ECCE PRACTICE TEST

Answer Key

Listening Part 1 Writing

1. A 9. B 17. A 25. A Task A: Model Letter
2. B 10. A 18. C 26. C Dear Editor,
3. C 11. C 19. B 27. B
4. B 12. A 20. C 28. C I read your article about the plans to destroy the city
5. B 13. B 21. A 29. B park in order to build a multistory parking lot, and I
6. C 14. A 22. C 30. C am writing to express my opposition. In my opinion,
we should preserve the few green areas that we have in
7. A 15. C 23. A
our city center.
8. B 16. A 24. B
I believe parks are important to the people of our city.
First of all, people who work go there during lunch
Listening Part 2
hour to enjoy a quiet break. In addition, it is one of the
31. a 36. c 41. a 46. c only places where children can play safely away from
32. c 37. b 42. b 47. a the traffic.
33. b 38. c 43. c 48. b
Although I am not in favor of destroying the park, I
34. c 39. b 44. b 49. c understand the need for more parking space. However,
35. a 40. b 45. b 50. b I believe it would be better to build a parking lot on
the outskirts of the city and provide cheap public
Grammar transportation to the city center. This would solve the
parking problem and also reduce the amount of traffic.
51. b 60. b 69. a 78. c
52. c 61. d 70. a 79. d I hope your readers will agree with me that there are
53. a 62. b 71. b 80. c alternative solutions to the parking problem and that
54. c 63. a 72. c 81. a our city park can be saved.
55. d 64. a 73. d 82. b Sincerely,
56. c 65. d 74. c 83. d
57. d 66. b 75. d 84. b
58. c 67. c 76. a 85. c
Task B: Model Essay
59. a 68. d 77. b
Parks are fast disappearing from modern cities. While
some people feel that any free space in the city should
Vocabulary
be used for office buildings and stores, others believe
86. d 95. b 104. b 113. a there are advantages to preserving some green areas.
87. b 96. a 105. d 114. b
On the one hand, business is important for the growth
88. c 97. b 106. a 115. d of the city, and companies provide employment for
89. d 98. d 107. c 116. b people. However, it is becoming quite difficult to find
90. b 99. b 108. a 117. d sites for new buildings. Parks take up valuable space
91. a 100. c 109. c 118. a that could be used for this development.
92. d 101. b 110. a 119. c
93. a 102. a 111. d 120. b On the other hand, city parks benefit a wide variety of
94. c 103. c 112. c people. For example, they offer workers a place to take
a break from the stress of the office. In addition, they
provide a safe place for children to play. Furthermore,
Reading Part 1 they are ideally located for holding special events like
121. a 123. b 125. b fairs or concerts that residents and visitors can enjoy.
122. c 124. c 126. d In my opinion, parks improve the quality of city life.
As cities expand, we should increase the number of
Reading Part 2 green areas, not reduce them.

127. b 130. b 133. b 136. b

128. b 131. c 134. d 137. b
129. a 132. c 135. b 138. d

Reading Part 3
139. c 142. c 145. b 148. d
140. c 143. d 146. b 149. b
141. d 144. a 147. a 150. a
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