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EXAMINATION
FOR
THE MICHIGAN CERTIFICATE
OF
PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

ECPE
Practice Preliminary Tests
(with KEY)
Volume 8
Prepared by

Rodney A Coules

PRELIMINARY TEST FOR THE ECPE

INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES
This set of five practice tests has been produced to help candidates to familiarize themselves with the new
format of the preliminary test to be introduced for the first time on 29 November, 2003.
In the test there are 35 problems: 10 grammar problems, 10 multiple choice cloze problems, 10
vocabulary problems, and 5 questions about a reading passage. Candidates will have 30 minutes to answer
all 35 problems.
Below are examples of each of the different types of problems with the correct answer indicated with an
asterisk (*).
GRAMMAR: Choose the word or phrase which best completes the conversation.
What is that thing?
That ____ a spider.
a. to call
b. for calling
c. be called
*d. is called
CLOZE: Read the passage, then select the word that best fills the blank in both grammar and
meaning.
Long ago roads were only trails for people
and animals to walk on, but today roads
must be made for cars, trucks, and buses.
The most modern ____ is often called a
superhighway.

a. way
c. travel

*b. road
d. superhighway

VOCABULARY: Choose the word that most appropriately completes the sentence.
The first things we study in school are very _____.
a. sturdy
b. shifty
c. trusty
*d. elementary
READING : Read the passage, then answer the questions following it according to the information
given in the passage.
While I was getting ready to go to town one morning last week, my wife handed me a
little piece of red cloth and asked me if I would have time during the day to buy her
two yards of cloth like that.
The person telling the story is.
a. a married lady
b. an unmarried lady
* c. a married man
d. an unmarried man

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Practice Test 1
GRAMMAR
6. _____, he took the dog out for a walk.
a. Soon George returned from school
b. The minute George returned from school
c. Soon George returned from school
d. The minute George returning from school

1. How could Jeff have done that?

_____ . Who knows what he was thinking?
a. Never before!
b. Beats me!
c. Certainly not!
d. Ill eat my hat!
2. I like_____ immediately after a party.
a. to cleaning up
b. my cleaning up
c. that I clean up
d. to clean up

7. Can anyone tell me _____ a shop selling

oriental foods?
a. where I can find
b. where can I find
c. where will I find
d. where is to be found

3. Had George listened to his brother, he _____

into trouble with his teacher.
a. wouldnt have gotten
b. wouldnt get
c. wouldnt have been
d. hadnt been

8. The information _____ along to the local

authorities.
a. have been passed
b. are being passed
c. has been passed
d. are to be passed

4. The boss recommended _____ for the

position.
a. that Steve was applying
b. Steve to apply
c. Steve apply
d. Steve is applying

9. Would you like to go out for a pizza this

evening?
Why dont we _____ to the house?
a. have delivered them a couple
b. have them delivering a couple
c. have them to deliver a couple
d. have them deliver a couple

5. A rather _____ smell was coming from our

neighbors yard.
a. offender
b. offence
c. offensive
d. offending

10. We have arranged to send the goods _____

the customer by courier.
a. at
b. towards
c. into
d. to

CLOZE
Camel racing, a favorite pastime in the
Middle East, has taken flack from human
rights (11) for the young boys imported to
jockey

the

Accordingly,

humpbacked
the

desert

government

of

(11) a. protectors
c. instigators

b. advocates
d. defenders

(12) a. children
c. childish

b. child
d. childlike

(13) a. accordingly
c. reportedly

b. inadvertently
d. retrospectively

(14) a. build
c. built

b. building
d. builder

(15) a. would
c. could

b. should
d. ought

(16) a. track
c. route

b. lane
d. field

(17) a. by
c. against

b. for
d. with

(18) a. sight
c. scan

b. eye
d. high

(19) a. keeps
c. now

b. good
d. moment

(20) a. specifies
c. spectates

b. ascertains
d. speculates

beasts.
Qatar

announced right before years end that it was

banning (12) jockeys. Their replacements?
Why, robots, of course. Camel racers in Qatar
have (13) tested remote-controlled, titanium
robot jockeys (14) by an unnamed Swiss
company. Camel owners (15) jockey via
joystick from the sidelines as the animals
galumph around a kilometer-long (16). The
robots are apparently armed (17) whips, and
future models may include cameras to give
the controllers a jockeys- (18) view. But
exactly how they work is being kept secret for
(19). They wont let me near the robot, says
Chuck Thorpe, a member of the Robotics
Institute at Carnegie-Mellon Universitys
Qatar campus. He (20) that remote control
might work well in camel races, which
require little maneuvering compared with
horse races.
This passage was taken from Scientific
American, March 2005.

VOCABULARY

21. Newspapers often _____ the truth.

a. extend
b. distort
c. expand
d. distend

26. The company has _____ a new sales plan.

a. involved
b. inculcated
c. instigated
d. adopted

22. Mrs. Stevens had _____ about deciding to sell

her house.
a. misconceptions
b. misgivings
c. misdemeanors
d. misinterpretations

27. Stray dogs are a(n) _____ in residential areas.

a. trait
b. addict
c. menace
d. feature

23. My sister _____ refused to listen to my

advice.
a. resolutely
b. feebly
c. avidly
d. staunchly

28. I was woken up by someone _____ on a door.

a. pounding
b. slamming
c. pinching
d. creaking

24. Residents complained about the _____ odor

from the factory.
a. retentive
b. selective
c. impulsive
d. vile

29. Most bamboo stems are_____.

a. vacant
b. hollow
c. void
d. empty

25. Nylon is a cheap _____ material.

a. expendable
b. expandable
c. durable
d. edible

30. Sand is to be found in _____ on most beaches.

a. scarcity
b. entirety
c. abundance
d. coasts

READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from
History,Vol.114, No.9, November 2005.

Natural
31. The passage states that examination of ancient
bones from the northern part of Chinas
Yellow River basin
a. will show what animals were
domesticated by ancient populations.
b. would be more revealing if more bones
were available.
c. has given scientists a good idea of how
to trace various elements.
d. can provide information on the diets of
ancient populations and the animals they
domesticated.

How much can a bit of detective work glean

from a few ancient bones? Sometimes, the answer
is, a lot. For one thing, anthropologists can get a
pretty good idea, from traces of various elements
in the bones, what their original owners ate. An
abundance of the isotope carbon-13 indicates a
diet rich in plants that build sugar molecules out
of compounds containing four rather than three
carbon atoms know as C4 photosynthesis. The
relative proportion of the nitrogen-15 isotope
reflects the diets protein content. By analyzing
the ratios of various isotopes, Ekaterina A.
Pechenkina, an anthropologist at the City
University of New York, and her collaborators
inferred diets of peasant farmers along with the
diets of the farmers pigs and dogs who lived in
northern Chinas Yellow River basin between
4,000 and 7,000 years ago.

32. The evidence indicates that populations in the

northern part of Chinas Yellow River basin
a. had little protein in their diet.
b. relied heavily on a diet containing
particular sugar-producing plants.
c. had an essentially protein-rich diet.
d. kept the proportion of carbon-13 and
nitrogen-15 isotopes in their diet
constant.

The investigators determined that the

farmers cultivated and consumed a
tremendous amount of millet, the regions
only C4 crop plant. And surprisingly, the
animals ate even more of the grain: it
comprised as much as 90 percent of their
diets. That suggests the pigs not only dined on
millet-bearing human refuse stems and
leaves, table scraps, and feces but were also
fed the grain directly. The dogs ate millet, too,
and likely boosted their overall intake of it by
hunting millet-eating mice.
Grain-fed animals signal a well-off
farming community that can afford to lose
most of the grains calorific value by using it
to fatten up animals. If the farmers didnt
regularly dine on pork, they may, at least,
have raised the pigs for special occasions,
such as ritual sacrifices or feasts.

33. Investigators have found that millet

a. grew in great abundance in the wild.
b. was grown by farmers in great
quantities.
c. was the only crop grown in the region.
d. was grown only for animal consumption.
34. The dogs increased the amount of millet they
consumed by
a. eating mice which had consumed millet.
b. eating everything the pigs ate.
c. hunting various animals in the wild.
d. dining together with the pigs.
35. Researchers conclude that the ancient
populations of the northern part of the Yellow
River basin must have been prosperous
because
a. they regularly dined on pork
b. they millet in their diet.
c. their used so much of their millet to
fatten animals.
d. they had pigs and dogs.

Practice Test 2
GRAMMAR
1. _____ you please keep the noise down! Im
trying to study!
a. Need
b. May
c. Ought
d. Would

6. I have never seen _____ of fish before. I wonder

if it is edible?
a. a type
b. one type
c. the type
d. this type

2. Ive lost my mobile phone, Mom.

Isnt it time _____ taking better care of
your property?
a. your starting
b. you started
c. you have to start
d. you have started
3.

7. _____, she saw a sight that filled her with horror

and disgust
a. Opening the door
b. She opened the door
c. Opened the door
d. When the door she opened

_____ having a bad headache, I managed to

complete the work I had to do.
a. Despite
b. Since
c. However
d. Although

8. _____, he would have informed me.

a. If Dave knew the news
b. If Dave has known the news
c. Had Dave known the news
d. To have known Dave the news

4. The new Sales Manager has a really _____ work

background.
a. impressed
b. impression
c. impressive
d. impressing

9. Sarah blames _____ for everything that has

happened.
a. to herself
b. for yourself
c. herself
d. in herself

5. As long as _____ , you may make use of her

office
while she is away.
a. Pamela will not object
b. Pamela is not going to object
c. Pamela does not object
d. Pamela would not object

10. Nowhere in the world _____ clearer seas than

in the Pacific.
a. you will find
b. will you find
c. you are to find
d. you have to find

CLOZE

Breeding cows for beef is often slow because

(11)

a. butchered
c. slain

b. massacred
d. stabbed

(12)

a. to
c. for

b. because
d. owing

(13)

a. carcass
c. corpse

b. body
d. remains

(14)

a. for
c. by

b. after
d. with

(15)

a. usually
c. naturally

b. physically
d. intentionally

(16)

a. cut
c. slice

b. chop
d. portion

(17)

a. Although
c. However

b. Despite
d. Since

(18)

a. group
c. pattern

b. chain
d. framework

earlier FDA draft deemed unsafe.

(19)

a. known
c. expected

b. seen
d. pending

This passage was taken from Scientific American,

March 2005.

(20)

a. that
c. what

b. who
d. which

the qualities of a top-grade cut, marbling and

tenderness, are unknown until after a cow is (11).
That may change soon thanks (12) a newborn calf
born healthy to the first cow cloned from a beef
(13). The mother, KC, is named (14) the kidney
cell from which she was cloned. Her calf,
Sunshine, was born (15) in mid-December, lively
and fit at 72 pounds. The technology used to
generate KC could also clone an animal from a
freshly processed (16) of beef, says Steven Stice,
an animal scientist at the University of Georgia.
(17) cloned animals cannot legally enter the food
(18), their offspring might soon: later this year the
Food and Drug Administration is (19) to weigh in
on the safety of eating such animals, (20) an

VOCABULARY
21. The sales team was _____ of fresh ideas.
a. bare
b. empty
c. stripped
d. devoid

26. William Shakespeare is one of the most _____

dramatists England has known.
a. pungent
b. prolific
c. sprightly
d. profuse

22. The _____ of rotting fish was unbearable.

a. aroma
b. fragrance
c. stench
d. scent

27. Medical experts battled to _____ the spread

of the disease.
a. amputate
b. arrest
c. encircle
d. sever

23. The dentist decided to _____ the decayed

tooth.
a. evict
b. expunge
c. evacuate
d. extract

28. Most of us found it difficult to _____ what the

speaker was saying.
a. declare
b. detach
c. decipher
d. detain

24. Mr. Rivers is on the night _____ next week.

a. shift
b. period
c. term
d. job

29. A _____ of abuse was heard form the angry

cab driver.
a. flow
b. stream
c. tide
d. trickle

25. Unless you respond _____, you might lose the

opportunity.
a. promptly
b. partially
c. adeptly
d. placidly

30. It took the team two months to _____ across

the desert .
a. ply
b. venture
c. expedite
d. trek

READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural History,
Vol. 114, No.9, November 2005.
If you could redesign your own head, where
would you put your eyes? The question isnt
entirely frivolous. To see in three-dimensions, and
so to gauge distances effectively, your two eyes
must face forward. But binocular vision comes at
a price: it leaves a dangerous blind spot behind the
head. That can give you all-around vision, but it
diminishes distance perception.
The way an animal usually catches its food
settles the dilemma. Apes, cats, raptors, and the
like that catch live, fast-moving prey tend to have
forward-facing eyes. Aardvarks, rabbits, zebras,
and other animals that rely on a more sedentary
diet have eyes on each side of the head,
maximizing their ability to spot lurking dangers.
Why then, asked a team of British ornithologists,
led by Graham Martin of the University of
Birmingham, in England, does Africas filterfeeding lesser flamingo have eyes that face
forward? After all, the bird feeds with its head
upside down, which means that its eyes are
pointing backwards.
It seems that for lesser flamingos there is more
to life than filtering diatoms and algae from the
mud. Unlike filter-feeding ducks, which raise selffeeding chicks, lesser flamingos must feed their
young for the first ten to twelve weeks of their
lives. The task requires accurate delivery of crop
milk from parent to chick, directly into the
chicks open mouth. Martins team suggests that
this is possible only with forward-facing eyes.

31.

What do we understand from the term

binocular vision in line 5 of the text?
a. Vision that could lead to blindness
b. Vision you get through a pair of
binoculars
c. The vision you have when your eyes are
positioned to see ahead
d. Vision which allows you to see ahead
and behind

32.

Animals with one eye on each side of the

head
a. are in a better position than other
animals in all respects.
b. still see in three-dimensions.
c. do not perceive distance as well as those
with binocular vision.
d. have to turn their head left or right in
order to gauge distance.

33.

Apes, cats and raptors apparently have

forward-facing eyes to enable them
a. to depend on a more sedentary diet.
b. to measure how far away their prey is.
c. to outrun their prey.
d. to avoid lurking dangers.

34.

The filter-feeding lesser flamingos eyes are

forward-facing to enable it
a. to hold its head upside down.
b. to compete against filter-feeding ducks.
c. to spot dangers approaching from behind
when it is feeding.
d. to successfully feed its chicks.

35.

The chicks of filter-feeding ducks

a. need less crop milk from the
parent birds.
b. are able to feed themselves.
c. are fed crop milk for a shorter period.
d. reject crop milk from the parent birds.

Practice Test 3
GRAMMAR
1. Where is the boss this week?
Hes gone to London, ___ with the Chairman of
the company.
a. where he met
b. where he is meeting
c. where will he meet
d. where is he going to meet

6. George is looking really well!

Yes. Since he retired, he has had_____
problems with his health
a. a little
b. a few
c. few
d. little

2. We need to change the companys image.

Yes. The market has become really_____.
a. competitive
b. competing
c. competitor
d. competition

7. Is the bride ready to leave for the church?

She just needs _____.
a. to have her lipstick applied
b. having her lipstick applied
c. to have applied her lipstick
d. applying her lipstick

3. When is Tim leaving for the States?

It is imperative_____ immediately.
a. his leaving
b. that he leave
c. he leaves
d. him to leave

8. Why are you so upset with the dog?

Do you have any idea_____ to my new shoes?
a. what did it do
b. what was it doing
c. what has it done
d. what it has done

4. Unless they ____ about the problem at once, it is

going to get much worse.
a. will do something
b. dont do something
c. doing something
d. do something

9. She spoke rudely to the teacher, _____

suspended from school for two days.
a. that got her
b. that it got her
c. which got her
d. which it got her

5. Seldom _____ such a plentiful supply of oranges

at this time of the year.
a. you are finding
b. you find
c. you will find
d. do you find

10. Once we _____ home, the children will be

ready for bed.
a. are arriving
b. arrive
c. will arrive
d. are going to arrive

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CLOZE

News of another planet beyond Pluto may

(11)

a. news
c. candidate

b. place
d. planet

(12)

a. from
c. by

b. over
d. more

(13)

a. designated
c. announced

b. branded
d. nicknamed

(14)

a. lays
c. laying

b. lying
d. lies

(15)

a. revolution
c. zenith

b. orbit
d. radius

(16)

a. delayed
c. prompted

b. expedited
d. precipitated

(17)

a. totally
c. completely

b. remarkably
d. absolutely

(18)

a. likeable
c. likely

b. like
d. alike

(19)

a. unspoken
c. unrelated

b. unsaid
d. untold

(20)

a. emitting
c. deriving

b. extracting
d. straying

become common. First came Quaoar in 2002 and

then Sedna in 2003. Unlike these two worlds, the
latest (11) announced in July is actually bigger
than

Pluto,

(12)

50

percent.

Designated

2003UB313 and unofficially (13) Xena, the mass

of ice and rock currently (14) three times farther
out

than

Pluto.

photographed

it

Investigators originally
in

2003

at

Palomar

Observatory near Los Angeles, but its strange

(15), tilted nearly 45 degrees off that of nearly
all other planets, (16) its discovery until this
past January. Near-infrared images reveal a
surface of mostly methane ice, (17) similar to
Plutos. One or two more planets of (18) size
might dwell within the same distance, says
planetary scientist, Michael Brown of the
California Institute of Technology. An (19)
number of worlds might lurk beyond that,
perhaps (20) from the Kuiper belt or the
hypothesized Oort cloud. No one has really
probed out to that distance, he remarks.
This passage was taken from Scientific
American, October 2005.

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VOCABULARY
.
21. The youth of the country soon _____ the rebel
leaders revolutionary ideas.
a. enhanced
b. defected
c. protracted
d. embraced

26. The opposition party decided to _____ itself

with two other smaller parties.
a. alloy
b. alliance
c. merge
d. ally

22. Advocates of euthanasia claim it is a(n) _____

act.
a. human
b. humanistic
c. humane
d. humanity

27. A good manager knows how to treat his

_____.
a. subordinates
b. inferiors
c. equals
d. peers

23. Special equipment accurately measures the

_____ of the missile.
a. credibility
b. velocity
c. voracity
d. capacity

28.Visiting Cape Canaveral was

experience for the youngsters.
a. commemorating
b. memorable
c. commemorative
d. remembrance

24. Three soldiers were _____ wounded.

a. mortally
b. lethally
c. morally
d. rationally

29. The _____ had been on the run from the

police for months.
a. fugitive
b. refugee
c. captive
d. legislator

25. Both sides met for talks in the hope of

a war.
a. inciting
b. averting
c. deflecting
d. developing

a_____

_____
30. A sudden breeze disturbed the _____ surface
of the lake.
a. audacious
b. verbose
c. tranquil
d. bellowing

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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Scientific American,
February 2005.

31. According to the text,

a. researchers are at a loss to explain why
obesity has soared.
e. there is disagreement over the percentage
of the population classified as obese.
f. researchers disagree over when the
obesity epidemic began.
g. full agreement has not yet been reached
on why obesity in America has soared.

Beginning in the 1980s, the average weight of

Americans began to soar, and by 2002, 31 percent
were classified as obese. Although the reasons for
this epidemic remain controversial, researchers
have implicated at least four developments: The
first is the decrease in energy expenditure
throughout the 20th century, following the
introduction of automobiles and the replacement
of high-energy blue-collar work by low-energy
office occupations. The second is the growing
affluence of Americans, who could now afford
more and better food. The third is the
technological transformation of the food industry
in the past 30 years that has made available cheap,
convenient, high-calorie and tasty foods. The last
is the decline through much of the 20th century in
extended breast-feeding, which tends to reduce an
infants chances of obesity in later life.
As a consequence of these shifts, the average
weight of Americans increased throughout the
century. But because many were underweight in
the earlier years, the epidemic of obesity did not
become apparent until the 1980s, when these
historical developments apparently reached
critical mass. Dietary fat has not played a major
role in the epidemic. Although clinical trials have
shown that reducing dietary fat leads to weight
reduction, the average amount consumed has
declined in recent decades. Heavy television
viewing by children is linked to obesity, yet there
is no definitive proof of a causal relationship. The
decline in smoking and the popularity of eating
out restaurants typically serve extra-large
portions have also been blamed, but the
evidence remains contradictory.

32. Which of the following is NOT a

development which researchers feel has
contributed to the obesity epidemic?
a. The populations need to expend more
energy.
b. The more extensive use of cars.
c. The greater demand for office workers.
d. The populations ability to eat more and
better food.
33. Extended breast-feeding of infants is cited as
a way
a. to increase their tendency to become
obese in later life.
b. to overcome a decline in their proper
nutrition.
c. to reduce their chances of becoming
obese in later life.
d. to make up for a lack of high-calorie and
tasty foods.
34. According to the text, it has taken Americans
time to recognize the problem of obesity
because
a. they refused to accept that they were
overweight.
b. many of them preferred being
underweight.
c. a large part of the population were below
normal weight in the early 20th century.
d. they were waiting for the epidemic to
reach critical proportions.
35. The text maintains that heavy television
viewing, the decline in smoking and the
popularity of eating out
a. are almost certain to contribute to the
problem of obesity.
b. have been dismissed as factors which
encourage obesity.
c. have never been considered as factors
which encourage obesity.
d. may or may not contribute to the
problem of obesity.

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Practice Test 4
GRAMMAR
1. What did you have for dessert?
A large bowl of _____.
a. chilled, delicious fresh fruit salad
b. fresh, chilled, delicious fruit salad
c. fresh fruit, delicious, chilled salad
d. delicious, chilled, fresh fruit salad

6. The last question _____ at the interview made

me sure I was going to be offered the job.
a. I was asked
b. I was asked it
c. which I was asked it
d. which they asked it

2. Hardly _____ without him complaining about

something or other.
a. a day goes by
b. goes by a day
c. does a day go by
d. a day has to go by

7. After a child _____ to walk, it is necessary

to keep fragile or dangerous items out of reach.
a. will begin
b. will have begun
c. has begun
d. is going to begin

3. I asked the teacher to explain _____.

a. what meant the word charity
b. what did mean the word charity'
c. what meant charity
d. what the word charity meant

8. Whats troubling you?

I am wondering _____.
a. what there will be on the test.
b. what will there be on the test
c. what the test will there be
d. what will there be the test

4. The teachers suggestion was that the student

_____ into the possibility of studying abroad.
a. look
b. will look
c. looking
d. will be looking

9. The ______ child woke up when the bedroom

door slammed shut.
a. asleep
b. sleeping
c. slept
d. sleeper

5. We got an expert _____ us an estimate for the

house we were planning to sell.

10. Whats going to happen to Paul?

Well, _____ is that hell be suspended from
school.
a. the worst that can happen
b. the worse that will happen
c. no worse that can happen
d. the worst happening

a.
b.
c.
d.

giving
to give
give
to giving

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CLOZE
In 1835, as he surveyed the flora and fauna of

(11)

a. struck
c. touched

b. moved
d. stroked

(12)

a. convert
c. vary

b. evolve
d. derive

(13)

a. mole
c. facet

b. mark
d. trait

(14)

a. by
c. of

b. into
d. between

(15)

a. purposes
c. data

b. means
d. problems

(16)

a. whatever
c. quite

b. even
d. that

(17)

a. singly
c. alone

b. only
d. solely

(18)

a. residing
c. living

b. populating
d. staying

(19)

a. compel
c. constrict

b. consist
d. comprise

(20)

a. halved
b. considered

c. hollowed
d. split

the Galapagos archipelago, the young Charles

Darwin was (11) by how the shapes of the
giant tortoises, Geochelone nigra, (12) from
island to island. The reptiles shells are their
most distinguishing (13), and so served as a
major basis for their original classification
(14) fifteen different taxa (eleven of which
survive

today).

Now,

taxonomists

and

evolutionary biologists are taking a second

look at the tortoises for reclassification (15),
this time via DNA. Theyve discovered that
the tortoises of Santa Cruz, one of the main
Galapagos islands, are (16) more diverse than
their shells (17) would suggest.
Michael
biologist

Russello,
at

Yale

an

evolutionary

University,

and

his

colleagues found that the three populations of

giant tortoises (18) on Santa Cruz do not (19)
one single taxon, as was previously thought.
The populations are distinct enough to be (20)
into at least two taxa a key factor in their
conservation status.
This passage was taken from Natural History,
Vol. 114, No.9, November 2005.

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VOCABULARY
21. The advice she gave me was _____.
a. expendable
b. indispensable
c. unavoidable
d. tradable

26. The success of their new model has boosted

the _____ of the company.
a. prestige
b. partiality
c. imports
d. provisions

22. For a pensioner, Harry is remarkably full of

_____.
a. stance
b. vigor
c. retention
d. obesity

27. All students are expected to _____ by the rule

of the school.
a. abide
b. follow
c. represent
d. reflect

23. We did everything possible to _____ their

wishes.
a. extend
b. renounce
c. gratify
d. instill

28. After a(n) _____ career in music, she turned to

philanthropy.
a. famous
b. devoted
c. illustrious
d. proud

24. The amphibious vehicle was extremely _____.

a. noxious
b. palatable
c. portable
d. versatile

29. The child was badly _____ when she fell into
a rose bush.
a. impaled
b. scratched
c. pricked
d. poked

25. Most of the staff were_____ opposed to the

scheme.
a. financially
b. obliquely
c. harmoniously
d. fundamentally

30. Roses are _____ plants that grow under all

conditions.
a. resistant
b. brash
c. brazen
d. hardy

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READING COMPREHENSION
31. Since December 2004 UNESCO have worked
hard
a. to install a tsunami-warning system in the
Indian Ocean.
b. to improve the existing tsunami-warning
system in the Indian Ocean.
c. to correct the defects in the Indian
Oceans tsunami-warning system.
d. to from an Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission.

This passage was taken from Scientific American,

January 2006.
Before the December 2004 event, the Indian
Ocean had no tsunami-warning system. Since
then, several international groups, coordinated by
UNESCOs Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission, have raced to correct the problem.
To achieve the monitoring capability that
currently exists in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean
needs three basin-wide technological components:
an improved seismic network to locate large
earthquakes, a minimum of five tsunameters to
detect tsunami waves as they travel across the
open ocean, although 13 are needed to detect a
tsunami in less than 30 minutes, and a real-time
network of tide gauges near shore.
Key steps took place in the past year. Two
seismic networks one entirely new now report
automatically to the national earthquake centers in
Indonesia and Malaysia; the latter will soon make
its information available to the entire region. Four
tide gauges have already been upgraded for
tsunami monitoring including one near
Indonesia, which lies closest to tsunamigenerating faults. More than 20 additional
installations and improvements are scheduled for
the coming months.
It is unclear how and when the necessary
tsuameters can be acquired, and political
challenges must be overcome in certain countries
before the seismic network can be completed, but
UNESCO remain optimistic. If all goes well, a
basic monitoring system should be operational by
July. Computer models then combine those
measurements into accurate warnings.
Once warnings are available, they must still be
disseminated to people on the coasts. Along most
of the Indian Oceans 66,000 kilometers of
shoreline, the first wave will not arrive for two
hours or more enough time for most people to
move inland after an alarm sounds. In places
where tsunami waves will strike in an hour or less,
an alarm may come too late. Residents must
instead recognize natural signs severe ground
shaking and a receding ocean that often precede
an incoming surge.
In both cases, swift evacuation to predesignated safe zones is essential. Local officials
have already held practice drills in some parts of
Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia that were hit
hard in 2004.

32. UNESCOs hope is to create for the Indian

Ocean a tsunami-warning system
a. that relies only on an improved seismic
network to locate large earthquakes.
b. that needs no more than five tsunameters.
c. that uses past records of tides occurring
near shores.
d. to match that of the Pacific Ocean.
33. To date, the only basin-wide technological
component that has not been introduced is
a. improved seismic networks.
b. tsunameters required to detect tsunami
waves.
c. tide gauges to monitor tsunamis.
d. national earthquake centers.
34. UNESCO remain optimistic that a seismic
network can be completed
a. only if the tsunameters are acquired.
b. even if only one of the three basin-wide
technological components is installed.
c. if political issues do not obstruct their
efforts
after
all
the
necessary
technological components are in place.
d. if there is less seismic activity in the
region.
35. Once a tsunami warning is issued, what
action is recommended for populations in
places expected to be hit in an hour or less?
a. To contact local officials for advice
b. To evacuate their homes only after the
alarm sounds
c. Not to evacuate their homes before the
alarm sounds
d. To be alert to unusual physical
phenomena

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Practice Test 5

GRAMMAR
1. If she had taken the Miami job,_____ she
a. would have earned much more now.
b. will earn much more now.
c. would be earning much more now.
d. is earning much more now.

6. Either a fox or dogs _____ at least a dozen

chickens.
a. have attacked and killed
b. were attacked and killed
c. has attacked and killed
d. have attacked and killing

2. The problem was considered too _____ for the

junior executive to handle.
a. weightless
b. weighing
c. weighty
d. weigher

7. _____ the poor ticket sales, they had to cancel

the concert.
a. Despite
b. Because
c. Due to
d. A result of

3. She really gets on my nerves. She_____ her

neighbors!
a. will always running down
b. is always running down
c. is running down always
d. is running always down

8. Thats my brother you can hear _____.

a. is singing
b. singing
c. has been singing
d. he is singing

4. Basic training for soldiers includes_____ rifles.

a. to dismantle and assemble
b. dismantling and to assemble
c. to dismantle and assembling
d. dismantling and assembling

9. Its time ______________! Its a disgrace

driving it around town in such a state!
a. you had your car washed
b. you are having your car washed
c. you to wash your car
d. your car be washed

5. What are you going to do?

Ive decided to _____.
a. do an attempt
b. make it a try
c. take it a turn
d. give it a go

10. Have you seen my keys anywhere? I seem to

remember _____ next to the telephone.
a. to put them
b. I was putting them
c. having put them
d. having them put

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CLOZE
For people, it is second nature to refer to a

(11)

a. make
c. do

b. refer
d. perform

(12)

a. in
c. or

b. during
d. not

(13)

a. independent
c. their

b. single
d. individual

(14)

a. each
c. other

b. another
d. the other

(15)

a. brilliantly
c. smartly

b. wholly
d. instantly

(16)

a. may
c. must

b. should
d. will

(17)

a. diverse
c. divergent

b. different
d. deviant

(18)

a. in
c. for

b. to
d. about

(19)

a. powerful
c. strong

b. mighty
d. potent

(20)

a. tag
c. appoint

b. designate
d. label

friend or family member by name, but there is

scant evidence that other animals (11) the same.
Some species do communicate information on the
whereabouts of food (12) the presence of a
predator, and animals can clearly recognize (13)
members of their own group. But even dolphins,
clever as they are, have apparently not invented
tags for one (14).
But spectacled parrotlets, (15) colored Central
and South American birds, (16) be a different
matter. Ralf Wanker and two other biologists at
the University of Hamburg in Germany report
that, in an experimental setting, the birds made
different contact calls for (17) members of their
family. Furthermore, they responded more often
(18) recordings of calls that had originally been
directed toward them rather than toward another
family member. That is (19) evidence, say
Wanker and his colleagues, that some nonhuman
species (20) their social companions individually.
This passage was taken from Natural History, Vol.
114, No.7, September 2005.

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VOCABULARY
21. George becomes _____ when he cannot get
his way.
a. patient
b. apologetic
c. irritable
d. stagnant

26. When winter came, the journey through the

mountains became _____.
a. random
b. perilous
c. endangered
d. humid

22. Much of the Amazon rain forest is being

cut down for _____.
a. logs
b. timber
c. boughs
d. bark

27. The other side needed a little more time to

_____.
a. deliberate
b. inculcate
c. conspire
d. recoil

23. The explorers are preparing to _____ into the

crater.
a. tumble
b. deplete
c. descend
d. lower

28. The clinic is on the _____ of the town.

a. outskirts
b. suburbs
c. districts
d. peripherals

24. The petroleum deposits were too small to be

exploited _____.
a. positively
b. extensively
c. largely
d. profitably

29. A good manager knows how to _____

responsibilities.
a. affirm
b. delegate
c. negate
d. infringe

25. Sue bought some _____ from the bookstore.

a. correspondence
b. stationary
c. papers
d. stationery

30. It is rather _____ to have a swimming pool

built.
a. expensively
b. worthily
c. tentatively
d. costly

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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from
History,Vol.115, No.8, October 2005.

Natural
31. The recent discovery of some 160 human
footprints near Puebla, Mexico,
a. has confirmed the validity of the Clovisfirst theory.
b. has revealed many more Clovis points.
c. has made investigators question the
validity of the Clovis-first theory.
d. has spearheaded investigation of a new
culture.

The announcement that some 160 human

footprints have been discovered embedded in an
ancient layer of volcanic ash near Puebla, Mexico,
has stirred the continuing debate about how, and
when, people first arrived in the Americas. In
spite of disputed evidence and many challenges to
the
contrary,
the
consensus
among
paleoanthropologists is that the first people to set
foot on the continent crossed from Siberia into
Alaska by about 11,500 years ago. Clovis points,
the spearheads that trace their culture, are
scattered across North America.
But the Mexican footprints have been dated to
40,000 years ago, raising new doubts about the
Clovis-first theory. Silvia Gonzalez, of
Liverpool John Moores University in England,
and a team of British, Australian and Mexican
paleontologists are studying the find. Children
probably made about a third of the human prints,
they report. The investigators also discovered
about a hundred animal footprints, mostly from
dogs, big cats, and what may have been camels,
cows, or deer.
The discovery is also noteworthy because
fossilized footprints are rare. In the present case,
they probably formed when people walked along
a lakeshore covered with soft ash after the nearby
Cerro Toluquilla volcano erupted. When the lake
flooded, the imprints were preserved under silt.
Where the people came from, and whether they
arrived by land or sea, remain open questions.

32. Clovis points are to be found

a. throughout North America.
b. concentrated in the region around Puebla.
c. where Siberia meets Alaska.
d. in the Americas.
33. Paleontologists studying the footprints have
reported with near certainty
a. finding footprints made by deer.
b. finding footprints made by camels.
c. finding footprints made by human adults
and children.
d. finding footprints made by cows.
34. We learn from the text that the discovery of
the footprints is of special significance
a. because of the fact that human and animal
footprints were found together.
b. because its is uncommon to find fossilized
footprints.
c. because the footprints give more valuable
information than Clovis points
d. because of the large number found in the
same place.
35. What is quite certain from the evidence
available?
a. Flooding of the area helped preserve the
footprints.
b. The footprints were made by people
fleeing a volcanic eruption.
c. The evidence tells us the origin of the
people who made the footprints.
d. The lakeshore was formed after the
eruption of Cerro Toluquilla.

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ANSWER KEY
Practice Test 1
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. b
7. a
8. c
9. d
10.d
11.b
12.b
13.c
14.c
15.a
16.a
17.d
18.b
19.c
20.d
21.b
22.b
23.a
24.d
25.c
26.d
27.c
28.a
29.b
30.c
31.d
32.b
33.b
34.a
35.c

Practice Test 2
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. c
6. d
7. a
8. c
9. c
10.b
11.a
12.a
13.a
14.b
15.c
16.a
17.a
18.b
19.c
20.d
21.d
22.c
23.d
24.a
25.a
26.b
27.b
28.c
29.b
30.d
31.c
32.c
33.b
34.d
35.b

Practice Test 3
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. d
6. c
7. a
8. d
9. c
10.b
11.c
12.c
13.d
14.d
15.b
16.a
17.b
18.b
19.d
20.c
21.d
22.c
23.b
24.a
25.b
26.d
27.a
28.b
29.a
30.c
31.d
32.a
33.c
34.c
35.d

Practice Test 4
1. d
2. c
3. d
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. c
8. a
9. b
10.a
11.a
12.c
13.d
14.b
15.a
16.b
17.c
18.c
19.d
20.d
21.b
22.b
23.c
24.d
25.d
26.a
27.a
28.c
29.b
30.d
31.a
32.d
33.b
34.c
35.d

Practice Test 5
1. c
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. d
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. a
10.c
11.c
12.c
13.d
14.b
15.a
16.a
17.b
18.b
19.c
20.d
21.c
22.b
23.c
24.d
25.d
26.b
27.a
28.a
29.b
30.d
31.c
32.a
33.d
34.b
35.a

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank Dr. Philip Holland, Chair, English Department, Anatolia College, for his valuable
suggestions and editorial assistance.
Rodney Coules
Director, Language & Testing Office
Anatolia College
Email: racoules@anatolia.edu.gr
August, 2006
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