Dhbb-Practice Test 9
Dhbb-Practice Test 9
Dhbb-Practice Test 9
Part I: You will hear part of a conversation about self-drive tours in the USA between Andrea and a
travel agent. Listen and complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD for each answer. (10pts)
SELF-DRIVE TOURS IN THE USA
Name: Andrea &rown
Address: 24 1 ....................... Road
Postcode: BH5 2OP
Phone: (mobile) 077 8664 3091
Heard about company from: 2 .......................
Possible self-drive tours
Trip One:
Los Angeles: customer wants to visit some 3 ....................... parks with her children
Yosemite Park: customer wants to stay in a lodge, not a 4 .......................
Trip Two:
• Customer wants to see the 5 ....................... on the way to Cambria
At Santa Monica: not interested in shopping
At San Diego, wants to spend time on the beaches
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part II: You will hear an interview with a woman called Amy Martles, who works as a choreographer,
creating dance performances for live shows. For questions 1 - 5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which fits best according to what you hear. (10pts)
1. Amy traces her decision to become a choreographer back to
A. the advice of her first dance teacher.
B. her need to express herself through movement.
C. the emphasis placed on dance in her primary school.
D. her failure to reach a high level of sporting achievement.
2. Amy feels that, above all, a good choreographer is one who
A. remains in touch with the everyday feelings of dancers.
B. keeps dancers motivated during long tiring sessions.
C. has experience of appearing on stage as a dancer.
D. is able to join in with the dancing itself if necessary.
3. When she's creating a new dance, Amy
A. finds it easier to work directly with a composer.
B. prefers to be given clear constraints to work within.
C. keeps an open mind about how a piece might develop.
D. accepts that some of her ideas will prove to be unpopular.
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4. When asked about choosing dancers to work with, Amy says she
A. relies on the expertise top professionals bring to the creative process.
B. accepts the need to accommodate the feelings of sensitive people.
C. finds those with less experience an easier proposition.
D. likes to help those she has previously taught.
5. When she's working on a new production of a well-known piece, Amy
A. tries to build on the work of those who have gone before.
B. is aware of the need to update the ideas in a play.
C. is annoyed if people make unfair comparisons.
D. remains faithful to her usual guiding principles.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part III: For questions from 1-5, listen to a piece of news about Omicron – a new variant of
Coronavirus , and decide whether the following statements are True or False. Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 pts)
Information T F
1. Omicron comprises 2/5 of all corona virus patients in the UK.
2. On average, over 4.700 cases were reported everyday.
3. 10 unvaccinated people had been sent to hospitals.
4. Omicron’s syntom is milder than other Covid variants.
5. It’s scheduled that only vaccinated people are allowwed to be present in
certain public places.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part IV: You will hear a radio program about a day in the life of a television researcher. For questions
1-10, complete the sentences. (20pts)
TV Researcher
The subject that Rita studied first at university was (1)____________ .
Before getting her present job, Rita studied a subject called (2)___________ .
On the day she tells us about, the country where Rita was working was (3) __________ .
There were a total of (4) ________ people in Rita's team on that day.
The animal which Jamie had to photograph was a sort of (5) _______ .
The camera crew had to film Jamie as he climbed over the edge of a (6) __________ .
Rita's lunch consisted of sandwiches with (7) ________ inside.
Jamie had to hold a (8 ________ to help him see the crocodiles as he crossed a river.
A special light which the crew was using, known as a (9) _______ stopped working.
Rita says that Jamie looks really (10) ________ when you see him crossing the river on the program.
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part II. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. Write your
answers in the space provided. (10pts)
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1. You shouldn't pick .......................him just because he's different.
2. These statistics are too confusing. We need to break them ....................... into the four different seasons
of the year for a clearer picture.
3. Jan's good at keeping secrets, so you'll have to worm it ....................... her!
4. She was weighed ....................... – ....................... parcels.
5. I can hardly read this document. Go and blow it ....................... so it is at least twice the size.
6. Winter is coming. It's getting darker and the days are really starting to draw……..
7. We were walking through the woods when we chanced …………..a trap set by hunters.
8. He kept bothering her and finally she told him to cut it…..
9. No one can function properly if he or she is deprived ....................... adequate sleep.
10. How did you manage to sleep ....................... that thunderstorm?
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part III. The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and correct them. (10pts)
Line
1 The nucleus of a comet discovery in 2014 is the largest ever spotted.
2 The ―dirty snowball‖ in the center of comet C/2014 UN271 is about 120 kilometers across,
3 researchers report in the April 10 Astrophysical Journal Letters. That makes this comet —
4 also known as Bernardinelli-Bernstein, after its discoverers — about twice as wide as Rhode
5 Island, says David Jewitt, an astronomer at UCLA.
6 Though the comet is big — and vastly larger than Halley’s comet, which measured a little
7 more than 11 kilometers across — it will never be visible to the naked eye from Earth
8 because it’s too far away, Jewitt says. The object is now about 3 billion kilometer from Earth.
9 At its closest approach in 2031, the comet will come no closer to the sun than 1.6 billion
10 kilometers, about the same distance with Saturn.
11 Jewitt and colleagues sized on the comet with the help of new images from the Hubble Space
12 Telescope, combining with images taken by another team at far-infrared wavelengths. The
13 analysis also revealed that the comet’s nucleus reflect only about 3 percent of the light that
14 strikes it. That makes the object ―blacker than coal,‖ Jewitt says.
15 Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein takes about 3 million years to circle the sun in a highly elliptic
16 orbit. At its farthest, the comet may reach about half a light-year from the sun — about one-
17 eighth of the distance near the next nearest star.
18 The comet is likely ―just the top of the iceberg‖ as far as undiscovered comets of this size go,
19 Jewitt says. And for every comet this size, he suggests, there could be ten of thousands of
20 smaller objects circling the sun undetected.
Part IV. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals in brackets to form a word that fits in the
gap. (10pts)
1. It’s undeniable that the ............... of the local incompetent healer was responsible for her sudden death.
DIAGNOSE
2. The slight ....................... in his left hand was corrected by surgery. FORM
3. The plan to build a new nuclear power station provoked public ........................ CRY
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4. He was expelled from school for ....................... the Hall of Fame. FACE
5. I'm not used to smoking. A few puffs on a cigarette make me feel quite ……………… LIGHT
6. This school was once ………………………as a military hospital during the war. REQUIRE
7. As a result of his serious crime, he was sentenced to death by. ……………………… ELECTRICITY
8. Dignitaries from all over the world came to offer their ........................ CONDOLE
9. Somebody from the audience shouted out, and the speaker was forced to stop in ……… SENTENCE
10. She’s family suffered from his ………………….. EXPEND
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part II. Read the text below and think of the word that best fits each space. Use only one word in each
space. (15 points)
With soils rich (1....................... ) cultivation, most land in the Midwestern United States has been
converted from tallgrass prairie to agricultural fields. Less than 0.1 percent of the original prairie
(2....................... ).
This shift over the last 160 years has resulted in staggering — and unsustainable — soil erosion
rates for the region, researchers (3....................... ) in the March Earth’s Future. The erosion is estimated
to be double the rate (4....................... ) the U.S. Department of Agriculture says is sustainable. If it
continues unabated, it could significantly limit future crop production, the scientists say.
In the new study, the team (5....................... ) on erosional escarpments — tiny cliffs formed through
erosion — lying at boundaries between prairie and agricultural fields. ―These rare prairie remnants that
are scattered across the Midwest are sort of a preservation of the pre-European-American settlement land
surface,‖ says Isaac Larsen, a geologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
(6....................... ) 20 sites in nine Midwestern states, with most sites (7....................... ) in Iowa,
Larsen and colleagues used a specialized GPS system to survey the altitude of the prairie and farm fields.
That GPS system ―tells you where you are within about a centimeter on Earth’s surface,‖ Larsen says.
This enables the researchers to (8....................... ) even small differences between the height of the prairie
and the farmland.
At each site, the researchers (9....................... ) these measurements at 10 or more spots. The team
then measured erosion by comparing the elevation differences of the farmed and prairie land. The
researchers found that the agricultural fields were 0.37 meters below the prairie areas, on (10...................
).
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part III: Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (10pts)
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 1 to 10. (15 p)
If food is allowed to stand for some time, it putrefies. When the putrefied material is examined
microscopically, it is found to be teeming with bacteria. Where do these bacteria come from, since they
are not seen in fresh food? Even until the mid-nineteenth century, many people believed that such
microorganisms originated by spontaneous generation, a hypothetical process by which living organisms
develop from nonliving matter.
The most powerful opponent of the theory of spontaneous generation was the French chemist and
microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Pasteur showed that structures present in air closely resemble
the microorganisms seen in putrefying materials. He did this by passing air through guncotton filters, the
fibers of which stop solid particles. After the guncotton was dissolved in a mixture of alcohol and ether,
the particles that it had trapped fell to the bottom of the liquid and were examined on a microscope slide.
Pasteur found that in ordinary air these exists a variety of solid structures ranging in size from 0.01 mm to
more than 1.0 mm. Many of these bodies resembled the reproductive structures of common molds,
single-celled animals, and various other microbial cells.
As many as 20 to 30 of them were found in fifteen liters of ordinary air, and they could not be
distinguished from the organisms found in much larger numbers in putrefying materials. Pasteur
concluded that the organisms found in putrefying materials originated from the organized bodies present
in the air. He postulated that these bodies are constantly being deposited on all objects.
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Pasteur showed that if a nutrient solution was sealed in a glass flask and heated to boiling to
destroy all the living organisms contaminating it, it never putrefied. The proponents of spontaneous
generation declared that fresh air was necessary for spontaneous generation and that the air inside the
sealed flask was affected in some way by heating so that it would no longer support spontaneous
generation. Pasteur constructed a swan-necked flask in which putrefying materials could he heated to
boiling, but air could reenter. The bends in the neck prevented microorganisms from getting in the flask.
Material sterilized in such a flask did not putrefy.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Pasteur’s influence on the development of the microscope.
B. The origin of the theory of spontaneous generation .
C. The effects of pasteurization on food.
D. Pasteur’s argument against the theory of spontaneous generation .
2. The phrase ―teeming with ‖ is closest in meaning to
A. full of B. developing into C. resistant to D. hurt by
3. Which of the following questions did the theory of spontaneous generation attempt to answer?
A. What is the origin of the living organisms are seen on some food?
B. How many types of organisms can be found on food?
C. What is the most effective way to prepare living organisms for microscopic examination?
D. How long can food stand before it putrefies?
4. The purpose of the ―guncotton‖ mentioned in paragraph 2 was to
A. trap particles for analysis B. slow the process of putrefaction
C. increase the airflow to the microscopic slide D. aid the mixing of alcohol and ether
5. The author mention ―1.0 mm‖ is describing the
A. thickness of a layer of organisms that was deposited on an object
B. diameter of the fibers that were in the guncotton filters
C. thickness of the microscope slides that were used
D. size of the particles that that were collected
6. The word ―postulated‖ in line 23 is closest in meaning to
A. analyzed B. doubted C. persuaded D. suggested
7. The objects that Pasteur removed from the air in his experiment were remarkable because they were
A. primarily single-celled organisms
B. no different from objects found in putrefying materials
C. fairly rare
D. able to live in a mixture of alcohol and ether
8. The word ―it‖ in line 22 refers to
A. a nutrient solution B. a glass flask
C. boiling D. spontaneous generation
9. According to paragraph 3,proponents of spontaneous generation believed that which of the following
was important for the process to succeed ?
A. A sealed container B. Fresh air
C. Heat D. The presence of nutrients
10. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that Pasteur employed a swam-necked flask to
A. store sterilized liquids for use in future experiments
B. prevent heat from building up in a solution
C. disprove a criticism of his conclusions
D. estimate the number of organisms in a liter of air
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Part 4: The passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number i-ix for questions 1 -6 .
Paragraph A has been done as an example
List of Headings
i The reaction of the Inuit community to climate change
ii Understanding of climate change remains limited
iii Alternative sources of essential supplies
iv Respect for Inuit opinion grows
v A healthier choice of food
vi A difficult landscape
vi Negative effects on well-being
vii Alarm caused by unprecedented events in the Arctic
viii The benefits of an easier existence
Example: Paragraph A Answer: viii
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
6. Paragraph G
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ago, surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish. The environment tested them to the limits: sometimes
the colonists were successful, sometimes they failed and vanished. But around a thousand years ago, one
group emerged that was uniquely well adapted to cope with the Arctic environment. These Thule people
moved in from Alaska, bringing kayaks, sleds, dogs, pottery and iron tools. They are the ancestors of
today's Inuit people.
D
Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9 million square kilometers of
rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a
handful of them indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways and
settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on nature to provide food and
clothing.
Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks
in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family
around £7,000 a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat.
Economic opportunities are scarce, and for many people state benefits are their only income.
E
While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed by climate change, there has
certainly been an impact on people's health. Obesity, heart disease and diabetes are beginning to appear in
a people for whom these have never before been problems. There has been a crisis of identity as the
traditional skills of hunting, trapping and preparing skins have begun to disappear. In Nunavut's 'igloo and
email' society, where adults who were born in igloos have children who may never have been out on the
land, there's a high incidence of depression.
F
With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing out the mysteries of climate
change in the Arctic. Having survived there for centuries, they believe their wealth of traditional
knowledge is vital to the task. And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom, increasingly
referred to as 'Inuit Qaujimajatugangit', or IQ. 'In the early days scientists ignored us when they came up
here to study anything. They just figured these people don't know very much so we won't ask them,' says
John Amagoalik, an Inuit leader and politician. 'But in recent years IQ has had much more credibility and
weight.' In fact it is now a requirement for anyone hoping to get permission to do research that they
consult the communities, who are helping to set the research agenda to reflect their most important
concerns. They can turn down applications from scientists they believe will work against their interests,
or research projects that will impinge too much on their daily lives and traditional activities.
G
Some scientists doubt the value of traditional knowledge because the occupation of the Arctic doesn't go
back far enough. Others, however, point out that the first weather stations in the far north date back just
50 years. There are still huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught,
many predictions are no more than best guesses. IQ could help to bridge the gap and resolve the
tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is natural capriciousness and how much is
the consequence of human activity.
Questions 7 - 10
Complete the summary of paragraphs C and D below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each answer.
Write your answers for questions 33-40 .
If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by people for whom this
is home. It would clearly be impossible for the people to engage in 7 ....................... as a means of
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supporting themselves. For thousands of years they have had to rely on catching 8 ....................... as a
means of sustenance.
For the present inhabitants, life continues to be a struggle. The territory of Nunavut consists of little more
than ice, rock and a few 9 ....................... . In recent years, many of them have been obliged to give up
their 10 ....................... lifestyle.
Part II. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a
way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the
given word. (10 pts)
1. If the applicants are all equal in qualification and ability, we'll choose those who applied first. PAR
→ If the ………………………………………………………........preference to those who applied first.
2. More than 300 workers were considered useless after the factory had closed down. SCRAP
→ With the .............................................................................................................
3. That jacket of yours is worn-out -- isn't it time you bought a new one ? DAYS
→ ………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Joe waited for her, pretending to tie his shoelaces PRETENCE
→ ………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Because of being injured, he was no longer a candidate for the tittle. CONTENTION
→ Injury …………………………………………………………………………
Part III.
“In the 21st century, the focus of education and learning should be on helping students to be adaptable
to changing circumstances.”
Do you agree with this statement? What skills and qualities do you think young people need to make
themselves more employable?
Write a paragraph of about 200 - 250 words to support your position.
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