oPRACTICE TEST 10

SECTION A: LISTENING
I. Listen to an interview with an artist and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best
according to what you hear.
1. According to Vasilis, his art ____c____.

A. is an exploration in colour B. has influenced another artist

C. appeals to his sense of touch D. is a reflection of his mood
2. When did he become interested in three - dimensional art? D
A. After he became tired of painting landscapes
B. As a boy, while watching his father painting
C. While he was studying photography at university
D. After experimenting with painting techniques
3. Vasilis attributes his present choice of materials to ____A____.
A. the fact that they are strong and will last
B. a desire to use only natural materials
C. his use of them in his work as a dentist
D. a sense of responsibility towards the environment
4. What aspect of his artwork does Vasilis particularly enjoy? D
A. Its versatility B. Its escapism
C. Its symbolism D. Its unpredictability
5. Anyone who wants to buy one of Vasilis’ pieces ____B____.
A. must make a dental appointment first. B. cannot do so at present
C. will have to wait for months D. can ask him for a price list

II. Listen to a radio talk about ley lines and complete each sentence with a word or short phrase.
The existence of ley lines is the subject of much (1) ________controversy___________________.
The Glastonbury Tor is located at the (2) ______hub____________ of many ley lines.
The Nazca lines on the Peruvian (3) ______plains__________ are also thought by some to be on ley lines.
Alfred Watkins thought that ancient peoples marked their (4) ____trade routes____________ by building
structures along them.
Not everyone accepts that the alignment of ancient sites is anything but (5) ___a mere coincidence___.
Ruth believes that ley lines could be an indication of the Earth's (6) ___geomagnetic energy_______.
Ancient peoples may have been drawn to ley lines because they were more (7)__in tune with__nature.
Another theory claims ancient civilizations made (8) ___complex astronomical calculation____when erecting
monuments in order to represent the position of certain (9) _____constellations_______.
Some scientists believe there is greater (10) _______magnetic intensity__________ in areas surrounding ley
lines.

SECTION B: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. The band has hit …..……. in the US.
A. big B. large C. great D. wide
2. Stop that tapping, will you? I’m trying to concentrate and it is driving me up the …………… .
A. roof B. hill C. wall D. house
3. No way will you beat him. You don’t ………….. a chance. He’s a hundred times better than you are.
A. hold B. run C. possess D. stand
4. Chris was …….….... between buying a new house and going on a round- the- world cruise.
A. pulled B. torn C. moving D. learning
5. The doors were hanging off their hinges and the paint was …………off the walls.
A. peeling B. scraping C. snapping D. splitting
6. Pulling the contract out of the envelope, she ripped it to …………
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7. Angry? I was absolutely …………… when our appointment was cancelled for the third time.
A. annoyed B. irritated C. cross D. livid
8. If you need a decent suit, go to Munns Stores. You’ll be …..……… for choice.
A. overcome B. ruined C. spoilt D. overwhelmed
9. I’m absolutely ……………! I could eat a horse.
A. famished B. peckish C. hungry D. parched
10. We had to pay for our food but not for the drinks- they were on the ………..…. .
A. house B. compliment C. café D. consumption
11. I’m …......... to listen to your pathetic excuses,” she said.
A. sick and tired B. in no mood C. having enough D. sick to death
12. Of all the entries received, his was ........... out for special praise.
A. isolated B. brought C. opted D. singled
13. “There’s no need to stand on ceremony ............. in,” said a disembodied voice from the kitchen.
A. Plough B. Burrow C. Fork D. Dig
14. There’s nothing like a cup of tea to ........... your thirst.
A. draw B. quench C. safe D. work up
15. It was ...........by chance that we managed to find her.
A. sheerly B. purely C. plainly D. highly
16. I wish you would stop sitting on the ........... and decide whose side you’re on.
A. fence B. crossroads C. wall D. middle
17. Within minutes the building was ...........in flames.
A. entangled B. engrossed C. engaged D. engulfed
18. “How did you know that he was lying?” – “It was just a ............ feeling.”
A. faint B. gut C. slight D. vain
19. The price of bread has just doubled, but with............inflation what can you expect?
A. rampant B. steadfast C. profuse D. staunch
20. She’s a bit down in the............at the moment – her husband has just lost his job.
A. world B. heart C. dumps D. bottom

II. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. The child’s poor …………spatial……….. awareness was a concern to his teachers. (SPACE)
2. The brain has to constantly deal with a huge amount of ………sensory…………. input. (SENSE)
3. ………Hypothetically…………. speaking, it is possible to clone any living organism. (HYPOTHESIS)
4. The new law is believed to act as a ………deterrent…………. to potential criminals. (DETER)
5. It started raining the minute we set foot on the island, and with the exception of two hours last Tuesday
-there was no ...........let-up.......... in the bad weather until the day we left. (LET)
6. The government 's plan to implement a new electoral system suffered a major ………setback………. when
the Supreme Court judged it to be unconstitutional. (SET)
7. Our ………perceptual…………. experience of the world may not be the same as others’. (PERCEIVE)
8. You cannot enter the country without the ………requisite……………. documents. (REQUIRE)
9. The …………professorship………….. of zoology is vacant and has been advertised. (PROFESSOR)
10. Good friends can enrich the quality of our lives ………immeasurably……………. (MEASURE)

III. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the box.
notch presume nose pull suffuse
slacken opt narrow piece ply

1. I know it's an important interview but try to ……pull…….. yourself together and go in looking calm and
confident.
2. After the meal, they ……plied…….. us with chocolate cake and sweets.
3. It was a difficult choice but the judges ……narrowed…….. down the contestants to three
before selecting the winner.

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4. Having ……pieced ….. together all the clues, I was able to guess the ending of the whodunnit before I'd
finished reading it.
5. What a sportsman! He has …notched…. up more golf tournament victories than any of his competitors.
6. If you don't like this new pension scheme, you can .......opt........... out whenever you like.
7. Who do you think you are ……nosing…….. around like that, a private eye?
[Link] have been really busy, but things are starting to .....slacken....... off now.
9. I let my children make their own decisions now they’re older. I wouldn’t ......presume......... to interfere.

10. Mary was obviously embarrassed; her face was .......suffused.......... with red.

IV. Correct the mistake in each sentence.

1. We won in(by) more than seven goals.
2. We made a trip to Mongolia’sn historical places.
3. I was so excited about seeing it even with it to be(being) so small.
4. He can do(make) the best out of every situation.
5. I was nowhere near of doing it.
6. The blood ran out of(down) my face.
7. I had taken out(on) extra hours, so I had to stay there until it closed.
8. Dogs are strongly(highly) sensitive.
9. It’s a mysticism(mystical) place.
10. Her condition improved day after(by) day.

[Link] the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1. Short skirts are ………… again this summer.
A. coming up B. coming in C. coming off D. coming across
2. That’s not the way to solve the problem. You’re …………it the wrong way.
A. coming across B. going about C. taking over D. turning on
3. The name on the cheque is wrong. The cheque is ………… to your brother, not to you.
A. made for B. made up C. made out D. made off
4. I’d better take one of my pills. I think I’ve got a headache ………… .
A. catching up B. dying down C. coming on D. winding up
5. After travelling all day, he was completely ………… .
A. done in B. taken away C. broken down D. used up
6. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to ………… .
A. come into B. come by C. come to D. come at
7. Even though it was clear that he was wrong, he was unwilling to ………… and admit it.
A. take back B. stand down C. draw back D. back down
8. The taxi had to ………… because the traffic lights had turned red.
A. set up B. catch up C. cut up D. pull up
9. All the arguments between the staff don’t ………… a good atmosphere in the office.
A. make for B. get at C. head for D. run into
10. He ………… as a quiet, thoughtful person.
A. bubbles over B. catches on C. comes across D. puts through

SECTION C: READING
I. Read the texts below and decide which answer best fits each gap.
THE ROBOTS ARE COMING
Researchers in artificial intelligence inform us that within the next few decades they will have
created robots that are (1)……. and shoulders above humans. If computers are the next step in evolution,
they will quite probably follow the law of survival of the (2)……. . And when robots are the most intelligent
beings on the planet, it doesn’t take much brainwork to (3)……. out that they will end up in the driving (4)
……. . Surely, the argument runs, if we are threatened by such a cataclysmic fate, we should be covering
our (5)……. and making sure that there is an international body to (6)……. developments in artificial
intelligence.
Science fiction writers have, for decades, (7)……. their readers a similar diet. Stories abound in
robots (8)……. amok and imperilling their human benefactors. And no real barrier exists to creating ever
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more sophisticated robots with the ability to improve on their own design. Already researchers have (9)
……. a breakthrough by creating miniature varieties that learn from each other and exhibit new behaviour.
Yet when it comes to the subject of artificial intelligence, the predictions of some of the most
eminent scientists have to be taken with a large (10)……………... of salt.
1. A. torso B. chest C. head D. body
2. A. strongest B. best C. fastest D. fittest
3. A. work B. find C. make D. pull
4. A. wheel B. position C. seat D. role
5. A. heads B. backs C. eyes D. hands
6. A. view B. seesaw C. attend D. police
7. A. fed B. spooned C. catered D. followed
8. A. walking B. standing C. running D. moving
9. A. done B. achieved C. reached D. brought
10. A. pile B. amount C. drop D. pinch

II. Read the text below and think of ONE word which best fits each gap.
CHEATING AT COMPUTER GAMES
It’s something any gamer will tell you. Computer games shouldn’t be so hard that they drive you
mad, but (1) ………nor……. should they be so easy that they (2) ……fail………. to offer enough of a
challenge. Inevitably, (3) ……however………., you get stuck sometimes. What do you do then? Ask the
internet, of course. Many other gamers have figured out what to do and posted the solution online. The
answer is just a few clicks (4)……away……….
Purists say this is cheating. They argue that solving a puzzle yourself, as gamers had to do in the
old days, might have taken longer, but it was more satisfying. Once you know that detailed “walkthroughs”
are available online, free of charge, for almost any game, the temptation is to ask for virtual help (5) ………
at……. the first sign of trouble, which (6) …robs………. players of a true sense of achievement.
I say this is rubbish.(7) ……getting………. a search and downloading a solution has many merits. It
stops me throwing my controller at the screen, and makes me more likely to finish games rather than
giving up when they start to get tricky. So (8) ………all……. in all, I get better (9) …value……. for money.
The search is also a (10) ……reminder……. that I’m a member of a broader community, many of whom
have been this way before.

III. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
ADAM’S WINE
AWater is the giver and, at the same time, the taker of life. It covers most of the surface of the planet we
live on and features large in the development of the human race. On present prediction, it is an element
that is set to assume even greater significance.
BThroughout history, water has had a huge impact on our lives. Humankind has always had a rather
ambiguous relationship with water, on the one hand receiving enormous benefit from it, not just as a
drinking source, but as a provider of food and a means whereby to travel and to trade. But forced to live
close to water in order to survive and to develop, the relationship has not always been peaceful or
beneficial. In fact, it has been quite the contrary. What has essentially been a necessity for survival has
turned out in many instances to have a very destructive and life-threatening side.
C Through the ages, great floods alternated with long periods of drought have assaulted people and their
environment, hampering their fragile fight for survival. The dramatic changes to the environment that are
now a feature of our daily news are not exactly new: fields that were once lush and fertile are now barren;
lakes and rivers that were once teeming with life are now long gone; savannah has been turned to desert.
What perhaps is new is our native wonder when faced with the forces of nature.
DToday, we are more aware of climatic changes around the world. Floods in far flung places are instant
news for the whole world. Perhaps these events make us feel better as we face the destruction of our own
property by floods and other natural disasters.
EIn 2002, many parts of Europe suffered severe flood damage running into billions of euros. Properties
across the continent collapsed into the sea as waves pounded the coastline wreaking havoc with sea
defenses. But it was not just the seas. Rivers swollen by heavy rains and by the effects of deforestation
carried large volumes of water that wrecked many communities.

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FBuilding stronger and more sophisticated river defenses against flooding is the expensive short-term
answer. There are simpler ways. Planting trees in highland areas, not just in Europe but in places like
Himalayas, to protect people living in low-lying regions like the Ganges Delta, is a cheaper and more
attractive solution. Progress is already being made in convincing countries that the emission of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases is causing considerable damage to the environment. But more effort is
needed in this direction.
G And the future? If we are to believe the forecasts, it is predicted that two-thirds of the world population
will be without fresh water by 2050. But for a growing number of regions of the world, the future is already
with us. While some areas are devastated by flooding, scarcity of water in many other places is causing
conflict. The state of Texas in the United States of America is suffering a shortage of water with the Rio
Grande failing to reach the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in 50 years in the spring of 2002, pitting region
against region as they view for water sources. With many parts of the globe running dry through drought
and increased water consumption, there is now talk of water being the new oil.
HOther doom-laden estimates suggest that, while tropical areas will become drier and uninhabitable,
coastal regions and some low-lying islands will in all probability be submerged by the sea as the polar ice
caps melt. Popular exotic destinations now visited by countless tourists will become no-go areas. Today’s
holiday hotspots of southern Europe and elsewhere will literally become hotspots- too hot to live in or visit.
With the current antic behaviour of the weather, it is difficult not to subscribe to such despair.
ISome might say that this despondency is ill-founded but we have had ample proof that there is something
not quite right with the climate. Many parts of the world have experienced devastating flooding. As the
seasons revolve, the focus of the destruction moves from one continent to another. The impact on the
environment is alarming and the cost to life depressing. It is a picture to which we will need to become
accustomed.

Questions 1-8: Choose the most suitable heading for paragraphs A-I from the list of heading
below. One of the headings has been done for you as an example. There are more headings
than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
LIST OF HEADINGS
a. Environmental change has always been with us
b. The scarcity of water
c. Rivers and seas cause damage
d. Should we be despondent? Or realistic?
e. Disasters caused by the climate make us feel better
f. Water, the provider of food
g. What is water?
h. How to solve flooding
i. Far-flung flooding
j. Human’s relationship with water
k. The destructive force of water in former times
l. Flooding in the future
m. A pessimistic view of the future
E.g: Paragraph A: ..g…
1. Paragraph B: …j……. 2. Paragraph C: ……a…. 3. Paragraph D: …e…….
4. Paragraph E: ……c…. 5. Paragraph F: ……h….. 6. Paragraph G: ……b….
7. Paragraph H: ……m…. 8. Paragraph I: ……d…..

Question 9-15: Choose the correct option for each of the following.
9. The writer believes that water ………………. .
A. is gradually becoming of greater importance
B. will have little impact on our lives in future
C. is something we will need more than anything else
D. will have even greater importance in our lives in the future
10. Humankind’s relationship with water has been ………………. .
A. two-sided
B. one-sided

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D. fairly frightening
11. The writer suggests that ………………. .
A. we are in awe of the news we read and see on TV every day
B. change to the environmental leaves us speechless
C. we should not be in awe of the news we read and see on TV every day
D. our surprise at the environmental change brought about by nature is something new
12. According to the text, planting trees ………………. .
A. has to be coordinated internationally
B. is more expensive than building sea and river defenses
C. is a less expensive answer to flooding than building river defenses
D. is not an answer to the problem of flooding in all regions
13. By 2050, it is projected that ………………. .
A. at least haft the world population will have fresh water
B. the majority of the world population will have fresh water
C. one-third of the world population will have fresh water
D. fresh water will only be available to haft of the world population
14. According to the text, in the future low-lying islands ………………. .
A. will still be habitable
B. will not be under water
C. are likely to be under water
D. will probably not be under water
15. According to the writer,………………..
A. people do not need to get used to environmental damage
B. people will need to get used to climate changes that cause environmental damage
C. people are now more used to environmental damage than they have been in the past
D. the general despondency about environmental changes is ill-founded

SECTION D: WRITING
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence.
[Link] have said exactly the right thing. (NAIL)
You have hit the nail on the head.
2. Would you mind if I asked you to sign this petition? (RAISE)
Would you raise any objection to my asking you to sign this petition?
3. The two bicycles are virtually the same. (CHOOSE)
There is very little to choose between the two bicycles.
4. We suspected the weather would get cold so we took warm clothes. (ANTICIPATION)
We took warm clothes in anticipation of the weather getting cold.
5. He failed the exam because he hadn’t revised or understood the questions. (MUCH)
He failed the exam as much out of lack of revision as misunderstanding the questions.
6. My sister makes much of eating healthy food. (ATTACHES)
My sister attaches much importance to eating healthy food.
7. Why on earth did you do something as dangerous as that? POSSESSED
What on earth possessed you to do such a dangerous thing as that?
8. Don’t tell the boss about our scheme. (BREATHE)
Don’t breathe a word of this scheme to the boss
9. Since the advertisement, we have had more applications than we can deal with. (SWAMPED)
Since the advertisement, we have been swamped with applications.
10. Ours is the only company allowed to import these chemicals. (MONOPOLY)
Our company has got the monopoly over the importation of these chemicals.