TEST 62

I. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (3.0 points)

A. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence and write it on the answer sheet. (1.0
point)
1. The boy, along with his two classmates _______ the wall of the newly built house now.
A. are painting B. is painting C. has been painting D. have been painted
2. The factory where my uncle is working is said _______ by fire last week.
A. to be destroyed B. to destroyed
C. to have been destroyed D. to have destroyed
3. Where’s the _______ dress that your grandma gave you?
A. lovely long silk B. lovely silk long
C. long silk lovely D. silk long lovely
4. I think nobody is living in this house now, _______?
A. don’t I B. are they C. is he D. do I
5. It is strongly recommended that the machine _______ every day.
A. checks B. check C. be checked D. checking
6. My teachers always object _______ foods and drinks into the classroom.
A. us to bring B. us bringing C. us bringing D. to our brining
7. Ones fingerprints are _______ other people.
A. different from B. different from any
C. different from that of any D. different from those of any
8. As the two teams left the football ground, the 100,000 _______ gave them a standing ovation.
A. bystanders B. spectators C. viewers D. audiences
9. The person _______ for the team will be contacted by phone.
A. that choosing B. was chosen C. chosen D. to choose
10. The lecture was very boring; _______, Tom falls asleep.
A. consequently B. nevertheless C. however D. moreover
B. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, but some have a word
which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( ). If a line has a word which should not be there,
write the word. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (1.0 point)
GET YOUR HAIR CUT!
My mother was very interested for in my hair. She would watch it growing very carefully until it had got to a length
which she thought was scandalous. Then she would start hinting so that it was time to must get it cut. In those days (I
was a teenager then) I was very fond of my many hair. You might say I was very attached to it and I hated to be parted
from it. The longer it grew, the better I felt. My hair was thick and curly and I was afraid I would look ridiculous without
it. When I was a little, women in the local corner shop used to admire it and wish they had hair like mine one; instead
they had to go and have had their hair curled at the hairdresser’s. I was therefore proud of my mop of black, curly hair.
When I ignored about my mother’s hints, she would keep on complaining about my hairstyle again.
C. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (0.5 point)
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER
Apart from television, the cinema is the most popular form of (0) entertainment (ENTERTAIN) for most people
because it is still relatively (1) _______ (EXPENSE) Hollywood is, of course, the capital of the international cinema
industry. Hollywood movies make up (2) _______ (ROUGH) 75% of all the films we watch at our local cinemas.
Although we may find it difficult to remember the names of Italian and French film stars. Hollywood stars, such as
Sylvester Stallone and Meryl Streep are (3) _______ (HOUSE) names all around the world. Moreover, only Hollywood
seems to make certain kinds of films successfully. Musicals are one example, but we can also include westerns,
although for a time “spaghetti westerns” (made in Italy) were quite fashionable with cinema (4) _______ (GO). But
cowboys and Indians are GO really a Hollywood specialty and they are still going strong after all these years. Such
films, however, have not (5) _______ (REMAINDER) untouched by time and changes in attitudes. The cowboys are
no longer always the goodies as they were in the 1940s.

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D. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles. Write your answer on the answer sheet.
(0.5 point)
1. My mother would love to take _______ a musical instrument, but she doesn’t have spare time.
2. _______ behalf of the department, I would like to thank you all.
3. The information you’ve got is _______ the record so be careful if you intend to use it for publication.
4. With that costume, you will really stand _______ in a crowd.
5. Please don’t let one failure get you _______. Keep trying!

III. READING (2.0 points)

A. Choose the word which best completes each blank in the following text. Write your answer on the answer
sheet. (0.5 point)
STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS

At NatWest we know how hard it is to get your business up and running. Understanding your difficulties - and then
helping you through them - has made us the number one bank for small businesses for each of the last 10 years, with
more people turning to us for (1) _______ than any other bank.
Our Start-Up service gives you the support you need to set up on your own. There are over 4,000 small business
advisors (at least one in every high street branch) who provide help, information and a wide range of services (2)
_______ designed to help things go that bit more smoothly.
Since last year, we’ve offered 12 months’ free banking (3) _______ you go overdrawn or stay in (4) _______. We
have also introduced another special scheme to help you keep your costs down for even longer. Provide us with a
certificate from a NatWest recognized start-up training (5) _______that you have completed and there will be no
account charges for the first 18 months.
1. A. employment B. performance C. improvement D. guidance
2. A. specifically B. relatively C. roughly D. approximately
3. A. whatever B. whether C. because D. although
4. A. account B. income C. credit D. cash
5. A. lesson B. course C. subject D. chapter
C. Read the text, choose the best answer, and write it on the answer sheet. (1.0 point)
HELPING TO SAVE THE ELEPHANTS
Once there were millions of elephants roaming our continents. Unfortunately, their numbers have been reduced so
much that they are now in danger of extinction. The two species of elephants left on earth today are the African and
the Asian elephants. The African elephant is threatened and the Asian elephant is in serious danger.
Although some progress has been made over the past few years to protect the elephant, a lot more needs to be
done. A large number of male Asian elephants are being killed for their ivory tusks, but the biggest threat to the survival
of the elephant is the loss of their habitat.
One fifth of the earth’s human population live in Asia and their activities are squeezing elephants out. Today, there
are probably fewer than 35,000 elephants living in the wild in Asia. That may sound like a big number but in fact the
reality is that their future is not guaranteed. One of the reasons is that they are split into small, vulnerable groups,
another is that, as there are not enough males, reproduction rates are falling. In fact, Asian elephants are in so much
danger that some experts estimate that they could disappear in fewer than twenty years.
So what can be done to reverse this trend? Protecting the elephant will take a lot of work and determination from
a lot of different sources and, fortunately, certain players have taken steps in this direction. In May 1989, due to
pressure from conservationists and animal protectionists, the United States, Canada, Australia, the European
Community and a few other countries banned the commercial import of ivory. From 1990 onwards ivory, body parts
and live elephants (excluding zoo animals) cannot be imported or exported from or to these countries.
In another attempt to save the elephant, protectionists have started breeding elephants in captivity. Since 1990 for
example, Ringling Bros. Circus has bred 16 elephants and a total of 42 elephants have been bred in captivity in North
America. Circus elephants live longer than elephants in the wild; in captivity, they can live up to 60 or 70 years while
in the wild a female elephant lives to 50 years and a male elephant only to 30 years.
It is hoped that if more people see elephants in zoos and circuses, they will be more likely to protect them.
1. There are _______ today.
A. lots of elephants alive B. millions of elephants alive
C. fewer elephants around D. more than two species of elephants on earth
2. The biggest threat to elephants is _______.
A. the loss of their tusks
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C. the loss of their ivory
D. that male elephants are killing others
3. 35,000 elephants is not a lot because _______.
A. they live in the wild B. they are not all found together
C. hard to hurt physically D. they are very vulnerable animals
4. The word “vulnerable” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______
A. physically strong B. weak and easily hurt physically
C. hard to hurt physically D. physically powerful
5. Reproduction is _______ of male elephants.
A. declining because of a lack B. difficult in big numbers
C. difficult in vulnerable group D. guaranteed by the abundance
6. There _______ elephants in twenty years.
A. may be fewer B. may be more danger to
C. may no longer be any Asian D. may be more Asian
7. According to the text, only _______ can be exported or imported.
A. elephant tusks B. wild elephants
C. dead elephants D. zoo elephants
8. Since 1990 _______ in North America.
A. elephant life expectancy has increased
B. a number of elephants have been born
C. male elephants have lived longer than females
D. elephants have not lived in captivity
9. The word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to
A. protectionists B. captivities
C. wild elephants D. circus elephants
10. By breeding elephants in North America protectionists hope _______.
A. that people will see more of them
B. awareness of the elephant’s situation will improve
C. there will be more zoos and circuses
D. elephants will live longer

IV. WRITING (3.0 points)

A. Write the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Write your answer on the
answer sheet. (0.5 point)
1. She said to him “You have done really well to pass your driving test so quickly”.
 She congratulated ___________________________________________________________________________.
2. Without your generous contribution, we couldn’t have finished the project effectively.
 If ________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. It was wrong of you to scare your younger sister like that.
 You shouldn’t ______________________________________________________________________________.
4. Although Judy was disabled, she took part in many class activities.
 However __________________________________________________________________________________.
5. I only realized how dangerous the situation had been when I got home.
 Only when _________________________________________________________________________________.
B. Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence the word given. Do
not change the word given. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS in each sentence. Write your answer on the
answer sheet. (0.5 point)
1. Claire was not allowed to stay out late when she lived at home with her parents. (LET)
 Claire’s parents ____________________________________________________ out late when she lived at home.
2. Today’s meeting is postponed, and it will be held next week. (PUT)
Today’s meeting has _____________________________________________________________ until next week.
3. This is the most delicious meal I have ever eaten. (SUCH)
I have _____________________________________________________________________ meal like this before.
4. The two boys are identical twins, and they look exactly the same. (TELL)

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 I _______________________________________________________________________ between the two boys.
5. Simona last wrote to me seven months ago. (HEARD)
 l ____________________________________________________________________ Simona for seven months.
C. Write an essay on the following topic: (2.0 points)
Many people say that a lot of students lack life skills after graduating from secondary schools. Do you agree or disagree
with this opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should
write at least 250 words.
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