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ASSORTED PRACTICE TEST 19

(Time: 20 minutes)

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PART ONE
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. Circle your answer.
1. A. motor B. slogan C. domino D. total
2. A. them B. theme C. theory D. bath
3. A. tomb B. comb C. subtle D. subtitle
4. A. moustache B. chamber C. charge D. champion
5. A. fussy B. put C. puppet D. bucket
B. Choose the word with the main stress placed differently from that of the others in each group. Circle your answer.
6. A. migration B. inhabit C. combatant D. rebellious
7. A. tolerant B. contestant C. pharmacy D. megabyte
8. A. intermarriage B. equality C. detestable D. intensify
9. A. acknowledgement B. insufficient C. determinable D. announcement
10. A. comprehensively B. capability C. periodical D. commemorative

PART TWO
For questions 11–20, read the following sentences and then decide which word, (A, B, C or D), best fits each
space. Circle the correct answer.
11. It’s important that everyone have a __________ in making cost-effective environmental policies.
A. talk B. part C. say D. voice
12. Languages ___________ over time so dictionaries need to be regularly updated.
A. elapse B. evolve C. improve D. elicit
13. My teacher said my essay was _________. She said she couldn’t follow my argument.
A. incompetent B. inaccurate C. incoherent D. incompatible
14. When I surf the net I often lose ___________ of time. Before I know it a few hours have gone by.
A. pace B. trace C. sense D. track
15. His job is to arrange the files into ___________ order from the oldest to the most recent.
A. alphabetical B. chronological C. successive D. historical
16. High unemployment and falling income signal (a)n ___________ economic recession.
A. previous B. imminent C. subsequent D. likely
17. As old buildings are ________, the most modern facilities are being installed.
A. reformed B. refreshed C. renewed D. refurbished
18. Their house is the ________ of the whole street.
A. envy B. jealousy C. desire D. admiration
19. These bananas ________ rather hard.
A. feel B. touch C. sense D. taste
20. The school board takes a ________ on cyber bullying and school violence.
A. hard step B. hard line C. strict step D. strict line

PART SIX
For questions 41–47, read the text below and then decide which word, (A, B, C or D), best fits each space. Circle
the correct answer. There is an example at the beginning (0).
GLOBAL WARMING
Few people now (0)____A____ the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many
scientists (41)________ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world’s temperatures and are
convinced that, more than ever before, the earth is at (42)________ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun.
According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even
(43)________ and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.
Environmental groups are putting (44)________ on governments to take action to reduce the amount of
carbon dioxide which is given (45)________ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its
(46)_________. They are in favour of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy
devices, which could then replace existing power stations.

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Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped (47)________ carbon dioxide and other gases into
the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it
seems, is here to stay.
0. A question B. hesitate C. disagree D. concern
41. A. get B. take C. impose D. put
42. A. threat B. danger C. risk D. harm
43. A. stricter B. severer C. stronger D. heavier
44. A. force B. pressure C. persuasion D. demand
45. A. off B. away C. up D. in
46. A. root B. resource C. source D. essence
47. A. releasing B. freeing C. throwing D. dumping

PART EIGHT
You are going to read an article about advertising in public places. For questions 58-70, choose from the people
(A-F). Write your answers in the spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Which person says that advertising …
is effective in places where people have nothing else to do? 0. ______B______
can be uninteresting if there’s a lack of variety? 58. _____________
has a mostly negative impact on the urban landscape? 59. _____________
may have a bad influence on one group of people? 60. _____________
can damage the appearance of the countryside? 61. _____________
is more successful if it is well designed? 62. _____________
may be a waste of energy resources? 63. _____________
can lead to a break of concentration in a job? 64. _____________
should not be allowed in certain public places? 65. _____________
is more memorable if the products are unusual? 66. _____________
can be a source of potential danger? 67. _____________
can sometimes make you feel better? 68. _____________
is good if it makes you think about something? 69. _____________
is useful in providing work for talented and creative people? 70. _____________
ADVERTISING IN PUBLIC PLACES: LIKE IT OR LOVE IT?
We asked six people for their opinions
A. Rob Stevenson, lorry driver
The main problem is that the location of posters can be a safety hazard if they block your view of junctions or road
signs. I’m not distracted from driving by the content so much, just by the fact that a poster is there. I’ve no time to
read them or study them, though the names of products must stick in your memory. Posters in fields get a lot of
attention because you certainly notice them as you drive down the motorway. They must be a bonus for the farmer
who gets an income from them, but I suppose they do make a bit of a mess of the rural environment. On the
whole, there aren’t too many posters on the roads – not compared with some countries I’ve driven through.
B. Josie Pelham, cabin crew
Walking through airports in uniform, I tend not to look around too much. That’s because I run the risk of being
asked questions by confused passengers who mistake me for ground crew, but helping them is not my job. But
adverts in airports have a captive audience because people end up hanging around waiting for delayed flights in
lounges or at boarding gates, so in those places they must work well for the advertisers. When travelling, an
amusing advert can brighten up my day, but I do tend to see endless dull adverts for banks round the airport and
they don’t fit into that category! Planes are even being painted externally to carry advertising. I saw one decorated
to advertise house music in Ibiza. How cool is that?
C. Damian Stenton, lawyer
To be honest, I can take or leave street advertising – I don’t pay it much attention and posters aren’t that
obtrusive. I don’t even mind posters in the countryside, though I know that’s all issue for some groups in society.
Like a lot of people, the only place I really notice them is in a station waiting for a train. The advertisers can’t really
fail to reach people in that situation, can they? Some of the paper posters are being replaced by TV screens. I
guess that enables the company to make more money, as they can switch adverts easily – and it also saves paper.
But it’s rather environmentally unfriendly as each advertising screen obviously has to be powered by electricity. At a
time when we’re all being urged to cut down on consumption of precious resources, putting up TV screens
everywhere seems rather counterproductive.
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D. Danni Rochas, interior designer

I often feel surrounded by posters and advertising, it seems to be taking over our city. I am reminded of an episode
of The Simpsons where the town’s outdoor advertising comes to life and hunts down the residents. I’m resigned to
the fact that posters are ‘necessary’ commercialisation, but I find them less annoying when they ‘give’ something
positive in exchange for being such an intrusive presence on the urban landscape. Occasionally, though, advertisers
find a new angle on an issue that’s really thought-provoking and that must be positive. So maybe I’d prefer it to
exist rather than not.
E. Mandy Tilney, primary schoolteacher
Outdoor advertising is probably the advertising I notice the most, but perhaps it’s just concentrated in the sort of
areas I pass through. Ads for strange things like remedies for thinning hair stick in the mind most – though I
couldn’t tell you why. I’m not entirely comfortable with how advertising affects kids, however. Whilst outdoor
advertising may not be specifically targeting children, there’s no way of stopping them seeing it. Posters can’t be
edited out or turned off, and kids are so suggestible. It’s the consumer culture thing, and leads to the whole
business of peer pressure, which is not very desirable.
F. Naomi Hesketh, student
I try to walk straight past most posters as if they weren’t there, but some do manage to grab your attention
nonetheless. I really like those that are colourful or imaginative. I think advertising allows lots of clever people to
reach a wide public with their ideas, and we all benefit from that. Why would you even look at a boring poster? I
think production values are important, too, in making you trust the advertiser. I agree with banning posters from
parks and on historic buildings, but there’s nothing wrong with them in shopping streets and main roads. They
make the environment brighter.

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