PRACTICE TEST 5

PART I: LISTENING (2 points)

Question 1. You will hear a man phoning to enquire about a job vacancy. Complete the note below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer. (1 points)
JOB ENQUIRY
• Type of work: 1. Answering phone
• Number of hours 2. 12
• Work in the: 3. Hillsdunne Road branch
• Nearest bus stop: next to 4. library
• Pay: £ 5. 4.45 an hour
• Extra benefits: extra pay when you work on: 6. national holidays
transport home when you work: 7. after 11 o’clock
• Qualities required: have 8. clear voice
ability to 9. think quickly
• Interview arranged for: Thursday 10. 22th October at 6 p.m.
Question 2. You will listen to a survey about people’s spending habit. Listen and choose the
appropriate answer A, B or C. (0.5 point)
1. How long is the survey supposed to last?
A. 5 minutes B. 9 minutes C. 12 minutes
2. Which income band is the man in?
A. Low B. Average C. High
3. The man feels that he has __________.
A. less money than he needs
B. enough money to live on
C. more money than he needs
4. The man spends most of his money on __________.
A. things he really likes B. what he has to C. eating out in restaurants.
5. The man uses cash to pay __________
A. for most things B. his bills C. for things which are not planned
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 3: Listen to a piece of news and fill each gap with no more than 2 words. (0.5 point)
People worldwide are angry because a video of the killings at mosques in Christchurch is still on
social media sites. On Friday, a terrorist shot and killed 50 worshipers at two mosques. The gunman 1.
live-streamed the shootings on Facebook. The video spread across social media. Many people think
social media companies have not done enough to remove the video. Social media users posted
messages asking people to stop sharing it. One user said: "That is what the terrorist wanted." Another
said social media sites quickly take down music videos but not 2. terror video.
Facebook said it acted quickly to remove the video. It said: "New Zealand Police 3. alerted us to a
video on Facebook shortly after the live-stream commenced. We quickly removed both the shooter's
Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video." YouTube said it removes videos as soon as people
4. highlight them. The UK's Home Secretary said social media sites must do more to stop the spread
of "sick material" online. He said: "It is wrong and it is 5. illegal ." He said social media sites must not
"do the terrorists' work for them". He said this terrorist wanted to spread his ideas.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PART II: PHONETICS, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3.5 points)
Question 1:
A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 point)

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1. A. germ B. gene C. game D. gym
2. A. electrical B. equalize C. elaborate D. ejection
5. A. deny B. typist C. rhyme D. needy
Your answers:
1. 2. 3.
B. Choose the word which has different stress pattern from other words. (0.5 point)
1. A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Japanese
2. A. enjoyable B. convenient C. exciting D. interesting
Your answers:
1. 2.
Question 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. (1.5 points)
1. Can you give me the ________ for tomato soup?
A. formula B. recipe C. order D. method
2. Mary: “Thank you for taking the time to come here in person.”
Tom: “________.”
A. With all my heart B. Never mention me C. It’s my pleasure D. No problem
3. Jeans are popular because they look fashionable and can ________ hard wear.
A. stand up for B. stand up to C. stand in for D. stand up against
4. The development of laser use is a major ________ in medicine.
A. breakaway B. breakup C. break-in D. breakthrough
5. I don’t think she’s done her work, ________?
A. do you B. have I C. has she D. hasn’t she
6. The Malaysian unit of ________ is the ringgit.
A. currency B. current C. insurance D. cash
7. Learning how to use the app is easy to her. She can use it right away.
A. a piece of cake B. a cup of tea C. a bag of bone D. a storm in a tea cup
8. You have to keep all dangerous objects out of children’s ________.
A. reach B. hand C. mind D. take
9. She is one of the few people to ________.
A. I look up them B. who I look up C. that I look up D. whom I look up
10. The manager asked that we ________ at the gate to welcome the special guests when they came.
A. stood B. be standing C. would stand D. stand
11. Carbon emissions from airplanes and other pollutants ________ to global warming.
A. attribute B. stem C. contribute D. spark
12. The management team came ________ criticism for the way they handled the situation.
A. in for B. up with C. up to D. out in
13. ________ global solidarity, the world would not be better prepared for the influenza pandemic.
A. On account of B. Thanks to C. If not D. But for
14. It is a pity you didn’t ask because I ________ you.
A. must have helped B. could help C. will help D. could have helped
15. She had bought a ________ before she went on the trip.
A. silk pretty red dress B. red pretty silk dress
C. pretty silk red dress D. pretty red silk dress
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Question 3: Give the correct form of the word given in brackets to fill in each blank. (1 point)

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 “Space Warriors’ Wrist” is only one of the painful conditions that can be caused by (1. constant)
constantly playing computer games. Children also suffer from a strange (2. ache) aching feeling in
their upper arms and shoulders. Another problem that doctors have reported is a (3. lose) loss of
appetite in some children. The (4. explain) explanation for this seems to be that they don’t get enough
exercise. This may also explain the (5. tend) tendency of some children to put on weight. The high
sugar (6. contain) content of the convenience foods the same children eat is (7. probable) probably
also a cause. Some people believe that it is the (8. responsible) responsibility of the government to do
something about this problem. However, it is difficult for even the (9. power) powerful government to
stop people doing what they want to do. One official recently said ‘All we can do is put a (10. warn)
warning on the games, saying that they can harm your heath.”
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 4: Supply the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets. (0.5 point)
Since the dawn of time, people (1. find) have found ways to communicate with one another.
Smoke signals and tribal drums (2. be) were some of the earliest forms of communication. Letters, (3.
carry) carried by birds or by humans on foot or on horseback, (4. make) made it possible for people to
communicate larger amounts of information between two places. The telegram and telephone (5. set)
set the stage for more modern means of communication. With the invention of the cell phone,
communication itself has become mobile.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PART III: READING (2.5 points)
Question 1: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers. (1 points)
Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, are a major group of organic compounds that regulate the
mechanisms by which the body converts food into energy. They should not be confused with minerals,
which are inorganic in their makeup. Although in general the naming of vitamins followed the
alphabetical order of their identification, the nomenclature of individual substances may appear to be
somewhat random and disorganized. Among the 13 vitamins known today, five are produced in the
body. Because the body produces sufficient quantities of some but not all vitamins, they must be
supplemented in the daily diet. Although each vitamin has its specific designation and cannot be
replaced by another compound, a lack of one vitamin can interfere with the processing of another.
When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet is continual, a vitamin deficiency may result.
The best way for an individual to ensure a necessary supply of vitamins is to maintain a
balanced diet that includes a variety of foods and provides adequate quantities of all the compounds.
Some people take vitamin supplements, predominantly in the form of tablets. The vitamins in such
supplements are equivalent to those in food, but an adult who maintains a balanced diet does not need
a daily supplement. The ingestion of supplements is recommended only to correct an existing
deficiency due to unbalanced diet, to provide vitamins known to be lacking in a restricted diet, or to
act as a therapeutic measure in medical treatment. Specifically, caution must be exercised with fat-
soluble substances, such as vitamins A and D, because, taken in gigantic doses, they may present a
serious health hazard over a period of time.
1. The word "regulate” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. control B. refine C. refresh D. include
2. The word "nomenclature" is closest in meaning to ________.
A. conservation B. classification C. concentration D. clarification
3. How many vitamins must be derived from nourishment?

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A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 13
4. The author implies that foods ________.
A. supply some but not all necessary vitamins
B. should be fortified with all vitamins
C. are equivalent in vitamin content
D. supplement all necessary vitamins
5. The phrase "daily diet" is closest in meaning to ________.
A. weight loss or gain B. sufficient quantities
C. nourishment intake D. vitamin tablets
6. A continual lack of one vitamin in a person's diet is ________.
A. contagious B. desirable C. comfortable D. dangerous
7. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?
A. Varied diet needs to be supplemented with vitamins.
B. Diet with a variety of food can provide all necessary vitamins.
C. Vitamins cannot be consistently obtained from food.
D. Vitamins should come from capsules in purified form.
8. It can be inferred from the passage that vitamin supplements can be advisable ________.
A. in special medical cases
B. in most restricted diets
C. after correcting a dietary deficiency
D. before beginning a therapeutic treatment
9. The phrase "act as” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. play the role of B. pretend to be C. fight for D. attest to the fact that
10. The author of the passage implies that ________.
A. some vitamins are not fat-soluble
B. vitamins can be taken in very small doses
C. all vitamins are water-soluble
D. one vitamin can be replaced by another compound
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 2: Read the passage then choose the best word to fill in the gap. (1 point)
Why we need to play
Human beings are not the only creatures that like to 1________ fun. Many animals play, as do some
birds. However, no other creatures spend so much time enjoying themselves as human beings do.
Indeed, we 2________ onto our sense of fun right into adulthood.
So why do human beings spend so much time playing? One reason is that we have time for
3.________. Animals have very little time to play as most of their life is spent sleeping and 4________
food.
So, is play just an opportunity for us to 5________ in enjoyable activities or does it have a more
important 6________? According to scientists, 7________ from being fun, play has several very real
8________ for us – it helps our physical, intellectual and social development. It also helps to
9________ us for what we have not yet experienced. With very 10________ risk, we can act out what
we would do in unexpected, or even dangerous, situations.
1. A. have B. do C. get D. take

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 2. A. hold B. keep C. save D. stay
3. A. satisfaction B. leisure C. wonder D. happiness
4. A. searching B. looking C. seeking D. gaining
5. A. engage B. combine C. contribute D. involve
6. A. motive B. purpose C. intention D. cause
7. A. excluding B. except C. apart D. away
8. A. assets B. profits C. services D. benefits
9. A. plan B. prepare C. practise D. provide
10. A. brief B. short C. narrow D. little
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 3: (0.5 point)

Read the following text and then choose from the list A- J the best phrase given below to fill each
of the gaps. Each correct phrase is only used once. Some of the answers do not fit at all. Write
your answer in the numbered box.
WATERCOLOUR CHARACTERISTICS
What makes the medium seem daunting to the beginner is the fact that watercolours are
transparents; this means that you cannot pain a light colour over a dark one (0)……J… . Once you
have made a dark mark on the paper, you are committed, and you can alter the effect only by painting
an even darker colour on top if it. This is the chief difference between watercolours and oil paints. You
cannot simply paint over a picture in layers, (1) F , literally covering up mistakes.
Other differences affect the way you actually paint. With its oil, for instance, the addition of
“highlights” – the lighter, sometimes pure white, tones (2) A , can sometimes be left until the final
stages. With watercolours, however, the colours are conventionally applied from “light to dark”.
Therefore the highlights are often simply areas of the picture (3) D ; the white is the paper itself.
When colours are applied, the lighter tones go on first, the darker ones are built up on top of this. This
means that you need to know which areas of the picture are going to be the lighter ones, (4) B
Moreover, oils can be manipulated (5) G ; the paint can be actually moved around on the
surface of the canvas, and the colours will not adhere properly to the surface until they are dry. Water
colours, however, cannot be used in this way, since, as their name implies, they are mixed with water.
It is usually water that governs the tone – the more diluted the colour, the lighter the tone will be.
A. that usually depict the reflections of light onto objects in the picture
B. for they will be left with less paint or none at all
C. as they tend to ‘bleed’ into each other when wet
D. that have been left unpainted
E. which can work well in a carefully structured painting
F. as you can do with oils
G. while they are being applied
H. which can be turned to an advantage
I. because the darker colour will show through
J. Your answers:
1.F 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.G

PART IV: WRITING (2 points)

Question 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as
the sentence printed before it. (0.3 point)
1. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
I object to people critising criticized unfairly.

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2. Why didn’t you tell me I was wrong?
You should have told me I was wrong.
3. Alcohol is banned in campus, so are cigarettes.
Not only cigarettes but alcohol is also banned in campus.

Question 2: Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word(s) so that the new one has the same
meaning as the previous one. You must not change the given word. (0.2 point)
1. The shoes we bought John no longer fit him. [OUT OF]
John has grown out of the shoes we bought him.
2. He had a very traditional upbringing, didn’t he? [TRADITIONALLY]
He was brought up traditionally, wasn’t he?
Question 3: Cheating in study has negative effects on students’ development. Do you agree with the
statement? Give reasons and examples for your answer. Write a paragraph of about 160 words to
clarify your opinion. (1.5 points)

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