THE CORPORATION FOR FINANCING AND
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ENGLISH TEST
Time allowed: 60 minutes
50 questions
Part 1
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which word or phrase best fits each space.
Choose your answers from the listed words at the bottom of the page and write them in boxes
1-15 on your answer sheet. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Intelligence Tests
School exams are, (0) generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how
much knowledge we have (1) …. . But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all,
isn’t it a (2) …. that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (3) ….
sense?
Intelligence is the speed (4) …. which we can understand and (5) …. to new situation and it is
usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing (6) …. computer
technology that will be able to ‘read’ our brains, (7) …. tests are still the most popular ways of
measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is their intelligence (8) …. it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ
tests are (9) …. by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1946 it
(10) …. 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide,
(11) …. in the US.
People taking the tests are judged in (12) …. to an average score of 100, and those who score
over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (13) …. at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age
of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them
if (14) …. enough time. But that’s the problem- the whole (15) …. of the tests is that they’re
against the clock.
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Mobile Phones
The next generation of telephone users will laugh when we explain
how we used to stand next to a wall in the kitchen to make a phone
call. Mobile communications already highly advanced compared with
a decade ago, will completely alter communications in the next few
years. Though there are millions of people using mobile phones most
people know little about the mobile communications industry and
its tecnology. There are three types of mobile phone. These are hand
portables mobiles and transportables. The smallest and most popular
are the pocket-sized hand portables. These work on rechargeable
batteries, which allow an average of up to 80 minute’s conversation.
Mobiles are fited permanently in a vehicle, so do not rely on
separate batteries. They require an external aerial on the vehicle.
This can mean a stronger signal with clearer speech. Transportables
have a hight power capability and can be used almost anywhere.
They come with a powerful battery pack for longer, continuos use
and may also be put into a vehicle, using it’s electrics. They tend
to be bulkier than hand portable. Which ever type people use, there
can be no doubt that mobile phones are becoming as commonplace in
everyday life in many countries as ordinary phones and that they have
transformed communications.
Part 3
Walk on the Dark Side
( Mike Thomson reports on a disturbing phenomenon- sleepwalking)
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Dangerous as well as embarrassing, sleepwalking remains a mystery while its results

unhurt and still asleep.’
In another instance a Birmingham woman poured hot water over herself while she was
sleepwalking. She was convinced that her house was filling up with ice.
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Trying to find the root cause of the problem of why people sleepwalk is not
straightforward. There are several sleep laboratories and clinics around the country, but most
concentrate on treating more common complaints such as snoring or insomnia.
To see a specialist you will need to be referred by your own doctor, who may first try
you on sleeping pills. These work by temporarily stopping the body entering the phase of sleep
which accompanies sleepwalking, but their addictive nature means they are only a short-term
solution.
I- Choose from the sentence A-H the one which best fits each gap 32-37 in the article.
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. An example is given.
A Others include severe tiredness or the consumption of excess alcohol.
B When she woke up five hours later, she was covered in red marks.
C She did not realize that anything was wrong at first.
D She does not look forward to turning the lights out at night.
E This often leaves those specializing in sleepwalking understaffed and underfunded.
F In the majority of cases the experience is quite uneventful.
G It turned out that she had been making them in her sleep.
H It may seem amazing but all these kinds of things are possible.
II- Read between the lines and answer the following questions
38. Where do many of Janet Brierley’s friends live?

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