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PRACTICE TEST 24

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 1: A. teenage B. luggage C. manage D. damage Question 2: A. promoted B. watched C. invited D. decided

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. accurate B. customer C. computer D. exercise

Question 4: A. activity B. biology C. geography D. scientific Question 5: A. environment B. satisfaction C. cultivation D. distribution

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.

Question 6: We all agree that she is _______ student of the two sisters.

A. the cleverer B. clever C. the cleverest D. most clever

Question 7: -Cindy: "Your hairstyle is terrific, Mary!" -Mary: ―_______ ".

A. Thanks, Cindy. I had it done yesterday B. Why do you say that? I don‘t like it

C. Never mention it D. Thanks, but I'm afraid

Question 8: -John: ―A motorbike knocked Ted down.‖ -David: ―_______‖

A. What is it now? B. Poor Ted! C. How terrific! D. What a motor bike!

Question 9: It is hard to get _______ him; he is such an aggressive man.

A. by B. on with C. into D. over to

Question 10: Although the exam was difficult, _______ the students passed it.

A. most of B. none of C. a few D. a lot

Question 11. I can _______ with most things but I cannot stand noisy children.

A. put up B. put on C. put aside D. put off Question 12. Some snakes lay eggs, but _______ give birth to live offspring.

A. other B. the other C. others D. the others

Question 13. I don‘t care _______ you go or not.

A. where B. when C. why D. whether

Question 14. The librarian asked us _______ so much noise.

A. not make B. don‘t make C. not making D. not to make Question 15. Some film stars _______ be difficult to work with.

A. say B. say to C. are said D. are said to Question 16. _______ what I said last night, I still love you.

A. In spite B. Despite C. Even though D. Even if

Question 17. Peter is _______ John.

A. younger and more intelligent than B. more young and intelligent than C. more intelligent and younger than D. the more intelligent and younger than Question 18. _______ all attempts at negotiation had failed did the men decide to go on strike.

A. Not until B. No sooner C. Only by D. Only then

Question 19. You shouldn't _______ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.

A. have talked B. talk C. have be talked D. talked Question 20. She has to pass all her exams or _______ she would have no holiday.

A. instead B. else C. therefore D. though

Question 21: __________is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment..

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A. extinction B. biodiversity C. habitat D. conservation

Question 22: Toxic chemicals in the air and land have driven many species to the _______ of extinction.

A. tip B. edge C. verge D. border

Question 23: She ran ________ an interesting article about fashion while she was reading the newspaper.

A. after B. cross C. away D. out

Question 24: It‘s essential that every student ________ all the lectures.

A. attends B. attend C. has attended D. attended

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the fo llowing questions.

Question 25: The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and homeless.

A. poor B. imprisoned C. suffered D. injured

Question 26: The Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of an epoch of exodus from rural areas to cities.

A. episode B. period C. migration D. story

Question 27: We had to list the chronology of events in World War II on our test.

A. catastrophe B. time sequence C. disaster D. discrepancy Question 28: may find that jogging is detrimental to your health rather than beneficial.

A. helpful B. facile C. depressing D. harmful

Question 29. Pierre often helped her, and they devoted all their time to working in their laboratory.

A. dedicated B. sent C. gave D. offered

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 .

Question 30: Men and women in the Peace Corps work with people in the developing countries to help

A B

them improving their living conditions.

C D

Question 31: Although not widely sold, that book is considered to be best book on the subject.

A B C D

Question 32: Because his sickness he didn‘t take part in the English competition held last Sunday.

A B C D

Question 33. Whether life in the countryside is better than that in cities depend on each individual‘s point of view.

A B C D Question 34: Dreaming, like all other mental processes, it is a product of the brain and its activity.

A B C D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks:.

THE PERFORMING ARTS

In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or ___(35)___ a musical instrument. As they ____ (36)_____

up they were taken to public places of entertainment – the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these _____(37)_____ with great ____(38)_____ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers ____(39)_____ an endless stream of easily _____( 40)_____ entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous _____(41)_____ as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.

But all is not lost. The ____(42)_____ of a TV set may have encouraged a very lazy response from ____(

43)_____ in their own homes, but the ____(44)____ of those with ambitions to become performing artists

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themselves does not seem to have been at all diminished. And live performances in public are still relatively popular, albeit with an older, more specialist audience.

Question 35: A. handling B. controlling C. doing D. playing Question 36: A. developed B. brought C. advanced D. grew Question 37: A. circumstances B. occasions C. incidents D. situations Question 38: A. sensation B. action C. thrill D. excitement

Question 39: A. send B. supply C. stock D. store

Question 40: A. convenient B. free C. applicable D. available Question 41: A. designs B. inventions C. exhibits D. appearances Question 42: A. presence B. attendance C. company D. being Question 43: A. spectators B. viewers C. onlookers D. listeners

Question 44: A. want B. appeal C. pressure D. desire

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Simply being bilingual doesn‘t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, its a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.

At one international conference, an American speaker said, ―You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear‖, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, ―A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey‖ _ an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea.

There are two kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting what a foreign language speaker says _ actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones. Consecutive interpretation also requires two-person teams. A foreign speaker says his piece while the interpreter, using special shorthand, takes notes and during a pause, tells the client what was said.

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