MOCK TEST 004

PART I. LISTENING (1.5 point)

Question 1: Listen and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR
A NUMBER for each answer. (1 point)
Holiday begins on (1)_________________
No more than (2)_________________ people in a cycling group
Each day, group cycles (3)_________________ on average
Some of the hotels have a (4)_________________
Holiday costs (5) £_________________ per person without flights
All food is included except (6)_________________
Essential to bring a (7)_________________
Discount on equipment at (8) www._________________.com
Possible that the (9)_________________ may change
Guided tour of a (10)_________________ is arranged

Question 2: You will hear a man talking on the radio about his job as an engineer.Listen and
choose the most suitable answers. (0.5 point)
1. When did Toby get a job with Atkins Engineering?
A. when he was a university student
B. as soon as he finished university
C. six months after he finished university
2. What is Toby working on at the moment?
A. a new motorway B. houses and flats C. a new airport
3. When Toby began working, he was surprised to spend so much time
A. talking to other people B. sitting in an office C. designing buildings
4. Young people often don’t choose engineering because they think
A. it’s hard to get a job B. it’s probably boring C. it’s not well paid
5. What is a disadvantage of the job for Toby?
A. He finds it difficult to take holiday
B. He can’t organize his spare time
C. He works too many hours
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PART II. PHONETICS (0.5 point)

Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (0.2 point)
1. A. bruises B. garages C. clothes D. pages
2. A. comfortable B. information C. resort D. opportunity
Your answers:
1. 2.

Question 2: Choose the word that has the different stress pattern from the rest. (0.3 point)
1. A. expansion B. habitat C. endanger D. agreement
2. A. retain B. decrease C. technique D. desert
3. A. eliminate B. rhinoceros C. prehistoric D. environment
Your answers:

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 1. 2. 3.

PART III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (3.5 points)

Question 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (1.0 point)
1. My cousin’s main _______ for going abroad was his poor health.
A. need B. cause C. reason D. desire
2. What’s the point _______ here if you don’t have anything to tell them?
A. getting them come B. in getting them come
C. to get them come D. in getting them to come
3. _______, the examinees knew it was time to stop.
A. To have been heard the bell B. To hear the bell
C. Heard the bell D. Hearing the bell
4. It’s highly advisable that every effort _______ expenditure.
A. be made to reduce B. make to reduce
C. made to reduce D. is made to reduce
5. The _______ at the football match became violent when their team lost.
A. spectators B. viewers C. customers D. observers
6. You'd better cut _______ animal fat if you want to lower your cholesterol level.
A. down with B. down on C. out in D. off with
7. There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one. Television is _______.
A. the another B. another C. the other D. other
8. He’s determined to finish the job _______ long it takes.
A. whatever B. whenever C. no matter D. however
9. Remember to appreciate what your friends do for you. You shouldn’t take them _______.
A. as a rule B. as usual C. for granted D. out of habit
10. “________.” - “No. I can manage. Thank you.”
A. Let me carry the big bag for you.
B. Do you need their support?
C. Can you manage the job?
D. Can you give me a hand with this, please?
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 2: Choose the word that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part. (0.3 point)
1. In England, English, Math and Science are core subjects, which are compulsory in the national
examinations.
A. obligatory B. optional C. difficult D. important
2. When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you.
A. be related to B. be interested in
C. pay attention to D. express interest to
3. He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of the crime.
A. complain B. explain C. exchange D. change

Your answers:
1. 2. 3.

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Question 3: Choose the word that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined part. (0.2 point)
1. I must have a watch since punctuality is very important in my new job.
A. being courteous B. being cheerful C. being efficient D. being late
2. Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
A. busy with B. free from C. relaxed about D. interested in
Your answers:
1. 2.

Question 4: Give the correct form/ tense of the verbs in the brackets. (1 point)
Recently, a team of experts (1.arrive) _______ in Venice to save it from increasing flooding. A controversial
plan to construct a 70-gate barrier (2.give) _______ permission to go ahead. Once (3.construct) _______, this will be
raised whenever a high tide threatens to cover the city. Everyone (4.know) _______ for centuries that Venice
(5.sink) _______ further into the mud, but floods are becoming a regular nuisance. Rising sea levels (6.erode) _______
the salt marshes and mud banks between the city and the Adriatic. But there are fears about how the building of such a
barrier might affect the Venice lagoon, (7.make) _______ the famous foul-smelling canals even more stagnant.
(8.avoid) _______ making the situation worse, the experts (9.bring) _______ in equipments to analyze tidal flows,
marine plants and sediment deposits and then suggest ways to prevent the city from becoming the first victim of global
warming and rising sea levels. But global warming (10.expect) _______ to add at least half meter to the sea level this
century, the situation is bound to deteriorate.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 5: Give the correct form of the words in the brackets. (1 point)
Historically, Mars was thought to be the most likely planet to habour life. There is a range of
such (1.believe) ______ in popular culture as expressed in literature, radio and films. Public fascination
with Martians began in the late 19th century when astronomer Giovanni reported (2.observe) ______ of
large channels on Mars in 1887. In 1897, Well’s War of the World was the first major work to explore
the (3.conceive) ______ of the “extraterrestrial invader” and exerted a substantial influence on the
public psyche. A few years later, even (4.knowledge) ______ astronomers such as Lowell seriously
advocated the (5.possible) _______of life forms as described in his book Mars as the Adobe life.
Consequently, Mars began to take a special place in popular culture around the turn of the 20th century,
continuing until today. However, this does not (6.little) ______ the unique role of Mars in the history of
science. Specifically, the (7.document) ______ of the movement of Mars by Kepler led to the formation
of his three laws of (8.planet) ______ motion which shattered notions of astronomy and laid the
foundations for the (9.dicover) ______ of Newton. Like no other planets, Mars has left (10.replace)
______ marks on human imagination and thought.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART IV. READING (2.5 points)

Question 1: Read the passage and choose the best answers to the following questions. (1 point)
Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around
them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human voice will be
different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a
person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant
notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of

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utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between
syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon, these differences in adult stress and
intonation can influence babies' emotional states and behavior. Long before they develop actual
language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or
terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of
adult speech.
Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues.
One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six
languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed
certain sounds into baby talk. Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are
only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words. They also
exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.
More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is
observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds. In other words,
babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are
necessary if they are to acquire aural language.
Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will
listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding. For babies,
language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults.

1. Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraph 2?
A. The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak.
B. Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.
C. Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending aural language.
D. Babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a
single language.
2. According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot
understand them?
A. They can remember them easily. B. They focus on the meaning of their parents' word.
C. They understand the rhythm. D. They enjoy the sound.
3. The passage mentions all of the followings as the ways adults modify their speech when talking to
babies EXCEPT______________.
A. speaking more loudly than normal B. speaking with shorter sentences
C. giving all words equal emphasis D. using meaningless sounds
4. The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. stimulating B. divided C. different D. surrounding
5. The word "They" refers to ______________.
A. mothers B. investigators C. words D. babies
6. Why does the author mention "a bell and a rattle"?
A. To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like.
B. To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds.
C. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds
D. To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry.
7. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
B. How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
C. The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language
D. How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language
development
8. The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. leave out B. explain C. repeat D. stress
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9. What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire language?
A. Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds.
B. Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions.
C. Babies begin to understand words in songs.
D. Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults.
10. The word "noted" is closest in meaning to______________.
A. requested B. observed C. disagreed D. theorized
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 2: Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank. (1 point)
History is full of inventions that looked good at the time, but whichnobody wanted to buy. New
ideas may fail for one of several reasons.Firstly, there are those which do not (1) _______ work very
wellwhen put to the test. Then, there are the ideas which are good in themselves,but which do not fulfill
a real (2) _______ .In other words, people can (3) _______ without them, so do not buy them. A third
group arethose which are too expensive to manufacture. But noneof these reasons explains why, in the
1990s, no new technology was (4) _______ in replacing the compact disc as the means of
packagingrecorded music.
The 1990s was a period of rapid technological change,particularly in the area of electronic (5)
_______for the home. During this time,a number of alternative technologies were invented that could
have replaced the CD, but none of them (6)_______ on. The new ideas worked, were not (7) _______ to
make and would have provided consumers with (8)_______ qualityrecordings. Despite all this, few
people bought them.And this can only be explained by the (9) _______ that peoplewho hadinvested in
CD players and discs of their favorite music did not thinkthe improvement in quality on (10) _______
was great enough to make itworth the effort and expense of changing.
1. A. hopefully B. truthfully C. carefully D. actually
2. A. like B. need C. wish D. want
3. A. be B. make C. do D. have
4. A. profitable B. rewarded C. successful D. attempted
5. A. supplies B. machinery C. appliance D. equipment
6. A. kept B. held C. caught D. took
7. A. cheaply B. costly C. dearly D. hardly
8. A. broader B. greater C. further D. higher
9. A. fact B. answer C. reason D. response
10. A. production B. demand C. offer D. available
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3: Read 5 reviews about some recently released computer games.
Choose the most suitable headings from the list A - E below for each review paragraph. (0.5 point)
A. Beat your opponents in this strategy game
B. High speed skills
C. Search and destroy
D. Show off your knowledge and beat your opponents
E. Don’t waste your money on this game

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 1. This is an action game set far in the future in outer space. The story begins after a nuclear
explosion where most of the world has been destroyed in a war between the superpowers. The plot is
rather illogical. The only people to survive are you and a group of vicious aliens, who seem determined
to find and kill you. The action takes place in an underground world of tunnels and caves deep under the
Earth’s surface. This is a first-person game where you have to first find the aliens and then try to shoot
them with your laser gun. It’s not a very original idea and the graphics tend to be poor quality in places.
However, the action is exciting and the scenery is unusual for a game like this. I would recommend it
for those days when you want to relax after a hard day's work.
2. This is the latest release from Star games. It’s called ‘Wall Street Madness’ and it is all about
the world of corporate finance. This is one you will enjoy playing with your friends or against the
computer-controlled players. Each player starts the game with $500,000 to invest in fictitious companies
on the stock market. Be careful, as the value of stocks and shares seems to rise and fall unpredictably
depending on the day’s trading. You have to think carefully what to invest in and when to sell your
shares. The bottom of the screen has a complicated menu where you can read economic forecasts or get
conflicting advice from your team of experts. The object of the game is to buy up all your opponents'
stock and sell it for the highest prices before the market crashes. Great fun and a very interesting game if
you like strategy games.
3. This is another racing simulation game in the series. You are strapped in to the front seat of a
high-powered rally car. There are lots of different skill levels from beginner to expert. You gain points
at each stage of the rally and the overall winner is the driver with most points at the end of all the races.
If you like racing simulations, you’ll like this game a lot. There are lots of different cars to choose from
and the sound effects and graphics are extremely realistic. ‘Rally Car 2’ is a lot better than the earlier
version.
4. The object of this game is to score as many points as possible by answering questions about
world geography. It is a multi-player game and you move from country to country until you have
answered all the questions correctly. If you get the answer wrong you are moved back to the previous
location. The feature I most liked was the links section, which automatically connected to a relevant web
site whenever you answered the question wrongly. The only drawback was having to disconnect from
the web to get back to the game. As an educational game it is superb and I’m sure it will be popular with
geography teachers and parents everywhere.
5. This is yet another football simulation game, ‘Soccer 2001’. The problem is it feels very dated
now. The way players move is totally unrealistic. They are difficult to control and I found it almost
impossible to score a goal. The graphics are very bad, too. I dislike the way the players all look like
robots and the crowd are all wearing the same clothes! Worst of all, the game makers are not allowed to
use the names of real players so they have made up lots of really stupid names. This is the worst game to
be released this month. I would say that it’s better to save your money and go and kick a real ball around
instead.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

PART V: WRITING (2 points)

Question 1: Rewrite the sentences beginning with the given words or phrases so that their
meanings stay the same. (0.5 point)
1. Her disappointment was such that she started to cry.
She felt so____________________________________________________________
2. There is rumour that the famous spy escaped to Russia.
The famous spy________________________________________________________
3. The deadline for the completed application form is on Friday.
Completed application form must__________________________________________
4. I don’t think he can work out the answer to the problem in 30 seconds.

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 I doubt ______________________________________________________________
5. She never finishes work on time despite her hard work.
No matter ____________________________________________________________

Question 2: Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that their meanings stay the same. Do
not change the given words. (0.5 point)
1. The new car park is not supported by residentsin the building. (object)
____________________________________________________________________
2. The boy was asked to leave the school for bad behavior. (expelled)
____________________________________________________________________
3. The police don’t know where the stolen car is. (idea)
____________________________________________________________________
4. I’m sure the person who made fun of you was silly. (must)
____________________________________________________________________
5. He was very influential in inspiring students to pursue their dream. (influence)
____________________________________________________________________

Question 3: Essaywriting (1 point)

Some parents say their chidren should go to school by bicycle instead of electric bike for
the benefit of their health and safety. What is your opinion?
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relevant examples and explanations. You must not add your personal information.
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