motor-racing event What do they agree was the best thing about it?

A The race

B The facilities

C The atmosphere D

The organization

2 You hear a football coach talking about a match Why does he think the team lost?

A They hadn’t had good players

B They lacked concentration

C They hadn’t practiced enough

D They weren’t very fit

3 You hear two people talking about a computer game Why does the boy dislike it?

A It’s boring

B It’s expensive C

It’s complicated D

It’s difficult

4 You hear a woman talking about judging a poetry competition What surprised her?

A how nature was seen in the poems

B how many poems some people wrote

C how humorous the poems were

D how professional the poets were

5 You hear a young man talking about travelling alone for the first time How did his parents react to the idea?

A They were helpful B

They were worried C

They were angry

D They were excited

6 You hear part of a talk by a nurse What is she doing?

A giving instruction to a new colleague

B explaining how patients should be treated C

outlining the good and bad points of the job D

giving some advice

7 You hear a man talking about a long-distance journey he made How did he travel?

A by bus

B by motorbike

C by car

D by plane

8 You hear two friends talking about listening to the radio What did the girl like about the program she mentions?

A It was amusing

B She learned something C

The presenter was good D

It had good music

Part 2 Questions 9-20

Listen to 3 conversations There are 12 questions For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Questions 9 to 12:

9 What is special about the Kelvin temperature scale?

A It is easier to use than the Celsius scale

B It makes the freezing point of water very high

C It is a measurement scale that only scientists can use

D It doesn’t have negative temperatures

10 What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale?

A -273.15

B 273.15

C 373.15

D None of the above

11 If you know the spectral class of a star, then you also know its

A size

B distance from earth

C major elements

D Age

12 What color are the hottest stars?

A Orange

B Blue C

White D

Questions 13 to 16:

13 What is the topic of the conversation?

A Surrealism and its historical significance

B Surrealism’s two main groups and their differences

C Surrealism as an insult to the ruling elite of society

D Surrealism as a means of subconscious expression

14 According to the conversation, what makes Surrealism unique?

A It was influenced by World War 1

B It was founded by a doctor

C It was developed in the trenches during World War 1

D It was influenced by psychological theories

15 What does the man mean when he says this? “You lost me with Automatism.”

A He is not interested in the topic

B He needs an explanation of a word

C He thinks the woman has changed the subject

D He wants the woman to repeat what she said

16 According to the Veristic Surrealists,

A The academic discipline of art is important

B Art is a way to show opposition to established society

C The conscious mind is more important than the subconscious

D Subconscious images should not be burdened with meaning

Questions 17 to 20:

17 What can we assume was the fastest speed that the first automobile went?

A 2 ½ mph

B 3 mph

C 4 mph

D 5 mph

18 Why were steam-powered vehicles so slow?

A They were not designed for speed

B Steam didn’t work as well as gasoline

C They were not very efficient

D They were very heavy

19 Why were electric vehicles abandoned?

A They didn’t keep a charge long

B They were too fast

C The oil industry had a better sales campaign than the electric industry

D Gasoline was cheaper

20 What is the best description of an internal combustion engine?

A A self-contained steam engine

B A controlled explosion engine

C An electric generator

D None of the above

Part 3 Questions 21-35

Listen to 3 talks or lectures There are five questions for each talk or lecture For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Questions 21 to 25:

21 Stars spend most of their lifetimes

A Fusing heavy elements

B Producing hydrogen

C As red giants

D On the main sequence

22 According to the lecture, how many black dwarfs are there in existence?

A Hundreds of billions

B Tens of billions

C None

D This information is not given

23 Which stars normally become red giants?

A Small stars

B Medium-sized stars

C Large stars

D All stars

24 What is the last stage in the formation of a white dwarf?

A The loss of the star’s outer layers

B The fusion of elements heavier than hydrogen

C An explosion of the core

D A compression of the core

25 What is the last stage in the life of the largest stars?

A Either a neutron star or a white dwarf

B Either a red giant or a supernova

C Either a black hole or a black dwarf

D Either a neutron star or a black hole

Questions 26 to 30:

26 What is the lecture mainly about?

A Dadaist art and Surrealist writing

B Surrealist art and writing

C Andre Breton

D Surrealist authors

27 Which of the following was Surrealist painting’s most productive period?

A Before World War I

B Just after World War I C

During World War II D

Just after World War II

28 According to Breton, genius consists of being able to

A Live in dreams and fantasy

B Produce anti-art

C Get in touch with one’s unconscious D

Separate reason from the unconscious

29 Which of the following artists is mentioned in the talk?

A Picasso

B Magritte

C Miro

D Ernst

30 It can be inferred that Surrealist writers did not

A Allow their work to be edited

B Consciously work on their style

C Appreciate Dadaist art

D Sell many of their works

Questions 31 to 35:

31 According to the speaker, why is Ford’s life story interesting to many people?

A Because he was a common man who grew very rich and successful

B Because he overcame so many large obstacles

C Because he demonstrated how good luck can make anyone healthy

D None of the above

32 Which of the following is not true of Ford?

A His parents were immigrants

B He had no formal education

C He had years of training as an engineer

D He designed the Model T himself

33 What can be inferred about the Model T?

A It was highly fuel-efficient

B It was very popular

C It is still in production today

D It was too expensive for the average family

34 According to the lecture, what helped Ford produce cars at lower cost?

A The assembly line

B A minimum wage

C Both A and B

D Neither A nor B

35 Which of the following is true of the Ford Motor

Company? A It was founded with Ford’s own money

B It was troubled by disagreements with workers

C It was under Ford’s control until his death

D It has been bought by General Motors

PAPER 2 Reading (60 minutes)

Part 1 Questions 1-10

Read the text and questions below.

For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

The Surrealist movement gained momentum following Dadaism, and was led by Andre Breton Unlike the Dadaists, however, the Surrealists did not disregard all previous forms of art The artists in this movement incorporated psychoanalytic theory into their art; they divided into two sub-movements, one of which-led by Dali-researched and studied the works of Sigmund Freud, while the other-led by Picasso-studied Carl Jung

Dali embraced the science of painting as a way to study the psyche through subconscious images Artists should allow these images to reach the consciousness, and then capture them on canvas as an opportunity to comprehend their meaning Later on, he expanded the process to a point at which the artist pays attention to his dreams, capturing them through art and then analyzing them His followers became known as the Veristic Surrealists

Picasso took the opposite approach He rejected the traditions of craft in favor of a

“primitive” approach, as he felt that the ingenuity of childhood was the basis of art To him, this meant that the less the artist is preoccupied with the techniques of his craft, the better his art will be (Dali also valued the “ingenuity of childhood”, but for him it meant not painting as a child, but keeping an open mind and maintaining the curiosity and excitement of the child throughout one’s life.) Followers of Picasso’s model called themselves Automatists, and focused on the expression of emotion

Surrealism was declared “dead” in 1941, giving way entirely to Abstract Expressionism, which was also called “modernism” However, many artists continue to create works in the manner of Veristic Surrealism - divided further into Classical, Social, and Visionary forms, even today - only in seclusion

1 What is the topic of the passage? A

The artwork of Picasso and Dali

B The two sub-movements of Surrealist art

C The death of Surrealism

D The differences between Surrealism and Dadaism

2 Whose theories inspired Surrealism?

A Dali and Picasso

B Picasso and Freud

C Dali and Jung

D Freud and Jung

3 Why does the author mention “the ingenuity of childhood”?

A To describe a common criticism of Surrealist art

B To emphasize the similarities between Dali and Picasso

C To explain Picasso’s idea of the basis for art

D None of the above

4 According to the passage, what is an important difference between Dali and Picasso?

A Dali’s art was more analytical

B Picasso was more interested in Jung than in Freud

C Picasso had a greater interest in the subconscious

D Dali was more interested in the ingenuity of childhood

5 What did “the ingenuity of childhood” mean to Dali?

A The less the artist is preoccupied with his craft, the better his art is

B Maintaining the curiosity and the excitement of the child is important for an artist

C The more the artist is preoccupied with his craft, the better his art is

D Studying the psyche through subconscious images was the way to better art

6 What can be inferred from the passage? A

Surrealist art is no longer being made

B Automatic Surrealism is no longer practiced

C Veristic Surrealists are among today’s most famous artists

D Surrealism had no lasting impact on art history

7 The word incorporated in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

A found

B taught

C understood

D combined

8 The word their in paragraph 2 refers to _

A images

B artists C

dreams D

canvas

9 The word preoccupied in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by

A concerned

B skilled

C connected

D suffered

10 What is the best sentence summarizing one important idea of the passage?

A The Surrealistic movement emphasizes psychoanalytic theory and maintains

“childhood ingenuity.”

B The Surrealists differed from the Dadaists in that they did not ignore all previous forms of art

C Picasso’s approach was the opposite of Dali’s, as Picasso believed in maintaining the open mind of childhood throughout life

D The Surrealist movement is closely related to Dadaism and involves the study and use of Freud’s theories of psychoanalysis

Part 2 Questions 11-20

Read the text and questions below.

For each question, circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Many parameters are used to describe a star One of them is its temperature, which can be determined by simple observation; the color of a star and its temperature are related Once the color of a star is identified, its temperature can be calculated through the use of scientific principles such as Wien’s Law

There are different types of stars in the universe For our purposes, we can classify them into categories: variable and binary Variable stars are those which show some degree of variability in their luminosity and magnitude Luminosity refers to the amount

of energy radiated by a star, while magnitude refers to its brightness At times the degree

of variability may be high, requiring a telescope with an equally high light-gathering power This can be achieved by using a lens of large diameter, such as that of a reflecting telescope

Binary stars are those found in pairs that revolve around a common center The closest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri, is a binary star To observe a binary star, the resolving power of a telescope – its ability to distinguish between two close objects having a small angular separation – must be very high

Stellar astronomy is possible for everyone, well beyond mere looking at the sky with the naked eye in order to identify constellations With two basic types of telescopes and rudimentary knowledge, much exploration can be achieved

11 What is the topic of the passage?

A Types of stars and how to observe them

B The difference between binary and variable stars

C Types of telescope

D The color and temperature of stars

12 The temperature of a star can be determined by its

A Size

B Color

C movement

D luminosity

13 Which of the following is true of variable stars?

A They vary in brightness

B They rotate around each other

C They vary in color

D The size of the telescope must vary in order to observe them

14 Which of the following is true of binary stars?

A They revolve around a common center

B They are close to the sun

C They are easily to be observed with a normal telescope.

D They have high temperature

15 Why does the author write that “stellar astronomy is possible for everyone”?

A To emphasize that it is easy to become an astronomer

B To encourage people to try observing stars

C To show that most people know a lot about stars

D To explain why astronomy is popular

16 Why does a telescope need to have a high light-gathering ability?

A To view stars which do not give off very much light

B To view stars with a high variability

C To support a lens of large diameter D

All of the above

17 The word parameters in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

A measurements

B laws

C categories

D numbers

18 The word luminosity in paragraph 2 refers to

A a star’s temperature

B the amount of energy radiated by a star

C a star’s brightness

D the distance between a star and the sun

19 The word rudimentary in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

A advanced

B formal

C basic

D important

20 What is the best sentence summarizing one important idea of the passage? A

Variable stars may differ in the amount of energy they radiate or in their

luminosity

B One way to categorize stars is by temperature, which can be determined from the star’s color and Wien’s Law

C Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth, is a binary star and requires a large

telescope for observation

D Many different types of stars exist, but the most important categories are variable and binary stars