TEST: UNITS 4 – 6 Total: .................

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VOCABULARY
A Circle the correct answer. (7 x 1 = 7)

1. The new software was tested in the classroom, but it had no sufficient / discernible effect on student motivation.
2. People traveling alone on this road at night can easily fall predator / prey to thieves.
3. No one is happy about the salary cut, but it is in the best interest / assumption of the company.
4. Music can trigger / relay childhood memories.
5. Jane and I had a minor disagreement, but we soon brightened / straightened things out.
6. Harry made a bad decision, and now he must suffer / carry the consequences.
7. John’s account completely contradicted / confounded what Mary had said.
B
Complete the sentences. Use the words below. (12 x 1 = 12)
mobility • probe • virtuosity • exclusion • enlarge • application
invariably • modify • exceptionally • utterly • accordance • agility
1. Lucy’s performance at the piano recital demonstrated an unusual level of ............................. for someone her age.
2. In training, soccer players do exercises to improve speed and ............................. .
3. Because of her reduced ............................. , Pamela must use a wheelchair to get around.
4. People tend to trust Greg on matters of finance, as he’s ............................. right about his investment decisions.
5. The equipment must always be used in ............................. with the manufacturer’s instructions.
6. It is inadvisable to do one kind of exercise to the ............................. of all others.
7. The new technology will allow researchers to ............................. the workings of the human brain.
8. His claims to be a great writer are ............................. ridiculous. He hasn’t ever published a book!
9. I had the photographer ............................. our favorite family portrait to poster size.
10. Ideas about the ............................. of scientific principles to managing people, date back more than a century.
11. When a class is ............................. bright, the students tend to stimulate each other’s thinking.
12. Tennis players who are used to playing on grass need to ............................. their technique when playing on a hard
surface.
C
Complete the text. Use the words below. (11 x 1 = 11)
scribbling • rapidly • pay • facilitate • complex • vital • intently • capacity • long
consecutively • minority
MULTITASKING AND THE HUMAN BRAIN
There is widespread belief that multitasking – the ability to deal with a number of tasks simultaneously rather than
(1) ............................. – is a desirable, even (2) ............................. , skill in the modern world. However, only a small
(3) ............................. of people actually seem to have the (4) to carry out two tasks at once. What the rest of us do
when we think we are multitasking is switch (5) between tasks. If these are relatively simple tasks, such as
(6) ............................. down a shopping list while watching TV, it doesn’t really matter that our attention is being divided
in this way. But when it comes to more (7) ............................. tasks, research indicates that in the (8) .............................
run it is far more productive to concentrate (9) ............................. on one job for a prolonged period of time before moving
on to another. Focusing on one task at a time has also been shown to (10) ............................. learning. Research
involving college students clearly indicates that trying to multitask when studying doesn’t (11) ............................. off.
In fact, it is likely to lead to lower grades.
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Circle the correct answer. (10 x 1 = 10)

1. Students must read widely and be able to imitate / encompass / memorize large amounts of information.
2. The pressures of being famous can be overwhelming / dense / notorious for young actors.
3. Tom is quite conspicuous / prevalent / imperceptible in this group photograph as he’s the only male.
4. Before making this documentary, the team carried out profound / copious / spontaneous amounts of research.
5. In my opinion, skydiving must be powerfully / tremendously / exclusively exciting.
6. Michael came up with an inevitable / innovative / interrelated computer translation program.
7. The book utters / alleviates / elucidates some complex scientific concepts.
8. At the current time, we can only envision / assimilate / speculate as to what caused the explosion.
9. I hadn’t planned to dye my hair purple – it was a completely impulsive / intimidating / premature decision.
10. A series of lectures will be organized at the museum in context / parallel / view with the exhibition.
E
Choose the correct answer. (14 x 1 = 14)

1. The company logo is quite ..... , and contains 8. Rescue efforts were ..... because the emergency
a combination of lines, shapes, and colors. teams were provided by different agencies.
A. sheer C. innate A. illegible C. predetermined
B. minute D. intricate B. inconspicuous D. uncoordinated
2. These science fiction stories really ..... 9. The marketing manager assessed the ..... of
the imagination. implementing the proposed advertising strategies.
A. capture C. elaborate A. dexterity C. endurance
B. deepen D. consume B. feasibility D. adaptation
3. As you travel farther from the main cities, the 10. Should this cleaning product ..... into contact with
condition of the roads becomes ..... worse. the skin, wash the affected area immediately.
A. progressively C. serially A. blend C. come
B. accordingly D. severely B. find D. cling
4. The article criticized the coach’s many ..... , 11. Concern for the safety of her children far ..... all
including her inability to motivate the players. other concerns.
A. impairments C. shortcomings A. obscured C. rivaled
B. omissions D. malfunctions B. outweighed D. outnumbered
5. Oliver’s dream is to ..... his favorite actor’s career 12. The conference schedule has been ..... to include
on stage and screen. a longer coffee break in the morning.
A. cultivate C. initiate A. amended C. devised
B. derive D. emulate B. broadened D. enumerated
6. Details of this confidential document are not to 13. Although James expected everyone to be in favor
be ..... to anyone outside the company. of his proposal, it actually met with a ..... response.
A. concealed C. divulged A. steep C. rounded
B. retrieved D. manifested B. mixed D. diverse
7. American teachers attending the conference will 14. Your question goes beyond the ..... of this
have a chance to discuss educational matters with particular lecture.
their European ..... . A. case C. insight
A. analogies C. prototypes B. lapse D. scope
B. counterparts D. workforces

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TEST: UNITS 4 – 6
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GRAMMAR
Circle the correct answer. (8 x 1 = 8)

1. Not until was the exam / the exam was over could I check my answers.
2. It’s a wonder were more people not / more people weren’t hurt in the train crash.
3. Why on earth did they decide / they decided to change the menu at the pizza restaurant?
4. Only once during our vacation the weather was / was the weather good enough for us to go to the beach.
5. You wouldn’t happen to know the zip code, wouldn’t you / would you?
6. Such was / Was so much the extent of the flood damage that the house had to be demolished.
7. The driver wasn’t it / It wasn’t the driver who was injured in the accident; it was the passenger.
8. Nowhere did we see / saw we signs indicating that the field was private property.
G
Complete the sentences. Use the words below. (8 x 1 = 8)
as long as • would sooner • high time • unless • if so • otherwise • as though • if only
1. The performance will take place in the outdoor amphitheater ............................................ it rains.
2. Would you like to join us at the pool? ............................................ , we will wait for you to get ready.
3. This program will run on your computer ............................................ you have enough memory available.
4. It’s ............................................ your school started using interactive whiteboards.
5. Nat has only been working here for a few months, but he acts ............................................ he were head of
the department.
6. ............................................ I’d had the chance to go to college and get a degree.
7. Ann ............................................ spend the day with her friends than meet distant relatives.
8. It is crucial that the tropical rainforests are protected; ............................................ , there will be severe
consequences for our planet.
H
Complete the sentences. Use the gerund or infinitive form (active or passive) of the verbs given. (8 x 1 = 8)

1. Is there any chance of my ................................. (give) more time to complete my assignment?

2. Always close the security door; it’s not ................................. (leave) open under any circumstances.
3. Would you be so kind as ................................. (help) me lift my suitcase onto the train?
4. Traveling around Spain would be the ideal way of ................................. (improve) my Spanish.
5. You are lucky ................................. (offer) a student loan.
6. The coach believes that Alan has the potential ................................. (reach) the Olympics.
7. Surely it’s not worth ................................. (invest) money in a company that might be about to close.
8. I don’t mind ................................. (ask) to work overtime as I could use the extra money.
I
Complete the sentences. Use ONE suitable word. (7 x 1 = 7)

1. Difficult ............................. it may sound, it isn’t actually that hard to climb Mount Snowdon.
2. I had never seen a dolphin in the ocean before and ............................. had Sam.
3. I opened the front door only ............................. find that the dog had chewed up the mat.
4. ............................. it not been for his years of camping experience, Bill would never have survived the
night alone in the forest.
5. ............................. disappointing were Linda’s grades that she decided to take her exams again.
6. I can’t remember having ............................. taught to tie my shoelaces, but someone must have shown me.
7. I’m not planning on buying anything, but I’ll take some extra money in ............................. something catches my eye.

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Choose the correct answer. (15 x 1 = 15)
1. If I were looking for a new job, I’d prefer ..... with 9. I’d love to go to the concert, but I wish the
an international company. tickets ..... expensive.
A. it to be A. won’t be very
B. it being B. weren’t so
C. for it being C. hadn’t been that
D. would be D. wouldn’t be too
2. What ..... to achieve is a safe and clean 10. We hope the device will work, but since it’s
neighborhood. a prototype, it’s ..... to tell.
A. are we hoping A. really much too early
B. is hoped B. too much really early
C. is it we are hoping C. so really early
D. we are hoping D. really so early
3. I know you ..... my feelings, but your comments 11. Little ..... that his symptoms were caused by
were upsetting all the same. a food allergy.
A. never meant to hurt A. we didn’t realize
B. didn’t mean it hurting B. could we have realized
C. had meant to hurt never C. did we realize
D. never were meaning to hurt D. we had realized
4. How dare ..... that the delays on the project are 12. “How about some of my homemade pizza?”
all my fault! “Oh, I don’t mind ..... .”
A. suggest you A. if I do
B. you suggest B. should I
C. you to suggest C. to have some
D. be suggesting you D. my doing it
5. “What about asking your sister to lend us 13. We’ll have to get ..... if we don’t want to miss
some money?” the beginning of the movie.
“I would ..... a house this summer.”
A. moving on
A. if only she isn’t buying
B. on the move
B. had she bought
C. on moving
C. if she weren’t buying
D. a move on
D. weren’t she buying
14. ..... his flights than he realized he had made
6. Had we found out about the bike ride earlier, a mistake with the dates.
we ..... part.
A. Scarcely had Tim booked
A. could take
B. No sooner Tim booked
B. had taken
C. Only after Tim booked
C. might have taken
D. Tim had booked hardly
D. will have taken
15. I’d rather the committee organizing the event .....
7. If Coach Jackson hadn’t spotted Josh, he ..... in local people, not outsiders.
the NBA today.
A. is comprising
A. wouldn’t have played
B. were comprised of
B. wouldn’t be playing
C. would comprise
C. couldn’t have been playing
D. had been comprised from
D. wasn’t playing
8. ..... the public library to close, I think people
would complain.
A. Should
B. If
C. Had
D. Were