9.2 - Practice No 6
9.2 - Practice No 6
9.2 - Practice No 6
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Practice No 6
SECTION A. LISTENING
Part 1: Listen to an interview with Mick Davidson, an animal rights activist, and complete the sentences. Write
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your answers in the
correspondent numbered boxes.
* Animal rights protesters destroyed expensive_______ (1) at a research laboratory.
* Davidson believes that using animals in experiments is a _______(2).
* Firms need a lot of money to set up _________ (3).
* Davidson hasn‟t got any shoes that are made of ________(4).
* Newspapers publish _______ (5) that Mick Davidson has written.
* Davidson damaged a fur coat in a shop in _______ (6).
* In one illegal action, Davidson removed video _______ (7) from a laboratory, which halted the research.
* In the attack on a laboratory, Davidson and his ADG colleagues took thirty _____(8) away with them.
* Davidson doesn‟t support the use of ________ (9), except against property.
* The ADG has apologized to people that they have harmed without _________ (10).
Part 2: You will hear a radio with a road safety expert on the topic of road rage then choose the best answer. Write
your answers in the correspondent numbered boxes.
1. James says that drivers become angry if _____________.
A. they think they will be delayed. B. other drivers threaten them.
C. other people don‟t drive as well as they do. D. they lose control of their car.
2. Revenge rage can lead motorists to ________________.
A. chase after dangerous drivers. B. become distracted whilst driving.
C. deliberately damage another car. D. take unnecessary risks.
3. Most „revenge ragers‟ are ______________.
A. young male drivers. B. drivers of large vehicles.
C. inexperienced drivers. D. people who drive little.
4. What, according to James, does the experiment with grass show?
A. people living in country areas are better drivers.
B. strong smells help us drive more safely.
C. our surroundings can affect the way we drive.
D. regular breaks on a journey keep drivers calm.
5. James thinks the hi-tech car _________________.
A. sounds less irritating than a passenger. B. is not very reliable.
C. could cause further anger. D. would be difficult to control.
SECTION B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the
correspondent numbered boxes.
1. At school he had a good academic record, and also __________ at sports.
A. prevailed B. excelled C. surpassed D. achieved
2. Christine‟s face _______ up when she heard the good news.
A. showed B. cleaned C. warmed D. lit
3. I think Candy _______ the prize if she plays this well during the competition.
A. is in for winning B. may as well win C. is set for winning D. is bound to win
4. Mrs. Brown always ________ in a crowd because she wore large hats.
A. found against B. looked up C. stood out D. showed up
5. She ________ on the computer for more than two hours when she decided to stop for a rest.
A. has worked B. has been working
C. was working D. had been working
6. ______ lectures at your university?
A. Haven‟t students got to attended B. Don‟t students have to attend
C. Needn‟t students have attended D. Mustn‟t students to attend
7. To get a passport, you must send in your birth ________ and two photos.
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A. certificate B. license C. paper D. card
8. Have you ever visited New York harbor _________ the famous Statue of Liberty stands?
A. on where B. that C. on that D. where
9. _________ smart he was, he couldn't figure out how to solve the puzzle.
A. Although B. However C. Much as D. Despite
10. Mary is so______ that people told her all their troubles.
A. dependent B. confidential C. permission D. sympathetic
11. It‟s essential that every student ______ the exam before attending the course.
A. pass B. passes C. would pass D. passed
12. Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead through the use of chemicals, ________ancient Peruvians did
through natural processes.
A. because B. whereas C. even though D. whether or not
13. I wrote to them a fortnight ago but ______ I haven‟t had a reply.
A. as yet B. these days C. so long D. just now
14. It‟s not surprising that he became a writer because he always longed to see his name______.
A. in type B. in print C. in letters D. in edition
15. The prospects of picking up any survivors are now ______.
A. thin B. narrow C. slim D. restricted
16. Marge walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she ______ something she would regret later.
A. will say B. might say C. said D. might have said
17. Rita's very________ and easily gets upset when people criticize her.
A. sensitive B. level-headed C. sensible D. open-minded
18. "Fantastic sale. Everything must be sold _______of the price!"
A. regardless B. in vain C. despite D. without
1 9 . In bacteria and in other organisms, _______ is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the genetic information.
A. both B. and C. it D. which
20.________ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months.
A. As far as B. So much as C. Much more than D. Except that
Part 2: Fill each gap of the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Write your answers
in the correspondent numbered boxes.
1. Nowadays, human beings are disposing tons of water _________such as detergents, pesticides, oil, and other
chemicals. (POLLUTE)
2. As you can see, there are so many swear words in this composition that I think it‟s________. (PRINT)
3. Under her fine editorship, ________ has increased by 100,000. (CIRCULATE)
4. Deaths caused by reckless driving are ________. (AVOID)
5. In electronics, we learn to repair______ appliances. (HOUSE)
6. A recent report has warned of global food _______ unless the current system of farming and food distribution is
changed. (SHORT)
7. Increasing world ______ will lead to the rise in demand for energy, food and fresh water. (PROSPEROUS)
8. The spiral and the helix are everywhere, ______, curving shapes whose incredible regularity contrasts so sharply
with the random world around them. (GRACE)
9. Although a vast amount of information, imagery, and commentary has been made available, it is difficult to
determine the authenticity and______ of information contained in web pages. (RELY)
10. In many countries, mobile phones now ______ land-line telephones, with most adult and many children now
owning mobile phones. (NUMBER)
Part 3: Fill in the gaps of the following sentences with suitable particles or prepositions. Write the answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (0) has been done as an example.
0. Poachers aren‟t being punished enough for their crimes; many are let _______ without charges.
1. She‟s a nature enthusiast and she will certainly jump______ the opportunity of visiting Yellow Stone National
Park.
2. “Please go on talking while I‟m jotting_______ my notes.” he said.
3. Unless your wife stops leading her extravagant lifestyle, you won‟t get _______ on the poor salary you obtain.
4. It's like banging your head _____ a brick wall.
5. This led _____ the criticism that the music they played was no longer relevant to today's South Africans.
6. I wish my friends would call me first before they drop______.
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7. He came ______ a large sum of money when his uncle died.
8. You look tired. Are you ______ the weather?
9. The book abounds ______ close-up images from space.
10. A brief outline of the course were handed ______ to the students at the first meeting.
Part 4: There is ONE mistake in each of the following sentences. Find out the mistake and correct it. Write your
answers in the correspondent numbered boxes. No. (0) has been done for you.
0. Most people are afraid from sharks.
1. A dolphin locates underwater objects in its path by doing a series of clicking and whistling sounds.
2. The council said that they had no option apart to closing the sports center.
3. More than 600 million individual bacterium live on the skin of humans.
4. In several parts of Asia, there is still a strong market for traditional medicines making from these animal parts.
5. If a species does not have the natural genetic protection against particular diseases, an introduced disease can
have severely effects on that species.
6. The number of the books in the library have risen to over five million.
7. I'm tired because I stayed up late to do all my homeworks last night.
8. Sliding across the snow at skis is one of the most ancient methods of transport known to man.
9. At a crime scene, the police will tell you to get back although they don‟t want civilians to interfere with the
investigation.
10. At school I disliked the chemistry‟s teacher because she was always picking on me.
SECTION C. READING
Part 1: For the following questions, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
one word in each gap. Write your answer in corresponding numbered boxes.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is probably the most famous of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It
___________ (1) built by King Khufu (known as Cheops to the Greeks) around 2450 BC, and its neighbor,
___________ (2) is a little smaller, was constructed later __________ (3) his son Khefren. By the time of the beautiful
Queen Cleopatra, they _________ (4) already stood against the desert skyline through the reigns of more
___________ (5) a hundred kings or pharaohs. For centuries archaeologists have puzzled over the reasons for their
construction. Now a new solution __________ (6) the mystery has been proposed, according to which Great
Pyramid was intended as a focus for __________ (7) pharaoh‟s complicated funeral ceremony. Astronomers think
the narrow passages __________ (8) from the royal burial chambers were aligned with certain stars in the 26,000-
year cycle of the constellations, ___________ (9) that the dead king‟s soul could be launched to the stars. The latest
discovery is a hitherto unopened door in the depths of the Pyramid. Who can imagine what ___________ (10)
behind it?
Part 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer
in corresponding numbered boxes.
Some famous places are disappointing: dirty, cramped, and a bit of a cliché. But there are others (1) ______, even
though you've seen every television program ever made about them, are every (2) ______ as wonderful as you'd
imagined. The Grand Canyon is one of these and so, despite being next door to a main road, is Stonehenge.
Another is Venice which, in its entirety, (3) ______ a great work of art, each decaying aspect revealing an (4) ______
glimpse of water or startling architecture, each individual building or piazza (5) ______ an exquisite sense of
proportion. I return to Venice every two years in the course of my work and on each of these occasions I have
found something new to (6) ______ at. Alarm cries about how (7) ______ this can last are sounded every now and
then each time the water levels rise. But the fact that this city is (8) ______ into the sea seems to add to its romantic
atmosphere. Far more serious is the depopulation, for it seems that just about every week another family leaves.
Since 1945 more than half the population of Venice has moved to the mainland. The rich (9) ______ the great
palazzos along the Grand Canal and visit every once in a while, but leave the windows dark for the rest of the
time. Mass tourism threatens (10) ______ very structure of the city. It is a sad victim of its own success.
1. A. then B. which C. these D. those
2. A. bit B. piece C. portion D. fragment
3. A. retains B. remains C. keeps D. maintains
4. A. unforeseen B. unexpected C. unimaginable D. unbelievable
5. A. concealing B. exhibiting C. displaying D. presenting
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6. A. marvel B. compliment C. praise D. stare
7. A. far B. much C. often D. long
8. A. emerging B. floating C. falling D. sinking
9. A. gain B. own C. hold D. master
10. A. a B. this C. the D. that
Part 3: Read the following passage about the future life. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the
passage. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
The modern comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants of the American
press in the late 19th century. The first full-color comic strip appeared in January 1894 in the New York World,
owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to today‟s Sunday funnies,
appeared two years later, in William Randolph Hearst‟s rival New York paper, the morning Journal.
Both were immensely popular, and publishers realized that supplementing the news with comic relief
boosted the sale of papers. The Morning journal started another feature in 1896, the “Yellow Kid,” the first
continuous comic character in the United States, whose creator, Richard Outcault had been lured away from the
“World” by the ambitious Hearst. The “Yellow Kid‟ was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue was the
strictly urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon inside the strip,
usually placed above the characters‟ heads.
The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph Dirks‟s “Katzenjammer Kids,”
based on Wilheim Busch‟s Max and Moritz, a European satire of the nineteenth century. The “Kids” strip, first
published in 1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not only speech balloons, but a
continuous cast of characters, and was divided into small regular panels that did away with the larger panoramic
scenes of earlier comics.
Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of comic strips throughout the
country. Though weekly colored comics came first, daily black-and-white strips were not far behind. They first
appeared in the Chicago American in 1904. it was followed by many imitators, and by 1915 black-and-white comic
strips had become a staple of daily newspapers around the country.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A comparison of two popular comic strips.
B. The differences between early and modern comic strips.
C. The effects of newspapers on comic strip stories.
D. Features of early comic strips in the United States.
2. Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
A. They established New York‟s first newspaper.
B. They published comic strips about the newspaper war.
C. Their comic strips are still published today.
D. They owned major competitive newspapers.
3. The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons?
A. They provided a break from serious news stories.
B. Readers enjoyed the unusual drawings.
C. Readers could identify with the characters.
D. They were about real-life situations.
4. To say that Richard Outcault had been lured away from the „World‟ by Hearst (line 9) means which of the
following?
A. Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World.
B. Hearst fired Outcault from the World.
C. Hearst warned Outcault to leave the World.
D. Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World.
5. The word “it” in line 10 refers to ___________.
A. The “Yellow Kid” B. dialogue C. farce D. balloon
6. According to the passage, the “Yellow Kid” was the first comic strip to do all of the following EXCEPT
_____________.
A. feature the same character in each episode.
B. include dialogue inside a balloon.
C. appear in a Chicago newspaper.
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D. characterize city life in a humorous way.
7. The word “incorporate” in line 12 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. affect B. create C. combine D. mention
8. The word “prototype” in line 14 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. story B. humor C. drawing D. model
9. The word “staple” in line 20 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. regular feature B. Popular edition C. new version D. huge success
10. In what order does the author discuss various comic strips in the passage?
A. alphabetical order by title.
B. in the order in which they were created.
C. according to the newspaper in which they appeared.
D. from most popular to least popular.
Part 4. For questions 1-5, choose the best phrase or sentence A- H (given below the text) to fill each of the blanks in
the following text. Write on letter (A-H) in corresponding numbered boxes. Three of the suggested answers do NOT
fit at all.
SHORT OF FUNDS
You see, I started the job with the highest of hopes. I mean, I‟d never really thought of fund-raising as a career, but
at the end of the day it‟s a job, isn‟t it? It pays the bills. Well, it would have done if they hadn‟t kept ____________
(1).That was the trouble. First they wanted me to phone their precious sponsors, then they said I should forget
them and concentrate on ____________ (2). And of course, I was having to input everything on this all-singing, all-
dancing computer- you wouldn‟t believe the things it could do! I wasn‟t getting on well with my boss either- you
could tell I just wasn‟t her flavor of the month. Who knows why? ____________ (3). But when she discovered I
hadn‟t raised any money at all in the whole three months I‟d been there it all went pear-shaped and I found myself
out on my ear. Well, I never liked it much there anyway. Being unemployed isn‟t ____________ (4). I‟ve got enough
money to tide me over till about September. I‟m still looking around for something else, but if there‟s absolutely
nothing and push comes to shove, I might try and ____________ (5) on the internet. It can‟t be that difficult, can it?