MIXED TEST T95 - 105

I. PHONOLOGY
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1: A. works B. fruits C. meals D. maps
2: A. promote B. explore C. enroll D. erode
3: A. mixture B. nature C. mature D. future
4. A. honour B. honesty C. exhaust D. humour
5. A. expensive B. exciting C. excellent D. exclusive
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
6. A. retail B. pursue C. direct D. consult
7. A. fancy B. portrait C. endless D. require
8. A. agency B. memory C. encounter D. influence
9. A. advancement B. chemical C. conception D. deposit
10. A. similar B. Japanese C. superpose D. Teenager
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
11. I _______________ you’d like another cat, would you?
A. reckon B. suspect C. don’t know D. don’t suppose
12. The manager _______________ that all the customers should be searched.
A. predicted B. insisted C. obliged D. told
13. _______________ you should do now is take a long holiday.
A. that B. how C. what D. as
14. I would never have _______________ Jim of being the culprit.
A. accused B. convicted C. suspected D. reminded
15. Someone has been _______________ with the lock of the cash box.
A. cluttering B. dealing C. tampering D. matching
16. A small part of the Large Cloud of Magellan extends into Mensa, but otherwise there is ____________ nothing here of
interest.
A. absolutely B. thoroughly C. seriously D. indefinitely
17. How do you find a reasonable and ____________ thread of explanation through this?
A. consistent B. resistant C. insistent D. reluctant
18. Dennis: "Didn't you go to cinema last night?"
Sophia: "____________”
A. Yes, I lost the ticket B. No. It was too cold to go out
C. Ok. That was a good idea D. Yes, I stayed at home
19. He ____________ with his task until he had succeeded in collecting an armful of firewood.
A. preserved B. determined C. persevered D. devoted
20. We believe that these animals could be saved if our plans were ____________.
A. adopted B. practised C. exploited D. rehearsed
21. The authorities ___________ actions to stop illegal purchase of wild animals and their associated products effectively.
However, they didn't do so.
A. must have taken B. can't have taken C. needn't have taken D. should have taken
2. She described her new house ___________ it were a palace.
A. even if B. even though C. in case D. as if
23. It is imperative that your Facebook password ___________ confidential.
A. need keeping B. need to keep C. needs to be kept D. needed keeping
24. You should take your car to the mechanic to ___________.
A. let the brakes repair B. get the brakes repair
C. have the brakes repaired D. make the brakes repaired
25. ___________ the experiment many times, the scientists finally succeeded in developing a new vaccine.
A. Have carried out B. Having carried out
C. Having been carried out D. Have been carrying out
26. Most of ………… archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of material remains.
A. what B. these C. which D. the
27. She ………… fainted when she heard that her child died.
A. rather than B. nothing but C. all but D. near
28. She had no chance to defend herself : the dog………… for me as soon as I opened the door.
A. ran B. went C. fell D. stood
29. John …………from social activity because he felt embarrassed with people.
A. held on B. held off C. held back D. held out
30. I’m afraid Tim doesn’t take much care over his homework. He usually does it …………
A. any how B. any old how C. how on earth D. how come

31.Of all the paintings in the gallery, it was this one that really ____________ my eye.
A. grasped B. snatched C. caught D. seized
32.I was reluctant to ____________ the subject because I thought he wouldn’t want to discuss it.
A. raise B. originate C. advance D. provoke
33.I was really looking forward to going to the game and I could hardly wait until the ______________ day came.
A. grand B. big C. major D. huge
34.This disagreement is likely to _____________ relations between the two countries.
A. disaffect B. alienate C. sour D. estrange
35.As the evening ______________ on, I became more and more bored.
A. passed B. drew C. stuck D. wore
36.Put the cork back ______________ somebody knocks the bottle over.
A. so that B. in case C. although D. if
37.He kept his marriage a secret for years, but eventually the truth ________________.
A. came through B. came out C. went out D. turned out
38.The dampness of the walls caused the paint to ________________ off.
A. crumble B. splinter C. flake D. scale
39.Price continued to rise while wages remained low ____________ the government became increasingly unpopular.
A. on condition that B. with the result that C. provided thatD. in order that
40.The floor was so rotten that it almost ________________ under his weight.
A. gave way B. gave out C. gave back D. gave up
III. READING COMPREHENSION
Passage I: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions below.
IMAGE AND THE CITY
In the city, we are barraged with images of the people we might become. Identity is presented as plastic, a matter of
possessions and appearance; and a very large proportion of the urban landscape is taken up by slogans, advertisements,
flatly photographed images of folk heroes – the man who turned into a sophisticated dandy overnight by drinking a
particular brand of drink, the girl who transformed herself into a femme fatale with a squirt of cheap scent. The tone of the
wording of these advertisements is usually pert and facetious, comically drowning in its own hyperbole. But the pictures are
brutally exact: they reproduce every detail of a style of life, down to the brand of cigarette-lighter, the stone in the ring, and
the economic row of books on the shelf.
Even in the business of the mass-production of images of identity, this shift from the general to the diverse and particular is
quite recent. Consider another line of stills: the back-lit, soft-focus portraits of the first and second generations of great
movie stars. There is a degree of romantic unparticularity in the face of each one, as if they were communal dream-
projections of society at large. Only in the specialized genres of westerns, farces and gangster movies were stars allowed to
have odd, knobby cadaverous faces. The hero as loner belonged to history or the underworld: he spoke from the perimeter
of society, reminding us of its dangerous edges.
The stars of the last decade have looked quite different. Soft-focus photography has gone, to be replaced by a style which
searches out warts and bumps, and emphasizes the uniqueness not the generality of the face. Voices, too, are strenuously
idiosyncratic; whines, stammers and low rumbles are exploited as features of “star quality”. Instead of romantic heroes and
heroines, we have a brutalist, hard-edged style in which isolation and egotism are assumed as natural social conditions.
In the movies, as in the city, the sense of stable hierarchy has become increasingly exhausted; we no longer live in a world
where we can all share the same values, and the same heroes. (It is doubtful whether this world, so beloved of nostalgia
moralists, ever existed; but lip-service was paid to it, the pretence, at last, was kept up.) The isolate and the eccentric push
towards the centre of the stage; their fashions and mannerisms are presented as having as good a claim to the limelight and
the future as those of anyone else. In the crowd on the underground platform, one may observe a honeycomb of fully-
worked-out worlds, each private, exclusive, bearing little comparison with its nearest neighbor. What is prized in one is
despised in another. There are no clear rules about how one is supposed to manage one’s body, dress, talk, or think. Though
there are elaborate protocols and etiquettes among particular cults and groups within the city, they subscribe to no common
standard.
For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is the city’s most evident and alarming quality. He feels as if he has
parachuted into a funfair of contradictory imperatives. There are so many people he might become, and a suit of clothes, a
make of car, and a brand of cigarettes, will go some way towards turning him into a personage even before he has
discovered who that personage is. Personal identity has always been deeply rooted in property, but hitherto the relationship
has been a simple one – a question of buying what you could afford, and leaving your wealth to announce your status. In the
modern city, there are so many things to buy, such a quantity of different kinds of status, that the choice and its attendant
anxieties have created a new pornography of state.
The leisure pages of the Sunday newspapers, fashion magazines, TV plays, popular novels, cookbooks, window displays all
nag at the nerve of our uncertainty and snobbery. Should we like American cars, hard-rock hamburger joints, Bauhaus
chairs…? Literature and art are promoted as personal accessories, the paintings of Mondrian or the novels of Samuel
Beckett “go” with certain styles like matching handbags. There is in the city a creeping imperialism of taste, in which more
and more commodities are made over to being mere expressions of personal identity. The piece of furniture, the pair of
shoes, the book, the film, are important not so much in themselves but for what they communicate about their owners; and
ownership is stretched to include what one likes or believes in as well as what one can buy.
41. What does the writer say about advertisements in the first paragraph?
A. They often depict people that most other people would not care to be like.
B. The pictures in them accurately reflect the way that some people really live.
C. Certain kinds are considered more effective in cities than others.
D. The way in which some of them are worded is cleverer than it might appear.
42. What does a “femme fatale” refer to?
A. a beautiful woman who spends her time enjoying herself B. a gorgeous woman who realizes most men’s dream
C. a potential good wife D. an attractive woman who may bring unhappiness to
men
43. The word “facetious” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. flippant B. prevalent C. impudent D. complacent
44. The writer says that if you look at a line of advertisements on a tube train, it is clear that _____.
A. city dwellers have very diverse ideas about what image they would like to have
B. some images in advertisements have a general appeal that others lack
C. city dwellers are more influenced by images on advertisements than other people are
D. some images are intended to be representative of everyone’s aspirations
45. What does the writer imply about portraits of old movie stars?
A. They reflected an era in which people felt basically safe.
B. They made people feel that their own faces were rather unattractive.
C. They tried to disguise the less attractive features of their subjects.
D. Most people did not think they were accurate representations of the stars in them.
46. What does the writer suggest about the stars of the last decade?
A. Most people accept that they are not typical of society as a whole.
B. They make an effort to speak in a way that may not be pleasant on the ear.
C. Some of them may be uncomfortable about the way they come across.
D. They make people wonder whether they should become more selfish.
47. The writer uses the crowd on an underground platform to exemplify his belief that _____.
A. no one in a city has strict attitudes towards the behavior of others
B. no single attitude to life is more common than another in a city
C. people in cities would like to have more in common with each other
D. views of what society was like in the past are often accurate
48. The writer implies that new arrivals in a city may _____.
A. acquire a certain image without understanding what that involves
B. underestimate the importance of wealth
C. decide that status is of little importance
D. change the image they wish to have too frequently
49. The novels of Samuel Beckett is an example of _____.
A. classic literature works that make their owners feel superior to other people
B. literature works of high artistic value
C. possessions that show owners’ identity
D. what is wanted by the majority in the society
50. What point does the writer make about city dwellers in the final paragraph?
A. They are unsure as to why certain things are popular with others.
B. They are keen to be the first to appreciate new styles.
C. They want to acquire more and more possessions.
D. They are aware that judgments are made about them according to what they buy.
Passage 2. Read the passage and then decide which word (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
These days in business, people have to face many challenging questions when designing and implementing new
projects in underdeveloped areas of the countryside. One issue which has to be faced is whether it is possible to introduce
new technology without destroying the local environment.
Economic (51)_________ and environment conservation are often seen as natural enemies. It is unfortunate that in
the past this has often been true, and it has been necessary to choose between (52)_________ the project or protecting the
environment. However, by taking environmental considerations (53)_________ at an early stage in a project, companies can
significantly reduce any impact on local plants and animals.
For example, in southern Africa, a company called CEL, was asked to put up 410 km of a power transmission line
without disturbing the rare birds which inhabit that area. The project was carried out with (54)_________ disturbance last
summer. What may surprise many business people is the fact that this consideration for local wildlife did not in any way
(55)_________ down the project. Indeed, the necessary advance planning (56)…………with local knowledge and advanced
technology, (57)……….that the project was actually completed ahead of schedule. CEL was contracted to finish the job by
October and (58)_________ to do so two months earlier.
CEL is one of those companies which is (59)_________ to the principle of environmental conservation. Many other
companies have yet to be (60)_________ of the importance of balancing the needs of people with those of the environment.
However, it may be the only realistic way forward.
51. A. progression B. development C. rise D. increase
52. A. dealing B. leading C. running D. controlling
53. A. severely B. gravely C. seriously D. deeply
54. A. minimal B. bare C. least D. smallest
55. A. slow B. speed C. turn D. hold
56. A. related B. added C. combined D. tied
57. A. led B. meant C. resulted D. caused
58. A. achieved B. managed C. succeeded D. fulfilled
59. A. persuaded B. convicted C. promised D. committed
60. A. urged B. impressed C. argued D. convinced
IV.CLOZE TEST :Fill in each blank with ONE word to make a complete passage.
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing boats (61) ________
been caught in the storm which had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood outside their
door, (62) ________ worried to talk. The rest of the fishing fleet had reached the harbour before dark, and the men from
these ships waited and watched (63) ____________ the wives and families of the missing men. Some had brought thick
blankets and some flasks of hot drinks, knowing that the men (64) ___________ be cold and tried. (65) ______________
dawn began to break over in the east, the small point if light was seen in the darkness of the water and a few minutes later
(66) ________ was a shout. The two boats (67) ___________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the (68) ___________ of the
harbour. The men were helped (69) ____________ of their boats, and although they were stiff (70) ___________ cold and
tiredness, they were all safe.
V. WORD FORM
71. The chairman expressed doubts about the (suit) _____________ of showing the film on children’s television.
72. To be successful, an artist must show great (origin) _____________.
73. This statue (memory) _____________ those who died in the war.
74. The new law will produce a significant improvement in working conditions for the (see) _____________ future.
75. Most people agree that Christmas has become too (commerce) _____________.
76. Jim is one of the most (speak) _____________ members of the committee.
77. I didn’t believe him. His story was very (convince) _____________.
78. There was a/an (precedence) _____________ rise in the cost of living this year.
79. I’m afraid that your report is full of (accurate) _____________.
80. I have told you on (number) _____________ occasions not to leave the safe unlocked
VI. FILL IN EACH GAP WITH ONE SUITABLE PREPOSITION OR PARTICLE.
81. Unreliable delivery dates are one of the most important obstacles _____________ increasing our exports.
82. With the breakdown of the latest round of talks, a strike must now obviously be _____________ the cards.
83. It is generally assumed, however, that urgent discussions will continue _____________ private to bring the two sides
together.
84. The Opposition cannot afford to sit _____________ the fence in such an important matter.
85. The car came round the corner _____________ full speed.
86. I bought an old car cheaply, cleaned it up and sold it next day _____________ a profit.
87. I know _____________ experience that I do my best work early in the morning.
88. Please be very quiet. There is an examination _____________ progress.
89. I know her _____________ name, but I’ve never actually seen her.
90. _____________ luck, we should be in London by 3 o’clock.
VII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
91. I don’t want people to order me about any more. ( ENOUGH )
à ………………………………………………………………………………...
92. They will consider age and experience when they decide the salary. ( ACCOUNT)
à………………………………………………………………………………...
93. As my roommate continues to give me a lift to work, I shan’t learn to drive. ( STOP )
à ………………………………………………………………………………….
94. Did the football team play any better last weekend? ( IN )
à. ………………………………………………………………………………..
95.I need a calculator to arrive at the total. (OUT)
à ………………………………………………………………………………..
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before
96.The railway workers do not intend to call off their strike.
=> The railway workers have no ____________________________________________________________________.
97.Although Christopher was the stronger of the two, his attacker soon overpowered him.
=> Despite his __________________________________________________________________________________.
98.It was only when I left home that I realized how much my father meant to me.
=> Not until _____________________________________________________________________________________.
99.The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
=> Had it not ____________________________________________________________________________________.
100.Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
=> Martin’s poor _________________________________________________________________________________.
THE END