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Practice Test 1: 1. What Surprises The Interviewer About The Hunt?
Practice Test 1: 1. What Surprises The Interviewer About The Hunt?
SECTION A: LISTENING
I. You will hear a radio interview about fox hunting. For questions 1-5, choose the answer
(A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. What surprises the interviewer about the hunt?
A. The dogs are no longer allowed to run free.
B. Nothing seems to have changed after the new law on hunting.
C. The hunters seem to have adopted a strange system of hunting.
D. The dogs seemed to be losing their ability to find a fox.
2. According to Brian Hook, ______.
A. he enjoys the thrill of the hunt as much as ever
B. the hunters try to deceive the public
C. it’s difficult to keep up with a hunt to see what is really happening
D. it is impossible for them to monitor all the hunts
3. The new law ______.
A. forbids dogs to chase foxes
B. allows dogs to kill a fox as long as the kill is monitored
C. has proved to be difficult to enforce
D. forbids foxes to be shot
4. What was done wrong in the case of Richard Black?
A. He should not have used dogs to flush the fox out of the hole.
B. He was slow to intervene when the fox was caught.
C. He realised too late that his dogs had caught a fox.
D. He shot the fox and then gave it to the dogs.
5. Hook believes that ______.
A. the law was intended to make the killing of foxes less cruel
B. the countryside will be overrun with foxes
C. the fox could become an endangered species
D. traditional hunting methods are the only way to control the fox population
II. You will hear the historian, George Davies, talking about society and the theatre in
England in the time of William Shakespeare. Decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).
T1. According to Professor Davies, the level of literacy in sixteenth-century England matched
his expectations.
T2. In Professor Davies' opinion, the advantage of the usual method of communication in the
sixteenth century was that people absorbed more of what they heard.
F3. Professor Davies believes that Shakespeare's company developed their basic acting skills
by attending special voice classes.
T4. In Professor Davies' view, the advantage of sixteenth-century theatres was that the
performances were complemented by everyday life.
F5. Professor Davies thinks that sixteenth-century plays were expected to deal with personal
confessions.
II. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of one of the phrasal verbs from the box.
put forth take off get on for back down do away with
1. Johnny was right, so Paul had to ……back down………………… .
2. Dog licenses have been …done away with……… .
IV.Think of ONE word that can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
1. John has just taken up the ___position____ of Marketing Manager at a local college.
He put me in a really difficult __position_______ asking for money when he knows I'm not
very well off.
The yoga teacher told everyone to remain in a standing ___position ____ for 30 seconds.
2. Audiences prefer to see films ___shot___ in exotic locations.
Their new single _____shot_____ to the top of the charts.
A spasm of pain ____shot_____ down his arm.
3. My ___view____ is that the plan will never work, but I could be wrong.
She waited until the whole of the castle was in ____view____ and then took a photograph.
The pictures are currently on ____view_ in the local art gallery.
4. The film company supplied an information _____pack_____ for the sponsors.
She didn't trust him when she discovered he had told her a _____pack____ of lies.
The dealer shuffled the ____pack_____ and dealt the cards.
5. Although it's not very high, it's a ____fair_____ wage for the job.
A ___fair_____ number of people came along to the meeting.
I think it's only ____fair____ to say that she didn't know all the facts.
V. Use the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space. Write your
answers in the space provided.
When (1-MUSE)……musing…… on cities over time and in our time, from the first
(whenever it was) to today, we must always remember that cities are (2-FACT).……
artifacts……… . Forests, jungles, deserts, plains, oceans – the organic environment is born
and dies and is (3-BEAR)……reborn…… endlessly, beautifully, and completely without moral
constraint or (4-ETHIC)……ethical…… control. But cities, despite the metaphors that we apply
to them from biology or nature (“The city dies when industry flees”; “The neighborhoods are the
vital cells of the urban (5-ORGANIC)”) …organism……, despite the the anthropomorphic or (6-
SENTIMENT) …sentimental… devices we use to describe cities – are artificial. Nature has
never made a city, and what nature makes that may seem like a city – an anthill, for instance –
only seems like one. It is not a city.
Human (7-BE)……beings……… made and make cities, and it is they, only, that kill
cities or let them die. And they do both – make cities and (8-MAKE)…unmake…… cities, by
the same means: by (9-ACT)……acts……… of choice. We enjoy deluding ourselves in this as
in other things. We enjoy believing that there are forces out there completely (10-DISPOSE)
……predispose…… our fate, natural forces, or forces so strong and overwhelming that send
cities through organic and biological phases of birth, growth, and decay.
SECTIONC: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Choose the word that best fills each numbered gap.
Questions 1-6: Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
YES if the statement agrees with the writer's claims
NO if the statement contradicts the writer's claims
NOT GIVEN if there is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
Questions 12-14: Complete the summary with the list of words A-I below.
The writer admits that global warming is a (12)........long-term...... challenge, but says that it will
not have a catastrophic impact on our future, if we deal with it in the (13).......right............. way.
If we try to reduce the levels of greenhouse gases, he believes that it would only have a
minimal impact on rising temperatures. He feels it would be better to spend money on the
more (14) .......urgent.......health problem of providing the world's population with clean
drinkingwater.
III. Fill in each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word.
WORLD BOOK DAY
This year’s World Book Day (WBD), which is taking place on March 2, hopes to
encourage everyone, and especially children, to discover the joy of reading.
Schools and libraries are getting involved, with a packed schedule of events designed to
bring books to life. (1)......There..... will be writers popping (2) ………into……… schools to read
from their books and answer questions, and story- telling events. Children will also be able to
take part in readings so that they really have a chance to (3) ……engage…………… with the
books.
(4) ……As…… a further incentive to pick up a book, WBD has joined forces with
National Book Tokens to offer schoolchildren a free $1 book token. The token can be put (5)
……towards …… the cost of any book or audio book of their (6) ………choice………, or used to
SECTIOND: WRITING
Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, using
the word given. This word must not be altered in any way.
1. I don’t think the police are going to drop your case so quickly. (HOOK)
I don’t think the police are going to let you off the hook so quickly.
2. What exactly am I supposed to have done wrong? ( STAND)
What exactly do I stand accused of?
3. The head teacher is well known for his reliability and dedication. (REPUTED)
The head teacher is reputed to be reliable and dedicated.
4. If that’s the way it has to be, then we have to accept it. (SO)
If that’s the way it has to be, then so be it.
5. We are currently spending far more than we earn. (OUTGOINGS)
Our outgoings currently exceed our income.
6. He was finally able to adjust himself to the new working condition. (SWING)
He finally got into the swing of the new working condition.
7. After the game, the children headed straight toward John, who was serving cold drinks.
(BEELINE)
After the game, the children made a beeline to John, who was serving cold drinks.
8. The first part of his plan was to ingratiate himself with the members of the committee.
(FAVOUR)
The first part of his plan was to curry favour with the members of the committee.
9. I made an embarrassing mistake by asking John how his dog was when it’s been dead for
three months. (CLANGER)
I dropped a clanger by asking John how his dog was when it’s been dead for three
months.
10. How do our sales compare with those of other firms? (RELATION)
How do our sales stand in relation to those of other firms?