PRACTICE TEST 7 ( 15.5.

2025)
SECTION 1: PHONETICS (10 points)
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Write your answers in the
space provided. (5 points)
1. A. Switzerland B. hazy C. New Zealand D. quiz
2. A. fortunate B. approximate C. eradicate D. delicate
3. A. supposedly B. wretched C. rugged D. panicked
4. A. asthma B. asthenia C. athlete D. theoretical
5. A. loose B. increase C. promise D. because
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. Write your answers in
the space provided. (5 points)
1. A. under’stand B. quality C. radical D. business
2. A. alto’gether B. sy’nonymous C. manu’facture D. inde’pendent
3. A. image B. purchase C. mis’lead D. deadlines
4. A. me’morial B. diameter C. bene’ficial D. con’siderate
5. A. pho’tography B. qualifi’cation C. oc’casion D. Canadian

SECTION 2: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (35 points)

I. Choose the word or the phrase which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers A, B,
C or D in the space provided. (20 points)
1. The speech was ______ by the music coming from the next room. We couldn’t hear a word she said .
A. broken out B. drowned out C. pulled out D. dropped out
2. I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big ______ in the room.
A. problem B. animal C. elephant D. matter
3. The children ______ by social networks are likely to suffer from depression and other health problems.
A. obsessing B. who obsessed C. are obsessed D. obsessed
4. The factory is working below ______ because of the shortage of essential materials.
A. scope B. capacity C. range D. denstiy
5. Four miles off the southern coast of Massachusetts ______, a popular summer resort.
A. where the island of Martha’s Vineyard lie B. lies the island of Martha’s Vineyard
C. the island of Martha’s Vineyard lies there D. does the island of Martha’s Vineyard lie
6. She is reported to be ______ a spectator.
A. an athlete more than B. more an athlete than
C. an athlete of more than D. more of an athlete than
7. They were at the stadium with us last night, so they ______at the theatre then.
A. needn’t have been B. might have been
C. mustn’t have been D. can’t have been
8. Ebola virus disease which is ongoing in West Africa is a severe, often fatal illness, with a ______ rate of up to
90%.
A. dying B. mortal C. dead D. fatality
9. The Martins have confirmed their strong ______ to charity actions by donating a lump sum of money again.
A. assignment B. compliance C. commitment D. reliance
10. Travellers will need some cash in ______ currency but they can use their credit cards.
A. local B. current C. real D. area
11. It’s Prime Minister’s right to ______ an election at any time he likes
A. nominate B. submit C. call D. summon
12. You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper _____.
A. archives B. files C. records D. collections
13. ______, we missed our plane.
A. The train is late B. The train being late C. To be late D. The train was late
14. We did our best to fix the broken computer but our efforts bore no ______.
A. end B. fruit C. luck D. success
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
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15. Jane had difficulty carrying her suitcase upstairs, and Mike, her friend, offered to help.
– Mike: “Need a hand with your suitcase, Jane?” – Jane: “______”
A. Not a chance. B. That’s very kind of you.
C. Well done! D. I don’t believe it.
16. Julia and Phoebe is talking about Peter.
- Julia: “Peter was born and brought up in Hastings and he must know it very well.”
- Phoebe: “______. He even couldn’t tell me where to have some street food there.”
A. I can’t agree with you more. B. You must be right.
C. I'm of the opposite opinion D. I don't think that's a good idea
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of
the following sentences.
17. I was working for a trucking company and the owner wanted me to do extra work on top of my job as a
mechanic.
A. including B. next to C. except for D. in addition to
18. The police attribute the increase in the crime rate to the apathy of bystanders who do not help victims.
A. lack of weapons B. lack of concern C. lack of time D. lack of money
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following sentences.
19. In their books, older people vividly describe their adoption of different coping strategies and how they help to
ameliorate their poverty.
A. decrease B. aggravate C. delve D. consent
20. She grabbed it firmly, got to her feet and walked past him with her nose in the air.
A. proudly B. hastily C. arrogantly D. modestly
II. Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed to make the sentence correct by writing your
answer A, B, C or D in the space provided. (5 points)
1. She deeply resents to be told what to do by someone in a lower position than her. being told
A B C D
2. The fact that certain animal species have become, or are about to become, extinct today are entirely
A B C
man’s responsibility
D
3. There has been an appreciative drop in exports since the energy crisis broke out.
A B C D
4. She made some very complementary remarks about my English, which was encouraging to me.
A B C D
5. It was a tough act to follow, but the band rose to the circumstances and played the best set of their career.
A B C D
III. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the space provided. (5 points)
1. No sooner (he/ reach) __had he reached___ the door than he came back.
2. The boy (punish) ___punished___ in the classroom yesterday is my brother.
3. I didn't do the test well. I (prepare) __should have prepared__ it very carefully at home.
4. He looked frightened as if he (see) ____saw___ a ghost.
5. It is imperative that the letter (send) ___be sent__ at once.
IV. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets. Write your answers in the space provided. (5
points)
1. Her badly injured back required total __immobility_, so she could not move around for a week. (MOBILE)
2. It was very ____neighbourly__ of her to water the plants for us while we went on holiday. (NEIGHBOUR)
3. It will be _____gloriously__ sunny this weekend; we should go on an outing. (GLORY)
4. Fortunately, the local residents were __wholeheartedly___ in favor of installing recycling bins for old newspapers
and cans. (HEART)
5. In terms of prices, big supermarkets can __undersell_ small local shops. (SELL)

SECTION 3: READING (25 points)

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I. Reading the following passage and fill each numbered blank with ONE word. Write your answers in the space
provided. (10 points)
WHAT COMES FIRST ON HOLIDAY: PHONE OR FAMILY?
Passport, money, tickets; these are all essential items to pack when you're off on a family holiday. A mobile
phone, (1) __however_, is a different matter, especially if everyone at work has the number. Theoretically, it (2)
___ought_ to be possible for stressed-out managers to have a phone-free fortnight without interruptions. In reality,
go to any Mediterranean beach hotel where British families stay and you'll be confronted by the pathetic sight of
husbands and fathers wandering around the pool (3) __with__ mobile phones clamped to their ears, saying things
(4) ___like__: it's in the third drawer down, next to the pencils,’ or I thought that contract went off last Wednesday.'
To the sensitive observer, (5) __there___ is a tragic juxtaposition between the beauty of the surroundings,
with the family all enjoying themselves together at once, and the dull mundanity of the issues under discussion. To
(6) ___make___ matters worse, a quirk of mobile phone pricing means these poor fathers probably end up paying
for the call that's come between them and quality time with the family.
Some, it's true, do try to resist the pull of the phone; carrying it around with them but leaving it switched off
(7) ___until___ they get back to the hotel. The trouble is, they spend the whole day wondering (8) ___who___
might have called, and then the whole evening in a (9) ______state_______ of frustration because everyone has now
left the office and they can't get back to them for (10) ___another____ sixteen hours.
II. Reading the following passage and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank in the
following passage. Write your answers in the space provided. (10 points)
Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know that an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the Internet
connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (1) ______ company. In fact, intranets make
use of the same software programs as the Internet to (2) ______ computers and people. This (3) ______ that you do
not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet service. If your intranet is working properly, it can
link together a huge amount of (4) ______ which is stored in different places in the company. In this way, people
can get the information they need, regardless (5) ______ where it comes from. A company intranet can, of course, be
used for unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (6) ______ important
information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is (7) ______ to
share their information with other people. (8) ______, many departments don’t want to share their specialist
knowledge with others. Another problem which often occurs is (9) ______ top managers like to use the intranet to
“communicate down” rather than to “communicate across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (10)
______ information between themselves and others working in the same organization.
1. A. large B. jointed C. single D. branch
2. A. contact B. introduce C. distinguish D. compare
3. A. is B. is said C. indicates D. means
4. A. parts B. information C. elements D. properties
5. A. on B. with C. of D. to
6. A. bring B. provide C. give D. take
7. A. likely B. willing C. going D. happened
8. A. Luckily B. Consequently C. However D. Unfortunately
9. A. that B. what C. which D. it
10. A. change B. exchange C. transform D. transit
II. Reading the following passage and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) for each of the questions below.
Write your answers in the space provided. (5 points)
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education.
Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school .The distinction between
schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can
take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the
formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can
range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished
scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance
conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are

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engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a
process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one's entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one
setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned
seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that
are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually
been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are
not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest
filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The best school teach a wide variety of subjects
B. Education and schooling are quite different experiences
C. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework
D. The more years students go to school, the better their education is
2. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
A. boundaries B. similar textbooks C. slices of reality D. seats
3. The phrase “For example,” in paragraph 3, introduces a sentence that gives examples of _________.
A. similar textbooks B. the results of schooling
C. the workings of a government D. the boundaries of classroom subjects
4. The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
A. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant
B. Education systems need to be radically reformed
C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated
D. Education involves many years of professional training
5. The writer seems to agree that___________
A. Education is more influential than schooling
B. Education is not as important as schooling
C. Schooling is unlimited and more informal
D. Schooling is as important than education

SECTION 4: WRITING (20 points)

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence
printed before it. (5 points)
1. I’m sure someone has been following me.
 Someone must has been following me
2. She’s very patient and loyal, that’s why she hasn’t left him.
 If it hadn’t been for her patience and loyality, she would have left him
3. The two paintings look identical to me.
 I can hardly tell the two paintings apart
4. The team is the same as it was for the last Saturday’s match.
 There has been no change in the team since the last Saturday’s match.
5. Just keep the book if you still need it.
 As long as you still need the book, keep it
II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the
sentence printed before it by using the word given. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 points)
1. My husband will be angry when I tell him. (ROOF)
 My husband will hit the roof when I tell him
2. She is well known for her vast knowledge of Renaissance painting. (AUTHORITY)
She is an authority on Renaissance painting.
3. The members of the government have failed to agree on the new budget. (REACHED)
No agreement has been reached by the members of the government on the new budget.
4. The novel didn’t come up to my expectations. (SHORT)
 The novel felt short of my expectations
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5. Julie always listens to my complaints about work. (EAR)
Julia always lends a sympathetic ear to my...
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