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MOCK EXAM 4
Aptis Grammar

1. People should be fined for throwing_____plastic bags.

A. up
B. down
C. away

2. It’s really annoying when people push in front of you in a queue,_____?

A. isn’t it
B. don’t they
C. will they

3. The hotel was_____from the city centre than we expected.

A. further
B. farer
C. more far

4. My brother is_____photographer.
A. --
B. the
C. a

5. That man’s so unreliable-you can’t trust him.______

A. Frankly, I wouldn’t work with him
B. I wouldn’t work frankly with him
C. I wouldn’t frankly work with him

6. I wish it_______the time of year when I could go on holiday.

A. were
B. is
C. will be

7. Our boss let us____early. She was in a good mood.

A. to leave
B. leaving
C. leave

8. Before____your homework, you must tidy up your bedroom.

A. to do
B. doing
C. do
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9. What _____ at half past eleven tonight?

A. will you have done
B. will you be doing
C. will you had done

10. By the time the show began, all friends______.

A. already had arrived
B. have already arrived
C. had already arrived

11. I just heard they are_____get married in June.

A. going
B. go to
C. going to

12. I love eating fish and chips____ it is not very healthy.

A. because
B. although
C. so

13. It is not difficult _____a foreign language. You just need to practice.
A. to learn
B. learning
C. learn

14. I wish you____the photo. It was a really good one.

A. didn’t lose
B. hadn’t lost
C. would lose

15. The garden is looking untidy. You need to get rid____the weeds.
A. out
B. from
C. of

16. The old castle______at the moment.

A. is restored
B. has been restored
C. is being restored

17. We____have caught the early train, as the football match was delayed.
A. needn’t
B. mustn’t
C. didn’t
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18. “Sit down and be quiet”, she ordered me.

She ordered me_______.
A. to sit down and be quiet
B. sit down and be quiet
C. that I sit down and be quiet

19. We have_____work.
A. many
B. too many
C. too much

20. I_____my old car tomorrow. My neighbour wants it for her daughter.
A. ‘m selling
B. ‘ll sell
C. was going to sell

21. Here’s a coat. Why don’t you put____if you’re cold?

A. off
B. on
C. up

22. She looks much_____with brown hair.

A. good
B. the best
C. better

23. Excuse me? Can I try____this jacket to make sure it fits?

A. under
B. with
C. on

24. He isn’t old_____to understand.

A. too
B. enough
C. much

25. I’m sorry to let you_____, but I can’t come to your party.
A. on
B. down
C. under
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Aptis Vocabulary
Task 1:​ Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning to the
word on the left:
1. study A. go
2. receive B. begin
3. start C. plan
4. talk D. listen
5. pick E. read
F. run
G. choose
H. speak
I. end
J. get

Task 2:​ ​ Complete each definition using a word from the drop down list:
1. To cover with paper or material is to: A. attend
2. To improve or change is to: B. assemble
3. To state or make public is to: C. approach
4. To get somewhere is to: D. arrive
5. To put something together is to: E. admit
F. announce
G. arrange
H. adjust
I. accept
J. wrap

Task 3:​ Complete each sentence using a word from the drop down list:
1. More and more people go__for their holidays these days. A. awkward
2. Drivers need to remain__when in charge of a car. B. ancient
3. The city has many__and interesting buildings. C. ahead
4. She’s a highly___person who explains things clearly. D. adequate
5. He’s a very___person -always getting into fights. E. articulate
F. alert
G. accurate
H. abroad
I. adult
J. aggressive
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Task 4: Select a word from the list that has the most similar meaning to the word on the
left:
1. timetable A. line
2. reward B. joint
3. queue C. command
4. phase D. prize
5. error E. mess
F. fright
G. schedule
H. dock
I. stage
J. mistake

Task 5:​ ​ Select a word from the list that is most often used with the word on the left:
1. aerobics A. bomb
2. agriculture B. audition
3. aisle C. scissors
4. apron D. rod
5. atom E. classes
F. strings
G. salesman
H. seep
I. minister
J. seat
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Aptis Reading
Task 1:​ ​Choose one word (A, B or C) for each space and write the letter on the answer paper.
The first one (0) is done for you as an example with the answer A marked on your answer
paper.

Hi George,
Thanks for your (o)__. You are always so (1)___!
I (2)__an e-mail to Mr. Smith from Technic yesterday, and I just got a phone call from him.
They want us to send the (3)___ and also a “Project Plan”.
It seems that they have some (4)__ to fill in to describe the (5)____ in Spanish, so I will
write something which will appeal to the publisher.
Thanks all for now. Let’s hope it will come out!

Anthony Johnson

EXAMPLE: 0. A. question B. ​reply C. reservation

1. A. quick B. slow C. sweet
2. A. received B. sent C. borrowed
3. A. inform B. recipe C. report
4. A. form B. sign C. diary
5. A. landscape B. bargain C. project

Task 2: Part 1-​Order the sentences (B-G) below to make a story. Write your answers on the
answer paper (questions 6-11). The first sentence of the story (A) is given for you on the
answer paper as an example.

When Sam was a young boy he went on a school trip to the seaside. 1.
His friends laughed at him because it was just a piece of wood.
They went only for the day and he had all his friends with him.
While they were swimming around, Sam felt something touching his leg.
He thought it was a very big fish and ran out of the water shouting.
When they arrived, they visited the town and ate ice cream.
In the afternoon it got so hot, they decided to go for a swim.

Task 2: Part 2- O ​ rder the sentences (B-G) below to make a story. Write your answers on
the answer paper (questions 7-13). The first sentence of the story (A) is given for you on the
answer paper as an example.

I woke up early on Saturday because I wanted to find a new place to live. 1

The first one I saw was close to where I work but the kitchen was quite small.
Before I left the house, I checked the newspaper and the internet.
I found the addresses of four places I wanted to see.
I chose those four to look at because all the others were too expensive.
As I don’t need a big kitchen, I decided on the first place.
The next three needed too many repairs and were not as close to my office.
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Task 3: ​Four people respond in a comment section of an article about social media. Read
their comments and answer the questions below:

Person A:
The Internet and social networks are a two-dimensional phenomenon. And people live in a
three-dimensional world. And I think they should strive for the fourth dimension. And
higher, if there are any. Not to be projected in 2D, like cartoon characters, which is how they
experience infantile degradation. 2D is not determined by time, so a lot of time and life
energy is lost in the 3D-2D relation. Viewed in this way, the Internet represents a great
deception and slavery of the soul and mind. Social networks are even more dangerous
because they propagate the use of both the official name and the image, and can cause
narcissistic personality disorder due to self-love for one’s character, like the mythological
Narcissus, a petrified man, and are accompanied by the curse of inability to get a partner in
the real 3D world.

Person B:
Those were beautiful times, when I didn’t know where and how my colleagues spent their
free time, that my cousin went on vacation to Greece, that a friend from high school got
engaged…
I really don’t get that posting of personal life in public. Maybe it’s because I have nothing to
publish, but it all seems like a desperate distraction. I was in those waters in 2011, trying to
come up with interesting statuses and comments on the news.
And then I wondered what it was for; just internet points and likes? Sometimes, it would
take me up to three hours a day to think of what to post and interfere with me while I
worked, studied...Then I realised that there are much better and more important things in
life than that.

Person C:
On social networks, young people today often express their feelings, but also their inclination
towards art: through songs, quotes, videos and photographs. On the one hand, they can show
their individuality, share what they care about with the world and see that they are not alone,
that their problem is not so big and scary. On the other hand, they can express their
creativity and find inspiration in the work of their peers. In adolescence, inclusion in various
peer groups and communities is very important for their self-confidence and self-esteem.
Using social networks and connecting through them can be of great benefit to adolescents,
not only in socialisation, but also in spreading messages and points of view.

Person D:
I am annoyed by many things, but again- we are all users of social networks, everyone needs
attention from time to time, so we satisfy that need in this way. Their biggest flaw is the
creation of an apparent network and connection, without essential closeness. It is stupid
when I see sarcasm and the effort to be witty at any cost, at any moment, building an image
and the general opinion that you are so important and that someone is following you because
of your importance, and the opinion that everyone is copying you. And in general, it annoys
me when I see that someone is promoting themselves too much, especially when that
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someone hasn’t been a kid for a long time. What irritates me the most is the desire to fake an
ideal life, a face without wrinkles, a life without difficulties. I’m sick of it.

1. Who thinks it’s desperate to publish everything on social media? Speaker:

2. Who thinks you should strive to live in the real world? Speaker:
3. Who thinks social networks hold us back in forming relationships? Speaker:
4. Who thinks you can get more self-confidence through social media? Speaker:
5. Who thinks that social media is misrepresenting an ideal image of life? Speaker:
6. Who thinks social media is a good way to express your feelings and ideas? Speaker:
7. Who thinks that we use social media to satisfy our need for attention? Speaker:

Task 4: Read the passage quickly. Choose a heading for each numbered paragraph (1-7).
There is one more heading than you need.

Non-colonists- in-the-American-Revolution
1. Enlightenment ideas.
From the point of view of some Europeans, the American Revolution pitted the ideas of the
Enlightenment, republicanism, and democracy against Europe’s established order, as
exemplified by Britain. Some countries found that watching wasn’t enough- they joined the
fight.

2.
One of these countries was France. Without France, a very important ally of America in the
Revolutionary War, the Americans might not have defeated the British Army. The French
supported the Americans for a number of reasons. A weakened England could not only
heighten France’s status and influence- both in Western Europe and around the world as
various countries competed to establish colonies. Some French might have been seeking
payback. Only twelve years before the American Revolution, France was at war with Britain
in the Seven Years’ War, and they lost. This resulted in France being forced to give North
American territories to Britain.

3.
Five months after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Benjamin Franklin travelled
to Paris. He hoped to explain the revolutionary cause to the French and enlist their support.
Franklin was already popular in France for his writings and scientific discoveries, and he was
able to to secure French support. At first, France supported the American only in secret.
Gunpowder, ammunition, weapons, and money were smuggled into the country, hidden in
commercial ships. Military strategists crossed the Atlantic to advise Continental Army
military commanders.
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4.
In February 1778, France officially recognized the United States (following the Battle of
Saratoga, in which the Continental Army decisively defeated the British army and gave a
resurgence of hope to the Americans’ fight for independence), and the countries signed an
alliance. French soldiers fought alongside Americans; French and British fleets clashed from
Rhode Island down to Georgia. In addition to manpower, France contributed money and
weapons. For helping the American cause, France spent the equivalent of what would be
about 13 billion dollars in the U.S. today.

5.
Spain also supported the American. First, like France, the Spanish contribution consisted of
money and weapons. But in 1779, Spain joined France with military support. Also like
France, the Spanish navy played an important role in combating the formidable British fleet.
Land and sea battles were sometimes fought far from the North American continent- in the
Mediterranean and West Africa. But French, Spanish, American, and British armies were not
the only armies fighting in the American Revolution. A quarter of all soldiers under the
British flag were actually from the area known as Germany today- 30,000 hired men in all.
These soldiers were known as Hessians, because many of them were from the independent
principality of Hesse-Cassel.

6.
Native Americans also fought in the American Revolution. Most considered the United States
to be a threat to their territory, so they fought on the British side. In total, approximately
13,000 Native Americans fought for the British. But other Native Americans fought against
them. The Revolution was, for some Native Americans, a controversial and divisive matter.
For instance, the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Six Nations, was a powerful
organization of tribes that tried to stay neutral. But pressed to choose a side, the Confederacy
could reach no agreement; it split up, with two tribes pledging their allegiance to the
Americans, and four to the British.

7.
Other notable figures were two men from Poland: Tadeusz Kósciuszko and Casimir Pulaski.
Tadeusz Kósciuszko was born in Poland, moved to France, sailed to America, and rose to the
rank of brigadier general. His countryman, Casimir Pulaski, has been called “father of the
American cavalry”. Pulaski organized and trained the Continental Army’s horsemen, which
had been used mostly for scouting. Pulaski was also promoted to general but was killed in the
war. Pulaski and Kósciuszko joined the Americans out of idealism. They believed in the
struggle for freedom and self-governance. As Pulaski wrote to George Washington after his
arrival in Massachusetts, “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to
live or die for it”.
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Headings
A Mercenary soldiers from Europe
B Devoted to the American cause
C George Washington’s heritage
D French withdrawal from North America
E Undercover support
F A valuable support and new expectations
G Impossible to remain neutral

Aptis Listening
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1. Listen to the message. Where is Paul’s jacket?

A. on a chair
B. behind a door
C. under the stairs
D. in the porch

2. Listen to the message from Grace. Where should John catch the bus?
A. The post office
B. South Lane
C. The police station
D. Richmond Avenue

3. Listen to the message. What is the code to enter the office?

A. 3875
B. 3785
C. 3587
D. 3758

4. Listen to Dean and Angela. What do they decide to do?

A. watch TV
B. go hiking
C. play a board game
D. go for a drink
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5. Listen to the arrangements for a wedding. What is the most expensive thing?
A. the invitations
B. the venue
C. the cake
D. the flowers

6. Who or what is the man describing?

A. the new sculpture
B. the mayor’s house
C. the modern art museum
D. the town hall

7. Listen to the train station announcement. Which platform is the train to

Bristol arriving on?
A. Platform 3
B. Platform 5
C. Platform 6
D. Platform 8

8. Listen to this message from a friend. Where has she left your package?
A. under a car
B. next to a tree
C. behind a bin
D. under a plant pot

9. Listen to a woman being interviewed. Why is she excited about this jazz
festival?
A. It was great last year
B. Her town will benefit
C. She will work there
D. She loves jazz

10. Two colleagues are discussing their new boss. The woman thinks the boss is:
A. boring
B. reasonable
C. unfriendly
D. funny

11. Listen to the message. How many people will be at the dinner?
A. 12
B. 6
C. 2
D. 10
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12. Listen to the message. What time does Robert’s plane arrive?
A. 10.00 pm
B. 10:45 pm
C. 10.00 am
D. 10.15 pm

13. A receptionist is talking to a visitor. Where is the basketball court?

A. inside a sports hall
B. opposite the football pitch
C. next to the tennis court
D. on the upper floor

14. Listen to four different people and match the person to the information.
1. took a summer IT course
2. had to go for a long trip to arrive at his destination
3. stayed in a hotel of his/ her dreams
4. helped repair a vehicle
5. kneaded and baked bread
6. watched a football match

Speaker A:
Speaker B:
Speaker C:
Speaker D:

15. Listen to two students discussing a popular movement. Read the statements
and decide who expresses which opinion: the man, the woman, or both the man
and the woman:
1. There are both logical and illogical things in both theories:
2. Logic is not enough without proper research and knowledge:
3. I’ve never seen a snapshot of the whole Earth, just a part of it:
4. Based on well- established science, the Earth cannot be flat:

16. Listen to a high school student talk about his plans for the future and
answer the question below:
1. What is his plan after getting a degree?
A. To study molecular biology.
B. To finish his studies before he turns 28.
C. To teach microbiology at an institute.

2. What are his plans for his private life?

A. To get married and start a family.
B. To become the owner of a luxury villa.
C. To have a lot of different hobbies.
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17. Listen to a talk about the future or work and answer the following questions.
1. What is the problem in this situation?
A. Lack of parking space.
B. Not enough buses available.
C. Not enough students using the buses.

2. What solution did the speaker give for the problem to be fixed?
A. To change the route.
B. To remove parking spaces.
C. To change the price of bus fares.

Aptis Writing
Task 1: ​You are in a photography club. You have 5 messages from a member of the club.
Write short answers (1-5 words) to each message:
What is your favourite picture?​______________________________________
What is your favourite place?​________________________________________
Have you got a camera?​____________________________________________
What did you do last weekend?​______________________________________
Where are you going on your next holidays?__________________________

Task 2: You are a new member of the photography club. Write in sentences. Use 20-30
words. Please write some reasons why you are interested in travel.
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Task 3: You are a new member of a photography club. You are talking to some other
members in the photography club chat room. Talk to them using sentences. Use 30-40 words
per answer.
Christina​: Hi! Welcome to the club. Can you remember the first time you took a selfie?
What was it like?
You​:
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Daniel​: Welcome! What kind of pictures do you like to take?

You​:
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Sandra​: What is the most beautiful photo you have ever taken?
You​:
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Task 4: ​You are a member of the photography club. You received this e-mail from the club:

Dear Member,

We are writing to tell you that the famous photographer Mr. Chris Jenkins will
unfortunately not be able to give a talk about new photography techniques at our next club
meeting.

Although Mr. Jenkins will not be there to give a talk, you will be given access to an online
tutorial made by Mr. Jenkins himself.

If you would still like to hear Mr. Chris Jenkins explain his techniques in a club meeting,
please contact the club secretary so that we can organize a talk later in the year.

Write an e-mail to your friend. Write about your feelings and what you are
planning to do. Write about 50 words. You have 10 minutes.
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Write an e-mail to the secretary of the club. Write about your feelings and
what you would like to do. Write 120-150 words. You have 20 minutes:
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