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PRACTICE TEST C64

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. examine B. determine C. airline D. vitamin
Question 2. A. chief B. moustache C. machine D. chef

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to, indicate the word whose stress pattern differs
from that of the others.
Question 3. A. ostentatious B. controversial C. uncontrollable D. competitively
Question 4. A. delicacy B. predominate C. testimony D. eloquence

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 5. A lot of people stop smoking because they are afraid their health will be affected and early
death.
A B C D
Question 6. A novel is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in that the characters and events are usually
imaginary.
A B C D
Question 7. Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the
A B C
history of weather records.
D
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following sentences.
Question 8. I am sorry I have no time at present to ……detail of our plan.
A. bring in B. take into C. come in D. go into
Question 9. Nowadays, with the help of the computer, teachers have developed a ______ approach to
teaching.
A. A. multilingual B. multilateral C. multiple-choice D. multimedia

Question 10. ________ I might, I couldn’t open the door.

A. However hard B. As try C. Try as D. No matter
Question 11. Anna is holding her shopping bag with one hand and turning the door handle with ______.
A. other B. another C. the other D. others
Question 12. She passed the National High School Graduation Exam with ______ colours.
A. bright B. flying C. red D. true

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Question 13. That cannot be a true story. He ______ it up.

A. must have made B. should have made
C. would have made D. can have made
Question 14. My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to______.
A. make ends meet B. call it a day C. tighten the belt D. break the ice
Question 15. The language centre offers courses of various levels, such as elementary, intermediate and
______.
A. advance B. advancement C. advanced D. advancing
Question 16. Geometry is a branch of mathematics ______ the properties of lines, curves, shapes, and
surfaces.
A. that concerning with B. that concerned with
C. that it is concerned with D. concerned with
Question 17. Our industrial output________ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.
A. rises B. has risen C. was rising D. rose
Question 18. Education in many countries is compulsory ……. the age of 16.
A. for B. when C. until D. forwards
Question 19. We must push the piano to the comer of the hall to …….our party tonight.
A. make place for C. make room for
B. take up room to D. give place to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning
to the underlined part in each sentence.
Question 20. A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
A. essential B. understandable C. remarkable D. unnecessary
Question 21. Within hours of the tragedy happening, an emergency rescue team had been assembled.
A. dismissed B. gathered C. restored D. congregated

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined part in each sentence
Question 22. Stay away from someone who always feels superior to you!
A. friendly with B. better than C. worse than D. pity on
Question 23. The neighbors' constant wrangles with each other shattered our tranquility.
A. wrecks B. wraths C. quarrels D. conversations

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24. Sarah: “Oh my God, I’ve missed my bus.”
Christ: “_____. Another will come here in ten minutes.”
A. Thank you B. Don’t mention it C. I hope so D. Don’t worry
Question 25. Jack : “What’s wrong with you?” Jill: “______.”
A. I’m having a slight headache B. No, I don’t care
C. Yes, I was tired yesterday D. Thank you very much

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often
(26) _______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly
worn away. In this way, even very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the
hillsides. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very
(27) _______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (28) _______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that
falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands
help to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (29) _______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the
(30) _______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. As a stream
carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years of such
erosion, wide valleys are often formed.

Question 26. A. holds up B. cleans out C. carries out D. picks up

Question 27. A. large B. little C. few D. much
Question 28. A. store B. back C. stay D. hold
Question 29. A. thinly B. strongly C. thickly D. scarcely
Question 30. A. melted B. building C. melting D. formed

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the question.
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our continual
exposure to media – particularly to an overabundance of news. If you feel stressed out by the news, you are
far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from tuning in to an extreme
degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and the
less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed all that, as
did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a poplulation of rabbits. In 1950, there were 100,000
television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more then a million. Today, it’s not
unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to perhaps over a hundred
channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of them it runs 24 hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of Sptember 11, 2001, live newcasts were paired with
perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of every story all
the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images and
sound bytes alluding to diasater (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the like.
Compounding the proplem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in with

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waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal alarm a
potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that overpromises smooth skin.
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown
anticipation of potetial trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into alarm
mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment. Exposing ourslves to
such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other than a source of chronic stress.
(Extracted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Beating Stress by Arlene Matthew Uhl – Penguin
Group 2006)
Question 31. According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of
twenty-first-century stress?
A. An overabundance of special news
B. The degree to which stress affects our life
C. Our inability to control ourselves
D. Our continual exposure to the media
Question 32. In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ______.
A. means of communication and transprotation were not yet invented.
B. the printing press changed the situation to slowly
C. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
D. most people lived in distant towns and villages
Question 33. The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. boring B. fascinating
C. upsetting D. exciting
Question 34. According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcasts
_________.
A. are full of dangerous diseases such as flu.
B. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen
C. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
D. are forced to publicise an alarming increase in crime
Question 35. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
B. Many people are under stress caused by the media.
C. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.
D. The only source of stress in our modern life is the media.
Question 36. The word “slip” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. release B. bring C. fail D. fall
Question 37. According to the passage, our continual exposure to bad news without perspective is
obviously ________.
A. the result of human brain’s switch to alarm mode.
B. a source of chronic stress.
C. the result of an overabundance of good news.
D. a source of defects in human brain.
Question 38. What is probably the best title for this passage?

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A. Effective Ways to Beat Stress

B. More Modern Life - More Stress
C. The Media - A Major Cause of Stress
D. Developments in Telecommunications

Read-the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
THE SAVANNAH
The tourist looking at the African savannah on a summer afternoon might be excused for thinking that
the wide yellow grass plain was completely deserted of life, almost a desert. With only a few small thorn
trees sticking out through the veld, there seems to be almost no place for a living creature to hide.
However, under those trees you might find small steenbok, sleeping in the shade, and waiting for the
night to fall. There may even be a small group of lions somewhere, their bodies exactly the same shade as
the tall grass around them. In the holes in the ground a host of tiny creatures, from rabbits and badgers to
rats and' snakes are waiting for the heat to vanish.
The tall grass also hides the fact that there may be a small stream running across the middle of the plain.
One clue that there may be water here is the sight of a majestic Marshall eagle circling slowly over the
grassland. When he drops, he may come up with a small fish, or maybe a grass snake that has been waiting
at the edge of a pool in the hope of catching a frog.
The best time to see the animals then, is in the evening, just as the sun is setting. The best time of the
year to come is in late September, or early August, just before the rains. Then the animals must come to the
waterholes, as there is no other place for them to drink. And they like to come while it is still light; so they can
see if any dangers are creeping up on them.
So it is at sunset, and after the night falls, that the creatures of the African veld rise and go about their
business.

Question 39. The savannah appears to be empty because:

A. The animals are sleeping
B. The animals have gone about their business
C. They have been frightened by an eagle
D. The temperature prevents much activity
Question 40. By "go about their business" the writer means:
A. Tourism in Africa is big business
B. The animals go to the river to drink
C. The animals go on with their normal activity
D. The animals are observed by naturalists
Question 41. What kind of book does the text seem to be from?
A. A book for experts on wildlife B. A fictional story
C. A history of Africa D. General non-fiction
Question 42. The phrase "be excused for" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. easily make a mistake of B. feel sorry for
C. be regretting for D. be actually forgiven for

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Question 43. The phrase "a host of" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. a large number of B. only a few C. a group of D. a gang of
Question 44. Why do animals come to the waterholes while it is still light?
A. To see their ways .better
B. To be alert to the possibility of danger
C. To drink enough water before hunting
D. To avoid people watching them
Question 45. The word "he" in paragraph 3 refers to
A. a person B. the writer C. a Marshall eagle D. a small fish

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 46. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.
A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
Question 47. Overeating is a cause of several deadly diseases. Physical inactivity is another cause of several
deadly diseases.
A. Not only overeating but also physical inactivity may lead to several deadly diseases.
B. Apart from physical activities, eating too much also contributes to several deadly diseases.
C. Both overeating and physical inactivity result from several deadly diseases.
D. Overeating and physical inactivity are caused by several deadly diseases.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning
to each of the following questions.
Question 48. "Why don't we wear sunglasses?" our grandpa would say when we went out on bright sunny
days.
A. Our grandpa used to suggest wearing sunglasses when we went out on bright sunny days.
B. Our grandpa would warn us against wearing sunglasses on bright sunny days.
C. Our grandpa asked us why we did not wear sunglasses when going out on bright sunny days.
D. Our grandpa reminded us of going out with sunglasses on bright sunny days.
Question 49. I am sure he did not know that his brother graduated with flying colors.
A. He should not have been envious of his brother's achievement.
B. He cannot have known that his brother graduated with very high marks.
C. That his brother graduated with flying colors must have been appreciated by him.
D. He may not know that his brother is flying gradually up in a colorful balloon.
Question 50. People say that Mr. Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
A. Mr. Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
B. Mr. Goldman was said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
C. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.
D. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.

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