PRACTICE TEST 5 FOR PEC 2021-2022

PART A: LISTENING (15 POINTS)

I. You will hear an interview with a robot scientist. For questions 1-5, choose the best answer A, B, C or
D. (5pts)
1. What does Keith say about his company's latest project?
A. He does not want to talk about it. B. He is not allowed to talk about it.
C. He does not know much about it. D. He does not understand it at all.
2. What does Keith say about robots in films?
A. They are not always shown in a positive light. B. They often have a good sense of humour
C. They are not particularly well designed. D. They always make jokes.
3. Keith expresses concern that robots might cause us __________
A. to do less physical exercise. B. to make great efforts to think.
C. to think less for ourselves. D. to become less intelligent.
4. Keith says that progress in the robotics industry ___________
A. has been as fast as that of computers. B. has been slower than predicted.
C. has been constant over the last century. D. has been so quicker than expected.
5. What does Keith say about humanoid robots?
A. They are unable to perform many tasks. B. Many people consider them to be a toy.
C. People are getting used to seeing them. D. They look like television sets.
II. You will hear a man talking on the radio about Welsh speakers in Patagonia, Argentina. For
questions 6-15, which summarize what he says. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in each
space provided. (10pts)
A popular place for tourists to visit in Patagonia is a Welsh (1) ____________________________.
There are estimated to be (2) ___________________________ speakers of Welsh in Patagonia. The first
settlers wanted to establish a colony in an area which was (3) ____________________________. There
were very few (4) _____________________________ among the first Welsh settlers. The settlers soon
became friendly with the (5) ____________________________. The name for the Andean region where
the Welsh settled means (6) “_________________________”. A Welsh (7)
___________________________ festival is held each year in Patagonia. The National Assembly for
Wales sends (8) _____________________________ to Patagonia each year. The streets and houses of
Gaiman are decorated with (9) ______________________________. The speaker decides to eat (10)
_____________________________ with his tea.
PART B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (25 POINTS)
I. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. (5pts)

1. Apart from the _____cough and cold. I've been remarkably healthy all my life.
A. odd B. opportune C. irregular D. timely
2. I had to take out a bank loan when I started up in business and it took me two years to pay it.____
A. out B. up C. over D. off
3. He's applied for a ( an ) ______lot of jobs but he's only been short- listed once.
A. dreadful B. awful C. enormous D. wide
4. I've been working ______quite a lot of pressure lately.
A. in B. with C. on D. under
5. The smoke ______from the burning tyres could be seen for miles.
A. bulging B. radiating C. billowing D. sweeping
6. Several of the advertising hoardings had been _____ by anti- sexist slogans.
A. deleted B. mutilated C. erased D. defaced
7. The theft of my father's camera cast rather a _____on the holiday.
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A. blight B. curse C. misfortune D. misery
8. I'm afraid I can't tell you what he said. It would be a _____of confidence.
A. rupture B. break C. rift D. breach
9. There's no point in telephoning him. He's certain _____ by now.
A. to leave B. to have left C. left D. having left
10. If you don't stop smoking, you _____this risk of developing chronic bronchitis.
A. bear B. suffer C. make D. run
11. He'll believe anything. He's so _____.
A. garrulous B. gullible C. credible D. believable
12. At _____ time did I ever promise you a pay rise.
A. any B. no C. all D. some
13. As his aunt's only beneficiary, he came _____ a fortune on her death.
A. upon B. across C. into D. up against
14. As he walked along the landing, he _____ himself in the mirror at the top of the stairs.
A. glimped B. glanced C. gazed D. glared
15. I've got such a ______ headache that I can't concentrate on the lecture.
A. beating B. drumming C. harmering D. throbbing
16. Things are going well. In fact, business is __________.
A. soaring B. rolling C. blooming D. leaping
17. The smoke ___________ from the burning tyres could be seen for miles
A. sweeping B. billowing C. radiating D. bulging
18. I couldn’t tell what time it was because workmen had removed the ________ of the clock .
A. hands B. pointers C. arms D. fingers
19. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shop usually _________.
A. reduces B. lowers C. sinks D. drops
20. “I can’t remember us ever _________,” replied the stranger.
A. to meet B. to have meet C. being met D. having met
II. There are TEN mistakes in this passage. Write them down & give the correction. Write your answers
in the space provided. (5pts.)
1. First come the PC, then the internet and e-mail; now the e-book is
2. upon us, a hand-held device similarly in size and appearance to a video
3. cassette. The user simply rings off the website on their PC, selects
4. the desired books, downloads them onto their e-book machine and
5. sits down to read them. For turning a page, the user simply taps the
6. screen. E-book technology is evolving rapidly, and with some of
7. the newest handholds you will even get internet access.
8. But why would one want an e-book machine with reference to a book?
9. Well, one selling point companies emphasized, when these devices
10. hit the market a few years ago, which is the space they save when going
11. on holiday. E-books enlighten the load, literally. Ten large novels can
12. be put onto a device that weighs less than the average paperback. One
13. can understand why commercial interests seem to want us to change.
14. After all, the whole production process at first plan by author
15. until delivery to the printer had been doing electronically for a while
16. now, so why not save a few million trees and cut out the hard copy?

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Your answers
III. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition. (5POINTS)
1. I'm longing __for______the summer holidays to arrive, aren't you?
2. John was about to take his wife out to dinner when it occured _to_____him that he was not married.
3. You ought to be ashamed ___of______ yourself !
4. Hamlet is a play __by________William Shakespeare.
5. The chairman called __for_________Mr. Smith to second the motion.
6. You can change your job. You can move house. But marriage is ___for_______ life.
7. I'm sorry you have been expelled from the garden, Adam, but _to__ some extent it's your own fault.
8. What do you get if you divide 22 __by_______7? A complicated number.
9. You can go to the disco tonight__________condition that you are home by 12 o'clock.
10. Because of a lack __of_______interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.
11. She was irritated __by______the way her fianc pick his nose, so she broke it off.
12. Take advantage ___of_____ this special offer! 50 percent off list price while stocks last !
13. Because of the increase in number of firms offering financial services, there's a bigger demand than
ever __for_______ qualified accountants.
14. Please give my regards __to_________ your mother, Oedipus, when you see her again.
15. " I'm Polish __by__________ birth, but I have French nationality"
16. Congratulations____on_____your thirty-fifth birthday !
17. The railway police have finally arrested the man who has been responsible __for___biting all the
buttons off railway carriage seats.
18. With reference __to_____ your advertisement in today's Guardian, I should like to apply for the post
of Head Clerk in your Sales Department.
19. He went __of_______ his own accord: nobody forced him to go.
20. Sarah is studying hard. She is intent ___on________ getting a good degree.
V. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals (5pts)
Ancient park under threat
Pontefract Heritage Group is so concemed with the level of (0) vandalism (VANDAL) at their
ancient park that it has written to Council Leader Peter Box. asking him to tackle the (1)-
_increasingly__________(INCREASE) worrying problem. In one of the most recent incidents, eight
birch, ash and maple trees were sawn down. Pontefract’s bowling club is planning to create an
(2)___exclusionary__________(EXCLUDE) zone by fencing off the greens to prevent further
(3)___extensive___________(EXTEND) damage to them. These attacks come hot on the heels of damage
inflicted on Pontefract Castle by gangs of youths who have ripped
masonry(4)___discrimination___________(DISCRIMINATE) from the ruins. Michael Holdsworth?
Chairman of the Heritage group, yesterday commented: (5)__noticeable________(NOTICE) damage has
occurred over several years in the gardens and action taken to stop the culprits entering at night has so far
been (6)____effective_________(EFFECT). And it’s not just the bad
(7)___behaviour________________(BEHAVE) of teenagers which is wreaking havoc with the gardens.
Adults misuse them too in the daytime by parking on the grass and flower-beds. Earlier this year, English
Heritage gave the gardens Grade II statas as a site of (8)__historical__________(HISTORY) interest in a
national register of parks and gardens. The gardens date back to the 13th century, when the land formed
part of the monastery gardens of Pontefract’s Dominican Friary. Eaming a place in the register means that
the local council is required to make (9)___provisions_____________(PROVIDE) for the protection of
the gardens. (10)__understandably______________(UNDERSTAND), this means that more investment is
now needed to tackle the problems facing the gardens and provide much-needed facilities.

PART D: READING (25pts)

I. Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the passage and write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (7.5pts)
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 Sleeping disorders like insomnia can (1) ____________ to be a worrying question for many of us. Almost
anyone can easily conjure (2) ____________ at least one sleepless night of (3) ____________ and turning
in bed awaiting the bliss of a deep dream. Most probably, a third of us (4) ____________ the distressing
experience at least once a week.
Even though it is possible for people to (5) ____________ without any sleep at all for a certain period of
time, such occurrences are rather few and far (6) ____________ and there is no evidence to (7)
____________ this assumption. What is sure, however, is the fact that we do need some sleep to
regenerate our strength and to (8) ____________ the brain to its proper activity. No wonder, then, that the
tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night (9) ____________ many of us to go for chemical
support in the form of sleep (10) ____________ tablets and powders.
However long the problem of sleepless has afflicted many individuals, very little has been (11)
____________ in the question of its original causes. We are conscious that it usually (12) ____________
those who are exposed to a great deal of stress, anxiety or depression. It may also be (13) ____________
by overworking or unfavorable surroundings with scarcity of fresh air.
Sleeping pills may provide some relief and can act as an alternative in this desperate situation. Yet, they
do little to combat the ailment in full. Consequently, our hopes should be (14) ____________ on the
medical authorities to (15) ____________ the root cause of insomnia before we take to being nocturnal
leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.
1. A. present B. entail C. realize D. prove
2. A. up B. about C. off D. out
3. A. rolling B. wriggling C. tossing D. spinning
4. A. underpass B. undergo C. underline D. undertake
5. A. operate B. process C. function D. perform
6. A. between B. along C. within D. beyond
7. A. proclaim B. endure C. invalidate D. substantiate
8. A. recuperate B. restore C. revive D. resume
9. A. exert B. affect C. enforce D. compel
10. A. inducing B. attaining C. exacting D. contributing
11. A. disparaged B. retrieved C. detected D. originated
12. A. betrays B. besets C. bemoans D. bestows
13. A. engendered B. applied C. instigated D. evolved
14. A. placed B. ascribed C. focused D. attached
15. A. emerge B. release C. determine D. confess
II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (0) has been done as an example.
(7.5 pts)
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
There has been a significant shift (0) …………in……………..entertainment trends over the last
twenty years or so. Entertainment used to be public; now it is becoming more and (1) __more_____
private. Formerly, people wanting to amuse themselves did so in groups; these (2) __days_____, people
increasingly entertain themselves on (3) __their_____own.
Long, long (4) __ago_____, there were storytellers. They used to travel around the country and
their arrival was awaited (5) __with_____eager anticipation. In the more recent (6) __past_____, people
used to have musical evening, they used to play games (7) _together______or simply sit around the fire
and chat.
Nowadays, (8) __instead_____of playing board gmes in a group, children play video games alone
or with one other person. People of all (9) _ages______spend their evenings alone watching television,
videos and DVDs. And large numbers of young (and not (10) __so_____ young ) enthusiasts spend their
free time surfing the net, (11) __which_____, by its very nature, tend to be a solitary activity.
Forms of entertainment have always been changing, of course, but (12) _it______ could be said
that these recent changes–all products (13) __of_____technological development - mark a more
fundamental shift. One could further argue that this shift is symbolized by the earphones that (14) -
__are_____in evidence everywhere. Can this deliberate attempt to shut out the rest of the world really be
(15) _called______ entertainment?
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III. Read the following passages and choose the best answers.
Passage A: (3pts)
Charlie Stowe waited until he heard his mother snore before he got out of bed. Even then he
moved with caution and tiptoed to the window. The front of the house was irregular, so that it was
possible to see a light burning in his mother's room. But now all the windows were dark, Charlie Stowe
was frightened.
But the thought of the tobacconists' shop which his father kept down a dozen wooden stairs drew
him on. He was twelve years old, and already boys at the County School laughed at him because he had
never smoked a cigarette. The packets were piled twelve deep below, and the little shop lay under a thin
layer of stale smoke which would completely cover up his crime. That it was a crime to steal some of his
father's stock Charlie Stowe had no doubt, but he did not love his father; his father was unreal to him, a
shadowy figure, pale, thin, indefinite, who noticed him only occasionally and left even punishment to his
mother. for his mother he felt a strong love; from her speech he judged her the friend of everyone. But his
father's affection and dislike were as indefinite as his movements. Tonight he had said he would be in
Norwich, and yet you never knew, Charlie Stowe had no sense of safety as he crept down the wooden
stairs ....
At the bottom of the stairs he came out quite suddenly into the little shop. It was too dark to see his
way, and he did not dare touch the switch. For half a minute he sat in despair on the bottom crept with his
chin in his hands. Then the regular movement of the searchlight was reflected through an upper window
and the boy had time to fix in memory the pile of cigarettes, the counter, and the small hole under it. The
footsteps of a policeman on the pavement made him grab the first packet to his hand and dive for the hole.
A light shone along the floor and a hand tried the door, then the footsteps passed on, and Charlie hid in the
darkness.
At last he got his courage back by telling himself in his strangely adult way that if he were caught
now there was nothing to be done about it, and he might as well have his smoke. He put a cigarette in his
mouth and then remembered that he had no matches.
1. How could Charlie see that his mother's window was dark?
A. He was standing on tiptoe. B. He had moved to the front of the house
C. He had gone downstairs to see D. He could see her window from his room.
2. Charlie was frightened because _________
A. he was going to steal a cigarette. B. the boys at school might laugh at him.
C. he had never smoked a cigarette before. D. his father was waiting downstairs.
3. How did Charlie feel about his father?
A. He liked him very much. B. He thought he was unpredictable.
C. He was jealous of him. D. He felt safe with him.
4. As soon as he went into the shop Carlie _________
A. switched the light on. B. felt safe
C. sat down on the stairs. D. could see the cigarette.
5. What did Charlie do when he heard the policeman?
A. He hid under the counter. B. He tried to get out of the door.
C. He ran back upstairs. D. He put the cigarettes down.
6. Charlie did not smoke a cigarette because _________
A. he regretted what he had done. B. he wanted to behave like an adult.
C. he hadn't brought any matches. D. he was afraid of being caught.
Passage B: (2pts)
You would like to take good photographs of real- life situations but you have few ideas for pictures. I
suggest you look around you. The everyday world is full of scenes being played by ever- changing group
of actors. You probably passed a dozen picture situations without noticing on your way to work this
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 The realistic approach to photography has been perfected in the past by such masters as Henri
Cartier- Bresson and Bill Brandt. But while you can learn a great deal from looking at the work of others,
any success you can hope to achieve in this field has come from developing an individual approach.
The main requirement for any photographer has little to do with technical matters. You must
develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who inhabit it, and you should learn to
notice when a situation may develop to a point where you will be able to take a good picture. Those who
have reached this happy state will be prepared when that moment arises, and will simply raise their
camera quickly and shoot. Others who are not so aware will be struggling with camera cases and lens
caps.
Film manufacturers must be delighted at the thought of the inexperienced photographer setting out
in search of the right situation and the right moment. Many miles of costly material have passed through
thousands of cameras as this endless search continues. But although a lot of this waste must be put down
to inexperience, you'll find that even the professionals have to use a lot of film when they are out shooting.
Not every shot is going to be winner. If you look at the work of even the best photographers you'll
notice dozens of pictures have had to be taken only because they lead up to the successful shot of a
situation that the photographer has obviously been observing through the lens. You may find that you have
taken one or two pictures after the right moment has passed as well. There is seldom more than one shot
which stands out. There is just one point where it all comes together, and you often have to waste film to
catch that precious moment.
1. How can you become a better real- life photographer?
A. by watching other photographers at work. B. by learning about famous photographers.
C. by just taking a great many photographs. D. by developing skills and ideas for yourself.
2. The best real- life photography depends on
A. going out searching for unusual situations. B. becoming highly skilled in camera techniques.
C. being able to tell when a good situation might arise D. having a camera which is easy and quick to use.
3. The waste of film in real - life photography is
A. expensive and unnecessary. B. essential to production of good pictures.
C. limited to amateur photographers. D. the result of poor choices of subject.
4. What is likely to be most successful?
A. taking picture without too much preparation. B. taking a whole series of similar pictures.
C. taking great care to set up the situation. D. taking one picture at the right moment.
IV. You will read a passage and then answer the questions that accompany the passage.
Questions 1-10 (5pts)
The following reading passage has twelve paragraphs A-L. Choose the most suitable headings for
paragraphs B-L from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i-xiv) in the spaces
provided.
LIST OF HEADINGS
i What else is needed to fly
ii Hang gliders' German origin
iii Unpowered flying - a flight fancy?
v The function of battens
vi Safer than ballons and airplanes
vii Training of hang glider fliers
viii The British test
ix Flying a hang glider
x What to do in case of emergency
xi Hang gliders can fly hundreds of miles
xii Development of hang gliders in America
xiii Testing systems to ensure safety
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xiv The structure of hang gliders
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ON THE WING
Hang gliding has come a long way since participants flew a few hundred feet from the top of a hill to the
bottom, and were lucky to finish up in one piece.
A. Suppose a friend told you he had just spent $4,000 on a new hang glider weighing a mere 60lb
( 27 kilos) which he could transport on top of his car and carry on his shoulders. Would you believe his
plan to fly scores of miles without an engine? A flight of fancy? Not at all, he would explain. Hang gliding
no loner deserves its reputation as a sport for reckless idiots who get a thrill risking life and limb by
leaping off cliffs and mountains.
B. Accident still happen, but they are usually caused by pilot error. Equipment failure is rare and most
mishaps result in nothing more than a bit of bent aluminium and a bruised ego. Hang Gliding, a magazine
for American enthusiasts, reckons that for every 100,000 participants the number of fatalities each year for
hang gliding is 22. This, it claims, makes pilots of hang gliders less intrepid than balloonists ( death rate
67) or airline pilots (97).
C. Hang gliders are a marvel of simplicity and strength. A tough framework of aluminium tubing supports
a tailored sail stiffened by lots of alloy battens ( these hold the wing in shape). The whole structure is
braced by stainless- steel rigging wires. Tolerances are so fine that manufacturers have to cut the entire
sail on the same day to avoid variations introduced by changes in temperature and humidity. And the
designs of hang gliders have changed radically from early prototypes made from bamboo and polythene.
D. This unusual form of unpowered flight traces its origins back the work of a German pioneer, Otto
Lilienthal, in the 1890s. He carefully recorded the results of more than 2,000 experimental flights by man-
carrying gliders, many of them made from a 50-foot ( 15 -metre) high purpose- built hill near Berlin.
E. But modern hang gliding owes everything to a pioneer who is still alive: Francis Rogallo. He was
employed in America's space effort during the 1950s to design a steerable parachute for space- capsule
reentry. His work was never used for its intended purpose, but adapted instead by water-skiers to produce
a simple kite which could be towed aloft. It was a small step from this to attempting to make foot-
launched flights on these fragile craft, from the gentle and forgiving sand dunes of coastal California. By
the early 1960s, hang gliding was reborn.
F. Since then home-built kits have been replaced by production-line models made by about 20
manufacturers. Flights used to last a minute or tow. Today's pilot can remain aloft for hours while
traveling huge distances. The world distance record is currently held by an American, Larry Tudor, at 303
miles ( 488 km). It took him nearly nine hours to travel from Hobbs, New Mexico, to Elkart, Kansas.
G. Once airborne, actually flying requires subtlety rather than strength - one reason why women pilots
often perform better than men. The pilot is suspended prone in a cocoon-like harness and controls
direction and speed through gentle shifts of body weight. Launching the machine demands a committed
run of just a few steps down a slope facing the prevailing wind. Landing is harder. The pilot needs the
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H. The necessary accessories include a helmet, gloves, an emergency parachute and a variety of
instruments, including a variometer. This clever box of electronics detects tiny changes in air pressure,
and relays this information as an audio tone and visual readout. Changes occur as the climbs ( lower
pressure) or descends ( higher pressure). The skill is in loitering in the rising air and avoiding the
inevitable sink.
I. All new glider designs undergo rigorous tests before being certified airworthy. There are no
internationally agreed standards, but it is generally accepted that the systems adopted by Germany and
Britain are especially stringent.
J. In Britain, the British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association ( BHGPA) employs a mobile test rig
upon which the aircraft is mounted. The whole unit is towed at high speeds behind a suitable vehicle,
allowing various flying profiles to be tested and measured against the required extremes.
K. Training and coaching have also kept pace with technology and design. In Britain, full-time BHGPA
offices regulate training for beginners in commercial schools, and volunteer coaches at the 40 local clubs
throughout the country provide further training for their 3,500 members. Different countries have different
systems for rating the proficiency tasks of pilots, but all aim to measure attainment, skill and knowledge
through practical tasks and written examinations.

PART E: WRITING (30pts)

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one
given. (5pts)
1. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.
→ Not for______________________________________________________________________________
2. She was just as good as they had thought .
→ She quite definitely came_______________________________________________________________
3. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
→ The more ______________________________________________________________
4. We’ve been trying to sell our house for well over six months.
→ Our house _____________________________________________________________
5. What Anna hates most about these school reunions is posing for photos.
→ There is nothing_________________________________________________________

II. Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that their meanings
remain unchanged. (5pts)
1. Josh is the spitting image of his mother! (RESEMBLANCE)
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2. Maria and her husband disagree strongly about how their daughter should be educated. (EYE)
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3. Kyle is far superior to his brother in terms of technical knowledge. (MATCH)
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4. She did very well on her final exams. (COLORS)
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5. He did everything possible to save his marriage. (POWER)
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III. Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion on the following topic. (10pts)
“Many people believe that A.I (artificial intelligence) will soon make greater advances in many areas.
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To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
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IV. Study the chart that shows the participation in social work by men and women of the country of
Fancy from 1992 to 2000 and write a report of about 150 words describing their contribution (10
pt).

Participation in social work by men and women

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