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PRACTICE TEST
I. LISTENING:
PART 1:
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PART 2:

3000 B.C

race

recorded history

regularity and consistency

archeologists

civilisations

nomads: du mục

overpopulation and invaders

their beginnings
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II. USE OF ENGLISH:
PART 1:

away out case

one that

after
seems
into to opens

should

by

which
as

this

whose

across
unless
if/when
between
into

as
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PART 2:

facial

poetically

slyness

honesty

sensuality

involuntarily

loathing
characteristics

unknown

suspicion
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PART 3:

nothing to lose when you tell

it hadn't been for

didn't take any notice of

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turned out to

nothing else should a child

or else will a child

next in line for

fell behind than

fell short of what

in terms of

coming to terms with

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III. EXTRA SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION:
1. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought. LACKED
I lacked of confidence to tell him what I really thought
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2. The police ended the fighting between the two gangs by arresting the leaders. STOP
The police put a stop to the fighting between the ...
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3. Travelling alone is not just a matter of taking a good guidebook with you. MORE
Travelling alone is more than take a good guidebook ...
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4. The way he took everything she did for granted really annoyed her. BACK
They way he ... really put her back up
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5. She was so anxious while the results were read out. BREATH
She held her breath while the ...
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6. The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason. ACCOUNT

On no account should the house be left unlocked
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7. A huge investment has been put into the field of solar-electricity. INVEST
They invest a huge fund into the field of ...
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8. Alice was not a confident person, and that was why she was so shy. DUE
Alice's shyness was due to her lack of confidence
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9. When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn’t send a fax. CLUE
When ..., I had no clue about how to send a fax
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10. What you have been saying is quite irrelevant. BEDISE

What you have been saying is beside the point.
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IV. EXTRA WORD FORMATION EXERCISE:
1. Although some hold out hope for a sea wall and land reclamation programme, it is admittedly nothing more than a mere
stopgap (STOP)
________
2. A(n) ________ is implanted in the body to prop up the heart. (MAKE) pacemaker
3. She is ________ gorgeous in that gown. (DIE) drop-dead
4. His behavior at the party was _________, which went beyond everyone's expectations. (ERR) aberrant
5. The advent of computers was one of the _________ milestones in the mankind's history. (NOTE) noteworthy
6. His condition was so serious _________ as he had to stay in hospital for a month. (MUCH) inasmuch
7. Pending the _________ of KFC, the manager had to catch up on a huge number of backlogs. (TAKE) takeover
irksome to be waken up by the noisy music from the neighbor's house. (IRK)
8. It is __________
9. Like many other __________ of my age, I dread to use hi-tech gears. (TECHNICAL) technophobes
10. Bacteria derived from meniggitic
__________ disease can be contagious among people having reciprocal contact. (MENINGES)
twilight year of her age. (LIGHT)
11. The woman is getting older. She is now in the __________
12. Chemicals are easily __________
deactivated if they are laid open in the atmosphere for a long time. (ACTION)
V. HOMEWORK:
Writing topic:
Advertising encourages customers to buy in quantity not in quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Your work must be submitted to me at 9 a.m. this Saturday (21/08/2021) at the latest!