TEST 4

PART ONE. Multiple choice

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1. “I propose that the meeting _______.”
A. should postpone B. be postponed C. has been postponed D. postpones
2. Sean had made a silly mistake, but he is lucky _______ a second chance.
A. to be giving B. to be given C. to have been giving D. to have been given
3. Jeremy _______ wear glasses when she reads; she’s nearsighted.
A. has to B. must C. can D. may
4. Don’t be so careless like that again. You could _______ have spoiled the party.
A. surely B. possible C. well D. soon
5. Who was the receptionist _______ the phone at the time?
A. answering B. was answering C. having answered D. to answer
6. Let’s go to the beach; it’s _______ to sit indoors.
A. nice enough B. so nice C. too nice D. such nice
7. When we were in Athens, I bought a _______ statuette.
A. white beautiful marble little B. marble beautiful little white
C. beautiful marble little white D. beautiful little white marble
8. Overexposure to the sun can produce _______ some toxic chemicals.
A. more than damage to the skin B. more damage than to the skin
C. more damage to the skin than D. damage more than to the skin
9. Oxygen and nutrients reach the body’s tissues _______ from the blood through the capillary wall.
A. pass B. by passing C. to be passing D. have passed
10. Barely _______ the fire broke out.
A. when the fuel pump exploded B. exploded the fuel pump when
C. had the fuel pump exploded than D. did the fuel pump explode when
11. Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously _______ by the floods.
A. alerted B. disrupted C. destroyed D. erupted
12. He was offered a deal _______ a multi-million-pound contract, a new car and a house in London.
A. comprising B. holding C. having D. consisting
13. People often _______ darkness with mystery.
A. relate B. connect C. associate D. resemble
14. The roar of the crowd _______ the music which was playing in the background.
A. deafened B. muted C. cut D. drowned
15. The rubber is _______ to snap if you stretch it any more.
A. liable B. prone C. probably D. due
16. You need to be able to _______ every small chance you have.
A. take advantage of B. make fun of C. take effect of D. make allowance for
17. The sound quality was poor, so we couldn’t _______ appreciate the music.
A. greatly B. easily C. properly D. widely
18. Ian Mills won the election _______ all the odds.
A. despite B. against C. without D. below
19. Having _______ a lot of problems at work, my father came home tired but happy.
A. broken into B. got through C. come up against D. brought round
20. The Piranha is a(n) _______ fish which is very dangerous for other creatures living around it.
A. eaten-flesh B. flesh-eaten C. eating-flesh D. flesh-eating

PART TWO. Word forms

A. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
1. The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the __________ spread of
English. (ubiquity)
2. Why do we always talk about __________ duties; it merely suggests the idea of sex discrimination.
(wife)
3. I am always a strong advocate of ___________; all wars are wrong whatsoever. (pacify)
4. Many folk songs are played to the __________ of traditional music instruments. (company)
5. Each of the functions of the body, even thinking, requires the _________ of energy. (expend)
6. Searching for alternative forms of energy does not __________ mean the abandonment of fossil fuels
as an energy source. (necessity)
7. When __________ fear is out of proportion to any real danger, it is called a phobia. (occur)
8. Roger Federer is a(n) ___________ champion of all times as a tennis player. (dispute)
9. The _____________ battle is between two of Vietnam’s retail giants. (take)
10. The ______________ staff all wish to join the union. You can have their names in the following list.
(mention)

B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a
meaningful passage. There are two extra words that you cannot use.
progress slow stand up move land
able mobile come access go ease
It’s ironic that the very things that are supposed to provide access to the (11)_____________
floors of buildings – stairs – often, in fact make them (12)___________. For many elderly people and
others with limited (13)___________, getting upstairs can be a daily problem to be (13)_______.
However, stairlifts have been helping people to solve that problem since they first appeared in the US in
the 1930s. Designs have (15)___________ many changes over the years and stairlifts have become
(16)___________ safer and (17)___________ easier to use. Most consist of a seat which moves along
rails that run along the wall.
The user controls how rapid the seat moves along the rails as it travels from the bottom of the
stairs to the (18)_____________ at the top. In today’s models, the (19)___________ is controlled by
computers to give a smooth ride and the components are designed to (20)_____________ constant use.
Many people have been given a new lease of life by the stairlift.

PART THREE. CLOZE TESTS

Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.
PASSAGE A
Windsor Castle dates back to Saxon times in the 9th century. The castle is situated above the
north bank the River Thames. In 1070, William I the Conqueror developed the present (1)_______ and
built the original fortress to (2)_______ London from enemy attacks, as it was only one day’s march
from the city centre. Windsor Castle was (3)_______ to residential apartments for the monarchs and it is
now the world’s oldest royal (4)_______.
A tour of the castle is (5)_______ interesting, and one of the main (6)_______ is the famous
dolls’ house (7)_______ for Queen Mary by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It took three years to (8)_______ and
more than a thousand artists and craftsmen were (9)_______. The upper ward of the castle houses the
royal library, which contains a (10)_______ collection of paintings by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci
and Michelangelo.
The State Apartments in Windsor Castle are used for ceremonial, state and official (11)_______.
They have (12)_______ been restored after a fire in 1992, which destroyed more than a hundred rooms.
Fortunately, most of the paintings, furniture and works of art were saved. It reopened in 1997 when the
restoration of the (13)_______ area was successfully completed. Visiting Windsor Castle is like
stepping (14)_______ in history, and visitors have often managed to catch a (15)_______ of the Royal
Family, whose members still spend part of the year there.
1. A. sight B. site C. district D. section
2. A. prevent B. ban C. stop D. protect
3. A. converted B. replaced C. substituted D. renovated
4. A. habitat B. residence C. area D. location
5. A. extremely B. fully C. totally D. entirely
6. A. facilities B. attractions C. locations D. sites
7. A. done B. provided C. supplied D. created
8. A. terminate B. end C. finalize D. complete
9. A. included B. involved C. invited D. informed
10. A. valueless B. priceless C. worthless D. invaluable
11. A. moments B. events C. happenings D. occasions
12. A. recently B. generally C. rarely D. originally
13. A. affected B. infected C. influenced D. infested
14. A. after B. further C. reverse D. back
15. A. glimpse B. glance C. notice D. sight

Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
PASSAGE B
Found in 1952, the Global Influenza (1)_______ and Response System, or GISRS, is
(2)_______ 70 years of success as a worldwide network founded to protect people from the (3)_______
of influenza, reviewing its added value to other respiratory virus threats including COVID-19, and
setting its (4)_______ to the future.
“GISRS is a proven global network that has provided a first (5)_______ of defence against
influenza for 70 years.” WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Influenza is a serious global (6)_______ problem that impacts all countries: every year, there are
an (7)_______ one billion cases of seasonal Influenza causing three to five million severe (8)_______
including up to 650.000 influenza-related respiratory (9)_______ globally. Moreover, new influenza
viruses are constantly (10)_______ – these can cause (11)_______ that lead to widespread societal
disruption and millions of deaths.
Influenza viruses constantly (12)_______ into new variants and spread rapidly, similar to SARS-
CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. GISRS (13)_______ as a network of over 150 laboratories in
127 countries, areas or (14)_______ that continuously monitor influenza viruses and diseases globally.
Millions of specimens are tested and (15)_______ of thousands of viruses are exchanged within GISRS
every year.

PASSAGE D

The 2015 Paris Agreement

COP26 (Conference of the Parties 26) is an opportunity to get the world on (16)_______ to meet
the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which was (17)_______ at COP21. The Paris Agreement
represented an important (18)_______ in the climate change process because it was the first time there
was a legal agreement (19)_______ countries together to act. Since then, 190 countries have
(20)_______ the Paris Agreement. The goal is to keep global warming to (21)_______ below 2°C,
ideally 1.5°C. To do this, countries need to reduce CO2 emissions as much and as fast as possible.
However, time is running out. (22)_______ the Paris Agreement, not enough has been done to limit
climate change or to manage its (23)_______ on people and the planet.
 What’s the plan now?
The aim of the COP26 conference is to bring international (24)_______ together to make faster
progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement. The UN is asking the biggest CO 2-(25)_______
countries to come to COP26 with ambitious (26)_______ to cut their emissions. The 2021 event has
four goals, set by its (27)_______, the UK and Italy:
- agreeing to more ambitious action to reduce carbon emissions
- strengthening adaptation to the effects of climate change
- making money available for climate action
- improving the way countries work together on energy change, clean road (28)_______ and
nature.
COP26 brings together country leaders, experts and environmental campaigners to work on the
biggest (29)_______ the world faces today. It is time for people to come together to (30)_______
ambitious and fast action against the climate crisis.

PART FOUR. Reading Comprehension

Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.
Often enough the craft worker’s place of employment in ancient Greece was set in rural
isolation. Potters, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay,
regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and Athens, however, two of the best-
known potters’ quarters were situated on the cities’ outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta
figurines were also established well within the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery
manufacture had evolved well before the Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in
shape and in decoration, for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of
the fired pot. Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather
than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.; its distinctive color and luster were the
result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln’s temperature during an extended three-stage period if firing
the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters who initiated changes in firing is unclear;
the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have
been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other.
The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to confine
themselves to either decorated housewares like cooking pots and jars or building materials like roof tiles
and drainpipes. Some sixth-and fifth-century B.C. Athenian pottery establishments are known to have
concentrated on a limited range of fine ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Tliasos
produced many types of pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used
to create particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for other
products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to facilitate mass
production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity
by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.
1. The passage mainly discusses ancient Greek pottery and its
(A) production techniques. (B) similarity to other crafts.
(C) unusual materials. (D) resemblance to earlier pottery.
2. The phrase “regardless of” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) as a result of (B) no matter what. (C) proud of. (D) according to.
3. It can be inferred from the passage that most pottery establishments in ancient Greece were situated
(A) in city centers. (B) on the outskirts of cities.
(C) where clay could be found. (D) near other potters’ workshops.
4. The word “marked” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) original. (B) attractive. (C) noticeable. (D) patterned.
5. The word “confine” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) adapt (B) train (C) restrict (D) organize
6. It can be inferred from the passage that terra-cotta had which of the following advantages:
(A) It did not break during the firing process.
(B) It was less expensive than other available materials.
(C) Its surface had a lasting shine. (D) It could be used for many purposes.
7. The word “presumably” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) frequently. (B) practically. (C) preferably. (D) probably.
8. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to
(A) molds. (B) particular effects. (C) products. (D) vessels and figurines.
9. According to the passage, all of the following are true of ancient Greek potters and vase painters
EXCEPT:
(A) Their functions were so specialized that they lacked common concerns.
(B) They sometimes produced inferior ware.
(C) They produced pieces that had unusual color and shine.
(D) They decorated many of their works with human images.
10. The purpose of this passage is
(A) to advertise. (B) to argue. (C) to cast doubt. (D) to inform.

PART FIVE: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it.
Use the word in brackets without making any change to it.
1. She was imprisoned for three months for being rude to the judge. (earned)
Her rudeness_______________________________________________________________
2. Everyone is sure that he will beat his opponent in the round. (win)
In all _______________________________________________________________
3. Mike is not the only person who is good-looking in that family. (monopoly)
Mike _______________________________________________________________
4. A friend of ours fixed the car for us. (friends)
We had_______________________________________________________________
5. The police have put barriers around the building because of a suspected bomb. (cordoned)
In view _______________________________________________________________
6. I’d discuss the deal with Phil before making a decision. (mind)
I’d have _______________________________________________________________
7. The adverts look exactly the same as the articles in this magazine. (difference)
It’s impossible _______________________________________________________________
8. Quang Hai has so much talent that many football clubs are interested in him. (footballer)
So _______________________________________________________________
9. Getting a later train was our only option when we arrived at the station. (but)
We arrived at the station only to
10. We weren’t surprised by his success in the contest. (succeeded)
It came _______________________________________________________________

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