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PRACTICE TEST 11
A PHONETICS AND VOCABULARY
I Choose the word whose bold part is pronounced differently form the others in each group
1 A.species B.perception C.finance D.notice
II Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the rest
6 A.conservative B.generation C.available D.contractual
8 A.valuable B.comfortable C.reliable D.miserable
9 A.restoration B.television C.contribution D.expedition
10 A.individually B.apparently C.eventually D.approximately
III Choose the word which best fits each gap of the sentence
11 These books are reading for students of architecture They are part of the National
curriculum that is by the government
A.unrequired B.compulsory C.extra D.temporary
12 Francis Bacon wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and .”
13 For some people, especially teenagers, it seems difficult to choose books
14 There are different of books for people to read in different ways
15 Nowadays, the book is thought to be endangered by computers and Internet, and by other technological
like the CD and the video games, too
A.attractions B.purposes C.achievements D.inventions
16 Do not start a book unless you can see from the first few that it is one you can easily read and understand
17 Books are still a cheap way to get and entertainment, and you can keep a book forever and red at many times
A.lessons B.documentary C.stories D.information
18 Books in the home are wonderful of knowledge and pleasure
19 If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t .”
A.put it out B.put it down C.take it out D.take it down
20 A book is a set or of written, printed, illustrated or blank sheets, made of paper, or other material
A.production B.invention C.collection D.section
B GRAMMAR: Choose the best answer
21 In many parts of the world, books from pulic libraries
A.will be bought B.can be borrowed C.must be bought D.should be borrowed
22 Be sure to wash these vegetables thoroughly A lot of pesticide residue on unwashed
produce
A.should find B.should be found C.can find D.can be found
23 He wants to know when the final decision
A.must be taken B.might be taken C.would be taken D.will be taken
24 The examination papers are scored by machine The students their results next week
A.will be told B.can be told C.must be told D.might be told
25 Tomatoes picked before they are completely ripe so that people carry them to the markets more easily
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26 I wonder why you haven’t repaired this broken window It repaired
A.ought to be B.will be C.might be D.can be
27 Some people think that school uniforms worn because there are no differences between poor and rich students
28 All traffic laws obeyed in order to reduce traffic problems
29 The manual says that bananas, pineapples and watermelons put in the freezer
A.mustn’t be B.mayn’t C.shouldn’t be D.aren’t
30 A parrot taught to say words You impatient
A.can be/ might be B.may be/ will be C.will be/ must be D.can be/ should be
31 According to spychologists, children encouraged to develop their individual interests
32 We tried several times, but the window opened
A.can not be B.could not be C.will not be D.might not be
33 I hope I a job soon I had an interview at an engineering firm yesterday
A.will be offered B.must be offered C.should be offered D.would be offered
34 I’m sorry I lend you these books They returned to the library tomorrow
A.can’t/ have to be B.won’t/ should be C.can’t be/ should be D.won’t be/ have to be
35 The entire valley from the window I’m sure you be pleased with this scenery A.can see/ will be B.may see/ can be C.can be seen/ will D.may be seen/ can
36 A child given everything he or she wants If you can do this, you him or her A.shouldn’t be/ will spoil B.mustn’t be/ can be spoiled
C.won’t be/ will be spoiled D.can’t be/ must spoil
37 Dolphins well taken care of in protected areas However, they to their natural habitat
A.can be/ will return B.might be/ can return
C.may be/ should be returned D.will be/ must return
38 Ann couldn’t attend the conference as scheduled Her luggage with her personal belongings
mistake
A.may be taken B.might have been taken C.must be taken D.must have been taken
39 Kathy lost her way while driving to the River City She her map at home
A.can have been left B.could have been left C.mustn’t have left D.shouldn’t have left
40 Last semester’s class was too large It divided in half
A.should have been B.could have been C.can have been D.would have been
C READING
I Read the passage and choose the best answer
A Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today Thousands of these How-to books are useful: infact, there are about four thousands books with titles that begin with the words “How to” One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how
to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away
B Many How-to books give advice on careers They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it If you fail, however, you can buy the books “How to turn Failure to Success” If you would like to become vary rich, you can buy the book “How to make a millionaire” If you never make any money
at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”
C One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems If you want
to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life” If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate
or enlarge a house
D Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve How-to books help people deal with modern life
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41 From the first paragraph, we know How-to books are
A.only about four thousand copies B.on sales
C.very helpful in life D.needed a lot
42 Paragraph C tells us that How-to books sell well on how
A.to succeed in career B.to solve personal problems
C.to deal with business D.to make money
43 If you often read How-to books, you
A.will be sure to get something you need B.will not know how to help yourself in life C.will become a man in life D.needn’t hink any more in the world
44 How-to books appear only because
A.people have more free time to spend than before
B.people meet more prolems than their parents
C.people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D.modern life is more difficult to deal with
45 The word “step-by-step” would probably mean
A.little by little B.gradually C.slower and slower D.A and B
II Read the passage and then fill in each blank with the best completion
AUDIO BOOKS – BOOKS ON CASSETTE
In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from entertainment industries(46)
for your leisure time You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art gallery or concert, or of course read a book Sometimes it seems that reading is (47) because (48) you’re a fast reader, it can take a (49) amount of time to finish a novel for example But in the (50)
world, time is something that can be in short supply
Books publishers haven’t been (51) to realise this and now selling a product which needn’t (52)
as much of your time but still tell you an excellent story The new product is the audiobook-cassette recording of shorten novels, often read by well-known personaliies or the authors themselves Audiobooks are (53) new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing (54)
One of the attractions of audiobooks is that they’re (55) listening to the radio, only better You can listen to what you want, when you want, and you won’t ever (56) anything Much of their appeal (57) in their flexibility They (58) you to do other things while you’re listening, such as driving or(59) the housework For some people, audiobooks can be a much more enjoyable way of(60) knowledge than reading
47 A.neglectes B.declined C.lessened D.disposed
48 A.in spite B.regardless of C.no matter D.even if
49 A.plentiful B.broad C.considerable D.lasting
52 A.take up B.fill out C.go through D.pass by
53 A.partly B.approximately C.roughly D.relatively
54 A.ever since then B.all the time C.up until now D.from then on
60 A.grasping B catching C.gaining D.raising
D ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Identify the error in each sentnence
61 It is necessarily to make sure that the level of the book is neither too easy nor too difficult for you
62 How many times in the last hundred years had people talked of the imminent death of the books?
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63 We have more leisure time than we used to, and people are generally living longer, which means that
there is more time to do more, including read books
64 Surely there are now enough reasons why the books ought to be dead, or at least very badly injures
65 Films were an early threat because they were so effective on telling stories in a visual way And then,
radio appeared which provided such an alternaitve to books as drama, documentaries and discussions
66 The book is such a practical tool; it doesn’t cost too much, it is usually small enough to carry round,
and it might easily be revisited
D
67 There are different types of books for different people and in different ways For example, you must
pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep
D
68 Some people think that you mustn’t read books any more because television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, pictures and actions
D
69 Recently, poor pupils in my village don’t have to pay for their textbooks because they can be borrow
them from the library until the school year ends
D
70 Books might not be killed by modern ways of looking for information sauch as television or internet
Reading is still one of the most activities that both old and young people enjoy doing in their leisure
time
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