PRACTICE TEST 6

LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Part 1. Put a suitable word in each of the numbered gaps to complete the passage.
LEARNING BODY LANGUAGE
Throughout history people have always communicated with one another, not only by
___________ (1) but also by movements of the hands and body. It is, however, only
___________ (2) the last few years that these aspects of communication have been studied
widely. This type of communication is known as body language or ___________ (3)
communication.

People sometimes wonder if you can learn __________ (4) body language works. It is
of course possible to read books on the subject but you also need to spend time
__________ (5) people’s movements. A railway station is a particularly good place for
such observation, as here people can be seen __________ (6) expressing eagerness,
sorrow, delight, impatience and many other human ___________ (7) by means of
movement.

If you turn ___________ (8) the sound on your television set and try to understand
what is happening ___________ (9) by watching the picture you will learn even more
about communication ___________ (10) words. By turning the sound back up every five
minutes or ___________ (11), it is possible to check how ___________ (12) your
understanding is.

Having studied the art of body language you will have a definite advantage at a
___________ (13) party. You will be able to sit on your ___________ (14) for the whole
evening and thoroughly enjoy yourself by ___________ (15) watching and interpreting
the body language of all the other people there.

Your answers:
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________
6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________ 9. _________ 10. _________
11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________

Part 2. Choose the correct option for each gap in the following sentences.
16. The review committee _______three practising lawyers and a retired businessman.
A. consists B. comprises C. is made up D. encloses
17. As always, am _______with everything you say.
A. agree B. agreeing C. agreeable D. in agreement
18. He finally got the reward he _______so richly.
A. owes. B. earns C. deserves D. justifies
19. He may be _______to penicillin, so you should give him some test before giving him a
shot.
A. allergic B. reactive C. resistant D. preventive

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20. One of _______days I'm going to give him a piece of my mind.
A. our B. those C. these D. the
21. The film ends with the sheriff lying in a _______of blood.
A. bath B. puddle C. jet D. pool
22. It is impossible to say at what point along the continuum a _______becomes a separate
language.
A. dialect B. tongue C. speech D. communication
23. It’s no to say that most students have never read a complete Shakespeare play.
A. lying B. exaggeration C. amplification D. deception
24. A survey has been conducted to find out the youngsters’ attitudes _______love.
A. towards. B. for C. about D. with
25. I have rarely seen such an impressive sight as a _______of buffalo roaming over the
plains.
A. flock B. swarm C. pack D. herd
26. I can't help thinking he offered his apology with a _______of irony.
A. touch B. spot C. torrent D. dash
27. It was a _______of luck that he had always been able to write with either hand.
A. stroke B. hit C. piece D. heap
28. The full _______of the damage done by the storm only became clear at daybreak.
A. degree. B. amount C. summary D. extent
29. Thousands _______to see the opening night of Simon's musical.
A. trickled B. flocked C. thronged D. swarmed
30. It is difficult to conceive of the vast _______of energy required by top marathon
runners.
A. volumes B. quantities C. reserves D. amounts

Your answers:

16. _______ 17. ________ 18. ________ 19. _________ 20. ________
_
21. ________ 22. ________ 23. ________ 24. _________ 25. ________
26. ________ 27. ________ 28. ________ 29. _________ 30. ________

Part 3: There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
One spring before the period of the Civil War, a boy appeared at a prosperous farm in
Portage country, Ohio. The boy was finding work. The farmer did not know something
about the boy, but the spring is a busy time for farmers, so that he hired him. The boy’s
name was Jim. Jim worked in the farm all through the spring and summer. He helped with
planting, cut wood, brought the cows to pasture, etc... . He was a good worker but quiet
and retiring. He ate in the kitchen and was sleeping in the barn on a pile of hay.

Before the end of summer, however, young Jim fell in love with one of the farmer’s
daughters, a pretty young girl of about his own age. He wanted to marry her, but the
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without money, without name, without prospects of any kind in the future. Jim said
nothing in answer to this, but that night he packed together his few things and
disappeared. No one in this section ever saw him or heard from him again.

About thirty years after, the farmer was tearing down his old barn in order to build a
new one. In one of the wooden beams above the place where young Jim used to sleep, the
farmer noticed his name cut into the wood with a pen-knife: “James A. Garfield”. “Jim” at
that time was President of the United States.

Your answers:
31. __________________ 35. __________________ 39. __________________
32. __________________ 36. __________________ 40. __________________
33. __________________ 37. __________________
34. __________________ 38. __________________

Part 4. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words given in brackets.
The Crusades

The medieval crusades, when Western European knights and (41. adventure) _______
attempted to seize Jerusalem from the hands of the Seljuk Turks, are widely (42.
understand) _______ by most people in the West, who think of them as glamorous and
heroic. True, the level of heroism was occasionally _______ (43. impress) _______, but
in fact
the crusaders were ignorant and (44. guide) _______ For example, they viewed the
Byzantine Emperor, through whose lands they had to travel, as an annoying (45. relevant)
_______, denying him even so much as a (46. consult) _______ role in the proceedings.
In reality, his long experience of the Saracens had given him a(n) (47. consider) _______
knowledge of their fighting methods and politics. His advice, had the crusaders chosen to
follow it, would have been absolutely (48. value) _______ Instead, they (49. repeat)
_______ dismissed it as (50. worth) _______ with the result that, despite initial success,
the crusades eventually dwindled to ignominious failure.

Your answers:

41. ________________ 45. ________________ 49. ________________

42. ________________ 46. ________________ 50. ________________
43. ________________ 47. ________________
44. ________________ 48. ________________

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Part 5. Complete each of the following sentences, using a phrase or idiom made from
the word given.
51. A mother will usually _______ her children, no matter what they have done.
(STAND)
52. There is no point in _______ the old regulations if you are going to introduce
equally stupid new ones. (DO)
53. Several gambling clubs have been _______ recently for breaking the regulations.
(SHUT)
54. His work is quite good _______ but there are still one or two things I am not really
happy with. (ON)
55. In every society, important traditions are _______ from generation to generation.
(DOWN)
56. Robert will love those cookies. He quite _______ (TOOTH)
57. The boys were so hungry that they _______ all the hot dogs in a few minute. (UP)
58. Salespersons are sometimes allowed on campus to _______ flyers. (OUT)
59. She just _______ the thief before he vanished into the crowd. (CATCH)
60. The employers said that they would not _______ the strikers’ demands. (WAY)
Your answers:
51. ________________ 55. ________________ 59. ________________
52. ________________ 56. ________________ 60. ________________
53. ________________ 57. ________________
54. ________________ 58. ________________

READING
Part 1. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the
questions.
Subversive Art
Subversive political and social messages are a mainstay of the art community. In most
modern democratic nations, where free speech is considered an inalienable right, such
subversive art is easily found. American film is a fine example of this. Many American
films are openly critical of American society and its values. Apocalypse Now, a film
about the Vietnam War, is a withering attack on America's involvement and conduct in
that conflict. In a more modern setting, African-American film director Spike Lee makes
films which depict America as a racist and unjust society. Other arts are filled with
examples of subversive art as well. There are countless paintings and sculptures which
openly attack Christianity and other values which are considered to be core aspects of
America's identity. Punk Rock, which originated in England, derided many of England's
most sacred of social values. Most famously, the 1970s punk band The Sex Pistols
frequently sang songs about overthrowing the government, even going so far as to
describe the Queen of England as subhuman.

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 Not all subversive art is as upfront in its social criticism. Much of subversive art is
quietly subversive. There are a number of reasons for this. The first is, of course,
economics. An artist who is too open or too vehement in his or her criticism of society
may find it hard to find an audience willing to pay for such art. In some societies there
may be a fear of retribution, either by the government or by individual society members
offended by the artist's message. Nor are such fears unfounded. Author Salman Rushdie
was forced to go into hiding after he wrote a book that Muslims took to be critical of their
religion. Therefore, the subversive messages in art are often hidden.
One common method of hiding subversive messages in one's art is through the use of
an unreliable or untenable viewpoint. In this method, the artist actually presents a
viewpoint that is in opposition to his or her own, but does so in such a way as to render
that viewpoint unbelievable in the eyes of the audience. American author Mark Twain was
a master at this. The narfator in his most famous novel is a young boy named Huck Finn.
Huck supports the values of his society. For example, one of the justifications used by
Americans to keep Africans enslaved was that they were somehow less human than
whites. There is a scene in which Huck finds his friend Jim, a runaway slave, crying to
himself because he misses his children whom he has left behind in slavery. Huck is
surprised by this, and comments that it seems remarkable that Jim, a slave, could feel
sadness for the loss of his children in the same way a white person would. This
observation is so absurd that it discredits the entire notion of slaves somehow being less
human than their masters.
Mark Twain was not the only artist to hide the subversive nature of his work. In earlier
times, prior to the printing press and the mass production of posters, artists depended on
the support of wealthy individuals to make their living. A rich noble who appreciated the
work of an artist would become his or her patron and support the artist. In return the artist
was generally expected to create art that the patron approved of, and herein was the
problem.
These wealthy nobles represented the social elite, which in most cases was exactly the
element of society which artists wished to criticize. One could hardly expect a patron to
pay for art that was openly critical of his social class, so artists became experts in
concealing the subversive message in their art. A close look at any of the great artists of
history, da Vinci, Shakespeare, Milton, etc. will reveal many hidden elements of social
subversion.

61. In paragraph 1, all of the following are mentioned as examples of subversive art
EXCEPT _______.
A. anti-war films B. songs of rebellion
C. highly sexual poetry D. blasphemous sculpture
62. According to paragraph 2, what is the role of economics in subversive art?
A. It limits the candor with which artists express themselves.
B. It creates a market for increasingly shocking art.
C. It encourages people not to buy subversive art.
D. It encourages artists to be upfront in their social criticism.

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 63. Based on the information in paragraph 2, it can be inferred that subversive art
A. is often highly profitable for the artist
B. often evokes strong emotional reactions
C. is often banned by many governments
D. is mostly focused on religious topics
64. The word “retribution” in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. criticism B. rejection C. revenge D. anger
65. The word “untenable” in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. complex B. untrustworthy C. obscure D. indefensible
66. According to paragraph 3, how did Mark Twain seek to subvert the values of his
society?
A. He used a highly unpopular narrator to discuss the topic of slavery.
B. He presented the views of his opponents in a ridiculous fashion.
C. He argued that slaves also held emotional attachments to their families.
D. He described much of American society as evil and bitter.

67. Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can be inferred about Mark Twain?
A. He feared retribution from American society.
B. He was the first author to practice subversive art.
C. He opposed the American practice of slavery.
D. He was forced into hiding for his political views.
68. The word “this” in the passage refers to _______.
A. the fact that Jim misses his family
B. the fact that Jim would leave his family in slavery
C. the fact that slaves are considered less human than whites
D. the fact that Mark Twain opposed the values of his society
69. Based on the information in paragraph 4, the term “patron” can best be explained
as_______.
A. a person who loves art
B. the target of subversive art
C. a person who supports artists
D. a noble who represents the social elite

70.According to paragraph 4, why was it especially important for early artists to hide
the subversive nature of their art?
A. The governments of that time were far less tolerant of criticism.
B. The people they criticized were their sole source of income.
C. They were unable to mass produce their art.
D. There were very few patrons who approved of subversive art.
Your answers:
61. _______ 62. _______ 63. _______ 64. _______ 65. _______
66. _______ 67. _______ 68. _______ 69. _______ 70. _______

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Part 2. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
space.
HELEN AND MARTIN
With a thoughtful sigh Helen turned away from the window and walked back to her
favourite armchair. (71) _______ her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she
wondered if she really cared that much.
Over the years Helen had given (72) _______ waiting for Martin to take an interest in
her. Her feelings for him had gradually (73) _______ until now, as she sat waiting for
him, she experienced no more than a sister's (74) _______ to see what had (75) _______
of her brother.
Almost without (76) _______ Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company
after spending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. Somehow
the two of them hadn't (77) _______ to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly
found her (78) _______ in her own judgement growing. (79) _______ the wishes of her
parents, she had left university halfway (80) _______ her course and now, to the
astonishment of the whole family, she was (81) _______ a fast-growing reputation in the
pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live (82) _______
from her paintings. Of course, she (83) _______ no pleasure in Martin's sudden
misfortune, but she couldn't (84) _______ looking forward to- her brother's arrival with
(85) _______ satisfaction at what she had achieved.

71. A. Could B. Should C. Would D. Ought

72. A. in B. up C. out D. away
73. A. depressed B. weakened C. lowered D. fainted
74. A. wonder B. idea C. curiosity D. regard
75. A. become B. developed C. arisen D. changed
76. A. caution B. warning C. advice D. signal
77. A. minded B. concerned C. worried D. bothered
78. A. dependence B. confidence C. certainty D. courage
79. A. Ignoring B. Omitting C. Avoiding D. Preventing
80. A. along B. down C. through D. across
81. A. gaining B. reaching C. starting D. opening
82. A. for B. by C. with D. on
83. A. made B. took C. drew D. formed
84. A. help B. miss C. fail D. drop
85. A. soft B. fine C. quiet D. still

Your answers:
71. ________ 72. ________ 73. ________ 74. ________ 75. ________
76. ________ 77. ________ 78. ________ 79. ________ 80. ________
81. ________ 82. ________ 83. ________ 84. ________ 85. ________

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WRITING
Part 1. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning, using the
words given. These words must not be charged in any way.

101 You can’t choose which hotel you stay at on this package OPTION
holiday.
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102 It wasn't clear to us at the time how serious the problem was. LITTLE
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103 I certainly won't change my mind about resigning QUESTION
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104 Nobody expected her to lose the game, but she did. AGAINST
________________________________________________
105 T he policeman acted quickly and averted an accident. PROMPT
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106 My impression of her is that she is a very effective teacher. STRI KES
________________________________________________
107 You couldn’t do anything more stupid than to give up your job HEIGHT
now.
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108 I am sure the entertainer will cheer them all up. BOUND
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109 The coach’s tactics were directly responsible for the team's CONSEQUENCE
defeat.
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110 Don’t forget those who are at work on this lovely, sunny day! SPARE
_________________________________________________

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