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Choose The Best Answer.: Practice Test 24-2 Write Introduction For Each of These Question. 1

This document contains a practice test with multiple choice questions and word formation exercises. It begins with two sample introduction questions for a debate on whether children should spend more time in school or playing, and whether they should learn to compete or cooperate. The rest of the document consists of multiple choice questions testing grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. It also includes a word formation exercise transforming words from one part of speech to another based on context clues.

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Choose The Best Answer.: Practice Test 24-2 Write Introduction For Each of These Question. 1

This document contains a practice test with multiple choice questions and word formation exercises. It begins with two sample introduction questions for a debate on whether children should spend more time in school or playing, and whether they should learn to compete or cooperate. The rest of the document consists of multiple choice questions testing grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. It also includes a word formation exercise transforming words from one part of speech to another based on context clues.

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PRACTICE TEST 24-2

Write introduction for each of these question.


1: Some people think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of
their time on school studies. Others believe that young children should spend most of their time playing. Compare
these two views. Which view do you agree with? Why?

2: Some people think that children should learn to compete, but others think that thay should be taught to cooperate.
What’s your opinion?

Choose the best answer.


1. Can you see to these letters first, please? The others ________ answered immediately.
A. must be B. don’t have to be C. mustn’t be D. have to be
2. I’ll enter the competition if you………
A. would B. should C. will D. shall
3. The art gallery cculdn’t survive without a ………from the government.
A. subsidiary— B. subsidy C. subsidence D. subscription
4. In a multiple-choicee xercise it’s sometimes easier to ……….the wrong answers before choosing the correct one.
A. dismiss B. eliminate C. obliterate D. omit
5. And it’s always better to make an educated ………than to leave a blank.
A. attempt B. endeavour C. chance D. guess
6. I didn’t take up his recommendation, as he sounded so ………..about it.
A. half-baked B. half-hearted C. half-timbered D. haif-witted
7. In this very poor neighbourhood many youths belong to………….
A. bands B. gangs C. groups D. packs
8. One theory of the origin of the universe is ________ from the explosion of a tiny, extremely dense fireball several
billion years ago.
A. when forming B. the formation that C. that it formed D. because what formed
9. ________ at the site of a fort established by the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is now one of Canada’s fastest
growing cities.
A. Built B. It is built C. To build D. Having built
10. Harry’s new jacket doesn’t seem to fit him very well. He ________ it on before he bought it.
A. must have tried B. should have tried C. needn’t have tried D. might have tried
11. Today all five species of rhinos are perilously close ________ extinction.
A. with B. to C. of D. for
12. My neighbor is ________ ; he is always showing that he never cares about his bad behavior.
A. barefaced B. grim-faced C. faceless D. face-saving
13. More than a billion people all over the world are ________ threat of desert expansion.
A. in B. under C. on D. with
14. Jack: “Many happy returns, Jill.” Jill: “________”
A. Thank you. B. Good luck! C. Really? When? D. Thanks. The same to you!
15. It is necessary that one ________ a lawyer before signing an important contract.
A. consulted B. consult C. consults D. has consulted
16. Linda: “I’m getting married next week.” Janet: “ ________”
A. Good luck! B. Congratulations! C. My best regards! D. Bravo!
17. Smith: “I’m afraid I can’t come with you.” John: “________”
A. What a shame! B. It’s shameful! C. Thank you D. I don’t think so
18. She kindly offered to ________ me the way to the post office.
A. explain B. direct C. describe D. show
19. The train was ________ by a heavy snowfall.
A. held off B. held out C. held back D. held up
20. It was so quiet; you could have heard a ________ drop.
A. pin B. feather C. leaf D. sigh
WORD FORM
An unusual swimming club
While most sensible people are still fast (1. SLEEP)…………….members of a special club in Britain (2.
CHEER) ..........leave the warmth of their beds for an (3. ENERGY) ..............swim in water with a
temperature struggling to get beyond seven degrees centigrade. This behaviour may seem rather odd to you
- indeed, it may sound like complete (4. MAD) ...............- but these swimmers firmly believe that it is
healthyto take exercise in this way, even in the depth of winter.
(5. MEMBER)……….. of the club requires daily swimming outdoors in a nearby lake. When members are
asked why they do it, the common (6. RESPOND) ......................is that it makes them feel wonderful. The
swimmers claim that
immersing their bodies regularly in very cold water eventually makes them more (7. RESIST) ... to
illness, especially coughs and colds. And there is certainly evidence to suggest that an improvement in
blood (8. CIRCULATE) ......... can be achieved. However, such behaviour may not be such a good idea for
people who are not used to large and sudden (9. DIFFERENT ) ...... in temperature.
For many people, swimming in (10. ICE) ... water would actually be harmful.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
1: Each of the beautiful cars in the shop was quickly sold to their owner.
A B C D
2: It was a six-hours journey; we were completely exhausted when we arrived.
A B CD
3: Being that he was a good swimmer, John managed to rescue the child.
A B C D
4: I’d like to see him in my office the moment he will arrive.
A B C D
5: Professor Jones said that a good way to improve your language are learning to practise it.
A B C D
Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
As a result of the recent discovery of lunar water, the moon has suddenly become a far more interesting place
for investors, (1) ………must now view the long-term prospects with optimism. The last manned mission to the moon
drew (2)……. a close in 1973, (3)………. two astronauts from Apollo 17 climbed back into their lunar module, (4)
………… collected a lot of moon rock, but bereft (5)………. any future plans. Now the moon shines brighter for
astronauts and scientists alike, (6) ………to the existence of (7) ………..might be billions of tonnes of water
at (8)………….. poles.
There is (9)……….. high-tech substitute for water in space exploration. To support the international space station,
(10)………. has cost at least $100.000 a day to send water (11)………. orbit. Not (12) ………..would lunar water cut
these costs but it would additionally be used for rocket fuel, (13)……… two components, liquid hydrogen and liquid
oxygen, are the elements found in water.
Scientists are particularly excited (14)……….. , given the alsence of
an atmosphere, lunar water has never been recycled and they believe, therefore, that it (15)………. very well hold
clues to the formation of the solar system itself.
Choose the best answer.
Sleeping disorders like insomnia can prove to be a worrying question for many of us. Almost anyone can easily
conjure (51)___at least one sleepless night of (52)___ and turning in bed awaiting the bliss of a deep dream. Most
probably, a third of us undergo the distressing experience at least once a week.
Even though it is possible for people to (53)___without any sleep at all for a period of time, such occurrences are
rather few and far between and there is no evidence to (54)___ this assumption. What is sure, however, is the fact that
we do need some steep to regenerate our strength and to (55)___the brain to its proper activity. No wonder, then, that
the tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night (56)__ many of us to go for chemical support in the form
of sleep (57)___ tablets or powders.
However long the problem of sleeplessness has afflicted many individuals, very little has been (58)___in the question
of its original causes. We are conscious that it usually (59)___ those who are exposed to a great deal of stress, anxiety
or depression. It may also be (60)___ by overworking or unfavorable surroundings with scarcity or fresh air.
Sleeping pills may provide some relief as an alternative in this desperate situation. Yet, they do little to combat the
ailment in full. Consequently, our hopes should be (61)__on the medical authorities to (62)___ the root cause
insomnia before we take to being nocturnals leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.

51. A. up B. about C. off D. out


52. A. rolling B. wriggling C. tossing D. spinning
53. A. operate B. process C. function D. perform
54. A. proclaim B. endure C. invalidate D. substantiate
55. A. recuperate B. restore C. revive D. resume
56. A. exert B. affect C. enforce D. compel
57. A. inducing B. attaining C. exacting D. contributing
58. A. disparaged B. retrieved C. detected D. originated
59. A. betrays B. besets C. bemoans D. bestows
60. A. engendered B. applied C. instigated D. evolved
61. A. placed B. ascribed C. focused D. attached
62. A. emerge B. release C. determine D. confess
Read the following passage and answer the questions 63-75
Is it time to halt the rising tide of plastic packaging?
A. Close up, plastic packaging can be a marvelous thing. Those who make a living from it call it a forgotten
infrastructure that allows modern urban life to exist. Plastics have helped society defy natural limits such as the
seasons, the rotting of food and the distance most of us live from where our food is produced. And yet we do not like
it. Partly we do not like waste, but plastic waste, with its hydrocarbon roots and industrial manufacture is especially
galling. In 2008, the UK, for example, produced around two million tonnes of plastic waste, twice as much as in the
early 1990s. The very qualities of plastic - its cheapness, its indestructible aura - make it a reproachful symbol of an
unsustainable way of life. The facts, however, do not justify our unease. All plastics are, at least theoretically,
recyclable. Plastic packaging makes up just 6 to 7 per cent of the contents of British dustbins by weight and less than
3 per cent of landfill. Supermarkets and brands, which are under pressure to reduce the quantity of packaging of all
types that they use, are finding good environmental reasons to turn to plastic: it is lighter, so requires less energy for
transportation than glass, for example; it requires relatively little energy to produce; and it is often re-usable. An
Austrian study found that if plastic packaging were removed from the supply chain, other packaging would have to
increase fourfold to make up for it.
B. So are we just wrong about plastic packaging? Is it time to stop worrying and learn to love the disposable plastic
wrapping around sandwiches? Certainly there are bigger targets for environmental savings such as improving
household insulation and energy emissions. Naturally, the plastics industry is keen to point them out. What s more,
concern over plastic packaging has produced a squall of conflicting initiatives from retailers, manufacturers and local
authorities. It’s a squall that dies down and then blows harder from one month to the next. ‘It is being left to the
individual conscience and supermarkets playing the market,’ says Tim Lang, a professor specializing in food policy.
‘It’s a mess’
C. Dick Searle of the Packaging Federation points out that societies without sophisticated packaging lose half their
food before it reaches consumers and that in the UK, waste in supply chains is about 3 per cent. In India, it is more
than 50 per cent. The difference comes later: the British throw out 30 per cent of the food they buy - an environmental
cost in terms of emissions equivalent to a fifth of the cars on their roads. Packagers agree that cardboard, metals and
glass all have their good points, but there’s nothing quite like plastic. With more than 20 families of polymers to
choose from and then sometimes blend, packaging designers and manufacturers have a limitless variety of qualities to
play with.
D. But if there is one law of plastic that, in environmental terms at least, prevails over all others, it is this: a little goes
a long way. This means, first, that plastic is relatively cheap to use - it represents just over one-third of the UK
packaging market by value but it wraps more than half the total number of items bought. Second, it means that even
though plastic encases about 53 per cent of products bought, it only makes up 20 per cent by weight of the packaging
consumed. And in the packaging equation, weight is the main issue because the heavier something is, the more energy
you expend moving it around. In view of this, righteous indignation against plastic can look foolish.
E. One store commissioned a study to find precise data on which had less environmental impact: selling apples loose
or ready-wrapped. Helene Roberts, head of packaging, explains that in fact they found apples in fours on a tray
covered by plastic film needed 27 per cent less packaging in transportation than those sold loose. Steve Kelsey, a
packaging designer, finds the debate frustrating. He argues that the hunger to do something quickly is diverting effort
away from more complicated questions about how you truly alter supply chains. Rather than further reducing the
weight of a plastic bottle, more thought should be given to how packaging can be recycled. Helene Roberts explains
that their greatest packaging reduction came when the company switched to re-usable plastic crates and stopped
consuming 62,000 tonnes of cardboard boxes every year. Plastic packaging is important, and it might provide a way
of thinking about broader questions of sustainability. To target plastic on its own is to evade the complexity of the
issues. There seems to be a universal eagerness to condemn plastic. Is this due to an inability to make the general
changes in society that are really required? ‘Plastic as a lightweight food wrapper is now built in as the logical thing,’
Lang says. ‘Does that make it an environmentally sound system of packaging? It only makes sense if you have a
structure such as exists now. An environmentally driven packaging system would look completely different.’ Dick
Searle put the challenge another way. ‘The amount of packaging used today is a reflection of modern life.”
Questions 63-67: Choose the correct heading for each paragraph, A-E, from the list of headings below. Write the
correct number, i-viii, in the numbered spaces below
List of headings
i. A lack of consistence policy
ii. Learning from experience
iii. The greatest advantage
iv. The role of research
v. A unique material
vi. An irrational anxiety
vii. Avoiding the real challenges
viii. A sign of things to come
Your answers
63. Paragraph A. 64.Paragraph B 65. Paragraph C 66. Paragraph D 67. Paragraph E
_____________ __________ ___________ ___________ ____________

Question 68-72: Look at the following statement and the list of people below. Match each statement to the correct
person (A_D).Write the correct letter A-D in the numbered spaces provided. You may use any letter more than
once
68. Comparison of two approaches to packaging revealed an interesting result 69.
People are expected to do the right thing. 70. Most
food reaches UK shops in good condition. 71. Complex issues are
ignored in the search for speedy solutions. 72. It is merely because of the way
societies operate that using plastic seems valid.
People
A. Tim Lang B. Dick Searle C. Helene Roberts D.Steve Kelsey
Your answers
68. 69. 70. 71. 72.

Questions 73-75 Complete the summary below.


Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD from the text for each answer. Write your answers in the numbered
spaces provided
A revolutionary material
Plastic packaging has changed the way we consume food. However, we instinctively dislike it, partly because it is the
product of (73)___processes, but also because it seems to be (74)__so we feel it is wasteful. Nevertheless, it is thanks
to plastic that for many people their choice of food is no longer restricted by the (75)__in which it is available or the
location of its source.

For each of the sentences below, rewrite a new sentence as similar as possible to the original sentence, using the
words given in capital letters. These words must not be altered in any way.
1. She told me it had nothing to do with me and not to get involved. (BUSINESS)
.................................................................................................................................................................
2. The resort wasn't as nice as we thought it would be. (LIVE)
.................................................................................................................................................................
3. The change of manager hasn't had any impact at all on staff morale. (SLIGHTEST)
.................................................................................................................................................................
4. The government seems determined to keep control of the situation. (LET)
.................................................................................................................................................................
5. Things have got worse since he started to interfere. (MATTERS)
.................................................................................................................................................................

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