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Practice Test 7
Practice Test 7
Practice Test 7
I. WORD CHOICE
READING PASSAGE 1
Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is considered unusual not to use one. In
many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a means
of communication – having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.
The explosion in mobile phone use around the world has made some health professionals worried. Some doctors are
concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England,
there has been a serious debate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative
publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health. On the other
hand, medical studies have shown changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones. Signs of
change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a
traveling salesman had to retire at young age because of serious memory loss. He couldn’t remember even simple
tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six
hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use,
but his employer’s doctor didn’t agree. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? The answer is
radiation. High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone
companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about. As the
discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular
phone if you want to talk for a long time. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be
very useful and convenient, especially in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that
says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often.
1. According to the passage, cell phones are especially popular with young people because _______.
A. they are indispensable in everyday communications
B. they make them look more stylish
C. they keep the users alert all the time
D. they cannot be replaced by regular phones
2. The changes possibly caused by the cell phones are mainly concerned with _______.
A. the mobility of the mind and the body B. the smallest units of the brain
C. the arteries of the brain D. the resident memory
3. The word “means” in the passage most closely means _______.
A. meanings B. expression C. method D. transmission
4. The word “potentially” in the passage most closely means _______.
A. obviously B. possibly C. certainly D. privately
5. “Negative publicity” in the passage most closely means _______.
A. information on the lethal effects of cell phones
B. widespread opinion about bad effects of cell phones
C. the negative public use of cell phones
D. poor ideas about the effects of cell phones
6. Doctors have tentatively concluded that cell phones may _______.
A. damage their users’ emotions B. cause some mental malfunction
C. change their users’ temperament D. change their users’ social behavior
7. The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cell phone too often, _______.
A. suffer serious loss of mental ability B. could no longer think lucidly
C. abandoned his family D. had a problem with memory
8. According to the passage, what makes mobile phones potentially harmful is _______.
A. their radiant light B. their power of attraction
C. their raiding power D. their invisible rays
9. According to the writer, people should _______.
A. only use mobile phones in urgent cases B. only use mobile phones regularly
C. keep off mobile phone regularly D. never use mobile phones in all cases
10. The most suitable title for the passage could be _______.
A. “The Reasons Why Mobile Phones are popular” B. “Technological Innovations and Their Price”
C. “The Way Mobile Phones Work” D. “Mobile Phones: A Must of Our Time”
READING PASSAGE 2
Composers today use a wider variety of sounds than ever before, including many that were once considered
undesirable noises. Composer Edgard Varese (1883-1965) called thus the "liberation of sound...the right to make
music with any and all sounds." Electronic music, for example – made with the aid of computers, synthesizers, and
electronic instruments – may include sounds that in the past would not have been considered musical.
Environmental sounds, such as thunder, and electronically generated hisses and blips can be recorded, manipulated,
and then incorporated into a musical composition. But composers also draw novel sounds from voices and non-
electronic instruments. Singers may be asked to scream, laugh, groan, sneeze, or to sing phonetic sounds rather
than words. Wind and string players may lap or scrape their instruments.
A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once; a pianist may reach inside the
piano to pluck a string and then run a metal blade along it. In the music of the Western world, the greatest
expansion and experimentation have involved percussion instruments, which outnumber strings and winds in many
recent compositions. Traditional percussion instruments are struck with new types of beaters; and instruments that
used to be couriered unconventional in Western music – tom-toms, bongos, slapsticks, maracas – are widely used.
In the search for novel sounds, increased use has been made in Western music of Microtones. Non-Western music
typically divides and interval between two pitches more finely than Western music does, thereby producing a
greater number of distinct tones, or micro tones, within the same interval. Composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki
create sound that borders on electronic noise through tone clusters – closely spaced tones played together and
heard as a mass, block, or band of sound. The directional aspect of sound has taken on new importance as well
Loudspeakers or groups of instruments may be placed at opposite ends of the stage, in the balcony, or at the back
and sides of the auditorium. Because standard music notation makes no provision for many of these innovations,
recent music scores may contain graph like diagrams, new note shapes and symbols, and novel ways of arranging
notation on the page.
Read the following passages and choose the options that best complete the blanks.
Most traditional human life in deserts is nomadic. It (1) ______ in hot deserts on finding water, and on following
infrequent rains to (2) ______ grazing for livestock. In cold deserts, it depends on finding good hunting and fishing
grounds, on sheltering from blizzards and winter (3) ______, and on storing enough food for winter. Permanent
settlement in both kinds of deserts requires permanent water, food sources and adequate shelter, or the technology
and energy sources to (4) ______ it.
Many deserts are flat and featureless, lacking landmarks, or composed of repeating landforms such as sand (5)
______ or the jumbled ice-fields of glaciers. Advanced skills or devices are required to navigate through such
landscapes and (6) _____ travelers may die when supplies run (7) ______ after becoming lost. In addition,
sandstorms or blizzards may cause disorientation in severely-reduced visibility.
The (8) ______ represented by wild animals in deserts has featured in explorers' accounts but does not cause
higher (9) ______ of death than in other environments such as rainforests or savanna woodland, and generally does
not affect human distribution. Defense against polar bears may be advisable in some areas of the Arctic. Precautions
against snakes and scorpions in choosing (10) ______ at which to camp in some hot deserts should be taken.
1: A. locates B. selects C. follows D. depends
2: A. earn B. demand C. obtain D. require
3: A. extremes B. poles C. tops D. heights
4: A. grow B. supply C. comfort D. bring
5: A. dunes B. piles C. valleys D. stores
6: A. inconsistent B. incapable C. inexperienced D. independent
7: A. of B. out C. in D. over
8: A. danger B. dangerous C. endanger D. endangered
9: A. level B. rate C. scale D. standard
10: A. sight B. lies C. sites D. seats
GUIDED CLOZE TEST 2
Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the world. In the United
States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting observations have been made.
TV, although not essential, has become a(n) (1)_____ part of most people’s lives. It has become a baby-
sitter, an initiator of conversations, a major transmitter of culture, and a keeper of traditions. Yet when what can be
seen on TV in one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that TV is not a teacher but a sustainer. The poor
(2)_____ of programs does not elevate people into greater (3)_____, but rather maintains and encourages the
status quo.
The (4)_____ reason for the lack of quality in American TV is related to both the history of TV programming
development and the economics of TV. TV in American began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors
first experimented with TV. (5)_______, the close relationship, which the advertisers had with radio programs
become the system for American TV. Sponsors not only pay money for time within programs, but many actually
produced the programs. Thus, (6)_____ from the capitalistic, profit- oriented sector of American society, TV is
primarily (7)_____ with reflecting and attracting society (8)_____ than innovating and experimenting with new
ideas. Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible; to do so requires that the programs be
entertaining rather than challenging.
TV in America today remains, to a large (9)_____, with the same organization and standards as it had thirty
years ago. The hope for some evolution and true achievement toward improving society will (10)_____ a change in
the entire system.
1: A. integral B. mixed C. fractional D. superior
2: A. quantity B. quality C. effect D. product
3: A. preconception B. knowledge C. understanding D. feeling
4: A. adequate B. unknown C. inexplicable D. primary
5: A. Therefore B. Yet C. Although D. Nevertheless
6: A. going B. leaving C. coming D. getting
7: A. interested B. concerned C. worried D. connected
8: A. more B. rather C. less D. better
9: A. extent B. degree C. size D. amount
10: A. collect B. rise C. require D. complete
B. WRITTEN TEST
The demand for prison (1) _____ has steadily increased as more and more people has come to see that locking
people up in (2) _____ simply don’t reduce crime. Not only it failed to act as a (3) _____ but it does very little to
help (4) _____ readjust to life back in the (5) _____ after they have served their time. Prisons are isolated places,
where prisoners learn from other criminals, and where bullying, bribery, and other forms of (6) _____ spread. Once
outside prison, offenders face (7) _____, which tend to force them back into a life of crime. Even once the (8) _____
recognizes the need for change, it is notoriously slow. It usually demands new (9) _____ to change the system, and
while the slow processes of (10) _____ go on, more and more lives are affected.
On my first day at school I saw all these kids crying as they said _____ (1) to their mums, but I was more
concerned with playing with the boys. I told Mum to go home; she was_____ (2) upset than I was!
After Millhill Primary School I went _____ (3) to St Margaret Ward which was the local High School. I was there
until sixteen and _____ (4) with eight or nine GCSEs. I was a good boy at school because I never got caught. I did
the normal things that you would expect from a fourteen-year-old _____(5). I didn’t smoke, but I went to the
smokers’ corners. And you won’t be allowed to wear sport shoes, so I’d always _____ (6) them on. I always used to
be the one that would _____ (7) the class laugh. Then as soon as the teacher turned _____ (8), I’d sit straight and
the rest of the class would be _____ (9) and the teacher would tell _____ (10) off.
2. Unless we do research on solar energy, wind power, ___________ power, our fossil fuels will run out. (TIDE)
4. As twilight began to ___________ over the dun, she found it impossible to stay in her chamber alone, as she
usually did. (DEEP)
6. Dr. Monica, who has just published a book about murder, learned ___________ in many years. (CRIME)
7. Tom’s parents were angry with him for ___________ at the party. (BEHAVE)
9. Power naps are especially useful for those whose sleep is constrained by a demanding schedule: for example,
mothers of small children or travelling business ___________ (EXECUTE)
10. These ___________ produced antibiotics are only available by prescription. (SYNTHESIS)
2. Supply each gap with the correct form of the word given in the box
Psychologists agree that conflicts are inevitable in almost any long-term (1) __________ (RELATE);
however, what matters most is the way in which they are resolved rather than the sources of the (2)___________
(AGREE) themselves. According to recent studies, the methods that couples use to settle their differences are crucial
to the success of the outcome.
One of the interesting findings is that although (3)___________(EXCESS) aggressive behavior patterns are
obviously (4)___________ (DESIRE), what must be avoided at all costs is the (5)___________(SUPPRESS) of anger,
as feelings of resentment can lead a relationship to break down (6)___________(RETRIEVE).
It is essential for couples to communicate when things start going wrong, and successful conflict
(7)___________ (RESOLVE) involves a three stage process. Firstly, one partner should explain precisely what the
problem is and should try and remain as calm and (8)___________ (EMOTION) as possible. Secondly, the couple
should discuss the specific problem in detail, taking care not to rake up old grievances. Finally, and perhaps most
(9)___________ (IMPORTANCE), there should be negotiation until a (10)___________ (SATISFY) agreement is
reached. This may not mean that their problem will be solved, but even this is preferable to allowing a problem to
rankle.
Read the following passage. There are 10 errors. Identify the errors and then correct them.
Air pollution is a cause of ill – health in human beings. It a lot of countries, there are laws limited the amount of
smoke which factories can produce. Because there isn't enough information on the amount of smoke in the
atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution makes lung cancer. The gases from the exhausts of cars have
also risen air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol produces a poisoned gas which often collects in busy streets
surrounding by high buildings. Children who live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere cannot think
as quick as other children and they are clumsy where they use their hands. There are long-term effects of pollution.
If the gases in the atmosphere continues to increase, the earth's climate will become warmer. A lot of ice near the
Poles may water and may cause serious floods.
Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that their meanings remain
unchanged.
1. Miss Hoai should have been praised by her boss when she finished the project. (BACK)
Miss Hoai’s boss should have given ____________________________________________
2. They felt anxious while waiting for the results of their exams. (BREATH)
They waited __________________________________________
3. Don’t try to do something more than you can manage. (BITE)
Don’t _______________________________________________
4. She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her. (EYES)
She _______________________________________________
5. Our classmates were extremely happy when we got three medals at 21 st Olympic competition. (TAILS)
Our classmates were _______________________________________
6. Jane persuaded the others to agree with her point of view.
Jane brought _____________________________________________
7. These problems of ours are just the tip of the iceberg
I’m afraid our problems _____________________________________________
8. The minister’s involvement in that corruption scandal has tarnished his reputation.
The minister is _______________________________________________
9. Brenda never takes the trouble to help anyone.
Brenda never puts ______________________________________________.
10. Sally is much disorganized, so she has no chance of getting that secretarial job.
Were it _______________________________________________