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PRACTICE TEST

A. LISTENING
Part 1: Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Date Event Importance for art
3000 BC rice farmers from 1. ________ built temples with wood and stone carvings settled
in Bali
14th century introduction of Hinduism artists employed by 2. ________ and focused on
epic narratives
1906 Dutch East Indies Company established art became expression of opposition to 3.
________
1920s beginning of 4. ________ encouraged use of new materials, techniques and
subjects
1945 independence new art with scene of 5. _________ (e.g. harvests)
reflecting national identity

Part 2: You will hear a radio discussion about children who invent imaginary friends. Choose the answer (A, B, C
or D) which fits best according to what you hear.
1. In the incident that Liz describes,
A. her daughter asked her to stop the car B. she had to interrupt the journey twice.
C. she got angry with her daughter. D. her daughter wanted to get out of the car.
2. What does the presenter say about the latest research into imaginary friends?
A. It contradicts other research on the subject.
B. It shows that the number of children who have them is increasing.
C. It indicates that negative attitudes towards them are wrong.
D. It focuses on the effect they have on parents.
3. How did Liz feel when her daughter had an imaginary friend?
A. always confident that it was only a temporary situation
B. occasionally worried about the friend’s importance to her daughter
C. slightly confused as to how she should respond sometimes
D. highly impressed by her daughter’s inventiveness
4. Karen says that one reason why children have imaginary friends is that
A. they are having serious problems with their real friends. B. they can tell imaginary friends what to do.
C. they want something that they cannot be given. D. they want something that other children haven’t got.
5. Karen says that the teenager who had invented a superhero is an example of
A. a very untypical teenager. B. a problem that imaginary friends can cause.
C. something she had not expected to discover D. how children change as they get older.
Part 3: You will hear an interview which takes place on a show between the interviewer, Michaela Robinson, a leading
psychologist, Duncan Stone, and a former patient, Ian Smith. Write T (for True) or F (for False).
1. Mr. Stone thinks that psychiatrists don’t need any medical training.
2. Psychiatrists need to know how to make patients open up.
3. Ian Smith didn’t know what caused his nervousness.
4. Boys at school were friendly to Ian.
5. Mr. Stone found it difficult to get Ian’s life story.

Part 4: You will hear part of an interview with an explorer. Complete the sentences and write your answers
The Explorer
It could be said that his expeditions over the last five years have mostly (1) _________ but there have been (2)
_________ on any of them.
He thinks that (3) _________ of his expeditions has been good and that (4) _________ and (5) _________ have been
right. One of the aims of his expedition to Antarctica is to raise money for a (6) _________.
The second aim is to find out what the human body can tolerate when working very hard and (7) _________ in extreme
temperatures.
These days he does not emphasise (8) _________ involved in exploring because people don’t take it seriously.
He intends to go to (9) _________ this year.
On the next expedition to Antarctica they are taking special sledges and (10) _________ than on the previous
expedition there.
B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences
1. I’m afraid that the herring we had for dinner has given me _______.
A. sickness B. indisposition C. infection D. indigestion
2. This lime juice needs _______ before you can drink it.
A. diluting B. dissolving C. softening D. watering
3. It must be true. I heard it straight from the _______ mouth.
A. dog’s B. horse’s C. camel’s D. cat’s
4. The facilities at many schools today are still _______ inadequate.
A. sadly B. woefully C. regrettably D. grimly
5. His laziness at work made him _______ with his workmate.
A. improper B. disliked C. unpopular D. unappealing
6. Although he’s shy, it certainly hasn’t _______ his career in any way.
A. restricted B. obstructed C. cramped D. impeded
7. She used the map to discover where she was in _______ to her surroundings.
A. connection B. affinity C. relation D. reference
8. You can’t always depend on _______ on time.
A. the trains’ arriving B. the trains to arrive
C. the arriving of trains D. the train that arriving
9. You’d _______ that clock fixed; it hasn’t worked for over a week now.
A. rather have B. better have C. rather had D. have
10. 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
11. If I don’t write you a note to say you have a doctor’s appointment, the teacher will think you are playing ________.
A. the fool B. truant C. for time D. hard to get
12. Exercise tends to _______ the effects of old age.
A. waylay B. run down C. set back D. offset
13. There’s an old saying, “It’s the double gins that cause the _______.”
A. crossed eyes B. double chins C. flat feet D. knock knees
14. It’s a good area for shopping. All the shops are within easy _______.
A. approach B. arrival C. neighbourhood D. reach
15. The big new supermarket on the outskirts of town does a _______ trade.
A. crying B. roaring C. screaming D. shouting
16. Sport provides an _______ for a teenager’s feeling of aggression or frustration.
A. overflow B. outlet C. exit D. exhaust
17. She was caught cheating in the race. _______, she was disqualified.
A. Explicitly B. Accordingly C. Equally D. Fundamentally
18. Alice was not sure which profession to enter, but finally _______ for medicine.
A. opted B. chose C. accepted D. selected
19. Jane handed in the test and awaited the results _______.
A. with bated breath B. out of breath C. under her breath C. in the same breath
20. Burglar alarms on cars and houses may act as a _______ to the casual thief.
A. prevention B. precaution C. stopper D. deterrent

Part 2: Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in
the corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning. (10 points)
Example: Line 1: Originalà Originally
THE NEW BRITISH LIBRARY
Original commissioned 14 years ago, the new British Library was supposed to open in 1990. Thus, the project
has been delayed by political infighting, poor planning and financial problems. The most recent setback came in June
when inspectors discover that 60 miles of new metal shelving had started to rust and needed to be replaced. That would
postpone the opening of the project’s first phase for yet other two years. “Things have gone from bad to worse’, said
Brian Lake, secretary of the Regular Readers, an association of writers and scholars who are not happy with plans to
the new library. “It is a grand nation project that has become a great scandal”.
 It sounded like a splendid idea which the government unveiled its 164- million project in 1978. Sophisticated
electronic equipment would help keep the library’s irreplaceable stock at an optimal temperature and humid. A
computer-controlled delivery system would provide books to readers within minutes of a request better than days. And
to serve other needs of the reading public, the library would also include exhibition gallery, a restaurant and a
conference hall.
That was the plan, anyway. The start of construction delayed until 1982 by arguments about planning and by a
change of government. Four years later, members of the cabinet ordered a progress report and discovered that the
committee responsible for supervision the project hadn’t met in four years.

Part 3: Complete each sentence with one suitable particle or preposition.

1. My mum told me ________ for coming home late from school.
2. The surgeon is going to operate ________ my father tomorrow.
3. Even though the police went ________ the evidence many times, they didn’t find anything.
4. As the shop didn’t accept credit cards, I had to pay ________ cash.
5. Frank is a very mean person. He finds it very difficult to part ________ his money.
6. Let’s make ________ that island and wait for the storm to pass.
7. Could you please refrain ________ smoking - this is a hospital!
8. The company pulled ________ despite the economic crisis.
9. We were very sorry to hear that your grandfather passed ________ last week.
10. When Mr. Spendthrift ran out of money, he fell ________ on his mother for help.

Part 4: Write the correct form of the words given in the brackets.
Rebuilding Conventry
In the late 30s, (1) __________ knew that the centre of the historic town of ANALYSE
Conventry in the West Midlands needed to be redeveloped. Plans had to be (2) SHELF
__________ when the Second World War started in 1939. However, the
architects’ opportunity (3) __________ when the city centre was practically MATERIAL
destroyed during the war. Many buildings were
(4) __________ damaged and demolition work began. Aiming to create a REPAIR
much more (5) __________ area for SPACE
(6) __________ to work and shop in, town planners came up with a radical RESIDE
idea. They would make the city more
(7) __________ by pedestrianising the centre, preventing cars entering. There INHABIT
were (8) __________ from local shopkeepers, who thought that it would have OBJECT
an impact on trade, but the planners went ahead. What was once a (9)
__________ populated area became a pleasant, attractive place to visit. It was a DENSE
real (10) __________ achievement, one that many British towns have emulated
since. ARCHITECT
C. READING
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.
All in the Stars
First-time visitors to India are likely to be impressed by how profoundly astrology influences almost every (1)
______ of life on the subcontinent. In fact, the belief that the motions of remote heavenly bodies can affect events on
Earth is so (2) ______ that several Indian universities (3) ______ courses in the subject. It is not, therefore, surprising
that many people will (4) ______ an astrologer before they take any important step. For example, Indian marriages are
arranged with the aid of an astrologer, who will cast the horoscopes of the bride and groom, and also work out the best
date for the wedding to take place. A few years ago in Delhi, thousands of couples rushed to get married on a
particularly auspicious day, with the (5) ______ that priests, brass bands and wedding photographers were in short
supply.
The role of astrology is not (6) ______ only to the social aspects of Indian life. Few people (7) ______
business without resorting to their astrologer. Major films are only released on suspicious dates. Even (8) ______ of
state are not exempt from its influence: when India (9) ______ her independence from Britain in 1947, the (10) ______
of power was carefully timed to take place after a particularly inauspicious period had passed.
1. A. division B. facet C. angle D. sector
2. A. widespread B. overwhelming C. intensive D. capacious
3. A. offer B. afford C. supply D. serve
4. A. interrogate B. confer C. interview D. consult
5. A. effect B. outcome C. upshot D. result
6. A. demarcated B. bound C. confined D. restrained
7. A. engage B. perform C. carry D. conduct
8. A. affairs B. cases C. issues D. topics
9. A. grabbed B. procured C. gained D. captured
10. A. delivery B. inheritance C. succession D. transfer

Part 2: Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
A sting in the tale
A scorpion stung Peter Marks on the back of his right leg, (1) ________ below the knee, then continued up that
leg and down the (2) ________, he believes, before getting him again in the shin. It wasn’t (3) ________ he was
expecting on a flight from Chicago to Vermont. Marks, a 46-year-old builder, was abroad the United Airlines flight on
the second leg of his trip home from San Francisco where he and his wife Helena had been visiting their sons. He
awoke (4) ________ a nap shortly before landing and noticed something strange.
“My leg felt like it was asleep, but that was isolated to one spot, and it felt as (5) ________ it was being jabbed
with a sharp piece of plastic (6) ________ something. The second sting came after the plane had landed and the Marks
were waiting for their bags at the luggage carousel. Peter rolled up his cuff to investigate, and the scorpion fell out.
“It felt like a shock, a tingly thing. Someone screamed, ‘It’s a scorpion’,” Peter recalled. Another passenger
stepped on the 5-centimetre arachnid, and (7) ________ else suggested Marks seek medical help. “The airlines tell you
that you can’t bring water on a plane”, Helena Marks said, “but the scorpion did make it abroad”. A United
spokesperson said the incident “is something that we will look (8) ________. We’re very sorry for what happened. Our
customers’ safety and security is our number one priority.” (9) ________ incidents are not unheard of. An American
Airlines flight was delayed for an hour in Toronto on Sunday after a passenger was stung by a scorpion that had (10)
________ its way on board. Paramedics treated the man when the flight landed.

Part 3: Read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions.
The medieval artists didn’t know about perspective; they didn’t want to make their people look like real,
individual people in a real, individual scene. They wanted to show the truth, the eternal quality of their religious
stories. So these artists didn’t need to know about perspective.
In the European Renaissance period, artists wanted to show the importance of the individual person and his or
her possessions and surroundings. A flat medieval style couldn’t show this level of reality and the artists needed a new
technique. It was the Italian artist Brunelleschi who discovered the technique of perspective drawing. At first the artists
of the Renaissance only had single-point perspective. Later they realized that they could have two-pointed perspectives
and still later multi-point perspective.
With two-point perspective they could turn an object like a building at an angle to the picture and draw two
sides of it. The technique of perspective which seems so natural to us now is an invented technique, a part of the
“grammar of painting”. Like all bits of grammar there are exceptions about perspective. For example, only vertical
and horizontal surfaces seem to meet on eye level. Sloping roof tops don’t meet on eye level.
For 500 years, artists in Europe made use of perspective drawing in their pictures. Nevertheless, there are a
range of priorities that artists take in displaying individual styles. Crivelli wanted to show depth in his picture and he
used a simple single-point perspective. Cezanne always talked about space and volume. Van Gogh, like some of the
other painters of the Impressionist period, was interested in Japanese prints. And Japanese artists until this century
were always very strong designers of “flat” pictures. Picasso certainly made pictures which have volume and depth.
However, he wanted to keep our eyes on the surface and to remind us that his paintings are paintings and not illusions.
It is technically easy to give an illusion of depth. However, a strong two dimensional design is just as a feeling
of depth, and perhaps more important.
1. The passage mainly discusses
A. the difference between medieval and Renaissance art.B. how the technique of perspective influenced the modern art.
C. the discovery of the technique of perspective. D. the contribution of Renaissance artists.
2. The word “eternal” in line 3 is closest in meaning to
A. timeless B. infinite C. frequent D. constant
3. According to the passage, which is the main concern for medieval artists?
A. The individual person and his/ her possessions and surroundings. B. Real people, real scenes.
C. Eternal timeless truth of the earth. D. Themes of religious stories.
4. The discovery of perspective was the result of
A. Renaissance artists’ to prove that the medieval artists could show level of reality.
B. the need to turn an object at an angle and draw more than one side of it.
C. the subject being shifted from religious stories to individual person and surroundings.
D. natural evolution of human senses.
5. The word “it” in bold in paragraph 3 refers to
A. the picture B. perspective C. angle D. the object
6. The word “grammar” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. construction B. grammatical rules C. rules and regulations D. tones and volume
7. The author’s purpose to give the example in the last two sentences of paragraph 3 is to
A. explain how perspective work in painting.
B. support two-pointed perspective.
C. illustrate that there are exceptions about perspective.
D. point out that the technique of perspective though seems so natural is an invented technique.
8. The following artists’ priorities in style shift away from perspective EXCEPT
A. Crivelli B. Cezanne C. Japanese artists D. Brunelleschi
9. The word “illusion” in bold in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. deception B. photograph C. decoration D. illustration
10. It can be inferred from the passage that Renaissance artists
A. embraced the medieval style of eternal truth.
B. needed to develop a new approach towards painting to show a new level of reality.
C. were inspired by vertical and horizontal surfaces in inventing the technique of perspective.
D. saw two dimensional design more important than a feeling of depth.

D. WRITING
Part 1: Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets so that the meaning stays the same. You must use between
TWO and SIX words, including the word given.
1. Spending two weeks in hospital was very different from lying on the beach! (CRY)
Spending two weeks in hospital was …………………………………lying on the beach!
2. The parents of that girl are furious about her expulsion. (ARMS)
That’s the girl ……………………………………………………. about her expulsion.
3. I’m finding it difficult to cope with all the work I have to do.(TOP)
All the work I have to do ………………………………………………. me.
4. I wouldn’t confront the manager if I were you.(HORNS)
I wouldn’t ………………………………………. the manager if I were you.
5. He was arrested when they caught him driving a stolen vehicle. (ACT)
Being ……………………………………………….. a stolen vehicle, he was arrested.

Part 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
before it, beginning as shown.
1. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Rather ………………………………………………………………………………..
2. You can eat as much as you like for £5 at the new lunch-bar.
There is no ..........................................................................................................................................................
3. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
Much to .................................................................................................................................................................
4. “I think the whole idea’s ridiculous,” he said.
He dismissed ........................................................................................................................................................
5. The managing director refuses to resign.
The managing director has no ...............................................................................................................................