Test Your English: Preparation Guide: Пособие для подготовки к тестированию по английскому языку

Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации

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Омский государственный университет

Рекомендовано к изданию редакционно-издательским советом ОмГУ Рецензенты: доц. С.К. Калинкина, доц. Т.П. Руденко

Т36

Test Your English

Test Your English: Preparation Guide: Пособие для подготовки к тестированию по английскому языку / Сост. О.С. Дворжец, Н.Г. Гичева. – Омск: Омск. гос. ун-т, 2004. – 184 с. ISBN 5-7779-0476-9

Preparation Guide Пособие для подготовки к тестированию по английскому языку

Издание

Омск

ОмГУ

2004

В пособии приводятся тренировочные и проверочные материалы по основным разделам учебной программы в объеме средней образовательной школы, аналогичные заданиям, которые предлагаются на вступительных и сертифицирующих экзаменах в учебных заведениях. Тесты разработаны в соответствии с содержанием Государственного образовательного стандарта и позволяют судить о требованиях, предъявляемых вузами к уровню подготовки абитуриентов. Представленные тестовые задания апробированы на вступительных испытаниях в ОмГУ и подтвердили свою состоятельность. Для выпускников средних учебных заведений, абитуриентов вузов, а также преподавателей, применяющих тестовый контроль уровня сформированности языковых навыков учащихся.

ISBN 5-7779-0476-9

© Омский госуниверситет, 2004

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ В пособии содержится большое количество разнообразных тестовых заданий по грамматике, отражающих ее конкретные разделы и позволяющие определить степень и прочность усвоения знаний морфологии и синтаксиса английского языка, а также упражнения, развивающие навыки подготовленной и спонтанной речи. Обширно представлены задания, позволяющие учащимся проверить и скорректировать свои лексические знания. Особое внимание уделяется пониманию текста, проверке словарного запаса, его расширению. Пробный и итоговый тесты сборника (разделы I и VI) позволяют учащимся оценить степень подготовки к сдаче теста в целом, набор тренировочных тестовых заданий дает возможность отработать различные разделы тестов: раздел II – аудирование, раздел III – грамматическая часть, раздел IV – понимание текста, раздел V – лексика. Последний раздел сборника содержит скрипты для секции «Аудирование» («Listening») в тестах и тренировочных тестовых заданиях, а также ключи ко всем тестовым заданиям и тестам, что поможет проверить правильность ответов и обратить внимание на некоторые моменты, которые следует повторить перед экзаменом. Тестовые задания, представленные в сборнике, разработаны в соответствии с содержанием Государственного образовательного стандарта по английскому языку. Время выполнения заданий лимитировано и не должно превышать 1–1,5 минут на вопрос. Большая часть тестовых заданий сборника была апробирована на вступительных испытаниях в Омском государственном университете в течение последних двух лет и представлена в сборнике с учетом результатов апробации в скорректированном виде.

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Part I Overview of Tests Format of Tests Sample Test

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Part B Questions are based on the text. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

Part I Overview of Tests. Format of Tests. Sample Test

Section IV. Vocabulary Find the word (s) that is closest in meaning to the underlined word and mark the answer on your answer sheet.

Format of Test Section

Subject area

Number of questions

I

Listening

5

II

Grammar

20

III

Reading

10

IV

Vocabulary

5

Total time: 60 minutes

40 questions

Form of Test Section I. Listening Listen to the tape and decide which of the four choices A, B, C, D is the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. Section II. Grammar In each question, only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do. Section III. Reading Part A Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

Sample Test Section I

Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Listen to the tape and decide which of the four choices A, B, C, D is the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

T1 You are going to listen to an extract from the American classic, the movie ‘Little Women’ based on the novel by L. M. Alcott. Here young Joe meets young Laurie at a local dance. 1. It wasn’t A Joe who first talked to Laurie. B the first time that Joe and Laurie had met. C pleasant for Joe and Laurie to be at the dance and have tricks. D a chance meeting for the young people. 2. Joe and Laurie A were next door neighbours. B liked to chat when bringing cats home. C remembered their first nice cat. D knew many people at the party. 3. How did Laurie manage to make the boys stop calling him ‘Dora’? A He beat them.

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B He said ‘Dora’ was a girls’ name. C The fellows hated the name too, they agreed easily. D He spoke tenderly to them. 4. Why didn’t Joe want to dance? A She was a bad dancer. B She wanted to play a bad trick and stand near the fire. C She didn’t want anyone to see the mend on her dress. D Everything was too funny at the party. 5. Laurie suggested A they laugh and forget the burn. B he should buy Joe another dress. C dancing in the long hall so that no one sees them. D they should manage without dancing.

Section II Directions: (Questions 6 – 25)

Example: Answer:

In each question, only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.

0. This A is 0. A

6. After 11 days in A the B a 7. Don’t wait for us, help A you B them

a book. B are

C am

D be

prison they were released. C an D — to some food. C on your own

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D yourself

8. The works of Picasso were quite during various periods of his artistic life. A differ B different C different from D different than 9. The terrain in North Cardina includes both the Highlands Coastal Plain. A and B as well as C and also D either 10. He A ought

be in a meeting. I am not certain. B needs C shouldn’t

11. Oh, I’m sorry, I’ve spilt some tea. Where A are you keeping B do you keep C did you keep D have you kept 12. Bob A gave

a lot of help since we arrived. B has given C was giving

the

D may the paper towels?

D had given

13. This year, figuring standard income tax, taxpayers might also have to compute alternative minimum tax. A among B between C except D besides 14. By the late twenties, his friends A were settling B had settled 15. I’d better answer these letters, A wouldn’t B hadn’t 16.

down to respectable jobs. C have settled D settled I? C did

D didn’t

a fierce competition between Ohio State University and the University of Michigan for the Big Ten Championships. A There’s B Theirs C Its D It’s

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17. If services are increased, taxes A will probably go up B probably are gone up C probably up D had probably gone up

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24. She didn’t share his belief A why B that

25. After a while I in a big city. A used to live B got used to living C use living D will use to live

18. The car wants . A to clean B cleaning C to have been cleaned D being cleaned

Section III

19. The weather to be changing. A was appeared B is appeared C appears D their appeared

Part A. Directions: (Questions 26 – 30)

20. The train commuters. A packs with B has packed by C is packing with D is packed with 21. Andrew A had been 22. A B C D

here now if he had caught the train. B would be C have been

D is here

that the President is unwell. It is rumoured Rumours are It rumoured Rumours were

23. We offered A to give

everything would be all right. C what D where

him a lift home. B giving C — 9

D to have given

Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

Cycling Furiously An obscure 150-year-old law, 26 intended to deal with horsemen riding too quickly has claimed an unlikely victim – a cyclist who was not even speeding. Tony Adams was 27 for “cycling furiously” after police in Cambridge spotted him, in training for a world record attempt, cruising at 40 kph zone. A police car crawled 28 him through the city center, in what must have been one of the slowest pursuits on record, before he was arrested. 29 he is facing up to three months in jail after refusing to pay the £ 120 fine imposed for breaking the law, 30 dates back to 1847 when bicycles as we know them today did not exist. “I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

A A A A A

originally B proseculed before B However B but B

basically C legally D practically B awarded C spotted D beaten after C in front of D through Besides C Since then D Now and C which D who 10

Part B. Directions: (Questions 31 – 35)

Questions 31 through 35 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

In 1895 a lady was walking along a dimly lit street in London when she recognized a man who had robbed her of some jewellery a few days before. She called the police, who arrested the man, who protested his innocence. He said his name was Alfred Beck and he was a Norwegian businessman. The police insisted that he was John Smith, a notorious criminal. Ten different women picked him out at identity parades as the thief who had robbed them. In court, Beck was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, but he was still angrily denying that he was guilty. A year after he was released, he was arrested again following an accusation by three women that he had stolen their rings. All the women confidently identified Beck as the thief. He was again sent to prison but at this point the police found the real John Smith, who bore an astonishing resemblance to Beck. Beck received £ 5,000 in compensation but died, a broken man, in 1904. 31. Which of the following is not true? The ladies A identified Alfred Beck as a thief. B were asked to look at the line of people and pick out the person who committed the crime. C picked Mr Beck out at identity parades as a thief. D identified Mr Beck at the scene of the crime – identity parades. 32. Why did the victims of attacks identify Mr Beck as a thief? A They took Mr Beck for Mr Smith. B The police insisted that he was John Smith, a notorious criminal. C They could find nobody else except Mr Beck. D Mr Beck was guilty though he denied it.

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33. John Smith A was broken and died in 1904. B was a critic of identity parades. C looked like Alfred Beck. D and Alfred Beck questioned how accurate identifications were. 34. What title would you give to the story? A The days of the identity parades are numbered. B A sad tale of mistaken identity. C Mr John Smith, a notorious criminal. D Compensation for robbery. 35. The word ‘parade’ means in the text: A holiday B display C movement D procession

Section IV Directions: (Questions 36 – 40)

Example: Answer:

Find the word (s) that is closest in meaning to the underlined word and mark the answer on your answer sheet.

0. contrast A purpose 0. D

B choice

C agreement

D difference

36. surplus A strange

B extra

C main

D rare

37. approximately A certainly

B never

C about

D faintly

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38. metamorphosis A scientific theory C disaster

B accurate copy D change in form

39. curious A not interested C full of questions

B angry D true

40. wonder A blame C answer

B want to know D let

Part II Sample Questions for the Listening Section

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Part II Sample Questions for the Listening Section

Directions: (Questions 1-30)

Listen to the tape and decide which of the four choices A, B, C, D is the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet

C David’s mother thinks he can’t love anyone at all. D Sue is sure he loves his mother more. 5. Why doesn’t Sue tell David’s mother what she thinks about their relations? A She is too sweet to talk to. B David’s mother is very talkative – Sue is unable to say anything. C David doesn’t allow her to discuss it. D David’s mother never phones Sue.

T2 Questions 1-5 T3 Questions 6-10 You will hear Sue discussing her problems with her friend. 1. What problems is Sue discussing? A Her marital status. B Problems of her married life. C Problems of separation. D David’s bad behaviour. 2. Who/what is causing problems to Sue? A Her mother-in-law. B Peas on the table. C Frozen breakfast. D Her father-in-law. 3. Why is David’s mother not pleased with Sue? A She thinks Sue is in many ways worse than she is. B She doesn’t cook anything. C Breakfast is not served in Sue’s house. D Sue is never ready to leave the house. 4. Who does David love more – his mother or his wife? A He doesn’t love any of them. B Sue suspects he doesn’t love her at all. 15

You will hear Andy Tullet who has just come back from Spain after doing a month’s intensive language course talking to Susie Miller, the personnel manager of his company. 6. Did Andy enjoy his stay in Spain? A On the whole he liked it. B It didn’t influence his conversational Spanish. C He didn’t like traffic jams there. D He only had a general feeling about it. 7. What was Andy’s criticism of the school? A The students were talkative – Andy couldn’t get a word in edgeways. B The teacher talked most of the time – Andy couldn’t practice his Spanish, the classes were too large. C The students in his class made many mistakes and looked stupid. D The group wasn’t big enough to speak Spanish. 8. Did Andy think it was worth going on the course? A He didn’t really think he learnt anything he couldn’t have done on his own at home. B He thought it was better than learning the language at home. 16

C He thought Spain was the only place to learn Spanish. D He thought the course was quite useful. 9. What were Andy’s views on learning grammar? A He didn’t really learn grammar in Spain. B He couldn’t understand grammar. C Things like Past Participle and Tenses bored him. D He thought grammar was quite helpful. 10. What did Susie think Andy gained from his trip? A He didn’t gain anything – it was a complete waste of time. B He spent the money of the company which sent him on the course. C He put on weight, he got out quite a bit in the evenings. D He started diet to lose 15 kilos.

T4 Questions 11-15

13. Why did Dave think people would love the idea of holding the concert? A People were petty-minded. B It was going to be enjoyable and informative, great musicians were to take part in it. C Stalls with information about the concert were to be installed. D Everybody could take part in the concert. 14. How long was the concert going to last? A Part of weekend. B All weekend. C The whole Sunday. D A peaceful day. 15. Dave thought the concert was necessary A to criticize the idea. B to argue with Liz. C to show its cares to the rillage. D because it was a good way of helping other people.

You will hear Liz and Dave talking about the plans to hold an open air concert in Shetford. T5 Questions 16-20 11. Why were they going to organize an open air concert in Shetford? A To buy and sell tickets for children. B To have a good rest. C To raise money for charity. D To draw attention to the political situation in Shetford. 12. – Why were the local people going to complain about the concert? – They were afraid of A the noise, the mess, the car parking problems. B the smoke, the fire, the crowds of people. C the children in need. D the field by the river.

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You are going to listen to Alex asking Richard and Wendy how they get close to nature. 16. If Richard wants to go and get close to nature, he … A goes walking in woods just before it is dark. B waits and watches for the appropriate time dear to him. C goes hunting for a fox taking its prey across the field. D controls and regulates his movements to choose the best time to go walking. 17. If Wendy wants to go and get close to nature, she… A copes with difficulties with the help of the map. B goes somewhere away from villages and cars. 18

C chooses places where the roads are very small and takes them. D takes a map and drives to few villages not to hear the sound of the motor car. 18. Where would Richard go in the British Isles to find a natural environment? A He would prefer to stand somewhere to watch the sky and move with it. B He’d rather be surrounded by a storm and have no control of it. C He’d rather be in any very, very dramatic and fast moving place in Britain. D He would stand on the coast at Lyme Regis watching the storm. 19. What is Wendy’s favourite part of the British Isles in the last few years, where she could go for a week or so? A The island of Scotland. B Happy but different places. C The islands off Scotland. D The Scottish landscapes. 20. Among the places that Wendy enjoyed in the last few years is also… A The Atlantic Ocean. B The wood at dusk. C The dramatic sea or sky in Scotland. D The highest mountain on Harris – Clisham.

T6 Questions 21-25

C knew what to expect when she came to Britain. D had a different image of Britain in mind before she left India. 22. What surprised Mrs Gupta when she first arrived in Britain? A A number of cars, big houses, night time. B Streets, rows, light at night and daytime. C Nice bungalows and all the stuff. D The number of cars, the rows of houses, how much daylight there still was at 10 o’clock at night. 23. What does she miss most about India? A The weather, friends, open-air evening activities. B Most of her family who stayed in India. C Her family on her mother’s side and Paul’s side. D Fresh Indian weather and proper seasons. 24. The weather in Britain A is as fantastic as in India at proper seasons. B reminded Mrs Gupta of her Indian past. C is a bit different from that in India. D terrifies her. 25. What work does she do? A She is involved in the teaching project in Oxford and is going to start work. B She teaches people English as a second language. C She teaches methods of improving English as a second language. D She sorts people according to their abilities to learn English as a second language.

You are going to listen to an interview with Mrs Gupta, an Indian lady who came to live in England in 1965. 21. Mrs Gupta A was amazed by the image of India when she came to Britain. B missed Indian images in the rows of British Rouses. 19

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T7 Questions 26-30 You will hear two friends, Paul and Stephanie talking about how Paul can get more information about Russia. 26. What programme on TV did Paul see? A The historic programme for history students who like rapid changes. B The programme about the breaking down of the Berlin wall. C Current affairs programme: Berlin – everything is falling down. D Talk show from Berlin. 27. Paul wanted A to get acquainted with a specialist in Russian history. B to know more about the history of rapid changes in Eastern Europe. C Russia to change rapidly. D to go to Russia and learn Russian history there. 28. Stephanie suggested that A Paul should talk to Ivan about the situation in Eastern Europe. B Ivan should have a Russian family. C she should introduce Ivan and his Russian family. D Ivan should change his Russian family. 29. Where did Paul want to meet Ivan? A In Berlin, near the Berlin wall. B Anywhere in Eastern Europe. C At Anglo-Soviet Friendship Society meeting. D At a party or somewhere like that. 30. What does Anglo-Soviet Friendship Society deal with? – It is A a group that organises social evenings, educational visits and exchanges. 21

B an organised Russian community. C a place Ivan visits for birthday parties. D a place where people can learn Russian with Ivan.

T8 Questions 31-35 You are going to listen to Tom, Sam and Hanna at the company meeting. 31. The meeting discusses A arrangements for the company’s move to a new site. B the advantages for the company of moving to Head Office. C how to stop the company from moving to a new site. D the disadvantages for the company of moving to the Innovations Park, the centre of town. 32. Sam believes that a purpose-built factory will A increase efficiency. B improve their image. C attract more staff. D be four miles from Head Office. 33. Hanna thinks that if the company moves to the new site A parking will be more difficult. B a bus service will be essential. C staff will have difficulty in getting to work. D the workers will have an opportunity to work in the centre of town. 34. Tom agrees with Hanna that A the best staff will want to stay anyway. B a bus service would be too expensive. C a new building would be good for the company’s image. D the workers are loyal to the Сhief Executive.

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35. Most staff at the company A have school age children. B are female. C would use the crèche facilities. D would prefer a corporate dining room.

T9 Questions 36-40 You are going to listen to the discussion about building a nightclub in a residential area. 36. The residents A were not aware of the topic for discussion. B wasted their time discussing the agenda for the meeting. C were pleased to meet Mr Claydon to develop the project for the nightclub together. D could hear Mr Claydon who suggested for considerations his plans about the night club and disco bar.

B never prevent crime. C control the order in his club and disco bar. D guarantee the success of his club. 40. The meeting soon got a bit out of hand as A there were hordes of young people waiting to go in to the nightclub. B there was no point in discussing the topic. C everyone was trying to talk at the same time. D all the residents wanted Mr Claydon to have his say.

T10 Questions 41-45 You are going to listen to the staff of a holiday company discussing some complaints they have recieved.

37. Neither Mr Claydon nor the residents A wanted noise, bad behaviour, litter in the streets. B were in favour of building a night club. C thought the club would be good for the neighbourhood. D had anywhere to go.

41. It A wasn’t the first time there had been complaints about Hotel Splendide. B was loyalty to the company over the last few months that was mentioned in the report. C was the ‘thank-you’ letter from the customers that caused trouble to the holiday company. D was in July that the complaints became less serious.

38. According to Mr Claydon, the night club A was going to ruin peaceful nights by loud music. B could prove useful for young people. C would be a sure treatment for drugs. D off the streets will stop all crime.

42. Mr and Mrs Silk A were unhappy about the state of their room. B were the troublemakers keen on moving to other hotels. C wanted to change hotels. D insisted that they should live further from the beach.

39. Mr Claydon mentioned that strict laws could A stop the law-abiding citizens from going to Mr Claydon’s night club.

43. The Norrishes A were not satisfied with the amount of compensation they recieved.

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said that a group of young men in the room next door upset them a great deal. C made a lot of noise. D broke into the room of their neighbours and tried to get them to dance. 44. The Barnes family A called the manager to pay compensation. B all suffered from food poisoning. C all had to go into hospital for a couple of days. D didn’t want to stay in hospital because they caught an infection there. 45. The company has decided A to flow the Barnes family home early because the hospital could not treat them all. B not to give the refund. C to end their contract with the hotel before the next holiday season. D to renew the contract with the Hotel Splendide.

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Part III Sample Questions for the Grammar Section

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Degrees of comparison

Part III Sample Questions for the Grammar Section

This section tests your knowledge of English grammar in the following fields: The Noun and The Article Morphological composition of the noun Syntactical characteristics of the noun The category of number of the noun The category of case of the noun Use of articles with common nouns Use of articles with proper nouns Use of articles in some set expressions

The Verb Tenses in the Active Voice: Present Simple Past Simple Future Simple Present Continuous Past Continuous Future Continuous Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Perfect Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

The Pronoun Personal pronouns: I, he, she, it, we, you, and they. Possessive pronouns: my, his, her, its, our, your, their, mine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs. Reflexive pronouns: myself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourself (yourselves), and themselves. Reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another. Demonstrative pronouns: this (these), that (those), such, (the) same. Interrogative pronouns: who, whose, what, which. Indefinite pronouns: some, any, somebody, anybody, something, anything, someone, anyone, and one. Negative pronouns: no, none, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, hardly, scarcely, little.

The Sequence of Tenses

The Adjective and the Adverb Morphological composition Syntactical characteristics

The Non-Finite Forms of the Verb -ing Forms VS The Infinitive 27

Reported Speech Questions and auxiliary verbs Conditionals If sentences (present/future)- type 1. If sentences (present)- type 2. If sentences (past)- type 3. The Passive Voice The use of the Passive Voice The use of tenses in the Passive Voice

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Verb + -ing (Example: Stop talking!) Verb + infinitive (Example: We decided to take a taxi.) Preposition + -ing (Example: I'm interested in doing it.) Verb + preposition + -ing (Example: They talked about going to France.) Expressions+ -ing (Example: How often do you go shopping?) Verb + object + infinitive (Examples: I asked Polly to help me. We expected him to be late.) Verb+Object (Examples: Jane often plays the piano. She likes children very much.) Used to do VS to be (get) used to doing Modal Verbs Can, could, be able to May, might, be allowed to Must, have to, be to, should, ought

Directions: (Questions 1-240)

Example: Answer:

The Preposition Morphological composition Prepositions of place, direction, time, abstract relations

2.

4.

love had its claims. A An B –

D be

D –

C The

D A

7.

life of a diver is a dangerous one. A The B – C This

answer.

D A

universe is. C the

5. His parents couldn’t afford to send him to A the B a C an

university. D –

D An

passion, whether it’s love or hatred, can involve a lot of suffering. A The B This C – D A

8. He needed a whisky, but A a B the 29

a book. B are C am

giraffe is the tallest animal on earth. B An C The

3. We don’t know how old A a B an

6. The Conjunctive Morphological composition Coordinating, subordinating conjunctions (Examples: (n)or, as well as, both … and, (n)either … (n)or, so, for)

1. This A is 1. A

1. You shouldn’t ask a question if you already know A the B a C an D –

A – Syntax Word Order and Embedded Questions Relative clauses Questions Tag-questions It VS There

In each question, only one of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do.

bottle was empty. C any D – 30

9. I share A an

anger that many of you must feel. B the C a D that

20. Why are you looking so pleased ? A on your own B yourself C with myself

D with yourself

21. He slapped me on the back – it hurt a lot! A myself B me C itself

D his

11. Both of them found work in hospital. A – B the C these D an

22. Don’t wait for us, help A you B them

D yourself

12. You have to rely on A the B a

23.

10. After 11 days in A the B a

13. Make A yourself

prison they were released. C an D –

at home. B him

reason, not authority. C an D –

C you

14. The English are great lovers of A themselves B ourselves 15. The house A it

D himself

C their

. C yourselves

17. When I arrived, I was met by the president A herself B myself C itself

D selves

24. The woman to whom I was engaged has married A some one B no body C someone

else. D one

25. After the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States had it had previously owned. A twice more land then B two times more land as C twice as much land as D two times much land than

D by yourself . D themselves

18. Although the Ojibwa Indians fought frequently with the Sioux, they didn’t have contact with early white settlers. A much B lots C many D large 19. Right, now we have to find a way out of this maze . A it self B by our own C by itself D ourselves

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information is currently available to researchers and physicians who study and treat this problem. A Many B Few C Little D A few

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is awful, but the garden is beautiful. B itself C on its own D himself

16. I want you three to behave A yourself B myself

to some food. C on your own

26. Some retirement communities will not sell property to new residents unless they are about the rest of the residents. A the same age B the same old C the same age as D the same old as 27. Because there were so few women in the early Western states, the freedom and rights of Western women were more extensive Eastern ladies. A than B than those of C and more D as

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28. The oxygen concentration in the lungs is higher A than that of B than C and higher from

the blood. D as

29. It is generally accepted that the common cold is caused by forty strains of viruses that may be present in the air at all times. A as many as B more as C as much as D many more as 30. There is disagreement among industrialists as to whether the products of this decade are inferior the past. A than B to C to those of D as 31. The Disney amusement park in Japan is A the largest than the ones in B larger than the ones in C larger the ones in D the largest of the ones

Florida or California.

32. It is generally true that the lower the stock market falls, A higher the price of gold rises B the price of gold rise C the higher the price of gold rises D rises high the price of gold

C is different from D different as 36. One’s fingerprints are . A different from those of any other person B different from any other person C different any other person D differs from another person 37. He won’t be here today, and A his sister won’t neither B either will his sister C neither will his sister D his sister too

.

38. She hasn’t finished the assignment yet, and . A I neither B neither have I C I has too

D neither I

39. Technically, glass is a mineral and A water so B water is so

. C so is water

D so water is

. C they so

D so are they

.

40. We are going to the concert, and A so going they B neither are they

33. Although we often use ‘speed’ and ‘velocity’ interchangeably, in a technical sense, ‘speed’ is not always velocity. A alike as B the same as C similar D as

41. There are snacks A as well as

34. The works of Picasso were quite during various periods of his artistic life. A differ B different C different from D different than

42. Although they are both grown in the United States and exported abroad, corn is not native to America and winter wheat . A is neither B isn’t either C isn’t neither D is either

35. Modern blimps like the famous Goodyear blimps in that they are filled with helium instead of hydrogen. A differ from B different from

43. According to many educators, television should not become a replacement for good teachers, and . A neither should computers B computers too

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the first ones

in the refrigerator and in the oven. B and C both D also

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C either computers D neither are computers

51. The course A should

44. Until recently West Point did not admit women and A Annapolis neither B neither did Annapolis C Annapolis too D Annapolis as well

.

help me gain confidence – I hope so! B ought C needs D needn’t

52. This be John now. I can hear his voice. A needn’t B must C shouldn’t 53. As a teenager, I A didn’t have to

45. Although most rocks contain several minerals, limestone contains only one, . A neither does marble B and marble neither C and marble does too D marble either 46. The terrain in North Cardina includes both the Highlands Coastal Plain. A and B as well as C and also D either

the

D is able to

borrow my father’s car whenever I wanted. B could C had to D needn’t

54. She to say thank you but it was very kind of her to do so. A needn’t B had C didn’t need D ought 55. We A ought

wait for him at the gate before going in. B need C don’t need D are to

56. That Jeorge knocking at the door. A need be B needn’t C must be

D has had to be

57. It hardly be right to punish an innocent man. A should B must C need D can

47. Learners use both visual and auditory analytical means to understand a new language. A as well as B both C as well D except

58. He A ought

48. The belief in life after death is prevalent in both primitive societies advanced cultures. A and B and as well in C and also so D also as

59. We the letter to the wrong address. That’s why she never recieved it. A must have sent B can send C need to send D may send

49.

D Ought

60. These men A ought to

transferred to another prison tomorrow. B are to be C should D have to

50. He obviously isn’t coming so we as well go home. A had to B ought C should to D might

61. These men A ought to

transferred to another prison tomorrow. B are to be C should D have to

you type this letter for me? A Will B Do C Need

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be in a meeting. I am not certain. B needs C shouldn’t

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D may

62. Charles A looks

just like his father: tall and handsome. B is looking C has looked D had looked

63. You’ve only just started the job, haven’t you? How A do you get B did you get C is getting

on? D are you getting

64. What of Tom’s new book? A you think B you thought C are you thinking D do you think 65. John is in bed. He pneumonia. A is having B has had C had

D had just had

66. To be honest, I whether Jim will be here next week. A doubt B am doubting C will doubt D was doubting

71. Absolutely. I A am agreeing

73. Many books about success, but one of the best is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. A had been written B are to be written C will be written D have been written 74. While I A was

68. Look! The camera $ 55. A is costing B costs C cost

75. I A sat

69. People traditionally A prepare B are preparing C have prepared D had been preparing

coloured eggs at Easter.

70. Oh, I’m sorry, I’ve spilt some tea. Where A are you keeping B do you keep C did you keep D have you kept

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the paper towels?

D agree

72. What he’s doing? A are you thinking B do you think C you think D have you thought

67. The mythical hero Orpheus once the pine forests of the legendary Rhodopes. A is haunting B haunted C has haunted D had haunted

D will have cost

with you completely. B have agreed C am agree

shopping in Oxford Street I saw a car accident. B did C have done D was done in the cinema when a thief stole my handbag. B had sat C was being seated D was sitting

76. They did the washing up and A were going B had gone 77. We had hoped that she A will change B has changed C would change D had changed

to the theatre. C went

D have gone

her mind.

78. President Wilson had hoped that World War I the last great war, but only two decades later, the Second World War was erupting. A had been B would be C has been D will be

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79. It was late afternoon and it A has been getting B gets 80. As I was open. A was

colder. C is getting

B walked

C had walked

a lot of help since we arrived. B has given C was giving

83. We have been friends since we children. A were B have been C are 84. They A broke 85.

D was getting

along the road to my house I noticed that the front door

81. People who have very little technical background computer language. A were learning B would and learn C have learned D had been learnt 82. Bob A gave

88.

D was walking to understand

D had given

D had been

three plates while they were staying in my house. B were breaking C had broken D have broken

our dog, we have two cats and a canary. A Beside B Besides C Except

86. There are no pouched animals in the United States sum. A only B but only C besides

D But for the opposD except

a mayor, many city governments employ a city manager. A Beside B Except C Also D Besides

89. The Mother Goose nursery rhymes have been traced to a collection that appeared in England in 1760. A forth B out C back D near 90.

resistance under Chief Tecumseh, the Shawness lost most of their lands to whites and were moved into territories. A Despite of B Except C Besides D In spite of

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copper, which is the principal metal produced, gold, silver, lead, zinc, iron, and uranium are mined in Utah. A Besides B Instead of C Despite of D Except

92. It is possible to find the weight of anything that floats the water that it displaces. A for B with C in D by 93. Everyone to add colour. A but

weighing

albinos has a certain amount of pigment in the skin B that

C without

D not

94. This year, figuring standard income tax, taxpayers might also have to compute alternative minimum tax. A among B between C except D besides

87. To recieve a degree from an American university, one must take courses those in one’s major field. A besides B except C beside D and

95. Many roads and railroads were built in the 1880s the industrial cities needed a network to link them with sources of supply. A besides B because C despite D because of

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96.

Marge, three couples are invited. A Besides B Except for C Except

97. I was wildly excited by what I A accomplish B accomplished C have accomplished D had accomplished 98. We ate the food that they A had left B were leaving 99. Martin picked up his briefcase, tion. A had locked B locked

D Also

.

in the fridge. C have left

D are leaving

104. I walked briskly up the path to the cottage which I months. A didn’t visit B haven’t visited C was visiting D hadn’t visited

for two

105. He in many films by the age of 25. A appears B was appearing C appeared D had appeared

the door and hurried to the staC was locking

D has locked

106. By the late twenties, his friends A were settling B had settled

down to respectable jobs. C have settled D settled

100. Sally walked towards the house. She her car out of sight. A parked B was parking C has parked D had parked

107. He over 20 countries by the age of 20. A was visiting B visited C had visited

D visits

101. By the time we got there, the others . A had left B would leave C have left

108. I the parcel when I got your fax. A had sent B have sent C was sending

D will send

102. She the room when the telephone rang. A had hardly entered B hardly enters C was hardly entering D has hardly entered

109. She’s done well, A is

C hasn’t

D did

you? C did

D didn’t

103. By 4 p. m. we A finished B had finished C were finishing D have finished

111. You’d rather have a Pepsi than a beer, you? A will B didn’t C hadn’t

all our work.

D left

110. You’d better make reservations, A hadn’t you B wouldn’t

112.

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she? B isn’t

write this than print it, wouldn’t you? A You’d rather B You’d better C You’d rather not 42

D wouldn’t

D You will 113. A Let’s

have some fresh air, shall we? B Will you C Shan’t we

124. Everyone who saw Star Wars said that ence fiction movies. A there was B it was C there’s

answer these letters, hadn’t I? A I’d better B I’d rather C I had to

115. Poland have got a good team, A have it got B is it

? C haven’t they

116. We haven’t had a nice summer for ages, A have B hadn’t C had

D I hadn’t better

D have they got we? D haven’t

117. You’d rather sit in the garden, you? A wouldn’t B hadn’t C didn’t

D will

118. I’d better answer these letters, I? A wouldn’t B hadn’t C did

D didn’t

119. We ought to be friendly, A ought we B don’t we

? C oughtn’t we

120. You’d better take chemistry 600 this semester, A wouldn’t B did C hadn’t 121. A It 122.

is no reason to worry. B There C Their

imperative that you be there in person. A There’s B It’s C Their

123. I’m sorry, but any left. A it isn’t B there isn’t C it’s

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D its

D Won’t you 125.

114.

one of the best sci-

D we ought

the athlete who everyone says will win the gold medal at the winter Olympic Games. A This is B There’s C Its D Theirs

126. I think A it’s

light enough to take a few more pictures. B there’s C their is D its

127.

necessary to put a return address on all correspondence. A There is B It’s C Theirs D Its

128.

a good idea to be careful in buying magazines from salespersons who may come to your door. A Their’s B Theirs C It’s D Its

129.

is lovely today. A There B Their

C It

D Which

130.

a fierce competition between Ohio State University and the University of Michigan for the Big Ten Championships. A There’s B Theirs C Its D It’s

131.

she who suggested that he went to New York. A There was B It was C Their D –

132.

time we turned on the central heating. It is getting colder. A There is B It’s C Its D There was

you? D didn’t

D This

D Its

D its

133. Once the house A is finished C will finish

, I’ll be moving in straightaway. B will be finished D finished

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134. As soon as he , I will come down and greet him. A arrived B arrives C will arrive D had arrived 135. He won’t be satisfied until he all his money back. A got B gets C will get D is getting 136. After you A will pass

the test, you’ll recieve a certificate. B passed C had passed D pass

137. Football teams don’t play in the Super Bowl championship either the National or the American Conference. A unless they win B but they win C unless they will win D but to have won 138. Usually boys cannot become Boy Scouts A unless completed B but to complete C unless they won’t have completed D unless they complete

the fifth grade.

143. If you before the last day of regular registration, you may have to pay a late fee. A don’t register B won’t register C will have registered D might have registered 144. I’ll phone you as soon as we there. A get B got C will get

D will have got

145. The school doesn’t allow A smoke B smoking

D to be smoking

. C to smoke

146. The police were instructed A not to use B don’t use

unnecessary force. C using D not using

147. I regret you that you have not been selected for interview. A to inform B to be informed C to have been informing D – 148. They admitted members of the gang. A to be B to have been C been

D being

139. If water is heated to 212 degrees F. it as steam. A will boil and escape B is boiling and escaping C boil and escape D would boil and escape

149. Sorry, I meant A to tell

D –

140. If a live sponge is broken into pieces, each piece into a new sponge like the original one. A is turning B turned C turns D would turn

150. I immediately regretted A to have made C making

141. I won’t make a decision until I from you. A hear B heard C had heard D will hear

151. I regret my holiday in that place last year. A to spend B spending C to have spent D to have been spent

142. If services are increased, taxes . A will probably go up B probably are gone up C probably up D had probably gone up

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you about the party. B telling C to have told

this decision but I made it. B to have been made D to make

152. At one point I considered A to emigrate C emigrating

to Canada. B to have emigrating D being emigrated 46

153. I’ll always regret a place in Australia. You advised me to buy it but I didn’t. A not buying B not to buy C to buy D – 154. The car wants . A to clean C to have been cleaned

162. B cleaning D being cleaned

155. Go on, finish the desert. It needs up because it won’t stay fresh until tomorrow. A eat B eating C been eaten D eaten 156.

157.

whether he will accept the offer. A Not known B It is not known C Its known D He is known that the future of advertising is on the Net. A It recognises B Widely recognised C It is widely recognised D To recognise widely

158. The outcome A seems to be C seems her

inevitable. B seems being D is seemed as

159. He anything now. A seems to be writing C is writing

161. Richard from graduate school because he was incapable of completing his research. A was believed to withdraw B believed to withdraw C believes withdrawing D believed and withdrew

B seems not writing D doesn’t seem to be writing

160. All the students are looking forward their free time relaxing in the sun this semester. A and spend B spending C to spending D spend

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to be hostile. A There appeared C They are appeared

B It is appeared D They appear

163. The manuscript in the 15th century. A is believed to have been written B believed to be written C was believed to write D was believed to being written 164.

that the President may soon stand down. A It seems B There seemed C It is seemed D There seems

165. I have never A heard them of C being heard

boasting.

166. The weather A was appeared C appears

to be changing. B is appeared D their appeared

167.

B heard him D hear her

the news reports are true. A That appears C It is appeared

168. He _________ me. A is seem to avoid C seems to be avoiding

B Appeared that D It appears that

B avoids to seem D seems and avoids

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169. John A thinks

to have left England last year. B is thinking C is thought

D thought

170. The government money to operate by taxing cigarettes, liquor, gasoline, tires and telephone calls. A is raised by B rises C is risen D raises 171. The famous architect was greatly architecture. A influenced by his mother B influencing his mother C influence his mother D influenced and his mother

, who wanted him to study

the

177. Work in units called foot pounds. A often measures B is often measured C has often measured D will often measure 178. The train commuters. A packs with C is packing with

172. As a general rule, the standard of living put of each person in society. A is fixed B fixed C has fixed

B has packed by D is packed with

by the average outD fixes

173. Hydrogen peroxide as a bleaching agent because it effectively whitens a variety of fibers and surfaces. A used B has used C has been used D is used 174. Oyster farming has years. A practice C practiced

176. The heavy swells and stiff winds of the Indian Ocean inexperienced crew. A caused problems for B are caused by problems for C cause problems by D and other problems are caused by

179. Do you want A woke up C to wake up

in the morning? B to be woken up D to be waking up

180. This new magazine is formation. A full B thick

with interesting stories and useful inC packed

D fill

in most parts of the world for many B been practiced D practicing

175. In the ionosphere, gases the sun and other sources. A have been partly ionizing B partly ionized C were partly being ionized D have been partly ionized

181. If humans were totally deprived of sleep, they hallucinations, anxiety, coma, and eventually, death. A would experience B experience C would have experienced D had experience

by high frequency radiation from 182. If drivers A obeyed

the speed limit, fewer accidents would occur. B had obeyed C would obey D will obey

183. If teaching more, fewer teachers would leave the profession. A pays B is paying C paid D had paid

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184. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their general health better. A be B will be C is D would be

191. If I had complained to the manager, I my money back. A will have had B will have C had had D would have had

185. She wouldn’t have left if she A had been promoted B had promoted C didn’t promote D wouldn’t promote

.

192. If we saved $ 500, we A would have enough B would have had C will have D had

186. If I had stayed in last night, I A wouldn’t have been B wouldn’t be C wasn’t D won’t

so tired today.

193. We all a great artist. A are supposed to be B suppose C supposed him D supposed him to be

for a holiday next year.

187. If dinosaurs roaming the earth, man would have evolved quite differently. A had continued B would have continued C continue D would continue

194. Produced by Steven Spielberg, the film to be a success. A is bound B bounds C has bounded D bounded

188. If I Chinese, I would go and live there. A spoke B speak C had spoken D will speak

196. The movie starlet under the care of a psychiatrist. A supposes B supposed being C is supposed to be D supposed to have been

189. If the Normans had not invaded England in the tenth century, the English language in a very different way. A develop B developed C will develop D would have developed 190. Andrew A had been

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195. She to feel depressed about gaining weight. A is believed B will believe C can’t believe D believed

197. A B C D

that smoking is bad for your health. Generally recognise It is generally recognised Recognising generally It generally will recognise

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198. The chairman A rumours C has rumoured

to be unwell. B rumoured D is rumoured

199. Having done badly at school, Churchill A was expected B expected to be C was not expected to have D was having

207. It’s not worth A to have got a brilliant career.

upset about things beyond your control. B – C getting D to get

208. He stopped A wrote

to make a phone call. B writing C to write

209. It’s no use A to cry

over spilt milk. B – C crying

D write

D to have cried

200. They to have been awarded the prize. A are pleased B pleased C will please D will be pleased

210. After passing her exams at Cambridge, Susan went on English at Oxford. A studying B study C studies D to study

201.

that her contract might be terminated. A Might be reported B Reported was C Report was D It is reported

211. He’ll go on A to smoke

202.

that the President is unwell. A It is rumoured B Rumours are C It rumoured D Rumours were

203. The burglar A saw

212. Could you please stop A torture B to torture

to enter the house by the police. B has seen C sees D was seen

204. What to mean? A is that supposed C is that suppose

B supposes that D was supposed

He tried A lifting

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D lift

me? C being tortured

213. Jack misses A being

with his friends. B to be C to have been

214. We offered A to give

him a lift home. B giving C –

215. We hope by 8 p.m. A arriving C to be arriving

205. He tried every key he had but none of them would open the door. A to have used B use C using D to use 206.

, despite the fact it’s bad for his health. B smoke C to have smoked D smoking

D torturing

D –

D to have given

B to have arrived D to arrive

216. She couldn’t afford a new dress. A buying B have bought C to buy

D being bought

217. I gave them all the money A what B –

D as if

I had. C as 54

218. The man A that

I spoke to yesterday told me it would be open. B which C what D when

219. She hadn’t realised A what B that

her husband was a criminal. C which D and

220. Sue bought the blouse other day. A when B as

230. Do you think we’ll ever A use B used

C which she was going to do. C who

222. I don’t agree with A what B that

you’ve just said. C which

D be use

231. Our prime minister, who is a woman, a lawyer. A used to be B is used to be C got used to being D was used to being

D what

D what

232. Harvard a school for men, but now it is coeducational, serving as many women as men. A was used B used to be C was used to be D was used to being

D –

223. She was certain she had locked the door. A that B whose C what D in that she was worried. B which C that

226. She didn’t share his belief A why B that

233. I can’t alone. A get used to living C use to be

D what

225. They broke into the house in the certain knowledge ers would be out. A which B what C that D and

the own-

everything would be all right. C what D where

227. There is perhaps little I can add to they have said about it. A what B which C that D many 228. Tell me A –

to the noise? C get used

we saw when we were in town the

221. She didn’t know A which B that

224. He noticed A who

229. I very keen on sport in those days. A was used to be B got used to be C used to be D was used

you want and I’ll try to get it for you. B which C that D what

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B use to live D get to use

234. As television images of the astronauts showed, even for trained professionals who about in a lessened gravitational field, there are still problems. A use movements B are used to moving C used to moving D used to move 235. Some teachers argue that students who a calculator may forget how to do mental calculations. A used to use B don’t get used C not use D got use 236. I’ll never this machine. A use to operate B be using to operate C get used to operating D be used to operate

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237. We invited to very formal occasions – only informal ones. A got used to B are not used to being C used to be D are used to being 238. After a while I A used to live B got used to living C use living D will use to live

in a big city.

239. It might take a long time for you to A get used to working B be used to work C be using work D use to work

in such a busy office.

240. I find the times of English meals very strange – I 6 p.m. A use to have B don’t use to have C used to having D am not used to having

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Part IV Sample Questions for the

dinner at

Reading Section

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Part IV Sample Questions for the Reading Section

Unit I Lost and found Text 1

Directions: (Questions 1–5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

Exhausted, hungry and thirsty, four-year-old Romina and her sixyear-old brother Daniel were found by rescuers today after wandering for 16 days in a mountain wilderness in the north of Argentina. They had left their home to look for their parents, who were rounding up cattle, and could not find their way home. “We survived by eating apples, which were very tasty”, said Daniel. They were unlucky to get lost but fortunate not to be attacked by the pumas that inhabit the mountains. Both tots are now in hospital, suffering from malnutrition – the condition caused by not getting enough of or the right kind of food. They also have injuries to their feet because they were walking barefoot. However, doctors are confident that they will make a full recovery.

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1. Which of the following is not true? – Both children involved in the situation have been A made safe from danger B found in the north of Argentina C rescued D on safari in a mountain wilderness 2. How has the unfortunate situation come about? A The pumas that didn’t attack the children, rounded up the cattle. B The children left home after their parents to round up cattle. C The children couldn’t find their way home because of the round-up cattle. D The children got lost after they had left home to find their parents. 3. Romina and Daniel A suffered from incurable disease. B suffered from the conditions in hospital. C survived against the odds. D are confident in the doctors’ full recovery. 4. What title would you give to the story? A Two children found after 16-day mountain ordeal. B No pumas for attack rescue two children. C Full recovery for confidence. D Rescuers – lost and found. 5. The word «tot» means in the story: A very small child B father or mother – parent C person who deals with cattle D sufferer from malnutrition

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Text 2 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Example: Answer:

Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do

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0 a lovely holiday in the country last year. A brought B had C passed D gave 0. B

Five teenagers from Herrington Adventure Centre were airlifted by helicopters from Herrington Bay yesterday and are now recovering in hospital. “We’re lucky to be alive!” said Jake Wetherhall. “The sea was really 1 and the waves were huge. It was so exciting. We weren’t scared 2 we realised the canoes were full of water. But then the helicopter came. The people at the centre were pretty 3 though”. A 4 for the adventure centre stated that only experienced canoeists were allowed into the bay. He said that the group had left on their 5 initiative and taken the canoes without permission. Because of storm warnings, the group wouldn’t have been allowed out yesterday. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

rough as accumulated candidate courageous

Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

B B B B B

rude for annoyed hero glorious

C C C C C

blue till provided spokesman dramatic

D D D D D

massive despite warned participant own

Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet. 61

6. Which of the following is not true? – The five teenagers from Herrington Adventure Centre A set out despite the warnings. B were rescued in spite of high seas. C took the canoes to be rescued and recover in hospital. D were frightened to find the canoes full of water. 7. How did the teenagers happen to be in the bay? A They had neither premonition nor information about the coming danger. B They had the haunted idea to be in the bay at all costs without permission. C Since they were experienced canoeists, they were allowed into the bay despite the storm. D They knew about the danger but wouldn’t listen to the warnings. 8. The helicopters A lifted both the air and teenagers. B from Herrington Adventists airlifted the group of five teenagers. C took all precautions and rescued the group to recover in hospital. D transported the unfortunate travellers by air. 9. What title would you give to the story? A Drama in Herrington Bay Canoe. B Dramatic rescue in bay. C Huge waves. D Youngsters against the adventure centre 10. The word “bay” means in the story: A part of the sea enclosed by a wide curve of the shore. B high peak of the huge wave. C strip of land off Herrington. D place for brave, adventurous youngsters.

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4. A maintain 5. A not

Text 3 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Example: Answer:

Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet. The example shows you what to do

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0 a lovely holiday in the country last year. A brought B had C passed D gave 0. B

Missing in the icy, windswept wilderness of Scotland’s mountains, Andrew Wilson walked into a local police station early this morning. He had survived for three days in Arctic conditions, and been given up for dead. Andrew was cold, tired and hungry but otherwise unscathed by his ordeal. 1 by savage winds and deep snow, he had been unable to descend. “I knew I had to get out of the wind and conserve body heat, 2 I dug a hole in the snow and stayed there. I ate the sandwiches and chocolate that I had brought with me and I had a flask of coffee. As soon as the storm died down, I walked 3 the mountain”, said Andrew. “Andrew has a lot of experience and knew exactly what to do”, commented Richard Frobisher, leader of the local mountain rescue team. “He knew that hypothermia, a severe drop in the body’s core temperature, can cause death within two hours. It is crucial to prevent this. Andrew may well have survived because of the sandwiches and chocolate and hot drink he had brought with him to 4 his energy levels. Wind chill can be a real killer. People can get so tired they just lose consciousness. Andrew knew he had to protect himself against the wind”. Richard added, “Andrew was lucky 5 to get frostbite-your fingers and toes can go numb before you even notice-but he was well wrapped up”. 1. A Beaten 2. A nevertheless 3. A in the direction

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C Bitten C so C out of

D Trapped D but D of

Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

B prove B so as

C find C in order

D identify D as

Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true? – Andrew Wilson A was considered to be dead after missing for the three days in Arctic conditions. B walked into a local police station and was given up for dead. C was cold, tired and hungry but not injured by his difficult experience. D endured the savage winds and deep snow for three days and didn’t give up. 7. How did Andrew Wilson manage to stay alive? A He kept safe from hypothermia, wind and frostbite. B He survived well. C He didn’t drop in temperature. D He didn’t lose consciousness. 8. How did Andrew Wilson prevent heat loss? A He was lucky. B He didn’t even notice it. C He wore the right clothes. D He wrapped up frostbite. 9. What title would you give to the story? A Safe survival after wilderness of the Scots. B Police work miracle: Andrew Wilson survived. 64

C Missing climber walks to safety. D Drama and rescuers.

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Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

10. The word “crucial” means in the story: A descending B inevitable C dangerous D decisive

No Christmas In 1649 when Britain was ruled by Oliver Cromwell and his Roundheads, 1 was passed abolishing Christmas. It was declared that it should be an 2 working day, like any other. People, however, thought that the Puritans had gone too far and 3 to celebrate as usual. Many congregations were arrested in their entirety 4 doing so, but the law was soon repealed and Christmas became Christmas 5 .

Unit II Legal action Text 1 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Happy Anniversary The 1 officer in Leeds magistrates’ court knew the defendant very well. It was the 500th 2 he had appeared in court on a charge of drunkenness. He had first appeared there in 1922. The magistrate decided to give the man an absolute 3 , and gave him another talking-to — on the evils of drink. Two days later the same man appeared on the same charge. ‘I was celebrating my 500th appearance in court’ he told 4 . This time he was 5 50p.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

agressive charge reward the magistrate donated

B B B B B

presiding time discharge the defendant deceived

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C C C C C

presumptious courtier sentence the magister promoted

D D D D D

navy defense award the drunkard fined

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

a ruler extra passed for back

B B B B B

a Roundhead ordinary continued against once

C C C C C

a law extraordinary concluded as if since

D D D D D

a lawyer utmost declared just once more

Text 3 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Banned And Banned 1 . An Essex man was disqualified 2 driving by magistrates at Southend Court. A few minutes after he left court, he decided to risk driving 3 . Unfortunately, 4 who had banned him spotted him at the wheel. The unfortunate driver had to 5 in court where he was fined $ 300.00 and banned for another year. 66

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

for nothing to illegally the maximum disappear

B B B B B

again by illogically the miracle qualify

C C C C C

for ever forward legally the magistrate reappear

D D D D D

for good from loyally the mistrial disqualify

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Not A Very 1 Neighbour A Maryland man did not 2 very well with his neighbours, in his home town of Glen Burnie. He had a minor 3 with three of them and 4 they passed his house he jumped out of his front door and shouted dirty names at them. The three neighbours took him to court where he was ordered to pay them $ 45,000 each. At just over $ 135,000 5 it was a very expensive row for the argumentative man.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

neighbourly get on affection whatever at least

B B B B B

logical carry on discussion whenever at large

C C C C C

expensive deal up solution where in total

D D D D D

puzzled give away dispute whoever in sum

Text 5 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Allow Us, Sir The Waldorf Astoria is among the greatest hotels in New York and is staffed with security men and detectives, among other, more usual hotel staff, whose job is to protect the wealthy residents who stay there. One night the hotel detective saw a man stumble as he came down the staircase into the lobby. In falling he dropped his suitcase which burst open and spilled out jewels all over the hallway. He summoned a porter and the two hotel men helped the grateful guest put everything back into the case, held the door open for him and hailed a cab… Only after the guest was safely away was the theft of more than half a million dollars’ worth of gems reported to the desk clerk.

1. Which of the following is not true? A The guest summoned the porter: the sum was summed up. B The Waldorf Astoria personnel is to protect its residents. C The guests of the Waldorf Astoria are to be kept safe by the hotel staff. D The Waldorf Astoria is a luxurious hotel. 2. What happened in the Waldorf Astoria one night? – A man A strew the hotel hallway with jewels from his suitcase and was helped by the desk clerk. B reported to the desk clerk but was safely away. C robbed the hotel and was reported missing. D robbed someone, fell when coming down the stairs but managed to be safely away. 3. Why did the man drop his suitcase? A He was seen stumble as he came down the staircase into the lobby. B He hit his feet against the stairs and fell. C He couldn’t help stumbling when he fell going into the lobby. D The darkness in the lobby made him drop it – it happened late at night.

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4. The hotel staff let the man go because they… A were fascinated by the sight of the jewels all over the hallway. B were bribed by the thief. C didn’t want to offend the guest D were not aware of what had happened 5. The word ‘gem’ means in the text: A high quality jam B precious stone or jewel C hard currency D exchange rate

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A Good Gamble Mr George Epp, a former policeman with Atlantic City Police Department 1 the force because of his gambling debts. He felt it was giving the police a 2 name, so he took a job as a taxi-driver to give himself time to get over his 3 . He worked hard to pay 4 the $ 25,000 he owed his creditors, but still found it hard to stop dicing with Lady Luck. Just as well. In the Atlantic City Casino one night in November 1982 he put some coins into 5 , pulled the handle and came out $ 1,250,000 richer.

B owed B creditor’s B flirtation

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An Unfair Fare An Athenian taxi driver was more than a little surprised when the man he had stopped to pick up gave him his own address as his 1 . The taxi driver did not say anything, but drove the passenger 2 requested. He got out of the car and 3 himself into the driver’s house with a key. A few minutes 4 , the driver crept into his house and found his passenger and his wife making love. Out of the thousands of taxis in Athens, he would have picked that 5 .

Text 1

1. A joined 2. A suspicious 3. A addiction

B off C of D over B a board game C a dishwasher D a slot machine

Text 2 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Unit III Enigma variations

Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

4. A down 5. A a sliding door

D stopped D bad D assumption

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

destination because parked before one

B B B B B

departure as drove after Athen’s

C C C C C

station since allowed late fare

D D D D D

parking so let later of his

Text 3 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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What Happened To Them? In 1858 a group of 18 Englishmen landed in Roanoke Island near the coast of North Carolina. 1 by Sir Walter Raleigh’s example of two cen70

turies before, they built a fort and houses, and planted crops. But 2 Indians made life impossible for them and they were forced to return home. The following year, another group re-settled on the island. After a few weeks the leader of the group, John White, sailed 3 to England to get more provisions. When he returned, all he found was a 4 word carved on a tree: CROATON. There was absolutely 5 sign of any of the settlers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Disapproved A hostile A again A fixed A no

B B B B B

Encouraged friendly forward probable yes

C Illustrated C foreign C back C mysterious C full

D Shown D peace-loving D forth D nostalgic D foolish

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Lightning Strikes In Canada, during a 1 storm in 1934, the tombstone of an officer who had served in the First World War was shattered by a bolt of lightning. The unfortunate officer had been invalided 2 the Canadian Army after being struck by lightning in 1918. Six years later he was struck by 3 flash while fishing, and his right side was paralysed. He 4 and two years later was taking a walk through a park when … this time paralysing him for 5 .The gods must have had it in for him.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A fierce A off A the other A rebelled A short

B slight B out of B the same B recovered B time

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D brave D back to D some D refused D good

Text 5 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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What A ____1_____ A Derbyshire lady and her husband were 2 south one day when they stopped at a motorway lay-by to rest. They got out of the car and fell into conversation with another couple. The second man happened to mention that a few months before he had lost his wallet containing credit cards, cash and other personal 3 . As he was talking he took the wallet out of his pocket and the 4 Derbyshire lady looked at it in amazement – it had been she who had found it and handed it in to the police, and the two couples lived more than 60 miles 5 from each other.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A news A motoring A containers A concentrated A away

B coincidence B flying B collections B attentive B way

C tail C directing C items C pleased C towards

D couple D walking D purses D astonished D out

Text 6 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Dead Man’s Tales A Warwickshire builder was quite surprised to bump 1 a cousin he hadn’t seen for some time in a pub. But not half as surprised as his cousin, who had been at the builder’s funeral 2 in Dublin some time earlier. It 3 that former workmates had` 4 identified him as the victim of a car crash and had telephoned his family in Ireland. The family de72

cided that there. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

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come over for the funeral, they would hold a mass for him

in the direction of service turned out rightly would rather 7

B out B mess B kept up B wrongly B sooner than

C into C meeting C showed off C wisely C better than

D towards D appointment D cleared up D cowardly D rather than

Unit IV Mere technicalities

Text 1 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Text 7 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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An 1 Coincidence Herr Keelsch of Seigen in West Germany made his 2 out of emptying cesspits – and , not unnaturally, after a day’s work did not exactly smell of roses and violets. He drove around the town in a van which 3 his telephone number in large numbers. This so angered the makers of a certain well-known eau de Cologne that they took him to court to make him remove the 4 numbers. As Herr Keelsch explained, it was not his 5 that he had been given that famous number: 4711.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Ideal A filling A advertised A striking A mistake

B Unfortunate B leaving B authorized B satisfying B sin

C Illiterate C living C privatized C pleasing C fault

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D Improving D work D generalized D offending D misfortune

Enter A Different World Harrods is one of the 1 shops in London. It has always prided itself on caring well for its customers – pandering to their every 2 . In 1898 Harrods installed the very first escalator in Britain in their Knightsbridge store. But 3 any of their wealthy customers found the moving staircase too much for their nerves, liveried attendants were positioned at the top 4 smelling salts or brandy to anyone who wished it. We do not know how many customers went straight back down and 5 again… and… again …and again…

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A smartest A need A however A to experiment A along

B B B B B

bookish effort even though to offer up

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C C C C C

selfish fault as though to smell towards

D D D D D

vicious custom in case to sneeze to and fro

and three in the oceans near Peru, South Africa and New Guinea. It really is a square earth 5 .

Text 2 Directions: (Questions 1– 5)

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Travelling Theatre The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester is one of the most famous 1 in Britain. The stage there, in the 700 seat theatre, is 2 that the plays are always performed in the round. This makes it difficult for them to take their production 3 , but the demand for them to do so has been so great that they have designed a 4 aluminium structure which, when erected, can take a stage the same size as the 5 , seat 400 people, and use the complete lightning and sound systems as used in the Manchester productions. When it is dismantled, the theatre can be packed into two lorries.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

companies though fully theatrical sizeable

B B B B B

exchanges thus at large chemical Royal

C C C C C

Royals such on tour portable real

D D D D D

royalists so with them likeable original

Text 3 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Square Earth 1 from a few people who still believe that the Earth is flat, everybody believed that the Earth was round – until photographs taken from American space 2 proved that actually it is pear-shaped. 3 research has, however, 4 that the Earth in fact has four corners, one in Ireland, 75

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Aside A shots A Evident A supposed A in the corners

B Out B probes B Recent B investigated B at large

C Apart C spheres C Truthful C searched C for no reason

D A part D zones D Unexpected D shown D after all

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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The Drachma In The Slot Machine Machines 1 by coins, such as cigarette machines or chocolate dispensers are, you may think, a twentieth – century invention. Well, you would be completely wrong. Slot machines were 2 invented by a Greek scientist called Hero, in the first century AD. Holy water was sold in temples. The water was contained in urns 3 a short pipe leading out from the base. The top end of the pipe, inside the urn, was closed by a plug which was fixed to one end of a horizontal bar. The other end was directly underneath an opening where coins could be 4 . When the coin dropped in, it hit the end of the bar and caused it to move down. This 5 the plug to open and the holy water to trickle out.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A drawn A first A with A opened A needed

B operated B actually B of B closed B made

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D raised D completely D out of D concentrated D caused

5,000 4 . The cathedral is built nel more than one mile long.

Text 5 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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A Shaving Success Story In 1895 King C. Gillette had a wonderful idea. He was 1 with having to use a cutthroat razor every morning so he set about designing a wafer thin, incredibly sharp blade that could be held 2 by a safely clamp. It took him eight years to 3 the design and when it went 4 in 1903, he thought he had been wasting his time for in that year only 51 razors and 168 blades were sold. The following year, however, he knew it had been 5 . 90,000 razors were sold and 12,400,000 blades.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A fed up A together A compose A in stock A moneywise

B cut off B through B perfect B to market B worthless

C spoken up C away С enlarge C for price C worthwhile

D turned off D apart D discover D on sale D valuable

Text 6 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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The Priest’s Dream A Colombian priest dreamed that his little 1 of men and women would one day have their own cathedral to worship in. The town was poor and most of the people in the parish were 2 at the local salt mine, the . It largest salt producer in the world. Eventually his dream came 3 took six years to build the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary. It can seat 77

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A pack A employed A false A producers A accurately

5 of salt, it is reached by a deep tun-

B flock B majored B true B salt works B precisely

C company C specialized C real C worshippers C absolutely

D pride D mined D fantastic D warriors D entirely

Text 7 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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A Sweet ___1_____ Scientists who developed the limpet bomb during World War II came up against a serious problem that 2 to jeopardize its success. 3 what chemical they tried they could not find one that dissolved at a constant rate in both salt and fresh water, which was essential to activate the trigger 4 . Then one of the scientists had a brainwave. He tried it out and 5 worked. The magical chemical – ordinary aniseed, exactly the same as is used to make aniseed balls.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Loss A threatened A Matterless A activity A they

C Defeat C succeeded C Irrespectively C mechanism C then

B Victory B caused B Naturally B weapon B he

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D War D managed D No matter D bomb D it

Unit V Sheer croppers

Text 2 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Text 1 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Prince Urussoff was an extremely rich Russian nobleman who was extremely 1 as well. While 2 with his bride on the Black Sea, her wedding ring slipped off her finger and disappeared beneath the waves. The Prince thought, according to an old family belief, that the 3 of a wedding ring would bring about the death of the bride, so he bought both shores of the Black Sea, believing that 4 he owned the sea, he still owned the ring lying on the sea bed. He spent $ 40 million buying the shores. But when he died, his family decided to 5 the Prince’s property – and they got $ 80 million for it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A A A A A

treacherous moonlighting sale as if re-sell

B superstitious B honeymooning B sight B so B regain

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C greedy C diving C loss C like C reconstruct

D religious D marrying D purchase D if D restore

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A 1 Romance The Island of Reunion is the 2 place for a honeymoon. Tropical climate, balmy nights, romantic beaches – they can all be found there. A young Frenchman certainly thought so when he took his 3 there in 1977. They hired a honeymoon cottage and at first everything was perfect. One evening, however, the 4 man decided to vault over the fence around the cottage and surprise his wife of three days. Unfortunately he had lost his way in the tropical darkness, 5 headlong into a crater of the Ganga Volcano and died.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Crater A improper A bridegroom A newly-married A concentrated

B Volcanic B ideal B bride B long-awaited B joined

C Stony-hearted C illegal C bridesmaid C free-and-easy C plunged

D Fierce D unexpected D bride-couple D free-range D loaded

Text 3 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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An 1 Accident A Somerset man parked his car on a hill and went to a 2 telephone box to make a phone call. 3 he was in the box, another car swerved into his and 4 the handbrake. The man watched in horror as he 80

saw his car come closer and closer and closer until finally it telephone box and, with him still inside, knocked it over. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A even A phony A As A revived A smashed

B unnatural B nearby B Before B relaxed B crashed

C odd C neighbourly C So C held C thrashed

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into the

D unreal D hillbilly D Although D released D flashed

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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1 By A Fish In the 1930 s a Canadian angler fishing in one of the many Canadian lakes was delighted when he landed an 2 large pike. He duly despatched it with a heavy stick and laid it 3 on the bank beside his shotgun. 4 the fish was not properly dead. It began to thrash about and its tail caught on the trigger. The 5 went off – sending the angler to the happy hunting ground in the sky.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Killed A enormously A alone A Unfortunately A gun

B Eaten B experimentally B along B Strangely B tail

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C Sent C unfortunately C down C Besides C angle

D Assassinated D extraordinarily D up D Luckily D fish

Text 5 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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A Cold But 1 Escape Two fishermen were 2 one night in their 40-foot boat, when it was hit by a sudden storm and wrecked. They were found two days later, well fed and not too 3 hurt. Their craft did not have a lifeboat, so when it 4 down they threw the refrigerator overboard and clung on to it as it floated along. When they were hungry, they simply opened it up and had a 5 .

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A fishy A outside A badly A drove A bath

C hot C out C many C flew C look

B fortunate B in B well B walked B snack

D gay D off D little D went D fridge

Text 6 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Sorry, 1 Number A New York housewife in the 1960s had 2 digits in her phone member as that of the White House in Washington. To make matters 3 , the area code for New York is 202 and that of Washington is 212. The woman therefore often got calls that were meant for the then president, Lyndon B. Johnson. She received a letter from the President saying that he could not be more grateful for the diplomatic way she 4 the While House calls. In 82

receiving the calls, Mrs Brown of Glendale, Queens, had always been polite to the sometimes distinguished callers. Mr President promised that he would try to be just as polite in his reception of calls that were 5 for Mrs Brown and her family. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A. President’s A the same A serious A handed A recieved

C Alien C numerous C better C addressed C meant

B Bad B some B responsible B handled B rung

D Wrong D more D worse D called D given

Unit VI Animal crackers Text 1 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Cat And Mouse The family cat of M. And Mme Blond of Nevers in France was a happy, peace – loving animal who would never do any 1 . 2 one night when the family were seated around the television watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon. All of a sudden, during 3 when Tom was chasing Jerry, the cat went berserk and attacked the family. When police were called, the cat was a spitting ball 4 fury being kept at bay by M. Blond with the aid of a chair. The unfortunate animal 5 to calm down and had to be destroyed.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A hum A So A a sequence A with A refused

B harm B Until B a cartoon B out of B agreed

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D attack D However D a picture D off D threatened

Text 2 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Roses 1 The Lady Like most other ladies, a resident of Canterbury called Killa, enjoys being 2 with a lovely bunch of roses now and again. But 3 most women, Killa eats them. She also has 4 for expensive chocolates and is always happy with a bunch of celery. Killa is a 60 pound female gorilla. One of her 5 companions in the zoo where she lives enjoys the odd gallon of beer.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Against A presented A like A power A dollar

C For C called C as C an interest C rouble

B Like B addressed B unlike B call B sterling

D By D smelt D as for D a taste D male

Text 3 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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He 1 Hunting An American millionaire on a deerstalking trip in Scotland decided that his white horse could be seen too easily 2 the deer. He bought two black dyes from a local hairdresser and set about changing the horse’s colour with the aid of two brushes. The operation was 3 . The black dye changed the horse’s appearance completely. Unfortunately, the dye had

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such a powerful smell that the deer could smell 4 5 millionaire returned empty – handed to America. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Dyed A with A insured A the millions A luckless

B Died B by B successful B the brushes B lucky

C Lost C through C voluntary C them C delighted

miles away, and the

D Returned D with the help of D complete D it D dead

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Snails Save ______1______ To determine blood groups, there is a method of extracting a chemical from human blood which, when mixed with a sample of the blood in 2 will react in a particular way according to the blood group. However, 3 enough of the solution a great deal of human blood is required. But 4 , snails’ eggs, which are the size of a pinhead, contain the same chemical – in fact, the blood of five donors would be required to supply the same amount of the chemical 5 is found in one of the snail’s eggs.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A Snails A reality A to return A regrettably A as

B Lives B question B to dissolve B surprisingly B what

C Mixtures C reaction C to solve C fortunately C when

D Chemicals D problem D to get D unfortunately D as soon as

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Come Home … 1 Post Pigeon 2 is a popular sport all over the world. Owners take their birds to 3 places, release them and the pigeons with unerring ability find their way home. In 1953, a keen pigeon 4 released his bird in Pembrokeshire expecting him to be home that evening. Eleven years later the bird 5 dead, in a box bearing a Brazilian postmark.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A With A racing A pre-arranged A runner A gave up

B By B riding B pre-assembled B kite B dealt with

C In C driving C pigeon C fancier C paid back

D Through D Flying D postal D fun D turned up

Text 6 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Here Pet Gator Bait of Houma, Los Angeles, California was slightly anxious when her grandmother refused to listen to her 1 that her baby daughter, 2 was at the crawling stage, might be injured by gran’s pet. Grandma has had her pet for two years and it has complete 3 of the garden and says that he would not 4 a fly. Gator is not convinced. You see Cajun, the pet, is a five foot long, 5 toothed ALLIGATOR.

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B worries

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D knowledge

2. 3. 4. 5.

A which A freedom A fall A healthy

B it B respect B notice B blunt

C who C disregard C see C sharp

D what D concern D hurt D numerous

4. A real 5. A commercials

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Text 7 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Example: Answer:

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0 a lovely holiday in the country last year. A brought B had C passed D gave 0. B

A collection of abstract painting, the creation of a Canadian zoo elephant are to be auctioned next month. Kamala, a 19-year-old Indian elephant, holds a 1 with her trunk and paints pictures which have amazed art experts. The elephant learned to paint as part of the zoo’s behavioural enrichment programme, under which animals are given various activities to 2 their intelligence. “We sort of monkeyed around with all of our elephants but Kamala was the only one that had the dextrerity and interest to keep painting”, said Dave Percival, her keeper. “ 3 we set up the easel and get the paintings out, her ears start flapping because she gets really enthusiastic about it. She’s got 4 artistic talent. Currently, she’s one of the zoo’s most popular 5 . If she were human, she could make a living out of it”. Six Kamala’s best paintings are expected to fetch thousands of dollars at next month’s public auction. 1. A sharpener 2. A stimulate 3. A As soon as

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D mop D slow down D However

B false B tricks

C realistic C exponents

D abstract D attractions

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6. Which of the following is not true? A Kamala’s painting is to be on sale. B Kamala, a 19-year-old elephant, is to auction her painting. C Kamala’s pictures filled art-experts with surprise. D Kamala learnt to paint in the zoo. 7. Why did Kamala learn to paint? A She wanted to grow rich. B It happened due to the zoo’s programme aimed at improving animals intelligence. C Dave Percival sort of monkeyed around her. D She was interested in keeping painting. 8. Dave Percival A keeps Kamala and looks for her. B is a person who looks after Kamala in the zoo. C keeps the zoo and develops behaviour enrichment programmes. D keeps Indian elephants. 9. What title would you give to the story? A The collector. B Thousands of dollars for the elephants’ painting. C A thick-skinned Picasso. D Intelligence at the auction.

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10. The word «dextrerity» means in the story: A apathy B laziness C skill D allergy

Unit VII Ways and manners Text 1 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Raising a smile Historically, humour has often been seen in a very negative way. For example, about two and a half thousand years ago, Plato, the famous Greek philosopher, wrote about the ‘malevolent nature of humour’. For him, it meant trying to give yourself a sense of superiority by making fun of other people, and he taught that only people of lesser worth did this. Modern psychology, however, regards humour with more respect. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, saw laughter as a means of safely discharging nervous energy. It provides relief and self-gratification and makes potentially damaging conflicts harmless. While this approach is still very influential, more recent work in psychology has also focused on the social value of being funny, the useful role of the well-timed joke or light remark in everyday encounters.

C Plato did not appreciate humour. D According to Plato, the more worthy a person was, the more he was inclined to humour. 2. Laughter A is seen in a more positive way by modern scholars. B meant safety to Sigmund Freud. C provides relief to those who strive against conflicts. D regards humour with respect. 3. What, according to Sigmund Freud, helps get rid of nervous energy? A safety B irony C self-gratification D laughter 4. What tendency is there in modern psychology? A To focus on everyday encounters. B To approach humour influence. C To concentrate on the social value of humour. D To provide relief. 5. The word ‘malevolent’ means in the text: A a kind feeling B being generous C having or showing ill will or desire to cause pain D greedy, poisonous

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Text 2 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Britain’s Tomorrow Today’s children are more virtuous than most assume. The picture painted by the Central Statistical Office’s Social Focus on Children, shows that the decadent youths who terrorise their seniors are a tiny minority of young people. The report also puts into perspective current anxieties about the number of children being brought up by one parent. Four-fifths of dependent children, the CSO finds, still live in a family with two parents. They are, what is more, under more careful parental control than is often assumed: and most of them – three quarters of 11-to 13-year-olds-actually like school. Although truancy is a problem for a small minority of the young, a surprisingly high 89 % were never absent from school. Seventy percent of children use a library at least once a fortnight, with half using it once a week. So what will this generation be like as adults? Much ‘greener’ than their parents: nearly nine in ten are interested in the environment. Possibly thriftier: around three-quarters already have money in a savings scheme. Certainly computer-literate: 99 % of primary school children have hands-on experience of computers.

C the number of children being brought up by one parent. D four-fifths of children who still live with two children and are dependent. 3. Truancy A or staying away from school without permission is the problem with about 11 % of children. B is surprisingly typical for the British children. C has never been such an acute problem as it is now. D concentrates on children. 4. The youths tend to be A more economical than their parents. B streetwise with their money having savings schemes. C greedy. D investors – around three quarters use savings banks. 5. The word ‘virtuous’ means in the text: A given or done with evil intent B naughty, disobedient C having or showing goodness or excellence D courageous, brave, fearless

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Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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A number of sporting events in Britain are national institutions. Some are popular occasions, attended by thousands of spectators from all levels of society and watched on television by millions. Others are elegant and exclusive outdoor parties for the rich and their friends, where sport is 92

secondary to social enjoyment. The Cup Final is an example of one extreme, Ascot of the other. Some, such as Wimbledon, are an interesting mixture of both. Most of these events are attended by members of the Royal Family as well as politicians, singers, film stars and business people. The venues are equipped with luxurious ‘hospitality suites’, used by companies to promote their business and thank important clients for their loyalty. Tickets for most of these events can be expensive, but not usually beyond the reach of ordinary people. They are often hard to find, however, as space is limited and there is great demand. There are, of course, hundreds more events which draw large crowds – notably in football, cricket, golf, sailing and motor–racing – and everyone has their favourites. The historical traditions, the holiday atmosphere, and the pleasure and excitement of the spectators make these some of the most enjoyable friendly occasions of the year. 1. Which of the following is not true? A The number of national sporting events in Britain is unlimited: some are popular occasions, others are elegant outdoor parties; the extremes befriend all tastes. B There are some sporting events in Britain that are national institutions. C Thousands of spectators from all levels of society attend some sporting events in Britain. D Millions of people watch most popular sporting events on TV in Britain. 2. Wimbledon is A a popular occasion rather than an outdoor party. B an interesting example of elegance in sport. C the third main sporting event in Britain, after the Cup Final and Ascot. D a popular sporting event which is attended by thousands of spectators, it can also be considered an outdoor party for the rich.

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3. Who can afford to buy tickets for most of the popular sporting events in Britain? A Those who can demand them – the space is limited. B Business people – tickets are expensive, but not beyond their reach. C The prices are reasonable, even ordinary people can afford to buy tickets if they can find them. D Tickets are too expensive to be within reach of ordinary people, only the rich can afford it. 4. There is great demand A for the holiday atmosphere during the sporting events in Britain. B for spaces during the sporting events: they draw large crowds of spectators. C for tickets for most popular sporting events – there isn’t enough room for everybody. D for hundreds more sporting events – notably in football, cricket, golf, sailing and motor-racing. 5. The word ‘venue’ means in the text: A a sporting event equipped with luxurious suits B the locality of a gathering as for a sporting event C business promotion D means of gratitude for the clients’ loyalty

Text 4 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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matches throughout the week. From June to August a series of international matches, known as ‘Test Matches’, are played between England and a visiting national team from another country where cricket is professionally played. The matches last five days, and are played at various country cricket grounds around England. June is the height of the flat-racing season (horse races on flat courses, without jumps). The most fashionable and exclusive sporting event of the year is Royal Ascot. Ascot is traditionally attended by the monarch, whose horses compete in the races. Newspapers, society magazines and TV always show pictures of the smartest and most extravagantly dressed spectators: the human beings compete just as much as the horses. At the start of July is the Henley Royal Regatta. Officially an international rowing competition with many handsome trophies to be won, it is also a major social event. There is an air of carefree gaiety that suggests the Edwardian age (1901 – 10) when river – boating was at its most popular. 1. Which of the following is not true? – By May the cricket A season already begins. B is on the way to village and pub sides. C is played by amateurs at weekends. D is popular with amateur and professional teams. 2. Who takes part in ‘Test Matches’? A Serials of international teams. B Visiting professionals. C Teams from England and other countries where cricket is professionally played. D Teams to be tested during ‘Test Matches’. 3. Ascot is a sporting event A where social enjoyment is secondary to sport. B resembling an elegant and exclusive outdoor party. C for the rich competing with horses. D for the monarchs. 95

4. The Henley Royal Regatta A was on the way at the Edwardian age. B was the most popular sporting event in 1901 – 1910. C is a river – boating competition. D is a sporting event which starts in July and is the first in the sporting calendar in Britain. 5. The word ‘trophy’ means in the text: A an object won as a symbol of achievement or victory B boat given as a prize for winning C attractive element of rowing D Royal presents for handsome winners.

Text 5 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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An invitation to a meal in someone’s house usually means a relaxed evening. More often than not men do not wear business suits, while the women wear comfortable rather than fashionable evening clothes. It is a good idea to take some flowers or a box of chocolates for your hostess; some, additionally, bring a bottle of wine. It does not have to be an expensive wine; it is, as we say, the thought that counts. The bottle is hardly ever opened, and quite often serves as a bottle that tonight’s host takes as a quest to next week’s dinner somewhere else. In most parts of England the hostess expects a short letter of thanks for the evening. Such letters follow a standard formula: you mention the food and the company and express the hope that you will meet again soon. The latest fashion is more for a picture postcard (usually from some cultural spot like the National Gallery) with the same kind of note on the back. Traditionalists will expect and write a letter. 96

1. Which of the following is true? A As a rule neither men nor women are invited to a meal in someone’s house. B It is customary to wear comfortable rather than fashionable evening ties when invited to a meal in someone’s house. C Men are not always supposed to wear business suits when they are invited to someone’s house for a meal. D An invitation to a meal in someone’s house usually means some hope to see hostess again. 2. Taking a bottle of wine A additionally attached to flowers or chocolate is preferable for your hostess. B when invited for a meal in someone’s house is a good idea but it is hard to open the bottle. C when invited for a meal in someone’s house is a good idea though it may not be open during the meal. D gives the host a chance to lay the table at next week’s dinner. 3. What do people do after they spend the evening in someone’s house? A Send a letter of thanks for the evening. B Write a letter of thanks followed by a standard formula. C Expect the hostess to recieve letters of thanks for the evening. D Express hopes to meet again at next week’s dinner and open the bottle you could hardly open. 4. What do people mostly write nowdays after they spend the evening in someone else’s house? A Traditional letters with pictures. B Postcards with kind note on the back. C Usually postcards with cultural sports. D Picture postcards or letters.

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5. The word ‘count’ (‘counts’) means in the text: A say or name numerals in order B find the total of C be important D think, believe

Text 6 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5 )

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Heroic Failures Modern society is obsessed with success. Not only are we obliged to try and reach the top of the ladder in our working lives but we must strive to beat our rivals in every conceivable aspect of existence. Every year the Guinness Book of Records offers an honours list of achievements. It is a popular Christmas present and it guarantees that the weary worker will not be allowed to relax even on this festive season. Instead his children will read to him about the truly great and he will be reminded of his own inadequacy. The sad truth is that 99 per cent of us will never reach the top. Is it therefore right that we should spend our lives feeling ashamed of our mediocrity? It would surely be more healthy to learn to live with our lack of success, even to take some pride in it. Stephen Pile is an eminently unsuccessful Englishman who delights in the failures of others. He devoted several years of his life to meticulous research and wrote ‘The Book of Heroic Failures’.

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The Guinness Book of Records annually presents an honours list of achievements. D Beating rivals in every conceivable aspect of existence is quite popular in modern society. 2. It is only… A the Guinness Book of Records that gives the worker a chance to relax on Christmas. B 1 per cent of us who climbs the ladder. C a popular Christmas present that gives guarantees to weary workers. D 1 per cent of us that can reach the top. 3. Most people in modern society A should be ashamed of their abilities. B would be more healthy to learn to live without success, even to take pride in it. C reach the top D would surely be more healthy and wealthy with luck on top. 4. What did Stephen Pile investigate? A Eminent success. B People’s failures. C His heroic failures. D Heroism and failures. 5. The word ‘mediocrity’ means in the text: A kind of natural power to do something well B inactivity C quality of being second-rate D succeeding; the gaining of what is aimed at

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Text 7 Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Experts have warned that heavy workloads of British managers are pushing their marriages towards divorce and turning the offspring of wealthy parents into deprived children. Research has shown that British managers work an average of 55 hours a week, in blatant disregard of their contracts, which specify between 35 and 40 hours. They fear that if they do not work so hard they will lose their £ 90,000 a year job. A survey of two hundred directors last year showed that nearly half started work before 8 a.m. and a quarter were still working after 6.30 p.m. About two-thirds worked at least one weekend in four and more than half found that they could not take full holidays. Most middle managers have taken on new tasks because layers of management have disappeared and there are fewer people to do the work. In many companies there are half the number of managers as before, paid twice as much and expected to be three times as productive. It leads to stress. What makes matters worse is that two-thirds of managers have wives who work and the day may have been equally stressful for them. 1. Which of the following is not true? A Making a living is a hard job for British managers. B Long working hours threaten a happy family life. C British managers earn £ 90,000 a year. D British managers are unhappy but willing workaholics. 2. Why are managers suffering from overwork? A Because of the reduction of the workforce in many companies. B Layers of managers have disappeared: they didn’t cope with the problem. C They disregard their contracts. 100

D Their family life is not happy. 3. What type of problems are caused by heavy workloads? – It can lead to A pushy marriages. B marital breakdown. C allergy to work. D narrow escape from contract. 4. British managers A may lose their contracts. B are inclined to overwork 35 hours per week. C are subjected to attack. D are expected to be less productive. 5. The word ‘blatant’ means in the text: A obvious, rough B gentle, friendly C bleak, miserable D vague, unsure

Does The Way You Look Affect Your Career Chances? To find the 1 , Jeff Biddle and Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas surveyed 7,000 people. They discovered that good-looking people were paid around 15 % more. Biddle and Hamermesh then spent 15 years 2 the careers of a selected group of lawyers. They found that the better-looking ones had better chances of promotion 3 others. They also found that more was expected of the betterlooking ones by their clients. 4 , a reaction is now occurring against this kind of discrimination in the work place. The courts are awarding compensation in cases of unfair dismissal. In Santa Cruz, discrimination on the basis of a person’s physical characteristics is now forbidden. The only 5 for employment is whether a person is able to do the job.

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Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

Text 8 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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6. Which of the following is not true? A 7,000 people were examined to find out if the way people looked affected their career chances. B The text is about the way to affect your career chances. C According to the survey of Biddle and Hamermesh, good looking people were paid more. D It took Biddle and Hamermesh 15 years to study the careers of a selected group of lawyers.

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7. Biddle and Hamermesh A selected lawyers to follow them. B surveyed the University of Texas. C discovered good-looking people. D tried to find out if the way people looked affected their career chances. 8. What did Biddle and Hamermesh discover? A The University of Texas preferred good-looking people. B The more good-looking people were, the more chances they had to be discovered by Biddle and Hamermesh. C Better-looking people were in more favourable conditions than others. D 7,000 people to be surveyed. 9. There is a tendency A against discrimination according to people’s appearance in the work place. B to award compensation for unattractive people. C for discrimination on the basis of personal characteristics. D to do the job irrespective of a person’s physical characteristics. 10. The word «career» means in the text: A the general progress of one’s life, especially in one’s profession B criterion for employment C careerism D campaigns for promotion

Text 9 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Teenagers who watch more than four hours television a night are more prone to crime, drug-taking and becoming 1 from society, according to the latest research. The warning followed publication of a report which found that TV addicts – those who spend at least four hours a night in front of the television – are more likely to have anti-social attitudes, 2 badly with their parents and feel disillusioned. The researchers said that these youngsters developed spectator mentalities which prevented them from taking an active part in life. Of the 20,000 teenagers aged between 13 and fifteen who participated in the 3 more than a quarter said they watched at least four hours a night. After comparing their answers with those of the other respondents, the researchers said that their 4 painted a disturbing picture. Almost 50 per cent of the addict group dismissed school 5 boring compared with fewer than 30 percent of those who watched less television. TV addicts were also happier to accept that they might be unemployed after leaving school and more than 20 per cent would prefer it to work they did not like. TV addicts were also more tolerant of drug-taking. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

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6. Which of the following is not true? – According to the latest investigation, A boys or girls in his or her teens watch more than four hours television a night and are prone to crime and drug-taking. B teenagers are more tending to unlawful activity if they watch television more than four hours a night. C those between the ages of 13 and 19 who watch television more than four hours a day are more likely to take drugs and commit crime. D teenagers who watch television more than four hours a night are more inclined to commit crime and be drug addicts. 7. What did the report following the warning find? A TV addicts with anti-social attitudes and spectator mentalities. B Spectator mentality which prevented from taking an active part in life. C Feeling of disillusion, bad behaviour with parents and anti-social attitudes. D Some negative effects of TV on those teenagers who watch it at least four hours a night. 8. TV addicts under research A dismissed boring schools. B were better suited to the possibility of being unemployed after leaving school. C painted disturbing pictures. D preferred unemployment to work.

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9. What title would you give to the text? A Teenagers, research and reality. B Pros and cons of TV for teenagers. C TV and teenagers: positive benefits. D Teenage TV addicts prone to crime. 10. The word «tolerant» means in the text: A inclined to recognize practices and behaviour, etc different from one’s own. B deserving, inspiring, worthy of watching TV. C considering drug-taking. D consuming drugs.

Unit VIII A host of weird stories Text 1 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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At the age of thirteen, Zara Long became the youngest athlete to represent her country at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. By twenty-one, she had had 1 . “I’d rather stick pins in my eyes than go swimming now. I want to do normal things in my life. I want to commute”. Now twenty-six, Zara works as a sports administrator. It has been a struggle to find a job she enjoys. “When you have got 2 to that level of 106

achievement, when you have got so far so early, it’s hard not to feel unproductive”. Long accepts that she was ill-equipped to deal with the social and educational 3 of her time consuming and lonely training regime. In her early twenties, Long admits that she experienced some resentment towards her parents. “I missed out so much. Education was always second best. No one ever suggested I wouldn’t be a swimmer for the 4 of my life”. She believes that because of the intensity of her coaching she has been left without personal discipline. “I find it hard to do things for myself because I’m so used to people telling me the proper things to do. I wonder what would have happened if things had been 5 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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6. Which of the following is not true? – By the age of twenty-one, Zara Long A was sick and tired of swimming. B was fed up with sports. C was all against going swimming. D preferred to be a swimmer rather than a commuter. 7. At the age of 26, Zara Long works as a sports administrator A though it was hard to find a job she enjoyed. B not to feel unproductive and self-disciplined. C to get even further. D to overcome the struggle and find the proper job. 107

8. What things does Zara Long admit she missed? A Intensive coaching. B Good education and self-discipline. C Time consuming and lonely training regime. D Proper things to do. 9. What title would you give to the text? A The youngest athlete at the Olympics for all seasons. B Pins in the eyes. C Growing pains. D Boundless achievements with no pains. 10. The word «resentment» means in the text: A feeling that one has when insulted, ignored or injured. B pleasure, joy, satisfaction. C ignorance. D pleasant excitement, restlessness.

Text 2 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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It was pitch dark at 3 a.m. and Tommy Leigh-Pemberton’s white Zimbabwean-registered Rover was the only car on the road. He had done the 1 hundreds of times before and was driving fast along the road leading to the suburbs of Harare when, at the approach to the President’s palace, his car smashed into the steel barriers lowered each night outside the palace, killing him instantly. 108

Friends were saddened but not surprised by his death. At University, he had been a member of the Dangerous Sports Club. Members of the Dangerous Sports Club lived 2 maniacs, as if there were no tomorrow. Leigh-Pemberton 3 a reputation for physical courage and a healthy disrespect for authority. He was one of the first to perform a bunjee jump off Clifton Suspension Bridge, organised for 6 a.m. to escape the attention of the police. He had sledged down the Alps on a table top. He had ridden from London to Singapore on a trycicle. He was a man who always lived 4 to the edge. No stunt was too dangerous, no challenge too awesome. How and why the accident happened is a mystery. Leigh-Pemberton had been living in Zimbabwe for almost 18 months and would have known about the security barriers. His death is 5 tragic because it seemed that, after years of drifting from one crazy expedition to the next he had finally found the ideal life in Zimbabwe. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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B expedition B as if B believed B farther B partially

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6. Which of the following is not true? – That memorable morning at 3 a.m. A Tommy Leigh-Pemberton was driving too fast to notice the steel barriers lowered each night outside the President’s palace to smash his car. B The traffic on the road leading to the suburbs of Harare wasn’t heavy. 109

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Tommy Leigh-Pemberton was killed when the President’s palace was close at hand. D Tommy Leigh-Pemberton’s car rushed into the steel barriers outside the President’s palace. 7. Why weren’t Tommy Leigh-Pemberton’s friends surprised by his death? A Maniacs from the Dangerous Sports Club had a healthy disrespect for authority, as if there were no tomorrow. B He escaped the attention of the police. C He was used to living on the edge, and no service seemed too hard for him. D Due to his physical courage and disrespect for authority no challenge seemed to be too frightening to him. 8. Tommy Leigh-Pemberton A drifted from one crazy expedition to the next to find the ideal Zimbabwe. B used to be a restless member of the Dangerous Sports Club. C and danger were incompatible. D ignored the security barriers since he had disrespect for authority. 9. What title would you give to the story? A The Adventure B The Unfortunate Ad C The Adventurer D The Dangerous Sports Clubmen 10. The word «stunt» means in the story: A something done to attract attention B something done to distract attention C tricky danger zone D trick or treat

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On May 20, Darren Newton walked into the London Hilton and took the elevator to the 27th floor. He stepped out into the roof, moved to the 1 and jumped. He wasn’t ill or depressed and it was only the fact that he had a parachute on his back that made anyone take any notice 2 . Darren was a BASE jumper, a man who parachuted not from aeroplanes but from fixed objects. BASE stands for Building, Antennae, Span and Earthbound object, and in order to join the ranks of this unofficial organisation you must jump from one 3 . In BASE jumping, once a mistake is made, there is no time to pull a reserve chute and no air to adjust position. The British Parachute Association believes this makes the activity too dangerous and bans members who participate and are discovered. Darren Newton was an experienced sky diver, with over 150 jumps. As soon as he leapt, Darren looked down and his feet tangled in the lines of his parachute. Darren fell 100 metres, landing in a canopy above the hotel’s door. The London Hilton is a 4 place to die and so Darren’s final tragic moments were raked over in public. We can shake our heads at people doing dangerous things that officials and authority disapprove of, but we all take 5 . We drive in cars and smoke cigarettes and run across the street without looking. Society deems these risks acceptable.

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C side C in the direction C and others C private C dives

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6. Which of the following is not true? – When on May 20 Darren Newton jumped off the top of the London Hilton, he A wasn’t low in spirits B wasn’t disregarded or ignored C backed a parachute D was healthy 7. What makes the British Parachute Association believe the activity of BASE is too dangerous? A To become a BASE member you must jump. B In BASE jumping, if one makes a mistake, he/she has no chance of pulling a spare parachute. C BASE is an unofficial organisation. D BASE members who participate are banned if they are discovered. 8. Darren’s final tragic moments were A watched B taken no notice of C disapproved of D shaken heads at

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9. What title would you give to the story? A The high-flyer banned B The tragic precious moment C The final runner D The thrill seeker 10. The verb «deem» means in the story: A to consider, to suppose B to refuse C to reject D to decide

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When Dave, a 29-year-old computer consultant, ignored his beautiful young wife Sarah and sat up working on a laptop 1 4 am, she realised that their marriage, less than two years old, was over. Dave and Sarah were the perfect young middle-class couple, graduates, both earning well and living in a comfortable London flat. They were at university when they met, he a medical student, she reading music. Sarah chose to ignore his preoccupation with computers even when, after getting his medical 2 , he gave up doctoring to pursue a computer – based career. Sarah said, “When I met him, he was obviously mad about computers but only as a hobby. I ignored what my mother told me about avoiding men with hobbies… At the start, we were terribly romantic. Things 113

went 3 within a year. I felt he was doing too much computing at home. He stayed up late every night typing away, sending messages to other computer buffs. Equipment kept arriving at our flat. I remember once a new computer coming and he was in ecstasies unpacking it.” 4 , Dave was caught by a security guard stealing computer equipment from his office at six in the morning. “Being caught was an extraordinary shock to Dave”, Sarah 5 . “They came and took all his computers away, but a change came over him. The whole nightmare gave him the short, sharp shock he needed to separate him from computers. I think he appreciates that too.” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

A until A degree A mad A However A recieves

Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

B at B grade B left B Besides B recalls

C before C mark C wrong C And C rereads

D over D career D right D Eventually D reminds

Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true? A The 29-year-old computer consultant took no notice of his wife and prefered computers instead. B Sarah and Dave had been married for about 2 years when she realised their marriage was coming to an end. C Sarah and Dave could hardly earn their living. D Sarah studied music at University. 7. Sarah A chose ignorant, preoccupied computer assistant. B neglected to notice Dave’s preoccupation with computers. C read about music at University. D pursued a computer based career. 114

8. Dave A dropped doctoring. B avoided hobbies. C was obviously mad about computers. D was ignorant but computer-based. 9. What title would you give to the story? A The lap top fan. B The computer enthusiast. C The short but sharp shock is needed for Sarah. D Ecstasies and agonies of the computer consultant. 10. The word «nightmare» means in the text: A an intensely distressing experience or event. B social activities available at night. C one who stays up late at night. D time or condition of gloom, ignorance or sadness.

Text 5 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Example:

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As she was driving along a narrow country road, she became aware of a car very close behind her, hooting its horn. Lucy 1 in an attempt to draw away, but without success. She was rammed by the car and forced to swerve off the road. Four boys got out of the car and Lucy was subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse. Luckily, help was 2 in the shape of local builder Tom Bradley, who was driving home from his parents’ house. Reluctant hero Tom told the newspaper that he was aware that all was not well 3 he approached the scene. He pulled up and when the youths saw him they got straight back into their car and drove off. 4 Tom had the foresight to write down the registration number of the boy’s car, which helped the police in their search for the vehicle. This was later found abandoned on a nearby housing estate, but police are still trying to identify the youths. 5 Tom was able to supply them with a full description. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 – 10)

B accelerated B closed B after B Forgetful B Gratefully

C accompanied C at hand C while C Absent-minded C Furiously

D slowed down D under hand D as D Handsome D Quickly

Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

Local Hero Lucy, a first-year student at High Edge Community College, had been at a party for a friend’s birthday. It was 2.30 in the morning when she got into her car to drive home.

6. Which of the following is not true? A It was along a narrow country road where Lucy was driving. B The country road was too narrow to become aware of a car very close behind her. C Lucy was followed by a car with four boys in it. D Suddenly Lucy was made to turn the car aside.

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7. Lucy A tried to go ahead of the car which followed her but couldn’t do it because of Tom Bradley. B was the victim of verbal abuse. C caused the incident. D was lucky to drive home with the local builder. 8. Tom Bradley A had good eyesight which allowed him to write down the registration number of the boy’s car. B abandoned the car on a nearby housing estate. C appeared in the shape of a local builder. D helped Lucy get rid of the boys. 9. What title would you give to the story? A In search of a hero. B Heroic failure of the builder. C Local hero. D Builder or hero? 10. The verb «ram» means in the story: A strike and push heavily B accept willingly C cause alarm D reserve readily

Text 6 Part A. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

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Simon Rattle, born in Liverpool in 1955, is one of Britain’s most famous musicians and conductors. He has changed the face of classical music in this country. At a time when classical music was opening out to a new public, Rattle came along. He 1 the imagination of the public in a way no other British conductor of his generation has achieved. He worked with various symphony orchestras. Then he joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as 2 conductor. This was the start of a long and fruitful partnership. He turned down offers from other orchestras at home and abroad. He concentrated 3 on transforming the CBCO’s standing and international reputation. In partnership with Birmingham City council, he led the CBSO from the Victorian Town Hall to its ultramodern new concert hall in the International Convention Centre. Thus he decisively 4 the classical music audience of the city. Rattle left his full-time post with the CBSO in 1998 and handed over the reins to his 5 , Sakari Oramo. Despite this, he returns regularly as guest conductor. He also works with a number of other orchestras. He divides his time between Birmingham, Vienna and Berlin. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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D sought D ideal D though D used D successor

Part B. Directions: (Questions 6 –10)

Questions 6 through 10 are based on the text you’ve read in Part A of this Section. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer on your answer sheet.

6. Which of the following is not true? – At a time when classical music was opening out to a new public, Rattle A came along to face the changes of classical music in his country. B appeared and changed the face of classical music in Britain. C managed to change the face of classical music in Britain. D impressed the British public in a way no other British conductor of his generation has done. 7. Why did Simon Rattle refuse to consider offers from other orchestras and become the conductor of CBSO? A He wanted to be in partnership with the orchestra in the ultramodern new concert hall. B He ignored various symphony orchestras as not having standing and international reputation. C He decided to keep his attention on the long partnership with musicians from CBSO, transforming its standing and international reputation. D The classical music audience of Birmingham insisted on the long and fruitful partnership.

9. What title would you give to the text? A Changes in the face of Britain. B Long but fruitful partnership. C Ultramodern hall for the old orchestra. D Maestro for the millenium. 10. The word «rein» («reins») means in the text: A remains or ruins B a means of guidance or control C that which remains D a means of orchestra transformation

Text 7 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

8. In spite of the fact that A Simon Rattle’s time is divided, he regularly returns to Birmingham. B the number of orchestras Simon Rattle works with has changed, he left his full-time post in 1998. C Simon Rattle doesn’t devote all his time to CBSO, he still works with the orchestra as visiting conductor. D Simon Rattle handed over the reins to guest conductors, he divides his time between 3 cities.

It began life inside the American slang expression ‘gettalife’. Which is ‘get a life’, an instruction to people whose life is so full of work that they have no time to enjoy it. Since then the word has developed a life of its own – as used by the stressed workaholic who sighs, ‘I have no life’. In this new context the word refers to those rare moments of genuine living, to those fleeting seconds of ‘quality time’. It can be spent anywhere – just so long as it’s away from the office or the factory. The conflict between life and work is laid bare in a survey published by Management Today magazine. It makes for compelling and timely reading. The survey reveals that employees across Britain, male and female, are cracking under the stress of work overload. More than half of respondents report spending between 41 and 50 hours a week at work, with a further 25 % staying in the office for more than 51 hours. Close to half say they find it increasingly hard to reconcile their work with their personal commitments. Fascinatingly, a quarter say

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they would accept less money in return for more time. There is a time famine out there and British workers are among the hungriest. Management Today has called its report The Great Work/Life Debate, acknowledging the two are now in permanent conflict. It’s a useful contribution, for that’s exactly what’s needed: a great debate about the way changes in technology and the labour market have transformed the way we all work – and try to live. 1. – Which of the following is not true? – The American expression ‘gettalife’ A refers to people who don’t pay much attention to life beyond work. B appeared to develop its own life as a sign of the stressed workaholic at the genuine moments. C has developed a life of its own – meant for the stressed compulsive workers. D is slang, used in conversations but not suitable for formal occasions. 2. What does the survey in Management Today display? A The wrong balance at work. B Bare conflicts in life and at work. C The problem workaholics reveal to bare the conflict. D The dilemma between work and quality of life 3. There is A a very great need for more time among British workers B lack of people addicted to work in Britain C a tendency to accept less money and return more time. D a great work /life debate solving the permanent conflict between the two. 4. What title would you give to the text? A Risky conflicts in the British press. B Workaholics or alcoholics? C Personal commitments through the looking glass of mass media. D All work, no play: we’ve got the balance wrong. 121

5. The word ‘reconcile’ means in the text: A settle, make compatible. B reconsider, rethink. C extend, intensify. D personalize.

Text 8 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

Here are two passages from recent British articles about schools. Passage 1 One inner-city school in Bristol tried a scheme of special ‘achievement’ classes to help deprived children learn to read. The results have been very satisfying, but one group is still progressing much faster than the other. And that is the girls. The Achievement lessons were closely graded into 12 different groups according to ability. And the girls outnumbered the boys by a ratio of two to one in the top groups. It is still often seen as unmucho for boys to be keen on schoolwork… Partly this is because many boys have so few male academic role models… The National Curriculum is heavily weighted in favour of coursework at which girls traditionally excel. Maybe it is time to think about restructuring a more boy-friendly curriculum. One solution was inviting footballers to talk to the boys. Passage 2 Wearing uniforms to school has long been a peculiarly British idea. It is anathema to the French and Germans, whose thriving state sector has never seen the need for compulsory ties, caps and blazers. But the idea is 122

gaining renewed popularity in state schools, helped along by imageconscious parents. The school uniform in this country has its roots in the public school traditions. Rightly or wrongly, state schools have tended to look to the independent sector for models, and the notion of wearing a uniform has become associated with many people’s idea of a good education. 1. – Which of the following is not true? – The passages deal with A school clothing and differences in achievement between boys and girls. B achievement classes and the state sector fighting against anathema school uniforms. C wearing uniforms and organising achievement lessons. D some aspects of lifestyle in British schools: school uniforms and innovations. 2. Where did the idea of wearing school uniforms originate? A In public schools. B In state schools. C In the image of conscious parents. D In France and Germany. 3. What headline would you give to Passage 1? A The National Curriculum against the odds. B Footballers to the rescue. C Curriculum vitae for British footballers. D A scheme of top twelve. 4. What headline would you give to Passage 2? A School uniforms out of fashion. B Why uniforms are back in vogue? C Vogie vogue. D Tendencies out of fashion.

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Text 9 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

When people sit back and take stock of their lives, do they regret the things that failed, such as a romance that foundered, the wrong career path chosen, bad grades in school? Or do they most regret what they failed to try? A small but growing body of research points to inaction as the leading cause of regret in people’s lives over the long term. These findings are painting a new portrait of regret, an emotion proving to be far more complex than once thought. “As a culture, we are so afraid of regret, so allergic to it, often we don’t even want to talk about it”, says psychologist Janet Landman, author of several studies and a book on regret. “The fear is that it will pull us down the slippery slope of depression and despair”. But psychologists say that regret is an inevitable fact of life. “In today’s world, in which people arguably exercise more choice than ever before in human history, it is exceedingly difficult to choose so consistently well that regret is avoided entirely”, say Cornell University psychologists. Regret involves two distinct types of emotion, what psychologists call ‘hot’ and ‘wistful’. Hot regret is quick anger felt after discovering that you have made a mistake, like accidentally dropping a prized vase and seeing it smash into a thousand pieces, or buying a share that suddenly plummeted in price. Wistful regret comes from having a longer range perspec124

tive. It is a bittersweet feeling that life might have been better or different if only certain actions had been taken. Typically, it means something that people should have done but didn’t do. A growing body of research suggests that wistful regret may figure more prominently in people’s lives over the long term. Asked to describe their biggest regrets, participants most often cited things they failed to do. 1. Which of the following is not true? Recent studies of regret showed A an enlarged view of this topic. B regret as a far more complex emotion than once thought. C inaction as the leading cause of regret. D the importance of romance in people’s lives. 2. According to Janet Landman, people are not keen to discuss regret because A it can lead to negative feelings. B it makes them feel wistful or hot. C it produces physical symptoms. D it makes them feel inferior. 3. Psychologists view regret as something A that should be accepted enthusiastically. B that was avoidable in the past. C that cannot be avoided in today’s world. D that takes different forms in various historical periods. 4. Research indicates that ‘hot’ regret A is related to what other people do to you. B is concerned with long-term effects. C relates to physical actions. D is less significant than ‘wistful’ regret.

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5. What title would you give to the text? A What can’t be cured must be endured at once. B Hot regret and how to avoid it. C Regret – to whistle or to boil? D The paths you failed to take or chances that were not exploited.

Text 10 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

Many of the world’s dormant volcanoes are showing signs of renewed life. Some of them are close to cities where eruptions would threaten the lives of millions of people. We can be virtually certain that the next catastrophic eruption will occur where we least expect it. It will probably occur at a volcano that has not erupted for several hundred years, and could even be at a volcano thought to be extinct. Modern civilisation has still never experienced a really big eruption. One of the biggest recently was Mount St Helens in 1984 but the eruption of Tambora, Indonesia, in 1815 was 100 times more powerful and created a hole 15 km wide. Such explosions can influence the entire planet through their effect on the global climate. The dust and ash they throw into the atmosphere can prevent solar radiation reaching the surface. This leads to dramatic falls in temperature. Even Tambora is insignificant compared with Toba, Sumatra, 73,000 years ago. This created a hole 50 km across and 1000m deep, which would definitely be big enough to swallow London. Temperatures plummeted and the Earth entered a volcanic winter comparable to the conditions scientists predict would follow a full – scale nuclear war. It seems that Toba may have been the trigger that plunged the Earth into the last ice age. 126

An eruption as big as that would devastate the global economy. Although a return to normal climate might be expected within a few years, the social and economic effects would last much longer. It is not a matter of if we experience another Toba but when. Evidence from geological record suggests that such eruptions should occur twice every 100,000 years. We are living on borrowed time. 1. – Which of the following is not true? – Many of the world’s dormant volcanoes A seem to be reviving. B could be the source of the next eruption. C are virtually certain to be the source of the next catastrophic eruption at the prearranged place. D are likely to erupt again. 2. What could be the impact of big eruptions on the entire planet? A They could cause a drop in temperature. B The dust and ash thrown into the atmosphere could reach the surface. C Modern civilisation could be enriched by new experiments. D The temperature drama could fall. 3. A full-scale nuclear war A was destined to swallow London 73,000 years ago. B was predicted to be prior to the conditions comparable to the volcanic winter the Earth entered 73,000 years ago. C is insignificant compared with Toba, Sumatra, 73,000 years ago. D created a hole 50m across and 100m deep. 4. What title would you give to the text? A Volcanic borrowings. B Geological records of dormant volcanoes at risk. C The fire next time. D Tambora or Toba: decline or fall?

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Text 11 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

The issue of how our heritage is to survive an ever greater inundation of tourists becomes more and more pressing. The inundation is happening here and now. London has run out of hotel rooms, Heathrow has run out of tarmac. Think of the impact made already, and multiply all that by 10: that gives some indication of the mighty tide of tourism we will face in the nearest future. But this is not just a problem for the future. Under the press of numbers, many tourist experiences are already being destroyed. Everybody gets to see the picture, the monument, the palace – but no one gets to see it properly. Everyone goes to Venice, but all you can think about while you are there are the jams of people seeing it with you. The result is the progressive closing-off of sensitive sites. The danger is that more and more of the planet’s cherished places will suffer the same fate: disappearing under immense crowds, then being ‘rescued’ with the result that no one is able to enjoy them at all. Allowing the tourist market to take its course unimpeded makes no more sense than allowing loggers to have their way in Amazonia. For any particular monument there is an optimum number of people who can enjoy it to the full at any given time. The task ahead for those who administrate such places is devising ways that will permit access to the right sorts of numbers, so that each person who pays their entrance fee will do so confi128

dent that they will be able to enjoy it to the full, in the same way that they enjoy the theatre or cinema, confident of having a seat with a view. The challenge of the future will be to allow all who want it the most intimate possible contact with our heritage, while making sure that future generations will be able to enjoy it in the same way. Those twin goals will be impossible without a widespread and intelligently administered form of time ticketing. 1. Which of the following is not true? A The need to protect everything precious handed down to new generations is becoming more and more urgent. B There isn’t enough of the material that roads and the airport runways at Heathrow are made of. C The mighty tide of tourism will be under the press of the impact it faced. D The overwhelming numbers of tourists will cause even more problems for top tourist attractions throughout the world. 2. Many places that are greatly loved A are on the way of traffic jams of people seeing them with you. B are closed down as sensitive sites for progress in future. C are endangered to be rescued by those who are not able to enjoy them at all. D are destined to be destroyed by an inundation of tourists. 3. What is the only way to keep the heritage for future generations? A To limit the number of tourists who are allowed to visit a site, and also the time that they can spend there. B Let the tourist market develop without restrictions. C To allow loggers to have their way in Amazonia. D To help establish the most intimate possible contact with our heritage. 4. What title would you give to the text? A Cherished places rescued by tourists. 129

B Time ticketing – a panacea for our heritage. C Tourist attractions destroyed forever. D Tourist sites drama for intelligent administrators. 5. The word ‘unimpeded’ means in the text: A regulated, planned. B free, without any obstacles or regulations. C state directed. D lucrative, profitable.

Text 12 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

The popular belief that organised games build character and moral values in young people is a myth, and teenagers who are keen on sport are more, rather than less, likely to be delinquent, according to the latest research. Scientists in New Zealand found that fifteen-year-olds who did a lot of sport were almost twice as likely as their less sporty counterparts to be delinquent at the age of eighteen. “Our study does not support the view that involvement in sporting activity is a panacea for delinquent behaviour. If anything, it may exacerbate the problem”, they say. The researchers have been monitoring around one thousand people from birth and examined sporting participation and anti-social tendencies at the ages of fifteen and eighteen. It used to be thought that “sports build character”, and that by participating in organized sport young people would be exposed to strong conforming influences and would therefore become good citizens. It was as130

sumed that young people’s aggression could be safely channelled through sport. The alternative view, the New Zealand researchers now point out, is that involvement in sport encourages aggressiveness and even cheating, which can be successful in games. They conclude that Outward Bound-type activities, such as hillwalking, canoeing, rock-climbing and sailing, which provide individual challenges, are likely to be more effective in helping young delinquents than organized games. 1. Which of the following is not true? A Scientists from New Zealand found that teenagers going in for sport can be expected to be delinquent. B There is a popular myth that teenagers are keen on sport and delinquency C According to the research, sport activities do not necessarily help to prevent delinquency D According to the research, building character and moral values is not a necessary result of organised sport activities 2. According to the research, teenagers A involved in sporting activity are not ensured against delinquency. B keen on sport are less likely to have sporty counterparts at the age of eighteen. C are almost twice as likely to be sporty at the age of eighteen. D involved in sporting activity have a panacea for delinquent behaviour. 3. Why have the researchers been monitoring people? A To have a panacea for delinquent behaviour. B To monitor birth rates of around one thousand people. C To examine anti-social tendencies from birth. D To establish the connection between young people’s participation in sport and juvenile delinquency.

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4. What title would you give to the text? A Building sporty characters. B Less sporty counterparts. C Sport and delinquency. D Outward Bound-type activities – a panacea or a challenge? 5. The word ‘exacerbate’ means in the text: A to exemplify anti-social behaviour. B to simplify matters. C to make the problem worse. D to solve the problem.

Text 13 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

Physical attractiveness can affect the personality. Of course, notions of what makes a person attractive have changed throughout history and from culture to culture. For instance, the Western ideal of beauty today is to be tanned, slim and athletic. It was not always so, nor is it likely to remain the same in the future. However, within the same culture at any given time, most people agree on which individuals are more or less attractive. Most people also tend to think that someone with good looks is confident and socially adept. These perceptions do seem to hold true up to a point. No doubt part of the explanation is that a person who has been treated as attractive tends to develop more self-confidence in dealing with others. In contrast, a less attractive person may seldom have experienced the same kind of ego-building feedback in social situations. Differential treatment based on appearance seems to begin early in life. In one experiment, women were shown pictures of attractive and unattractive children misbehaving. The women saw the attractive children’s 132

behaviour as temporary, but judged the less attractive ones to have serious behavioural problems. 1. – Which of the following is true? – The notion of what makes a person pleasant to look at A makes a person change throughout history and culture. B is attracted by history and culture. C depends on the physical attractiveness affecting the personality. D has been perceived differently at different times. 2. There is a tendency A among people with good looks to be confident and polite. B to agree on individuals. C to hold true perceptions up to a point. D to think that more attractive people develop more belief in their own abilities. 3. What conclusion does the text draw about the relationship between appearance and self-confidence? A People’s facial expressions are a better guide than their words. B Appearances are deceitful. C Behaviourism is based on the wrong judgement. D People who are considered attractive have more self-confidence. 4. What title would you give to the text? A Appearance counts. B Ego-building on an epic scale. C Perceptions and idols. D As good as it gets or transcontinental beauty. 5. The word ‘adept’ means in the text: A insulting. B rude. C informal. D highly skilled. 133

Text 14 Part B. Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Questions 1 through 5 are based on the text below. Choose the one best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the text. Mark the answer in your answer sheet.

Pigeons make their home in town? No big deal. And it’s no surprise to see a fox trotting away from your bin bags. But the towns are being populated by a lot more than these. Despite our efforts to keep our habitat human only, falcon hover overhead and hedgehogs amble around suburban gardens, safer than they would be in the rolling fields of the countryside. Ecologists accept that the urban environment is a habitat in its own right and that urban wildlife is here to stay. There are two types of urban animal: those that live in towns in spite of us and those that do so because of us. The former are generally native species. Often towns simply imprison them as buildings surround their existing habitat. These species tend to be on the decline as their home is slowly destroyed by human activity. The latter thrive in town. The biggest success of all, the urban pigeon, originally lived on the coast. There it’s known as the rock dove, but centuries ago it became domesticated when it began to nest in specially-built wooden dovecotes. Then it soon hit the streets and began to scavenge for food thrown away by humans. The city provides a warm place to sleep at night, but during the day thousands head out to surrounding farmland to feed on crops. Pigeons truly epitomise town wildlife. “There are very few resident bird species in places like central London”, says George Barker, of the conservation agency English Nature, “but those which are there are there in huge volumes. It’s a city wildlife characteristic – low biodiversity, high biomass”. 1. – Which of the following is not true? – Pigeons making their home in town A never make big deals – only small ones. B can be often seen there. 134

C as well as foxes are no surprise nowdays. D are the biggest success though towns are being populated by other bird species. 2. In cities, the species that originally lived in the area A survive due to the surrounding buildings. B find alternative food sources. C move to other areas. D are not successful there. 3. In what ways are pigeons typical of town life? A They are fed by visitors. B They exist in large numbers. C They take food from other birds. D They are regarded as pests. 4. What title would you give to the text? A Decline and fall of urban wildlife. B On safari in the urban jungle. C Ruralization and urbanization. D Low biodiversity against high biomass.

Part V Sample Questions for the Vocabulary Section

5. The word ‘domesticated’ means in the text: A tamed by humans and used/reared by them for work or food B brutalized, kept on the rolling fields of countryside C nestling away from rural area, asking for food D transformed into pests, troublesome or destructive animals

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Part V Sample Questions for the Vocabulary Section

Find the word (s) that is closest in meaning to the underlined word and mark the answer on your answer sheet.

Directions: (Questions 1-130)

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0. contrast A purpose C agreement 0. D

B choice D difference

6. artificial A heavy C outstanding

B made by humans D short-term

7. assume A believe C aware

B forget D amaze

8. astonish A encourage C delay

B surprise D bear patiently

9. attitude A set of rules C way of thinking

B background D disappointment

1. abandon A begin C discontinue

B sell D dominate

10. benefit A harm C bias

B advantage D loss

2. ability A feeling of thanks C special power

B wish D feeling of gratitude

11. betray A turn against C argue with

B give aid to D overstate

3. advocate A oppose C promote

B understand D oppress

12. brutal A firm C unkind

B small D quiet

4. altruistic A honest C proud

B lying D unselfish

13. burden A deep feeling C protection

B hardship D freedom

B come near D go around

14. bureaucratic A old-fashioned C self-governed

B over-regulated D independent

5. approach A go away from C go ahead

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15. capable A having skill C careful

B not ready D cheerful

16. challenge A something boring C something requiring effort

B reason D request

24. damp A clean C a bit wet

B dusty D good-smelling

25. decadence A disappointment C decline

B dismiss D disapproval

17. charisma A feelings C luck

B proud D personal appeal

26. deceive A prove C reach

B mislead D get back

18. commemorate A share C celebrate

B participate D believe

27. defeat A keep C hide

B beat D take away

28. deliberate A planned C fair

B easy D broken

19. confusion A feeling of danger C feeling of not knowing what to do

B feeling of peace D feeling of happiness

20. conscience A cruelty C plan of action

B memory D moral sense

29. delicate A made less worried C soft, tender

B light in colour D relaxed

21. contemporary A common C old-fashioned

B current D reasonable

30. demoralize A cheat C discourage

B excite D attract

B necessary D dramatic

31. dependent A leading C puzzling

B common D relying

B extend D thrill

32. detect A want C control

B notice D advise

22. crucial A rare C useless 23. curtail A combine C shorten

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33. diligent A self-satisfied C lucky

B hard-working D unskilled

42. embarrassed A proud C flexible

B easy to like D confused

34. dismiss A forget C punish

B disgust D let leave0

43. entertain A make sleepy C interest greatly

B change D offer a thought

35. disregard A follow C obtain

B ignore D seize

44. entire A young C proper

B open D whole

36. distinct A healthy C definite

B hard to notice D reasonable

45. escalate A absorb C weaken

B delay D expand

37. donate A show C forget

B find D give

46. evaluate A judge C remember

B ignore D revise

38. dull A fun C fascinated

B private D boring

47. evident A useful C unlikely

B easy to see D hard to find

39. eccentric A ordinary C odd

B uncaring D careful

48. exaggerate A think about C go away from

B support D enlarge

B unselfish D dishonest

49. excess A good C put apart

B used D leftover

B remove D predict

50. exclaim A remember C call out

B complain D agree with

40. egocentric A self-educated C self-involved 41. eliminate A add to C repeat

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B take advantage of D bring out

59. frank A sure C honest

B worried D careful

B fear D repent

60. fulfil A have an effect on C carry out

B move D repeat

61. furious A unclear C helpful

B angry D quiet

62. generate A impove C remain the same

B worsen D examine closely

63. gradual A happening slowly C becoming quickly

B becoming smaller D becoming bigger

64. grasp A slap C drop

B grab D calm

65. hesitate A act quickly C advise

B be pleased D be undecided

66. hurry A seek C rush

B cry D wash

67. implement A recall C criticize

B put into effect D work quickly

53. failure A something that works easily B something that works well C something that doesn’t turn out well D something that doesn’t exist 54. fallible A optimistic C friendly 55. fiction A news C facts 56. flexible A not correct C precious 57. foresight A wise planning C courage 58. fortunate A sorry C shy

B imperfect D practical

B made-up writing D statements

B able to change D able to imitate

B strength D substance

B silly D lucky

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68. implication A minor fault C imitation

B demand D something suggested

77. intimate A private C false

B boring D expensive

69. implicit A unexpected C unspoken

B inadequate D playful

78. investigate A agree with C delay

B exchange D look into

70. incredible A exhausted C supposed to be true

B expected D hard to believe

79. irritate A help C dislike

B calm down D bother

71. indicate A hide C plan

B show D punish

80. lad A girl C boy

B teenager D adult

81. lethargy A hopelessness C foolishness

B inactivity D courage

72. infamous A unselfish C thought to be annoying

B known unfavorably D giving hope

73. intent A forget C hate

B plan D enjoy

82. loyal A faithful C easy to prove

B helpful D dishonest

74. intense A little C deep

B not important D becoming smaller

83. maintain A take away C keep up

B pass by D give up

B late D planned

84. methodical A accidental C modern

B out-of-date D orderly

B getting in the way D background

85. miserable A very unhappy C rested

B not proper D excited

75. intentional A important C discontinue 76. interference A silence C set of rules

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B false D servant

95. precedent A question C delay

B relief D model

87. occasion A regular day C special time

B boring time D public holiday

96. precise A exact C strong

B busy D well-known

88. odor A warm feeling C smell

B cost D fear

97. procedure A answer C steps

B support D expenses

89. optimum A hopeful C questionable

B best or most favourable D attractive

98. provocative A difficult to understand C desirable

90. option A optimum C choice

B oppression D chance

99. proximity A nearness C luxury

B contract D similarity

91. orient A welcome C question

B locate D declare

100. pursue A run from C suggest

B follow D create

B bring together D get someone to do something

101. recession A rapid growth C sale

B requirement D economic setback

B stop moving D say good things about

102. recollect A remember C agree with

B arrange D select

103. reduction A quarrel C cut

B order D reproduction

92. persuade A stop C do more than is needed 93. praise A stop for a short time C leave alone 94. precede A be part of C stand for

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113. revitalize A recognize C amuse

B refresh D tire out

B not expensive D modern

114. revive A embarrass C be full of energy

B bring back to life D eat quickly

106. resemble A be better than C be easier to find than 107. resist A answer C persuade

B look the same as D get away from

115. scenario A outline of possible events C actual occurrence

B budget D suggested meaning

B invite D say no to

116. severe A fair C strict

B self-operating D boring

108. resolve A forget C decide

B fail D punish

117. silent A valuable C still

B silly D human

109. respond A reply C request

B repeat D remember

118. skeptical A stubborn C generous

B forceful D doubting

110. reveal A stress C feature

B display D improve

119. solution A spelling C question

B reason D answer

111. reverse A weaken someone’s attention C say loudly 112. revise A make changes in C restore power

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120. stubborn A easy to get along with C be hard to do 121. sufficient A expensive C enough

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122. syndrome A something required C based on impulse

B group of symptoms D cause

123. temporary A large C not permanent

B false D short-term

124. terminate A revive C end

B begin D survive

125. thorough A careful C quick

B qualified D exciting

126. ultimate A unknown C greatest

B obvious D most interesting

127. unanimous A alone C in full agreement

B unfriendly D animal-like

128. unstable A easy to break C useful

B not steady D wasteful

129. utopia A city C self-government

B authorization D paradise

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Section I Directions: (Questions 1 – 5)

Listen to the tape and decide which of the four choices A, B, C, D is the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

4. Laura Ashley A began her business in a small way. B was a bored housewife. C began her business building kitchens. D needed a lot of patience. 5. Scandinavian countries A have the highest suicide rates. B set up body shops. C automatically go together with money and happiness. D have comparatively low living standards.

T11 A businessman is talking to a group of students. The theme of his talk is “Getting Rich Doing Business”. 1. What is the first thing the lecturer wants to mention? A Getting rich is a long but easy job. B Very few people get rich quickly. C A few people like listening to lectures. D If a person wants to get rich, he/she would rather get rich quickly. 2. Howard Hughes A was one of the richest men in the world. B got rich frightened and alone. C never wanted to be really rich. D earned his money in the entertainment industry. 3. Paul Getty A was an oil millionaire. B made his money in the aeroplane business C ended his life in prison D frightened people by his security guard.

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Example: Answer:

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8. Modern blimps like the famous Goodyear blimps in that they are filled with helium instead of hydrogen. A differ from B different from C is different from D different as 9. Learners use both visual and auditory derstand a new language. A as well as B both C as well D except

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10. We the letter to the wrong address. That’s why she never recieved it. A must have sent B can send C need to send D may send 11. Absolutely. I A am agreeing C am agree

with you completely. B have agreed D agree

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23. We hope by 8 p.m. A arriving C to be arriving

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20. Work in units called foot pounds. A often measures B is often measured C has often measured D will often measure 21. If I had complained to the manager, I my money back. A will have had B will have C had had D would have had

13. Many roads and railroads were built in the 1880s the industrial cities needed a network to link them with sources of supply. A besides B because C despite D because of

15. We ought to be friendly, ? A ought we B don’t we C oughtn’t we

the news reports are true. A That appears B Appeared that C It is appeared D It appears that

they have said about it. D many

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Section III Part A. Directions: (Questions 26 – 30)

Fill in the gaps in the text with one of the four choices given below. Choose the correct answer and mark it on your answer sheet.

Stand up comedian Basile has appeared on 26 time television, he’s been heard on over 450 radio show and he’s played some of the biggest clubs across the United States. 27 , comedy was not Basil’s first career choice. This native New Yorker, who now lives in North Carolina, played semi-professional football before attending law school. In his final year, needing a break from the stress, he took a year 28 to pursue stand up comedy. That was nine years ago. Since then Basile has used his wit, improvisation skills and voice impersonations to 29 a fast-paced, high-energy show. “My act is always on the edge,” he says. “I never take it too seriously. I try to touch the inner child of every person.” 30 where he performs across the country, Basile says he’s always looking for the same response from his audience. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

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John Rossetti is a typical successful modern company boss. The computer software company he began in 1982 has twenty-five staff and an annual turnover of £2.5 million, but it’s a far cry from the life he once led. 157

For, some years ago, he lived in a prehistoric hut and scraped a living with ancient iron tools. In 1977, he and his wife Kate took part in a unique television project in which they and five other young families spent a year on a reconstruction of a two-thousand-year old Iron Age farm in a wood in Dorset in the west of England. Cut off from the twentieth century, the twelve volunteers had to build their own communal roundhouse and then survive as self-sufficient farmers using Iron Age tools. Cameras filmed their struggle to grow crops and rear ancient breeds of animals. “It was stressful,” says John. “Especially when we had to kill the animals. We had little privacy inside. We took turns bathing in a tub of muddy water once a week.” The group found it difficult to work as a team. Personalities clashed. Rows flared over food – a dull diet of mostly bread and meat – and when to harvest. Their bean crop was wiped out by a storm and in winter the farm was a mud bath. But John learned how to get along with others, be confident and self-reliant. He believes these character-building experiences are what helped him succeed in business. 31. – Which of the following is not true? – John Rossetti A typifies the successful modern company boss. B set up a computer software company. C took part in a television project together with his wife. D cried from the life he once had. 32. What were the most difficult aspects of living life as people did in the Iron Age for Mr Rossetti and other volunteers? A Killing animals, having little privacy, working in a team. B Bathing in a tub. C Personal problems. D Being filmed, struggling for crops. 33. Living in the Iron Age A helped John Rossetti succeed in the computer age. B made John Rosetti be confident in Iron Age. C built business-like characters. D wiped out crops but built characters. 158

34. What title would you give to the text? A Much ado about bosses. B The good old days. C How to survive. D Business is not so black as it’s painted.

39. failure A something that works easily B something that doesn’t turn out well C something that works well D something that causes damage

35. The word “row” means in the text: A number of persons or things in a line. B sort of food to which a person is limited. C argument or quarrel. D science of food values.

40. value A worth C colour

B reason D purpose

Section IV Directions: (Questions 36 – 40)

Example: Answer:

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36. customary A normal, usual, regular C rare

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37. vanish A go out of sight C answer

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L My first name is Theodor. But I don’t like it because my fellows call me ‘Dora’. So I made them say Lorrie instead. J I hate my name too. It’s so sentimental – Josephine. I wish everyone would say ‘Joe’. How did you make the boys stop calling you ‘Dora’? L I thrashed them. J I can’t thrash my aunt March. So I suppose I’ll just have to bear her calling me Josephine. L Don’t you like to dance, Miss Joe? J I’d like it well enough … If there’s plenty of room and everyone is lively but in a place like this I’m sure to upset something and I tread on people’s toes, and do something dreadful so I keep out of mischief. Don’t you dance? L Sometimes. If you will come too. J I can’t for I’ve told Meg I wouldn’t because … L Because what? J You won’t tell? L Never.

J = Joe L = Laurie Oh, dear me. I didn’t know anyone was here. Don’t mind me. Stay if you like. Won’t I disturb you? Not a bit. I only came here because I don’t know many people at the party. It felt rather strange at first, you know. So did I. Oh, don’t go away. Please, unless you’d rather. I think I’ve had the pleasure of seeing you before. You live near us, don’t you? Next door. Remember we chatted when you brought the cat home. Oh, yes. I remember. How is your cat, Miss March. Nicely, thank you, Mr Lawrence. But I’m not Miss March. I’m only Joe. I’m not Mr Lawrence. I’m only Lorrie. Lorrie Lawrence. What an odd name!

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J Well, I had a bad trick of standing before the fire and so I burnt my frocks and I scorched this one and though it’s nicely mended it shows and Meg told me to keep still so that no one would see it. You may laugh too if you want it. It’s funny, I know. L I’m not laughing, Miss Joe. Never mind the burn. I’ll tell you how we can manage. There is a long hall out there. We can chance grandly and no one will see it. Please, come. J Oh, thank you. Thank you, Lorrie.

breakfast was always on the table waiting for David. When we go out, I take much longer than she does to get ready, and she’s also better at entertaining than I am; she tells funnier stories, she’s more polite, she’s cleverer, more interestJ ing… Oh Lord! It sounds as if you’ve got a problem. Why don’t you just tell her what S you think? That’s just it. When she phones me, she sounds sweeter than sugar and she goes on and on – it’s really difficult, you know, to get a word in edgeways. And with David going on about how wonderful she is, I’m sure he J loves her more than me. Well, if I were you, I’d …

J = Jennifer S = Sue Well, how’s married life ? It’s all right, I suppose, but … But what? It’s my mother-in-law! Before we got married David thought I was perfect! Now we’re married, his mother, according to him, is better at everything. And she’s always ringing me up, telling me what to do. Oh dear! Like what? Apparently, she’s a better cook than I am – she never burns the frozen peas! She gets up earlier than me and

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Have you heard the latest news? They’re going to hold an open air concert in Shetford to collect money for a children’s charity. Oh? I heard it was all off. They were going to hold it here, but so many local people complained about it that they’re going to find somewhere else. No! What are they complaining about? It’s all in a good cause, collecting money for children in need. What is there to complain about? Plenty. They were going to hold it in the field by the river. That’s very close to people’s houses. The noise would be unbearable. And think of the mess, all that litter, the car parking problems… Just a minute, how can you be so petty minded? The vast majority of people would love it. There were going to be some great musicians and stalls with information about the different problems in different countries. It was going to be enjoyable and informative. What’s wrong with that? It was going to last all week-

end. Can you imagine, in a field next to the church, on a Sunday? Sunday should be a peaceful day and anyway … A

T5 Richard and Wendy describe how they get close to nature. A=Alex R=Richard W=Wendy A So if you want to go and get close to nature, how do you do it? R In recent times my favourite occupation has been to go walking in woods at dusk to watch for animals at that time which appear furtively, which don’t appear during the day; and the most exciting thing is to see a movement among some dusky undergrowth, and see a deer coming or standing, or seeing a fox taking its prey across the field. That’s very exciting and something we have to wait and watch for. We don’t control this. We just observe and learn and respect. A What about you, Wendy? Where do you go to get close to nature? W Well, it’s become very difficult these days. One has to often take a map, look where

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there are very few villages, where the roads are very small, and where you can go where you do not hear the sound of the motor car. And where would you go in the British Isles to find a natural environment? I was imagining standing on a man-made object, which is the Cobb at Lyme Regls, being surrounded by a storm. So to go to the coast and watch the awful power of the sea, and the sky moving fast overhead, something we have certainly no control of, would be very dramatic, very dramatic. And what about outside England? I mean there’s all of Scotland and Ireland and Wales. If you could go anywhere, if you had let’s say a week, where would you go in the British Isles, Wendy? I think the part of the British Isles that’s given me the most happiness in the last few years that I’ve been to are the island off Scotland. They’re all very very different. They’re all … still contain people who are pursuing the crafts they have done for a long time, and I remember

with particular joy the Outer Hebrides and particularly the island of Harris, which has the most incredible undulating landscape, with lots of water. And climbing the highest mountain on Harris, which is Clisham, and standing on a ridge with the clouds racing in from the Atlantic was probably the most exhilarating experience I’ve had for a long time. T6 I

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got off from the plane, it was ten o’clock at night and it was still quite light, day time, and I was thinking it should be night time here, why it’s so light up here? And well, I didn’t know days are that longer here, and that was the new thing for me when I came over here. Do you enjoy living in Britain? Yes I do, yes, yes. But still I can’t forget the back, yes. When you say you can’t – you can’t forget what? I’m enjoying at the moment, yes, it is nice to live here with the family and because most of our family is here, from my mum’s side as well, and Paul’s side as well. But sometimes when you remember back in India you want to go back, yes. What do you miss? It’s mostly the weather. Because weather is, up there weather is nice, it’s a proper season, you know. We do have rainy season as well, winter, a proper winter as well, and summer as well, so it’s a bit different than here, and the weather was fantastic

up there. What else do you miss apart I from the weather? M Friends! And in the evening atmosphere. Tell me about that a bit. I M Well, up here it’s … all you do, it’s mostly indoors. But over there it’s open air, most of the things, you can go for a walk in the evening, beautiful gardens and all this stuff. And up here even it’s nice gardens and things, but weather spoils it. I know you’re involved in an I English teaching project in Oxford and I’d like you to tell me something about that now. What sort of people do you teach? M … Well I mostly teach people whose language is, English is a second language. Well, mostly people are from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, and some of them have got Chinese students as well, and Korean, and sometimes … one girl we got from Russia as well. So I teach most of them, yeah, if their English, if they need in English, so I teach them as well. T7 P = Paul S = Stephanie

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I saw a programme on TV last night about the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. It’s incredible how rapidly the situation in Eastern Europe is changing. I wish I knew more about the history of all this. Why don’t you talk to Ivan? His family is Russian, I think. He certainly knows all about it, anyway. Yes, that’s a great idea, but I don’t know him very well. I’d like to meet him informally at a party or something like that. I know, you could organize one! Funny you should mention that. I was thinking of having a party for my birthday in a couple of week’s time; I’ll invite him. But if you’re seriously interested in Russia and what it’s like, it’s worth joining the Anglo-Soviet Friendship Society. What exactly is that? It’s a group which organizes social evenings and educational visits and exchanges. You really get to know the Russian community here too. I go along every now and then with Ivan. How about coming with us the next time we go?

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offer a bus service at the beginning and end of every shift I think people would be keen to stay with us. We want their expertise and experience and their loyalty. I agree with Hannah that we have a good, solid workforce and we want to keep as many of them as possible. Your bus idea is a good one, Sam. There are financial implications but I’ll raise that with the Chief Executive. Now any other pluses or minuses? I think it would be good for our image as a modern manufacturing company to be based in the Park. Yes, it certainly would and there’d be more space to entertain important customers. I was thinking along the lines of a corporate dining room rather than just a canteen. Yes, I’m sure that would be good for business. I’m still not convinced that people would be willing to travel out there for work. Many of them like being close to the shopping centre and schools and so on. That’s important for our female staff and, as you know, 65 per cent of the

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staff are female. True, but there is a supermarket just up the road. Do we know how many staff have to pick kids up from school? Perhaps we should research that. I’ll ask Human Resources to look into it. What do you think about a crèche, then? OK but it doesn’t solve the problem for those who need to collect school kids. What about seeing how many are affected and then, if it is a problem, consider looking at the shift arrangements? Let’s move on. Have either of you any thoughts on the accessibility of the new site for lorries and vans? How near the roads and rail services is it?

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pleased to know that Mr Claydon, who is the developer, is with us tonight. Perhaps I could ask you, Mr Claydon, to put forward your ideas about the project. Thank you. It is very kind of you to invite me here tonight to tell you about Blue Notes nightclub and disco bar. Look here Mr Claydon, let’s get this quite clear: we don’t want your nightclub or whatever it is. It’s not because we’re old and difficult. We just don’t want the noise and the mess and we certainly don’t want hordes of drunk teenagers on our streets. I assure you, nor do I, and that’s why I think this club will be good for the neighbourhood. At the moment there’s nowhere for young people to go. They get into trouble. This club will help keep them off the streets and stop some of that crime. It’ll be a safe place for kids to enjoy themselves. Maybe it will but it’s still going to be noisy. We’re going to have our peaceful nights ruined by loud music. There are very strict laws to

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T10 V1 = President of the holiday company V2 = Jim V3 = Staff member V1 I’d like to begin by thanking you all for your loyalty and commitment to the company over the last few months. However we do need to look at the rise in the number of complaints we’ve been receiving. Jim, could you give us your report? V2 Yes, er, we’ve had several quite serious, formal complaints from a number of people. In particular, there have been some problems with the Hotel Splendide. V3 Oh, no, not again!

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The most serious complaints were from two couples and a family who stayed there in July. Mr and Mrs Silk said that the room was dirty and the toilet was blocked. We moved them to another hotel after three days but it was further from the beach so they weren’t too happy. Then a Mr and Mrs Norrish said that a group of young men in the room next door made their lives a misery with their noisy parties. In fact one of the young men apparently broke into their room one night and tried to get them to dance. Mr Norrish then lost it a bit and a bit of a fracas broke out. The hotel manager had to be called. He was not amused! Then there was the Barnes family. They all came down with food poisoning after a meal in the hotel restaurant. The two youngest children had to go into hospital for a couple of days and then the rep had to get them an early flight home as they didn’t want to stay any longer. Was any compensation paid? Yes. The Silks and the Nor-

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No, getting rich is a long, hard job. Business is like the entertainment industry – what the press calls ‘overnight success’ usually comes from fifteen or twenty years’ hard work. Once you’ve made your first million, of course, making the second one is very easy – money makes money, and once you have a lot of it, it’s almost impossible to stop making it. But to get rich in the first place, you have to really want to be rich; that’s got to be very important to you. Not many people want to be really, really rich. What about you in the audience? Do you really want to be rich? Have you thought about the kind of life you might lead? Howard Hughes, who was one of the richest men in the world, ended his life frightened and alone. The late J. Paul Getty, who was a selfmade oil millionaire, lived as a prisoner in his own home. He was surrounded by security guards and dogs. The Scandinavian countries, which have the highest living standards in the world, also have the highest suicide rates. Money and happiness do not automatically go together. But if you know you do want to be rich, and you want to

rishes received £200 and they accepted that. The Barnes were offered another holiday but we haven’t heard back from them yet. Clearly we have problems with this hotel. I take it we won’t be using them next year? That’s right. Well, the rep read the riot act about food hygiene and told them the contract won’t be renewed next year. Good. Well, Jim, I’d like a detailed report on all the cases where the company had to pay out money to customers. That includes costs of flights, holidays and so on. I shall need that information for head office by next Monday. Thank you everybody. That’s all for now.

T11 Hello again, everybody. The first thing I want to say about getting rich is that very few people get rich quickly, and a lot never get rich at all. So if you want to get rich quick, I’m afraid you won’t like this lecture.

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get rich in business, you need a good idea, a lot of patience, and a great deal of determination. Laura Ashley, who began printing fabrics in her kitchen, had the right idea at the right time. Body Shop, which began in a small way too, was set up by a bored housewife. Now there are Body Shops all over England, and the business is expanding rapidly. So you see, a lot of businesses, which began very small, are now worth millions. The next one could be yours …

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Part VIII Answer Key

PART I

Part VIII

1 B 11 B 21 B 31 D

2 A 12 B 22 A 32 A

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 C

4 C 14 B 24 B 34 B

5 C 6 D 7 D 15 B 16 A 17 A 25 B 26 A 27 A 35 B 36 B 37 C

8 B 18 B 28 B 38 D

9 A 19 C 29 D 39 C

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3 A 12 A 21 D 30 A 39 C

4 D 13 B 22 D 31 A 40 C

5 B 14 B 23 A 32 A 41 A

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6 A 15 D 24 C 33 C 42 A

7 B 16 A 25 B 34 C 43 B

8 A 17 B 26 B 35 B 44 B

9 D 18 D 27 B 36 D 45 C

PART III 1A 11 B 21 B 31 B 41 C 51 A 61 B 71 D 81 C 91 A 101 A 111 D 121 B 131 B 141 A 151 B 161 A 171 A 181 A 191 D 201 D 211 D 221 D 231 A

2C 12 D 22 D 32 C 42 B 52 B 62 A 72 B 82 B 92 D 102 A 112 A 122 B 132 B 142 A 152 C 162 D 172 A 182 A 192 A 202 A 212 D 222 A 232 B

3C 13 A 23 C 33 B 43 A 53 B 63 D 73 D 83 A 93 A 103 B 113 A 123 B 133 A 143 A 153 A 163 A 173 D 183 C 193 D 203 D 213 A 223 A 233 A

4B 14 A 24 C 34 B 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 A 84 A 94 D 104 D 114 A 124 B 134 B 144 A 154 B 164 A 174 B 184 D 194 A 204 A 214 A 224 C 234 B

5D 15 B 25 C 35 A 45 C 55 D 65 A 75 D 85 B 95 B 105 D 115 C 125 A 135 B 145 B 155 B 165 B 175 D 185 A 195 A 205 C 215 D 225 C 235 A

6A 16 C 26 C 36 A 46 A 56 C 66 A 76 C 86 D 96 A 106 B 116 A 126 A 136 D 146 A 156 B 166 C 176 A 186 A 196 C 206 B 216 C 226 B 236 C

PART IV 7C 17 A 27 B 37 C 47 A 57 D 67 B 77 C 87 A 97 D 107 C 117 A 127 B 137 A 147 A 157 C 167 D 177 B 187 A 197 B 207 C 217 B 227 A 237 B

8B 18 A 28 A 38 B 48 A 58 D 68 B 78 B 88 D 98 A 108 A 118 B 128 C 138 D 148 D 158 A 168 C 178 D 188 A 198 D 208 B 218 A 228 D 238 B

9B 19 D 29 A 39 C 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 D 89 C 99 B 109 C 119 C 129 C 139 A 149 A 159 D 169 C 179 B 189 D 199 C 209 C 219 B 229 C 239 A

10 D 20 D 30 C 40 D 50 D 60 B 70 B 80 D 90 D 100 D 110 A 120 C 130 A 140 C 150 C 160 C 170 D 180 C 190 B 200 A 210 D 220 C 230 C 240 D

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5 A 15 C 25 A 35 C

6 B 16 B 26 A 36 A

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8 A 18 B 28 B 38 C

9 A 19 D 29 D 39 B

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CONTENTS Предисловие ................................................................................................ 3 Part I. Overview of Tests. Format of Tests. Sample Test............................ 4 Format of Test...................................................................................... 5 Form of Test ........................................................................................ 5 Sample Test ......................................................................................... 6

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Part II. Sample Questions for the Listening Section..................................14 Part III. Sample Questions for the Grammar Section ...............................26

Составители: Ольга Соломоновна Дворжец Наталья Гермогеновна Гичева

Part IV. Sample Questions for the Reading Section ..................................58 Unit I. Lost and found..........................................................................59 Unit II. Legal action ............................................................................65 Unit III. Enigma variations ..................................................................69 Unit IV. Mere technicalities.................................................................74 Unit V. Sheer croppers ........................................................................79 Unit VI. Animal crackers.....................................................................83 Unit VII. Ways and manners................................................................89 Unit VIII. A host of weird stories.......................................................106

Пособие для подготовки к тестированию

Part V. Sample Questions for the Vocabulary Section ............................136

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Test Your English Preparation Guide

Part VI. Final Test....................................................................................152 Part VII. Tapescripts................................................................................161 Part VIII. Answer Key .............................................................................173 Part I ................................................................................................174 Part II ...............................................................................................174 Part III ..............................................................................................175 Part IV .............................................................................................176 Part V ...............................................................................................182 Part VI .............................................................................................182

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