PRACTICE TEST 1

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. blessing B. beyond C. expose D. reject
2. A. amazed B. relieved C. depressed D. worried
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 the main stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. disguise B. pretend C. inspire D. anxious
4. A. unpleasant B. overcome C. embarrassed D. essential

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following sentences.
5. When the teacher announced a pop quiz, everyone ______ with excitement.
A. reacted B. showed C. felt D. met
6. Sarah was ______ when her roommate borrowed her favorite dress without asking.
A. beyond her wildest dream B. on cloud nine
C. a piece of cake D. bent out of shape
7. She behaves as if she ______ famous, but nobody seems to recognize her.
A. has been B. was C. would be D. will be
8. Even after reading the definitions several times, I just couldn't wrap my ______ around the
concept.
A. eye B. brain C. head D. soul
9. She felt ______ a winner even though she wasn’t placed first, because she'd overcome her
fear of public speaking and delivered a powerful presentation.
A. like B. as if C. as D. same as

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct arrangement of
the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph in each of the following questions.
10. a. While I was hiking through the forest, I slipped and fell down a steep hill.
b. When I finally stopped, I was relieved to find that I was not seriously injured.
c. I will never forget my last holiday in the countryside of France.
d. Although the experience was frightening, for it as a reminder to be more careful in the future.
e. As I was tumbling down, I was really scared because everything happened so fast.

A. d-c-a-b-e B. c-d-a-e-b C. c-a-e-b-d D. a-e-b-c-d

11. a. Suddenly, we heard the distant rumble of thunder and dark clouds quickly gathered.
b. It happened two years ago when I was camping with friends.
c. Strong winds began to howl, so we ran as our life depended on it, trying to reach shelter before
the rain came down really hard.
d. The day had been perfect - sunny skies and a gentle breeze.
e. Later, after the storm disappeared, we learned that several trees had fallen in the campsite, but
thankfully, no one was hurt.

A. b-a-c-d-e B. b-d-a-c-e C. b-c-a-d-e D. b-c-e-d-a

Read the following fact file of Sir Alexander Fleming and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
 Sir ALEXANDER FLEMING

• He is well-known (12)______ the discovery of penicillin in 1928

• He is (13)______ as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century.
• In 1939, he managed (14)______ penicillin into a medicine for humans.
• In 1945, he, together with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey, was awarded
the Nobel Prize for medicine.

12. A. for B. with C. to D. as

13. A. presented B. talked C. considered D. decided
14. A. turning B. to turn C. to have turned D. to be turned

Read the following fact file of Sir David Attenborough and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Sir DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Early life:
➢ As a child, he showed his (15) ______ in natural history and started collecting fossils,
stones and natural specimens.
Career:
➢ He first (16) ______ as a producer in the early 1950s.
Quotes:
➢ “David has affected the lives of people and wildlife (17) _______ many years. With
his amazing amount of knowledge, his achievement is to recommend life, wildlife and
human life to the people of this Earth.” Bill Oddie.

15. A. excitement B. attraction C. interest D. fascination

16. A. worked B. was working C. has worked D. had worked
17. A. since B. for C. in D. during

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best
fits each of the numbered blanks.
Malala Yousafzai, born on July 12, 1997, is a Pakistani activist who is (18) _____ for her
courageous fight for female education. (19) _____ the Pakistani Taliban's rule, girls were
banned from attending school. Despite facing threats from the Pakistani Taliban, in early 2009,
she wrote a blog under her pseudonym Gul Makai for the BBC Urdu to detail her life during
the Taliban's occupation of Swat. This bravery (20) _____ to a horrific assassination attempt in
2012. On October 9, while Malala (21) _____ home from school on the bus, Taliban fighters
boarded and shot her in the head. Miraculously, Malala survived and continued her fight. In
2014, (22) _____ the age of 17, she became the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala's resilience and determination have (23) _____ millions worldwide, and she continues
to work tirelessly through the Malala Fund to ensure that all girls have access to quality
education.
18. A. shown B. developed C. famous D. introduced
19. A. During B. For C. Since D. At
20. A. caused B. resulted C. created D. led
21. A. was riding B. rode C. had ridden D. has ridden
22. A. on B. at C. in D. with
23. A. created B. informed C. inspired D. persuaded

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28.
Hi Joanne,

Did I ever tell you that I’m quite a good skier? When I started, I was hopeless, like a fish
out of (24) _____, but I’ve been going to ski resorts for years with my parents, and I can do
the harder routes now. But I had a really frightening experience on my last winter holiday. I
was skiing in the mountains with a group of friends when, suddenly, the snow behind us
started to move. It was making a terrible sound, as if it was a huge railway train coming
down the mountain. I was the first to (25) _____, because I had read about what to do in an
avalanche (which is what this movement of snow is called). I shouted to my friends to
follow me, and we skied to a huge rock. There was room for all of us to hide behind it, and,
when the snow (26) _____ the rock, it didn’t move.

However, when the avalanche was over, we were in a snow cave behind the rock and had
no idea how deep the snow was above us. I was so nervous as we started to dig our way
out. It felt as if I had butterflies in my (27) _____. We were digging for at least 10 minutes
before we reached the surface. We were all on cloud (28) _____ at that moment because we
were safe.

24. A. river B. sea C. water D. lake

25. A. react B. reject C. reserve D. request
26. A. overcame B. impacted C. investigated D. depended
27. A. head B. heart C. mouth D. stomach
28. A. five B. seven C. nine D. ten

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 29 to 33.
Hi there!

I’ve decided to start writing a blog. My friends say it’s a piece of cake. I just hope I can
think of interesting things to say each week and that I’ll get lots of followers! Anyway, for
my first post, I want to tell you a little bit about myself. [1]

My name’s Mia, and I’m currently 19 years old, living in a small, pretty town that’s always
full of life. My life has been quite full, too, but not always in a good way. In fact, it has
been like a rollercoaster, filled with ups and downs. At various times, I’ve been anxious,
depressed, relieved, and finally grateful, as you will learn. [2]

I grew up as an only child on a farm, which meant a lot of adventures on my own in our
fields, creating stories about imaginary friends, since there were no real children my age for
miles around. I was taught at home until the three of us moved to the town when I was 10,
where I immediately joined the drama club. [3]

I was just starting high school when my doctor told me that I had a rare illness. It meant
spending lots of time in hospitals and missing out on school and drama activities. At the
 time, it seemed like the end of the world, but the experience taught me a lot about being
strong mentally and about how we can overcome problems if we think in a positive way.
I’m much better now. [4]

Forgetting about all that now, I love spending time outdoors, exploring new hiking trails.
Perhaps sometime I’ll share with you the itinerary for my last hike in the mountains. It was
awesome! I also love reading – any reading I can get my hands on, really. My current
favorite is a mystery novel that I can’t seem to put down!

That’s all for this week. I’ll have to start thinking about a topic for my second blog entry.
Maybe this is not a piece of cake after all, but I’m sure I’ll get my head around it.
29. What does “it” mean in paragraph 2?
A. A good way.
B. Life in Mia’s town.
C. Mia’s life.
D. Mia’s town.

30. Which of these statements is NOT true, from the information in paragraph 3?
A. Mia did not go to school as a young child.
B. Mia didn’t know her parents.
C. Mia had no brothers or sisters.
D. Mia had no real friends as a young child.

31. Where should this phrase go in the text? “I feel like a million bucks.”
A. [1].
B. [2].
C. [3].
D. [4].

32. Why does the writer begin paragraph 5 with “Forgetting about all that now,”?
A. She has almost forgotten the problems she had to overcome.
B. She has difficulty putting her illness behind her.
C. She wants to move onto another topic.
D. She wants to write about another problem in her life.

33. What does the writer mean by her last sentence?

A. Writing a blog is not much fun, but she has to do it.
B. Blog entries don’t seem as if they are as easy to write as her friends told her.
C. She doesn’t know if she will be able to produce a blog each week.
D. She got very confused while she was writing her first blog.

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 34 to 40.

Childhood
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Montgomery County, Alabama, which is one of the
southern states of the USA. While she was growing up, Rosa experienced a lot of unfairness because
of her skin color. This was common in the southern states at that time. In her hometown, she went to a
school for black children that didn’t have many things needed for high-quality teaching, but Rosa was
smart and did well.

Early life
 Rosa didn’t become famous because of her work. Instead, she became known for standing up for what
is right. She worked as a seamstress, a person who sews clothes, but what really mattered to her was
equal rights for black people as for white people. Rosa joined the NAACP, an important group that
was working to make life better for black people across America.

[…]
Rosa Parks did something very brave on December 1, 1955. She was riding on a bus and didn’t move
when a white person wanted her seat. This was against the laws of the state then, but Rosa was tired of
the unfairness. Her brave act led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, when black people stopped using
the buses to protest against the rules. As a result, the government of Alabama had to stop giving white
people special rights on its buses. The president of the Montgomery Improvement Association at the
time was Martin Luther King, and the boycott made him a national and then international figure for
equal rights.

Death
Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005. She was 92 years old. Many people were sad, because she was a
hero not just in America but anywhere that people were fighting for equal rights. Rosa Parks showed
that one person can make a big difference. Today, people still look up to her when they want to make
things better or fight against what is wrong.
34. What is NOT true about Rosa’s childhood?
A. Unfair treatment was familiar to her.
B. She was a smart child.
C. She moved to different cities in the southern states.
D. She did not receive high-quality education.
35. What does “that” refer to in paragraph 1?
A. Rosa Parks.
B. Rosa’s hometown.
C. Rosa’s school.
D. The children at Rosa’s school.

36. From the information in paragraph 2, what kind of organization was the NCAAP?
A. A local organization.
B. A national organization.
C. An international organization.
D. It is not clear from the information.

37. Which heading is missing at […]?

A. Achievements
B. Career
C. Social life
D. Transport

38. What does “boycott” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Do something to make yourself famous.
B. Start doing something to support equal rights.
C. Stop buying or using something as a protest.
D. Stop other people doing something.
39. What event led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A. Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat
B. The founding of the NAACP
C. Martin Luther King's leadership
D. The government's special rights for white people
40. What is the best heading for this text?
A. Rosa Parks: A Brave Life
B. The Life and Work of Rosa Parks
C. Rosa Parks Changed the World
D. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King