Practice test 25

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. education B. graduate C. soldier D. Indian

Question 2: A. danger B. landscape C. hand D. nature

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. accident B. reference C. coincide D. formulate

Question 4: A. envelope B. amazing C. passenger D. decorate

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined, part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.

Question 5: Emotions are complicated psychological phenomena those we cannot sum up in everyday terms.

A B C D

Question 6: Neither of the men arresting as terrorists would reveal information about his group.

A B C D

Question 7: Without the particularly habitat, the species could not survive.

A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.

Question 8: _________ to his brother graduation party, George wouldn’t have met Mary.

A. Had he not gone B. Hadn’t he gone C. If he has not gone D. If he shouldn’t have gone

Question 9: Since they aren’t answering the phone, they _______.

A. need have left B. can’t have left

C. must have left D. should have left

Question 10:

- “Who wrote the poem?”

 - “It is said _________ written by one of the Bronte sisters.”
A. to be B. to being

C. to have been D. to having been

Question 11: The salary of a computer programmer is ______ than teacher.

A. as twice much as B. as much as twice of

C. twice as higher as that D. twice as high as that of

Question 12: I’d sooner they ______ deliver the new furniture tomorrow.

A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. didn’t D. wouldn’t

Question 13: The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted ________ a good answer.

A. put up with B. keep pace with C. made way for D. came up with

Question 14: The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful, but ______ we still had a good time.

A. on the top of that all B. on the contrary

C. for all that D. by the same token

Question 15: My sister is a woman of _______ age.

A. marriage B. married C. marrying D. marriageable

Question 16: In one year’s time, she _______ in this company for 15 years.

A. will be working B. will have been working

C. will work D. has worked

Question 17: Would you mind ________ me a favour and posting this letter for me?

A. making B. doing C. getting D. giving

Question 18: ________ of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would
improve.

A. In the end B. At the height

C. On the top D. At the bottom

Question 19: Recently, the company has received a ________ of complaints from the customers about poor
products.

A. pack B. barrage C. pool D. bank

Question 20:

- Jane: “It’s going to rain.”

- Mary: “________.”

A. I hope not so B. I hope not

C. I don’t hope so D. I don’t hope either

Question 21: We ______ today and I got into trouble because I hadn’t done it.
A. were checked out homework B. had our homeword check

C. have our homewok checking D. had checked our homework

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.

Question 22: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars
according to brightness.

A. shine B. record C. categorize D. diversify

Question 23: Our father has lost his job, so we’ll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.

A. earn money B. save money

C. sit still D. economize

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.

Question 24: Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly.

A. amicable B. inapplicable C. hostile D. futile

Question 25: The mountain region of the country is thinly populated.

A. sparsely B. densely C. greatly D. crowded

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.

Question 26: “It was you and only you who stole my bike”, she said to him.

A. She criticized him for having stolen her bike.

B. She blamed him for having stolen her bike.

C. She arrested him for having stolen her bike.

D. She accused him for having stolen her bike.

Question 27: Without the skilful surgery, he would not have survived the operation.

A. Had it not been for skilful surgery he would not have survived the operation.

B. He wouldn't have survived the operation if he hadn't had skillful surgery.

C. But for skillful surgery, he would have survived the operation.

D. With skillful surgery, he would have survived the operation.

Question 28: It was not until after I got home that I realized that I had not set the burglar alarm in the
office.
A. On the way home, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to turn on the burglar alarm in the office.

B. Fortunately, I realized that I hadn’t set the burglar alarm just before I left for home; otherwise, I would
have had to travel all the way back to the office.

C. I didn’t turn the burglar alarm on before I left the office, but I only became aware of this after I’d arrived
home.

D. I wish I had realized before I arrived home that I hadn’t turned on the burglar alarm in the office, then it
would have been easier to go and set it.

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 questions.

Question 29: I read two books. I didn’t find them interesting.

A. None of the two books I read was interesting.

B. Either of the books I read weren’t interesting.

C. Neither of the books I read was interesting.

D. The two books I read wasn’t interesting.

Question 30: Calling Jim is pointless. His phone is out of order.

A. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order.

B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order.

C. It’s useless for Jim be called because his phone is out of order.

D. There’s no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international (31) _______- governmental organization for
the conservation, research, and restoration of the environment. The organization was (32) _______ as a
charitable trust on September 11 th, 1961 in Morges, Switzerland, under the name World Wildlife Fund. It was
an initiative of Julian Huxley and Max Nicholson.

It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million

(33)________worldwide, working in more (34) _________ 90 countries, supporting 100 conservation and
environmental projects around the world. It is a charity, with (35) __________ approximately 9% of its
funding coming from voluntary donations by private individuals and businesses.

Question 31: A. non B. not C. no D. nor

Question 32: A. produced B. discovered C. used D. formed

Question 33: A. supporters B. residents C. inhabitants D. citizens

Question 34: A. as B. than C. to D. as to

Question 35: A. generally B. individually C. commercially D. approximately

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 from 36 to 42.

Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a
number of objects and a smaller number. In his book “The natural History of Selboure” (1786), the naturalist
Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover’s nest , and how the mother
laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the
absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been
noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five – never four, never six - caterpillars for
each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown
that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.

These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can
actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the
correct number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the
proper number of times.

Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species – as in the case of
the eggs – or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from
concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and
only when the numbers involved are small – not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained
to “count” one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what
interest them. Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting,
nor do they reveal more than innate instincts, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results
of clever, careful conditioning by trainers.

Question 36: What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers.

B. Animals cannot “count” more than one kind of object.

C. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best.

D. Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count.

Question 37: Why does the author refer to Gilbert White's book “The natural History of Selboure” ?

A. To show how attitudes have changed since 1786.

B. To contradict the idea that animals can count.

C. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.

D. To indicate that more research is needed in this field.

Question 38: The word “odd” refers to which of the following?

A. unusual numbers

B. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on

C. lucky numbers

D. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on

Question 39: The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways
EXCEPT________.

A. plovers B. mice C. caterpillars D. wasps

Question 40: According to information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a
result of animals’ intuitive awareness of quantities?

A. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.

B. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.

C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the kitten.
D. A lion follows one antelope instead of the herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.

Question 41: How would the author probably characterize the “people” who are mentioned in the first line
of the second paragraph ______.

A. as mistaken B. as demanding C. as clever D. as foolish

Question 42: The word “they” in the third paragraph refers to_______.

A. numbers B. animals C. achievements D. genes

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 from 43 to 50.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contribution of women
during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to vote
and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne
Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best
contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she
exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little
or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history
books.

Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors
writing about women. These writers, like most, of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their
writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.

During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records
of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s organizations compiled
accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and
stored. These sources form the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States:
one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith
Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.

Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the 19th century, most of the writing
about women conformed to the “great women” theory of history, just as much of mainstream American
history concentrated on “great men”. To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to
American life, female authors singled out women leaders, and wrote biographies, and important women
produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists
working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary
women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being
published.

Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The role of literature in early American histories.

B. The place of American women in written histories.

C. The keen sense of history shown by American women.

D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians.

Question 44: The word “contemporary” in the first paragraph means that the history was _______.

A. informative B. thoughtful C. written at that time D. faultfinding

Question 45: The word “they” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A. efforts B. authors C. counterparts D. sources

Question 46: In the second paragraph, the author points out the weakness in nineteenth-century histories
does the author point out?

A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.

B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.

C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.

D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.

Question 47: On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely
have been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?

A. Newspaper accounts of presidential election results.

B. Biographies of John Adams.

C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem.

D. Books about famous graduates of the country’s first college.

Question 48: What use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger
Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?

A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.

B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century

C. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.

D. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States.

Question 49: In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-
century “great women” EXCEPT____ .

A. authors B. reformers

C. politicians D. activists for women’s rights

Question 50: The word “representative” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.

A. typical B. satisfied

C. supportive D. distinctive