PRATICE TEST

HISTORIC PLACES TO VISIT

Black Rock Caves

 Over 2 million years old.
 For half a million years, people and animals, especially
( 1)_______________________, live here
 Special evening tours during the month of (2)_________________________
Salter House
 Built in the year (3)___________________________________
 Made famous by the television series called Aunt Dorothy
 All visitors want to see Dorothy's (4)_________________________
The Old Port
 Have a ride on an old tram to the (5)_________________________village
 In the factory , find out how people used to make sweets

Part 2: You will hear an interview with a woman called Marta Stanston, who runs a mobile
restaurant that she sets up in different places . Write your answer (A, B or C) in the numbered
boxes.(1.5pts)
1. What did Marta dislike about her first job?
A. It was badly paid.
B. The boss didn’t listen to her.
C. She found the staff unfriendly.
2. At first, what did Marta find most surprising about mobile restaurants?
A. They are only advertised online.
B. Food never gets thrown away.
C. Menus can be easily changed.
3. For Marta, the best thing about mobile restaurants was___________
A. knowing she would have customers
B. being able to work outdoors.
C. finding that waiters weren’t needed.

4. Marta had difficulty serving food on a beach because of __________

A. the sun
B. the rain
C. the wind
5. Marta tries to avoid serving meals in her home because _________
A. She doesn’t have enough furniture.
B. the neighbours have complained.
C. there is a lack of space.
6. What worries Marta about the future?
A. mobile restaurants going out of fashion
B. the wrong people opening restaurants like hers
 C. health inspectors coming to her restaurant
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Part 3: You will hear five people talking about boats. Choose from the list from A to H
which statement applies to which speaker. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter
which you do not need to use.(1.5pts)

A. This speaker stays on a boat during the summer.

B. This speaker works at sea during the summer.
C. This speaker works at sea all year round.
D. This speaker lives on a canal boat.
E. This speaker owns a luxury yacht.
F. This speaker works on a ferry.

Your answer:
Speaker 1: Speaker 2: Speaker 3: Speaker 4: Speaker 5:
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (6.0 pts.)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer
in the numbered box.(1.5pts)
1. It took six months for her to fully _______ from her illness.
A. recover B. heal C. cure D. mend
2. This is the man ___________ son I once taught.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. what
3. The vases made by ancient Chinese ___________decorated.
A. was beautiful B. was beautifully C. were beautifully D. were beautiful
4. Jim and I have _________ to meet at the bus station at 9 o’clock.
A. confirmed B. combined C. appointed D. arranged
5. For this recipe to be successful, you __________ cook the meat for at least two hours
in a moderate oven.
A. need B. must C. ought D. will
6. I think we got stuck in the street, _________?
A. do I B. don’t I C. did we D. didn’t we
7. Her parents wouldn’t be upset if she __________harder.
A. works B. didn’t work C. worked D. had worked
8. He always ________ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A.does B. makes C. works D. writes

9. Mary: Could you do me a favor, please? - Jenny: “__________”

A. No, Thanks. I can manage. B. Yes. That’s very kind of you.
C. Never mind. D. Sure. What can I do for you?
10. Thomas Cook (1808-1892) is widely considered to be _________father of modern
mass tourism
A. an B. the C. zero article D. a
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2 : Complete the following sentences with correct prepositions. Write your answer
in the numbered box.(1.5pts)
1. She had to hand in her notice _______ advance when she decided to leave the job.
2. Don’t ask me to add up the bill. I’m really bad __________ math.
3. He takes great pride __________ her work.
4. At school today, we had a long discussion _________ the best way to learn a foreign
language.
5. If you put as much effort ________ your studies as you do onto football, you might have a
chance.
6. They gave _________looking for her when it grew dark.
7. Miss Garcia can’t get accustomed ____________fast-speaking Americans.
8. We would like to apologise ____________ the delay in dealing with your application.
9. Most Americans don’t object________ being called by their first names.
10. Don’t let this opprtunity go __________.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. Write your answer in the numbered box.
(1,5pts)

Perhaps the most useful and convenient of all domestic appliances is the microwave oven. You
do not need to be a (1.SKILL ) ___________ cook or a (2.TECHNOLOGY)________ genius to
operate one, and you can produce extremely (3.TASTE )__________meals at the touch of a
button. Many of us would now feel rather (4.HELP)_________and unable to cope without one.
The man we have to thank for this modern cooking miracle is the (5.INVENT)________, Percy
LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945. Ten years
(6.LATE) __________the first domestic microwave made its (7. APPEAR) _________. This
rather bulky contraption needed an (8.ELECTRIC) ___________and a plumber to install it and
was the same size as a fridge. At over $ 1,000 in 1995, it was not immediately (9. SUCCEED)
__________ Not until 1967, when the countertop model became
(10.WIDE)_________available , did sales start to improve.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4: Read this text. Most lines contain an extra word – a word that is either grammatically
incorrect or one that does not fit in with the meaning of the text. Some lines, however, are
correct. Find the extra word, cross it out, and write it after the line. Tick (√) the correct lines.
There are two examples at the beginning.(1.5pts)

Television appearances Your

 answers

00. I must have been on television at about twenty times altogether. Most of the 00. _at_
0.appearances were on daytime chat shows and game shows, but I have also been invited 0. _√___
1.to appear on it a cookery programme, and I made few comments on a current affairs 1. ______
2.propgramme during the last election.It all started four years ago, when I was the victim 2. ______
3.of a mugging me. A researcher for a morning chat show phoned and asked me if I would 3.______
4. go on the programme and talk about the experience as part of a discussion on crime. I 4. ______
5.didn't get by nervous and I expressed myself quite well, so they approached me several 5. ______
6.times after that, asking me to give my opinions on the all sorts of different issues. Some 6.______
7.time later I answered an advert in a magazine was inviting people to go for an interview 7. ______
8.for a new game show. They asked everyone fifteen general knowledge questions, which I 8. ______
9. had no difficulty in answering them, and then we had to talk about ourselves for three 9. ______
10.minutes, to see how we reacted under pressure. Because I had been on the television 10.______
before, I felt very confident and the next day they told me I had been accepted. I did really
well on that show and won £ 3,000. If only I could win that much every time I appear on
TV!

SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION (6.0pts)

Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Write your answer in the numbered box. (1.5pts)

HONEY
Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees. It (1) _______of water and sugars. Bees may travel as (2)
__________as seventy- five thousand kilometers and visit over two million flowers to produce
just half a kilo of honey. The color and the flavor of honey depend (3)__________the type of
flower visited. In (4) __________, there are more than three hundred (5) _________of honey.
The lighter- colored ones are generally milder in flavor than darker honey. In ancient (6)
_________, honey was the main sweet food, as sugar was very (7) __________. Honey was of
great ( 8) __________to the ancient Egyptians, who used it as payment.
Today, honey is produced and eaten in (9) __________ part of the world. Research suggests that
it prevents tiredness and improves athletic performance. However, honey is not just food- it (10)
__________be taken for sore throats and is used in many skin and hair – care products.
1. A. involves B. contains C. includes D. consists
2. A. well B. along C. soon D. far
3. A. to B. on C. for D. with
4. A. case B. order C. fact D. place
5. A. varieties B. collections C. sets D. differences
6. A. seasons B. times C. years D. dates
7. A. distant B. rare C. small D. slim
8. A. cost B. price C. value D. charge
9. A. all B. some C. most D. every
10. A. shall B. need C. can D. ought
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) .Write your answer in the
numbered box.(1.5pts)
Speech is one of the most important (1) ___________ of communicating. It consists of far
more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (2) _________ by other people, we have to
speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) _________ that everyone agrees
stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up
their own language.
(4) ___________ a language property is very important. The basic (5) _________ of
English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) _________ it quite well.
But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ___________ and the more precise
you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ___________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The
(9) _________ we say the words is also important. Our tone of voice can express many motions
and (10) ___________ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Read the text and choose the best answer. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in
the numbered box. (1.25pts)
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is somtimes called the lost city of the Incas. Because of its location,
size,and elaborate construction, it is the most important archaeological site in South America.
The Incas built Machu Picchu around 1440. It has a large palace and temples around the
courtyard with other buildings. There are about 140 buildings in Machu Picchu. All these
buildings were made of large stones. The Incan builders were very clever in cutting the stones
and fitting them exactly together, so the buildings were made skillfully and still remain today.
The Incan rulers used the city as both a fortress and a mountain resort because the city was
completely safe from attack. Their priests also used it as an observatory of the stars. It is
calculated that only about 750 people lived in Machu Picchu at any time and probably a small
number of people lived in the town during the rainy season. After the Spanish conquered the
Incans in 1530, Machu Picchu was abandoned. It was not used or visited for many hundreds of
years. The city was located on top of the high Andes Mountains of Peru, which was remote and
very hard to get to, and that is why it was unknown by most of the world for so long. Hiram
Bingham, an American archaeologist, was the first foreigner to visit Machu Picchu in 1911.
These days the mysterious lost city inspires a lot of people to visit each year. Most visitors
walk the famous Incan Road System. Among the thousands of roads constructed by pre-
Columbian people in South America, the roads of the Incas were some of the most interesting.
The network of roads met at Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire. One of them went to the city
of Machu Picchu. Although people must hike a very steep trail for 4 days up into the mountains,
the reason people want to hike this route is to see several other archaeological sites and many rare
plants and animals along the way.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A way that visitors walk more easily.
 B. The meaning of Machu Picchu in Incan language.
C. How to make popular resort in Machu Picchu.
D. The origin of Machu Picchu and how to vsit.
2. The word elaborate in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________
A. detailed B. famous
C. beautiful D. excellent
3. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that ________ .
A. The world did not know Machu Picchu because Peru is not well- known.
B. Many people wanted a more convenient road to Machu Picchu.
C. Few people knew about Machu Picchu because of the location.
D. People wanted to know more about Machu Picchu but could not before this time.
4. The word them in paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. pre- Columbian people.
B. most visitors
C. mountains.
D. the roads of the Incas.
5. According to the passage, all of the following are true about Machu Picchu EXCEPT
that_____
A. the Incan rulers used it as a fortress and resort.
B. it was made of many stones.
C. it is located at sea level in Peru.
D. many people visit there these days.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 4: You are going to read a newspaper article about a man who teaches survival
techniques. Eight sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-
H the one which fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use.
There is an example at the beginning (0) . Write your answer in the numbered boxes.(1.75pts)

A. When Carole first moved in, she inherited some 15 sheep from the farmer, including
Larry the lamb, whose mother died soon after his birth.
B. Carole openly confesses to preferring the company and animals to humans.
C. The sanctuary's survival is constantly at risk.
D. Wiggy the pig, on the other hand, is difficult to get rid of.
E. Some pf animals arrive in a terrible condition, but at Caroles' Farm Animal Sanctuary
they all have a future.
F. Inspiration for the sanctuary came when Carole, who trained as a veterinary nurse , was
living in Hertfordshire.
G. " She had a broken leg and her owners were supposed to take her back to the vet within a
few months so that he could take her plaster cast off.
H. In Carole's eyes all her animals have their own personalities, and if they could speak, all
would have an alarming story to tell.
I . Carole lives with her "family"- some 500 sheep, goats, lambs, calves, pigs, and chickens-
amongst a jumble of old farm buildings.
 Animal Rescue
Katie Smart visits a remarkable woman who dedicates her life to saving farm animals from
cruelty.

In 1990 Carole Webb set up a sanctuary to rescue abandoned or mistreated farm animals that
they've taken over her income, her life and her heart.
(0) ___I__ . The sanctuary is near Fen Drayton, in a remote area to the west of Cambridge.
Surrounded by acres of flat land, without so much as a tree insight, it seems cut off from the rest
of humanity. Carole's nearest neighbours are two miles away and she often goes days at a time
without speaking to another person. (1)___________. "When I was a little girl I always spent
more time with my pets and I could never bear to see any of them suffer."
"The animals that arrive here are frightened and in a state of shock", she explains "But they soon
change , with love and care. Animals that are often considered stupid show remarkable
intelligence once they've got over their fear." (2)_____________. She has a pony, which she kept
in a field, and she would often go to the nearby farm to watch the lambs. "Once day I noticed that
one of the

lambs had a broken leg. I told the farmer and asked him if he needed any help looking after sick
animals. Within a couple of years I'd bought this place and set up my own sanctuary."
(3) ________________. "When I found him he was cold, hungry and close to death," she recalls.
" I bottle - fed him, wrapped him up warmly next to the kitchen fire and nursed him back to
health." He is still alive and well, although he's getting a little bad tempered and prefers people
not to go near him."
(4)_____________. He's always on the hunt for cakes and biscuits and he won't leave you alone
until he's made sure you're not hiding one behind your back. It's hard to believe when you see the
size of him that he was found abandoned by the side of a road- cold, weak and hungry. Now he's
very much the boss in the sanctuary, and expects to be treated like a VIP, or "very important pig."
(5)_______________. Take the sheep who was destined for the butcher's, despite her advanced
state of pregnancy. Calore rescued her and three days later Gismo the lamb was born. Then
there's Gromit the Friesian cow who was left to die because the farmer couldn't pay his vet's bills,
or Petal the goat who suffered terribly for over a year.
(6)______________. But they didn't return until 15 months later. The poor animal was in agony."
" The vet refused to them take her home again. Instead, he gave her to me to take care of . It's
amazing she lets anyone go near her after the treatment she received, but she's very happy and
loves being with people." (7)______________. It costs Corela £600 a week for hay and animal
food, and the vet's bill can be as much as £1,000 a month." I remember crying to my friend on the
phone, thinking that we'd have to close down."" It was she who came up with the idea of staring
up an adoption scheme, "explains Carole." Over 400 people have now sponsored an animal, and
we have about 40 life members, all of whom have paid money to help keep the sanctuary going."
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

SECTION IV: WRITING (4.0 pts)

 Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first
sentence.(1pt)
1. Mr Pike mended the washing machine for me
I had ……………………………………………………………………….
2. I have never seen such a mess in my life !
Never in ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The doctor advised me to rest
The doctor suggested ………………………………………………………………………
4. Mary hasn’t made any long trip for five years.
The last …...............................................................................................................................
5. The food was so delicious that I couldn’t stop eating it.
It was such ………………………………………………………………………………
Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and
five words, including the word given.(1pt)

1. “Do you know how to get to the town center?” she asked me . WAY
She asked me if ______________________________ the town center

2. Although her leg hurt, Jill finished the race. PAIN

In spite _______________________________ leg, Jill finished the race
3. Kevin’s brother reminded him to go to his fitness class. REMEMBER
His mother said “ _____________________________ your fitness class”
4. Floods meant rescue workers could not get through to the village. PREVENTED
Rescue workers ______________________________________through to the village by
floods.
5. People believe he won a lot of money on the lottery BELIEVED
He ___________________________________won a lot of money on the lottery.
Part 3: Make all changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of
words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter.(2pts)
Dear Julia,
1. I / sorry / it take / so long / reply / letter.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
….
2. I / just / come back / trip / the north/ country.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
..
3. You /be pleased/ know / I come / London /next weekend.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...
4. It seem/ long time / since / we last see/ other.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I/ like/ meet you/ and / go out / together.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1. I wonder / you like / go/ see/ film/ play.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. There / be / new Harrison Ford film/ New Century cinema.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. Perhaps / can go/ meal / drink / afterwards.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. Give / ring later / week / arrange / more definite.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. I / look forward /hear / you soon.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Love,
Mary
THE END.