PRACTICE TEST 4

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. blind B. prioritize C. financial D. mobility
2. A. accessible B. experience C. special D. force

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. profile B. promote C. prefer D. regret
4. A. matchmaking B. teenager C. romantic B. reconciled

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
5. Make sure that you have the words spell correctly; otherwise, your form wont be accepted.
A. Make sure B. spell C. otherwise D. wont be accepted
6. Almost of the trees in this plantation have been cut down and burned.
A. Almost B. trees C. have been D. and
7. Susan decided to not do her homework and went to a night-club.
A. to not do B. homework C. went D. a

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
8. Could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at least twenty minutes.
A. are boiling B. boiling C. were boiling D. have been boiling
9. I will not be here next week. I am going to be ______ business in London.
A. about B. in C. on D. at
10. Little ______ he know how much suffering he has caused.
A. didnt B. should C. wont D. does
11. ______,he felt so unhappy and lonely.
A. Despite his wealthy B. Rich as was he
C. Rich as he was D. In spite of his being wealth
12. All commuters ______ the main highway to get to the center of the city will face delay of up to an hour today because of on-
going construction.
A. use B. used C. using D. will use
13. The worlds deepest cave, Pierre St. Martin in the Pyrenees Mountains, is almost three times _______
A. as deep as the Empire State Building is B. deeper than the Empire State Building is
C. is higher than the Empire State Building D. as the Empire State Buildings height
14. Nowadays, most students use _____ calculators in their studies and examinations.
A. electrical B. electricity C. electric D. electronic
15. The Mountainview Hotel offers its guests a ______ buffet breakfast every morning.
A. valuable B. situated C. dependent D. complimentary
16. Water is ______ of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen.
A. consisted B. composed C. making D. comprising
17. I want to ______ a table at the Bamboo Restaurant.
A. maintain B. manage C. reserve D. allow
18. I cant ______ this noise any longer. Im going to write a letter of complaint about this problem.
A. get back to B. take away from C. put up with D. make out of
19. People are always advised to ______ smoking because of its harm to their health.
A. cut down B. cut off C. cut in D. cut down on
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
20. Linda: Lets go to the cinema this evening.
Susan: ______
A. We dont have any film. B. You went to the theater.
C. Lets take the seat. D. Ive seen the film already.
21. How lovely your pets are! - ______
A. Thank you. Its nice of you to say so. B. Really? They are always very nice.
C. Can you say that again? D. I love them, too.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
22. Within a week on display at the exhibition, the painting was hailed as a masterpiece.
A. a down-to-earth work of art B. an excellent work of art
C. an expensive work of art D. a large work of art
23. Hypertension is one of the most widespread and potentially dangerous diseases.
A. stretched B. popular C. common D. scattered

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
24. We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.
A. slow B. open C. unsure D. uninterested
25. That is a well-behaved boy whose behaviour has nothing to complain about.
A. behaving nice B. behaving cleverly C. good behaviour D. behaving improperly

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 questions.
26. I havent got enough money, so Im not going on holiday.
A. If I have enough money I would go on holiday. B. If I had enough money I would go on holiday.
C. If I had had enough money I would go on holiday. D. If I have had enough money I would go on holiday.
27. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.
A. The noise next door didnt stop during midnight. B. The noise next door stopped after midnight.
C. The noise next door didnt stop after midnight. D. The noise next door didnt stop at midnight.
28. Nobody at all came to the meeting.
A. Not many people came to the meeting. B. Not a single person came to the meeting.
C. Only a few people came to the meeting. D. There was almost nobody at the meeting.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences
in the following questions.
29. Many students like the lecture. Its subject is very interesting.
A. The subject of the lecture, which is very interesting, many students like.
B. The subject of the lecture, which many students like, is very interesting.
C. Many students like the lecture the subject of which is very interesting.
D. Many students like the lecture which subject is very interesting.
30. We had overslept. We missed the bus.
A. Having overslept so we couldnt the bus.
B. Though we had overslept, we wouldnt miss the bus.
C. If we hadnt overslept, we wouldnt miss the bus.
D. As a result of having overslept, we couldnt catch the bus.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks front 31 to 35.
A Healthy Way To Know A City
Maybe you are staying in a city, and there is no park nearby where you can take your morning job. One of the more recent trend
is to go on a running tour, but you are not leading the way. Rather, a running (31)______ who knows the best (32) ______ in the
city acts as your guide. You are going out for a run, but you are also being shown highlights of the city while you are doing it.
Guided running tours are a trend that seems to be catching (33) ______ in quite a few of the bigger cities in the United States.
New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco are just three of the major cities that have running tours in (34) ______. They offer
these tours to individuals, groups, and even for corporate events. If you are going into a city with colleagues to attend a business
meeting or a convention, what better way is there to see the city and network with others (35) ______ while taking a healthy run?
 31. A. marathon B. sportsman C. enthusiasm D. enthusiast
32. A. ways B. routes C. directions D. approaches
33. A. on B. out C. up D. with
34. A. organization B. way C. place D. event
35. A. than B. even C. almost D. or

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 36 to 42.
The Worlds Smallest Science
Have you ever noticed that our machines are getting smaller? Cell phones, cameras, computers and everything else look
smaller every year. One kind of new science involves machines that are smaller than we can imagine. The name of this science is
nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology means doing science, engineering, and technology at a very, very small level. In other words, nanotechnology
is the science of tiny things. But how tiny is the science of nanotechnology? In nanotechnology, scientists work with things that are
the size of a nanometer. One meter has one billion nanometers. Here is another way to describe nanotechnology: it is the science
of observing and controlling individual atoms and molecules.
Nanotechnology is a new word, but the idea of studying atoms and molecules has existed for a long time. In 1959, an American
scientist Richard Phillips Feynman gave a speech in which he claimed that we can see and control molecules and atoms. About
ten years later, a Japanese professor came up with the term nanotechnology.
Because nanotechnology is so new, we are only starting to understand how we can use it. Nanotechnology could be very useful
in medicine. In the future, doctors may use nanotechnology to help with organ transplants. An organ transplant is the act of putting
an organ into another persons body. Scientists think that with nanotechnology, they might be able to make a persons body accept
a foreign organ. Nanotechnology might also help doctors fight infections, find diseases in patients, and deliver medicine to the right
spot in patients bodies.
Nanotechnology might also be useful in protecting the environment. It might be able to help us save energy, reduce waste, and
keep water clean. For example, nanotechnology might be able to make some materials such as steel stronger. If we have stronger
steel, we will be able to use it longer. That way, we can produce less steel and save our resources.
Nanotechnology might be useful in so many ways. This science of studying tiny things could change the world.

36. Around what year did people start using the word nanotechnology?
A. 1959 B. 1969 C. l79 D. 1089
37. The word which in paragraph 3 refers to ______
A. nanotechnology B. the speech C. atom study D. the article
38. What does the word foreign in paragraph 4 mean?
A. Fake B. From another country
C. From another persons body D. Real
39. What does the first sentence of the fourth paragraph mean?
A. Nanotechnology is new, so we are still learning about its uses.
B. Nanotechnology is not new, so we already know its uses.
C. We have no idea how we are going to use nanotechnology.
D. We used to understand nanotechnology more than we do now.
40. According to the passage, what will nanotechnology NOT do?
A. Find diseases B. Fight infections C. Reduce wastes D. Build organs
41. All of the following are the advantages of using nanotechnology in medicine EXCEPT that _____
A. it helps doctors make and deliver medicine more accurately
B. it makes our bodies accept the organ transplants
C. it helps doctors prevent infectious diseases
D. it is also useful in medical examinations
42. Which statement is true?
A. The term nanotechnology is about 1900 years old.
B. The idea of studying atoms isnt new.
C. A Chinese professor came up with the word nanotechnology.
D. Nanotechnology could be very useful in medicine.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 43 to 50.
Billboards that Recognize You
Have you ever felt you were being watched? Some new technologies might make you feel that way. Digital billboards are being
created that have the ability to recognize certain characteristics. These high-tech devices have cameras pointed at the people on
the street, and software that tries to recognize people by age and gender. A computer inside the billboard then uses this information
to display ads that are directed at the people who are looking at the billboard. For example, if a man passes a billboard featuring an
ad for cosmetics, the computer can change the ad to something that is more likely to catch the mans attention, such as a
restaurant, or sporting goods.
While advertisers see as a great opportunity to reach their target customers, some people feel that this kind of profiling is an
invasion of their privacy. People are now much more aware of how information is exposed, shared, bought, and sold on the
Internet. Now this debate will include technologies such as these smart billboards. But advertisers claim that they are sensitive to
peoples concern about privacy companies that have tested the billboards in Japan and the US assure consumers that the
billboards can only guess your age and gender, but they will not be able to recognize your face or obtain any personal information
about you.
Until recently, this kind of personal advertising has been mostly limited to the Internet. Search engines like Google and Bing
can follow what we search for because each computer that connects to those sites has a unique identity. Companies then pay
search engines to use this information to display ads for products and services that you. have searched for. So if you search for
travel information, you are likely to see ads for airlines and hotels. This kind of advertising has proven to be much more effective
and valuable than traditional advertising.
In addition to taking steps to deliver more personalized messages, advertisers are using billboards to offer more useful
information. Digital billboards can connect to the Internet to display information such as the time, weather, and news headlines. In
the future, this technology could be used to reflect activity on social media sites or to broadcast ads that relate to local events.
In todays world, people ignore thousands of ads every day. Advertisers are trying to change that trend by personalizing the
experience of seeing an ad. So pay attention the next time you see a billboard - it could be talking to you.
Note: ad (n) = advertisement
43. What is another possible title for the passage?
A. The Dangers of Technology B. Billboards: Past and Present
C. How Information Is Sold D. A New Level of Advertising
44. What does a digital billboards camera look for?
A. a persons fashion style B. what a person is carrying
C. a persons age and gender D. whether someone is alone
45. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. High-tech billboards do not collect personal information.
B. People do not mind the billboards tested in Japan and in the US.
C. Advertisers buy information about consumers on the Internet.
D. People are worried about the type of information collected by billboards.
46. The word this in paragraph 2 refers to ______
A. digital billboards B. digital advertising
C. customers personal information D. customers attention
47. Why does the passage mention Google?
A. It is an example of a search engine that sells information to companies.
B. It is better than other search engines in gathering information.
C. It has started using high-tech billboards to get information.
D. It plans to develop better ways to profile Internet users.
48. Because of advertising profiling, a person buying airline tickets online will ______
A. see ads for hotels and car rental companies B. get better prices on their airline tickets
C. see no ads on the airlines website D. be offered discounts on shoes and clothing
49. In the passage, the writer says that video billboards _______
A. allow people on the street to use the Internet B. show movies and commercials
C. display information about the weather and news D. are placed inside stores and buildings
50. What is the reason for advertisers making high-tech billboards?
A. Regular billboards are not in good locations. B. People ignore regular advertisements.
C. It is cheaper to make high-tech billboards. B. People are suspicious of regular advertising.
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