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EXAMINATIONFOR
THE MICHIGAN CERTIFICATE
OF
PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
ECPEPractice Preliminary Tests
(with KEY)
Volume 8
Prepared by Rodney A Coules
ANATOLIA COLLEGE
Language & Testing Office
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PRELIMINARY TEST FOR THE ECPE
INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES
This set of five practice tests has been produced to help candidates to familiarize themselves with the new
format of the preliminary test to be introduced for the first time on 29 November, 2003.
In the test there are 35 problems: 10 grammar problems, 10 multiple choice cloze problems, 10
vocabulary problems, and 5 questions about a reading passage. Candidates will have 30 minutes to answer
all 35 problems.Below are examples of each of the different types of problems with the correct answer indicated with an
asterisk (*).
GRAMMAR: Choose the word or phrase which best completes the conversation.
“What is that thing?”
“That ____ a spider.”
a. to call
b. for calling
c. be called
*d. is called
CLOZE: Read the passage, then select the word that best fills the blank in both grammar andmeaning.
Long ago roads were only trails for people a. way *b. road
and animals to walk on, but today roads c. travel d. superhighway
must be made for cars, trucks, and buses.
The most modern ____ is often called a
superhighway.
VOCABULARY: Choose the word that most appropriately completes the sentence.
The first things we study in school are very _____.
a. sturdy b. shifty
c. trusty
*d. elementary
READING : Read the passage, then answer the questions following it according to the information
given in the passage.
While I was getting ready to go to town one morning last week, my wife handed me a
little piece of red cloth and asked me if I would have time during the day to buy her
two yards of cloth like that.
The person telling the story is….a. a married lady
b. an unmarried lady
* c. a married man
d. an unmarried man
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Practice Test 1
GRAMMAR
1. How could Jeff have done that?”
“ _____ . Who knows what he was thinking?”
a. Never before!
b. Beats me!
c. Certainly not!
d. I’ll eat my hat!
2. I like_____ immediately after a party.
a. to cleaning up
b. my cleaning up
c. that I clean upd. to clean up
3. Had George listened to his brother, he _____
into trouble with his teacher.
a. wouldn’t have gotten
b. wouldn’t get
c. wouldn’t have been
d. hadn’t been
4. The boss recommended _____ for the
position.
a. that Steve was applying
b. Steve to apply
c. Steve apply
d. Steve is applying
5. A rather _____ smell was coming from our
neighbor’s yard.
a. offender
b. offence
c. offensive
d. offending
6. _____, he took the dog out for a walk.
a. Soon George returned from school
b. The minute George returned from school
c. Soon George returned from school
d. The minute George returning from school
7. Can anyone tell me _____ a shop selling
oriental foods?
a. where I can find
b. where can I find
c. where will I findd. where is to be found
8. The information _____ along to the local
authorities.
a. have been passed
b. are being passed
c. has been passed
d. are to be passed
9. “Would you like to go out for a pizza this
evening?”
“Why don’t we _____ to the house?”
a. have delivered them a couple
b. have them delivering a couple
c. have them to deliver a couple
d. have them deliver a couple
10. We have arranged to send the goods _____
the customer by courier.
a. at
b. towards
c. into
d.
to
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CLOZE
Camel racing, a favorite pastime in the
Middle East, has taken flack from human
rights (11) for the young boys imported to
jockey the humpbacked desert beasts.
Accordingly, the government of Qatar
announced right before year’s end that it was
banning (12) jockeys. Their replacements?
Why, robots, of course. Camel racers in Qatar
have (13) tested remote-controlled, titanium
robot jockeys (14) by an unnamed Swiss
company. Camel owners (15) jockey via
joystick from the sidelines as the animals
galumph around a kilometer-long (16). The
robots are apparently armed (17) whips, and
future models may include cameras to give
the controllers a jockey’s- (18) view. But
exactly how they work is being kept secret for
(19). “They won’t let me near the robot,” says
Chuck Thorpe, a member of the Robotics
Institute at Carnegie-Mellon University’s
Qatar campus. He (20) that remote control
might work well in camel races, which
require little maneuvering compared with
horse races.
This passage was taken from Scientific
American, March 2005.
(11) a. protectors b. advocates
c. instigators d. defenders
(12) a. children b. child
c. childish d. childlike
(13) a. accordingly b. inadvertently
c. reportedly d. retrospectively
(14) a. build b. building
c. built d. builder
(15) a. would b. should
c. could d. ought
(16) a. track b. lane
c. route d. field
(17) a. by b. for
c. against d. with
(18) a. sight b. eye
c. scan d. high
(19) a. keeps b. good
c. now d. moment
(20) a. specifies b. ascertains
c. spectates d. speculates
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VOCABULARY
21. Newspapers often _____ the truth.
a. extend b. distort
c. expand
d. distend
22. Mrs. Stevens had _____ about deciding to sell
her house.
a. misconceptions
b. misgivings
c. misdemeanors
d. misinterpretations
23. My sister _____ refused to listen to myadvice.
a. resolutely
b. feebly
c. avidly
d. staunchly
24. Residents complained about the _____ odor
from the factory.
a. retentive
b. selective
c. impulsive
d. vile
25. Nylon is a cheap _____ material.
a. expendable
b. expandable
c. durable
d. edible
26. The company has _____ a new sales plan.
a. involved b. inculcated
c. instigated
d. adopted
27. Stray dogs are a(n) _____ in residential areas.
a. trait
b. addict
c. menace
d. feature
28. I was woken up by someone _____ on a door.a. pounding
b. slamming
c. pinching
d. creaking
29. Most bamboo stems are_____.
a. vacant
b. hollow
c. void
d. empty
30. Sand is to be found in _____ on most beaches.
a. scarcity
b. entirety
c. abundance
d. coasts
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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural
History,Vol.114, No.9, November 2005.
How much can a bit of detective work glean
from a few ancient bones? Sometimes, the answer
is, a lot. For one thing, anthropologists can get a
pretty good idea, from traces of various elements
in the bones, what their original owners ate. An
abundance of the isotope carbon-13 indicates a
diet rich in plants that build sugar molecules out
of compounds containing four rather than three
carbon atoms – know as “C4” photosynthesis. The
relative proportion of the nitrogen-15 isotope
reflects the diet’s protein content. By analyzing
the ratios of various isotopes, Ekaterina A.Pechenkina, an anthropologist at the City
University of New York, and her collaborators
inferred diets of peasant farmers – along with the
diets of the farmers’ pigs and dogs – who lived in
northern China’s Yellow River basin between
4,000 and 7,000 years ago. The investigators determined that the
farmers cultivated and consumed a
tremendous amount of millet, the region’s
only C4 crop plant. And surprisingly, the
animals ate even more of the grain: itcomprised as much as 90 percent of their
diets. That suggests the pigs not only dined on
millet-bearing human refuse – stems and
leaves, table scraps, and feces – but were also
fed the grain directly. The dogs ate millet, too,
and likely boosted their overall intake of it by
hunting millet-eating mice.
Grain-fed animals signal a well-off
farming community that can afford to lose
most of the grain’s calorific value by using it
to fatten up animals. If the farmers didn’tregularly dine on pork, they may, at least,
have raised the pigs for special occasions,
such as ritual sacrifices or feasts.
31. The passage states that examination of ancient
bones from the northern part of China’sYellow River basin
a. will show what animals were
domesticated by ancient populations.
b. would be more revealing if more bones
were available.
c. has given scientists a good idea of how
to trace various elements.
d. can provide information on the diets of
ancient populations and the animals they
domesticated.
32. The evidence indicates that populations in the
northern part of China’s Yellow River basin
a. had little protein in their diet.
b. relied heavily on a diet containing
particular sugar-producing plants.
c. had an essentially protein-rich diet.
d. kept the proportion of carbon-13 and
nitrogen-15 isotopes in their diet
constant.
33. Investigators have found that millet
a. grew in great abundance in the wild.
b. was grown by farmers in great
quantities.c. was the only crop grown in the region.
d. was grown only for animal consumption.
34. The dogs increased the amount of millet they
consumed by
a. eating mice which had consumed millet.
b. eating everything the pigs ate.
c. hunting various animals in the wild.
d. dining together with the pigs.
35. Researchers conclude that the ancient
populations of the northern part of the Yellow
River basin must have been prosperous
because
a. they regularly dined on pork
b. they millet in their diet.
c. their used so much of their millet to
fatten animals.
d. they had pigs and dogs.
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Practice Test 2
GRAMMAR
1. _____ you please keep the noise down! I’m
trying to study!
a. Need
b. May
c. Ought
d. Would
2. “I’ve lost my mobile phone, Mom.”
“Isn’t it time _____ taking better care of
your property?”
a. your starting b. you started
c. you have to start
d. you have started
3. _____ having a bad headache, I managed to
complete the work I had to do.
a. Despite
b. Since
c. However
d. Although
4. The new Sales Manager has a really _____ work
background.
a. impressed
b. impression
c. impressive
d. impressing
5. As long as _____ , you may make use of her
office
while she is away.
a. Pamela will not object
b.
Pamela is not going to objectc. Pamela does not object
d. Pamela would not object
6. I have never seen _____ of fish before. I wonder
if it is edible?
a. a type
b. one type
c. the type
d. this type
7. _____, she saw a sight that filled her with horror
and disgust
a. Opening the door b. She opened the door
c. Opened the door
d. When the door she opened
8. _____, he would have informed me.
a. If Dave knew the news
b. If Dave has known the news
c. Had Dave known the news
d. To have known Dave the news
9. Sarah blames _____ for everything that has
happened.
a. to herself
b. for yourself
c. herself
d. in herself
10. Nowhere in the world _____ clearer seas than
in the Pacific.
a. you will find
b.
will you findc. you are to find
d. you have to find
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CLOZE
Breeding cows for beef is often slow because
the qualities of a top-grade cut, marbling and
tenderness, are unknown until after a cow is (11).
That may change soon thanks (12) a newborn calf
born healthy to the first cow cloned from a beef
(13). The mother, KC, is named (14) the kidney
cell from which she was cloned. Her calf,
Sunshine, was born (15) in mid-December, lively
and fit at 72 pounds. The technology used to
generate KC could also clone an animal from a
freshly processed (16) of beef, says Steven Stice,
an animal scientist at the University of Georgia.
(17) cloned animals cannot legally enter the food
(18), their offspring might soon: later this year the
Food and Drug Administration is (19) to weigh in
on the safety of eating such animals, (20) an
earlier FDA draft deemed unsafe.
This passage was taken from Scientific American,
March 2005.
(11) a. butchered b. massacred
c. slain d. stabbed
(12) a. to b. because
c. for d. owing
(13) a. carcass b. body
c. corpse d. remains
(14) a. for b. after
c. by d. with
(15) a. usually b. physically
c. naturally d. intentionally
(16) a. cut b. chop
c. slice d. portion
(17) a. Although b. Despite
c. However d. Since
(18) a. group b. chain
c. pattern d. framework
(19) a. known b. seen
c. expected d. pending
(20) a. that b. who
c. what d. which
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VOCABULARY
21. The sales team was _____ of fresh ideas.
a. bare
b. empty
c. stripped
d. devoid
22. The _____ of rotting fish was unbearable.
a. aroma
b. fragrance
c. stench
d. scent
23. The dentist decided to _____ the decayed
tooth.
a. evict b. expunge
c. evacuate
d. extract
24. Mr. Rivers is on the night _____ next week.
a. shift
b. period
c. term
d. job
25. Unless you respond _____, you might lose the
opportunity.a. promptly
b. partially
c. adeptly
d. placidly
26. William Shakespeare is one of the most _____
dramatists England has known.
a. pungent
b. prolific
c. sprightlyd. profuse
27. Medical experts battled to _____ the spread
of the disease.
a. amputate
b. arrest
c. encircle
d. sever
28. Most of us found it difficult to _____ what the
speaker was saying.
a. declare b. detach
c. decipher
d. detain
29. A _____ of abuse was heard form the angry
cab driver.
a. flow
b. stream
c. tide
d. trickle
30. It took the team two months to _____ acrossthe desert .
a. ply
b. venture
c. expedite
d. trek
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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural History,
Vol. 114, No.9, November 2005.
If you could redesign your own head, where
would you put your eyes? The question isn’t
entirely frivolous. To see in three-dimensions, and
so to gauge distances effectively, your two eyes
must face forward. But binocular vision comes at
a price: it leaves a dangerous blind spot behind the
head. That can give you all-around vision, but it
diminishes distance perception.
The way an animal usually catches its food
settles the dilemma. Apes, cats, raptors, and the
like that catch live, fast-moving prey tend to have
forward-facing eyes. Aardvarks, rabbits, zebras,and other animals that rely on a more sedentary
diet have eyes on each side of the head,
maximizing their ability to spot lurking dangers.
Why then, asked a team of British ornithologists,
led by Graham Martin of the University of
Birmingham, in England, does Africa’s filter-
feeding lesser flamingo have eyes that face
forward? After all, the bird feeds with its head
upside down, which means that its eyes are
pointing backwards.
It seems that for lesser flamingos there is more
to life than filtering diatoms and algae from the
mud. Unlike filter-feeding ducks, which raise self-
feeding chicks, lesser flamingos must feed their
young for the first ten to twelve weeks of their
lives. The task requires accurate delivery of “crop
milk” from parent to chick, directly into the
chick’s open mouth. Martin’s team suggests that
this is possible only with forward-facing eyes.
31. What do we understand from the term
“binocular vision” in line 5 of the text?
a. Vision that could lead to blindness
b. Vision you get through a pair of
binoculars
c. The vision you have when your eyes are
positioned to see ahead
d. Vision which allows you to see ahead
and behind
32. Animals with one eye on each side of the
heada. are in a better position than other
animals in all respects.
b. still see in three-dimensions.
c. do not perceive distance as well as those
with “binocular vision”.
d. have to turn their head left or right in
order to gauge distance.
33. Apes, cats and raptors apparently have
forward-facing eyes to enable them
a. to depend on a more sedentary diet.
b. to measure how far away their prey is.c. to outrun their prey.
d. to avoid lurking dangers.
34. The filter-feeding lesser flamingo’s eyes are
forward-facing to enable it
a. to hold its head upside down.
b. to compete against filter-feeding ducks.
c. to spot dangers approaching from behind
when it is feeding.
d. to successfully feed its chicks.
35. The chicks of filter-feeding ducks
a. need less “crop milk” from the parent birds.
b. are able to feed themselves.
c. are fed “crop milk” for a shorter period.
d. reject “crop milk” from the parent birds.
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Practice Test 3
GRAMMAR
1. “Where is the boss this week?”
“He’s gone to London, ___ with the Chairman of
the company.”
a. where he met
b. where he is meeting
c. where will he meet
d. where is he going to meet
2. “We need to change the company’s image.
“Yes. The market has become really_____.”
a. competitive
b. competing
c. competitor
d. competition
3. “When is Tim leaving for the States?”
“It is imperative_____ immediately.”
a. his leaving
b. that he leave
c. he leaves
d.
him to leave
4. Unless they ____ about the problem at once, it is
going to get much worse.
a. will do something
b. don’t do something
c. doing something
d. do something
5. Seldom _____ such a plentiful supply of oranges
at this time of the year.
a. you are finding
b. you findc. you will find
d. do you find
6. “George is looking really well!”
“Yes. Since he retired, he has had_____
problems with his health
a. a little
b. a few
c. few
d. little
7. “Is the bride ready to leave for the church?”
“She just needs _____.”
a. to have her lipstick applied
b. having her lipstick applied
c. to have applied her lipstick
d. applying her lipstick
8. “Why are you so upset with the dog?”
“Do you have any idea_____ to my new shoes?”
a. what did it do
b. what was it doing
c. what has it done
d.
what it has done
9. She spoke rudely to the teacher, _____
suspended from school for two days.
a. that got her
b. that it got her
c. which got her
d. which it got her
10. Once we _____ home, the children will be
ready for bed.
a. are arriving
b. arrivec. will arrive
d. are going to arrive
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CLOZE
News of another “planet” beyond Pluto may
become common. First came Quaoar in 2002 and
then Sedna in 2003. Unlike these two worlds, the
latest (11) announced in July is actually bigger
than Pluto, (12) 50 percent. Designated
2003UB313 and unofficially (13) Xena, the mass
of ice and rock currently (14) three times farther
out than Pluto. Investigators originally
photographed it in 2003 at Palomar
Observatory near Los Angeles, but its strange
(15), tilted nearly 45 degrees off that of nearly
all other planets, (16) its discovery until this
past January. Near-infrared images reveal a
surface of mostly methane ice, (17) similar to
Pluto’s. One or two more planets of (18) size
might dwell within the same distance, says
planetary scientist, Michael Brown of the
California Institute of Technology. An (19)
number of worlds might lurk beyond that,
perhaps (20) from the Kuiper belt or the
hypothesized Oort cloud. “No one has really
probed out to that distance,” he remarks.
This passage was taken from Scientific
American, October 2005.
(11) a. news b. place
c. candidate d. planet
(12) a. from b. over
c. by d. more
(13) a. designated b. branded
c. announced d. nicknamed
(14) a. lays b. lying
c. laying d. lies
(15) a. revolution b. orbit
c. zenith d. radius
(16) a. delayed b. expedited
c. prompted d. precipitated
(17) a. totally b. remarkably
c. completely d. absolutely
(18) a. likeable b. like
c. likely d. alike
(19) a. unspoken b. unsaid
c. unrelated d. untold
(20) a. emitting b. extracting
c. deriving d. straying
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VOCABULARY
.
21. The youth of the country soon _____ the rebel
leader’s revolutionary ideas.
a. enhanced
b. defected
c. protracted
d. embraced
22. Advocates of euthanasia claim it is a(n) _____
act.
a. human
b. humanistic
c. humane
d. humanity
23. Special equipment accurately measures the _____ of the missile.
a. credibility
b. velocity
c. voracity
d. capacity
24. Three soldiers were _____ wounded.
a. mortally
b. lethally
c. morally
d. rationally
25. Both sides met for talks in the hope of _____
a war.
a. inciting
b. averting
c. deflecting
d. developing
26. The opposition party decided to _____ itself
with two other smaller parties.
a. alloy
b. alliancec. merge
d. ally
27. A good manager knows how to treat his
_____.
a. subordinates
b. inferiors
c. equals
d. peers
28.Visiting Cape Canaveral was a_____
experience for the youngsters.
a. commemorating
b. memorable
c. commemorative
d. remembrance
29. The _____ had been on the run from the
police for months.
a. fugitive
b. refugee
c. captive
d. legislator
30. A sudden breeze disturbed the _____ surface
of the lake.
a. audacious
b. verbose
c. tranquil
d. bellowing
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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Scientific American,
February 2005.
Beginning in the 1980s, the average weight of
Americans began to soar, and by 2002, 31 percent
were classified as obese. Although the reasons for
this epidemic remain controversial, researchers
have implicated at least four developments: The
first is the decrease in energy expenditure
throughout the 20th century, following the
introduction of automobiles and the replacement
of high-energy blue-collar work by low-energy
office occupations. The second is the growing
affluence of Americans, who could now afford
more and better food. The third is thetechnological transformation of the food industry
in the past 30 years that has made available cheap,
convenient, high-calorie and tasty foods. The last
is the decline through much of the 20th
century in
extended breast-feeding, which tends to reduce an
infant’s chances of obesity in later life.
As a consequence of these shifts, the average
weight of Americans increased throughout the
century. But because many were underweight in
the earlier years, the epidemic of obesity did not
become apparent until the 1980s, when these
historical developments apparently reachedcritical mass. Dietary fat has not played a major
role in the epidemic. Although clinical trials have
shown that reducing dietary fat leads to weight
reduction, the average amount consumed has
declined in recent decades. Heavy television
viewing by children is linked to obesity, yet there
is no definitive proof of a causal relationship. The
decline in smoking and the popularity of eating
out – restaurants typically serve extra-large
portions – have also been blamed, but the
evidence remains contradictory.
31. According to the text,
a. researchers are at a loss to explain why
obesity has soared.e. there is disagreement over the percentage
of the population classified as obese.
f. researchers disagree over when the
obesity epidemic began.
g. full agreement has not yet been reached
on why obesity in America has soared.
32. Which of the following is NOT a
development which researchers feel has
contributed to the obesity epidemic?
a. The population’s need to expend more
energy.
b. The more extensive use of cars.
c. The greater demand for office workers.
d. The population’s ability to eat more and
better food.
33. Extended breast-feeding of infants is cited as
a way
a. to increase their tendency to become
obese in later life.
b. to overcome a decline in their proper
nutrition.
c. to reduce their chances of becoming
obese in later life.d. to make up for a lack of high-calorie and
tasty foods.
34. According to the text, it has taken Americans
time to recognize the problem of obesity
because
a. they refused to accept that they were
overweight.
b. many of them preferred being
underweight.
c. a large part of the population were below
normal weight in the early 20th
century.d. they were waiting for the epidemic to
reach critical proportions.
35. The text maintains that heavy television
viewing, the decline in smoking and the
popularity of eating out
a. are almost certain to contribute to the
problem of obesity.
b. have been dismissed as factors which
encourage obesity.
c. have never been considered as factors
which encourage obesity.d. may or may not contribute to the
problem of obesity.
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Practice Test 4
GRAMMAR
1. “What did you have for dessert?”
“A large bowl of _____.”
a. chilled, delicious fresh fruit salad
b. fresh, chilled, delicious fruit salad
c. fresh fruit, delicious, chilled salad
d. delicious, chilled, fresh fruit salad
2. Hardly _____ without him complaining about
something or other.
a. a day goes by
b. goes by a dayc. does a day go by
d. a day has to go by
3. I asked the teacher to explain _____.
a. what meant the word ‘charity’
b. what did mean the word ‘charity'
c. what meant ‘charity’
d. what the word ‘charity’ meant
4. The teacher’s suggestion was that the student
_____ into the possibility of studying abroad.
a. look
b. will look
c. looking
d. will be looking
5. We got an expert _____ us an estimate for the
house we were planning to sell.
a. giving
b.
to givec. give
d. to giving
6. The last question _____ at the interview made
me sure I was going to be offered the job.
a. I was asked
b. I was asked it
c. which I was asked it
d. which they asked it
7. After a child _____ to walk, it is necessary
to keep fragile or dangerous items out of reach.
a. will begin
b. will have begunc. has begun
d. is going to begin
8. “What’s troubling you?”
“I am wondering _____.”
a. what there will be on the test.
b. what will there be on the test
c. what the test will there be
d. what will there be the test
9. The ______ child woke up when the bedroom
door slammed shut.
a. asleep
b. sleeping
c. slept
d. sleeper
10. “What’s going to happen to Paul?”
“Well, _____ is that he’ll be suspended from
school.”
a. the worst that can happen
b.
the worse that will happenc. no worse that can happen
d. the worst happening
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CLOZE
In 1835, as he surveyed the flora and fauna of
the Galapagos archipelago, the young Charles
Darwin was (11) by how the shapes of the
giant tortoises, Geochelone nigra, (12) from
island to island. The reptiles’ shells are their
most distinguishing (13), and so served as a
major basis for their original classification
(14) fifteen different taxa (eleven of which
survive today). Now, taxonomists and
evolutionary biologists are taking a second
look at the tortoises for reclassification (15),
this time via DNA. They’ve discovered that
the tortoises of Santa Cruz, one of the main
Galapagos islands, are (16) more diverse than
their shells (17) would suggest.
Michael Russello, an evolutionary
biologist at Yale University, and his
colleagues found that the three populations of
giant tortoises (18) on Santa Cruz do not (19)
one single taxon, as was previously thought.
The populations are distinct enough to be (20)
into at least two taxa – a key factor in their
conservation status.
This passage was taken from Natural History,
Vol. 114, No.9, November 2005.
(11) a. struck b. moved
c. touched d. stroked
(12) a. convert b. evolve
c. vary d. derive
(13) a. mole b. mark
c. facet d. trait
(14) a. by b. into
c. of d. between
(15) a. purposes b. means
c. data d. problems
(16) a. whatever b. even
c. quite d. that
(17) a. singly b. only
c. alone d. solely
(18) a. residing b. populating
c. living d. staying
(19) a. compel b. consistc. constrict d. comprise
(20) a. halved c. hollowed
b. considered d. split
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VOCABULARY
21. The advice she gave me was _____.
a. expendable
b. indispensable
c. unavoidabled. tradable
22. For a pensioner, Harry is remarkably full of
_____.
a. stance
b. vigor
c. retention
d. obesity
23. We did everything possible to _____ their
wishes.a. extend
b. renounce
c. gratify
d. instill
24. The amphibious vehicle was extremely _____.
a. noxious
b. palatable
c. portable
d. versatile
25. Most of the staff were_____ opposed to the
scheme.
a. financially
b. obliquely
c. harmoniously
d. fundamentally
26. The success of their new model has boosted
the _____ of the company.
a. prestige
b. partialityc. imports
d. provisions
27. All students are expected to _____ by the rule
of the school.
a. abide
b. follow
c. represent
d. reflect
28. After a(n) _____ career in music, she turned to
philanthropy.a. famous
b. devoted
c. illustrious
d. proud
29. The child was badly _____ when she fell into
a rose bush.
a. impaled
b. scratched
c. pricked
d. poked
30. Roses are _____ plants that grow under all
conditions.
a. resistant
b. brash
c. brazen
d. hardy
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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Scientific American,
January 2006 .Before the December 2004 event, the Indian
Ocean had no tsunami-warning system. Since
then, several international groups, coordinated by
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission, have raced to correct the problem.
To achieve the monitoring capability that
currently exists in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean
needs three basin-wide technological components:
an improved seismic network to locate large
earthquakes, a minimum of five tsunameters to
detect tsunami waves as they travel across theopen ocean, although 13 are needed to detect a
tsunami in less than 30 minutes, and a real-time
network of tide gauges near shore.
Key steps took place in the past year. Two
seismic networks – one entirely new – now report
automatically to the national earthquake centers in
Indonesia and Malaysia; the latter will soon make
its information available to the entire region. Four
tide gauges have already been upgraded for
tsunami monitoring – including one near
Indonesia, which lies closest to tsunami-
generating faults. More than 20 additionalinstallations and improvements are scheduled for
the coming months.
It is unclear how and when the necessary
tsuameters can be acquired, and political
challenges must be overcome in certain countries
before the seismic network can be completed, but
UNESCO remain optimistic. If all goes well, a
basic monitoring system should be operational by
July. Computer models then combine those
measurements into accurate warnings.
Once warnings are available, they must still be
disseminated to people on the coasts. Along mostof the Indian Ocean’s 66,000 kilometers of
shoreline, the first wave will not arrive for two
hours or more – enough time for most people to
move inland after an alarm sounds. In places
where tsunami waves will strike in an hour or less,
an alarm may come too late. Residents must
instead recognize natural signs – severe ground
shaking and a receding ocean – that often precede
an incoming surge.
In both cases, swift evacuation to pre-
designated safe zones is essential. Local officials
have already held practice drills in some parts of
Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia that were hit
hard in 2004.
31. Since December 2004 UNESCO have worked
hard
a. to install a tsunami-warning system in the
Indian Ocean.
b. to improve the existing tsunami-warning
system in the Indian Ocean.
c. to correct the defects in the Indian
Ocean’s tsunami-warning system.
d. to from an Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission.
32. UNESCO’s hope is to create for the Indian
Ocean a tsunami-warning system
a. that relies only on an improved seismicnetwork to locate large earthquakes.
b. that needs no more than five tsunameters.
c. that uses past records of tides occurring
near shores.
d. to match that of the Pacific Ocean.
33. To date, the only basin-wide technological
component that has not been introduced is
a. improved seismic networks.
b. tsunameters required to detect tsunami
waves.
c. tide gauges to monitor tsunamis.d. national earthquake centers.
34. UNESCO remain optimistic that a seismic
network can be completed
a. only if the tsunameters are acquired.
b. even if only one of the three basin-wide
technological components is installed.
c. if political issues do not obstruct their
efforts after all the necessary
technological components are in place.
d. if there is less seismic activity in the
region.35. Once a tsunami warning is issued, what
action is recommended for populations in
places expected to be hit in an hour or less?
a. To contact local officials for advice
b. To evacuate their homes only after the
alarm sounds
c. Not to evacuate their homes before the
alarm sounds
d. To be alert to unusual physical
phenomena
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Practice Test 5
GRAMMAR
1. If she had taken the Miami job,_____ she
a. would have earned much more now.
b. will earn much more now.
c. would be earning much more now.
d. is earning much more now.
2. The problem was considered too _____ for the
junior executive to handle.
a.
weightless b. weighing
c. weighty
d. weigher
3. She really gets on my nerves. She_____ her
neighbors!
a. will always running down
b. is always running down
c. is running down always
d. is running always down
4. Basic training for soldiers includes_____ rifles.a. to dismantle and assemble
b. dismantling and to assemble
c. to dismantle and assembling
d. dismantling and assembling
5. “What are you going to do?”
“I’ve decided to _____.”
a. do an attempt
b. make it a try
c. take it a turn
d. give it a go
6. Either a fox or dogs _____ at least a dozen
chickens.
a. have attacked and killed
b. were attacked and killed
c. has attacked and killed
d. have attacked and killing
7. _____ the poor ticket sales, they had to cancel
the concert.
a.
Despite b. Because
c. Due to
d. A result of
8. That’s my brother you can hear _____.
a. is singing
b. singing
c. has been singing
d. he is singing
9. It’s time ______________! It’s a disgrace
driving it around town in such a state!a. you had your car washed
b. you are having your car washed
c. you to wash your car
d. your car be washed
10. Have you seen my keys anywhere? I seem to
remember _____ next to the telephone.
a. to put them
b. I was putting them
c. having put them
d. having them put
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CLOZE
For people, it is second nature to refer to a
friend or family member by name, but there is
scant evidence that other animals (11) the same.
Some species do communicate information on the
whereabouts of food (12) the presence of a
predator, and animals can clearly recognize (13)
members of their own group. But even dolphins,
clever as they are, have apparently not invented
tags for one (14).
But spectacled parrotlets, (15) colored Central
and South American birds, (16) be a different
matter. Ralf Wanker and two other biologists at
the University of Hamburg in Germany report
that, in an experimental setting, the birds made
different “contact calls” for (17) members of their
family. Furthermore, they responded more often
(18) recordings of calls that had originally been
directed toward them rather than toward another
family member. That is (19) evidence, say
Wanker and his colleagues, that some nonhuman
species (20) their social companions individually.
(11) a. make b. refer
c. do d. perform
(12) a. in b. duringc. or d. not
(13) a. independent b. single
c. their d. individual
(14) a. each b. another
c. other d. the other
(15) a. brilliantly b. wholly
c. smartly d. instantly
(16) a. may b. should
c. must d. will
(17) a. diverse b. different
c. divergent d. deviant
(18) a. in b. to
c. for d. about
(19) a. powerful b. mighty
c. strong d. potent
(20) a. tag b. designate
c. appoint d. label
This passage was taken from Natural History, Vol.
114, No.7, September 2005.
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VOCABULARY
21. George becomes _____ when he cannot get
his way.
a. patient
b. apologeticc. irritable
d. stagnant
22. Much of the Amazon rain forest is being
cut down for _____.
a. logs
b. timber
c. boughs
d. bark
23. The explorers are preparing to _____ into the
crater.a. tumble
b. deplete
c. descend
d. lower
24. The petroleum deposits were too small to be
exploited _____.
a. positively
b. extensively
c. largely
d. profitably
25. Sue bought some _____ from the bookstore.
a. correspondence
b. stationary
c. papers
d. stationery
26. When winter came, the journey through the
mountains became _____.
a. random
b. perilousc. endangered
d. humid
27. The other side needed a little more time to
_____.
a. deliberate
b. inculcate
c. conspire
d. recoil
28. The clinic is on the _____ of the town.
a. outskirts b. suburbs
c. districts
d. peripherals
29. A good manager knows how to _____
responsibilities.
a. affirm
b. delegate
c. negate
d. infringe
30. It is rather _____ to have a swimming pool
built.
a. expensively
b. worthily
c. tentatively
d. costly
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READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural
History,Vol.115, No.8, October 2005.
The announcement that some 160 human
footprints have been discovered embedded in an
ancient layer of volcanic ash near Puebla, Mexico,
has stirred the continuing debate about how, and
when, people first arrived in the Americas. In
spite of disputed evidence and many challenges to
the contrary, the consensus among
paleoanthropologists is that the first people to set
foot on the continent crossed from Siberia into
Alaska by about 11,500 years ago. Clovis points,
the spearheads that trace their culture, are
scattered across North America.
But the Mexican footprints have been dated to40,000 years ago, raising new doubts about the
“Clovis-first” theory. Silvia Gonzalez, of
Liverpool John Moores University in England,
and a team of British, Australian and Mexican
paleontologists are studying the find. Children
probably made about a third of the human prints,
they report. The investigators also discovered
about a hundred animal footprints, mostly from
dogs, big cats, and what may have been camels,
cows, or deer.
The discovery is also noteworthy because
fossilized footprints are rare. In the present case,they probably formed when people walked along
a lakeshore covered with soft ash after the nearby
Cerro Toluquilla volcano erupted. When the lake
flooded, the imprints were preserved under silt.
Where the people came from, and whether they
arrived by land or sea, remain open questions.
31. The recent discovery of some 160 human
footprints near Puebla, Mexico,
a. has confirmed the validity of the “Clovis-
first” theory.
b. has revealed many more Clovis points.
c. has made investigators question the
validity of the “Clovis-first” theory.
d. has spearheaded investigation of a new
culture.
32. Clovis points are to be found
a. throughout North America.
b.
concentrated in the region around Puebla.c. where Siberia meets Alaska.
d. in the Americas.
33. Paleontologists studying the footprints have
reported with near certainty
a. finding footprints made by deer.
b. finding footprints made by camels.
c. finding footprints made by human adults
and children.
d. finding footprints made by cows.
34. We learn from the text that the discovery ofthe footprints is of special significance
a. because of the fact that human and animal
footprints were found together.
b. because its is uncommon to find fossilized
footprints.
c. because the footprints give more valuable
information than Clovis points
d. because of the large number found in the
same place.
35. What is quite certain from the evidence
available?a. Flooding of the area helped preserve the
footprints.
b. The footprints were made by people
fleeing a volcanic eruption.
c. The evidence tells us the origin of the
people who made the footprints.
d. The lakeshore was formed after the
eruption of Cerro Toluquilla.
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1. b 1. d 1. b 1. d 1. c
2. d 2. b 2. a 2. c 2. c
3. a 3. a 3. b 3. d 3. b
4. c 4. c 4. d 4. a 4. d
5. c 5. c 5. d 5. b 5. d
6. b 6. d 6. c 6. a 6. a
7. a 7. a 7. a 7. c 7. c
8. c 8. c 8. d 8. a 8. b
9. d 9. c 9. c 9. b 9. a
10.d 10.b 10.b 10.a 10.c
11.b 11.a 11.c 11.a 11.c
12.b 12.a 12.c 12.c 12.c
13.c 13.a 13.d 13.d 13.d
14.c 14.b 14.d 14.b 14.b
15.a 15.c 15.b 15.a 15.a16.a 16.a 16.a 16.b 16.a
17.d 17.a 17.b 17.c 17.b
18.b 18.b 18.b 18.c 18.b
19.c 19.c 19.d 19.d 19.c
20.d 20.d 20.c 20.d 20.d
21.b 21.d 21.d 21.b 21.c
22.b 22.c 22.c 22.b 22.b
23.a 23.d 23.b 23.c 23.c
24.d 24.a 24.a 24.d 24.d
25.c 25.a 25.b 25.d 25.d
26.d 26.b 26.d 26.a 26.b27.c 27.b 27.a 27.a 27.a
28.a 28.c 28.b 28.c 28.a
29.b 29.b 29.a 29.b 29.b
30.c 30.d 30.c 30.d 30.d
31.d 31.c 31.d 31.a 31.c
32.b 32.c 32.a 32.d 32.a
33.b 33.b 33.c 33.b 33.d
34.a 34.d 34.c 34.c 34.b
35.c 35.b 35.d 35.d 35.a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank Dr. Philip Holland, Chair, English Department, Anatolia College, for his valuable
suggestions and editorial assistance.
Rodney Coules
Director, Language & Testing Office
Anatolia College
Email: [email protected]
August, 2006
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