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PRACTICE TEST 07
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 1. Music can help you relax and feel rejuvenated.
A. saddened
B. bored
C. aged
D. tired
Question 2. French people wanted to show their friendship with American people.
A. antagonism
B. enmity
C. detachment
D. disloyalty
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has the underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest of the others.
Question 3. A. baggage
B. manage
C. village
D. stage
Question 4. A. examine
B. discipline
C. undermine
D. determine
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
Some pioneering work that began as an attempt to discover ways to increase production efficiency led to the
founding of the human relations movement in industry and to the development of motivational skills and tools for
managers. In 1927 researchers were involved in determining the optimum amount of lighting, temperature, and
humidity (with lighting being considered the most important) for the assembly of electronic components at
Western Electric. The researchers found that lighting had no consistent effect on production. In fact, production
sometimes increased when lighting was reduced to the level of ordinary moonlight! The important part of this
experiment began when two Harvard researchers, Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger, were brought in to
investigate these unexpected results further. They found that workers were responding not to the level of lighting
but to the fact that they were being observed by the experimenters.
This phenomenon came to be known as the Hawthorne effect since the experiments were conducted at the
Western Electric Hawthorne plant. This was the first documented and widely published evidence of the
psychological effects on doing work, and it led to the first serious effort aimed at examining psychological and
social factors in the workplace. Further experiments were continued for five years. Generally, the researchers
concluded from their experiments that economic motivation (pay) was not the sole source of productivity and, in
some cases, not even the most important source. Through interviews and test results, the researchers focused on
the effects of work attitudes, supervision, and the peer group and other social forces, on productivity.
Their findings laid the groundwork for modern motivation theory, and the study of human factors on the
job, which continues to this day in such common practices as selection and training, establishing favorable work
conditions, counseling, and personnel operations. The contributions of this experiment shifted the focus of human
motivation from economics to a multifaceted approach including psychological and social forces.
Question 5. It can be inferred from this passage that the Hawthorne study.........
A. led to economic considerations being less important in achieving productivity
B. led to psychological factors becoming the most important consideration in achieving production efficiency
C. led to lighting, temperature, and humidity no longer being considered important when seeking ways to
improve production
D. stimulated further research into work condition and worker behavior
Question 6. The word "optimum" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ......
A. favorable
B. best
C. positive
D. alternate
Question 7. What is the passage primarily about?
A. The importance of careful research
B. The results of a pioneering study at Western Electric
C. Shifting the focus of human motivation from economics to a multifaceted approach
D. The first widely published development in modern motivation theory
Question 8. According to the passage, it can be concluded that a "multifaceted approach" to human motivation
in the workplace...........
A. excludes physical conditions
B. excludes economics
C. can lead to greater productivity
D. focuses mainly on psychological and social forces
Question 9. Part of the reason for the change in focus from economics to a more multifaceted approach to the
psychological effects on doing work was...........
A. due to the recognition that workers should be happy at work in order to maintain high productivity
B. a general conclusion that pay was sometimes not the most important factor

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C. because the Hawthorne study continued for so long

D. because the workers requested it
Question 10. The most significant finding of the original research was.......
A. that lighting was no more important than the other factors of temperature and humidity.
B. the results were unexpected and confusing.
C. production sometimes increased when lighting was reduced to the level of ordinary moonlight.
D. lighting had no consistent effect on production
Question 11. The research became known as the "Hawthorne effect" because......
A. it was the name of the principal experimenter
B. it was the name suggested by the Harvard researchers
C. it was the name of the plant where the study was conducted
D. there were Hawthorne plants growing at Western Electric where the study was conducted
Question 12. Why does the author say that the important part of this research began when two Harvard
researchers were brought in ?
A. Because Harvard has a good reputation in conducting research
B. Because the results of the original research did not make sense
C. Because until then the research had been poorly conducted
D. Because they took a multifaceted approach
Question 13. The word "multifaceted" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .......
A. many-sided
B. multitude
C. complex
D. versatile
Question 14. Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne study?
A. It was the first documented evidence of the psychological effects on doing work
B. The Hawthorne study continued for five years
C. They found that workers responded not to the level of lighting but to the fact that other work conditions
were not favorable
D. The study changed the focus from economics to a multifaceted approach
Re write the sentences:
15. Her success went beyond her expectation.
Never .....................
16. Tony is very charming, but I wouldnnt trust him.
Charming .....................
17. I left without saying goodbye as I didnt want to disturb the meeting.
Rather than .....................
18. If there is an emergency, ring this number.
In case .....................
19. The thieft must have come in through the window.
The thieft almost .....................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 20. The number of people contracting AIDS, a dead virus disease, is escalating every year.
A
B
C
D
Question 21. To use a calculator, one can easily convert kilos to pounds and Celsius to Fahrenheit.
A
B
C
D
Question 22. When they got there, the room was crowded with people and a MP was making a speech.
A
B
C
D
Question 23. The manner of election the president in the USA is written in the Constitution.
A
B
C
D
Question 24. A second region in which manufacturing has expanded rapidly is the Pacific Coast, specially
California.
A
B
C
D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 25. In the 1960's the upper level of Pennsylvania Station in New York City was torn down and replaced
by Madison Square Garden.
A. detracted
B. dismantled
C. distended
D. demoted
Question 26. The recycling of aluminum converses ninety-percent of the energy needed to make new metal.

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A. cleaning
B. reprocessing
C. crushing
D. reselling
Question 27. This tapestry has a very complicated pattern.
A. ultimate
B. obsolete
C. appropriate
D. intricate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 28. "Blood-________ are urgently required," the spokesman for the hospital said.
A. donates
B. suckers
C. donors
D. bankers
Question 29. The boy was ashamed ________ he had broken the window.
A. to admit
B. admitted
C. admitting
D. admit
Question 30. David always ________ over to my house after he had done his homework.
A. passed
B. came
C. gone
D. went
Question 31. ________ in the world export diamonds.
A. Only little nations
B. Only a few nations C. Only few nations
D. Only a little nations
Question 32. Two ________ beers, please.
A. frozen
B. icy
C. freezing
D. chilled
Question 33. I expect you to use your ability ________, and then write a report about what you did.
A. in full bloom
B. in full swing
C. to the full
D. in full
Question 34. This ________ invention of yours should make you rich.
A. talented
B. ingenious
C. genial
D. genius
Question 35. By half past ten tomorrow morning I ________ along the motorway.
A. drive
B. am driving
C. will drive
D. will be driving
Question 36. It is generally believed that an M.B.A. degree is good preparation for a career in ________.
A. businesses
B. a business
C. one business
D. business
Question 37. "I can't wait." "______"
A. Couldn't you wait five minutes?
B. Yes, please.
C. I'd like to very much.
D. Could you wait five minutes?
Question 38. "______" "Everyday. It's a full time job, you know."
A. How often do you record 'Round the Corner'? B. How did you record 'Round the Corner'?
C. Is it a full time job?
D. Why did you record 'Round the Corner'?
Question 39. Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ________ their teeth.
A. filling
B. to be filled
C. fill
D. filled
Question 40. I drew a lot of money ________ the bank yesterday.
A. off
B. in
C. on
D. from
Question 41. She complained ________ when she heard that she had to work on Sunday.
A. terribly
B. severely
C. bitterly
D. extremely
Question 42. A bat will often spend the daylight hours ________ upside down in a tree or cave.
A. which hangs
B. that is
C. hangs
D. hanging
Question 43. Well I'm not surprised they are in a mess. It's not exactly ________ -shattering news.
A. earth
B. spinner
C. make
D. till
Question 44. If only everything ________ out as we wanted it to in life!
A. worked
B. works
C. is working
D. has worked
Question 45. A dividend is ________ the only benefit a corporation can offer its shareholders.
A. no
B. none
C. nor
D. not
Question 46. Alice Freeman, ________ to head Wellesley College at age 27, is one of the youngest college
presidents in history.
A. is appointed
B. that is appointed
C. has been appointed D. who was appointed
Question 47. ________, he would have been able to pass the exam.
A. Had he studied more
B. If studied more
C. Studying more
D. If he were studying to a greater degree
Question 48. "It was extremely good of you to send us all these useful materials." "______"
A. Yes, that's right.
B. Oh, it was the least I could do.
C. Oh, I did that.
D. Yes, please.
Question 49. Food is said ________ in price these days.
A. to be going up
B. to go up
C. to have gone up
D. to be gone up
Question 50. ________ received law degrees as today.
A. Never so many women have
B. Never have so many women

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C. The women aren't ever

D. Women who have never
Question 51. "Shall I collect the tickets for you?" "______"
A. In my opinion you would.
B. I think you shall.
C. That would be a real help.
D. No, I don't have tickets.
Question 52. Never ________, we'll see the film next week.
A. to mind
B. you mind
C. in mind
D. mind you
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position
of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 53. A. participant B. community
C. concentration
D. peninsula
Question 54. A. recreation B. independence
C. accuracy
D. individual
Question 55. A. multicolored B. multicast
C. multistage
D. multiple
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Recent research has revealed that a third of people in Britain have not met their next -door neighbor, and
those who know each other (56)_______ speak. Neighbors gossiping over garden fences and in the street was a
common (57)_______ in the 1950s, says Dr.Carl Chinn, an expert on local communities. Now, however, longer
hours spent working at the office , together with the Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighborhood
(58)_______ . "Poor neighborhoods once had strong kinship, but now prosperity buys privacy", said Chinn.
Professor John Locke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large (59)_______ of
surveys. He found that in America and Britain the amount of time spent in social activity is decreasing. A third of
people said they never spoke to their neighbors at (60)_______ . Andrew Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a
large apartment in west London, with two flatmates, who work in e-commerce. "We have a family of teachers
upstairs and lawyers below, but our only contact comes via letters (61)_______ to the communal facilities or
complaints that we've not put out our bin bags properly", said Mayer.
The (62)_______ of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in burglaries and
(63)_______ of vandalism, the police have relaunched crime prevention schemes such as Neighborhood Watch,
(64)_______ on people who live in the same area to (65)_______ an eye on each others' houses and report
anything they see which is unusual.
Question 56. A. barely
B. roughly
C. nearly
D. virtually
Question 57. A. vision
B. view
C. sight
D. outlook
Question 58. A. ties
B. strings
C. laces
D. joints
Question 59. A. deal
B. number
C. amount
D. measure
Question 60. A. all
B. most
C. once
D. least
Question 61. A. applying
B. relating
C. concerning
D. regarding
Question 62. A. breakthrough
B. breakaway
C. breakdown
D. breakout
Question 63. A. works
B. acts
C. counts
D. shows
Question 64. A. asking
B. calling
C. inviting
D. trying
Question 65. A. keep
B. hold
C. put
D. give
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the sentence that is closest in meaning to the
original.
Question 66. John didn't attend the class because he was seriously ill.
A. John was too ill to attend the class.
B. John was absent from class many times.
C. John's class was not serious.
D. John never attended the class.
Question 67. He was such a wet blanket at the party tonight!
A. He brought a blanket to the party.
B. He was wet through after the party.
C. He spoiled other people's pleasure.
D. He made people at the party wet through.
Question 68. It is possible Hoa didn't hear her name being called.
A. Hoa might not hear her name being called.
B. Hoa was not able to hear her name being called.
C. Hoa might not have heard them call her name.
D. It is possible for Hoa to hear them call her name.
Question 69. If George keeps studying as he does now, he'll have no trouble in passing his exams.
A. George will not pass his exams because he is not studying.

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B. George has trouble in passing his exams.

C. George has passed his exams.
D. George is studying hard to pass his exams.
Question 70. He asked her if she would meet him that evening.
A. "If he asks her, she'll meet him this evening.
B. He said to her: "Will you meet me this evening?"
C. He said: "Would you meet me one evening if I asked you?"
D. He said to her: " Did you meet me that evening?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
Mountaineers have noted that as they climb, for example, up to the 12,633-foot Humphreys Peak in the San
Francisco Peaks in Arizona, plant life changes radically. Starting among the cacti of the Sonoran Desert, one
climbs into a pine forest at 7,000 feet and a treeless alpine tundra at the summit. It may seem that plants at a given
altitude are associated in what can be called "communities" - groupings of interacting species. The idea is that over
time, plants that require particular climate and soil conditions come to live in the same places, and hence are
frequently to be found together. Scientists who study the history of plant life are known as paleobotanists, or
paleobots for short. They build up a picture of how groups of plants have responded to climate changes and how
ecosystems develop. But are these associations, which are real in the present, permanent?
A great natural experiment took place on this planet between 25,000 and 10,000 years ago, when small
changes in the earth's orbit and axis of rotation caused great sheets of ice to spread from the poles. These glaciers
covered much of North America and Europe to depths of up to two miles, and then, as the climate warmed, they
retreated. During this retreat, they left behind newly uncovered land for living things to colonize, and as those
living things moved in they laid down a record we can read now. As the ice retreated and plants started to grow
near a lake, they would release pollen. Some would fall into the lake, sink to the bottom, and be incorporated into
the sediment. By drilling into the lake bottom it is possible to read the record of successive plant life around the
lake. The fossil record seems clear; there is little or no evidence that entire groups of plants moved north together.
Things that lived together in the past don't live together now, and things that live together now didn't live together
in the past. Each individual organism moved at its own pace. The fossil record seems to be telling us that we
should be thinking about preserving species by giving them room to maneuver - to respond to environmental
changes.
Question 71. The word "axis" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to..........
A. change
B. center
C. slowdown
D. method
Question 72. The word "which" in paragraph 1 refers to........
A. the responses of plants to climate changes
B. the current theories of ecosystems
C. the developments of ecosystems
D. plant life changes
Question 73. The passage states that by drilling into the lake bottom it is possible to find successive fossils of....
A. plant life
B. sediment
C. pollen
D. ice
Question 74. The author mentions "cacti" and a "treeless alpine tundra" in paragraph 1 to illustrate.....
A. communities of plants
B. the effects of the ice age
C. plant migration
D. changes in climate
Question 75. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Current associations of plants are similar to those in the past
B. The migratory patterns of plants are dependent upon changes in climate
C. Modern conservation methods should consider the migratory patterns of plants
D. Another ice age is likely to occur at some time
Question 76. The word "successive" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ..........
A. consecutive
B. accumulative
C. extinct
D. following
Question 77. All of the following are true EXCEPT......
A. Fossil records clearly show that entire groups of plants are unlikely to have moved together
B. Fossil records seem to indicate that plants will be preserved if they have sufficient room to move
C. The ice age occurred when small changes affected the movement of the earth
D. In the ice age glaciers covered the world to depths of up to two miles
Question 78. The word "radically" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to.......
A. demonstrably
B. quickly
C. dramatically
D. variably
Question 79. What is the passage mainly about?

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A. The need to develop a new approach to environmental issues

B. The effects of the ice age on plants
C. Communities of plants live at different altitudes
D. Plant migration after the ice age
Question 80. According to the passage, the movement of individual species of plants.....
A. depends upon climate and soil conditions
B. occurs in groups
C. often depends upon the formation of lakes
D. does not occur in groups
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01. C; 02. B; 03. D; 04. C; 05. A; 06. B; 07. B; 08. C; 09. B; 10. D; 11. C; 12. D; 13. A; 14. C; 15. D;
16. D; 17. B; 18. D; 19. A; 20. C; 21. A; 22. C; 23. B; 24. D; 25. B; 26. B; 27. D; 28. C; 29. A; 30. B;
31. B; 32. D; 33. C; 34. B; 35. D; 36. D; 37. A; 38. A; 39. C; 40. D; 41. C; 42. D; 43. A; 44. A; 45. D;
46. D; 47. A; 48. B; 49. A; 50. B; 51. C; 52. B; 53. C; 54. C; 55. A; 56. A; 57. C; 58. A; 59. B; 60. A;
61. B; 62. C; 63. B; 64. B; 65. A; 66. A; 67. C; 68. C; 69. D; 70. B; 71. B; 72. A; 73. C; 74. A; 75. C;
76. A; 77. D; 78. C; 79. D; 80. D;

Answers:
1. Never had she expected she was so successful. // such success.
2. Charming as//though Tony// he is // may be, I wouldnt trust him// Tony.
3. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
4. In case of emergency, ring this number.
5. The thieft almost certainly came in through the window.
6. However experinced a driver you are// you are as a driver, driving at that speed is
dangerous.
7. Unlike other languages, Esperanto has no irregular verbs.
8. Nowhere will// can you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs Jones.
9. Such is the popularity of the play that the theatre is likely to be full every night.
10. All dogs are thought ( by experts) to have evolved from wolves.