LESSON 14

PRACTICE TEST
SECTION A. LISTENING

Part 1 (20 points). Listen to the talk and fill in the gaps. Write ONLY ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for
each answer.

The Tower of London was built in the 1070s by William the Conqueror, who had (1) _________ England
and defeated the English king, Harold. He wanted a strong fortress to consolidate his rule over the English
people. The Tower was then (2)_______ by later kings, including William II, Henry VIII and Edward I, the
last two being (3)_______ responsible for creating the form in which the Tower (4)_______ today.
It has a long and interesting past which places it at the (5)_______ of many key events in British history.
During the reign of Henry VIII, the Tower housed a large number of political and religious (6)_______ .
Many of them were executed. When Henry VIII broke away from the Church of Rome, many of those who opposed
this move ended up in the Tower, including the second of his six (7)_______ , Anne Boleyn, who was also
executed here.
The Tower also played a key part during the English Civil War from 1642 to 1649, when it was fought over by the
armies of the King, Charles I, and his (8)_______ , the Parliamentarians. The enemies of the King gained
control of the Tower and the Crown Jewels - the ceremonial jewellery of the (9)_______ family - were
destroyed and melted down so the gold and jewels could be sold and the money used for the good of the people.
However, after the restoration of the (10)_______ in 1660, the new king, Charles II, regained control of the
Tower and it became the home of the new Crown Jewels which he had specially made.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2 (10 points).

Listen and answer the questions.
Questions 11 – 14 Choose the correct answer A, B or C
11. According to John, what is the main advantage of space exploration?
A To supply resources for use on Earth.
B To find out more about the origins of our planet.
C To establish a colony for humans if Earth becomes uninhabitable.
12. According to the speakers, why can’t robots be sent into space instead of humans?
A They cannot operate for long enough.
B They are too expensive to build.
C They are too reliant on humans.
13. What are we told about the space technology currently used?
A It can be unreliable.
B It is based on old technology.
C It is becoming cheaper to produce.
14. What is the biggest problem in sending robots to Mars?
A the distance B the atmosphere C the extreme temperatures

Questions 15 - 20
Who expresses the following opinions?
A. John B. Susan C. Both John and Susan
15. We should plan a trip to Mars even though it may not happen soon. __
16. We may eventually colonise Mars. __
17. The soil on Mars is highly toxic. __
18. The soil on Mars contains materials we could use. __
19. Spaceships cannot be totally protected from radiation. __
20. It is possible that humans could form a base on Mars. __
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 3 (20 points). Listen to a conversation between a professor and a student talking about taking a course.
Questions 21 – 25 Indicate whether the following statements are true or false by writing T for true and
F for false in the boxes below.
21. The student wants to study Tourism because she wants to have a good future.
22. The student will gain time-management skill.
23. The student has the ability of coping well with statistics.
24. The teacher believes that the industry of tourism is growing popular.
25. The price is the university course reasonable.
Your answers:
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Question 26 - 30
What feature do the speakers identify for each of the following courses?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letters, A-G
List of Findings
A. limited value 26. Travel and Business _______
B. useful 27. Japanese _______
C. relevant to career 28. Medical Care _______
D. flexible admission 29. Computer _______
E. intensive 30. Public Relations _______
F. improving leadership
G. self-control and time management
Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
SECTION B: VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1 (15 points). Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D to complete each of the following
sentences. Write it in ‘Your answers’ part.
1. It would be nice to work with _________ people who accept new ideas.
A. pig-headed B. open-minded C. strong-willed D. single-handed
2. When my boyfriend found a fly in his drink, he started to create a scene. Oh, honey, please don't make a
______ with it.
A. fuss B. mess C. play D. scene
3. I accidentally __________Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.
A. paid attention to B. kept an eye on C. lost touch with D. caught sight of
4. Not until now _________popularly recognized that man is destroying the environment.
A. does it become B. it has become C. has it become D. it becomes
5. If people and businesses don't go green, we will soon _________our natural resources.
A. deplete B. preserve C. replenish D. dispose
6. More and more investors are pouring _______ money into food and beverage start-ups.
A. X B. the C. an D. a
7. _________ complaining that students are not respecting the space.
A. Several of the cafeteria workers B. Several of the cafeteria worker is
C. The cafeteria workers of several are D. Several of the cafeteria workers are
8. Not only _followed for the good of our school, but students should also expect punishment if they disobey.
A. these rules should be B. should these rules be
C. should be these rules D. these rules shouldn’t be
9. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not………….your visit. Let him have a rest.
A. prolong B. lengthen C. delay D. shorten
10. Ask Tom to give you a hand lifting the suitcase. He is as strong as _______.
A. an elephant B. a buffalo C. a gorilla D. a horse
11. We ___ have been happier in those days.
A. can’t B. couldn’t C. might not D. must not
12. Traveling alone to a jungle is adventurous, ________.
A. if not impossible B. if it not impossible
C. when not impossible D. when it not impossible
13. His illness made him_________ of concentration.
A. incompetent B. unable C. incapable D. powerless
14. “Is it true that you fell asleep in class yesterday?”
“Unfortunately, yes. ________ is unbelievable. I’m very embarrassed.”
A. That I could do such a thing it B. That I could do such a thing
C. I could do such a thing it D. I could do such a thing
15. As far as I’m___ it’s quite all right for you to leave early.
A. concerned B. regarded C. consulted D. bothered
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 2(10 points). Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write
the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
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1. In 2001, the British Association for the Advancement of Science went on search
of the world’s funniest joke. The experiment involved people from all over the
world posted their jokes on to a website and rating the submissions of their.
Among the jokes entered was the following: ‘There were two cows in a field.
6. One said ‘Moo.’ The other one said ‘I was going to say that.’
The joke was then entered into the archive several times, using different animals
and noises. Two tigers said ‘Grr,’ two dogs said ‘Woof’ and so on. You would
imagine that one animal and noise would be much the same like another.
11. However, the joke rated the funniest was: ‘Two ducks were sitting on a pond.
One of the duck said ‘Quack.’ The other duck said, ‘I was going to say that.’
The research supported the wide held theory that some words and sounds are
distinctly funnier than others. The ‘k’ sound (or the ‘hard c’) as heard in ‘quack’
and ‘duck’ have always been regarded in the comedy world as specially funny.
Why? It may be down to a rather odd facial phenomenon known for ‘facial
feedback’. When people feel happy they smile but some evidence suggests that
the mechanism also works in reverse. The hard letter ‘k’ often forces the face to
smile, which may explain why the sound is associated with happiness.

SECTION C. READING COMPREHENSION

Part 1 (10 points). Read the passage below and decide which answer (from A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to (1)________ this
taboo question, or put it to others in moment of weakness or confidentiality, you (2)________ well have
heard some or all of the (3)________ It’s the money of course, some say with a smile, as if explaining
something to a small child. Or it’s the satisfaction of (4)________ well done, the sense of achievement
behind the clinching of an important (5)________. I worked as a bus conductor once, and I can’t say I
(6)________ the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to (7)________ out tickets without
falling over into someone’s lap. It’s the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the (8)________ ,
what about farmers? it is the conservation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is
power and a sense of status say those (9)________ have either attained these elusive goals, or feel
aggrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership (10)________ Or we can blame it all on
someone else, the family or the taxman. I suspect, and say this under my (11)_________., that most of us
work rather as Mr. Micawber lived, hoping for something to (12)_______ up. We’ll win the pools, and tell
the boss what we really think. We’ll scrape together the (13)________ and open that little shop we always
dreamed of, or go (14)________ the world, or spend more time in the garden. Once day we’ll get that
(15)________ we deserve, but until then at least we have something to do. And we are so busy doing it
that we won’t have time to wonder why.
1. A. propose B. meditate C. consider D. launch
2. A. might B. can C. will D. should
3. A. below B. rest C. following D. latter
4. A. a work B. a job C. a task D. an effort
5. A. deal B. position C. job D. engagement
6. A. enjoyed B. wished C. hoped D. felt
7. A. make B. turn C. issue D. give
8. A. one B. case C. question D. former
9. A. people B. must C. who D. to
10. A. qualities B. status C. property D. requirements
11. A. oath B. suspicion C. breath D. pressure
12. A. move B. turn C. ease D. end
13. A. resources B. opportunities C. rest D. money
14. A. round B. over C. into D. to
15. A. ambition B. station C. vocation D. promotion
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Part 2 (15 points). You are going to read a magazine article about music teachers. For questions 1-15,
choose from the people (A – E). The people may be chosen more than once.

Which person or people:

likes being in the open air surrounded by wildlife? 1.______
gives some advice on things you should take with you? 2.______
gives an example of people working together to solve a difficult situation? 3._____
is looking for variety when he/she goes on holiday? 4._____
doesn’t want to meet the people he/she works with when on holiday? 5._____
mentions something you can’t do on campsites? 6._____
has enjoyed camping for many years? 7.____
likes to make last-minute decisions about where to go on holiday? 8._____ 9.______
talks about making friends while staying at campsites? 10._____ 11.___
mentions a possible problem when arriving at campsites? 12.____
says they can’t choose when they go away on holiday? 13.____
has been to the same campsite more than once? 14.____
sees price as a main priority? 15.____

The Joys of Camping

Camping has been a popular choice for holiday accommodation for a long time but it seems that
now its popularity is on the increase. Kate Reilly speaks to 5 dedicated campers and finds out why
they prefer to pitch their tents or park their camper vans rather than stay in hotels or rent
apartments.

A Ben: a teacher C Matt: IT engineer

For Ben the most important thing is to find a cheapMatt likes to spend his holiday seeing lots of
and affordable option during the busy school different places. ‘I’m a restless person so when I
holidays. ‘Because I have to go away during the go away on holiday I don’t like to be tied down to
peak season when all the schools are on holiday one place; camping means you can stay for two
it’s often difficult to find cheap hotel deals or nights in one place then pack up the tent, jump in
holidays flats for rent,’ he explains. In addition to
the car and stay somewhere else for the next night
this he enjoys the flexibility camping offers. ‘I’mor two and so on with no need to book ahead. It’s a
not that good at planning ahead and like to be great way to see lots of different places in a short
spontaneous with my travel plans. The fact that it’s
period of time.’ He also points out that, ‘You
not usually necessary to pre-book to stay at a obviously need a car to really be able to make the
campsite suits me very well. I also like that I canmost of your time and make sure you have a good
go away to more obscure and remote places and map and a good up-to-date campsite guide with
get away from the students I spend all year in the clear directions to help you find the different
classroom with. campsites. Campsites are often not well signposted
and there is nothing more frustrating than driving
around for hours looking for a campsite when
you’d rather be relaxing on the
A Cathy: finance director D Eli and Catriona: doctor and medical
Cathy is looking for a contrast from her stressful researcher
 working life when she goes on holiday. She says. Eli and Catriona explain why camping is the
‘I love being outside and the freedom camping perfect holiday for families. ‘We used to go
offers. I spend all day in the office when I'm at camping when we were much younger, before we
work and have to be very organised to meet tight had children and loved it but now we have the
deadlines, so when I'm on holiday I like to be in boys it makes even more sense. There are so many
the fresh air and be able to do exactly what I want child-friendly campsites with swimming pools and
when I want; camping is perfect for that. Of course special activities for kids. It’s so nice for them to
there are some rules you have to respect like have lots of space to run around in and other
you’re not allowed to make noise after 11 or 12 at children to play with. It also means we have time
night but I like that. I love going to sleep listening
to ourselves to really relax. We’ve actually been to
to the insects in the trees or the waves on the the same campsite for 2 years in a row now as we
all had such a good time there the first year. The
boys are still in touch with friends they made there
last year so we might well go back again this year
E Melissa and Stefano: salon manager and marketing director
For Melissa and Stefano it’s the friendly atmosphere that means they keep going back to campsites year
after year. ‘We’ve travelled around the whole of Europe in our campervan and every year we meet so
many interesting people and make friends with people from all over the world. Everyone is always so
helpful when you stay on a campsite. If you need to borrow something like matches your neighbours
will always help you out. One year we got the back wheels of the campervan stuck in the sand and it
took ten of our new neighbours to help push it out. Everyone came rushing over to help as soon as they
saw there was a problem and most of us didn’t even speak the same language. It was a wonderful
feeling; you don’t get that in hotels.’
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Part 3 (10 points). Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
DIET AND EXERCISE
Many people seem to believe that there is a magic diet formula that will guarantee weight loss. [1]
This is a fallacy. Most fad diet, if followed conscientiously, will result in weight loss due to the reduction
in calories. [2] However, they are nearly always too monotonous and sometimes too unhealthy to be
followed in the long term. [3] Worse, fad dieters who don't become physically active and learn to eat
sensibly will eventually regain the weight they lost, and often even more. [4]
Some of the most popular fad diet in recent years have been low-carbohydrate programs, which
work by making the body produce ketons. Ketons are normal and efficient source of energy for the human
body. When the intake of carbohydrate is severely restricted, body fats are broken down into fatty acids
that can be used as fuel. The fatty acids may be incompletely metabolised, yielding ketons. When your
body is producing ketons, and using them as fuel, this is called ketosis. Most diets based on ketosis do not
limit the consumption of protein, fat, or total calories. As a result, their fat content tends to be very high.
Promoters claim that ketosis will lead to increased metabolism of unwanted fat, even if the calories are not
reduced. This is not entirely true; calorie reduction is likely to occur because of the diet's lack of appealing
foods. This is not conductive to forming sensible eating habits.
The major widely used low-carbohydrate diet is the one advocated by the late Robert Atkins M.D,
of New York City. Under the Atkins program, the dieter is permitted to eat unlimited amounts of non-
carbohydrate foods "when hungry". The American Medical Association and many individual experts have
warned that the unlimited intake of saturated fat under Atkins food plan can increase the dieter's risk of
heart disease. In 2000, researchers at the University of Kentucky did a computer analysis of a week's worth
of sample menus and reported several alarming findings: the diet contained 59% fat; it provided fewer
servings of grains, vegetables, and fruits than recommended by most nutritionists, and while it can produce
short-term weight loss, long-term use is likely to increase the risk of both cardiovascular disease and
cancer. The weight loss usually doesn't last, either. As ketosis begins, weight will be shed quickly, giving
the misleading impression that significant fat reduction is taking place. In fact, most of the weight loss
is water rather than fat; the lost water is regained quickly when a normal diet is resumed. Appetite, which
is often reduced during ketosis, also returns.
 Atkins advocated his diet for more than 30 years and claimed that more than 60,000 patients treated
at his centre had used his diet as their primary protocol for losing weight. Yet he never published any study
in which people who used this program were monitored over a period of several years. Besides the
dubiousness of its effects in the long term, the Atkins diet shares another shortcoming of all fad diets:
inflexibility. People are different, with different health problems and genetic characteristics, and no single
diet is right for everyone.
An additional downside to the recent craze for low-carbohydrate diets is that it has encouraged
food companies to market low-carbohydrate foods for people who want to "watch their carbs". Most of
these foods are much higher in fat than the foods they are designed to replace. "Low carb" advertising is
encouraging both dieters and non-dieters to eat high-fat foods, which is exactly the opposite of medical
and nutrition authorities have been arguing for decades. Following a low-carbohydrate diet under medical
supervision may make sense for some people, but a population-wide increase in fat consumption would be
a public health disaster.
(Source: [Link]/onthi/success/[Link])
1. What is the topic of the passage?
A. How to succeed with the Atkins Diet
B. Weight loss through carbohydrate reduction
C. Problems with fad diets
D. The dangers of a high-fat diet.
2. Which is the best place for the following sentence?
"In order to lose weight you must eat less, or exercise more, or do both"
A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4]
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author thinks fad diets in general ______.
A. are always bad for you because they contain too much fat.
B. can be unhealthy in the long term and have too little variety.
C. are effective and safe if used under a doctor's supervision .
D. usually result in long-term weight loss.
4. Which of the following is an effect of ketosis?
A. Long-term weight loss B. Loss of water from the body
C. Increase in appetite D. Greater energy
5. The word “their” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. diets B. ketons C. calories D. ketosis
6. The word “conscientiously” in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ______.
A. consciously B. scientifically C. correctly D. severely
7. The phrase “is not conductive to” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. does not prevent B. makes easier
C. is not consistent with D. does not encourage
8. It can be inferred that the author's biggest objection to the Atkins diet is that ______.
A. it has led to "low-carb" advertising B. (s)he believes it causes cancer
C. it leads to higher fat consumption D. it has not been thoroughly studied
9. The word “it” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. downside B. craze C. diet D. food
10. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in the
passage?
A. Ketosis causes weight loss at first, leading people to wrongly believe that they are losing fat.
B. Ketosis causes the rapid loss of fat at first, which leads to a false belief that the loss will be
permanent.
C. The process of ketosis quickly misleads people into thinking that they are losing weight.
D. Ketosis causes rapid weight loss, but only in the early days of the diet.
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Part 4 (10 points). Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank. Write your answers in ‘Your
answers’ part.
At sixteen Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war. He wandered aimlessly
from (1) ........... country to another (2) ........... finally setting down in Australia, where he trained
(3) ...AS...... an electronics engineer. He established his own business but it called for so much work that
marriage was out of the (4) ......... .
His retirement suddenly (5) .......... him realize (6) .......... lonely he was and he decided to (7) .......
up a hobby. With his interest in electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice. He installed his own
equipment and obtained a license and his call sign, which is the set of letters and numbers used to
announce oneself when making radio contact with other radio amateurs all over the world.
Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far-off places. One in particular was a man in California
with whom he had much in common. One night the man in California (8) .......... to mention the village in
Europe he had come from. Suddenly, Henry realised that this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter.
At first, the two brothers were at a (9) ....... for words but then little by little they filled in the details of
their past lives and not (10) ......... afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to be reunited with his
brother.
Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Part 5 (15 points). Read the following passage and do the task bellow.
HELIUM’S FUTURE UP IN THE AIR
A In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of
global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key nonrenewable resource continues without
receiving much press at all. Helium – an inert, odourless, monatomic element known to lay people as the
substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled – could be gone from this planet
within a generation.

B Helium itself is not rare; there is actually a plentiful supply of it in the cosmos. In fact, 24 per cent of our
galaxy’s elemental mass consists of helium, which makes it the second most abundant element in our
universe. Because of its lightness, however, most helium vanished from our own planet many years ago.
Consequently, only a miniscule
proportion – 0.00052%, to be exact – remains in earth’s atmosphere. Helium is the byproduct of millennia
of radioactive decay from the elements thorium and uranium. The helium is mostly trapped in subterranean
natural gas bunkers and commercially extracted through a method known as fractional distillation.

C The loss of helium on Earth would affect society greatly. Defying the perception of it as a novelty
substance for parties and gimmicks, the element actually has many vital applications in society. Probably
the most well known commercial usage is in airships and blimps (non-flammable helium replaced
hydrogen as the lifting gas du jour after the Hindenburg catastrophe in 1932, during which an airship burst
into flames and crashed to the ground killing some passengers and crew). But helium is also instrumental
in deep-sea diving, where it is blended with nitrogen to mitigate the dangers
of inhaling ordinary air under high pressure; as a cleaning agent for rocket engines; and, in its most
prevalent use, as a coolant for superconducting magnets in hospital MRI(magnetic resonance imaging)
scanners.

D The possibility of losing helium forever poses the threat of a real crisis because its unique qualities are
extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible to duplicate (certainly, no biosynthetic ersatz product is close to
approaching the point of feasibility for helium, even as similar developments continue apace for oil and
coal). Helium is even cheerfully
derided as a “loner” element since it does not adhere to other molecules like its cousin, hydrogen.
According to Dr. Lee Sobotka, helium is the “most noble of gases, meaning it’s very stable and non-
reactive for the most part … it has a closed electronic configuration, a very tightly bound atom. It is this
coveting of its own electrons that prevents combination with other elements’. Another important attribute
is helium’s unique boiling point, which is lower than that for any other element. The worsening global
shortage could render millions of dollars of high-value, life-saving equipment
totally useless. The dwindling supplies have already resulted in the postponement of research and
development projects in physics laboratories and manufacturing plants around the world. There is an
enormous supply and demand imbalance partly brought about by the expansion of high-tech
manufacturing in Asia.
E The source of the problem is the Helium Privatisation Act (HPA), an American law passed in 1996 that
requires the U.S. National Helium Reserve to liquidate its helium assets by 2015 regardless of the market
price. Although intended to settle the original cost of the reserve by a U.S. Congress ignorant of its
ramifications, the result of this fire sale is that global helium prices are so artificially deflated that few can
be bothered recycling the substance or using it judiciously. Deflated values also mean that natural gas
extractors see no reason to capture helium. Much is lost in the process of extraction. As Sobotka notes:
"[t]he government had the good vision to store helium, and the question now is: Will the corporations have
the vision to capture it when extracting natural gas, and consumers the wisdom to recycle? This takes long-
term vision because present market forces are not sufficient to compel prudent practice”. For Nobel-prize
laureate Robert Richardson, the U.S. government must be prevailed upon to repeal its privatisation policy
as the country supplies over 80 per cent of global helium, mostly from the National Helium Reserve. For
Richardson, a twenty- to fifty-fold increase in prices would provide incentives to recycle.

F A number of steps need to be taken in order to avert a costly predicament in the coming decades. Firstly,
all existing supplies of helium ought to be conserved and released only by permit, with medical uses
receiving precedence over other commercial or recreational demands. Secondly, conservation should be
obligatory and enforced by a regulatory agency. At the moment some users, such as hospitals, tend to
recycle diligently while others, such as NASA, squander massive amounts of helium. Lastly, research into
alternatives to helium must begin in earnest.

Questions 1–5
This Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A–F. Which paragraph contains the following
information?
Write the correct letter, A–F.

1 a use for helium which makes an activity safer _______

2 the possibility of creating an alternative to helium _______
3 a term which describes the process of how helium is taken out of the ground _______
4 a reason why users of helium do not make efforts to conserve it _______
5 a contrast between helium’s chemical properties and how non-scientists think about it _______
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Questions 6–9 Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage ?
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
6 Helium chooses to be on its own.
7 Helium is a very cold substance.
8 High-tech industries in Asia use more helium than laboratories and manufacturers in other parts of the
world.
9 The US Congress understood the possible consequences of the HPA.
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9.

Questions 10– 14 Complete the summary below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Sobotka argues that big business and users of helium need to help look after helium stocks because 10
_________________will not be encouraged through buying and selling alone. Richardson believes that the
11 _____________needs to be withdrawn, as the U.S. provides most of the world’s helium. He argues that
higher costs would mean people have 12 _____________ to use the resource many times over. People
should need a 13 _________ to access helium that we still have. Furthermore, a 14 _________should
ensure that 15 _________ helium is used carefully.
Your answers:
 10. prudent 11. privatization 12. incentives 13. permit 14. 15. helium
practice policy regulatory
agency

SECTION D. WRITING
Part 1 (10 points). Use the word in brackets, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first one. DO NOT change the word given.
1. His parents don’t want him to smoke at home. (OBJECT)
→ His parents . . . . . . ............................... . . . . . . . at home.
2. Minh is not usually rude. (LIKE)
→ It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The only thing we didn’t eat was the salad. (EVERYTHING)
→ We . . . . .. . . . ........................................ . . . . . .
4. The two theories appear to be completely different. (COMMON)
→ The two theories appear to. . . ......................... . . . . . . . .
5. You didn't think carefully enough before you decided. (OUGHT)
→ You . . . . ................................................ . . . . before you decided.
Part 2 (20 points).Your friend, Chengchang from China, has written you a letter, part of which says:

… Have you ever taken part in an English Speaking Contest? I’m in two minds if I should participate in
it at my school next April. If yes, tell me what I have to do. Do you mind helping me improve my
English speaking skill? …

Write your letter in reply (about 80-100 words). DO NOT write any addresses.
Dear Chengchang ,
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Best wishes,
Hoa
Part 3 (30 points). Your English teacher has asked you to write a story (100-120 words) for your school
story writing competition. Your story MUST BEGIN with the following sentence
No matter what people had warned, she succeeded in
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_THE END_