Advanced practice test 3

SECTION A: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I.Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
11. When the storm prevented the climbers from reaching the top of the mountain, they were _____
disappointed.
A. bitterly B. savagely C. stormily D. angrily …………
12. The woman was _____ from hospital only a week after her operation.
A. discharged B. expelled C. evicted D. ejected …………
13. Thanks for lending me your umbrella; it really came in _____.
A. used B. handy C. handful D. needy …………
14. James never shows his emotions; no matter what happens, he always keeps a stiff upper _____.
A. mouth B. head C. eye D. lip …………
15. That flowers are _____ everywhere is a sign of Spring.
A. going overB. coming out C. taking over D. breaking out …………
16. Let your younger brother talk first, _____?
A. will you B. would you C. shall we D. did you …………
17. - Waiter: "Can I get you anything else?" - David: "_____"
A. I'll pay for what I have eaten.B. Could I have a look at the dessert menu? …………
C. Thanks for serving us so well. D. Is it cheap or expensive?
18. Cable TV revolutionized communications. _____, the very existence of that service is now threatened by
satellites.
A. Moreover B. Consequently C. Eventually D. However …………
19. Your new car must have cost _____.
A. an eye B. the earth C. a bank D. a leg …………
20. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave was completely explored in 1972 _____.
A. was when its full extent realized B. its full extent was realized …………
C. was its full extent realized D. the realization of its extent was full

II.Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
1. Barack Obama is the first President of the United States with …………………… background. (RACE)
2. It would be morally …………………… for her to desert her father now. (DEFEND)
3. One room contained a gallery of paintings …………………… great moments in baseball history.
(MEMORY)
4. The water from the stream should be …………………… before use. (PURE)
5. When I complained about how long we’d had to wait for our food, the waiter took away the bill and
…………………… returned without the service charge. (SMILE)
6. There is not much …………………… for tall vehicles to pass under this bridge. (CLEAR)
7. Our efforts to persuade her proved …………………… - she didn't come! (FRUIT)
8. My seven-year-old son had new shoes in April, but he’s already …………………… them.
(GROW)
9. This dictionary has achieved international recognition as a(n) …………………… reference book
for English learners. (DISPENSE)
10. Her most attractive quality is her almost constant …………………… . (CHEER)

III.Complete each of the following sentences with the correct tense or form of a phrasal verb below.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
come across try out take to look out for crack down on
check back with run down bear up get off bring round
1. Can you guess who I …………………… while I was in Italy?
2. The lady …………………… the bus, walked toward the shop and entered it.
3. It is highly recommended that you replace the batteries before they completely ……………………. .
4. He didn’t like the plan at first, but we managed to ………………… him ……………. .
5. She has a very pleasant manner. I’m sure the children will …………………… her at once.
6. The car’s in quite good condition, but you can ………………… it …………… before you make any decision
to buy.
7. Before you finish this project, …………………… your supervisor for further instructions.
8. The police decided to …………………… drug offenders, and staged a number of early morning raids.
9. Tourists have been warned to …………………… pickpockets in the town centre.
10. I think he will …………………… well under the strain of losing his job.

IV. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the
corresponding
numbered boxes on the answer sheet. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
Example: 0. Line 1. health → healthy
Line
1 “A healthy mind lives in a health body" is a saying that is believed having often been used by the
2 antique Greeks. Thousands of years later, the same idea still applies. According to health experts, it’s
3 advice to drink eight to ten glasses of water every day. However, water themselves is not enough; a
4 balanced diet is essential, too.
5 A healthy body naturally is the result of doing exercise. Many people, therefore, do not like gyms and
6 object to go there for different reasons. Some, for instance, say that aerobic sessions are too difficult
7 following while others claim that gyms are just too expensive. Many people also claim that they have
8 difficulty in find time to exercise because of their hectic lifestyle, but the truth is that everyone can do a
9 few time every now and then.
10 Regard of the way people choose to exercise, it is important to remember that there’s no point in doing
11 it only for a short period of time.

SECTION B: READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct option to fill in each of the blanks from 21 to 30.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
Last year Gladys Kalema became the Ugandan Wildlife Service's chief and the only vet after (21) …………… from
the Royal Veterinary College in London. She was the first person to fill the post for 30 years and at the age of 26,
easily the youngest.
If Gladys did nothing else, caring for the world's (22) …………… population of 650 gorillas would alone justify her
wages. Since the 1970s, gorillas have (23) …………… severely from war and poaching. Now for $150 each, tourists
can be led through the forest and come within five meters of gorillas – no closer, for (24) …………… of transmitting
diseases such as measles and flu.
The gorillas here make a small but viable population. (25) …………… in the national parks, the usual animals,
elephants, rhinos, giraffes are either not there or present in insignificant numbers which are dangerously out of (26)
…………… with the creatures around them. If Uganda stays calm, wildlife may, in (27) ……………, return by itself.
But Gladys believes the country cannot wait. Animals must be brought in to swell tourism and provide (28)
…………… to expand her work.
Despite her difficulties, Gladys feels more useful and fulfilled than she would be anywhere else. "At this moment, my
friends from vet schools are finding the best way to (29) …………… a cat or a dog, and here I am, planning to
translocate elephants. In a small (30) ……………, I am part of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of my country."
21. A. leaving B. qualifying C. graduating D. passing …………
22. A. living B. surviving C. continuing D. lasting …………
23. A. endured B. harmed C. died D. suffered …………
 24. A. risk B. fear C. fright D. danger …………
25. A. Somewhere B. Anywhere C. Elsewhere D. Nowhere …………
26. A. balance B. relation C. comparison D. equality …………
27. A. terms B. years C. ages D. time …………
28. A. figures B. funds C. accounts D. savings …………
29. A. treat B. prescribe C. heal D. operate …………
A. means B. manner C. method D. way …………
II.Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on the answer
sheet. (5 pts)
In the 21st century food will do more than just you feed you. A new range of products appearing on shelves in shops
and supermarkets (1) …………… designed to give you specific health benefits. (2) …………… demands of modern
life make these foods very attractive. Not only do they provide proven ways to improve health, but they are also very
attractive as a quick and convenient way of (3) …………… sure we enjoy a healthy diet.
In some countries it is already possible to buy crisps that make you feel (4) …………… depressed, chewing gum that
increases your brain power and tea that helps you (5) …………… over the tiredness associated (6) …………… long-
distance air travel. In the future, experts expect that biscuits will keep you healthy, and hot chocolate drink will give
you strong bones.
(7) …………… these “functional” foods cannot replace a balanced diet and regular exercise, they can help the body
perform at (8) …………… best most of the time. At present, these foods are more expensive than other foods, but
that is due to the ingredients they (9) …………… of and the way they are made. All the foods contain probiotics (10)
…………… increase the number of “good” bacteria in your stomach, helping to keep your digestive system healthy.
III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 45.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
In Death Valley, California, one of the hottest, most arid places in North America, there is much salt, and salt can
damage rocks impressively. Inhabitants of certain areas, where streets and highways are salted to control ice, are
familiar with the resulting rust and deterioration on cars. That attests to the chemically corrosive nature of salt, but it
is not the way salt destroys rocks. Salt breaks rocks apart principally by a process called crystal prying and wedging.
This happens not by soaking the rocks in salt water, but by moistening their bottoms with salt water. Such conditions
exist in many areas along the eastern edge of central Death Valley. There, salty water rises from the groundwater
table by capillary action through tiny spaces in sediment until it reaches the surface.
Most stones have capillary passages that suck salt water from the wet ground. Death Valley provides an ultra-dry
atmosphere and high daily temperatures, which promote evaporation and the formation of salt crystals along the
cracks or other openings within stones. These crystals grow as long as salt water is available. Like tree roots
breaking up a sidewalk, the growing crystals exert pressure on the rock and eventually pry the rock apart along
planes of weakness, such as banding in metamorphic rocks, bedding in sedimentary rocks, or preexisting or incipient
fractions, and along boundaries between individual mineral crystals or grains. Besides crystal growth, the expansion
of halite crystals (the same as everyday table salt) by heating and of sulfates and similar salts by hydration can
contribute additional stresses. A rock durable enough to have withstood natural conditions for a very long time in
other areas could probably be shattered into small pieces by salt weathering within a few generations.
The dominant salt in Death Valley is halite, or sodium chloride, but other salts, mostly carbonates and sulfates, also
cause prying and wedging, as does ordinary ice. Weathering by a variety of salts, though often subtle, is a worldwide
phenomenon. Not restricted to arid regions, intense salt weathering occurs mostly in salt-rich places like the
seashore, near the large saline lakes in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, and in desert sections of Australia, New
Zealand, and central Asia.
30. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The destructive effects of salt on rocks B. The impressive salt rocks in Death Valley …………
C. The amount of salt produced in Death Valley D. The damaging effects of salt on roads and highways
31. The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to _____.
A. capillary action B. groundwater table C. salty water D. sediment …………
32. The word "exert" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. reduce B. put C. replace D. control …………
33. In paragraph 2, why does the author compare tree roots with growing salt crystals?
 A. They both force hard surfaces to crack. B. They both grow as long as water is available.
…………
C. They both react quickly to a rise in temperature. D. They both cause salty water to rise from the
groundwater table.
34. The author mentions “the expansion of halite crystals … by hydration" in order to _____.
A. present an alternative theory about crystal growth …………
B. explain how some rocks are not affected by salt
C. simplify the explanation of crystal prying and wedging
D. introduce additional means by which crystals destroy rocks
35. The word "durable" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. large B. strong C. flexible D. pressured …………
36. The word "shattered" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. broken apart B. dissolved C. arranged D. gathered together …………
37. The word "dominant" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. most recent B. most common C. least available D. least damaging …………
38. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the effects of salts on rocks?
A. Only two types of salts cause prying and wedging. …………
B. Salts usually cause damage only in combination with ice.
C. A variety of salts in all kinds of environments can cause weathering.
D. Salt damage at the seashore is more severe than salt damage in Death Valley.
39. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about rocks found in areas where ice is common?
A. They are protected from weathering. B. They do not allow capillary action of water. …………
C. They contain more carbonates than sulfates. D. They show similar kinds of damage as rocks in Death
Valley.

SECTION C: WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the original one.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
1. It was impossible to get back home then because of the snow.
There
2. Mrs. Taylor regretted buying the second-hand washing-machine.
Mrs. Taylor wished
3. You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong.
So long
4. Anne is proud of her ability to speak five languages fluently.
Anne prides
5. She can’t stand being questioned about her past.
She hates