TEST 04

I/ LISTENING:
Part 1: You will hear a boy called Jack giving a talk about his visit to a castle in the summer holidays. For
questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
A castle visit
Jack’s route to the castle involved a path near the edge of a (9) …………………………………… .
Jack uses the word (10) …………………………………… to describe his first impression of the castle.
Jack discovered that the remains of an earlier castle made of (11) ……………………………… could still be seen.
Jack was surprised by the (12) …………………………………… of the castle walls as they walked along the top of
them.
Jack was amazed at the view from the part of the castle called the (13) ……………………………… that he visited.
Jack learnt that many improvements to the castle had been made by the (14) …………………………………… of a
previous owner.
Jack’s father most enjoyed seeing the restored (15) …………………………………… inside the castle.
Jack decided he didn’t believe the guide’s story about (16) ………………………………… in one area of the castle.
Jack and his family were impressed by the (17) …………………………………… display that they saw.
Jack felt the (18) …………………………………… in one of the gardens created a peaceful atmosphere.
Part 2: You will hear an interview with a student called Katie Cross, who is talking about her hobby of
kitesurfing. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
24 Katie says that for her, kitesurfing
A is something she wishes she could do more of.
B is great motivation for completing her school work.
C is a better alternative for keeping fit than running.
25 What advantage of the sport does Katie point out?
A It’s relatively low-cost at the beginning.
B It’s easy to find somewhere to do it.
C It’s possible to transport the kit yourself.
26 What surprised Katie about the sport the first time she tried it?
A It didn’t require as much strength as she’d expected.
B It wasn’t only a sport for young people.
C It didn’t seem as tiring as people had told her.
27 What does Katie suggest about her rapid progress in kitesurfing?
A She thinks she was naturally talented at it.
B Her rate of improvement wasn’t unusual.
C She succeeded due to her determination.
28 What does Katie particularly appreciate about kitesurfers she’s met?
A They encourage her to improve by being so competitive.
B They’re all very friendly towards each other.
C They tend to have a lot of experience in watersports.
29 Katie recommends that people who want to try kitesurfing should
A learn how to deal with different sea conditions.
B learn to control the kite they’re using properly.
C learn from a professional instructor.
30 Katie is currently preparing to
A take part in some competitions.
B go abroad on a kitesurfing holiday.
C train to teach others how to kitesurf.
II/ Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. The government needs ____ to businesses that have been trying to evade the tax.
A. put the screws on B. get into gear C. put one over on D. wipe off the map
2. Being a____ entrepreneur, you will have to make a special effort for people to take you seriously.
A. successful B. budding C. blossoming D. flowering
3. My mother decided to ____ early yesterday while I stayed up to watch Korean movies.
A. doze off B. let up C. get off D. turn in
4. What I like about this amusement park is that there is ____ parking space right outside it.
A. copious B. ample C. expanded D. manifold
5. Last weekend, ____ nothing to watch on TV, we played chest together.
A. there being B. there having C. having had D. being
6. I’d sooner you___ a noise last night; I couldn’t get to sleep.
A. wouldn’t make B. didn’t make C. haven’t made D. hadn’t made
7. The students, ___ are graduating this year, are as thick as thieves.
A. of whom five B. five of whom C. whose five D. A and B are correct
8. The community should take the doctor’s advice into consideration since he’s in___ earnest about the
epidemic.
A. mortally B. fatally C. deadly D. gravely
9. When the cost was _______ the advantages, the scheme looked perfect.
A. set against B. pit against C. counted against D. weighed up against
10. That old building hasn’t been used for nearly four decades, hence it looks so___.
A. decrepit B. battered C. glitchy D. derelict
11. On his desk___, which he usually sits in front of and looks at.
A. stood the picture of us B. the picture of us stands
C. standing the picture of us D. stands the picture of us
12. After getting a 7.5 score in IELTS, Ha hardly makes significant progress but she is ___ nicely.
A. propping up B. ticking over C. wading through D. forging ahead
III/ Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a
meaningful passage
26. ________ (clean) efforts were under way in Henan province and the capital city Zhengzhou on Thursday,
after a 27________ (record) rain storm flooded the city’s streets and subway, damaged dams and reservoirs,
collapsed roads, cut power to at least one hospital and was linked to a massive explosion at a factory in
Dengfeng city. Authorities said 200,000 people were 28________ (place) by the floods and more than three
million people were affected. Thousands of rescuers were sent in to assist northern Henan, where dozens of
counties were hit by flooding on Wednesday night and Thursday, with reports of overflowing reservoirs,
29________ (merge) roads, and cars and trucks being washed away. The Henan disaster has prompted
public scrutiny over the preparedness of authorities, in particular the 30________(appear) inaccurate weather
forecasts and the confusing disaster alert system. Many also questioned the decision to keep the subway
operating throughout the deluge.
(Adapted from the Guardian)
IV/ Fill in the each blank one suitable word.
THE CHANGING FACE OF WORKING LIFE
The accepted concept of a career 31 ________ followed a similar pattern for decades. After completing their
education, people would enter the adult world of work, 32___________.
down on to a job which they would likely remain from that point 33________. Not only would this occupation
provide their income for their entire working life, it would also allow them a healthy pension when they retired
and moved into 34________ age. Over the past twenty years, 35________, the relationship between a wage
earner and their chosen profession has changed enormously. Today, the idea of a job-for-life' has all
36________ disappeared, to be replaced by an unforgiving world of unstable employment. Some observers
even argue that current society to pit old 37________ young in a constant battle to find work of some
description, all against a 38________ of increasing debt and economic difficulties.
At the same time, the government regularly releases figures that suggest the economy is prospering,
evidencing this claim with the fact that the unemployment rate continues to fall annually. There are indeed
more jobs available. However, a huge number of these are casual, temporary or short-term positions, all of
39________ are low-paid and create little in the way of tax income for the government. This has a number
of debilitating longterm effects, not 40________ because this assurance of a growing economy is based more
in myth than fact.
(Adapted from Mindset for IELTS)
V. Choose the correct option marked A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
1. “Is it difficult ___ a watch?” – “No, I’ve actually gotten used to guessing the time.”
A. your not to having B. not having C. having not D. to have not
2. With the increase in international crime, it is logical to _____ searched at customs nowadays.
A. assume being B. assume to be C. assuming that you are D. assume you will be
3. A major problem in the construction of new buildings ________.
A. is that windows have been eliminated while air conditioning systems have not been perfected.
B. is they have eliminated windows and still don’t have good air conditioning.
C. is because windows are eliminated but air conditioners don’t work
D. is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows, they are not capable to produce efficient
air conditioning systems.
4. “Have you been trying to lose weight?” – “No, but I’ve been thinking _____.”
A. to diet B. to go dieting C. of going diet D. about dieting
5. “I don’t know what I was thinking.” – “Well, _____.”
A. I do neither B. I do either C. I do D. I do too
6. The big trouble was that I really didn’t have _____ an idea of what I wanted Charles to say.
A. none of B. very much of C. too much D. many of
7. We have gone on holiday together several times since we ____ friends.
A. were B. had been C. are D. have been
8. “This car is far more economical than that one.” – “_____ it that way, I guess it’s a better buy.”
A. Being seen B. Seeing C. To see D. The seeing of
9. Using bare toes, lift a towel from the floor 10 times with the painful foot, then 10 times with _____.
A. another B. each other C. the other D. others
10. I have no idea where they are. They could be _____.
A. everywhere B. anything C. somewhere D. anywhere
11. Bob is so short-tempered; he should try to ______ his anger.
A. monitor B. curb C. temper D. stunt
12. The police ______ the woods looking for the lost child.
A. scoured B. integrated C. traced D. encountered
13. Don’t mention work to Ray, as it’s a sore ______ with him at the moment.
A. finger B. point C. place D. nail
14. The couple ______ under the umbrella to keep dry.
A. enclosed B. muffled C. huddled D. augmented
15. A long, green snake ______ through the grass and disappeared.
A. strutted B. slunk C. slithered D. scampered
16. This schedule isn’t final. It’s only ______.
A. tentative B. sporadic C. contemporary D. subsequent
17. My new pullover ______ to half its previous size when I washed it.
A. shrank B. reduced C. diminished D. dwindled
18. The new accounting system ______ all my work useless.
A. transformed B. rendered C. transposed D. converted
19. Martin just loves to ______ his teeth into a really challenging crossword.
A. grind B. get C. put D. sink
20. The doctor said that sweets should be eaten in ______.
A. compulsion B. restriction C. moderation
VI. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits in the
blank.
Despite the continued (1) _________ of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that
modern Hershey start¬ed to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually to (2) _________
during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would never see a breadline. Instead he (3)
_________ a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and
delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his (4) _________were partly selfish: "If I don’t
provide work for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost levels,
I'm going to build and give them jobs."
He seems to have (5) _________no expense; most of the new buildings were strikingly (6) _________
The first to be finished was the three-million-dollar limestone Community Center, home to the 1,904-seat
Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater, which has played (7)_________since 1933 to touring Broadway
shows and to music, dance, and opera performances. It offers just as much to look at when the lights are on
and the curtains closed. The floors in the (8) _________ named Grand Lobby are polished Italian lava rock,
surrounded by marble walls and capped with a bas-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives,
swans, and scenes from Roman mythology. With the (9) _________ inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose
even harder at the ravages of the Depression: The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the fire curtain bears a
painting of Venice, and the ceiling is (10) _________ with 88 tiny light-bulbs to re-create a star-lit night.
1. A. flexibility B. rigidity C. elasticity D. resilience
2. A. prosper B. decline C. get on D. flower
3. A. trusted B. funded C. accounted D. stocked
4. A. pretensions B. objections C. preoccupation D. intentions
5. A. spared B. spent C. allowed D. justified
6. A. impoverished B. unattractive C. poor D.
opulent
7. A. hosting B. housing C. host D. homogeneously
8. A. aptly B. inappropriately C. seemingly D. frightfully
9. A. dizzying B. gaudy C. dazzling D. bland
10. A. holed B. studded C. supported D. magnified
VII. Supply the correct form of the word provided to the right of each blank.
BRISTLEWORMS - A HOBBYIST'S GUIDE
Historically, Bristleworms have had a bad reputation among (1) _______ 1. WATER
aquarium aficionados. These marine worms usually enter the hobbyist's aquarium by
hitching a ride on a piece of coral. Once (2) ________ , they become part of the tank's 2. ESTABLISHMENT
ecosystem. Bristleworms range greatly in size. The smallest ones are about an inch
long, and the large ones can grow to over 20 inches, although, being (3) _______ , 3. SEGMENTAL
their bodies are often retracted and so not usually seen at their greatest extent.
Literature has frequently contented that bristleworms are harmful, (4) ________ 4. ASSERTIVE
that they eat clams, anemones and even coral fish. However, most (5) _________ 5. ENTHUSIASM
now conclude that small bristleworms pose no threat, and are merely 6. SCAVENGE
(6)__________ , clearing the tank from detritus and carcasses of animals that are
already dead. However, larger worms, particularly those of the species known as 7.VORACITY
fireworms, are (7) __________ eaters and can do (8) ______ damage. These worms 8. REPAIR
are better removed, although this is a challenge in itself, as the worms are (9) 9. NOCTURNE
_______ , sensitive to light and will go into hiding at the slightest (10) ___________. 10. DISTURB
VIII. You are going to read a newspaper article. For questions 31-36 choose the answer
(A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
The land under the sea
Underwater maps reveal a hidden history
Ten thousand years ago, as the last ice age drew to a close, sea levels around the world were far lower
than they are today. Much of the land under both the North Sea to the east of Britain and the English Channel
which now separates France and Britain was part of a huge region of forests and grassy plains, where herds
of horses and reindeer roamed free and people lived in villages by the lakes and rivers. Then the climate
gradually became warmer (a phenomenon certainly not confined to our own age!) and the water trapped in
glaciers and ice caps was released. This ancient land was submerged in the resulting deluge and all that
remains to tell us that it was once lush and verdant – and inhabited – is the occasional stone tool, harpoon or
mammoth tusk brought up from the seabed by fishing boats.
Now the development of advanced sonar technology, known as bathymetry, is making it possible to
study this flooded landscape in extraordinary detail. A special echo sounder is fixed to the bottom of a survey
vessel, and it makes wide sweeps across the seabed. While previous technology has only been able to produce
two-dimensional images, bathymetry can now deploy computers, satellite-positioning equipment and special
software to create accurate and remarkably detailed maps. For the first time, an ancient riverbed leaps out of
the three-dimensional image, complete with rocky ledges rising up from the bottom of the valley. The sites of
prehistoric settlements can now be pinpointed, and it is also possible to see in stunning detail the sunken
shipwrecks that litter this part of the seabed.
According to archaeologist Dr Linda Andrews, this technological development is of huge significance.
‘We now have the ability to map the seabed as accurately as we can map dry land,’ she says. She is, however,
scathing about the scale of financial support for such projects. ‘We have better images of Mars and Venus
than of two-thirds of our own planet! Britain is an interesting case. It’s been a maritime nation for much of its
history, and the sea has had such a massive influence on it, and in view of this, it’s an absolute scandal that
we know so little about the area just off the country’s shores!’
Once bathymetric techniques have identified sites where people might have built their homes and
villages, such as sheltered bays, cliffs with caves and the shores of freshwater lakes, divers can be sent down
to investigate further. Robot submarines can also be used, and researchers hope they will find stone tools and
wood from houses (which survives far longer in water than on dry land) as proof of human activity. The idea
shared by many people in Britain of their country as a natural island kingdom will be challenged by these
findings: Britain has been inhabited for about 500,000 years, and for much of this time, it has been linked on
and off to continental Europe. It remains to be seen how far this new awareness is taken on board, however.
In fact, the use of bathymetry scanners will not be limited to the study of lost landscapes and ancient
settlements. It will also be vital in finding shipwrecks. Records show that there are about 44,000 shipwrecks
off the shores of Britain, but there is good reason to believe that the real figure is much higher. In addition,
commercial applications are a real possibility. Aggregates for the construction industry are becoming
increasingly expensive, and bathymetry scanners can be used to identify suitable sites for quarrying this
material. However, mapping the seabed will also identify places where rare plants and shellfish are living.
Government legislation could prevent digging at such sites, either to extract material for a profit or to make
the water deeper. This is significant in view of the plans to dredge parts of the English Channel to provide
deeper waterways for massive container ships.

31 What point is made in the first paragraph about the area now under the sea?
A. The fact that it was populated has only recently been discovered.
B. It was created by the last ice age.
C. Ancient man-made objects have been found there.
D. It was flooded, drowning the inhabitants.
32. How does the new sonar technology work?
A. It has an echo sounder placed on the seabed.
B. It produces two-dimensional images of the sea floor.
C. It makes use of a number of different devices.
D. It bases its calculations on the location of archaeological sites.
33 How does Dr Andrews feel about the lack of accurate maps of the waters around Britain?
A. outraged B. resigned C. astonished D. amused
34 In the fourth paragraph, the writer suggests that a better understanding of the settlements on the seabed
may
A. inspire more people to take an interest in archaeology.
B. modify the attitudes of the British to their country’s history.
C. provide confirmation about the need to deal with climate change.
D. alter the perception people in other countries have about Britain.
35 Quarrying is mentioned in the final paragraph to show that
A. there are ways of obtaining funds for research.
B. underwater surveys should be completed as soon as possible.
C. damage to the seabed has not been recorded accurately so far.
D. there are potentially practical benefits for industry.
36 The use of bathymetry scanners may help to
A. preserve the marine environment. B. promote the clearing of the English Channel.
C. identify new species of plants and animals. D. obtain approval to look for shipwrecks.
IX. Complete the second sentence without changing the meaning of the original sentence.
1. It is almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
I cancelled ______________________________________________________________.
2. A rather nasty problem has appeared.
We’ve come ______________________________________________________________.
3. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures.
My purpose ______________________________________________________________.
4. For futher information, please send a self-addressed envelope to above address.
For futher information can ______________________________________________________________.
5. Mrs. Copper says she’s sorry she didn’t attend the meeting yesterday morning.
Mrs. Copper sends ______________________________________________________________.

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