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PRACTICE TEST 49
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. annual B. vegetation C. eliminate D. survey
Question 2: A. degree B. critical C. fertile D. minimum
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. engineer B. geography C. understand D. disappearance
Question 4: A. minimize B. luxurious C. efficient D. conditional
Mark the letter. A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
italic part in each of the following questions.
Question 5: Henry has found a temporary job in a factory.
A. irregular B. genuine C. permanent D. satisfactory
Question 6: Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly.
A. amicable B. inapplicable C. hostile D. futile
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 7: Mario has now _____ to the point where his English is almost fluent.
A. arrived B. approached C. advanced D. reached
Question 8: Education in Britain has improved since the government started a programme of
educational _____.
A. reform B. resources C. experience D. system
Question 9: I just took it ______ that he’d always be available.
A. into consideration B. easy
C. into account D. for granted
Question 10: Please cut my hair _____ the style in this magazine.
A. the same length like B. the same length as
C. the same long like D. the same long as
Question 11: I accidentally ______ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.
A. kept an eye on B. lost touch with
C. paid attention D. caught sight of
Question 12: Dr Parker gave my mum a lovely _____ for spaghetti carbonara.
A. recipe B. prescription C. receipt D. paper
Question 13: After graduation, she found ______ with a local finance company.
A. career B. workplace C. service D. employment
Question 14: _______ of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would
improve.
A. In the end B. At the height C. On the top D. At the bottom
Question 15: _____ that she burst into tears.
A. So angry was she B. Such her anger C. She was so anger D. Her anger was so
Question 16: We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are _____.
A. out of reach B. out of practice C. out of stock D. out of work
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Question 17: Do you remember Daisy? I ran _____ her at the Fair yesterday.
A. by B. down C. across D. in
Question 18: It is not _____ to be drunk in the street.
A. respecting B. respectably C. respectful D. respectable
Question 19: A: “Can I help you, madam?”
B: “______”.
A. Yes, it's in our summer sale. B. It's very cheap.
C. No, thanks. I'm just looking D. Right. It looks a bit small.
Question 20: A: “Do you mind if I switch the light off?”
B: “_____”.
A. Yes, I mind it, sorry B. What if I don’t mind it?
C. Yes, please do it D. I’d rather you didn’t, if you don’t mind
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21: Ian was under the weather yesterday so he didn't go into work.
A. ill B. strong C. fit D. healthy
Question 22: You must answer the police’s questions truthfully; otherwise, you will get into trouble.
A. in a harmful way C. with a negative attitude
B. as trustingly as you can D. exactly as you can
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 23: The officials object to them wearing long dresses for the inaugural dance
at the country club.
A. to B. them C. wearing D. at the country club
Question 24: Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this
semester.
A. students B. in C. their D. own
Question 25: Biochemists have solved many of the mysteries about photosynthesis, the process
which plants make food
A. have solved B. mysteries C. the process D. which
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 26: She is intent on going to university whether she can get her parents’ approval or not
A. She’s attending university, even though her parents do not approve of her doing so.
B. Whether or not her parents will agree to her going to university depends on what she intends to
study.
C. If she can get her parents’ approval, her intention is to go to university.
D. Even if her parents don’t agree, she’ll still go to university.
Question 27: You can only have my notes on condition that you bring them back tomorrow.
A. I can let borrow my notes until tomorrow, if you like.
B. You must return my notes by tomorrow; otherwise, I won’t lend them to you.
C. You can take my notes, but not until tomorrow.

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D. Providing that you bring them back in good condition, you can borrow my notes until tomorrow.
Question 28: Our team hasn’t won’t a trophy for five years.
A. Every five years our team wins a trophy.
B. Five years ago, our team failed to win a trophy.
C. Five years ago was the last time our team won a trophy.
D. Five years is a long time to wait for our team to win a trophy.
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.
Broad-tailed hummingbirds often nest in quaking, slender deciduous trees with smooth, gray-
green bark found in the Colorado Rockies of the Western United States. After flying some 2,000
kilometers north from where they have wintered in Mexico, the hummingbirds need six weeks to build
a nest, incubate their eggs, and raise the chicks. A second nest is feasible only if the first fails early in
the season. Quality, not quantity, is what counts in hummingbird reproduction.
A nest on the lowest intact branch of an aspen will give a hummingbird a good view, a clear flight
patch, and protection for her young. Male hummingbirds claim feeding territories in open meadows
where, from late May through June, they mate with females coming to feed but take no part in nesting.
Thus when the hen is away to feed, the nest is unguarded. While the smooth bark of the aspen trunk
generally offers a poor grip for the claws of a hungry squirrel or weasel, aerial attacks, from a hawk,
owl or gray jay, are more likely.
The choice of where to build a nest is based not only on the branch itself but also on what hangs
over it. A crooked deformity in the nest branch, a second, unusually close branch overhead, or
proximity to part of a trunk bowed by a past ice storm are features that provide shelter and make for
an attractive nest site. Scarcely larger than a halved golf ball, the nest is painstaking constructed of
spider webs and plant down, decorated and camouflaged outside with paper-like bits of aspen bark
held together with more strands of spider silk. By early June it will hold two pea-sized eggs, which
each weigh one-seventh of the mother’s weight, and in sixteen to nineteen days, two chicks.
Question 29: What aspect of broad-tailed hummingbird behaviour does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Mating habits B. Selection of nest sites
C. Caring for the young D. Migration routes
Question 30: According to the passage, in what circumstances do hummingbirds build a second nest?
A. If there is an unusually large supply of food.
B. If the eggs are destroyed early in the season.
C. If the winter is unusually warm.
D. If the chicks in the first nest hatch early.
Question 31: The word “counts” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. numbers B. estimates C. weighs D. matters
Question 32: According to the passage, which of the following is true of the male broad-tailed
hummingbird?
A. It protects the nest while the female searches for food.
B. It is not involved in caring for the chicks.
C. It shares nesting duties equally with the female.
D. It finds food for the female and the chicks.
Question 33: It can be inferred from the passage that the broad-tailed hummingbirds’ eggs and chicks
are most vulnerable to attack by ______.
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A. humans B. insects C. birds D. squirrels

Question 34: Which of the following would be a good location for a broad-tailed hummingbird to build
its nest?
A. A thick branch C. A branch near the top of a tree
B. the longest branch of a tree D. A protected branch
Question 36: Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage as a nest building material
of the broad-tailed hummingbird?
A. Plant down B. Paper C. Spider webs D. Tree bark
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.
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent", the film has
never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an
indispensable accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition
in the United States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular
tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any
kind was sufficient. Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a
solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to
the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be
added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed.
For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the
conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a
position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces.
Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the
conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in
the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing
suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing
with their films such indications of mood as "pleasant’, "sad", "lively". The suggestions became more
explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable
pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special
scores was that composed and arranged for D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released
in 1915.
Question 36: The passage mainly discusses music that was _____.
A. performed before the showing of a film B. played during silent films
C. recorded during film exhibitions D. specifically composed for certain movie theaters
Question 37: What can be inferred that the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?
A. They were truly "silent"
B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras
C. They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices
D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions
Question 38: It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters need to _____.

A. be able to play many instruments B. have pleasant voices

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C. be familiar with a wide variety of music D. be able to compose original music

Question 39: The word "them” in paragraph 2 refers to .
A. years B. hands C. pieces D. films
Question 40: According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
A. It produced electricity B. It distributed films
C. It published musical arrangements D. It made musical instruments
Question 41: It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around
_____.
A. 1896 B. 1909 C. 1915 D. 1927
Question 42: Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue
sheet of die early 1900's?
A. "Calm, peaceful" B. "Piano, violin"
C. "Key of C major" D. "Directed by D. W. Griffith’s
Question 43: The word "scores" in paragraph 4 most likely mean _____.
A. totals B. successes
C. groups of musicians D. musical compositions
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.
THE TEXTING PIGEONS
Not everybody recognizes the benefits of new developments in communications technology.
Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (44) _____ on young
people's communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school children
may be at risk of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting become, however, that
even pigeons have started doing it (45) ______, in this case, it's difficult to view the results as anything
but positive. Twenty of the birds are about to take to the skies with the task of measuring air pollution,
each (46) _____ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The readings made by the sensors will be
automatically (47) _____ into text messages and beamed to the Internet - where they will appear on a
dedicated 'pigeon blog'. The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to capture aerial
photos, and researchers are building a tiny 'pigeon kit' containing all these gadgets. Each bird will carry
these in a miniature backpack, (48) _____, that is, from the camera, which will hang around its neck.
The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the form of an interactive map, which will provide local
residents with up-to-the-minute information on their local air quality.
Question 44: A. result B. outcome C. effect D. conclusion
Question 45: A. Therefore B. What's more C. Whereas D. That is
Question 46: A. armed B. loaded C. granted D. stocked
Question 47: A. adapted B. converted C. revised D. applied
Question 48: A. instead B. except C. apart D. besides
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 49: It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it.
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting.
B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it.
C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

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D. So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it.
Question 50: The painting displayed in the museum has been stolen. They are rumouring about that.
A. There is a rumour that the painting displayed in the museum has been stolen.
B. The displayed painting is rumoured to be stolen.
C. Displaying in the museum, the painting was rumour to be stolen.
D. As being displayed and rumoured, the painting has been stolen.

THE END

Everyday quote for my beloved students: If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die
poor it’s your mistake.- Bill Gates