MOCK TEST No1

Time: 150 minutes – Level: Advanced

PART A. LISTENING
SECTION 1 :
1. (the) Animal Park 2. Cold and cloudy 3 10.15 am 4. Birds of prey 5. (the) reptile display
6 .6.30 pm 7. Chinese 8 .Japanese 9 .Korean(s) 10. Thai

SECTION 1 :

11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. D 17. F 18. B 19. C 20. A

PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. According to the _____ of the contract, tenants must give six months’ notice if they intend to live.
A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details
2. No one could contemplate fame these days without knowing beforehand of its _____.
A. laisez-faire B. outburst C. insight D. downside
3. Books taken from the short _____ section are due to be returned the next day.
A. borrowing B. credit C. loan D. return
4. She was so undisciplined and disobedient that, as the manager, I just had to put my _____ down.
A. stamp B. shoe C. fist D. foot
5. When Wilson’s company was hit by the recession, he decided to take early _____.
A. redundancy B. retirement C. resignation D. redeployment
6. I am sure your husband-to-be will lend you a _____ ear when you explain the situation to him.
A. merciful B. compassionate C. pitiful D. sympathetic
7. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a _____ guarded secret.
A. highly B. closely C. deeply D. entirely
8. It’s a shame to fall out so badly with your own _____.
A. heart to heart B. flesh and blood C. heart and soul D. skin and bone
9. Life’s very easy for you. You were born with a _____ spoon in your mouth.
A. silver B. golden C. bronze D. diamond
10. There has been a lot of _____ surrounding the government’s proposed scheme.
A. controversy B. consent C. conformity D. consequence
11. You can’t bury your head _____ and hope that this problem goes away, you know.
A. in the mud B. in the pool C. in the sand D. in the water
12. Fiona’s offered to help you. Don’t ask why – never look a gift _____ in the mouth.
A. horse B. cow C. deer D. dog
13. Sandra’s unpleasant _____ suggested that she knew about Amanda’s terrible secret.
A. grimace B. smirk C. wince D. snort
14. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right _____ of mind.
A. frame B. trend C. attitude D. tendency
15. He was arrested for trying to pass _____ notes at the bank.
A. camouflaged B. fake C. counterfeit D. fraudulent
16. This fabric has the _____ of silk but it’s very cheap.
A. stroke B. substance C. friction D. texture
17. I threw some biscuit _____ on the ground and a whole load of pigeons swooped down and started
eating them.
A. grains B. specks C. flakes D. crumbs
18. The insects looked and tasted so horrible, I _____ with disgust as I tried to force them down.
A. gloated B. grinned C. grimaced D. chuckled
19. Going down white-water rapids in a canoe must be extremely _____! Does your heart start beating
really fast?
A. trivial B. mundane C. sedentary D. exhilarating
20. Was it always an _____ of yours to play for France?
A. urge B. adoration C. anticipation D. aspiration

1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. B
6. D 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. D 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. D
II. Supply the correct form of the word provided in each blank.

BECOMING A PARENT
Very little in our lives prepares us for _____ (1. parent). Suddenly, your life is turned upside down
and all sorts of _____ (2. familiar) demands are replaced on you. How we ourselves were treated by our
parents in our _____ (3. young) can have an _____ (4. appreciate) effect on who we become as parents.
Our own _____ (5. observe) of how our parents responded to us creates a model of parenting that is
_____ (6. intimate) connected to the kind of parents we become. It’s not uncommon for people to show
the same child-rearing _____ (7. character) as their own parents. If your father was an _____ (8.
sympathy) figure who always seemed too busy to care about how you felt, then there’s a chance you
will repeat the same behavior. If your mother was utterly _____ (9. self) in her devotion to her children,
there’s a chance that you too will be equally giving and do all that is _____ (10. human) possible for
your offspring.

1. 2. unfamiliar 3. youth 4. appreciable 5. observation(s)

parenthood/parenting

6. intimately 7. characteristics 8. unsympathetic 9. selfless 10. humanly

III. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Find out and correct them. Write your
answers in the answersheet.
Among all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed musical talent appear earliest in life.
Very young children can exhibit musical precocity for different reasons. Some develop exceptional skill
as a result of a well-designed instructed regime, such as the Suzuki method for the violin. Some have
the good fortune to be born into a musical family in a household filled of music. In the number of
interesting cases, musical talent is part of an otherwise disabled condition such as autism or mental
retardation. A musically gifted child has an inborn talent; however, the extent to what the talent is
expressed publicly will depend upon the environment in which the child lives.
Musically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of music, include pitch and
rhythm. Pitch - or melody - is more central in certain culture, for example, in Eastern societies that
make use of tiny quarter-tone intervals. Rhythm, sounds produced at certain auditory frequencies and
groups according to a prescribed system, are emphasized in sub-Saharan Africa, where the rhythmic
ratios can be very complex.

No Mistakes Correction No Mistakes Correction

1 appear appears 6 what which

2 instructed instructional 7 include including

3 of with 8 culture cultures

4 the (number) a(number) 9 groups grouped

5 disabled disabling 10 are is

PART C. READING
I. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your
answer (A, B, C or D) in the answersheet.
One of the hazards that electronic media like the television, radio or computers (1) _____ these
days is the decline in book reading.
The concern (2) _____ mainly to the younger generations who are strongly tempted by the
glamour of the silver screen and, consequently, don’t (3) _____ the importance of acquiring first-hand
information from books.
To (4) _____ reading for pleasure and to propagate a wide array of publications like
encyclopedias reference books manuals or fiction, radical solutions should be applied. Firstly, more (5)
_____ ought to be put on the educational factor. Youngsters should be made to feel comfortable while
reading either for information or self-satisfaction in public place like airports, buses or on the beach.
Secondly, libraries must be subsidized more accurately in order to provide the potential reader with (6)
_____ choice of publications and to be come more publically active so as to put books at people’s (7) _____
rather than keep them under lock and key. Fund collecting actions organized by libraries might also raise
the public awareness of the advantages of becoming (8) _____ in a good book.
Finally, the mass media themselves might contribute substantially by recommending the
purchase of valuable best-sellers and inspiring their viewers to (9) _____ their knowledge and
erudition, and thus help them to (10) _____ the habit of spontaneous every reading.
1. A. denote B. play C. arise D. pose
2. A. indicates B. affects C. applies D. embodies
3. A. observe B. recognize C. view D. distinguish
4. A. incite B. revert C. instill D. encourage
5. A. emphasis B. persistence C. focus D. relevance
6. A. prolific B. ample C. lavish D. lush
7. A. available B. disposal C. benefit D. usage
8. A. occupied B. inhaled C. engrossed D. incorporated
9. A. enrich B. magnify C. arouse D. elaborate
10. A. grow B. evolve C. proceed D. develop

1. D 2. C 3.B 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D

II. Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in
your answersheet.
The majority of lottery winners change their lives (1) _______ little, and continue on their settled way
happy ever after. A couple of years ago, a Mr. David won a million. He had been struggling to (2)
_______ a success of his dry cleaning shop for the past 12 months. He accepted his cheque in a small
ceremony (3) _______ the premises at 2.30, and by three o’clock he had reopened for business. The
reaction of Mr. Pasquale Consalvo who won $30 million in the New York state lottery was very (4)
_______.He was unhappy not to be able to fulfill his desire to go to work as (5) _______ on the day he
won. He also said that if the money made him (6) _______ he would give it back. In fact, the chances
of his life being made a misery by his new-found wealth are almost (7) _______ slim though not quite
as the sixty million-to-one odds he beat to take a jackpot (8) _______ had remained unclaimed through
six previous draws. Gambling small amounts (9) _______ the lottery is a harmless if futile hobby. (10)
_______, gambling can become an addition, increasingly so as the activity becomes socially
acceptable.
1. but 2. make 3. at 4. similar 5. usual
6. unhappy 7. as 8. that 9. on 10. However

III. Read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the following questions.
Write your answers in your answersheet.
The first scientific attempt at coaxing moisture from a cloud was in 1946, when scientist Vincent
Schaefer dropped 3 pounds of dry ice from an airplane into a cloud and, to his delight, produced snow.
The success of the experiment was modest, but it spawned optimism among farmers and ranchers
around the country. It seemed to them that science had finally triumphed over weather.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. Although there were many cloud-seeding operations,
during the late 1940s and the 1950s, no one could say whether they had any effect on precipitation(3).
Cloud seeding, or weather modification as it came to be called, was dearly more complicated than had
been thought. It was not until the early 1970s that enough experiments had been done to understand the
processes involved. What these studies indicated was that only certain types of clouds are amenable to
seeding. One of the most responsive is the winter orographic cloud, formed when air currents encounter
a mountain slope and rise(4). If the temperature in such a cloud is right, seeding can increase snow
yield by 10 to 20 percent.
There are two major methods of weather modification. In one method, silver iodide is burned in
propane-fired ground generators. The smoke rises into the clouds where the tiny silver-iodide particles
act as nuclei for the formation of ice crystals(6). The alternate system uses airplanes to deliver dry-ice
pellets. Dry ice does not provide ice-forming nuclei. Instead, it lowers the temperature near the water
droplets in the clouds so that they freeze instantly—a process called spontaneous nucleation. Seeding
from aircraft is more efficient but also more expensive(7).
About 75 percent of all weather modification in the United States takes place in the Western
states. With the population of the West growing rapidly, few regions of the world require more water.
About 85 percent of the waters in the rivers of the West comes from melted snow. As one expert put it,
the water problems of the future may make the energy problems of the 70s seem like child’s play to
solve(9). That’s why the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, along with state governments, municipal water
districts, and private interests such as ski areas and agricultural cooperatives, is putting increased effort
into cloud-seeding efforts. Without consistent and heavy snowfalls in the Rockies and Sierras, the West
would literally dry up. The most intensive efforts to produce precipitation was during the West’s
disastrous snow drought of 1976-77. It is impossible to judge the efficiency of weather modification
based on one crash program, but most experts think that such hurry-up programs are not very
effective(10).
1. What is the main subject of the passage?
A. The scientific contributions of Vincent Schaefer
B. Developments in methods of increasing precipitation
C. The process by which snow crystals form
D. The effects of cloud seeding
2. The word spawned in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. intensified B. reduced C. preceded D. created
3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the term weather modification?
A. It is not as old as the term cloud seeding. B. It has been in use since at least 1946.
C. It refers to only one type of cloud seeding. D. It was first used by Vincent Schaefer.
4. According to the passage, winter orographic clouds are formed _____.
A. on relatively warm winter days B. over large bodies of water
C. during intense snow storms D. when air currents rise over mountains
5. To which of the following does the word they in paragraph 3 refer?
A. Water droplets B. Clouds C. Ice-forming nuclei D. Airplanes
6. When clouds are seeded from the ground, what actually causes ice crystals to form?
A. Propane B. Silver-iodide smoke
C. Dry-ice pellets D. Nuclear radiation
7. Clouds would most likely be seeded from airplanes when _____.
A. it is important to save money. B. the process of spontaneous nucleation cannot be employed
C. the production of precipitation must be efficient D. temperatures are lower than usual
8. What does the author imply about the energy problems of the 1970s?
A. They were caused by a lack of water.
B. They took attention away from water problems.
C. They may not be as critical as water problems will be in the future.
D. They were thought to be minor at the time but turned out to be serious.
9. The author mentions agricultural cooperatives (paragraph 4) as an example of _____.
A. state government agencies B. private interests
C. organizations that compete with ski areas for water D. municipal water districts
10. It can be inferred from, the passage that the weather-modification project of 1976-77 was _____.
A. put together quickly B. a complete failure
C. not necessary D. easy to evaluate
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. A
6.B 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A

IV. In the following text, five sentences or parts of sentences have been removed. Above the
extract you will find the five removed sentences PLUS one sentence which doesn't fit. Choose
from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap (1-5). Remember, there is one extra sentence
you do not need to use. Write the correct letter in the bo

Choose from the following sentences to fill the spaces in the text. There is one extra.

A. Two big things become many smaller things.

B. After a time, the junk burns up in the atmosphere.
C. Though costly, it would in time create a much safer space environment for all space-faring
nations.
D. Right now, the costs of the clean-up have been too great.
E. But much of the space junk is made up of little pieces of things that were once bigger objects,
until they struck each other and broke apart.
F. Many are much larger.

Space Junk
There is an ever increasing number of objects in low Earth orbit. A camera, a glove, a hand tool, even a
toothbrush: they are all up there, above the clouds, going around and around the Earth. There are also
thousands of pieces of metal and plastic. Some of them are only about the size of a fingernail.

(1)   Scientists consider all these objects to be "space junk," and they are a problem.

Since people first launched rockets into space in the nineteen-fifties, we have been leaving behind all
sorts of things. Some of them, like the camera, were lost by astronauts while they did work outside

their spacecraft. (2) 

Some things we send into space fall back toward Earth and burn up in the atmosphere. But larger
pieces sometimes survive the extreme heat and hit the ground or the ocean at great speeds. So there is
always concern that something may fall from the sky and do some harm.

But space junk falling on housetops is not the biggest worry. Scientists are concerned about the
"Kessler" syndrome. It is named for the American scientist who first thought of the idea in 1978.

Imagine what happens when an empty rocket strikes another while orbiting the earth. (3)   They
then hit other things. The pieces get smaller and smaller until they form a cloud of junk that blocks the
path of future space vehicles.

So what can be done to clean up the space around our planet? Marco Castronuovo, an Italian Space
Agency researcher, has an idea. In the publication "Acta Astronautica," he writes about launching a
satellite into space that would get very close to some of the larger pieces of space junk. The satellite
would connect a small rocket to the useless object. When the rocket explodes, it pushes the junk into a

lower and slower orbit, nearer the Earth. (4) 

Mr. Castronuovo has proposed using a number of small satellites with robotic arms. One arm would
catch the space junk, and another arm would connect the rocket. He imagines that each satellite would
jump from one large piece of junk to another. He thinks this method could destroy about ten large
objects each year.
Scientists have been concerned about space junk for many years. (5)   Mr. Castronuovo says his
system could be put in place for a much more reasonable amount of money.

1–F 2–E 3–A 4–B 5-D

PART D. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
1. He worked very hard, but he was unable to earn enough for his living.
Hard-working _____________________________________
2. “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house,” she said.
She flatly_________________________________________
3. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought.
I lacked___________________________________________
4. The house shouldn’t be left unlocked for any reason.
On no ____________________________________________
5. Paul hates waiting for the bus.
Paul can't _________________________________________
1. Hard-working as he was, he was unable to earn enough for his living.
2. She flatly refused to sleep in the/ that haunted house.
3. I lacked the courage to tell him what I really thought.
4. On no account should the house be left unlocked.
5. Paul can't stand waiting for the bus.
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the sentence, using the word
given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the
word given.

1.There is a strong possibility that this species of rhino will become extinct. DANGER
The species of rhino is ……………………………………………….extinct
2. I thought Sue’s original plan was to move to Australia. IMPRESSION
I …………………………………….……… was originally planning to move to Australia
3. The team are determined to finish the race however tough it is. MATTER.
The team are determined to finish the race ………………………………….. be.
4. Jill wished she had tried to have a better relationship with her father. GET
Jill regretted ……………………………………… …… better with her father.
5. I hate it when people lie to me which is why I split up with Simon. STAND
I ………………………………….. …. to, which is why I split up with Simon
1. The species of rhino is in danger of becoming extinct.
2. I was under/ had/ got the impression that Sue. was originally planning to move to Australia.
3. The team are determined to finish the race no matter how tough it may/might be.
4. Jill regretted not trying to get along /on better with her father.
5. I can’t stand being lied to, which is why I split up with Simon