PRACTICE TEST 6.

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A. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
I. Listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements about it are True (T) or False (F).
Write your answers (T/F) in the column on the right. (2 points)
STATEMENTS ANSWERS
1. The Pomodoro Technique is a system to help manage your time.
2. The technique was invented in 1918
3. Peter becomes a good student thanks to this technique.
4. Workers cannot use the technique.
5. The technique is easy to use.
6. You need to break down your tasks into smaller sessions.
7. When you are ready to start, you set the timer to 35 minutes.
8. One 25-minute session is called a 'pomodoro'.
9. You shouldn't stay in the same place during the break.
10. After each "pomodoro", you have a long break.

II. Listen and fill in a blank with ONE word you hear from the recording. Write your answers in the table
below. (2 points)
Hello. I’m Stephen Mills. I will travel with you on the Tiger Tour to India, but I’m not your tour guide. I
work as an (1) __________ and I’m going to take some photographs of tigers so that I can use them when I paint
some pictures later. An (2) __________ guide will join the group when we arrive in India, but I’m leading the
group until then. We leave London on the (3) __________ of November, arriving in India the following day. It’s a
good time of year to visit the wildlife park where the tigers live. The rainy season finishes in October. And later in
the year, the park gets more (4) __________ and the tigers become shy. We’ll spend ten days in the wildlife park.
There are twenty other types of animal and three hundred types of bird to see as well as tigers. There are eighteen
of us altogether and everything is organised for our (5) __________ by the tour company. For example, although
we’re in the jungle, we won’t have to sleep in (6) __________! The hotels where we’ll stay are all very
comfortable. To be sure of seeing tigers, we’ll stay in two different parts of the wildlife park. We’ll spend three
days in the north, where we’ll travel around in an open truck, and the rest of the time in the south, where we’ll
travel around on (7) __________. That should be fun! On the way back to London, we have dinner and one night’s
(8) __________ and breakfast in the Indian capital, Delhi. There you can either go sightseeing or go shopping,
whichever you (9) __________. But please note that lunch is not provided on our day of (10) __________, as the
plane leaves at two in the afternoon. Now, if there are any questions …

B. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the
following questions. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (1 point)
1. A. gauge B. collage C. massage D. rouge
2. A. worthy B. mouths C. teethe D. cloth
3. A. kicked B. licked C. wicked D. picked
4. A. deter B. prefer C. infer D. wander
5. A. national B. dangerous C. natural D. financial

II. Choose the word whose stress is different from that of the rest in each of the following questions. Write
your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (1 point)
1. A. kindergarten B. destination C. mausoleum D. interference
2. A. outburst B. outcome C. outdoors D. outbreak
3. A. precast B. prescient C. presto D. pretty
4. A. engineer B. newspaper C. magazine D. questionnaire
5. A. argumentative B. simultaneous C. characteristic D. agricultural
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C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the
table below. (3.2 points)
1. It's a formal occasion, so we'll have to ________ to the nines - no jeans and pullovers.
A. try on B. dress C. wear D. put on
2. The party was so good that it continued on into the _________ hours.
A. many B. tiny C. early D. few
3. Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, _________ the low rainfall this year.
A. in view of B. with a view to C. regardless of D. irrespective of
4. She looks exhausted She could ________ a long holiday, I suppose.
A. do with B. pick up C. turn out D. go away
5. I wish you'd do the accounts. I don't have ________ for numbers.
A. a mind B. a heart C. a head D. a nerve
6. A good leader should not be conservative, but rather ________ to new ideas.
A. acceptable B. receptive C. permissive D. applicable
7. I came across an old friend while I was jogging in the park ________ day.
A. another B. other C. others D. the other
8. The room we rented was ________ furnished with only a double bed, a cupboard and several chairs.
A. lightly B. poorly C. sparsely D. thinly
9. _________, a bat sends out a series of signals, which bounce off any objects in its paths.
A. Once flying B. While it is flying C. When in flying D. When they are flying
10. Students should take part in campaigns ________ the natural environment.
A. organized to preserve B. which organize to conserve
C. organized protecting D. that organizes to protect
11. Janet was searching for a _________ for her grandfather's 70th birthday.
A. cheap clock white Japanese radio B. clock cheap white Japanese radio
C. cheap white Japanese clock radio D. white Japanese clock cheap radio
12. Why she quit her job and moved to a quiet small village seems weird, ________?
A. didn't she B. isn't it C. doesn't it D. doesn't she
13. When Mark saw the people in his new office, he realized that he knew ________.
A. them all B. all them C. all of they D. they all
14. They told me about the places ________ they saw in the visit to New York.
A. where B. which C. to which D. in where
15. Not having contained all the main points of the topic, ________ a low mark.
A. my presentation was given B. the teacher gave me
C. I was given D. I received
16. Many people read _______ New York Times newspaper to get informed with what is going on.
A. a B. the C. an D. no article

II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct forms. Write your answers in the table below. (1 point)
1. The giant redwood appears (flourish) ____ flourished_________ some 100 million years ago in northern forests
around the world.
2. I know you didn't want to upset me, but I'd sooner you (tell) ___ had told__________ me the whole truth
yesterday.
3. Here (go) _______goes______ the song that used to be a favorite of mine.
4. Officials say that few patients (infect) ___ have been infected__________ with the virus owing to the effective
vaccination they have had.
5. By the end of December this year, Frank (work) ____will have worked_________ in this company for seven
years, but he still needs more training and experience to get promoted.
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III. Choose the word or phrase that is SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each of the
following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below (0.4 point)
1. There was undoubtedly a great deal of truth in what he said.
A. certainly B. hardly C. surprisingly D. increasingly
2. The hospital grabbed the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
A. touched B. caught C. dominated D. did

IV. Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word/ phrase in each of the
following sentences. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the table below. (0.4 point)
1. Drivers are advised to get enough petrol because filling stations are few and far between on the highway.
A. easy to find B. difficult to access
C. unlikely to happen D. impossible to reach
2. His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a pianist. He has won a lot of prestigious
awards.
A. an advantage B. a hindrance
C. a shortcoming D. a disadvantage

V. Choose the underlined part that is not accurate and correct it. Write your answers in the table below. (1
point)
1. Please verify all the information on the application form is accurate to the best of your knowledge.

2. We educate our children as well as we can, because an educational -> educated population is the key to the
future.

3. David was in hot water with his teacher as he hasn't finished -> hadn’t finished an important project on
environmental pollution by the deadline.

4. About ten people helping -> ten people were helping us carry our belongings to a van parking outside when
there was a sudden crash which made us turn round to find the big mirror lying in pieces on the ground.

5. It is widely believed that in the near future, robots will be used to doing -> to do complex household chores like
cooking and babysitting

D. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the blanks. Write
your answers in the table below. (2 points)
NEW YEAR
New year celebrations date as far back as 2000 BC in Mesopotamia. Yet, the actual date has changed a
number of times. There was always a problem because New Year was (1) _________ by the movements of the Sun
and moon which allowed room for error. To (2) ___________ a long short story, it wasn’t until 1582, when the
calendar we use today was (3) ___________, that January 1st became New year’s Day in most cultures. Some
cultures, however, celebrate the New Year at various times, according to their calendar and religious traditions. (4)
____________, the Chinese celebrate it (5) ___________ the 21st of January and the 19th of February. In (6)
__________ with most of the world (7) ___________ celebrate at the beginning of the year, the Jewish people
celebrate it in September or early October.
In any case, the New Year is a festival occasion. Some people celebrate at home with no (8) ___________
of champagne, while (9) ____________ party on the streets, watching the fireworks that the city council may have
provided, others prefer night clubs, joining the long (10) ___________ of people waiting to get in and dance the
night away.
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1. A. calculated B. assumed C. supposed D. considered
2. A. break B. change C. cut D. turn
3. A. realized B. recognized C. known D. introduced
4. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. For example
5. A. within B. on C. between D. among
6. A. contrary B. opposite C. contrast D. difference
7. A. whom B. what C. who D. which
8. A. loss B. shortage C. absence D. scarce
9. A. other B. every C. others D. another
10. A. rows B. corridors C. queues D. aisles

II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question (2.0 points).
Georgia O’Keefe was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, in 1887. She studied art in Chicago and New York
from 1904 to 1908. Beginning as an advertising illustrator, she supported herself until 1918 by teaching in various
schools and colleges in Texas. After that date, she devoted herself entirely to painting. Her paintings were first
exhibited in 1916 at “291”, an experimental art gallery in New York City owned by Alfred Steiglitz, which
was frequented by some of the most influential artists of the time. O’Keefe married Steiglitz in 1924.
O’Keefe’s early paintings were mostly abstract designs. In the 1920s she produced depictions of flowers
and precise cityscapes of New York City. Whether painting flowers or buildings, she captured their beauty by
intuitively magnifying their shapes and simplifying their details.
O’Keefe’s style changed dramatically in 1929 during a visit to New Mexico. She was enchanted by the
stark but beautiful landscapes under the bright Southwestern sun, and she then adopted her characteristic style.
Thereafter, she most often painted desert landscapes, often with the blanched skull of a longhorn in the foreground.
O’Keefe’s paintings were exhibited annually at several New York galleries until 1946, and she is
represented in the permanent collections of most major American museums. In her later years, she settled in Taos,
New Mexico, becoming the dean of Southwestern painters and one of the best known of American artists.
1. What is the purpose of the writer when writing this passage?
A. To give the highlights of Georgia O'Keefe's abstract style.
B. To discuss the early career of an important American artist.
C. To briefly introduce the career of an important American artist.
D. To inform readers of the change in Georgia O'Keefe's style of painting.
2. The phrase "that date" in the first paragraph refers to ________.
A. 1887 B. 1908 C. 1916 D. 1918
3. According to the passage, Georgia O'Keefe received her formal art training in ________.
A. Texas B. Taos, New Mexico
C. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin D. Chicago and New York
4. The word "frequented" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A. founded B. supported C. favored D. visited
5. Which of the followings had the greatest influence on changing O'Keefe's style of painting?
A. New Mexico's weather B. Meeting influential artists
C. A trip to New Mexico D. The blanched skull of a longhorn
6. Which of the followings often appeared in O'Keefe's pictures after 1929?
A. the foreground B. a body part of an animal
C. abstract patterns D. the bright Southwestern sun
7. The word "permanent" in the last paragraph means _________.
A. long-lasting B. important C. short-term D. extensive
8. It can be inferred from the passage that, in her later years, O'Keefe ________.
A. continued to be successful B. returned to New York City
C. became a famous painter D. taught painting in the Southwest
9. The word "their" in the second paragraph refers to _________.
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 A. precise cityscapes B. depictions
C. designs D. flowers and buildings
10. Which of the followings is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. The art gallery "291" belonged to O'Keefe's husband.
B. Georgia O'Keefe got married when she was in her early thirties.
C. After 1918 Georgia O'Keefe taught in various schools and colleges in Texas.
D. O'Keefe was bored with the landscapes under the bright Southwestern sun.

E. WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. (0.4 point)
1. You had better eat less sugary and fatty food. (INTAKE)
 You should reduce your intake of sugary and fatty food...................................................................
2. I don't think they are likely to carry out the plan to upgrade the old sports complex. (PRACTICE)
 I don’t think they are likely to put the plan to upgrade the old sports complex into practice...........

II. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. Use
the words given at the beginning of the sentences. (0.6 point)
1. The chances are that the operation will be successful.
 In all likelihood, the operation will be successful.............................................................................
2. His jealousy increases with his love for her.
 The more he loves her, the more jealous he becomes.......................................................................
3. Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1998 and 2005 caused the drop in the number of school
leavers.
 The drop in the number of school leavers was caused by the fall in the birth rate between 1998 and 2005,
according to experts................................................................................................................................
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III. It is obvious that our local environment is getting more and more polluted. As a student, what should
you do to protect it? You should write a paragraph of about 150 words. (3 points)
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