PRACTICE TEST 3

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 1: A. understand B. introduce C. mechanize D. volunteer
Question 2: A. mushroom B. mountain C. movement D. museum
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 3: A. tension B. measure C. confusion D. seizure
Question 4: A. cushion B. stumble C. sugar D. butcher
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions from 36 to 40.
Question 5: Some of plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs much more
A B C
sunlight than those.
D
Question 6: The product that you bought at lower price is more inferior than the one that we sell at a
A B C
slightly higher price.
D
Question 7: Included in the series are “The Enchanted Horses”, among other famous children’s
stories.
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: After the car crash last night, all the injured _______ to hospital in an ambulance.
A. were rushed B. were rushing C. was rushing D. was
rushed
Question 9: He is coming _______ a cold after a night out in the rain.
A. away from B. up with C. across with D. down
with
Question 10: ______ every major judo title, Mark retired from international competition.
A. When he won B. Having won C. Winning D. On
winning
Question 11: He looks exhausted. He _______ in the field all day long.
A. must have been working B. must have worked
C. must be working D. can’t have worked
Question 12: The issue ________ question is more complex than you think.
A. from B. at C. in D. on
Question 13: The _______ cheered when the final goal was scored in the match today.
A. spectators B. onlookers C. viewers D.
audience
Question 14: The sudden expansion of heated air associated with lightning produces ______ often
heard during a storm.
A. the rumbling sound, thunder, that B. the rumbling sound, thunder is
C. thunder is the rumbling sound D. thunder, the rumbling sound
Question 15: ……………..his advice, I would never have got the job.
A. But for B. Apart from C. As for D. Except
Question 16: She passed the National High School Graduation Exam with ……………color.
A. bright B. flying C. red D. excellent
Question 17: …………….we need more practice is quite clear.
A. What B. When C. That D. Which
Question 18: It is interesting to take _____ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.
A. on B. in C. over D. up
Question 19: The Lake District, _____ was made a national park in 1951, attracts a large number of
tourists every year.
A. what B. which C. where D. that
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: A - “Is there anything I can do for you, Sir?”
B - “ ________”.
A. Sure, go ahead. B. OK, your time
C. Not now. Thanks anyway. D. Yes, you are welcome.
Question 21: A- “Well, all the best if I don’t see you before you leave.”
B- “________”
A. Oh, no, I don’t think so B. Thank you. The same to you.
C. Never mind D. Not at all.
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 22: Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity.
A. cover B. conserve C. presume D. reveal
Question 23: In some countries, the disease burden could be prevented through environmental
improvements.
A. something to entertain B. something enjoyable
C. something sad D. something to suffer
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 24: It takes roughly 4,000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.
A. as much as B. more or less C. amazingly D. relatively
Question 25: Although monkeys occasionally menace their enemies, they are usually not dangerous
unless they are provoked.
A. consume B. threaten C. kill D. pursue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 26: The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.
A. So was the demand for the book that they had to reprint the book immediately.
B. So great the demand was for the book that they had to reprint it immediately.
C. Such was the demand for the book that they had to reprint it immediately.
D. Such great was the demand for the book that they had to reprint it immediately.
Question 27: “I would be grateful if you could send me further details of the job,” he said to me.
A. He thanked me for sending him further details of the job.
B. He flattered me because I sent him further details of the job.
C. He politely asked me to send him further details of the job.
D. He felt great because further details of the job had been sent to him.
Question 28: People say that Mr. Brown donated nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
A. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been nearly a million donated to charity by Mr.
Brown last year.
B. Mr. Brown is said to have donated nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
C. Nearly a million pounds is said to be donated to charity by Mr. Brown last year.
D. Mr. Brown was said to have donated nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
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: We arrived at the airport. We realized our passports were still at home.
A. It was until we arrived at the airport that we realize our passports were still at home.
B. We arrived at the airportand realized that our passports are still at home.
C. Not until had we arrived at the airport, we realized our passports were still at home.
D. Not until we arrived at the airport did we realize that our passports were still at home.
Question 30: The referee brought the football game to a halt. He blew his whistle.
A. The referee brought the football game to a halt by blowing his whistle.
B. The referee stopped playing football and blowing his whistle.
C. Having stopped the footbal match, the referee blew his whistle.
D. The referee stopped the football game before he blew his whistle.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
All sorts of sportspeople say that there are great benefits to be gained from exercising to
music. It’s an opinion which is shared by sports scientists at London University who have been
studying the (31) ______ of music on exercise performance. They have now proved that listening to
motivating tunes can help people to get fit quicker. They discovered that right tunes not only inspire
people to start exercising in the first place, but also enable them to (32) _______ out for longer.
Music can calm someone down after a stressful day, so that they are more in the mood to exercise.
But also, (33) ______ on the rhythm of music helps people to keep going when they are getting
tired.
The researchers attended gyms in various countries to observe the reactions of different age
groups to different types of music. Interestingly, they found that it is the music that people (34)
______ with their youth that inspire them most. The researchers also visited international athletics
meetings, and found that music can also help (35) ______ athletes to perform to a higher standard .
Before and during the competition, it can bring about vital changes to their metal state, which can
mean the difference between winning and losing.
Question 31: A. effects B. force C. results D. significance
Question 32: A. wear B. work C. draw D. make
Question 33: A. concentrating B. thinking C. visualizing D. reflecting
Question 34: A. combine B. join C. associate D. accompany
Question 35: A. head B. chief C. top D. upper
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.
The first two decades of this century were dominated by the microbe hunters. These hunters
had tracked down one after another of the microbes responsible for the most dreaded scourges of
many centuries: tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria. But there remained some terrible diseases for
which no microbe could be incriminated: scurvy, pellagra, rickets, beriberi. Then it was discovered
that these diseases were caused by the lack of vitamins, a trace substance in the diet. The diseases
could be prevented or cured by consuming foods that contained the vitamins. And so in the decades
of the 1920’s and 1930’s, nutrition became a science and the vitamin hunters replaced the microbe
hunters.
In the 1940’s and 1950’s, biochemists strived to learn why each of the vitamins was essential
for health. They discovered that key enzymes in metabolism depend on one or another of the
vitamins as coenzymes to perform the chemistry that provides cells with energy for growth and
function. Now, these enzyme hunters occupied centre stage.
You are aware that the enzyme hunters have been replaced by a new breed of hunters who
are tracking genes- the blueprints for each of the enzymes- and are discovering the defective genes
that cause inherited diseases - diabetes, cystic fibrosis. These gene hunters, or genetic engineers, use
recombinant DNA technology to identify and clone genes and introduce them into bacterial cells and
plants to create factories for the massive production of hormones and vaccines for medicine and for
better crops for agriculture. Biotechnology has become a multibillion-dollar industry.
In view of the inexorable progress in science, we can expect that the gene hunters will be
replaced in the spotlight. When and by Whom? Which kind of hunter will dominate the scene in the
last decade of our waning century and in the early decades of the next? I wonder whether the hunters
who will occupy the spotlight will be neurobiologists who apply the technique of the enzyme and
the gene hunters to the function of the brain. What to call them? The head hunters. I will return to
them later.
Question 36: What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The microbe hunters B. The potential of genetic engineering
C. The progress of modern medical research D. The discovery of enzymes.
Question 37: The word “which” in line 3 refers to _________ .
A. diseases B. microbe C. cholera D. diphtheria
Question 38: The word “incriminated” in the line 4 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. investigated B. blamed C. eliminated D. produced
Question 39: Which of the following can be cured by a change in diet?
A. tuberculosis B. cholera C. cystic fibrosis D. pellagra
Question 40: How do vitamins influence health?
A. They are necessary for some enzymes to function.
B. They protect the body from microbes.
C. They keep food from spoiling.
D. They are broken down by cells to produce energy.
Question 41: The phrase “occupy the spotlight” in lines 21-22 is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. receive the most attention B. go the furthest
C. conquer territory D. lighten the load
Question 42: The author implies that the most important medical research topic of the future will be
__________.
A. the functions of the brains B. inherited diseases
C. the operation of vitamins D. the structures of 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.
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things,
the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are
rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals,
he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single
drop.
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to
withstand its desiccating effects. No moist-skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large
animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat.
Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the
tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth.
Yet they are not emaciated.
Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in
the world. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None
could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in
a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows
underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages
around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Question 43: The title for this passage could be ______.
 A. “Desert Plants” B. “Life Underground”
C. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment” D. “Man’s Life in Desert Environment”
Question 44: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as
____.
A. water is an essential part of his existence
B. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert
C. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things
D. very few large animals are found in the desert
Question 45: According to the passage, creatures in the desert ______.
A. run and leap faster than those in the tangled forest
B. run and leap more slowly than those in the tangled forest
C. are more active during the day than those in the tangled forest
D. are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world
Question 46: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals
EXCEPT ______.
A. they sleep during the day B. they dig home underground
C. they are noisy and aggressive D. they are watchful and quiet
Question 47 The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. “living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm”
B. “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
C. “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
D. “thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of food”
Question 48: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that
______.
A. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
B. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
C. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
D. they live in an accommodating environment
Question 49: The word “burrows” in the passage mostly means ______.
A. “places where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young”
B. “holes or tunnels in the ground made by animals for them to live in”
C. “structures made of metal bars in which animals or birds are kept”
D. “places where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found”
Question 50: We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. water is the basis of life B. living things adjust to their environment
C. desert life is colorful and diverse D. healthy animals live longer lives

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