PRACTICE TEST 16
LEXICO - GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the space provided under this part.
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D
Part 2: Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank.
1 exposure
3 inflexibility
5 emphasis
7 closeness
9 irrelevance
2 proposals
4 vacancies
6 requirements
8 shortage
10 notoriety
Part 3: Complete each of the expressions with a word from the box.
1 class
2 head
3 peak
4 ability
5 match
6 gift
7 none
8 standard
Part 4: Complete each of the sentences with one of the phrasal verbs given below (make any necessary changes).
1. brought about 2. carried off 3. went off 4. passed away
5. see about 6. care for it 7. give it up 8. stand for it
9. took to 10. made up.
Part 5: There are 10 errors in the passage below. Read the passage, find out these errors then correct them.
| Mistakes | Correction |
| 1. freely | Free |
| 2. with | Within |
| 3. would | Will |
| 4. place | Replace |
| 5. damaged | Damage |
| 6. misery | Misure |
| 7. services | Service |
| 8. who | Whose |
| 9. address | Addresses |
| 10. for | To |
READING
Part 1: Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow by circling A, B, C or D to indicate your answers.
A. 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B
B. 1. D 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C
Part 2: Select the best option (A, B, C or D) for each of the gaps in two passages below.
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B. 10. C
11. A 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A
Part 4: Read the passage below and fill each gap with a suitable word.
1 E
2 F
3 B
4 G
5 C
6 D
7 H
8 South-Western France
9 bartered objects
10 ideas/concepts
11 symbols
12 sound
13 C
14 D
15 C
WRITING
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. The more slowly you walk, the longer it takes (you) to get there.
2. The burglar is thought to have got in through the bathroom window.
3. At no time did the two sides look likely to reach an agreement.
4. No one seems to have predicted the correct result.
5. We have had the whole of the first floor decorated by the painters/ had the painters decorate the whole of the first floor.
Part 2: Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word.
1. A person’s mood may be affected variously by the weather.
2. Thousands of years ago, people had high belief in super-natural forces.
3. You get out of bed on the wrong side this morning.
4. Our problems are just the tip of the iceberg.
5. She held her breath while the results were read out.
Part 3:
The diagrams show data for a flu epidemic which hit a large country town in 1996. Figure 1 gives the number of persons who died; Figure 2 shows the percentage breakdown of females who received a new flu vaccine; and Figure 3 gives the number of cases of flu before and during the epidemic.
In Figure 1 it can be seen that the flu was responsible for the deaths of 2 females but no males in the period from March to May. However, from June to August, there were 4 female deaths and 1 male death.
According to the pie chart in Figure 2, only those females most at risk were given the new flu vaccine; 28% did not take part in the trial. Of those females who took part, 35% were aged (over 65 years old); 24% were babies or children; and 13% were either hospitalised or receiving other medical attention.
From Figure 3 it is clear that the new vaccine had a positive effect on the number of new cases of flu reported in females. There were just over 1000 cases reported in March, climbing rapidly to a peak of 3500 in June. Thereafter, the number of cases dropped slowly to about 2800 in August, before levelling off at 2500 for the rest of the year. For males, the figures were lower but showed a similar trend throughout the epidemic. (232 words)
Part 4:
It is now accepted by most people and governments that the world is experienc ing i lunatic chunges and that now and in the future we can expect tempeiatures to rise Even when the causes of these changes are known, often veiy little is done to reverse their effects.
Global warming is the result of industrialisation and our modern way of life All the things which make modern life easier and more enjoyable seem to cause pollution. The factories we woik in, the cars and aircraft we travel in, the air- conditioning and central heating we use m the home, all create carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. At the same time these processes and activities seem to destroy aspects of the ecosystem which might counter this process and keep the system in balance Thus we destroy and burn or build over the forests and agricultural land which might reabsorb the carbon dioxide.
Dealing with the problem is not a straight forward waiter It is not easy foi any government or any person to turn back the clock on the industrial revolution The prospect of returning to poverty. hard manual labour, disease and early death - the situation which existed before the industrial revolution and which still exists m many non-industrialised countries - is not attractive Somehow, the governments of the world must coo, dinar°policies which make it possible and attractive for us to use energy efficient means of travel such as walking or the bicycle We need far more research into truly sustainable sources of energy such as wind and wave power rather than using fossil fuels which release so much carbon dioxide
In conclusion, as we are aware of the causes of global warning, hv must continue to find solutions to the problem otherwise the earth may never recover from its harm ful effects.
