Test 5
Level : advanced
READING COMPREHENSION & WRITING
Date of testing : 26 Feb, 1995
Time allowed : 120 minutes
Paper 1: READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A : choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence
1. After a lot of difficulty, he …………….to open the door
a. Managed
b. Succeeded
c. Obtained
d. Realized
2. I’ll have to ………………..to you , otherwise he will hear
a. Shout
b. Whistle
c. Decrease
d. Whisper
3. After closing the envelope, the secretary …………….the stamps on firmly
a. Licked
b. Sucked
c. Stuck
d. Struck
4. When he spoke over the phone, his voice was so……………..that I could hardly near him
a. Dim
b. Faint
c. Dull
d. Unnoticeable
5. When he retired from his job , the director …………….him with a good watch
a. Offered
b. Dedicated
c. Presented
d. Satisfied
6. I would like to offer a small……………..to anyone who finds the missing dog.
a. Receipt
b. Repayment
c. Expense
d. Reward
7. Could you lend me some money? I’m very……………of cash at the moment
a. Down
b. Scare
c. Low
d. Short
[SPOILER]1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5.C 6.D 7.D [/SPOILER]
8. Mary Smith decided to give up her job for the ……………of her children.
a. Sake
b. Care
c. Advantage
d. Concern
9. If…………….it would stop raining for a morning, we would cut the grass
a. Ever
b. Only
c. Just
d. Even
10. He played an active…………..in politics until he was well over 80
a. Part
b. Scene
c. Job
d. Position
11. She hated the chocolate until it ……………,then poured it over the cake
a. Formed
b. Changed
c. Melted
d. Flooded
12. When she was crossing the room, the night-nurse happen to notice the old lady………….to get out of her bed.
a. Has tried
b. To try
c. Trying
d. Tried
13. I’m afraid a rise in salary is …………..just now
a. Out of sight
b. Out of control
c. Out of date
d. Out of the question
14. He……………..being giving the receipt for the bill he had paid
a. Asked to
b. Insisted on
c. Demanded
d. Required
15. He retired early…………..ill-health
a. On behalf of
b. Ahead of
c. In front of
d. On account of
16. This is the…………….of the bicycle which were stolen
a. Detail
b. Description
c. Information
d. Example
17. We stayed at home because Ann wasn’t very keen on…………going out ……..the rain
a. For/ under
b. About/ with
c. On/ in
d. For/when
18. She’s ………….the best student in my school
a. By far
b. Until then
c. Up now
d. Since now
19. ‘why is the ground so wet?’ – ‘ it …………..last night’
a. Would rain
b. Would have rained
c. Should have rained
d. Must have rained
20. He is decorating the house with a view ………………it
a. To sell
b. To selling
c. For selling
d. To be sold
[SPOILER]8.A
9.B
10.A
11.C
12.C
13. D
14.B
15.D
16.B
17.C
18.A
19.D
20.B[/SPOILER]
SECTION B: Read the following passage carefully , then choose the best answer to each question
The sun was going down beyond great bank of loud which were full of orange-pink light. I would usually be time for Joe to be going in but he didn’t want to go back if Aunt Daisy and Uncle Ted were still there, because his mother would only send him straight to bed out of the way. So he turned away home and walked down the lane past the football field , kicking a stone before him at the risk of scratching the toes of his best brown shoe. A couple of dogs , one large, black, smooth-haired , the other smaller with a long black and white coat, playing on the edge of the field, running round, jumping at each other and sometimes rolling over together, totally content in each other’s company.
Joe watched them for a moment or two and walked on. Twenty minutes later he was on the riverside and half-way round the circle he had set out to walk from the town and back again. On his way he had passed several couples and one or two family groups returning from their Sunday evening walk ; but now there was no one about except one man resting on the grass between the path and the river bank. When Joe realized that it was his father , his surprise was so great that he stopped. Then his father, who had been leaning on his arm and looking into the river, looked around, but didn’t surprise to see him.
‘Hello ,Joe,’ he said dully. He went back to staring at the river. The fact that he was wearing his beast clothes somehow added to the strangeness of his sitting there alone like this, and as Joe looked at him he was conscious for the first time of a sense of his father as not his father , but someone without connection with himself : as a man, with thoughts and feelings outside their existence as father and son. He saw , for the first time, his father as a person carrying about with him a world of his own , and he had an indefinite sense of this world of his father’s extending back to a time and a life before he himself was born. He was only a part of his world , while his father belonged in the centre of his , Joe ’s world. And things were far from well in his father’s world, he knew.
He moved a few steps nearer , and his father didn’t looked at him. ‘They are all at home, wondering where you are’, said Joe.
21. Joe didn’t go straight home because he
a. Didn’t want to see Aunt Daisy and Uncle Ted
b. Wanted to find his father first
c. Along the bank of the river
d. Half –way to the town
22. Instead of going home Joe went
a. On to the football field
b. Through some field
c. Along the bank of river
d. Half –way to the town
23. When Joe had completed half his intended walk
a. Saw a man sitting by him
b. Passed a couple of people
c. Went back to the town
d. Met some family groups
24. When Joe ‘s father saw Joe , he
a. Sat down on the grass
b. Didn’t seem very interesting in him
c. Looked round at the river
d. Went back to the river
25. That evening Joe realized that
a. He hardly knew his father at all
b. Ha had not seen his father wearing those clothes before
c. He had never really love his father
d. His father had a life of his own
[SPOILER]
21.B 22.C 23.A 24.B 25.D[/SPOILER]
PAPER 2: WRITING
SECTION A: Use of English
A. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space
I’m interested in sports , especially athletics, and I run for seven or eight kilometer a day. I particularly(26)……………cross-country running, where you have to run across field, jump (27)…………….streams and so(28)………… While I’m running I think about all sorts of things, and (29)…………….the end of the run I’m sometimes surprise to find that I’ve manage to(30)……………a problem that was on my mind.
Next year I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s a long , hard (31)…………,and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit(32)…………..getting old, and I’d like to prove(33) …………….myself that I’m still almost as(34)………… as I was twenty years ago. I’m interested in mountaineering as well as running. I’ll never become an expert climber, but I know (35)………….. I ’m doing in the mountain. I successfully completed a (36)…………..in snow and ice climbing when I was younger ,and I’ve done a series of easy climbs in Alps (37)…………… the last few years. My wife does not share my (38)………….in the mountains. She agreed to go(39)…………..with me once, but she found that she felt ill as(40)...................as she got above 1,000 meters.
[SPOILER]26. Enjoy/like
27. Over
28. On
29. At
30. Solve
31. Race/ competition
32. About
33. To
34. Fit/strong/healthy
35. What/ how
36. Course
37. During/ in /for
38. Interest
39. Climbing
40. Soon [/SPOILER]
B. Guided sentence building. Build a complete sentence with the given words
41.going/ visit /friends /make with /hostel
42. begin /rain/ manager/get/ office/ morning
43. When/ boy/ twelve / father/die/dangerous disease
44. I /tell/meeting/ if/see/tomorrow
45. it/ important/brother/stop/smoke/once
46. I / think over/ offer/give/my answer/soon/possible
47. After/dinner/set out/ saying/where/going
48. We/invite/party/occasion/party
49. She /leave/ wait/rain/minutes/ night
50.sister/willing/help/mother/housework/when / holiday
[SPOILER]
41. I’m going to visit the girl which I have made friend with in the hostel
42. It began to rain when/ after the manager had got to the office this morning
43. When the boy was twelve his father died of a dangerous disease
44. I will tell her about the meeting if I see her tomorrow
45. It is important that your brother stop / should stop smoking
46. I will think over your offer and give you my answer as soon as possible
47. After dinner he set out without saying where he was going
48. We were invited to the party on the occasion of her birthday
49. She left me waiting in the rain for ten minutes last night
50. My sister is willing to help our mother with the housework when she has a holiday[/SPOILER]
C. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence(s) printed above it
51. “ Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, John?” Jane said
Jane suggested _____________________________________________________
52.Although both his legs were broken in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded
Despite_____________________________________________________
53. It ‘s necessary for you to finish by Saturday
You_____________________________________________________
54. The water so cold that the children could not swim in it.
The water was not_____________________________________________________
55. John has not get his hair cut for over 6 months
It is over_____________________________________________________
[SPOILER]51.Jane suggested that John put/ should put a better lock on the door
52. Despite his two broken legs in the crash , he managed to get out of the car before it exploded
53. You don’t need to finish by Saturday
54. The water was not warm enough for the children to swim in
55. It’s over 6 months since John had his hair cut[/SPOILER]
SECTION B : Composition
Write a composition from 120 to 150 words on this topic:
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF AIR TRAVEL?
