Expert PTEA Testmaster B2 Answer key
Module tests
Module test 1
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1 binomial 2 unilateral 3 centigram 4 monomania 5 pentameter 6 quadrupeds
2
1d 2e 3f 4c 5a 6b
3
1 memorise 2 awareness 3 proficiency 4 participants 5 perception 6 assignment 7 critical
4
1 came 2 has had 3 continued 4 was 5 has never voted 6 took place
Module test 2
1
1 gain an insight 2 fall out of favour 3 overcome many obstacles 4 face the challenge 5 caused
controversy 6 test the hypothesis
2
1 Whenever I’m particularly worried about something, I start having vivid dreams about getting lost at
sea.
2 Assuming you go to bed immediately when you get home, you will still only get about four hours’
sleep.
3 Even if he has a nap in the middle of the day, he is exhausted by six o’clock.
4 Unless he gets at least eight hours’ sleep at night, he is really grumpy and cries all the time.
5 Moderate use of caffeine (i.e. drinking coffee) can help to boost wakefulness, but this remains
effective only if not taken regularly.
6 It is possible for a patient to recover relatively quickly from acute sleep deprivation provided that
he/she is permitted a sufficiently long and interrupted period of recovery sleep.
3
1 wouldn’t have developed 2 will you cancel 3 could 4 gets 5 had known 6 didn’t push
4
1 performance 2 expertise 3 achievement 4 competitive 5 nutrition 6 recovery
7 involvement
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Module test 3
1
1 assembly 2 ingenuity 3 resumption 4 conventions 5 completion 6 construction
2
1 might be 2 must have suffered 3 may not have been 4 can’t be 5 might have been
6 must have been
3
1 C 2A 3B 4B 5A 6 C
4
1 sustainable energy 2 distinctive appearance 3 private individuals 4 traditional style
5 financially viable 6 aspirational nature 7 foreign investment
Module test 4
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1 reap the rewards 2 products and services 3 go hand in hand 4 deliver on our promise
5 go the extra mile 6 bear in mind 7 not-for-profit sector
2
1 on 2 by 3 in 4 in 5 on, at
3
1 We are going to take the chairs out of the meeting room so that we will have to hold our meetings
standing up.
2 As a consequence (of years) of bad management, the company lost money steadily and went out of
business last year.
3 We dropped our prices at the beginning of the year, thereby ensuring that our competitors had to do
the same.
4 The company relaunched the product with a radically improved design with the result that sales
doubled over the next three years.
5 Sales are down by 30 percent this year and the company has lost money, hence (there is a need) the
need to cut jobs.
6 Call centres sometimes try to save money by employing fewer operators; this leads to longer waiting
times for callers and more dissatisfied customers.
4
1C 2B 3A 4C 5B 6C
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Module test 5
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1 mature 2 failed to produce 3 is an authority on 4 outdated 5 gain an insight into 6 refined
7 implausible
2
1 the, the 2 –, the 3 –, the 4 –, – 5 the, –
3
1 The global increase in meat consumption is having an impact on farming practices.
2 Our failure to halt or at least slow down the destruction of the rain forests could have terrible long-
term consequences for the environment.
3 The slow absorption of toxic chemicals from agricultural waste into the food chain will eventually
affect our health.
4 Recent scientific research has increased our understanding of the causes of global warming.
5 The US government’s attempts to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions have not been very successful.
4
1 highly effective 2 legal implications 3 adverse effect 4 active participant
5 significant contribution 6 normal conventions
Module test 6
1
1 bonding with 2 commitment to 3 conformity to 4 obedience to 5 cooperation with
6 empathise with 7 response to
2
1 In the remote northern region (of the country), where this family is from, it is common practice for a
woman to have several husbands.
2 The wedding ceremony, which usually goes on for three or four days, will be attended by the whole
village.
3 Our host’s grandmother, who is the head of the family, has not given us permission to interview the
young women.
4 Shortly after her marriage, when women traditionally give up their jobs and go and live with their
husband’s family, Sunlil set up the farmers’ cooperative.
5 Single-parent families, which are extremely rare in the community, are usually the result of the death
of one of the marriage partners rather than divorce.
3
1f 2c 3d 4a 5b 6e 7g
4
1C 2B 3C 4A 5B 6B
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Module test 7
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1 evolution 2 cleverness 3 resemblance 4 botanical 5 predators 6 captivity 7 microbial
2
1 have been known 2 have been reminded 3 has never been captured 4 has been estimated
5 have not been confirmed 6 has been discovered
3
1 fundamental aspects 2 become visible 3 living organisms 4 minute traces
5 impose restrictions 6 inadequate understanding
4
1 The more we explore our solar system, the greater the possibility becomes that we will find life on
other planets.
2 Having adjusted to life on land, the first amphibians gradually lost their ability to live underwater for
sustained periods of time.
3 The bigger and heavier the dinosaurs became, the more they relied on strength rather than speed to
catch their prey.
4 Being flightless birds, the dodos were extremely vulnerable to predators since they had no means of
escape.
5 Unlike almost all other species of mammal, the platypus lays eggs.
6 Not knowing much about animal behaviour, they were unable to explain why the mother had
rejected her young.
Module test 8
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1 disapproval 2 depiction 3 Representational 4 precision 5 transformation 6 accuracy
2
1 making 2 translating 3 to represent 4 Being 5 to extend 6 raising 7 Posing
3
1 allocated budget 2 creative aspects 3 popular press 4 unedited footage 5 highly talented
6 camera operators
4
1 an exceptionally skilled Indian-born artist
2 a post-production training course
3 a somewhat controversial contemporary art exhibition
4 last year’s deeply disappointing screen debut
5 an almost unknown sixty-year-old actor
6 the unexpectedly unsuccessful sequel to last year’s hit film
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Module test 9
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1C 2B 3B 4A 5B 6C
2
1 them 2 one 3 did 4 such 5 that of 6 so
3
1 I asked him why he wanted to delay the launch of the new design.
2 He enquired how much the installation of the new technology was going to cost.
3 She demanded to know where the funding was going to come from and how soon it was likely to be
available.
4 I asked her how often she had considered giving up the project and going home.
5 I asked them what they meant by ‘the latest technology’.
6 They wanted to know when the research had been published and which journal it had appeared in.
4
1 enter the equation 2 empirical evidence 3 self-propelled 4 technological innovations
5 space-launch vehicles 6 repetitive tasks 7 biotechnology sphere
Module test 10
1
1 reluctance 2 overactive/hyperactive 3 inclination 4 nutritious 5 reinforcement 6 digestive
2
1 about/of which 2 for whom 3 in which 4 to whom 5 of which 6 in which
3
1 Whatever 2 However 3 whenever 4 matter 5 Wherever 6 how
4
1C 2B 3A 4B 5B 6C 7A
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