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PRACTICE TEST 12 plus

PHONOLOGY
1. A. drama B. chalk C. clerk D. calf
2. A. cloud B. couch C. cousin D. doubt
3. A. feast B. threat C. breach D. beat
4. A. fifty B. find C. hidden D. bid
5. A. fear B. merely C. child-bearing D. sphere
6. A. declare B. chair C. clarity D. marry
7. A. thoughtful B. thin C. thousand D. then
8. A. leaf B. seat C. beat D. sweat
9. A. suited B. rumor C. fruit D. furious
10. A. theatre B. therefore C. southern D. smooth

VOCABULARY
1. She has given a firm ________ not to reveal any of the company's secret information.
A. reassurance B. stipulation C. confirmation D. undertaking
2. They were ________ in conversation and didn't notice me leaving the room.
A. deep B. thoroughly C. solidly D. far
3. We weren't close friends but she ________ me well when I left the college.
A. hoped B. aspired C. wished D. bade
4. This evidence should prove ________ that he was telling the truth.
A. once and for all B. now and then C. over and above D. from time to time
5. A new computer has been produced, which will ________ all previous models.
A. overdo B. supersede C. excel D. overwhelm
6. I don't want to be too ________ on Alice, but I think I should tell her that her work isn't good enough.
A. strict B. firm C. stern D. hard
7. Once the story ________ the headlines, everyone was talking about it.
A. crashed B. struck C. smashed D. hit
8. If I'm late for work again, I'll be ________ a severe warning from my boss.
A. up to B. in for C. onto D. after
9. With so many games to play in such a short time, it's going to be a very ________ time for the team.
A. testing B. thorny C. uphill D. steep
10. The whole movie was filmed on ________ in southern India.
A. site B. location C. spot D. venue
11. I know it's a big favour to ask but, ________, I've done you plenty of favours in the past!
A. considering B. bearing in mind C. after all D. in the light
12. I'm afraid I don't ________ your view on this matter, but let's not quarrel about it.
A. correspond B. equate C. accord D. share
13. She is in no ________ that she has done the right thing.
A. reservation B. misgiving C. doubt D. distrust
14. When he sings, he has the ________ ability to make even bad songs sound good.
A. sparse B. rare C. infrequent D. scarce
15. The management are making ________ to increase the company's efficiency.
A. measures B. steps C. moves D. deeds
16. It ________ during our conversation that Anita was extremely unhappy.
A. emanated B. revealed C. divulged D. emerged
17. 1 know this is a big disappointment but don't take it to ________.
A. soul B. mind C. spirit D. heart
18. I was told yesterday that the car had been fixed but it's broken down ________ again!
A. even B. still C. yet D. right
19. Simon ________ in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else.
A. confided B. intimated C. confessed D. disclosed

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20 Eventually the list of candidates for the job was ________ down to three.
A. narrowed B. lowered C. wound D. dropped
21. I didn't want to ________ him his moment of triumph so I congratulated him on defeating me.
A. decline B. deprive C. forego D. deny
22. I ________ it to him that he wasn't telling the truth but he insisted that he was.
A. brought B. laid C. set D. put
23. Before the deal was finally ________, there were a lot of difficult negotiations.
A. clasped B. clutched C. clinched D. clamped
24. He ________ his luck when another bill to be paid arrived that day.
A. abused B. cursed C. swore D scolded
25. Jane has set her ________ on a career as an actress and she is determined to succeed.
A. targets B. visions C. goals D. sights

VERB TENSES AND FORMS

1. By eight o'clock this evening, the spaceship ______________(travel) for five hours round the earth.
2. Although he ______________(go) to the doctor for three months, he did not feel any better.
3. That man ______________(teach) in this school since 1995. Before he ______________(come) here,
he ______________(live) in Hanoi. Now he ______________(live) in the suburbs ______________(wait)
to move into a new house ______________(supply) by the local government, and ______________(come)
to school every day on his bicycle.
4. Is there anything here worth ______________(buy)?
5. By the time we ______________(stop), we ______________(drive) six hundred miles.
6. It's very cold. Mr. Taylor, who ______________(be) ill recently, is walking along the road without a coat.
He ______________(wear) a coat, in fact.
7. I’d like ______________(hang) around there at the time. It ______________(be) a chance of a life time.
8. I know she really ______________(forget) ______________(lend) me the money; anyway, I
______________(return) it to her tomorrow.

PREPOSITIONS AND PARTICLES

1. As two of the staff here have gone ________ ________ flu, we can't finish the work today.
2. The milk smells horrible. It must have gone ________, so you will have to put lemon in your tea.
3. ________ any warning, the dog, which had been lying quietly ________ the grass, turned ________ the
postman and bit him.
4. The concert was so popular that people who had not bought tickets ________ advance were turned
________ at the door.
5. The custom is simply silly. We should do ________ ________ it soon.
6. He tore ________ his shirt to make dressing ________ the cut.
7. ________ the sale, the shop will give a 20% discount ________ all purchases ________ $100.
8. There have been several suggestions ________ putting an end ________ war, such as total
disarmament and laws against research ________ weapons.

WORD FORMATION

INCLUDE DEVELOP LIVE WIDE NOTICE

ORIGIN USUAL SELL GROUND SHORT
NOTICE LIKELY PROPER CONVENIENT ELECTRICAL

CAMERON PARK
At first light, there is nothing (1)____________ about the town of Cameron Park in California but, as
the day begins and the town comes to (2)____________, you can't help (3)____________ that, among the
cars, there are light airplanes moving along the roads towards the airport.
When the town was (4)____________ built, a small airport was (5)____________ for the
(6)____________ of people flying in to look at the (7)____________ which were for (8)____________, but
it soon became clear to the (9)____________ that this was an attraction in itself. The streets were
(10)____________ so that planes could use them, the mailboxes near the road 'were made
(11)____________ to avoid passing wings, and all the (12)____________ cables were buried
(13)____________.
Now, there is every (14)____________ that the residents will have a private plane in their garage
and use it with the same (15)____________ other people enjoy with their cars.
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MISTAKE CORRECTION
WHY I DISLIKE COMPUTERS
Most everyone says that computers are wonderful and which they are changing our lives for a better
by making everything faster and more reliable, but I am not so sure that this is the case.
The other day I was standing in a large department store waited to pay for a couple of films of my
camera when the assistant announced that the computer which controlling the till had stopped working. I
didn't think this was a big problem and I set off to finding another counter, but of course, all the machines
are part of the same system. For there we were: a shop filled of customers, money at the ready, waiting to
make our purchases, but it was quite clear that nothing of the assistants knew what to do. They weren't
allowed to take our money and give some customers a written reception, because the sales wouldn't then
have been recorded in the computer system.
In the end, as many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walking out. Don't you think
that ridiculous? It would ever have happened before computers, and that, for myself, is the problem: we are
beginning to depend on these machines so complete that we simply can't manage without it any more.

CORRECTION
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.

READING COMPREHENSION
Surprisingly, the first newspaper was invented by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. As far back as
59BC, he invented the first earliest known official news in Rome, Italy. His newspaper, called the Daily
News, was written entirely by hand and posted on the walls of public buildings.
The newspaper’s contents were much the same as those found in any modern newspapers. The
news ranged from accounts of wars and political events, to a social diary announcing coming attractions
and festivals. There was also a section dealing with the latest births, deaths and marriages. Readers could
also check up on the results of recent sporting contests or discover the latest scientific advances. Citizens
who lived a long way from the major cities used to pay people to travel to the city, copy the news down on
paper and post it back to them in a letter. Some of these people used to make extra money by sending the
news to more than one client.
1. According to the passage, Julius Caesar was ______
A. the first Emperor of Italy. B. the first person who read newspapers.
C. the first person who allowed first publication. D. the one who produced the first newspaper.
2. We can say, from the passage, that ______
A. the first papers were clearly printed. B. people could read papers in public places.
C. the handwriting in papers was illegible. D. Caesar himself wrote all the papers.
3. Talking about contents of newspapers in the old days and nowadays, there was ______.
A. quite a lot of difference between B. nothing in common
C. more politics in modern newspapers D. not much difference between them
4. Which of the following sentences is not true?
A. People announced their marriages in papers.
B. We can keep informed with scientific achievements by reading newspapers.
C. Newspapers were easily bought in the countryside.
D. Information about big celebrations was given in papers, too.
5. The word them in the passage refers to
A. readers B. Citizens C. advances D. people paid to travel to cities

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. His last letter to me was written three years ago. heard
 _____________________________________________________________________________
2 An open fire can't be compared to central heating. comparison
 ______________________________________________________________________________
3. The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked. disposal
 ______________________________________________________________________________

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4. Nobody could possibly believe the story he told us. beyond
 ______________________________________________________________________________
5. Scientists say forests are being destroyed by air pollution. blame
 ______________________________________________________________________________
6. Their problems are all self-inflicted. making
 ______________________________________________________________________________
7. If you take that job, you'll have to get up at 6 a.m. every morning. mean
 ______________________________________________________________________________
8. I'm certainly not going to give you any more money. There’s
 ______________________________________________________________________________
9. The company has decided to replace this model. made
 ______________________________________________________________________________
10. In the next few years we'll probably hear a lot more about environmental population. likely
 ______________________________________________________________________________

GUIDED CLOZE TEST

ACTION SCENES IN FILMS
Modern cinema audiences (1)______ to see plenty of (2)______ scenes in action films. These
scenes, which are (3)______ as stunts, are usually (4)______ by stuntmen who are specially trained to do
dangerous things safely. (5)______ can crash a car, but if you're shooting a film, you have to be extremely
(6)______, sometimes stopping (7)______ in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (8)______ in
the (9)______, an expert stuntman is (10)______ in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is
the only person who can go (11)______ the wishes of the director, (12)______ he will usually only do this in
the (13)______ of safety.
Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, (14)______ produces better shots,
since stuntmen don't have to (15)______ in for the actors. Actors like to become (16)______ in all the
important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety (17)______,
insurance companies would never (18)______ them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be
good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (19)______. If they were to be hurt, the film
would (20)______ to a sudden halt.

1/ A. expect B. count C. claim D. prepare

2/ A. shocking B. sensational C. thrilling D. moving
3/ A. remarked B. known C. referred D. named
4/ A. performed B. given C. fulfilled D. displayed
5/ A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. No-one
6/ A. detailed B. plain C. straight D. precise
7/ A. right B. exact C. direct D. strict
8/ A. period B. minute C. part D. stage
9/ A. production B. creation C. imagination D. manufacture
10/ A. led B. taken C. drawn D. called
11/ A. over B. against C. through D. across
12/ A. despite B. so C. although D. otherwise
13/ A. interests B. needs C. purposes D. regards
14/ A. that B. who C. what D. which
15/ A. work B. get C. put D. stand
16/ A. connected B. arranged C. involved D. affected
17/ A. equipment B. tools C. implement D. devices
18/ A. allow B. let C. permit D. admit
19/ A. limits B. ends C. frontiers D. borders
20/ A. come B. fall C. pull D. go

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