PRACTICE TEST 33

USE OF ENGLISH
I. Choose the best answer.
1. Research has shown that there is no difference at all between the brain of the average woman and
______ of the average man.
A. whose B. which C. who D. that
2. Karl's got ______ a fast car.
A. pretty B. very C. quite D. extremely
3. ______ of the members of the committee came up with a different proposal.
A. Every B. Everyone C. Each D. Anyone
4. He ______ a rare disease when he was working in the hospital.
A. took B. suffered C. infected D. caught
5. Harry’s poor performance in the test ______ nerves.
A. was put down to B. was put up with C. put down to D. put up with
6. ______ your time - don't rush.
A. Tell B Find C. Spend D. Take
7. Do you know who ______ the fact that sound travels in waves?
A. invented B developed C. discovered D found
8. We have had the roof of our house ______.
A. to replace B. replacing C. replaced D. being replaced
9. He lost his job ______ no fault of his own.
A. through B. by C. with D. over
10. You shouldn't ______ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
A. have talked B. talk C. have been talked D. be talked
11. Because it was faster, Jim ______ on my taking the plane to London instead of the train.
A. resisted B. insisted C. refused D. reminded
12. It’s vital that the key to the problem of global warming ______ before the weather patterns of the world
are disrupted irreparably.
A. being found B. found C. be found D. to be found
13. He wouldn’t be a millionaire now ______ an investment in his business some years ago.
A. if he made B. if he wouldn’t make C. were he to make D. had he not made
14. His ______ of the safety regulations really can't be ignored any longer.
A. disregard B. inattention C. unfamiliarity D. carelessness
15. The restaurant is very popular with film stars, artists, and the ______.
A. same B. similar C. such D. like
16. It was ______ that we spent the whole day at the beach.
A. so nice a weather B. such nice weather
C. such nice a weather D. so a nice weather
17. Our boss would rather ______ during the working hours.
A. we didn’t chat B. we don’t chat C. us not chat D. us not chatting
18. The instructor blew his whistle and ______.
A. off the runners were running B. off ran the runners
C. off were running the runners D. the runners run off
19. “Never be late for an interview, ______ you can’t get the job.”
A. otherwise B. if not C. or so D. unless
20. I could not ______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me.
A. make off B. take in C. get along D. hold on

II. Read the sentences below. Complete each sentence with either MAKE or DO and one suitable
preposition.

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1. My lawyer advised me to __________
make of
the best __________ this difficult situation.
2. Before signing the contract, the client wished to __________ some enquiries __________
make into the matter.
3. do
The university students are going to __________ research __________
on the effects of noise pollution on
people.
4. Bill wanted to __________
make a good impression __________
on the company’s president.
5. The police officer was instructed to __________
make a detailed report __________
on the strange incident.
6. Your plan will only __________
make trouble __________
for the people you are supposedly trying to help.
7. if we __________ good use __________ our resources, we can achieve our goal.
make of
8. do
This ugly furniture does not __________ justice __________
to this magnificent house.
9. We __________ a considerable contribution __________
make to the heart foundation every year.
10. Why don't you __________ yourself __________ home while I get ready?
make at
11. Emissions from factories __________
do considerable harm __________
to the environment.
12. Everyone stepped aside to __________
make way __________ the marching soldiers.
for

III. Fill in each gap with one suitable particle or preposition.

1. The thieves made __________
off with all the precious artifacts in the museum.
2. up
The boy made __________ a ridiculous story about alien abduction to avoid sitting for the exam.
3. Let's make __________
for the nearest village before it gets dark.
4. When the baby was born, we made the study __________ into a nursery.
5. I couldn't quite make __________
out what she was saying, as her English was very poor.
6. Even though Derek had made __________ up __________
with Joanne, the tension between them was still
evident.
7. up
Women make __________ a large proportion of the workforce nowadays.
8. Ever since my salary cut, I’ve had to do __________
without many little luxuries.
9. The management decided to do __________ __________ the old machinery and modernised the factory.
away with
up
10. When I grow __________, I want to become a singer.
11. out
We've grown __________ __________
of the childish pranks we used to play on our teachers.

IV. Complete the sentences below with the BARE INFINITIVE, the FULL INFINITIVE or the -ING
form of the verbs in brackets. You can use either the Present or the Perfect form.
1. We watched the ship _______________
disappear (disappear) slowly over the horizon
2. Forgive my _______________ (get) so upset about such a trivial matter.
getting
3. She begged her brother _______________
to lend (lend) her his car, but he refused
4. The children were not accustomed to _______________
living (live) in a village.
5. The thief admitted _______________
stealing (steal) the jewels
6. driving
My wife prevented me from _______________ (drive) as I was really tired.
7. My driving instructor encouraged me _______________
to take (take) the driving test.
8. I’m in favour of _______________
keeping (keep) the environment clean.
9. How about _______________ (leave) on Thursday evening?
leaving
10. That man is believed _______________
to have caused (cause) the accident.
11. They are unlikely _______________
to come (come) home early tonight.
12. The traffic was so heavy that it took me three hours _______________
to get (get) to my country house.

V. There is one mistake in each sentence below. Find, UNDERLINE and correct it.
1. The abilities to work hard, follow directions, and thinking independently are some of the criteria for
success in the workplace. thinking
2. Some gorillas beat their chests as an express of high spirit. expression
3. For decades, journalist Theodore H. White wrote books described American presidential Elections. describing
4. Endangerment is a broad issue that involves the habitants and environments where species live and
interact on one another. with
5. Even on the most careful prepared trip, problems sometimes happen. carefull

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V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a
word that fits the gap in the same line.
COMPUTER GAMES
To get an idea of the (1) ____________ and technical skill that goes into a computer
artistic 1. ARTIST
game, you only need to visit the Los Angeles studio of Electronic Arts, the world's largest 2. INFLUENCE
and most (2) ____________
inluential game-maker. The firm's (3) ____________
creative team have just 3. CREATE
started work on the (4) ____________
latest version of one of their most popular games. As 4. LATE
you enter the building, you see an (5) ____________
impressive display of photographs that help 5. IMPRESS
you to imagine what the game's particular look and style will be like.

The (6) ____________ experts

development of the game will involve engineers, technical (7) ____________ 6. DEVELOP
and (8) ____________,
musicians and will cost more than $10 million These days, there is a great 7. EXPERTISE
deal of (9) ____________ between making a game and making a Hollywood movie, and
similarity 8. MUSIC
it's big business 9. SIMILAR

According to (10) ____________,

economists Americans spend more than $70 billion on computer 10. ECONOMY
games each year, or in other words, they buy two games per household. Part of the 11. EXPLAIN
(11) ____________
explanation for the success of the games is the (12) ____________
unexpected rise in the 12. EXPECTED
number of adults who are buying them, not as gifts for (13) ____________, but for their
teenagers 13. TEEN
own (14) ____________
personal use. 14. PERSON

WRITING
Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it is closest in meaning to the one
printed before it.
1. I have always admired my father for all the work he does. LOOKED
looked up
I have always __________________________________________________ for all the work he does.
2. Nobody thought the film was any good, apart from Harry. EXCEPTION
With ________________________________________________
the exception of Harry everyone thought the film was bad.
3. It’s your responsibility to make sure all books are returned on time. FOR
You are ________________________________________________
responsible for making sure all books are returned on time.
4. ‘Do you realise how late it is?’ Bob asked his wife. IF
Bob asked his wife ___________________________________________________________
if she realized how late it was it was.
5. We might be late back so take your mobile. CASE
Take your mobile __________________________________________________________
in case we are late back.
6. I hate the way our Maths teacher is always criticising me in class. DOWN
I hate the way our Maths teacher ______________________________________________
putting me down in class.
7. Chris doesn't type as fast as his secretary. TYPIST
Chris' secretary is _________________________________________________________
a faster typist than he is.
8. John feels he doesn't share many interests with his new penfriend. LITTLE
John feels he _____________________________________________________________________.
has little in common with his new penfriend
9. Matt seems to be naturally good at playing the piano. TALENT
Matt seems to ______________________________________________________
have a talent for playing the piano.
10. The police ended the fighting between the two gangs by arresting the leaders. STOP
The police _________________________________
put the stop to the fighting between the two gangs by arresting the leaders.

READING
I. Read the test below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
PAST MEMORIES
I was raised on a farm in a(n) (0) ______ village in the 1950s. The winter months were endless and everything
was covered in snow. I was always (1) ______ for the warmer weather to come. When spring (2) ______,
everything came alive - flowers would bloom and the animals would come out of hibernation. I'd follow the bear
tracks and search for them. Once, however, I (3) ______ an angry mother bear who saw me (4) ______ a
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threat. (5) ______ the sight of the bear I did what my father had told me. I stood still until she stopped
growling and walked away. The trick was effective, but looking back now, I realise that the situation was
(6) ______ more serious than I thought at the time.

By the age of twelve, I had lots of camping (7) ______ as I used to go camping with my dog on my school
holidays. We would spend days (8) ______ the forest, catching fish for dinner, (9) ______ at the frogs and the
(10) ______ of birds and the insects hopping up and down on the surface of the water. Of course, this was
possible only during the warm months. When autumn came, everything went quiet, which was quite
(11) ______ in those parts. It wasn't long (12) ______ the animals disappeared, the birds flew south and the
snow took over. The place became deserted once again.

0. A. far B. individual C. remote D. separate

1. A. keen B. eager C. willing D. enthusiastic
2. A. approached B. reached C. appeared D. arrived
3. A. dealt with B. came across C. reached D. found out
4. A. like B. as C. same as D. such as
5. A. In B. By C. At D. On
6. A. very B. quite C. so D. far
7. A. qualifications B. skills C. qualities D. experience
8. A. exploring B. detecting C. researching D. investigating
9. A. looking B. noticing C. watching D. observing
10. A. swarms B. bunches C. flocks D. sets
11. A. ordinary B. usual C. familiar D. regular
12. A. until B. after C. since D. before

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap.
MR BEAN
The comedy character Mr Bean is (0) one of Britain's most successful exports. The original television show, only
half an hour (1) __________
in English, was first broadcast in 1990. (2) __________
since then, the fourteen episodes
of the show have been shown on (3) __________ more than two hundred TV stations around the world, as
(4) __________
well as on fifty airlines. The film, Mr Bean's Holiday was a global smash hit and the character,
played (5) __________ the actor Rowan Atkinson, is instantly recognisable to millions __________
by of people
around the world.

So why is Mr Bean so popular? (6) __________

although many people regard Mr Bean as a typically British character, the
initial inspiration actually came from a French comic character (7) __________
known as Monsieur Hulot, created by
the French comedian Jacques Tati.

According (8) __________

to Rowan Atkinson, however, the actual character of Mr Bean is mostly based on
(9) __________ own personality as a nine-year-old. Mr Bean is a man (10) __________
his who is awkward, self-
conscious and accident-prone. He is very selfish and doesn't really understand very much about the world
(11) __________
around him. He is really a child in a man's body. This, as Atkinson explains, is the basis for a lot of
visual comedy and he mentions comedians (12) __________
such as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel as other famous
examples.

III. Read a newspaper article about dog owners. Seven sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap. There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use.
A DOG'S LIFE

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The old saying that a dog is man's best friend has been around for centuries, and few people who have dogs of
their own would argue with it.

Famous for their affectionate and loyal nature, dogs are often regarded as friends rather than pets. Children and
old people are particularly inclined to develop close relationships with their dogs. 1 ____.
C This sensitivity is what
makes them seem almost human.

After centuries of being bred to be domestic animals, dogs have developed into safe companions. 2 ____. F Such
cases are rare, though, and almost always involve animals that have been trained to be aggressive. This doesn't
mean that dogs are naturally violent or dangerous, simply that they can be trained to perform a number of
tasks. In fact, their capacity to learn and follow instructions is what makes dogs so valuable as working animals.

During the long history of mankind's association with animals, the role of the dog has changed. At one rime
dogs were simply domestic animals that performed a useful function. Today, of course, the majority of dogs are
kept as household pets, although there are still some animals engaged in important occupations. 3 ____.
B

Many owners like to treat their pet dogs like human beings, but do some people go too far? 4 ____. H Wouldn't
expensive, fashionable coats for dogs be a waste of money? Surely designer beds for dogs costing over £1,000
would be ridiculous. But these are just some of the items available from the exclusive dog boutiques to be found
in many major cities around the world. This is clearly a luxury that average dog owners cannot afford.

In France dogs are welcome in expensive restaurants, one of which has recently announced a new special menu
for dogs. Dogs are such valued customers that they may be served before their master.

5 ____.
E Susan Brown buys fresh seasonal products for her Yorkshire terrier. The weekly menu consists of
chicken, lamb and fish. '1 spend hours preparing the food,' she says. 'I steam it, and go through it to make sure
there are no bones. He loves shepherd's pie, spring vegetables and low-fat yoghurt.' Chef Max Oliver claims that
breed should be taken into account when deciding on a dog's diet. Boxers have delicate stomachs and they
should feed on tinned food and croquettes.

It is not surprising that you can now find cookbooks with special recipes for exciting healthy dishes for dogs.
Many fond owners pamper their dogs with delicacies, and the percentage of obese dogs has increased. Obese
dogs are taken to the vet who puts them on diet. 6 ____.
D Restrictions on how much they eat make dogs feel
miserable.

It is no wonder that dogs treated in such an excessive way can become nervous and unsure of themselves,
acting in uncharacteristic ways. 7____.
G As a result, more and more owners are taking their confused animals to
dog psychologists. These medical experts try to analyse and explain the dog's moods. Psychologists advise the
worried owners to remember that dogs basically want to run, bark and eat. Too much affection confuses them.
Everything else just sends them barking mad.

A. All of this leads some people to suggest that dog fights should be prohibited.
B. These include working on farms, helping blind people navigate their way through life, and assisting the
police and security forces.
C. Dogs often give the impression that they know exactly what their owners want, without being told.
D. Owners then have to start counting calories and prepare simple dishes with vegetables
E. Some dog owners have become very selective when it comes to their pets' diet.
F. It is true that the occasional dog can go wild and attack someone, sometimes causing severe injuries.
G. Examples of these include loss of appetite and even a tendency to bite people
H. When you look at the extremes to which some owners go, it would certainly seem so.

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LISTENING
You will hear part of a conversation between a journalist and the director of a new community
college. Complete the sentences.
WOODLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Summer school classes start on (1) ____________________

People expressed interest in the college after it was advertised (2) ____________________

The (3) ____________________ will declare the college open.

At the opening ceremony, Harry Watson, the famous (4) ___________________ will make a speech.

Local (5) ____________________ will be teaching courses at the college.

The emphasis will be on (6) ____________________ subjects

The college will be (7) ____________________ about accepting students

Students may not have the (8) ____________________ required by traditional colleges.

It is hoped that an (9) ____________________ office in the city centre will generate interest the college.

You can refer to the college (10) ____________________ if you would like more information.