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TEST 2
1. Whenever you see an old film, even one made E) The resemblance between the
as little as ten years ago, you cannot help being children's behaviour and that of the
struck by the appearance of the women taking parents is as much due to
part. Their clothes, hair-styles and make-up all environmental as genetic causes
look dated . ..….. . There is nothing about their
appearance to suggest that they belong to an
entirely different age.
D) Yet for many, it is these reminders stress is to find the cause of it. You may not
of the past which make such films be able to change the cause of the stress but
so watchable understanding it will probably help.
E) We then recall,-with embarrassment,
how we used to dress in the A) Sometimes for no apparent reason,
very same styles people are simply unable to sleep
B) Problems at work or at home all too
2. The wonderful thing about being a grandparent often cause many people sleepless
is that you can enjoy the love of your nights
grandchildren without having the responsibility C) Many people try to get rid of the
of taking care of them 24 hours a day …… and I signs of stress instead of the cause
also appreciate the peace and quiet when their D) When you are getting a cold, one of
parents finally take them home again. the symptoms is being unable to
breathe during the night.
A) Mine tend to be more polite with E) Moving to a new neighbourhood
me than my own children were often disturbs a person's sleep
B) For much as parents love their patterns
children,they find them very tiring
C) The times you spend with them
become special moments to be
treasured
D) I get tremendous pleasure from my
grandchildren's visits
E) And as we grow older, they bring
back memories of our own
childhoods 5. After safely arriving on the edge of the beach,
he was so weakened by exhaustion that he
3. …….., yet it has too often been motivated by could no longer execute simple body
.political rather than scientific reasoning. In movements, He couldn't yell for help, and he
practice it is very difficult to sort out heredity could barely drag his body away from the
from environment. In some cases the gene and waves breaking on the shore;……………, so,
the environment must interact in order to despite his exhaustion, he mobilized himself
produce an effect. In other cases the environ- to assess the situation,
ment is clearly producing the effect.
A) all he could do was lie on the wet sand while
A) Genes are the material baste for the sea continued to wash over him
heredity, and for the variations B) coughing and choking from the salt
which are characteristic of the human race water and the sand, he tried to lift
B) The controversy as to whether his head
heredity or environment is C) so he lay there and waited — waited until
responsible for a characteristic has some passer-by might find him
long been the subject of debate D) but he knew at last he was safe as he floated
C) As the child grows, environment is in the shallows
an important factor in physical, E) yet there was still the danger of being dragged
emotional and social development out into the sea again
D) Environmental control through
local authority public health
services is the oldest form of public health in
Britain
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6. The reign of Elizabeth I has been called the D) this is entirely different from the
Golden Age of English literature, and the main, British system of county councils
figure of this time was William Shakespeare, the E) in effect, the individual states are
greatest dramatist and poet of the English mini countries
language. As a young man Shakespeare left his
home in Stratford-up cm-Avon and went to
London, where, before writing, he became an
actor and theatre manager. …… . As a friend of 9. If you want to communicate your ideas and
his said, Shakespeare was "not for an age, but feelings to others so that they understand,
for all time." feel, and act as you want them to you must
know how to speak effectively. Poor speech
A) But it is in Stratford-upon-Avon interferes with communication. ………. . Thus
that the Royal Shakespeare you must learn to avoid any peculiarity of
Company is now based speech to prevent this.
B) His plays were famous for their
social comments and biting wit A) Education lessons can help to
C) There can hardly be a language in correct poor speech and, in
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the world into which his works addition, they aid confidence
haven't been translated B) Whereas clearly thought out,
D) The plays he wrote are still as well-presented ideas allow .
popular today as they were in communication to flow freely
Elizabethan London C) Politicians, actors and others who
E) He later returned to his home town, speak publicly spend both time and
where he married his wife, Anne money correcting speech defects
Hathaway D) It diverts attention from what is
being said to how it is being said
E) Too many facial and hand gestures
likewise, may divert the listener
7. ........ . Video cassette recorders video games, away from your words
cable TV, and home computers are becoming
popular accessories for the home TV. The most
recent and perhaps the most important of new
attachments is the videodisk. .
A) There are few homes nowadays that 10. The word "photosynthesis" is made up of two
don't have at least one electrical terms — photo-, meaning light, and synthesis,
appliance in chemistry meaning the combination of two
B) When members of a household or more simple elements into a complex
want to watch different programmes chemical compound …… such as sugar and
at the same time, there is always conflict starch, from a number of substances
C) During the past several years, including water and carbon dioxide.
many new uses of television sets
have been introduced A) As with many words in use-today,
D) It used to be hard to choose photosynthesis has its roots in the
between having a night out and language of the Ancient Greeks
watching your favourite programme B) More precisely, photosynthesis is
E) In the kitchen there are electric the process by which plants use
kettles, food processors and maybe the energy of light to produce
even a microwave compounds
C) And it is through photosynthesis
8. Each of the 51 states in the USA has its own that plants both take carbon
government under a governor, whose position dioxide from the atmosphere and
is similar to that of the president in the release oxygen into it
Federal Government, but ………., they have D) This word is clearly the origin from
considerable freedom to manage their which the term "synthetic" — or
own affairs in such things as education, public man-made from chemical
health and the punishment of criminals. substances — has emerged
E) Thus, it can be seen that the word
A) the states must observe the photograph" also derives from the
Federal Laws word for light combined with
B) they elect their own senator who "graph", meaning picture
represents them at the White
House
C) the president of the USA is
probably the most powerful person
in the world
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11. A serious objection to the artificial language is E) The acquisition of a shiny, new
the fact that a language is shaped by use and sports car may be every young
not by design. It is a living thing which is forever man's dream
growing and changing. …….. . This inflexibility
makes for an absence of subtlety, so that no
really fine meaning can be conveyed.
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16. It may take some experimenting to find the right precise answers are required the
vocation for yourself. ……… . A nationwide lecturer must be sure to say exactly
survey of men who have distinguished what he means
themselves shows that more than 94 per cent E) To begin with, students will then
are doing work they like best. A man who ask for clarification, but as time
doesn't enjoy his work seldom excels in it, no goes on they adapt to the idea of
matter how hard he tries. A mass of evidence free thought
indicates that most failures are simply misfits
lead you away from your personal do so in front of his father. It's therefore
choice assumed that a child’s particular behaviour
D) Unfortunately, not everyone has problem is specific to the conditions in which
the time or money to try out it has been learned.
different jobs
E) It usually takes many years, and A) Children who are highly motivated
isn't even discovered until rather to learn sometimes become
later in life impatient when not at school
B) Parents have the responsibility, not
17. Suddenly the man heard the low hum of an only of feeding and clothing .the
engine. At first he thought that it must be a car child, but also of shaping his
travelling along the road he had recently left. behaviour
……… . Instead, it grew louder and louder and C) If his father is out at work all day.
seemed to be coming from above. He looked up it's natural for a child to use his
quickly and saw an aeroplane cutting a crazy, mother as a role model
zig-zag path across the sky. D) It is an obvious fact that children
behave differently under different
A) He was surprised because it was circumstances
late, and the road was little used at E) As a parent, it's hard to get sympathy
night about your child's behaviour, especially
B) He expected the noise to fade away when it's not always visible to others
in the distance
C) Then he realized that it wasn't a
car, but some sort of machine in a
nearby field
D) He wondered if anyone had
followed him from the meeting
E) But then he remembered that the
road had been deserted.
20. Dampness in buildings is often caused by
18. Fixed, neat and tidy ideas prevent our minds humidity. Sometimes the air contains a lot of
from wandering and thinking of other moisture; if the air then meets a cold wall or
possibilities. Thus, in art and design courses the other cold surface it cools and deposits some
lecturers usually avoid a clear instruction. of the moisture on the surfaces. ……..:
…….. .The students suffer from these attitudes! wallpaper peels from the walls, wood rots and
But they become used to living in the world of fungus grows on the walls.
vagueness, multiple meaning and possibilities
A) This explains the condensation
A) This motivates the students to found on windows
think for themselves and allows B) The problem can be partially
them to come up with their own relieved with a humidifier
interpretations C) Dampness can lead to decay in a
B) Not that most lecturers are neat building
and tidy themselves, as can be seen D) Central heating, obviously can be
in any studio or. even, office extremely beneficial
C) They either put questions to the E) The dampness can cause many, both minor
students or give them general help and major health problems.
or even contradictory advice
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21. ……… . To find, in the dictionary the one you 24. There are many different ways of, laughing:
want, it is a great help to keep in mind the two common forms are the snigger and
context in which you originally encountered the the guffaw. The snigger shows exaggerated
word. Once you have found the meaning you nose-wrinkling and eye-creasing but no head-
want, you'll do well to read on through the whole tilting, while the guffaw involves a marked
definition. throwing back of the head but less nose-
wrinkling. And ……, therefore it is
A) Choosing the best dictionary is an sometimes difficult to distinguish between
important but difficult task crying and laughing.
B) Most words have a range of
different meanings A) Very often the type of laughter
C) Multiple choice exams often result used says more about someone's
in a random selection of answers personality than their sense of
D) In composition it's often hard to humour
know which word to use B) The guffaw expresses instant
E) Trying to remember vocabulary, amusement, whereas the snigger
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27. According to some controversial psychologists, E) He absorbs what is visible and adds to it his
it is a mistake to take children out for long own interpretations and opinions.
walks. …….; thus they develop the intellect,
and the fantasy power, unduly. If the nursery is
properly aired, they maintain, it is just as healthy
as out of doors.
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32. …….. . He should not have a chance, for D) Nowadays, the food industry goes
instance, to experiment with matches and to great lengths to inform the
gunpowder until his education will save him consumer of what he is actually
from the penalties of ignorance. All eating
opportunities for serious injury should be E) A balanced diet is an essential
removed from his path until he learns the ingredient to the maintenance of
particular danger involved. good health
to touch it again
D) When a child is given a box of made up of moving molecules, atoms,
matches as a toy. he will light one electrons and protons which themselves are
or two and then lose interest nothing but energy.
E) The child's environment should be
so arranged that he cannot perform any fatal A) Energy can be categorized into two opposite
experiments. forces or directions
B) The phenomena of infinity consists of
33. Television may be a splendid medium of endless motion moving at an infinite speed in
communication, but it prevents us from all directions
communicating with each other. …… .In such C) Mental and physical tension block the freest
quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover flow of energy
how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King D) Everything that exists has its origins in the
Telly. invisible world of the mind and vibrations
E) Everything in the universe is a constantly
A) Turn it off for the evening and see moving and changing energy varying in
how quickly conversation density and speed
disintegrates into an uncomfortable
silence
B) Unfortunately, we only realise this
when we spend a holiday by the
sea or in the mountains, far away
from civilisation
C) And even away from the "box", we
constantly ask each other what we
watched last night
D) But for people who live alone it may
36. In many respects the structure and functions
be the only contact with the outside
of cities have remained remarkably stable over
world
several thousand years of recorded history
E) However, there are many programmes which
………, for it represents not only economic,
bring experiences to us that we might never
but also cultural and thus emotional
have enjoyed
investment.
34. ………. .In most countries the overall yearly
A) This is despite the upheavals of war
intake of calories falls below the theoretical
or of natural disasters
requirements. In many, pre-harvest hunger is a
B) The modern urban areas have
yearly phenomenon and in years of drought,
many similarities to those of the
hurricane, or locust invasion, actual famine
past
conditions exist.
C) The urban infrastructure itself has
conservative characteristics
D) However, this cannot be said of
A) The obsession with weight control
those who dwell in these cities
and dieting has reached almost
E) Archaeologists have discovered that
plague proportions in certain areas
we still maintain close resemblance to our
B) Food for the African population is
ancestors
one of the most challenging
problems
C) The nutritional content of food is
far more important than the
quantities consumed
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37. Whether we like to admit it or not, most students 39. For many people today, reading is no longer
still study mainly to avoid the consequences of relaxation. To keep up with their work they
not studying. …………, in which the student is must read letters, reports, trade publications :
held responsible for learning simply in the sense a never-ending flood of words ……… yet the
that he will suffer certain unhappy unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor
consequences if he fails. readers.
A) Even at the university level, the A) The ability to read and comprehend
commonest pattern is "assign and quickly can mean the difference
test" between success and failure
B) The problem, therefore, is how to B) All this means that whenever we
find more acceptable, positive see a novel or a book of poetry we
motivations have no desire to have a look
C) The lack of success or, in many C) Even reading a magazine is not
cases, parental disappointment are done for pleasure, but to keep up
just two of these consequences with economic factors or-certain
D) Educationists, and even students trends
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38. ………. . For such people a set schedule of 40. When all three powers of government
hours for recreation will help. It is desirable for legislative, executive and judicial are
almost everyone to have a hobby that absorbs concentrated in the same hands, a few men, or
him in off hours one into which he can throw even one man may enjoy absolute authority.
himself completely and with pleasure, forgetting They can make their own laws and themselves
all about his work. determine whether the citizen has broken any
of them. …….. .Only if the rules of government
A) The range and variety of free-time are formulated according to this principle can
pastimes is ever increasing the freedom of the individual be preserved.
B) Many people, find it hard to take
lime out A) The citizen then finds that the
C) The are those, relaxation is to spend person who is condemning him is the
time with friends very same as the person to whom he must
D) What is a hobby to one person may appeal
seem a bore to another B) And it is this accumulation of
E) Many wives feel that their husbands authority that feeds a man's last
neglect them in preference for their for power, ultimately resulting in a
jobs dictatorship
C) Even if the hands that hold power
are essentially good, there is no
distance, no perspective, through
which the laws can be assessed
D) This in normal circumstances, then leads
to discontent among the people and
gradually
he calls for revolution will be heard
E) Thus, these powers should be not only
distinguished but carefully separated and
allocated to different institutions
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1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. E 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. E 24. B 25. D 26. B 27. E 28. B 29. A 30. C
31. D 32. E 33. B 34. B 35. E 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. E
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