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PRACTICE TEST 28

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following questions:
Question 1. A. bacteria B. dangerous C. government D. interesting.
Question 2. A. accompany B. responsible C. environment D. parliament.
Question 3. A. accomplish B. establish C. abolish D. acronym
Question 4. A. companion B. comfortable C. compliment D. competence
Question 5. A. mechanic B. memorial C. mechanism D. machine

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
Question 6. Children’s games, which are amusements involve more than one individual,
A
appear to be culturally universal.
B C D
Question 7. When I came back I realized that my camera had been disappeared
A B C D
Question 8. If either of you take a vacation now, we won’t be able to finish this work.
A B C D
Question 9. Computers have made access to information instantly available just by push a few buttons.
A B C D
Question 10. Among the world’s 44 richest countries, there has been not war since 1945.
A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11.________ poor results but also may cause accidents.
A. Haste does not only produce B. Haste had not only produced
C. Haste not only produces D. Haste produces not only.

Question 18. When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high
A. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
C. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
D. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate
Question 19. Mary would rather see more historic sights than go dancing.
A. Mary would like to see historic sights and go dancing.
B. Mary likes historic sights when she can not go dancing.
C. Mary would prefer to see more historic sights rather than go dancing.
D. Mary had better see more historic sights
Question 20. Many people argue that most UFO sightings are caused by unusual weather conditions.
A. According to many people, unusual weather conditions cause most UFO sightings.
B. Many people argue that most UFO sightings are forecast by unusual weathermen
C. Many people argue that most UFO sightings resulted in unusual weather forecast.
D. Many people argue that most UFO sightings resulted unusual weather forecast.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 21. It seemed an impossible task at times, but we carried on_____.
A. regardless B. despite C. in spite D. in spite of
Question 22. He thought the talk was fascinating. His friend, _______, fell asleep halfway through it.
A. although B. but C. however D. therefore
Question 23. Have you really got no money _______the fact that you've had a part-time job this term?
A. although B. in spite of C. because of D. in case
Question 24. The doctor gave the patient ________ examination to discover the cause of his collapse.
A. a thorough B. a whole C. an exact D. a universal
Question 25. Her book is about the _______between women and men.
A. unequality B. disequality C. inequality D. non-equality
Question 26. This section of the car park is _______for visitors.
A. private B. reserved C. given D. put

A. Ф/ Ф B. Ф/ The C. a/ The D. The/ Ф
Question 39. ________ at his lessons, still he couldn’t catch up with his classmates.
A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does D. Hard as he was
Question 40. “How long is the seminar?”
“________knowledge, it takes about three hours.”
A. To my best B. To the best of my C. In my best of D. In my best
Question 41. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she ________one before.
A. had never seen B. has never seen C. never sees D. never had seen
Question 42. Last week, my professor promised that he ________today.
A. would come B. will come C. comes D. coming
Question 43. He fell over while skiing and my sister had to ________a doctor.
A. bring B. take C. fetch D. carry
Question 44. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I________
A. will finish B. will finish C. will have finished D. have finished
Question 45. Not until ________ home ________ that he had taken someone else's bike.
A. he got/ he realized B. he got/ did he realize
C. did he get/ he realized D. he got/ he did realize
Question 46. He was ________ teacher!
A. how good a B. so good a C. so a good D. what a good
Question 47. “This is not a good essay”, said the lecturer. “I find your arguments ________”
A. convincing B. convincingly C. unconvincing D. unconvincingly
Question 48. There are many ways ________to Rome
A. is leading B. are leading C. leading D. led
Question 49. What chemical is this? It is ________ a horrible smell.
A. giving down B. giving off C. giving up D. giving out
Question 50. I got impatient waiting for my turn to _________.
A. go out B. set out C. come out D. work out

Put a suitable word in the blank by marking the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

In this era of increased global warming and diminishing fossil fuel supplies, we must begin to
put a greater priority on harnessing alternative energy sources. Fortunately, there are a number of
readily available, renewable resources that are both cost–effective and "earth – friendly". Two such
resources are solar power and geothermal power.
Solar energy, which reaches the earth through sunlight, is so abundant that it could meet the
needs of worldwide energy consumption 6,000 times over. And solar energy is easily harnessed
through the use of photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. In the US alone, more than
100, 000 homes are equipped with solar electric systems in the form of solar panels or solar roof tiles.
And in other parts of the world, including many developing countries, the use of solar system is
"growing steadily".
Another alternative energy source, which is abundant in specific geographical areas, is
geothermal power, which creates energy by tapping heat from below the surface of the earth. Hot
water and steam that are trapped in underground pools are pumped to the surface and used to run a
generator, which is produces electricity. Geothermal energy is
50, 000 times more abundant than the entire known supply of fossil fuel resources. And as with solar
power, the technology needed to utilize geothermal energy is fairly simple. A prime example of
effective geothermal use in Iceland, a region of high geothermal activity where over 80 percent of
private homes are heated by "geothermal power".
Solar and geothermal energy are just two of promising renewable alternatives to conventional
energy sources. The time is long overdue to invest in the development and use of alternative energy on
"global scale".
Question 61. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The benefits of solar and wind power over conventional energy sources.
B. How energy resources are tapped from nature.
C. Two types of alternative energy sources that should be further utilized.
D. Examples of the use of energy sources worldwide.
Question 62. According to the passage, why should we consider using alternative energy sources?
A. Because fossil fuels are no longer available.
B. Because global warming has increased the amount of sunlight that reaches the earth.
C. Because they are free and available worldwide.

D. It is 80 times more effective than traditional forms of energy.
Question 69. What does the author imply about alternative energy sources?
A. Many different types of alternative energy sources exist.
B. Most alternative energy sources are too impractical for private use.
C. Alternative energy is too expensive for developing countries to produce.
D. Solar and geothermal energy are the effective forms of alternative power
Question 70. What best describes the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To warn people about the hazards of fossil fuel use.
B. To describe the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energy use.
C. To convince people of the benefits of developing alternative energy sources.
D. To outline the problems and solutions connected with global warming.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 71 to 80.
Fish that live on the sea bottom benefit by being flat and hugging the contours. There are two
very different types of flatfish and they have evolved in very separate ways. The skates and rays,
relatives of the sharks, have become flat in what might be called the obvious way. Their bodies have
grown out sideways to form great “wings”. They look as though they have been flattened but have
remained symmetrical and “the right way up”. Conversely, fish such as plaice, sole, and halibut have
become flat in a different way. There are bony fish which have a marked tendency to be flattened in a
vertical direction; they are much “taller” than they are wide. They use their whole, vertically flattened
bodies as swimming surfaces, which undulate through the water as they move. Therefore, when their
ancestors migrated to the seabed, they lay on one side than on their bellies- However, this raises the
problem that one eye was always looking down into the sand and was effectively useless – In
evolution this problem was solved by the lower eye “moving” around the other side. We see this
process of moving around enacted in the development of every young bony flatfish. It starts life
swimming near the surface, and is symmetrical and vertically flattened , but then the skull starts to
grow in a strange asymmetrical twisted fashion, so that one eye, for instance the left, moves over the
top of the head upwards, an old Picasso- like vision. Incidentally, some species of 20 flatfish settle on
the right side, others on the left, and others on either side.

A. average B. weak C. excellent D. variable
Question 80. It can be inferred from the passage that the early life of a flatfish is:
A. often confusing B. pretty normal C. very difficult D. full of danger.