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Reading Mock Test 3

Multiple-choice: Single Answer

Read the text and answer the question by selecting the correct response. ​Only one response is correct.

01. ​Essays are used as an assessment tool to evaluate your ability to research a topic and construct an argument, as well as your
understanding of subject content. This does not mean that essays are a 'regurgitation' of everything your lecture has said throughout the
course. Essays are your opportunity to explore in greater depth aspects of the course - theories, issues, texts, etc. and in some cases
relate these aspects to a particular context. It is your opportunity to articulate your ideas, but in a certain way: using formal academic
style.

According to the text, which statement below is NOT true about essays?

A) Essays are basically what your lecture has said throughout the course.
B) Essays should evaluate aspects of the course in a greater depth.
C) Essays should be written in formal academic style.
D) Essays are opportunities for students to express their ideas.

02. ​Many argue that art cannot be defined. We could go about this in several ways. Art is often considered as the process or product of
deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities,
creations and ways of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of
philosophy known as aesthetics. At least, that is what Wikipedia claims.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A) Art is a difficult and complex form to explain.

B) Wikipedia defines art under aesthetics, which is a branch of philosophy.
C) Music, literature, film and sculpture do not define art.
D) Art is directed in a way that it deliberately appeals to the emotions of people.

Re-order Paragraphs

03.

A. The apparent paradox is resolved by requiring that the traveler crossing the date line change his date, thus bringing the travelers into
agreement when they meet.

B. ​The date line is necessary to avoid a confusion that would otherwise result.

C. ​For example, if an airplane were to travel westward with the sun, 24 hr would elapse as it circled the globe, but it would still be the same
day for those in the airplane while it would be one day later for those on the ground below them.

D. ​The same problem would arise if two travelers journeyed in opposite directions to a point on the opposite side of the earth, 180° of
longitude distant.

E. ​International Date Line, imaginary line on the earth's surface, generally following the 180° meridian of longitude, where, by international
agreement, travelers change dates.

04.

A. ​Unlike Barnes' previous books, Mother of Storms has a fairly large cast of viewpoint characters.

B. But even the Evil American Corporate Magnate is a pretty likable guy.
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C. ​This usually irritates me, but I didn't mind it here, and their interactions are well-handled and informative, although occasionally in
moving them about the author's manipulations are a bit blatant.

D. ​They're not all necessarily good guys, either, although with the hurricanes wreaking wholesale destruction upon the world's coastal areas,
ethical categories tend to become irrelevant.

05.

A. One of the most successful designs of this period was the Douglas DC-3, which became the first airliner to be profitable carrying
passengers exclusively, starting the modern era of passenger airline service.

B. By the beginning of World War II, many towns and cities had built airports, and there were numerous qualified pilots available.

C. During the 1920s and 1930s great progress was made in the field of aviation, including the first transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown in
1919, Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in 1927, and Charles Kingsford Smith's transpacific flight the following year.

D. The war brought many innovations to aviation, including the first jet aircraft and the first liquid-fueled rockets.

06.

A. ​A broad, well-defined ridge-the Mid-Atlantic ridge-runs north and south between Africa and the two Americas.Numerous other major
irregularities diversify the Atlantic floor.

B. ​The topography of the ocean floors is none too well known, since in great areas the available soundings are hundreds or even thousands
of miles apart.

C. ​Closely spaced soundings show that many parts of the oceanic floors are rugged as mountainous regions of the continents.

D. ​Use of the recently perfected method of echo sounding is rapidly enlarging our knowledge of submarine topography.

E. ​However, the floor of the Atlantic is becoming fairly well known as a result of special surveys since 1920.

Reading: Fill in the Blanks

In the text below some words are missing. Drag words from the box below to the appropriate place in the text. To undo an answer
choice, drag the word back to the box below the text.

07. ​By 2025, government experts' say, America's skies will swarm with three ​(A)___________________ as many planes, and not just the
kind of traffic flying today. There will be ​(B)___________________ of tiny jets, seating six or fewer, at airliner ​(C)___________________​,
competing for space with remotely operated drones that need help avoiding mid air ​(D)___________________​, and with commercially
operated rockets carrying ​(E)___________________​ and tourists into space.

space​ ​satellites​ ​collisions​ ​times​ ​thousands​ ​time​ ​least​ ​altitudes​ ​many​ ​much​ ​traffic​ ​piles​ ​passengers

08. ​The inevitable consequences ​(A)___________________ rampant corruption, an absence of globally competitive companies,
(B)___________________ waste of resources, rampant environmental ​(C)___________________ and soaring inequality. Above all, the
monopoly over power of an ideologically bankrupt communist party is ​(D)___________________ with the pluralism of opinion on which
a dynamic economy depends.

conclude​ ​chronic​ ​slowly​ ​include​ ​consistent​ ​improvement​ ​degradation​ ​inconsistent

09. ​The conducted study serves three objectives. The first objective is to reveal the ​(A​)___________________ ​loaded to the child by the
child-centric mother's attitude and the effect of 5-6-year-old nursery school children on the purchasing decision of families who belong
to a high socio-economic class. The second objective is to ​(B​)___________________ a child-centricity scale and the third object is to
examine the attitude and behavior differences between low child-centric and high child-centric mothers. ​(C​)___________________ the
data gathered from 257 mother respondents, the researchers have found that the lowest influence of the child upon the purchasing
decisions of the family are those which carry high purchasing risk and are used by the whole family, whereas the highest influence of the
child upon the purchasing decision of the family are the products with low risk used by the whole family. Findings also reveal that there
are statistically significant ​(D​)___________________ between the high child-centric and low child-centric mothers regarding purchasing
products that are highly risky and used by the whole family.
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values​ ​Similarities​ ​Misunderstanding​ ​omitting​ ​skimming​ ​According​ ​Eliminate​ ​develop​ ​Analyzing differences ​ ​Prices

10. ​"Sustainable Job Growth" is a motto for many governments, especially in the aftermath of a recession. The problem of 'job quality' is
less often addressed and may be seen as ​(A​)___________________ job growth. The sentiment 'any job is better than no job' may
resonate with governments as well as people, especially in the context of high unemployment. However, if the ​(B​)___________________
between improving the quality of ​(C​)___________________ jobs and creating new jobs becomes greatly imbalanced towards the latter,
this could increase work stress among ​(D​)___________________ and future workers, which in turn has health, economic and social
costs. A recent British Academy Policy Centre Report on Stress at Work highlights these ​(E​)___________________​, and describes the
context, determinants and consequences of work-related stress in Britain.

current existing recent ongoing obstruct balance impeding equality hindering concerns matters consisting problems

Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks

Below is a text with blanks. Click on each blank; a list of choices will appear. Select the appropriate choice for each blank.

11. ​The space work for an astronaut can be inside or ​(A)___________ , inside they A. internal/external/outside/excel
can monitor machines and the work is ​(B)___________ out alongside the craft.
B. practiced/carried/fixed/speak
They also need to make sure the Space ​(C)___________ ​outside the craft, they can
C. Suit/Station/Trip/Travel
see how the seeds react in the space. Some seed companies send seeds to them D. escalate/estimate/inverse/
(D)___________ how seeds change their biological character. When outside the investigate
craft, they can ​(E)___________ ​ experiments or clean up the space rubbish. E. set out/set off/set aside/set up

12. ​A DOG may be man's best friend. But man is not always a dog's. Over the
centuries ​(A​)___________ breeding has pulled at the canine body shape to A. excellent/excessive/selective/
selected
produce what is often a grotesque distortion of the underlying wolf. Indeed, some
of these distortions are, when found in people, regarded as ​(B​)___________ . B. diseases/epidemics/
Dog breeding does, though, offer a chance to those who would like to understand pathologies/medications
how body shape is controlled. The ancestry of pedigree pooches is well recorded, C.​ ​lit/litters/litter/littering
their generation time is short and their ​(C​)___________ size reasonably large, so
D. Hence/However/Moreover/So
there is plenty of material to work with. ​(D​)___________ , breeds are, by
definition, inbred, and this simplifies genetic analysis. Those such as Elaine E. representative/apprehensive /general/ideal
Ostrander, of America's National Human Genome Research Institute, who wish to
identify the genetic basis of the features of particular pedigrees thus have an
(E​)___________ ​ experimental animal.

13. ​Alaska's Aleutian Islands have long been accustomed to shipwrecks. They have A. around/aground/aside/along
been part of local consciousness since a Japanese whaling ship ran
B. archipelago/island/islet/
(A​)___________________ ​near the western end of the 1,100-mile (1,800-km)
archeology
volcanic ​(B​)___________________ in 1780, inadvertently naming what is now C.​ ​hurried/scurried/buried/ferried
Rat Island when the ship's ​(C​)___________________ ashore and made itself at D. ships/boosts/shipwrecks/
home. Since then, there have been at least 190 ​(D​)___________________ in the accidents
islands.

14. ​No one in Parliament would know better than Peter Garrett what largesse A. loyalty/floaty/royalty/bravery
copyright can confer so it may seem right that he should announce a
B. achieved/accumulated
(A​)___________________ for artists, amounting to 5 percent of all sales after the
/exacerbated/exercised
original one, which can go on giving to their families for as much as 150 years. But
that ignores the truth that copyright law is a ​scandal​, recently
(B​)___________________ by the Free Trade Agreement with the US which required C. reaching/garnishing/reaping/
extension of copyright to 70 years after death. Is it scandalous that really valuable gaining
copyrights end up in the ownership of corporations (although Agatha Christie's
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no-doubt worthy great-grandchildren are ​(C​)___________________ the benefits of D. humiliation/slander/insult

West End success for her whodunnits and members of the Garrick Club enjoy the /scandal
continuing fruits of A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin books)? No. The
E. testify/justify/satisfy/rubify
(D​)___________________ is that ‘bien pensant’ politicians have attempted to
appear cultured by creating private assets which depend on an act of Parliament for
their existence and by giving away much more in value than any public benefit could
(E​)___________________​ . In doing so they have betrayed our trust.

15. ​Complementary therapies - such as those ​(A​)___________________ by naturopaths, A. conducted/expected/practiced/

chiropractors and acupuncturists - have become increasingly popular in Australia over the recommended
B. years/decades/centuries/
last few ​(B​)___________________​. Interest initially coincided with
months
(C​)___________________ for alternative lifestyles, while immigration and increased C.​ ​confidence/habit/occupation/
contact and trade with China have also had an ​(D​)___________________ . The status of enthusiasm
complementary therapies is being re-visited in a number of areas: legal regulation; the D. effect/influence/earning/idea
stances of doctors' associations; their inclusion in medical education; and scientific research E. practice/experiment/efficacy/
efficiency
into their ​(E​)___________________​.

16. ​In 2001 he received the SIUC Outstanding Scholar Award. In 2003 he received the Carski
Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching from the American Society for
A. shifted/wafted/focused/moved
Microbiology. Mike’s research is ​(A​)___________________ on bacteria that inhabit
(B​)___________________ environments, and for the past 12 years he has studied the B. bad/negative/extreme/trouble
microbiology of permanently ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In
addition to his research papers, he has edited a major ​(C​)___________________ on C. treasure/treaty/treatise/
phototrophic bacteria and served for over a decade as chief editor of the treatment
D. magazine/quotes/newspaper/
(D)​___________________ Archives of Microbiology. He currently serves on the editorial
Journal
board of Environmental Microbiology. Mike’s non-scientific ​(E​)___________________
include forestry, reading, and caring for his dogs and horses. He lives E. majors/jobs/interests/
(F​)___________________ a peaceful and quiet lake with his wife, Nancy, five shelter dogs considerations
(Gaino, Snuffy, Pepto, Peanut, and Merry), and four horses (Springer, Feivel, Gwen, and F. along/with/beside/near
Festus).
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Answer Key: Reading Mock Test 3:

Single Ans MCQ (1 point each) 08. 13.

A. include A. aground
01. A B. chronic B. archipelago
02. A C. degradation C. scurried
D. inconsistent D. shipwrecks
Total: 2 points
09. 14.
Re-orders (1 mark per pair) A. values A. royalty
B. develop B. scandal
E.g C. Analysing C. exacerbated
Correct answer: BEDAC D. differences D. reaping
BE = 1 point E. scandal
ED = 1 point 10. F. justify
DA = 1 point A. hindering
AC = 1 point B. balance 15.
C. existing A. practiced
Total 4 points D. current B. decades
E. concerns C. enthusiasm
Your answer: ACDBE D. effect
Your score: 2/4 Total: 18 points E. efficacy

03. EBCDA (4 points) Reading & Writing Blanks 16.

04. ACDB (3 points) (1 point per blank) A. focused
05. CABD (3 points) B. extreme
06. BEACD (4 points) 11. C. treatise
A. outside D. Journal
Total: 14 points B. carried E. interests
C. Travel F. beside
Reading Blanks D. Outside
(1 point per blank) E. investigate Total: 30 points
F. set up
07. Total Mock Test: 64 points
A. times 12.
B. thousands A. selective Scale:
C. altitudes B. pathologies 53-64 = 79+ (8 Bands)
D. collisions C. litter 42-52 = 65+ (7 Bands)
E. satellites D. Moreover 31-41 = 50+ (6 Bands)
E. ideal