Practice test 24

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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. wicked B. helped C. sacred D. beloved

Question 2: A. example B. exhibit C. exactly D. exhibition

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 3: A. stagnant B. desert C. interest D. install

Question 4: A. sacrifice B. maintenance C. disaster D. overview

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined, part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.

Question 5: A secretary told me an important file had left in the lunch room just the other day.

A B C D

Question 6: It is time the government helped the unemployment to find some jobs.

A B C D

Question 7: Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure.

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: It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver _________ in the crash.

A. were injured B. injured C. was injured D. had injured

Question 9: I am sorry. I want _____ to you, but I have been busy.

A. to write B. to have been writing

C. to have written D. writing

Question 10: By the end of last March, I _____ English for five years.

A. had been studied B. will have been studying

 C. had been studying D. will have studied

Question 11:

- Jane: “ ____________________ “
- David: “Thanks. I’ll write to you when I arrive there.”

A. Good luck B. Have a go

C. Have a good trip D. Good bye

Question 12: An advisor to both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman, ______ of Bethune Cookman
College.

A. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune, was the founder

B. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune, who was the founder

C. did founder was Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune

D. did the founder Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune

Question 13: “Never say that again, ______?”

A. won’t you B. do you C. don’t you D. will you

Question 14:

- Sarah: "I am terribly sorry, Mr. Johnson. I won't be able to come to the office tomorrow."
- Mr. Johnson: " _______ ."

A. Oh, that's annoying. B. Well, never mind.

C. Sounds like fun. D. Great, Sarah

Question 15: Tim looks so frightened and upset. He _______ something terrible.

A. must experience B. ought to have experienced

C. should have experienced D. must have experienced

Question 16: ________ we are experiencing!

A. What awful weather B. What an awful weather

C. How awful the weather is D. How awfully the weather is

Question 17: Michael doesn't care what he says. People are often _____by his outspoken comments.

A. taken off B. stool over

 C. taken aback D. set aside

Question 18:

- Jean: “Why didn’t you tell me about the plans for the merge?”

- Jack: “I would have told you _______.”

A. if you asked me to B. you had asked to me

C. had you asked me to D. you were asking me

Question 19: When reaching the top of the hill, __________________.

A. we suddenly caught sight of the sea

B. it was the sea that extended below us
C. we extended the sea below us
D. the sea came into view

Question 20: You ______to your teacher like that. It was very rude.

A. shouldn’t have talked B. mustn’t talk

C. shouldn’t talk D. mustn’t have talked

Question 21: As a proverb goes, "Lightning never______twice in the same place.”

A. strikes B. attacks C. beats D. hits

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 22: Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.

A. composure B. agitation C. contentment D. tranquility

Question 23: Students are expected to be quiet and compliant in the classroom.

A. recalcitrant B. obedient

C. compatible D. friendly

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 24: The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.

A. absolutely B. relevantly C. virtually D. comparatively

Question 25: He said that the tragedy had been wholly avoidable.
A. evocative B. inevitably C. explicit D. inescapable

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: I haven't been to the cinema for two months.

A. The last time I went to the cinema was two months ago.

B. I last went to the cinema was two months ago.

C. It is two months when I last went to the cinema.

D. I haven’t seen any films since two months now.

Question 27: I would rather you wore something more formal to work.

A. I’d prefer you wearing something more formal to work.

B. I’d prefer you to wear something more formal to work.

C. I’d prefer you should wear something more formal to work.

D. I’d prefer you wear something more formal to work.

Question 28: He’ll know if he’s got the position or not sometime before 5 o’clock today .

A. If they decide to accept him for the position, they’ll contact him around 5 o’clock today.

B. Although it seems certain that he will be accepted, the decision won’t be made known to him until 5 o’clock.

C. If he has been accepted for the position, he will receive the confirmation at around 5 p.m today.

D. By 5 p.m today he’ll be informed about whether he’s been accepted for the position.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer built from the given
words or phrases.

Question 29: beach / go / first day / holiday / cover / seaweed / smell / a lot.

A. The beach which we went to on the first day of our holiday covered by seaweed smelled a lot.

B. The beach we went to the first day of our holiday was covered in seaweed which smelled a lot.

C. The beach we went to on the first day of our holiday was covered in seaweed which smelled a lot.

D. The beach we went to on the first day of our holiday was covered in seaweed smelled a lot.

Question 30: no matter / hard / Janet / try / start / car / she / not / succeed.
A. No matter Janet tried hard to start her car, she didn’t succeed.

B. No matter how hard Janet try starting her car, she didn’t succeed.

C. No matter how hard Janet tried to start her car, she didn’t succeed.

D. No matter how Janet tried to start her car hard, she didn’t succeed.

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 from 31 to 35.

If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a
symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little doubt it is here to stay, and the truth is, of
course, that plastic has brought enormous (31)________ even environmental evil – it’s the way society
choose to use and abuse them.

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable
natural (32)_______. We import well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or
later, most of it is thrown away. A high (33)_______ of our cannual onsumption is in the form of packaging,
and this (34)________ about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be
recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (35)_______ is growing fast.

Question 31: A. savings B. pleasures C. benefits D. profits

Question 32: A. processes B. resources C. products D. fuels

Question 33: A. amount B. proportion C. protion D. rate

Question 34: A. makes B. carries C. takes D. constitutes

Question 35: A. industry B. manufacture C. plant D. factory

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.

In July of 1994, an astounding series of events took place. The world anxiously watched as, every few
hours, a hurtling chunk of comet plunged into the atmosphere of Jupiter. All of the twenty-odd fragments,
collectively called comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 after its discoverers, were once part of the same object, now
dismembered and strung out along the same orbit. This cometary train, glistening like a string of pearls, had
been first glimpsed only a few months before its fateful impact with Jupiter, and rather quickly scientists had
predicted that the fragments were on a collision course with the giant planet. The impact caused an explosion
clearly visible from Earth, a bright flaming fire that quickly expanded as each icy mass incinerated itself. When
each fragment slammed at 60 kilometers per second into the dense atmosphere, its immense kinetic energy
was transformed into heat, producing a superheated fireball that was ejected back through the tunnel the
fragment had made a few seconds earlier. The residues from these explosions left huge black marks on the
face of Jupiter, some of which have stretched out to form dark ribbons.

Although this impact event was of considerable scientific import, it especially piqued public curiosity and
interest. Photographs of each collision made the evening television newscast and were posted on the Internet.
This was possibly the most open scientific endeavor in history. The face of the largest planet in the solar
system was changed before our very eyes. And for the very first time, most of humanity came to fully
appreciate the fact that we ourselves live on a similar target, a world subject to catastrophe by random
assaults from celestial bodies. That realization was a surprise to many, but it should not have been. One of the
great truths revealed by the last few decades of planetary exploration is that collisions between bodies of al
sizes are relatively commonplace, at least in geologic terms, and were even more frequent in the early solar
system.

Question 36: The passage mentiones which of the following with respect to the fragments of comet
Shoemaker-Levy-9?

A. They were once combined in a large body.

B. Some of them burned up before entering the atmosphere of Jupiter.

C. Some of them are still orbiting Jupiter.

D. They have an unusual orbit.

Question 37: The author compares the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 to all of the following
EXCEPT________.

A. a train B. a giant planet

C. a pearl necklace D. a dismembered body

Question 38: Before comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter in July 1994, scientists______.

A. had been unaware of its existence

B. had been tracking it for only a few months

C. had observed its breakup into twenty-odd fragments

D. had decided it would not collide with the planet

Question 39: Before the comet fragments enter the atmosphere of Jupiter, they were most likely_______.

A. invisible B. black C. frozen D. exploding

Question 40: Superheated fireballs were produced as soon as the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy
9________.

A. hit the surface of Jupiter B. were pulled into Jupiter’s orbit

C. were ejected back back through the tunnel D. entered the atmosphere of Jupiter

Question 41: The second paragraph discusses the impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 primarily in terms
of_____.

A. its importance as an event of great scientific significance

B. its effect on public awareness of the possibility of damage to Earth

C. the changes it made to the surface of Jupiter

D. the effect it had on television broadcasting

Question 42: The “target” in the second paragraph most probably referred to_______.

A. Earth B. Jupiter C. the solar system D. a comet

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.

Lighthouses are towers with strong lights that help mariners plot their position, inform them that land is
near, and warn them of dangerous rocks and reefs. They are placed at prominent points on the coast and on
islands, reefs, and sandbars.

Every lighthouse has a distinctive pattern of light known as its characteristic. There are five basic
characteristics: fixed, flashing, occulting, group flashing, and group occulting. A fixed signal is a steady
beam. A flashing signal has periods of darkness longer than periods of light, while an occulting signal’s periods
of light are longer. A group-flashing light gives off two or more flashes at regular intervals, and a group-
occulting signal consists of a fixed light with two or more periods of darkness at regular intervals. Some
lighthouses use lights of different colors as well, and today, most lighthouses are also equipped with radio
beacons. The three types of apparatus used to produce the signals are the catoptric, in which metal is used to
reflect the light; the dioptric, in which glass is used; and the catadioptric, in which both glass and metal are
used.

In the daytime, lighthouses can usually be identified by their structure alone. The most typical structure
is a tower tapering at the top, but some, such as the Bastion Lighthouse on the Saint Lawrence River, are
shaped like pyramids, and others, such as the Race Rock Light, look like wooden houses sitting on high
platforms. Still others, such as the American Shoal Lighthouse off the Florida Coast, are skeletal towers of
steel. Where lighthouses might be confused in daylight, they can be distinguished by day-marker patterns –
designs of checks and stripes painted in vivid colors on lighthouse walls.

In the past, the job of lighthouse keeper was lonely and difficult, if somewhat romantic. Lighthouse
keepers put in hours of tedious work maintaining the lights. Today, lighthouses are almost entirely automated
with humans supplying only occasional maintenance. Because of improvements in navigational technology, the
importance of lighthouses has diminished. There are only about 340 functioning lighthouses in existence in the
United States today, compared to about 1,500 in 1900, and there are only about 1,400 functioning lighthouses
outside the United States. Some decommissioned lighthouses have been preserved as historical monuments.

Question 43: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one of the functions of lighthouses?

A. To help sailors determine their location.

B. To warn of danger from rocks anf reefs.

C. To notify sailors that bad weather is approaching.

D. To indicate that land id near.

Question 44: The word “prominent” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to______.

A. dangerous B. conspicuous C. picturesque D. famous

Question 45: In the context of this passage, the author uses the term “characteristic” in the second
paragraph to refer to a______.

A. period of darkness

B. person who operates a lighthouse

C. pattern painted on a lighthouse

D. distinctive light signal

Question 46: According to the passage, what kind of signal has long period of light that are regularly broken
by two or more periods of darkness?

A. Group occulting B. Flashing C. Occulting D. Group flashing

Question 47: According to the passage, a catoptric apparatus is one that uses_____.

A. lights of various colors B. metal

C. glass D. a radio beacon

Question 48: For which of the following does the author NOT provide a scientific example in the third
paragraph?

A. A lighthouse shaped like a pyramid

B. A lighthouse made of steel

C. A lighthouse with day-marker patterns

D. A light house that resembles a house on platform

Question 49: It can be concluded from the passage that lighthouses with day marker patterns would most
likely be found in areas where______.

A. the weather is frequently bad

B. the structure themselves cannot be easily seen by passing mariners

C. they are not many lighthouses

D. there are a number of lighthouses with similar structures

Question 50: The author implies that, compared to those of the past, contemporary lighthouses________.

A. employ more powerful lights

B. require less maintenance

C. are more difficult to operate

D. are more romantic