1st MOCK TEST( August 30 th 2011) Time allowed: 180 minutes A. LISTENING I.

Listen the following passage and decide ( ) if the following statements are True (T), False (F) or No Information (NI) STATEMENTS T F NI 1. Shoppers like smart shops because there would be no queues at the checkouts. 2. Smart shops need fewer employees. 3. Checkout assistants have lower salaries than technicians do. 4. More securities guards are needed at smart shops. 5. There would never be a power cut at smart shops. II. Listen to the rest of the passage and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word Finally, what about security? The stores (6) _____ that the security arches would stop (7) ______. But how would shoppers feel about the arches? If you just forgot to (8) _______ something in the trolley, the alarm would ring when you went through the arch. Everyone in the store would look at you. ( 9) ______ that be embarrassing? Smart shopping (10) _____ very simple. But would it need smart shoppers? B. Phonetics (5 points) Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group. 11. A. oblige B. precede C. compliment D. certificate 12. A. organism B. independent C. presentation D. indication 13. A. mystery B. flourishing C. eternal D. calendar 14. A. conversation B. education C. communicate D. independent 15. A. compulsory B. secondary C. effectively D. geography C. grammar - vocabulary Language functions I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each sentence (15 points). 16. Hiram Revels, the first black member of the United States Senate, served as senator for Mississippi, an office _________ he was elected in 1870. A. which B. in which C. and which D. being which 17. _________ that's happened is a waste of time. A. Regret something B. Regretting something C. Something regretted D. Something to regret 18. Some machines produced large numbers of interchangeable parts_________ efficiently with the "interchangeable parts system" of great inventor Eli Whitney. A. could be used B. used C. used to D. could have used

19. In 1948 the United States Secretary of States Dean' Acheson _________ the Marshall Plan to aid the economic recovery of Europe after Second World War. A. begin to carry out B. began carrying out C. beginning and carrying out . D. to have begun carrying out 20. The English colonization of Virginia was devised in 1606 by a group of merchants _____ the Virginia Company of London. A. who formed B. they formed C. whom formed D. what formed 21. A hockey player rushing up the ice, traveling at more than twenty five miles per hour and slapping a puck at more than 125 miles per hour, makes the sport _________ than many other sports. A. is more dangerous B. more than dangerous C. more dangerous D. as more dangerous 22. . Not until ____________ home ____________ that he had taken someone else's bike. A. he got/ he realized B. he got/ did he realize C. did he get/ he realized D. he got/ he did realize 23. "Can you help me now?" "____________" A. No, thanks. B. No, I'm not going to take it.C. I'll be right there. D. I'll be OK. 24.Alice: What shall we do this weekend? Carol: ________________________ A. I went out for dinner. B. Oh, thats good. C. Lets go out for dinner. D. No problem. 25. Are you going repair the car yourself or are you going to ____________? A. repair it B. get it to repair C. have it repaired D. take it to repair 26.How do I look tonight? - Wow! ______ dress you have on! A. What a beautiful B. What beautiful C. How beautiful D. How a beautiful 27.The bad weather _____ the plane being delayed. A. caused B. resulted in C. created D. made 28. Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ____? A. would you B. shall you C. dont you D. will you 29.Where's my handbag? I____________remember leaving it here. A. distinctly B. fully C. surely D. totally 30."Never say that again, ____________?" A. won't you B. do you C. don't you D will you II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets (10 points). 31. Be careful! Thats a____________poison ( DEAD)

32. He shook his head in____________ ( APPROVE) 33. The policy is ____________.and so will cost the government a lot of money. (ECONOMY) 34. This matter is very____________.Dont discuss it outside the office. ( CONFIDENCE) 35. He is very generous and everyone admires his____________. (SELF) 36. We had the phone because we are moving tomorrow. (connect) 37. Ive never known such a _____________ person. (quarrel) 38. Try to give each student some____________.on the task ( FEED) 39. This young music composer is very famous as the most ____________ composer. (INFLUENCE) 40. Sarah ................. opened the door of the cellar, wondering what she might find. (CAUTION) III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (5 points). 41. Even though the girls have all ready visited ST. Augustine, they want to return to the Castillo de San Marcos. A B C D 42. The fact that the sophisticated technology has become part of revolution in travel A B delivery systems has not made travel schedules less hectic. C

D 43. The audience watching the rock concert obviously do not satisfy with the way the band played A B C D 44. The Tri-Nations Cup, which brings together the finest rugby teams from southern Pacific nations, A B have traditionally been won by the famous All-Blacks Team from New Zealand. C D 45. Liquids take the shape of any container which they are placed. A B C D