PRACTICE TEST 2 LISTENING PART 2

A. Listening
Ex: You will hear a woman talking about her job as a probation worker. For
questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which fits best with what you
hear
1. Why did probation work appeal to the woman?

A. She had a hard beginning

B. She was eager to disabuse people from the belief that there was no option

C. Her hard work made up for her lack of a degree

D. The IQ test motivated her

2. What did the woman do alongside studying for a degree in Health and Social Care?

A. An ambulance driver at St. John’s ambulance service

B. A probation servicewoman

C. An activist at a domestic youngster academy

D. A probation officer

3. What flair is especially needed?

A. Chronological prioritization

B. Information filtering

C. Explicit coverage

D. Universal interaction

4. What’s the merit or shortcoming of the work?

A. The heavy workload

B. The inconsistency

C. Chances to work with criminals

D. The prevailing tensions

5. What’s the next goal of the woman?

A. Become a Practice Manager

B. Subjugate a team
C. Become Junior Probation Officer

D. No plan for that

B. Lexico-Grammar
Ex:
1. We should be able to deal with them easily. After all, we had them ______
A. stamped B. marked C. targeted D. taped
2. We’re in a hurry, just cut through the _____ tape.
A. second B. red C. blue D. trivial
3. The second cause of the increase in rabies rates is the rise in the _____ population.
A. canine B. hound C. wolf D. fox
4. A scree _____ demonstrates a downward kick in the curve of variance explained after the
fourth factor.
A. statistics B. plot C. chart D. scheme
5. She's decided to write her memoirs to ______the record straight once and for all.
A. set B. make C. change D. bend

C. Reading
Ex: For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the word which fits best
each gap. Use only one word

The birth of the London Marathon

ln 1979, hours after having run the New York Marathon, the 1.__________Olympic champion Chris
Brasher wrote an article for The Observer newspaper which began: "To believe this story you must
believe that the 2. __________ race is one joyous, happy family, working together, laughing together,
achieving the impossible. Last Sunday, in one of the most trouble-stricken cities in the world, I 1,532
men and women from 40 countries in the world, 3. __________ by over a million black, white and
yellow people, laughed, cheered and suffered during the greatest folk festival the world has seen."
Enchanted with the sight of people coming together for such an occasion, he concluded by 4.
__________ "... whether London could stage 5. __________ a festival?" Within months the London
Marathon was born, with Brasher making trips to America to study the race organization and finance of
big city marathons such as New York and Boston, the oldest in the world. He secured a 6. ________with
Gillette worth  £50,000, established the organization’s charitable status, and set 7. ________ six main
aims for the event, which he not only hoped would echo the scenes he had 8. _________ in New York,
but also put Britain firmly on the map as a country capable of organizing major events. His vision was
realized on March 29th 1981, with the inaugural London Marathon proving to be an instant 9. ________.
More than 20,000 people applied to run: 7,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on
Constitution Hill as cheering crowds 10. __________ the route.
Ex: From questions 1-4, read the text and answer questions 1-4 by choosing A, B, C, or D.

1. What was the writer’s intention when he/she quoted Keira’s saying?

A. Explain Keira’s defeat

B. Further emphasize the predisposition

C. Distinguish Keira and other members of the casts

D. Show how Keira played her character

2. What did the writer feel pity for about “Fast Food Nation”?

A. How few the box office numbers were

B. The absurd views of the victims

C. The potential of the meat corruption

D. The overlaying of pomposity

3. How did Mira Nair handle the film?

A. She narrowed down the shooting range of some scenes

B. She was scrupulous in the film making process

C. She chooses scenes that reminded her of her tour to America

D. She took a lot of practical advice

4. What’s the astonishing aspect of “Amazing Grace”

A. The ubiquitous historical reference

B. The authenticity

C. The amount of make-up involved

D. The physical properties of its copies