ENGLISH PRACTICE 26

PART A: PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others in the following question
1. A. argument B. enquiry C. medicine D. justify
2. A. convenience B. mechanic C. preference D. official
3. A. recently B. attitude C. octopus D. proposal
4. A. economy B. advisory C. peninsula D. economics
5. A. arithmetic B. agriculture C. contributor D. assassinate
6. A. magnificent B. appliances C. potentially D. preservation
7. A. computer B. property C. horizon D. imagine
8. A. architect B. electric C. mineral D. luxury
9. A. photochemical B. trigonometry C. dramatically D. alphabetical
10. A. popularity B. conscientious C. apprenticeship D. personality
PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete the sentences.
5. We _______ wandering about without any food.
A. hungered B. made hungry C. had been hungry D. got hungry
10. Does that name _________ to you?
A. ring a bell B. break the ice C. foot the bill D. fall into place
II. Complete the following passage with the correct forms of the given words.
ACCESS APPEAR COMMIT DENY EXCLUDE
IMMERSE INFANT INSTITUTE LONELY SEE
One of the most challenging aspects of the science anthropology comes from its fieldwork.
Certainly, in its (1)________ as a profession, anthropology was distinguished by its concentration on
so-called primary societies in which social (2)________ appear to be fairly limited and social
interaction to be conducted almost (3)_________ face – to – face. Such societies, it was felt, provided
anthropologists with a valuable (4)________into the workings of society that contrasted with the many
complexities of more highly developed societies. There was also a sense that the way of life
represented by these smaller societies were rapidly (5)________and that preserving a record of them
was a matter of some urgency.
The (6)________ of anthropologists to the first – hand collection of data led them to some of
the most (7)________ places on earth. Most often they worked alone. Such lack of contact with other
people created feelings of intense (8)________ in some anthropologists, especially in the early stages
of fieldwork. Nevertheless, this process of (9)________ in a totally alien culture continues to attract
men and women to anthropology, and is (10)_________ the most effective way of understanding in
depth how other people see the world.
III. Complete the following sentences with one preposition/particle for each blank.
2. She would just sit in her chair, dreaming her life ________.
3. I’ve taken this watch _______ pieces, and now I can’t put it together again.
4. I went to the library, but the book I wanted was out _______ loan.
5. Sorry I’m late. Something cropped _________ at the office.
10. Check the bottles carefully to make sure they have not been tampered________.
PART C. READING
II. Read the text and then answer the questions 1 – 5 by choosing A, B, C or D.
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority
packages. The first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in
1971, when he was only 28 years old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery
service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at Yale University. The term
paper reputedly received a less – than – stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that
Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was
efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the
passenger system and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy
was to own his own planes so that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through
the hug city of Memphis, a set – up which resembles the spokes on the wheel of a bicycle. With this
combination of his own planes and hub set – up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States
overnight.
What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be
created before the company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages
from airports every night and deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and
flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the
various airport; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation. Smith had a
$4 million inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional $91 million dollars from
venture capitalists to get the company operating.
When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate
success, but success did come within a relatively short period of time. The company lost $29 million in
the first 26 months of operations. However, the tide was to turn relatively quickly. By late 1976,
Federal Express was carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $36
million.
1. The word developed in paragraph 1 could be replaced by
A. come up with B. come about C. come across D. come into
2. What was a key idea of Smith’s?
A. That he should focus on passenger service.
B. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.
C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes.
D. That passenger service had to be efficient.
3. A hug city in paragraph 2 is
A. a large city with small cities as destinations.
B. a city that is the final destination for many routes.
C. a city where many bicycle routes begin.
D. a centralized city with destinations emanating from it.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it
A. was near the middle of the country.
B. had a large number of passenger aircraft
C. already had a large package delivery service.
D. was a favorite passenger airport.
5. Which paragraph explains what made Smith’s model effective?
A. The first paragraph B. The second paragraph
C. The third paragraph D. The last paragraph
III. Complete the following passage by filling one word for each blank.
If there is just one single thing more astonishing than the ability of the adult human being to
talk, it is the process by which someone learns to do this. Some parts of the process are still
(1)________ much a closed book, but it is for the (2)_________ part possible to describe what the
child is doing at various stages in its development, even if we cannot account (3)________ how
exactly it learns to do these things.
In fact, research carried out by various linguists has (4)_________ rise to as many theories as
there are differences in the rate of development. A baby actually makes sounds from the moment it is
born, but for some time these are rather far removed (5)_________ articulate speech. In something like
a year, a baby will probably be at a stage where one or two syllables represent the peak of its
achievement as a speaker; one more year and it will be (6)_______ out with short phrases, and after
this it seems (7)________ time at all before the child is capable of uttering complete sentences.
Despite being a truly remarkable feat of learning, this is one that is performed by the vast
(8)_________ of human beings. Complex operations are brought (9)________ play in these dealing
with speech and language; the key (10)_______ in brain work, though tongue – work and ear – work
play a part in the whole process.
2. This is the procedure. FOLLOWS
Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems.
 Keys – practice 26
PART A: PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others in the following question
1. A. argument B. enquiry C. medicine D. justify
2. A. convenience B. mechanic C. preference D. official
3. A. recently B. attitude C. octopus D. proposal
4. A. economy B. advisory C. peninsula D. economics
5. A. arithmetic B. agriculture C. contributor D. assassinate
6. A. magnificent B. appliances C. potentially D. preservation
7. A. computer B. property C. horizon D. imagine
8. A. architect B. electric C. mineral D. luxury
9. A. photochemical B. trigonometry C. dramatically D. alphabetical
10. A. popularity B. conscientious C. apprenticeship D. personality
PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 PT)
I. 10 points (1 point/item)
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D
6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. A
II. 10 points (1 point/item)
1. infancy 2. institutions 3. exclusively 4. insight 5. disappearing
6. commitment 7. inaccessible 8. loneliness 9. immersion 10. undeniable
III. 10 points (1 point/item)
1. out 2. away 3. to 4. on 5. up
6. down 7. on 8. across 9. down 10. with

PART C. READING (30 POINTS)

I. 10 points (1 point/item)
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. B

II. 10 points (2 point/item)

1. A 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B

III. 10 points (1 point/item)

1. very/pretty 2. most 3. for 4. given 5.. from
6. coming 7. no 8. majority 9. into 10. lies

PART D. WRITING (2.5 PT)

I. 5 points (1 point/item)
1. Please make allowances for Jane’s poor typing; she’s only been learning for a month.
2. The procedure is as follows.
3. I was lost for words.
4. Alison bought a big house with a view to opening a hotel.
5. We decided to spend the afternoon looking around the shop.
XI. 2.0 pt.
- The writing passage should be well-organized: introduction, body and ending of the passage: 0.25 pt
- The ideas should be clarified with relevant and specific examples: 1 pt
- The writing passage is supposed to be free of grammatical and spelling errors: 0.75 pt

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