CFL ENGLISH TEST READING COMPREHENSION 50 questions - 55 minutes Choose the word or phrase A, B, C, or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.. Many people choose
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Directions: Listen to five people talking about their first day at work How did
each speaker feel? Circle the correct feeling
A Annoyed B Embarrassed C Nervous D Angry
A Nervous B Apologetic C Surprised D Excited
A Annoyed B Embarrassed C Surprised D Amused
A Amused B Apologetic C Furious D Embarrassed
A Apologetic B Frustrated C Amused D Annoyed
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50 questions - 55 minutes
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage
Puerto Rico is an island southeast of Florida and north of Venezuela, (1) the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea It is not far from Haiti and the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico has many beautiful beaches that (2) for miles along the coast It also has mountains and valleys with good land for farming The climate in Puerto Rico is (3) very warm It is often humid during the summer months Many people choose Puerto Rico as a vacation spot (4) its lovely weather, beautiful coast and interesting history and culture
Puerto Rico means ―rich port‖ in Spanish Christopher Columbus landed there in 1493 Fifteen years later, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon (5) there with people from Spain (6) came to live in the New World Native Indians had lived on the island of Puerto Rico for hundreds of years (7) , many of them died in wars with the Spanish and (8) diseases brought from Europe People from other places, like Africa, also came to live in Puerto Rico Today Puerto Rico is an interesting mix of all these cultures Visitors will notice the influence of Spain in the food, music, festivals and (9) of the people And, of course, the people in Puerto Rico speak Spanish – but they (10) speak English
A among B between C across D above
A stretch B are C develops D go
A particularly B unbelievably C usually D especially
A because of B thank to C as D such as
A Fortunately B Especially C Immediately D Tragically
A custom B customs C many D much
A never B some time C sometimes D also
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage
The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought (11) climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of
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Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water (13) melting sources of ice Both processes are caused (14) global warming The ice sheet (15) sits atop Greenland, for example, contains (16) to raise world ocean levels by seven meters (23 feet), which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai
Trying to (17) how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to (18) climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say But (19) , there has been a perplexing gap (20) the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans
(© AFP 12/23/2008)
A due to B thanks to C about D of
A makes B contributing to C contributing D leads to
A water B water enough C enough water D enough
A figure out B argue C think of D manage
A understanding B understand C dealing D deal
A anyway B up to now C also D from now
Read the passage and choose the best answer
Some scientists have predicted that healthy adults and children may one day take drugs to improve their intelligence and intellectual performance A
research group has suggested that such drugs might become as common as coffee
or tea within the next couple of decades
To counter this, students taking exams might have to take drugs tests like
athletes There are already drugs that are known to improve mental performance,
like Ritalin, which is given to children with problems concentrating A drug given
to people with trouble sleeping also helps people remember numbers
These drugs raise serious legal and moral questions, but people already
take vitamins to help them remember things better, so it will not be a simple problem to solve It will probably be very difficult to decide at what point a food
supplement becomes an unfair drug in an examination
What does the passage mainly discuss?
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performance
C how to become more intelligent D drugs that improve mental
performance
The word ―such‖ refers to _
A adults and children B the research group that develop the drugs
C drugs with coffee or tea D pills that help improve mental performance
The word ―this‖ refers to _
C drug-taking to improve mental performance D the research group
According to the passage, which statement is true?
Only children would take pills to improve their intellectual performance
Intelligence pills are already as common as coffee or tea
A sleeping pill helps people remember numbers
Food supplements are unfair
The word ―athletes‖ is the closest in meaning to _
A Sportspersons B healthy adults C old people D drug addicts
According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
Students could have to take intelligence drugs tests
Vitamins help people remember things better
Ritalin improves children’s concentration
No drugs can improve people’s mental performance
The word ―moral‖ is the closest in meaning to _
A valuable B controversial C ethical D illegal
The word ―supplement‖ is closest in meaning to _
A intelligence drug B addition C addiction D supply
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A Tea is as common as coffee B Children can’t remember well
C Using drugs is unfair D Drugs can improve people’s memory
The passage would most likely be followed by details about _
A Examples of unfair drug in examination B Vitamins
C Legal and moral drug D Examination
Read the passage and choose the best answer
When gas station manager Roger Randolph realized it was costing him money each time someone filled up with $4-a-gallon gas, he hung a sign on his pumps: ―No more credit cards‖ He may be the first in West Virginia to ban
plastic, but gas station operators nationwide are reporting similar woes as higher
prices translate into higher credit card fees the managers must pay, squeezing profits at the pump ―The more they buy, the more we lose,‖ said Randolph, who
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down‖ His complaints target the so-called interchange fee — a percentage of the
sale price paid to credit card companies on every transaction The percentage is fixed — usually at just under 2 percent — but the dollar amount of the fee rises with the price of the goods or services As gas tops $4 a gallon, that pushes fees toward 10 cents a gallon Now stations, which typically mark up gasoline by 11 to
12 cents a gallon, are seeing profits shrink or even reverse
In a good month, Randolph's small operation would yield a $60 profit on
gasoline sales But that’s been buried as soaring prices forced the station to pay about $500 a month in interchange fees ―At these prices, people aren’t making
any money,‖ said Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the Alexandria, Va.-based National
Association of Convenience Stores ―It’s brutal‖ Lenard's group reports convenience stores paid roughly $7.6 billion in credit card fees last year, while making $3.4 billion in profits
(©AFP 11/02/2008)
Why do some gas station owners decide not to accept credit cards?
A They prefer the ―instant gratification‖ of getting cash B Credit fraud
C High credit card interchange fees D Soaring prices
The word ―woes‖ is closest in meaning to _
A joys B sufferings C actions D ban
According to the passage, what is the average interchange fee paid by gas station owners?
A About $4 B About 2% C 11 to 12 cents D 10 cents
How much profit does the average gas station owner make on a gallon of gas?
A About $4 B About 2% C 11 to 12 cents D 10 cents
The word ―so-called‖ is closest in meaning to _
A suggested B name C defined D commonly
named
The phrase ―in a good month‖ refers to _
A the profit of gas business B a period of time yielding profit
C a nice month D a month with soaring prices
The word ―shrink‖ is closest in meaning to _
A become smaller B decrease C booming D opposite
The word ―spokesman‖ is closest in meaning to _
A communicator B lecturer C sales manager D marketer
Which of the following could be inferred from the passage?
People are making profits from buying gas with higher prices
Gas station owners are making less money from selling gas with higher prices
Gas prices are higher due to lower fees of goods and services
Gas station owners want to sell less gas
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Counter-arguments from credit card companies
Profits of other gasoline station managers
Spokesman Jeff Lenard
Roaring prices of goods and services
Read the passage and choose the best answer
Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales
and growth, may soon face yet another threat - moves to limit business hours and
close the stores late at night The prefecture of Saitama, which borders Tokyo,
may follow in the footsteps of the western city of Kyoto and urge convenience stores to close during late night hours in an effort to limit carbon dioxide emissions, Japanese media reported
Kyoto, a former capital, wants to persuade convenience and other 24-hour stores to close late at night so as to improve evening views of the city and cut down on energy use The Nikkei business daily said closures could last from 11 p.m to 7 a.m The move is strongly opposed by the industry, which fears a withering impact on an already troubled sector also grappling with the specter of a higher tobacco tax, which could hit overall sales
―Even if we only operate the stores for 16 hours, we can't stop the refrigerators,‖ said Toshiro Yamaguchi, the president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co, which is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, at a news conference in Saitama
on Tuesday He said such cuts in operating hours would reduce each store's profit
by 20 percent ―If this happens, our current business model will lose its foundation‖
Analysts said that while it is difficult to estimate the potential impact of the
move without a concrete plan, their overall impression was that it was likely to be
negative ―This could cut profits and lead to less efficient operations and the increased loss of opportunities," said Masafumi Shoda, an analyst at Nomura Securities "But it depends on the store - urban stores do better than others There
are some in the countryside that are inefficient‖
Some have suggested that if governments were sincere about reducing carbon emissions there were much more efficient methods, such as cutting back on the huge number of automatic vending machines
(©AFP 10/27/2008)
Which Japanese city was the first to try to limit convenience store hours?
A Saitama B Tokyo C Kyoto D Prefecture of Saitama
What’s the main goal behind the proposal?
A To give employees more free time B To limit carbon dioxide emissions
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The word ―lagging‖ is closest in meaning to _
A moving fast B straggling C efficient D
threatening
The word ―prefecture‖ is closest in meaning to _
A A district administered by a prefect B A land
How’s the convenience store sector doing in Japan?
A The article doesn't say B It’s doing great Business is booming
C Not very well D It depends
According to the article, which convenience stores are generally more successful?
A The ones in big cities B The small ones in the countryside
C The ones that sell alcohol D The big ones in the countryside
According to the convenience store industry, what impact would closing for the night have on the earnings of a typical store?
It could cause a 10% increase in sales
It could cause a loss of opportunities
It could cause a 20% decrease in profits
Its effect would be minimal People would simply shop earlier
The word ―it‖ refers to _
A potential impact B overall impression
C concrete plan D operation
Which of the following could be inferred from the passage?
The governments were not making effort in reducing carbon emissions
The governments were trying to cut down on automatic vending machines
Cutting back on the number of automatic vending machines maybe an efficient method
The people were not sincere about reducing carbon emissions
The word ―inefficient‖ refers to _
A capable B worse C better D ineffective
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PART 1: INTERVIEW
Tell me about yourself / family
Tell me about your hometown
What do you like/dislike about your job?
What do people in your hometown do in their free time?
Do you like travelling? Where in your hometown do you think people should visit?
How long have you been learning English?
What do you think is the most difficult aspect of English?
Do you have many friends? What do you do together in your free time?
PART 2: LONG TURN
TOPIC CARD 1
Describe a close friend
You should say: how long you have known this person
how you met
what kind of person he/she is
and explain why you like him/her
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What do you expect in a good friend?
Which are more important to you – your families or your friends?
Is it possible to make friends with people of the opposite sex?
FOR CANDIDATES
PART 2: LONG TURN
TOPIC CARD 1
Describe a close friend
You should say: how long you have known this person how you met
what kind of person he/she is
and explain why you like him/her