Practice Test 1: Taking Photographs Ruins The Memory, Research Finds

PRACTICE TEST 1
B. USE OF ENGLISH
III/ Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an
example at the begining (0)
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS RUINS THE MEMORY, RESEARCH FINDS
Our obsession with recording every detail of our happiest moments could be damaging
our ability to remember them, according to new research.
Dr Linda Henkel, from Fairfield University, Connecticut, described this as the 'photo-
taking impairment effect: She said, 'People often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to
(1)__________ a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening (2)__________
front of them. When people rely on technology to remember for them (3) ____________
on thecamera to record the event and thus not needing to (4)___________ to it fully themselves -
it can have a negative (5) ____________ on how well they remember their experiences.
In Dr Henkel's experiment, a group of university students were (6)________________
on a tour of a museum and asked to either photograph or try to remember objects on display. The
next day each student's memory was tested. The results showed that people were less (7)
_______ in recognizing the objects they had photographe (8)________ with those they had only
looked at.
1. A. seize B. grasp C. capture D. snatch

2. A. quite B. right C. merely D. barely
3. A. counting B. settling C. assuming D. swearing
4. A. engage B. apply C. attend D. dedicate
5. A. result B. aspect C. extent D. impact
6. A. steered B.run C. led D. conveyed
7. A. accurate B. faithful C. exact D. factual
8. A. measured B. compared C. matched D. confronted
IV/ Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word
in each space.
TRIATHLEHES
Stuart Hayes had launched himself on a promising career as a swimmer when something odd
happened (9) __to_him at the local pool. Flogging up and down for the umpteenth time, he
suddenly realized (10) _how_ bored he had become with the monotony. Wasn't there a more
interesting way of (11) _being__sporty, for heaven's sake? There was and there is: the colour,
sweat and sheer emotion of triathlons. Stuart became a world-class triathlete and won the
London Triathlon, the biggest event of (12) __its_ kind in the world. Triathlons are
(13)_anything _ but boring. Combining swimming, cycling and running in one physical
onslaught, they offer huge variety within a single racing framework. In Britain, the sport is
growing by 10 per cent a year. 'People are moving away (14)_from _ just running, and are
looking for new challenges, says Nick Rusling, event director for the London Triathlon.
'Triathlons are a (15)great__ deal more interesting to train for and you can vary training to fit
busy lifestyles, swimming in your lunch break and (16)__so_ on.
V. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following
sentences.
ALICIA RHETT - THE STAR WHO ONLY APPEARED IN ONE FILM
Alicia Rhett was an actress who rose to international 0. (STAR)__________________ in the
1
1939 film Gone With the Wind. In the film, which enjoyed 17. (PHENOMENON) __________
success and is among the most popular ever made, she played the part of India Wilkes, the
serious young woman whose love for the dull and timid 18. (CENTRE)__________________
character, Charles Hamilton, is spurned in favour of Scarlett O'Hara. Despite the film's 19.
(LAST)__________________ acclaim, however, it was to be her only screen role.
While Alicia later insisted that she enjoyed the experience immensely. she was 20.
(SUIT)__________________ to the life of a Hollywood star. An intensely private individual, she
lacked the drive and ambition of 21. (CONTEMPORARY)__________________ like Joan
Crawford or Bette Davis, and went on to reject all subsequent roles from agents and 22.
(PRODUCE) _________Though fans continued to hound her with requests for 23. (SIGN)
_____________ photographs seven decades later, letters went 24. (ANSWER)_____________
and requests for interviews were seldom
granted.

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