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ASSOR
ASSORTED
TED PRACTICE
PRACTICE TEST 2
(Time: 50 minutes)

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PART ONE
Fo
rque
sti
ons
 1–
20,
cho
oset
hewo
rdo
rph
ras
e( ,B,Co
 A rD)whi
chb
estc
ompl
et
ese
achs
ent
enc
e.
1. DianaandImetatel eme
ment ar yschoolandwe’ ve________ourf riends hipeve rs ince.
Ake ptt o Bc arr i
e dove r Cke ptup Dt ake non
2. Thet igers il
ently_ ______ _i tspr e
yt hr ought het angl eoft ree
sa tt hee dgeoft he
fores
t .
Apr owl ed Bs talke d Cc rept Dl urke d
3. Paulwasi nt he__ ____ __ofdes pairwhenhehear dt hatJ anewa
wasl eavinghi m.
Aabys s Bde pths Cval ley Dpi t
s
4.I ’
vebe ent r yi
ngt oe xplaint hingstoJ ackiebuti t’
sl i
kehi tti
ngy ourhe ada gains ta
_____ _
_ __wa ll
.
Abr ick Bs tone Cha r
d Dr oc k
5. WhatSus i
et oldmel astni ght____ ____memet hinking.
Abe ga n Bgot Cmade Dpr ompt ed
6.S teveha sdoner ea l
lywe llinl if
e,__ ___ ___thepo ors ta
rtheha d.
Aes tima ting Br egar ding Cc onsidering Dr e mar king
7. Thede pletionoft her ai
nf ore st
sh as_ ____ _
_ _toade cl
ineint henumbe rofs p eci
est here.
Al ed Br esul ted Cgot Dat t
r i
but ed
8. Ther esultso fthee xpe ri
me ntwe res tudiedwi th_ ________i nteres tbyt hes ci
e ntis
ts.
As ha r
p Bfir m Cut ter Dke en
9.S hininghe rtorc
h, Ma ri
ac oul djust_ ____ _
_ _asha do wy
wyfig urec rouche db e hindat re
e.
Awor kout Bma keout Cputout Ddr aw out
10.W
.Wi t
has igh,Pa ul_ ______hi ms e l
ftha thewa
wa svi si
tingt hec it
yf ort heve r yl asttime .
Ar emi nisced Br eme mbe red Cr emi nde d Dr e call
e d
11.I
.Imanagedt oslipi ntothehous ewi
wi thoutMum hear i
ngme
mebuti twasa____ __t hi
ng.
Afine Bna rrow Cc lose Dj ust
12.Myne ighbor ’smus i
cwa s_ _______outs ol oudl yIc ouldn’tg etawi nkofs le
e p.
Apour ing Bbl ar i
ng Cbl azing Dr oa ring
13.S
.SorryIc o uldn’tringyo uy e ster
da ybutmypho nei sont he_ _ _
_ ___ _.
Abl ink Bwi nk Cgo Dr un
14.I
.I_______youar es orryf orwhatyou’ vedone?
Aas sume Bpr e sume Cimpl y Di nfe r
15.S
.Stop_ _____ ___me !I’l
lg eti tdonei nt i
me !
Ai nterfering Bma l i
nge ri
ng Ct ampe r
ing Dhar ass ing
16.D
.Didn’tyouknow t hatAmywa wasgoi ngoutwi t
honeoft het utors?It houghti twas
________knowl edge.

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Acommon Bs hare
d Cge neral Dj oi
nt
17.Whe nIg otst
uckinthee levat
or,Iwasscar
edo utofmy_ _______.
Abrains Bhe ad Cwi ts Dne rves
18.WhenIwasatt heauc t
ionhous e,Iwasluc
kyenought o_______upont hi
sreal
ly
marvelousfind.
Afind Bl i
ght Cdig Dnudge
18.Thereale s
tat
ema rketisveryquietoverChri
stmasbuts al
ess hould________up
whent hespringarri
ves.
Arise Bl i
ft Craise Dpi ck
20.‘
My_ _
_ _____ble
edsf o
rJ ohnsincehiswif
elef
thi m.’
Ahe ad Bs oul Che ar
t Dbody

PART TWO
Forques
ti
ons 21–30,r
eadt
hefo
ll
o wi
ngt e
xtwhichcontans5wo
i rdswhic
hs h
ouldnotbethe
re
and5 mis
tak
es .Under
li
net
heunne c
ess
arywordsandt h
emi s
tak
esa ndwri
tetheco
rre
cti
onsto
themis
tak
esint hes
pac
espr
ovi
ded.Ther
eare2 
exampl
e satt
hebegi
nning.
Pa
cki
ngf
orahol
ida
y
When i tcomest o packing fora hol iday ,ther eseemst o bet wo di sti
nctly differ ent
groups :theoneswhot heywantt obepr eparedf oreve ryeve ntual i
tyand t hos ewho
prefert ot ravellight.Wha tdr ive sthene edt opa cke v
e ryt
hi ng?I si tthede siretha t
whe r
e veryoua re, youc ans t
il
lma keupac upo fte
a ,puto ny ours lippe rsa ndr e
a dy our
favour it
emagazi ne?Peopl ewhodot hisdon’ tr eal
lywantt obeawayf rom homeatal l
.
The yne edabr eak ,perha ps,butwi llonl yr el
a xifthe y’vepa c kedt opr ot
ectthems el
v es
agains tanythingunf amiliarwitht he ymi ghte ncounte rwhi l
et hey ’
rea wa y.
Thisi nclude s
clothingf ora l
lpos si
bleclimaticc ondi tion,r eme diesf ort hewor ld’sde adli
estdi seases,
and aki tbagt oc opewi t
ht hes ortofhol i
da yhazar dsdes cribed i nt henews paper
columnse nti
tle
d‘ Mywor stho lidaye ver ’
.The y’r
eno tre al
lypa ckingf orahol iday–
they’regoi ngpr epar edf oras urvivorexper i
ence.Whataboutt hehol idaymaker swho
takeana lter
na t
iveappr oach?Thef rees pi ri
tswhol eavet hec ompl exi t
iesoft heirlivesa t
home,pac kl i
ghtandwal kpas tt hebaggager ecl
aimt owal ks traightouti ntoanew
wo rldwhe nt hey’llada pttowha tevers ituati
o nsthe ydome et.The irmi nima lsuppl ies
won’ tl astlong,s ot hey’llhav et os k i
pt hes ightseeinga nd s unba thi ngt os earchout
laundr yf aci
li
ties,tablet
sf oras toma chs etupa nds ome thingtode terf rom thes wa rmso f
 biti
ngi nsect
swhi che me rgeafte rdar k.I’m nots uree i
t heroft he segr oupsar ere all
yon
holida yata l
l.Wha tdoy out hink?
_____seem_____
________
____
__ ____
____
____
__ ____
____
____
__ ____
____
____
__ ____
____
____
__

PART THREE
Forquest
ions31–40,co
mple
tethesente
ncesb yasui
tab
lever
bf o
rmi ncol
umn
 A wi
tha
 pre
posi
ti
oni nc
olumnB tomakeaphr
a s
alver
b.Someve
rbsandpre
posi
ti
onsmayb
eus
edmor
e
tha
nonce.Ther
eisanexa
mpleatt
hebe
g i
nning(0).

A B

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bri
ng come do fal
l find away i
nto on out
 get l
ight make pic
k thi
nk t
hrough up upon upwi
th

0.I
tisc
ost
lyt
o_ _! "#"$ _
__ __wi
tha
llt
hes
epl
ast
icba
gs.
31.Whe nhefir s
twe nttoc o l
leg e,Clivefoundhi sst
udiesv er
ydi ffic ult
,b uthei snow
____ _____ ____ ___ve rywe ll.
32.Yous ayy ouwe r
ej ustluc kyt opa ssyourdr iver’
st e
stbutIdon’ tthinkl uck
_____ ____ ____ ___i t
.Youdr ovebr i
lli
antly!
33.I’
llha veto_ ____ ______ ____ _thepr oblemv erycarefullybeforeIc angi vey oua n
answer .
34.Iwa sv e
ryf ortuna teto_ ____ ___________a ne xcel
lentpr iv
atetutort ohe l
pmewi th
mys tudies .
35.Ica n’ttel
lt het eacherI ’
m goi ngt othebe achr a
thertha nhe rclass–I ’
llhavet o
_____ _____ ____ __abe ttere xcusethant ha t
!
36.Theheadmas terist r
yingt o____________ ____whyt hats t
udentdr oppedouti nt he
mi ddl eoft hes eme ster.Itisno ws t
il
lac ompl etemys tery.
37.Cla ssnumb e
rsa r
ev eryl owj ustnowa sal otofstude ntshavetheflub utthe y
shoul d___________ _____s oon.
38.She ll
ya ndEmmaus e dt obeg oodf ri
endsunt i
lthey_ ___
______ _____ _ont he
subj ectofbo yfr i
ends .
39.The yha dat err i
bleq ua rr
e lbutt heys oon_ __________ _____.
40.Promi semey ou’ l
lne ve r__ ______ _
_____ _thes ubjectofr a
cialdiscriminationa gain.

PART %O&R
Forq
ues
ti
ons 
41–48,us
ethewor
di nca
p i
tal
sinbr
ack
etst
ofo
rm awo
rdt
hatfit
ssui
tab
lyi
nthe
bl
ank
.Ther
eisanexampl
eatt
hebegi
nning(0).
Tr
oubl
edWat
ers
Therei
saswift
-mo vi
ng,(0)_
__"n'e!us_
_ __(DANGER)c urrentint
heAr cti
cOc ean
whichflows bac kand for
thbetwee
nMos kenesoyaand Masken,twooft heLogot en
Isl
andsofftheno r
th-wes
terncoas
tofNorway.Itist
hisphenome nonwhichc ausesthe
Maelst
rom,orMoskenstr
aumeninNorwegian,whichhasdest
royed(41)
______________
(NUMBER)s mallshi
ps.
TheMael st
rom i sawhi r
lpool
,amas sofwat erwhichspinsr ound r
apidlyina
(42)
___ __________(CI RCLE)mot i
on and whic
hi sformed by rocksand tidesthat
oppos ethec urr
ent.Itis5mi l
es(8km)wi deandalt
ernat
esinflow betwe e
ntheo pensea
tothewe s
ta ndVes t
fjordentotheeast
,itsc
urre
ntatta
ini
ngave l
ocityof7mi l
es(11km)
anho ura sthetidescha ng
e .
St
ronglocalwi ndsaddt otheha z
a r
do fasea-
cross
inghere,bl
owinga gains
tthecurr
ent
 bet
we en high a nd low t i
de,whi chis whe n( 43)
_______
________ (TREACHERY)
whirl
poolsa r
ec rea
ted.Itwa stheFrenchnoveli
stJule
sVe r
ne,inc onjunct
ionwiththe
Ame r
ican poetEdgarAl lan Poe,who broughtthet er
m “mae l
str
om”i ntocommon
par
lance,exaggerat
ingittothe(44)___
____
______(EXTEND)t hati
tme ansacat
acl
ysmic

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whi
rlpool(
45 )
_____
__ ___
___
_(GULF)e ver
ythinginitspath.Wi ththe(46)_
_ _
______
__ _
(
PASS)oftime,ithasc ometohaveameani ngthatis(47)______________(FIGURE)as
wel
la slit
eral,sot hatnow we can uset he express
ion “mael s
trom” tos peak of
(
48)
____________
_(CONFLI CT)fee
lings
,oremo t
ionalturmoil.

PART %IE
Forq
ue s
ti
ons49–60,r
e a
dthet
extbe
lowandth
ende
cidewhi
chwor
d
 A( ,B,CorD),
bes
tfit
sea
ch
sp
ace.Cir
clet
hecor
rectans
we A
r( –D).The
rei
sane
xa mp
leatt
heb
eginni 0
ng().
Eatbrea kfastandl oseweight
Eati
ngbrea
kfasthelpst
eenagerslos
ewe i
ght ,asurveyofea
ting(0)__
__A____intheUnit
ed
St
ateshasf
ound.Thes tudys howedt hattho sewhoha vea(49)
_______
_me alatbre
akf
ast
ti
me–a ndtheref
oreendupwi t
hahi gher(50 )
________i
nta
ke–a remoreli
kel
ytobewi t
hin
ahealt
hywe i
ghtranget
ha nthosewho( 5
1)__ _
_ _
___thefirs
tme a
lo ft
heday.
Alt
houghi tma yseem(52)________tos wall
ow,thepeoplewhoat emor edi dmore
(53)
_______ act
ivit
y duri
ng the day ,and thatmay be becauset hey didn’tfeelso
(54)
_______.DrP erei
ra,whol edt her es
earch,sai
dt ha
te v
e ncooked bre
a kfa
stswere
 bett
erthanmi ssi
ngoutonf ooda l
together
.‘Whileit’
sbestto(5
5)_______forahe al
thy
opti
on–awhol egrai
nc e
realf
ori nstance–t heevidencedoes(56)
_ _
_____t hateat
ing
anythi
ngi sbet
terthaneat
ingnothing.’
Othe
rs t
udieshaveals
os howntha
tthosewhoe a
tbreakfas
ta r
elessli
kel
ytofeel
(
57)
_______mid-mor
ninga ndsnac
konhigh-
fatf
oodsbef
orelunch.The
yt he
ref
oreha
ve
amore(5
8)_____
___diet
.
DrP e
reirasa i
d:‘Thisstudyc l
ear
lys upportswhatot
herstudi
eshaveshown:kids
whodon’ te atbr eakfas
ttend to(59)_______on moreweight.
’Thisobvi
ousl
y hasa
(60
)__ _
_____e ffectont hei
rlong-t
erm he al
th.Missi
ngbr
eakfa
stisacommo napproach
todieti
ng,particular
lya mongteenagegirls,butt
heywoulddowe l
ltoheedadvi
cea nd
developatasteforbr e
akfast
.
0. Ahabits Broutine Cbehaviour Dpracti
ce
49
.Awhol e Bround Csquare Dma in
50
.Anut ri
e nts Bcalorie Cingredi
ent Dnour i
shme nt
51
.Ajump Bleap Cstep Dskip
52
.Ahar d Bbad Cdiffic ul
t Dtough
53
.Avi t
alising Binvigorating Cbris
k Drefre
shing
54
.Aimmob ile Binope r
ative Clet
hargic Dredunda nt
55
.Ago Beat Cnibble Dpick
56
.Aoffe r Bpropos e Cpersuade Dsuggest
57
.Apa rche d Ball
e r
gic Cpeckish Dfussy
58
.Abe nefic ial Bnut r
iti
ous Chealt
hful Denergeti
c
59
.At a
ke Bget Cgain Dput
60
.Ahur tful Bdetrime ntal Cunfavourabl
e Ddisadvantage
ous

PART SI*

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Forquest
ions61–75
,co
mplet
ethef
ol
lowinga
rti
cl
ebywri
ti
ngt
hec
orr
ectwo
rdi
nea
chs
pac
e.Us
e
onl
yo newo r
dforea
chspa
ce.
Theexer
cis
ebeg
inswit
hane
xamp
le(
0).
Fuelf
ort
hought
HenryFor d’sModelTmotorcarsappea r
ed( 0)___ _!n____thes tr
e e
tsi
na bout1920.At
t
hatt i
mehecoul dhavehad( 61)________________wayofknowi ngthefulleffect
sof
(
62)__________
______hewasdoing.Hewas( 63)________________peoplethenew and
f
unda me nt
alfr
eedom(64)
____
_ _
_ _________pe r
so nalmo bi
lit
y.
Butnow wea reinasit
uat
ion(65
)__________
_____hal
foftheworl
d’sa
irpoll
uti
on
comesfrom c
arexhausts.Nowhere(66)____
________
___thi
smor eappar
entthan i
n
Ame r
ica
’sf
ume -
ladenci
tyofChic
ago.
Butt he pe ople ofChi cago ar e not pr eparedt o watcht heirc it
yc hoke t o
(6
7)__ _____ _____ __.Ne w plansforr i
ddingt hear ea(68)
______________pollut
a ntsare
well(6 9)_
__ ____ _______hand.Pr ohibi
tivetaxes(70)_____
_________f uelwil
lrestri
ctthe
useofc ar
sf orda il
yc ommut i
ng,a ndca rma nufactur
e r
swi l
l(7
1 )
__ _
__ ___
______tos ta
rt
maki ng ‘ c l
ea ner’ mode l
s. One ( 72)______________ pe r
haps t here wille ven
(7
3)__ _____ ______ _c a
rsthatsuckuppol l
uteda i
r,(74)_
_____________itasfuelande mit
cl
eana ir(75)_____ ______
___theire xhausts
.

PART SEEN
Forques
tio
ns76–80
,Choos
ethebes
tphra
seors
ent
ence(
giv
enbelo
wthet
ext)tofil
lea
choft
he
bla
nksinthef
oll
owingt
ext.Wri
teonel
ett
e A
r(-G)ineac
ho ft
henumbe
redsp
aces
.Twooft
he
sugge
ste
danswer
sdonotfitata
ll
.
Anc
ientWander
ers
WhenwasAmer i
cadis
cover
ed?Nobodyknows,Thefirstpeopletosetf
ootonAmer i
can
s
oilhadnowa yofcal
cul
ati
ngti
me,theyhadnoc al
endar.Theyc oul
dno twri
te.Thei
r
g
eographi
calc
oncep
tsweretool
imit
edforthe
mt oreal
izethattheyhadreache
dane w
c
ontin
ent.
(
76)_
__________
__ _,andtheys pe
ntthei
rli
ves,l
ikethe
irfore
fat
hers
,roami
ngthe
f
roz
enc oast
sofAr c
ticSiber
ia,unti
lonefinedaytheyfoundthemsel
vesonthee
ast
ern
s
horeoftheice
-co
veredBe ri
ngS t
rai
t.(
77)
___
______
_____.
Wedonotknow i ftheyhadwal kedacrossf
rozenwat er,orpaddledwi ththeirc
rude
fis hi
ngtackl
ei nafrai
lcraf
talongthena ke
ds horeoft undraands nowdr i
fts
. Nordowe
know whent hei
rdescendantsbegant ospreads outhwardt hr
oughAl askaand down
through t
hewhol eofNor th,CentralandSout hAmer ic
a.(78)_____________,butthi
s
viewi snotunivers
all
yhe l
d.Al la
gr ee
,howe ver
,t ha
tt hefirststepsintoAme ri
cawe r
e
takeninprehist
ori
ctimes.
(
79)
_______
__ _
__,a nd rec
entdisco
verie
si ndicatethatpr i
miti
vef a
mi l
y groups
conti
nuedtomovebackandf ort
hbetweenSi beriaand Alaska.Insi
deAmer i
ca,fr
om
Alaskainthenor t
ht oTierr
ade lFue
goi nthes outh,therisi
ngg ener
ati
ons ett
ledin
igl
oos,i
nwi gwa ms,inl
e a
fhutsa ndi
nc av
es.( 80)__
_ ___
_______.Thusal ongchainof
highl
ydist
inctIndiantr
ibesbegantodevel
opi ns i
deAme ri
ca.No tonl
ydi dtheydiffer

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s
tri
kingl
yfr
om oneano
the
rinfa
cialt
ypeandbodybuil
d,butt
heys
pokequi
teunr
ela
ted
l
anguagesa
ndevolv
edcompl
etel
ydiffer
entwaysofl
if
e.
A. Fi
ndi
nghomeswasofc
our
see
xtr
emel
yimpor
tant
B. Somebel
ievet
hati
twasa
bout17,
000year
sago
C. Thenar
row gapbet
wee
nAr
cti
cAs
iaandAl
askawasal
wayspas
sabl
e
D.Theycoul
dnothaves
uspec
tedt
hatonl
yAr
cti
cani
mal
shadr
ovedher
ebef
oret
hem
E. Ot
her
sco
nti
nue
dtol
ivei
nSi
ber
ia
F
. Thek
eyt
osu
cce
ssl
ayi
nqui
cka
dapt
ati
ont
oloc
alc
ondi
ti
ons
G. Theywe
rehome
les
s,nomadi
chunt
ersandfis
her
men

PART EI+HT
Forques
tins81–89
o ,re
adt
hef
ol
lo
wingpa
ssa
gea
ndc
hoo
set
heb
esto
pti
ont
oco
mpl
et
eth
ebl
ank
s
oranswertheq
ues
ti
o ns
.
Thehuma nbrainist
hela r
ge s
tpr i
ma t
ebrainthathasev
erexis
ted.Howe ver
,itsstr
uctur
e
i
st ypicaloft hatofo therpr imates,witht he same ma
jorc or
ti
cala nd sub c
orti
cal
str
uctures
,arrangedinthes ameconfigur ati
onsandcomposedofneur onswi t
ht hesame
cellarc
hitec
tures.Nevertheless,the human br ai
n mustbe unique in anatomy and
funct
ion bec ause itc ontrol
s s uch s peci
al human adapt ati
ons as s ymbolic
communi cat
ion,speech
,toolpr oducti
ona ndcultur
e.
Thelargestsi
zeoft hehumanbr ain wit
hr especttobodyi sr eflect
ed inuni que
differenc
esi nther el
ati
vegrowth ofthesestruct
ures.Allprima t
ef etuses
,inc l
udi ng
thoseofhumans,f ol
low acommonbr ainandbodygr owthcurveinwhi c
ht hebr ainis
about12perc entofthebodys izeand both grow ataboutt hes amer ate.In mos t
primates
,thispatt
ernchangesaroundthetimeofbi r
tha sbr
aingr o
wt hs l
owsb utbody
growthc onti
nues.Inhuma ninf
ants,t
hissl
owingo fb ra
ingrowt hdo esnoto cc
u runt i
l
mor ethanaye araft
erbirt
hwhilebodygr owthfollo
wspa tt
ernss i
mi l
artothos eo fthe
greatapes.
Ourbrai
nsgrowa stho
ug htheywereint hebodyofaverylar
g eprimate.
Weg i
vebir
th
t
obabie
sonlysli
ghtl
yl a
rgerthanexpecte
df oroursiz
ebutwhi cha r
ene urol
ogi
cal
lyquit
e
i
mma t
ure.Theincr
easedpa r
e nt
alcar
er equire
db ythehelpl
essnesso fourlar
ge-
brai
ned
i
nfa
ntswasprobabl
yimportantintheevol
utionofhuma ns
oc i
albehavior.
Thevol umeoft hebrain orthenumberofneur onsmi ghts e
emt obeanobvi ous
meas ureofbrainsize.Ho wever
, t
hisl
eadstotheunlikel
ypredict
ionthatl
a r
g eungulat
esare
mo r
ei ntell
ige
ntt hanmo nkeysa ndthatelephant
sa ndwha l
esaremo rei nt
ell
igentthan
ourselv
e s
.Co mpa risonso fthes izeoftheb r
ain wit
hr especttot heb ody giv
emo re
r
e a
sona blepredic
tionso fco
mpa rati
veint
ell
igent
,especi
all
ywi thregar
dt ohuma ns.
N!te: ‘ungulates’ are hooe! "a""als#
8
1-8
2 .Acc
ordingt othewr i
ter
,thehuma nbrai
n_ __
_____.
A.isi
denticaltothebrai
nsofot herpr
imates
B.ist
helargestthathaseverexist
ed
C.ist
ota
llyunl i
keanyot herbrain
D.res
emb lestheb r
ainsofotherprimat
esinma nyways

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82-
83.
Theword“anat
omy”inpar
agr
aph1i
scl
oses
tinme
ani
ngt
o___
____.
A.st
ruc
tur
e B.figur
e C.buil
d D.physi
que
8
4-8
5 .Be f
orebirth,t
hehuma nbr a
in_________.
A.deve lopsmor equickl
ythanthebody
B.i sthes a
mes izeasthatofmostothe
rpr i
ma t
es
C.g r
owsa tthesa merat
ea st
heb ody
D. growsa tadiffe r
entrat
etothatofotherpri
ma t
es
85-
86.I
nc o
mpa ri
so nwi thotherpr ima tes,theb odyofahuma ninfantgr
ows___
____
_.
A.muc hmor es l
owl y B.12pe rcentbigger
C.agreatde almor equickly D.a tthes amer ate
87-
88.Humans oci albehaviormayhavee volvedbeca use________.
A.lar
ge-braine dhuma ninfantsh adne urologicalpr o
blems
B.huma ninfa ntswe reuna bletofe ndf orthe ms el
ves
C.huma nba bi eswe rel
arge rthane x pectedf ortheirsize
D.parentswe r ehelples
sa tc a
ringf ort hei
ri nfants
88-
89.I
tseemst ha t____ _
___.
A.int
ell
igenc es houldbeme asure db yc ompa r
ingt hesizeo fbrai
nwitht
hebody
B.somea nima lsa r
emo r
ei ntell
igentt hanhuma ns
C.int
ell
igenc ec anbeme asuredb yt hes i
zeoft hebr a
in
D.animalswi thl argerbrainsa ppea rtobet hemos tintel
ligent

PART NINE
Forq
uesti
ons90–100
,completet
hese
conds e
ntenc
esotha
tithasasi
mil
armeaningtothefirs
t
se
nte
nce,usi
ngt h
ewo r
dg i
ven.Donotc hangethewor dgi .Yo
ven umustuseb e
twe
e ntwo
andeig
ht 
words,i
ncl
udingthewordg
iven.Ther
eisane
xampleatt
heb
egi
nni
ng( 0).
0.Inanemer gency
,Pet
eri
ssomeoneyoucanal
waysrel
yon.
down
er……#i,, ne-e ,et $!u !#n …….
Pet .inanemergenc
y.
9
0.Sci
enti
s t
sthinkt
hetwodise
ase
sma ybeli
nke
d.
connection
Sci
enti
s t
sthink……………………………………. .
…………………. .
twodi
seas
es.
9
1.Maggiei
sintheha
bito
fco
mingi
ntot
her
oom wi
thoutknocki
ngfirst
,
barge
Maggiet
ends…………………………………………. .wi
thoutknoc
kingfir
st.
9
2.Harrygothi
stut
or’
ssu
ppor
twhe
nhea
ppl
iedf
ort
hesc
h ol
ars
hip.
backed
Harry…………………………………………… whe nheappl
iedfort
hes
chol
ars
hip.
9
3.Smokingi
nre
sta
ura
ntsi
sdi
sappr
ove
dofi
nma
nyc
ount
ri
est
oda
y.
upon
Smokingi
nre
sta
ura
nts……………………………………… i nmanycount
ri
est
oda
y.
94.Thefil
ms cr
iptwasver
ydi
ffer
entf
rom t
henoveli
twasbase
don.
res
emblanc
e

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Thefil
msc
ript……………………………………………… t
henove
litwasba
sedon.
95.Tryi
ngt oper
suadesomeonet
oagreewi
thyoucanbeaformidabl
et as
k.
bring
Tryi
ngt o……………………………………………………… c anbeaf ormidabl
etas
k.
96.Icoul
dn ’
tcar
elesswhic
honeofyoudoe
stheshoppi
ng.
difference
It………………………………………………… whi choneofyoudoe stheshoppi
ng.
97.Inspit
eofhe rs
elf
,Pe
nnywa ss
hocke
db yl
it
tl
eJohnny’
sbehaviour
.
help
Penny……………………………………………………. .l
it
tl
eJohnny’sbehavi
our
.
98.Youmayvi sitt
hemus eum asmanyti
mesasyouli
kewiththisti
cket
.
res
tri
ctions
There………………………………………………………… youc anvis
itt
hemuseum
withthisti
cket
.
9
9.Onpub l
icholi
day
sthi
sti
met
abl
ema
ybea
lte
red.
subje
ct
Thist
imetabl
e……………………………………………………… onpubl
ichol
ida
ys.
1
00.
Afte
ral
lyou’
vedonef
orme
,it
’so
nlyf
airt
hatIs
houl
dta
keyououtf
orameal
.
lea
st
Afte
ral
lyou’
vedonef
orme
,……………………………………………. outf
oramea
l.

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ASSORTED PRACTI
CETEST2

Par
tone
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1
112 13 1
415 16 1
7 18 19 20
C B B A B C A D B C C B A A D A C B D C

Pa
rtt
wo
Pa
cki
ngf
orahol
ida
y
When i tcomest o packing fora hol iday ,ther eseemst o bet wo di sti
nc tly different
groups :theoneswhot heywantt obepr eparedf oreve ryeve ntual i
tyand t hos ewho
prefert ot ravellight.Wha tdr ive st hene edt opa cke v
e ryt
hi ng?I si tthede sir
et hat
whe r
e veryoua re, youc ans t
il
lma keupac upo fte
a ,puto ny ours lippe rsa ndr eady our
favour it
emagazi ne?Peopl ewhodot hisdon’ tr eal
lywantt obeawayf rom homeatal l
.
The yne edabr eak ,pe r
ha ps,butwi l
lonl yr el
a xifthe y’vepa c kedt opr ote ctthems el
ves
agains tanythingunf amiliarwitht he ymi ghte ncounte rwhi l
et hey ’
rea wa y .Thisi ncludes
clothingf orallpos si
blec l
imaticc ondition,r eme diesf ort hewor ld’sde a dliestdi seases
,
and aki tbagt oc opewi t
ht hes or tofhol i
da yhazar dsdes cribed i nt hene ws paper
columnse nti
tle
d‘ Mywor stho lida ye ver ’
.The y’r
eno tr e al
lypa ckingf orahol iday–
they’regoi ngpr epar edf oras urvi vorexper i
ence.Whataboutt hehol i
daymaker swho
takeana lter
na t
iveappr oach?Thef reespi ri
tswhol eavet hec ompl exi t
iesoft heirlivesat
home,pac kl i
ghtandwal kpas tt hebaggager ecl
aimt owal ks traightouti ntoanew
wo rldwhe nt hey’lla dapttowha tevers ituati
o nstheydome et.The i
rmi nima lsuppl i
es
won’ tl astlong,s ot hey’llhav et os ki
pt hes ightseeinga nd s unba thingt os earchout
laundr yf aci
li
ties,tablet
sf oras toma chs etupa nds ome thingtode terf rom t hes wa rmso f
 biti
ngi nsect
swhi che me rgeafte rdar k.I’m nots uree i
the roft he segr oupsar ere all
yon
holida yata l
l.Wha tdoy out hink?
seem_
____ ____
!niti!ns_
____ __
_ __su-i-",__
__ __ _
___#ee____ ____uset_
___
 _____is____

Pa
rtt
hre
e
31 Ge tti
ngon 36 Findout
32 c omes/cameinto 37 pickup
33 Thi nkthrough 38 fe
llout
34 l ightupon 39 ma deup
35 Comeupwi th 40 bringup

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Pa
rtf
our

4
1 Nume r
ous 45 engulfing
4
2 ci
rcul
ar 46 Passage
4
3 Tre
acherous 47 figurati
ve
4
4 ext
ent 48 conflict
ing

Par
tfiv
e
49 C 52 A 5
5 A 5
8 B
50 B 53 B 5
6 D 5
9 D
51 D 54 C 5
7 C 6
0 B

Par
tsi
x
6
1 NO 65 Where 69 In 73 be
6
2 What 66 Is 70 On 74 Use
6
3 gi
ving 67 deat
h 71 Have 75 Fr
om/t
hrough
6
4 Of 68 of 72 day
Pa
rts
eve
n

7
6 G 78 B 8
0 F
7
7 D 79 C

Pa
rtei
ght
81-
82 D 8
5-8
6 C 88
-89 A
83-
84 A 8
7-8
8 B

Partni
ne
90 The rema ybeac onnce t
ionbet
ween
91 t oba rgein
92 wa sba ckedbyhi st ut
or
93 I sfrowne dupon
94 Bo r elit
tleresemblancet o
95 Br ings ome bodyr oungt oyourpoi
tofvi
ew
96 make snodi ffere
nc etome
97 c ounl dn’thelpbeings hockedby
98 Ar enor estri
cti
onsonhow manyt i
mes
99 i ss ubjecttochange
10
0 t hel eastIc andoi stakeyou

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