PRACTICE EXERCISE 4 (26/10)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
pronunciation of the underlined part.
1: A. potatoes B. rises C. stages D. churches
2: A. annoyed B. called C. faxed D. studied
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress.
3: A. confide B. communicate C. responsible D. confident
4: A. reject B. sacrifice C. primary D. counterpart
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
5: I didn’t know who she was. I ___________ her before.
A. have never seen B. had never seen C. never see D. never saw
6: I __________ the new book now, so you can borrow my copy if you like.
A. am finishing B. finished C. have finished D. have been finishing
7: I have to go now. I __________ you back later today.
A. am calling B. call C. will call D. am going to call
8: The law __________ companies to pay decent wages to their employees.
A. makes B. says C. obliges D. lets
9: What is your __________ towards arranged marriage?
A. attitude B. opinion C. thought D. idea
10: Teachers are __________ increasing pressure to work longer hours.
A. in B. at C. under D. on
11: Americans believe in “romantic” marriage - a boy and a girl are attracted to each other, fall in love, ___.
A. so they decided to be married to each other B. and decide to marry each other
C. and deciding to marry each other D. and decided to marry each other
12: In most social situations where some informality is allowed, _ brief raise of _ hand and _ small wave is fine.
A. a / a/ a B. a / the / a C. the /x / the D. x / the / a
13: They proposed making secondary education ____________ up to the age of 18.
A. compulsion B. compel C. compulsive D. compulsory
14: You need to learn to ___________ responsibility for your own mistakes.
A. get B. take C. admit D. make
15: Nobody knows why ___________ until next week.
A. was the meeting postponed B. did the meeting postpone
C. the meeting has been postponed D. the meeting postponed
16: Safety should take ______________ over all other matters in the workplace.
A. preceding B. precedent C. precede D. precedence
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word (s) in each of the following questions.
17: If you are walking across the school yard and see your teacher approaching you, a small friendly wave is
appropriate.
A. coming near B. leaving C. advancing D. moving toward
18: Jenny didn’t always listen carefully to the teachers in class. She was quite disruptive.
A. upsetting B. disturbed C. disciplined D. troublesome
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.
19: We can raise our hands slightly to show that we need assistance.
A. communication B. food C. attention D. help
20: My mother has to work on a night shift once a week.
A. variation B. job C. period D. switch
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
21: Woody Guthrie has written thousands of songs during his lifetime, many of which became classic folk
songs.
A. which B. has written C. thousands D. during
22: Some people enjoy preparing their own meals while others would rather eat out regular.
A. regular B. preparing C. others D. eat
23: The large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide in their wives.
A. confide in B. it C. The D. their wives
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following exchanges.
24: Diana: “ I think females are better at learning a foreign language than males.” Anne:“ ______”
A. For me, it’s important to learn a foreign language.
B. Yeah, that’s a good idea. Let’s learn a foreign language immediately.
C. I don’t like that. Males are better.
D. I’m not sure I agree. Males learn foreign languages as well as females.
25: Mary: “_____________” Andy: “ Thank you”.
A. It’s a nice car. B. How is a nice car? C. I’ve just bought a new car. D. Is it a nice car?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following question.
26: I came to her house yesterday morning. She was still sleeping at that time.
A. Because I came to her house yesterday morning, she was still sleeping.
B. When I came to her house yesterday morning, she was still sleeping.
C. Though I came to her house yesterday morning, she was still sleeping.
D. Coming to her house yesterday morning, she was still sleeping.
27: I was tired. I stopped working.
A. I stopped working because of being tired . B. I stopped working in spite of tiredness.
C. I was tired because I stopped working. D. After stopping working, I was tired.
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.
28: “ What made you change your mind?” Joe asked.
A. Joe asked what made you change your mind. B. Joe asked what had made me change my mind.
C. Joe wanted to know what my mind had changed. D. Both B and C are correct.
29: The New Arts Gallery is to exhibit my paintings for the first time.
A. My paintings exhibit for the first time by The New Arts Gallery.
B. My paintings are to be exhibiting for the first time by The New Arts Gallery.
C. My paintings are exhibited for the first time by The New Arts Gallery.
D. My paintings are to be exhibited for the first time by The New Arts Gallery.
30: “I’m afraid we haven’t received the results of your tests yet,” said the doctor to her patient.
A. The doctor told her patient not to be frightened of receiving the results of his tests.
B. The doctor said she was afraid of receiving the results of her patient’s tests .
C. The doctor apologized to her patient for not yet having got the results of his tests.
D. The patient understood that the doctor has some fears about getting the results of his tests.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to incdicate the correct word for each of the blanks
 School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge
we have …31…. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that some people who
are very successful academically don’t have any …32… sense?
Intelligent is the speed …33… which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually
tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are preparing …34… computer technology that will be able to “read”
our brain, for the present, tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is his/her intelligence as it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are …
35… by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976, it had 1,300 members in Britain.
Today, Mensa has members in more than 100 countries.
31: A. caught B. attached C. gained D. fetched
32: A. common B. bright C. natural D. sharp
33: A. to B. on C. in D. at
34: A. ahead B. upper C. forward D. advanced
35: A.  commanded B. appointed C. steered D. run
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.
Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the
glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning
has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person's gaze
without being unfriendly, rude, or aggressive. If you are on a lift, what stare-time are you permitted? To answer
this question, consider what you typically do. You may give other passengers a quick glance to size them up and
to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of
interaction, you need to send out a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact.
That is what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at
the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger's eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a
stranger on a lift, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit
strange yourself.
If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on
the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They
stare at each other for about 3 seconds at a time and then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting
their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second plus stare, he signals , “I know you”, “I am
interested in you” or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you”. This type of stare often produces hostile
feelings.
36: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ____________.
A. every glance has its significance
B. staring at a person is an expression of interest
C. a glance conveys more meaning than words
D. a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable
37: . If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ____________.
A. to avoid eye contact with other passengers B. to keep a distance from other passengers
C. to look into another passenger's eye D. to signal you are not a threat to anyone
38: By “a dimming of the lights”, Erving Goffman means _____________.
A. closing one's eyes B. stopping glancing at others
C. reducing gaze-time to the minimum D. turning off the lights
39: If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ____________.
A. curious B. amused C. depressed D. uneasy
40: The passage mainly discusses ___________.
 A. the exchange of ideas through eye contact B. the limitations of eye contact
C. proper behavior in situations D. the role of eye contact in the interpersonal communication
41: The phrase “For instance” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by ___________.
A. Instantly B. For example C. At once D. For the time being
42: The word “hostile” in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to ____________.
A.gentle B. welcoming C. friendly D. hateful
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.
In today’s competitive world, what responsible parents would not want to give their children the best
possible start in life? For this reason, many parents want their children, often as young as ten months , to
become familiar with computers. They seem to think that if their children grow up with computers, they will be
better equipped to face the challenges of the future.
No one has proved that computers make children more creative or more intelligent. The truth may even
be the opposite. Educational psychologists claim that too much exposure to computers, especially for the very
young, may negatively affect normal brain development. Children gain valuable experience of the world from
their interaction with physical objects. Ten-month-old babies may benefit more from bumping their heads or
putting various objects in their mouths than they will from staring at eye-catching cartoons. A four-year-old
child can improve hand-eye coordination and understand cause and effect better by experimenting with a
colour pencil than with a cursor around a computer screen. So, as educational psychologists suggest, instead of
government funding going to more and more computer classes, it might be better to devote resources to music
and art programs.
It is ridiculous to think that children will fall behind if they are not exposed to computers from an early
age. Time is too precious to spend with a “mouse”. Now is the time when they should be out there learning to
ride a bike. There will be time later on for them to start using keyboards.
43: Why do parents want their children to learn how to use a computer from an early age?
A. Because they want their children to be well prepared for their future.
B. Because they are afraid their children will become competitive.
C. Because this is what all the other parents seem to do.
D. Because they believe their children will have difficulty learning to use one if they don’t start early.
44: Children who spend a lot of time on their computers___________.
A. tend to like music and art more than those who don’t
B. tend to have more accidents than those who don’t
C. will suffer from brain damage
D. do not necessarily make more progress than those who don’t
45: The author implies that children learn better ____________.
A. when they hold and feel things around them
B. when they use a computer
C. after they have developed hand-eye coordination
D. as they get older
46: What would be an appropriate title for this passage?
A. Computers In Schools. B. Let Kids Be Kids.
C. Never Too Early To Start. D. More Computers Mean Brighter Future.
47: What is TRUE according to the passage?
A. There is no evidence that children who use computers are more clever than those who do not.
B. It is better for children to take computer lessons than art lessons.
C. Parents should not put off buying a computer for their children.
D. Computers seriously harm children’s eyes.
48: The word “familiar” in the first paragraph can be replaced by______________.
A. uncommon B. acquainted C. unaccustomed D. strange
49: The word “cursor” in the second paragraph means____________.
A. mouse pointer B. pointer finger C. pointed pen D. sharp needle
50: The word “eye- catching” in the second paragraph means ____________.
A. frightening B. thrilling C. interesting D. boring