PRACTICE TEST 19-5

A.LISTENING
A. PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. boot B.book C.hook D. foot
2. A. pizza B. sizzle C. drizzle D. muzzle
3. A. decoy B. perishable C. benzene D. supreme
4. A. suggestion B. congestion C. digestion D. devotion
5. A. dairy
B. B. lair C. fair D. gait
 Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
6. A. condolence B. obstinacy C. communism D. painstakingly
7. A. Aborigine B. agriculture C. theatergoer D. caretaker
8. A. Arabic B. aerobics C. lunatic D. politics
9. A. intimacy B. commentary C. preferable D. amphibian
10 . A. volunteer . B. absentee C. committee D. employee

C. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. “How come you didn't tell me that you would quit the job?” - “_____________________”
A. I found the job so interesting. B. Because I am so bored with it.
D. I would love to. Thank you. D. Because I know you would have made a fuss.
2. Dreams are commonly ___________both visual and verbal images.
A. made of B. made from C. consisted of D. made up of
3. From the _____expression on his mother's face, Roy realized that he wouldn't be able to
persuade her.
A. tall B. firm C. weak D. hasty
4. They are unlikely to find any new evidence because so much time has __________since the crime.
A. spanned B. postponed C. lapsed D. elapsed
5. ____________, she went back to her room.
A. There was no cause for alarm B. Without having cause for alarm
C. There being no cause for alarm D. Being no cause for alarm
6. ________to a new office with a salary half as much did he appreciate his former boss's generosity.
A. He had been transferred B. Having been transferred
C. Not until transferred D. Only when he transferred
7. The jury __________her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject.
A. paid B. gave C. made D. said
8. “It is raining outside” - “___________”
A. So is it B. So it is C. So it does D. Is it so?
9. We have all passed our final exams. We are going to ______________the town red to celebrate.
A. color B. decorate C. paint D. make
10. Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his __________until it was
announced publicly.
A. cap B. tongue C. umbrella D. hat
11. Mary is an __________liar, You must take what she says with a small grain of salt.
A. incorrigible B. incurable C. irredeemable D. irremediable.
12. They live in a very ____________populated area of Italy.
A. sparsely B. scarcely C. hardly D. barely
13. I__________my best suit - everyone else was very casually dressed.
A. needn't wear B. mustn't wear C. needn't have worn D. mustn't have worn
14. It is an _______ that the most talented artists often go completely unrecognized in their lifetime.
A. irregularity B. eccentricity C. anomaly D. abnormality
15. My husband told me in no ______ terms that I would have to economize on household expenses.
A. unsure B. uncertain C. vague D. unclear
16. “He's not interested in Physics, is he?”- “_____________”
A. No problem! B. No, he isn't. I'm afraid.
C. Yes, he is not at all. D. I promise he isn't.
17. My father supposes, ___________, that he will be retiring at 60.
 A. like most people did B. like most people do
C. as do most people D. as most of people
18. After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their __________________
down and enjoy themselves.
A. hearts B. heads C. hair D. souls
19. The headmaster at my last school was a stern disciplinarian and made sure we_________the line.
A. drew B. touched C. faced D. toed
20. Unfortunately, their house ______________while they were at the restaurant celebrating their
anniversary.
A. had burgled B. got burgled C. went burgled D. burgled
Part 2. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
Example: Line 1: wrongly wrong
LINE TEXT
1 Things started to go wrongly as soon as we got to the hotel. We
2 were all completely exhausted after our long journey and looking forward
3 to shower and a rest. However, we found that our room has not ready,
4 which was very annoyed, although the manager was extremely apologetic.
5 While we were waiting, we asked about the excursions to places of
6 an interest which we had read about in brochure. Imagine how we felt
7 when we were told they had all cancelled! Apparently, the person
8 responsible for organize them had left suddenly and had not been
9 replaced. Then Sally saw a notice pinning to the door of the restaurant,
10 saying it has closed for decoration, and Peter discovered that the
11 swimming pool was empty. When we eventually got to our room we
12 were horrified to find that it was at the back of the hotel, and we had a
13 view of a car park, which seemed to be used like a rubbish dump. We
14 seriously began to wonder whether or not to stay.

Part 4. Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets. Write your answers in the spaces
provided below.
THE WORLD TODAY
One way to stay abreast of and have intelligent opinion on global issues is by reading The World
Today. By doing this you will receive a regular and________________________(1.BIAS) briefing on
the people and events that shape our world. Each week, this publication __________________________
(2.TANGLE) the important issues through concise, informative and challenging articles. The most
complex subjects are presented with______________________(3.CLEAR), so you will acquire an
___________ (4.DEEP) and focused knowledge of countries, industries and topics of worldwide
concern. The World Today is___________________________(5. SURPASS) for the quality of its
reporting. Regular feature articles examine a range of___________________(6.CONTEND) issues,
from international trade wars to the exploitation of___________________(7.REFUGE).
In short, The World Today makes the world a little more comprehensible. A__________________
(8.SUBSCRIBE) to The World Today is a sound business decision. Take advantage of our exclusive
introductory offer: you can save 55% off the usual price if you return your order within the next 21 days.
The price includes free_____________________________________(9. DELIVER) and immediate
access to our online library. Now is________________(10.QUESTION) the right time to join many
of the world's business and national leaders who read The World Today.
C. READING (60 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
History Set in Stone
Many species of animals and plants have disappeared from the earth. They have died out, or
become (0) But sometimes animals or plant (1) .... can be found buried in rocks. These are called
fossils. Imprints in rocks (2) (.... prints, for example) are also called fossils.
Not every creature (3) .... as a fossil. Many simply rot away completely and leave no (4) .... of
their existence. Because many creatures and plants have disappeared without leaving any fossils, we will
never know anything about them.
The study of fossils, or palaeontology, to give it its scientific (5) ...., became established at the beginning
of the nineteenth century. Before this research began, people did not believe that fossils had once been
(6) Large fossil teeth were seen as evidence of a race of giants in the past, while ammonites, a very
(7) .... type of fossil which you might easily find yourself on a beach or among rocks, were called
snakestones because of their snake-like (8) People believed that snakes had been (9) .... to stone by a
miracle.
The most famous fossils of all are the dinosaurs. There are, of course, no dinosaurs on (10) .... in zoos.
They were not (11) .... to extinction by humans as some animals have been, but became extinct millions
of years before our own species developed. The reason why the dinosaurs became extinct is still a
mystery. Many theories have (12) .... the disappearance of dinosaurs with major (13) .... change.
One possibility is that a gigantic meteorite crashed into the earth (14) .... so much dust into the
atmosphere that the (15) .... of sunlight was reduced. The temperature would have fallen and, as a
consequence, many types of plants and animals would have become extinct.

0 extinct B extinguished C remote D obsolete

1 A bones B evidence C parts D remains
2 A toe B paw c palm D hand
3 A lasts B survives c continues D develops
4 A marks B proof c remnants D trace
5 A name B term c description D status
6 A alive B physical c living D flesh
7 A common B usual c normal D frequent
8 A type B manner c shape D figure
9 A petrified B made c ossified D turned
10 A exhibition B appearance c sight D display
11 A hunted B brought c chased D driven
12 A connected B joined c explained D initiated
13 A climatic B temporal c weather D seasonal
14 A disturbing B displacing c putting D pushing
15 A heat B amount c degree D period

Part 2. Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in
corresponding numbered boxes.
QUEST - THE NEXT BIG THING?
How often do you go along to a gig and see (1)_________________ new? Well, Quest's Friday
night gig at the City Hall certainly caught my (2)_______________. Having heard one or two tracks
online, I was (3)____________ a group of about six musicians. Imagine my surprise when just
three young men walked on stage.
It was clear that the band already have a small but (4)________________ following. A group of
fans in front of the small stage were singing (5)______________ to at least half of the songs. And it
was easy to see why. Quest have a clever combination of catchy (6)________________, an irresistible
beat, and very much their own sound. All three of the band members play with great energy and
expertise (7)_______________ their age.
The only downside was when it came to the encores. They (8)_________________ up repeating
some of their material and giving us cover (9)__________________ of early rock classics. A bit
disappointing, but give them time and I'm sure they'll be writing a lot more.
I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from Quest. Check them out every Friday at the City Hall
until the end of the month. It's well (10)_________________ it.

Part 4. Read the following text and do the tasks that follow.
Tea and Industrial Revolution
A. Alan Macfarlane thinks he could rewrite history. The professor of anthropological science at King‘s
College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades trying to understand the enigma of the
Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular important event –the world-changing birth of industry –
happen in Britain? And why did it happen at the end of the 18th century?
B. Macfarlane compares the question to a puzzle. He claims that there were about 20 different factors
and all of them needed to be present before the revolution could happen. The chief conditions are to be
found in history textbooks. For industry to “take off”, there needed to be the technology and power to
drive factories, large urban populations to provide cheap labor easy transport to move goods around, an
affluent middle-class willing to buy massproduced objects, a market-driven economy, and a political
system that allowed this to happen. While this was the case for England, other nations, such as Japan,
Holland and France also met some of these criteria. All these factors must have been necessary but not
sufficient to cause the revolution. Holland had everything except coal, while China also had many of
these factors.
C. Most historians, however, are convinced that one or two missing factors are needed to solve the
puzzle. The missing factors, he proposes, are to be found in every kitchen cupboard. Tea and beer, two
of the nation‘s favorite drinks, drove the revolution. Tannin, the active ingredient in tea, and hops, used
in making beer, both contain antiseptic properties. This -plus the fact that both are made with boiled
water- helped prevent epidemics of waterborne diseases, such as dysentery, in densely populated urban
areas. The theory initially sounds eccentric but his explanation of the detective work that went into his
deduction and the fact his case has been strengthened by a favorable appraisal of his research by Roy
Porter (distinguished medical historian) the skepticism gives way to wary admiration.
D. Historians had noticed one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that required explanation.
Between about 1650 and 1740, the population was static. But then there was a burst in population. The
infant mortality rate halved in the space of 20 years, and this happened in both rural areas and cities, and
across all classes. Four possible causes have been suggested. There could have been a sudden change in
the viruses and bacteria present at that time, but this is unlikely. Was there a revolution in medical
science? But this was a century before Lister introduced antiseptic surgery. Was there a change in
environmental conditions? There were improvements in agriculture that wiped out malaria, but these
were small gains. Sanitation did not become widespread until the 19th century. The only option left was
food. But the height and weight statistics show a decline. So the food got worse. Efforts to explain this
sudden reduction in child deaths appeared to draw a blank.
E. This population burst seemed to happen at just the right time to provide labor for the Industrial
Revolution. But why? When the Industrial Revolution started, it was economically efficient to have
people crowded together forming towns and cities. But with crowded living conditions comes disease,
particularly from human waste. Some research in the historical records revealed that there was a change
in the incidence of waterborne disease at that time, the English were protected by the strong antibacterial
agent in hops, which were added to make beer last. But in the late 17th century a tax was introduced on
malt. The poor turned to water and gin, and in the 1720s the mortality rate began to rise again.
F. Macfarlane looked to Japan, which was also developing large cities about the same time, and also had
no sanitation. Waterborne diseases in the Japanese population were far fewer than those in Britain.
Could it be the prevalence of tea in their culture? That was when Macfarlane thought about the role of
tea in Britain. The history of tea in Britain provided an extraordinary coincidence of dates. Tea was
relatively expensive until Britain started direct trade with China in the early 18th century. By the 1740s,
about the time that infant mortality was falling, the drink was common. Macfarlane guesses that the fact
that water had to be boiled, together with the stomach-purifying properties of tea so eloquently
described in Buddhist texts, meant that the breast milk provided by mothers was healthier than it had
ever been. No other European nation drank tea so often as the British, which, by Macfarlane‘s logic,
pushed the other nations out of the race for the Industrial Revolution.
G. But, if tea is a factor in the puzzle, why didn‘t this cause an industrial revolution in Japan?
Macfarlane notes that in the 17th century, Japan had large cities, high literacy rates and even a futures
market. However, Japan decided against a workbased revolution, by giving up labor-saving devices
even animals, to avoid putting people out of work. Astonishingly, the nation that we now think of as one
of the most technologically advanced, entered the 19th century having almost abandoned the wheel.
While Britain was undergoing the Industrial Revolution, Macfarlane notes wryly, Japan was undergoing
an industrious one.

Questions 1-7:Reading passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G Choose the correct heading for
paragraphs A-G from the list of headings below.

List of headings 1. Paragraph A

i Cases of Japan, Holland and France 2. Paragraph B
ii City development in Japan 3. Paragraph C
iii Tea drinking in Japan and Britain 4. Paragraph D
iv Questions about lower infant mortality rate 5. Paragraph E
v Preconditions necessary for industrial revolution 6. Paragraph F
vi Time and place of industrialization 7. Paragraph G
vii Conclusion drawn from the comparison with Japan
viii Relation between population and changes of drink in Britain
ix Two possible solutions to the puzzle

Questions 8-13:Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement is true
FALSE if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage
8 The industrialization did not happen in China because of its inefficient transportation.
9 Tea and beer protected people from waterborne disease.
10 Roy Porter disagreed with the proposed theory
11 The reason of lower child deaths is fully explained by food.
12 The British made beer by themselves.
13 Tax on malt indirectly affected the number of population.
 D. WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets so that the meaning stays the same. You
must use between TWO and SIX words, including the word given.
1. You can't just suddenly decide to go on a safari. You need to plan things very carefully. (SPUR)
Going on safari isn't a decision you can make................................................................moment. You
need to plan things very carefully.
2. When he was at his most successful, the president had enormous influence. (HEIGHT)
At......................................................................................, the president had enormous influence.
3. Some services may be running late due to bad weather. (SUBJECT)
Some services....................................................................................................due to bad weather.
4. Sally became known throughout the country as a result of her popular TV series. (HOUSEHOLD)
Sally .........................................................................................a result of her popular TV series.
5. They were never aware at any moment that something was wrong. (TIME)
At..................................................................................................that something was wrong.
Part 2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
1. The film is similar to Shakespeare's Hamlet in a number of ways.
The film bears ..................................................................................................................................
2. They believe that Oliver failed his exam because he was nervous.
Oliver's failure .................................................................................................................................
3. He imitated George Bush and other politicians in a humorous way.
He took .............................................................................................................................................
4. The boy wasn't allowed to have any friends, so he became an introvert.
Deprived...........................................................................................................................................
5. The direct aim of the statement is to make the public aware of the present situation.
The statement boils ..........................................................................................................................