PRACTICE TEST 14
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 word.
Question 1: A. advertise B. similar C. outskirts D. attractive
Question 2: A. conscientious B. deteriorate C. provincial D. conspiracy
Question 3: A. documentary B. occupation C. competitive D. individual
Question 4: A. supplementary B. particular C. disastrous D. redundancy
Question 5: A. communicate B. instrumental C. mathematics D. accidental
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase to fill in the
blank in the following passage from 6 to 15.
Crime, as we are all aware, has been a growing problem all over the world in the last thirty years.
But we are not (6)______against crime. Much is being done to reverse the trend. You can play a part in it.
The first step towards preventing crime is understanding its(7)______. Most crime is against property,
not(8)______and most is not carried out by professionals; nor is it carefully planned. Property crime
(9)______on the easy opportunity. They are often (10)______by adolescents and young men, the majority
of whom stop offending as they grow older – the(11)______age for offending is fifteen. Also, and not
surprisingly, the (12)______of being a victim of crime(13)______greatly depending on where you live.
This (14)______by criminals on the easy opportunity is the (15)______to much crime prevention.
Question 6: A. unprepared B. weak C. powerless D. hopeless
Question 7: A. nature B. type C. reason D. method
Question 8: A. the public B. residents C. the victim D. citizens
Question 9: A. develop B. happen C. increase D. thrive
Question 10: A. performed B. done C. committed D. started
Question 11: A. top B. maximum C. peak D. major
Question 12: A. seriousness B. risk C. percentage D. rate
Question 13: A. varies B. adjusts C. adapts D. transforms
Question 14: A. seizing B. awareness C. reliance D. taking
Question 15: A. way B. answer C. key D. method
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the question from 16 to25.
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the

Question 21: The word “they” in the last sentence of paragraph 2 refers to
A. men B. forest creatures C. desert sounds D. desert creatures
Question 22: The word “emaciated” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A. unhealthy B. unmanageable C. cunning D. wild
Question 23: The author states that one characteristic of animals that live in the desert is that they
A. are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
B. live in an accommodating environment
C. can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
D. are less healthy than animals that live in different places
Question 24: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to
A. the forest animals B. the desert population
C. large animals D. water – loving animals
Question 25: Which of the following generalizations are supported by the passage?
A. Water is the basis of life
B. All living things adjust to their environments
C. Healthy animals live longer lives
D. Desert life is colorful
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the question from 26 to35.
For many year, scientists have speculated that the cataclysmic impact of an asteroid with the earth
was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs approximately 65 million years ago. Previous discoveries
and results have hinted that an asteroid two kilometers in diameter struck the Yucatan peninsula in
Eastern Mexico. This impact, stronger than one thousand nuclear explosions, is speculated to have cast a
cloud of dust and debris into the atmosphere, covering the entire surface of the earth and blocking out the
sun and consequently lowering the surface temperature of the earth.
With such a radical change in the earth’s environment, scientists believe that over 90% of all animal and
plant species were eradicated. Only after millions of years did plants and animals even begin to recover.
But, the reign of the dinosaurs had ended and the age of mammals had begun.
The crucial link that has held this theory together has been the element iridium. Iridium is not
commonly found on either the surface of the earth or inside the crust. It is more commonly found in

A. extremity B. dominance C. denial D. understanding
Question 32: The word “It” in line 10 refers to
A. Iridium B. Crust C. Earth D. Asteroid
Question 33: What does fourth paragraph of the passage mainly discuss?
A. The discovery of ancient fossils located far beneath the ocean floor
B. Recent discoveries that may confirm the asteroid impact hypothesis
C. The major processes that have created the Earth’s crust
D. The composition of the ocean floor in the Atlantic Ocean
Question 34: According to the passage, the iridium found beneath the ocean floor near Bermuda
A. originated from dinosaur remains
B. was chemically manufactured by miners
C. is similar to the iridium found on the Yucatan peninsula
D. can be refined into fossil fuels
Question 35: The paragraph following the passage probably discusses
A. Why dinosaurs lived where they did
B. Recent computer imagery of dinosaur movement
C. the possibility of a future asteroid impact
D. The relationship between volcanic activity and dinosaur extinction
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following sentence .
Question 36: Twenty years ago, this region produced twice as much coal as it does now.
A. Coal production in this region has doubled in the last twenty years.
B. Coal production in this region has been halved in the last twenty years.
C. More coal is produced now in this region than twenty years ago.
D. This region has produced more coal than twenty years ago.
Question 37: it / essential / that / child / same / educational opportunities.
A. It is essential that every child has the same educational opportunities.
B. It is essential that every child had the same educational opportunities
C. It is essential that every child should have the same educational opportunities.
D. It is essential that every child have the same educational opportunities

developing countries.
B. UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in
developing countries.
C. UNICEF provides a long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance for children and mothers
in developing countries.
D. UNICEF provides long-term human and development assistance for children and mothers in
developing countries.
Question 43: Jasmine exchanged the shoes for a different pair.
A. Jasmine returned the shoes and took a pair of trousers instead.
B. Because of a problem with the heel of the shoes Jasmine returned the shoes.
C. Jasmine took the shoes back to the store and got some different ones.
D. One of Jasmine’s shoes didn’t fit, so she returned them both.
Question 44: : Look out for those falling rocks.
A. Let’s look for falling rocks. B. Look out for the window at those falling rocks.
C. Don’t let those falling rocks hit you. D. Look for these falling rocks.
Question 45: Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
A. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye.
B. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye.
C. The meeting was disturbed as I left saying goodbye.
D. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 46: By the end of last March, I _____ English for five years.
A. have been studying B. will have been studying
C. had been studying D. will have studied
Question 47: You’d better stop spending money, _____ you will end up in debt
A. unless B. otherwise C. if D. in case
Question 48: I am sorry. I meant _____ to you, but I have been busy.
A. to write B. to have been writing C. to have written D. writing
Question 49: Ancient people believed that _____ with a sun and the moon rotating around it.

C. Yes, let us do it D. Is 6.30 all right?
Question 61: She _____ regretted having been so unkind.
A. awfully B. severely C. bitterly D. fully
Question 62: I find my boss difficult to work with. He is always _____ my idea.
A. critic B. criticism C. critical D. criticizing
Question 63: Alan and Sue _____ an argument. They are not speaking to each other.
A. must have B. must have had C. might have D. might had
Question 64: I don’t think she can get her massage _____ to the students. She seems too nervous.
A. around B .out C. across D. over
Question 65: Don’t lie! You ____ their phone ringing. They haven’t got a phone.
A. couldn’t have heard B. hadn’t heard C. can’t hear D. haven’t heard
Question 66: “Hi, Mary! What is going on?”
Nothing special, Mary. _____ with you?
A. Have you got something B. Nothing new C. Not much D. What’s up
Question 67: _____ we tried our best to complete it.
A. As though the homework was difficult B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. Difficult as the homework was D. Despite the homework was difficult
Question 68: Only when the ground is kept moist, _____ germinate.
A. will grass seeds B. grass seeds will C. does grass seeds D. grass seeds does
Question 69: A: “Do you know how old I am?” - B: “ _____”
A. Happy birthday B. I couldn’t help it C. Don’t mention it D. I haven’t a clue
Question 70: The higher the humidity, _____ people feel
A. the uncomfortable less B. the uncomfortable more
C. the most uncomfortable D. the more uncomfortable
Question 71: She would rather I _____ harder now.
A. studied B. studying C. be studying D. study
Question 72: Rarely ____ seen far from water.
A. are spotted turtles B. spotted turtles
C. have spotted turtles D. spotted turtles are
Question 73: Henry_____ a rich man today if he had been more careful in the past.