OVERALL PRACTICE TEST 2

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. sergeant
B. shark
C. phantom
D. data
2. A. bouquet
B. boutique
C. boulevard
D. brusque
3. A. advent
B. comment
C. establishment
D. garment
4. A. tomb
B. combatant
C. comber
D. subtlety
5. A. luxury
B. example
C. exist
D. exempt
Choose the word with the main stress placed differently from that of the others:
6. A. Freudian
B. lieutenant
C. rheumatism
D. rhino
7. A. eucalyptus
B. temperament
C. etymology
D. mediocre
8. A. psychological
B. instantaneous
C. permanent
D. referee
9. A. discriminate
B. accurate
C. transparent
D. benevolent
10. A. decimal
B. emperor
C. memorial
D. intervene
Choose the best answer.
1. In the final straight Meyers _______ and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place.
A. stumbled
B. collapsed
C. vanished
D. abandoned
2. After weeks at sea, it was wonderful to feel firm ground _______ our feet once more.
A. behind
B. beneath
C. under
D. over
3. Don't ask your father which key to press - he hasn't got a _______ about computers.
A. view
B. point
C. hint
D. clue
4. On July 20th, the council was _______ to hear an emergency report on its finances.
A. summoned
B. required
C. requested
D. demanded
5. There is _______ evidence that cars have a harmful effect on the environment.
A. outstretched
B. abundant
C. spacious
D. large
6. This is one of the country's _______ arts centres.
A. foreground
B. foretaste
C. forefront
D. foremost
7. The glass bowl _______ into a thousand pieces.
A. broke off
B. clipped
C. smashed
D. snapped
8. The local _______ were angry at the lack of parking spaces.
A. dwellers
B. settlers
C. inhabitants
D. residents
9. During pioneer days, a lot of land in the United States was up for _______.
A. gain
B. promotion
C. taking
D. grabs
10. After months of bitter arguing the couple had to accept that they were _______.
A. incongruous
B. incompatible
C. dissident
D. disaffected
11. _______ I would like to help you, I'm afraid I'm simply too busy at the moment.
A. No matter
B. Much as
C. However
D. For all
12. _______ do you think he's aware of the problem?
A. To what extent
B. To which extent
C. What extent
D. How extent
13. You can't always depend on _______ on time.
A. the trains arriving
B. the trains to arrive
C. the arriving of trains
D. the trains arriving
14. The picking of the fruit, _______, takes about a week.
A. whose work they receive no money
B. as they receive no money for that work
C. for which work they receive no money
D. they receive no money for it
15. John is _______ the five children.
A. oldest among
B. the older of
C. the oldest of
D. the oldest than
16. Youd _______ that clock fixed; it hasnt worked for over a week now.
A. rather have
B. better have
C. rather had
D. have
17. Id like _______ finished by four oclock.
A. to have this report
B. have this report been
C. the report to have
D. having the report
18. This time tomorrow, I _______ for my maths exam.
A. will be sitting
B. will have been sitting
C. will sit
D. is going to sit
19. _______ back to teaching surprised all of us.
A. If she had gone
B. Because shed gone
C. That she'd gone
D. When shed gone
20. _______, he washed the cup and put it away.
A. Having drunk the coffee
B. Drinking the coffee
C. After he drinks the coffee
D. Drank the coffee
21. The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to _______.
A. see it through
B. do it up
C. break it up
D. come it on
22. Since he took that extra job, he's really _______. He felt tired and depressed all the time.
A. set himself up
B. run himself down
C. break him on
D. bring him out

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23. He took their defence _______, scoring three goals in the first twenty minutes.
A. out
B. through
C. apart
D. off
24. At first they refused but I managed to _______ them round to my way of thinking.
A. put
B. force
C. push
D. bring
25. If a horse breaks its leg, it usually has to be _______.
A. brought out
B. taken off
C. put down
D. gone away
26. I don't know how I _______ the first couple of months after Andy's death.
A. got through
B. come down
C. put up
D. went off
27. She's a typical teenager, coming home late at night and _______ off to her parents.
A. handing
B. mouthing
C. legging
D. heading
28. The party was meant to be a surprise, but Sharon gave it _______.
A. on
B. through
C. off
D. away
29. How on Earth could they _______ with a lovely old building like that and put a car park there
instead?
A. do away
B. pull off
C. bring on
D. run on
30. The head teacher was _______ his job after teachers and parents accused him of being autocratic.
A. eased out of
B. ordered in
C. drawn out
D. passed off
Reading comprehension.
Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.
For many thousands of years it was the one filed of awareness about which humans had anything
more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors
knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed
learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the
basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been
enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons,
tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of
the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them,
botany as such, has no mane and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of
knowledge at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct
contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes
unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a
rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000
years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer
yields the next seasons, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken.
Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then
on, humans would increasingly take their living form the controlled production of a few plants,
rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the
accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the
wild would begin to fade away.
1. Which of the following assumptions about early hums is expressed in the passage?
A. They probably had extensive knowledge of plants.
B. They divided knowledge into welldefined fields.
C. They did not enjoy the study of botany.
D They placed great importance on ownership of property.
2. The word peculiar is closest in meaning to __________
A. clear
B. large
C. unusual
D. important
3. What does the comment This is logical mean?
A. There is no clear way to determine the extent of our ancestors knowledge of plants.
B. It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants.
C. It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like people in pre-industrial
societies.
D. Human knowledge of plants is well-organized and very detailed.
4. The phrase properties of each refers to each _________
A. tribe
B. hundred
C. plant
D. purpose
5. According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany declined?
A. People no longer value plants as a useful resource.
B. Botany is not recognized as a special branch of science.
C. Research is unable to keep up with the increasing number of plants.
D. Direct contact with a variety of plants has decreased.
6. What is the authors purpose in mentioning a rose, and apple, or an orchid?
A. To make the passage more poetic
B. To cite examples of plants that are attractive

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C. To give botanical examples that most readers will recognize

D. To illustrate the diversity of botanical life
7. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of
agriculture?
A. The invention of agricultural implements and machinery.
B. The development of a system of names for plants
C. The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted
D. The changing diets of early humans.
8. The word controlled is closest in meaning to __________
A. abundant
B. managed
C. required
D. advanced
9. The relationship between botany and agriculture is similar to the relationship between
zoology and ______________
A. deer hunting
B. bird watching
C. sheep raising
D. horseback riding
10. Where in the passage does the author describe the benefits people derive from
plants?
A. The first five sentences of paragraph 1
B. The last five sentences of paragraph 1
C. The first three sentences of paragraph 2
D. The last three sentences of paragraph 2
Cloze test 1:
LEGAL FIGHT HITS MUSIC PIRATES
The global recording industry has launched its largest wave of legal action against people
suspected of (1)______ music files on the internet. The latest move by the International Federation of
the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) (2)______ 2,100 alleged uploaders (3)______ peer-to-peer (P2P)
networks in 16 nations including the UK, France, Germany and Italy. Thousands of people have
agreed to pay compensation since the campaign (4)______ In the US, civil lawsuits have been
(5)______ against more than 15,597 people since September 2003 and there have been 3,590
settlements. 'This is a significant (6)______ of our enforcement actions against people who are
uploading and distributing (7)______ music on p2p networks,' said IFPI chief John Kennedy. 'Thousands
of people mostly internet-savvy men in their 20s or 30s have learnt to their cost the legal and
financial risks involved in file-sharing copyrighted music in large (8)______ ' Individual cases are
generally brought by the national associations (9)______ (the recording industry, and in some cases
by the labels, as civil complaints. The UKrecord industry has so far brought 97 cases, with a further
65 covered by the latest action. More than 140,000 in compensation has been (10)______ to the
British Phonographic Industry by 71 individuals. Those who fail to resolve cases face civil court
action.
1. A. stealing
B. sharing
C. using
D. downloading
2. A. motivated
B. targeted
C. forced
D. pointed
3. A. copying
B. programming
C. writing
D. using
4. A. conveyed
B. conducted
C. carried on
D. began
5. A. put
B. taken
C. brought
D. fought
6. A. deception
B. escalation
C. estimation
D. seclusion
7. A. authority
B. righteousness
C. favouritism
D. copyrighted
8. A. quantities
B. quality
C. amount
D. varieties
9. A. introducing
B. representing
C. showing
D. displaying
10. A. paid
B. brought
C. reduced
D. totaled
Cloze test 2:
OLYMPIC GAMES
It is not so much the scandals and disputes of recent years that have (1)______ the Olympic
Games. It is their sheer enormity, their excessive cost, their (2)______ of national pride. One very
sensible suggestion is that future Games should be restricted to individual events in which one
person clearly wins. All team games would (3)______, and no one would feel any loss at the
disappearance of Olympic soccer, a pale shadow of the more professional game.
Anything which required judging would also be (4)______. One reason for this is the difficulty
of obtaining fair and accurate judges. An extreme example of this is the case of Jacqueline de Bief, a
former (5)______ world figure skating champion. She revealed to the (6)______ that she was
sometimes offered generous (7)______ in exchange for what one newspaper called "an amorous
adventure".
If events that required judging were excluded, it would also (8)______ the Games of boxing,
wrestling, and the boring diving competitions. It would also eliminate sailing, largely a matter of boat
building, and horse jumping, largely a matter of the horse. Under such circumstances, the individual
would be (9)______ to his rightful place, and a (10)______ size to the Games would be achieved.
1. A. warned
B. threatened
C. reproached
D. shocked
2. A. pampering
B. easing
C. indulgence
D. spoiling
3. A. remove
B. depart
C. leave
D. go

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4. A. undone
5. A. former
6. A. paper
7. A. awards
8. A. remove
9. A. retained
10. A. sane

B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.

left
ex
press
marks
take
ascended
approximate

C.
C.
C.
C.
C.
C.
C.

omit
passed
journal
numbers
rid
renovated
accepted

D.
D.
D.
D.
D.
D.
D.

excluded
formerly
magazine
odds
scratch
restored
sensible

Give the correct form of the words in the brackets:

1. Seven countries are taking part in the (lateral) _________________________ talks.
2. A family man's (earn) _________________________ rose 5% in real terms after deducting income
tax, etc.
3. He was a real (tear ) ______________ at school he was always in trouble with teachers or with
the police.
4. Everyone involved was sworn to (secret) _________________________.
5. The dispute has now been (lock) _________________________ for several months.
6. There was no (cohere) _________________________ between the first and the second half of the
film.
7. She's been on (depress) _________________________ ever since her husband died.
8. He displayed a (arm) _________________________ honesty by telling them about his father's
bankruptcy.
9. Her actions were quite (justify) in the circumstances.
10. The state must ensure the independence and (partial) _________________________ of the justice
system.
Cloze test 1:
THE WELSH
When it comes to violent nationalism, the Welsh are not in the (1) _______ league as the
Basques or the Northern Irish, but they can be bad (2) _______ The Welsh do have a distinct
nationality, (3) _______ a language and literature of their own. Indeed, they have their own cultural
festival, with music and singing, called an Eisteddfod, which dates back to 1176. The Eisteddfod
forms (4) _______ of the Gorsedd, or assembly, founded many centuries before the Christian era. At
the Eisteddfod, the poets, or bards, wear long white, flowing robes, and (5) _______ themselves very
seriously.
Like Brittany, Wales is rather isolated. It is a mountainous lump (6) _______ England and the Irish
Sea. Because it is isolated, and because it contains little (7) _______ stealing, the place has been (8)
_______ to its own devices, so that half a million people (9) _______ speak the ancient Welsh language.
(10) _______, the proportion of the population who speak Welsh has fallen since 1960 from about 30
per cent to about 20 per cent.
Cloze test 2 : HEALTH AND CIGARETTES
In many Western countries, girls are more likely to smoke than boys. It's the girls who want to
look "tough and grown-up." The result is that (1) _______ lung cancer in American men has fallen for
the first time in 50 years, the disease is (2) _______ in women. The decrease in the disease among
men is attributed to a decrease in smoking among men since the government's first warning of a (3)
_______ between cigarettes and disease in 1964. On the other hand, lung cancer is now expected to
overtake breast cancer (4) _______ the principal fatal cancer among women. If your son or daughter is
a non-smoker, there is another good (5) _______ for rejecting a smoker as a life-long mate. Smokers
don't just ruin their own health by (6) _______ up. They are a menace to others. Second-hand smoke
is lethal. As the 18th report on smoking by the United States Surgeon General (7) _______ it:
"Involuntary smoking is a (8) _______ of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy non-smokers." (9)
_______ to the report, at home, the children of parents who smoke (10) _______ the effects in their
respiratory systems. Smokers make their own kids sick.
Sentence transformation:
1. Try to stay inconspicuous when you get there.
_____________________________________________________________
2. I hate to see good food be thrown away.
_____________________________________________________________
3. Such a proposal is contrary to common sense.
_____________________________________________________________
4. According to our records, the money was paid two months ago
_____________________________________________________________
5. His real identity will always remain a secret
_____________________________________________________________

(Profile)
(Go)
(Face)
(show)
(no one)

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6. Nowadays goods are often acquired but not paid for immediately (credit)
_____________________________________________________________
7. What has this experience taught you?
What conclusions ______________________________________________
8. I have a habit of having a liein on Sundays.
(inclined)
_____________________________________________________________
9. Could I make a suggestion?
(forward)
_____________________________________________________________
10. What a pity he was betrayed!
(sympathy)
_____________________________________________________________