Mock Test 1
Mock Test 1
Mock Test 1
MOCK TEST 1
1. A. machinery B. motion C. shouting D. congestion
2. A. hosting B. jogging C. loading D. growth
3. A. depleted B. service C. biggest D. women
4. A. three B. through C. months D. than
5. A. broadened B. composed C. based D. smiled
6. In a Bollywood film, singing and dancing are an important part besides the content.
A. significant B. trivial C. crucial D. mediocre
7. Their departure from the airport is at three p.m.
A. leave B. joining C. destination D. arrival
8. The scenery reminds me __________ my childhood on the bank of the Huong river.
A. about B. for C. of D. with
9. They are paying a visit __________ London and are having a good time there.
A. in B. to C. for D. at
10. We discussed the problem, and my sister came __________ some very good suggestions.
A. out of B. up with C. down with D. across
11. Unfortunately, she was late because the taxi got __________ in a traffic jam.
A. stuck B. fixed C. pressed D. sealed
12. Sa Pa is absolutely fantastic. I would __________ it to anyone.
A. tell B. praise C. introduce D. recommend
13. Look! The notice says quite clearly: “Smoking is __________ forbidden in the theatre.”
A. strictly B. seriously C. exactly D. strongly
14. Tom cannot _________ a new bicycle this year.
A. value B. afford C. worth D. cost
15. I don’t know she __________ a living as an artist.
A. does B. earns C. has D. gets
16. Scarcely __________ the fight broke out.
A. when he arrived B. he had arrived then C. did he arrive than D. had he arrived when
17. He looks as though he __________ something to eat for years.
A. were not to have B. hasn’t C. didn’t have D. shouldn’t have
18. __________ he hasn’t said anything, he seems to be upset about it.
A. Because B. Although C. If D. So that
19. Both Mary and Ellen, as well as Jane, __________ nursing at NY University.
A. are studying B. is studying C. has studied D. are studied
20. I saw him __________ dead by the soldier.
A. shooting B. to shoot C. shoot D. shot
21. He is really a diligent student.
A. hard B. curious C. dependent D. studious
22. Listen to what I am saying, __________?
A. don’t you B. will you C. do you D. will spend
23. If I could speak French, I __________ next year studying in Canada.
A. would spend B. would have spent C. had spent D. will spend
24. An enormous amount of money has been wasted on this project already.
A. negligible B. colossal C. dramatic D. reasonable
25. You can stay here __________ you don’t make a loud noise.
A. otherwise B. until C. unless D. so long as
26. “It’s difficult to master a foreign language.”
A. What is it? B. I can agree with you more.
C. That’s no problem. D. So do I.
27. “__________” True enough. He was nearly killed.”
A. What was wrong? B. What a close call!
C. What happened to him? D. How was he?
28. “You’re standing on my foot.”
A. I beg your pardon. B. Never mind. C. Excuse me. D. It is apologetic.
29. “Do it right now, OK?”
A. That’s true. B. Another time, perhaps.
C. Not at all! D. I’m happy to oblige.
30. “Would you like tea or coffee?”
A. Yes, please. B. Please, do. C. I’d prefer both. D. Either will do.
31. There’s nothing better to do; we __________ watch the play on TV.
A. may B. could have to C. must D. might as well
32. The experts were not fully __________ that the animal was becoming extinct.
A. convinced B. believed C. realized D. discovered
33. Smoking cigarettes often __________ a loss of appetite.
A. brings up B. succeeds in C. carries out D. results in
34. The car __________ 100 miles per hour when it passed us.
A. should have done B. did C. would be doing D. must have been
doing
35. His mistake is a minor one. Don’t make __________ it.
A. advantage of B. a fuss over C. take up over D. allowance for
Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike in East Street.
Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May, when she was sent reeling by a black Volvo on
her way home from work.
She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was (36) ________. The driver stopped for a
moment but then drove off without (37) ________ a name or address and before Sarah could get his
number. “I tried to get out of his way, but I couldn’t, “she said. “Everyone at work kept (38) _______ on
about it being Friday 13th. I’m not a bit (39) _______ and wouldn’t change any of my plans just because
Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky, I don’t usually take any (40) ________ of that sort of thing but I will
now. I think I’ll stay in bed.”
The accident (41) ________ at the junction with Westwood Road at about 6.30 pm as Sarah was
making her way home to the Harley Estate.
The Volvo pulled out of Westwood Road onto Henley Road in front of the teenager’s bicycle. “He could
at (42) ________ have helped her up. I don’t see why he should get away with it, “said her father, Derek.
“Sarah was lucky. I don’t know why the driver didn’t see her. He can’t have been (43)________ attention.
It was unfortunate that (44) ________ took down the number. “Though still too scared to rice to bike,
Sarah was able to go back to (45) ________ in Marlow on Monday.
The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums devoted to the
decorative arts and many house museums. But rarely in the United States is a great collection displayed in
a great country house. Passing through successive generations of a single family, Winterthur has been a
private estate for more than a century. Even after the extensive renovations made to it between 1929 and
1931, the house remained a family residence. This fact is of important to the atmosphere and effect of the
museum. The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitors, the rooms look as if they
were vacated a short while ago – whether by the original owners of the furniture or the most recent
residents of the house can be a matter of personal interpretation. Winterthur remains, then, a house in
which a collection of furniture and architectural elements has been assembled. Like an English country
house, it is an organic structure; the house as well as the collection with developing concepts of the
American arts, increased knowledge on the part of the collectors and students, and a progression toward
the achievement of a historical effect in period-room displays. The rooms at Winterthur have followed this
current, yet still retained the character of a private house.
The concept of a period room is a display technique has developed gradually over the years in an
effort to present works of art in a context that would show them to greater effect and would give them
more meaning for the viewer. Comparable to the habitat group in a natural history museum, the period
room represents the decorative arts in a lively and interesting manner and provides an opportunity to
assemble objects related by style, date, or place of manufacture.
Diffusion,the process of introducing cultural elements from one society into another, occurs in three
basic patterns: direct contact, intermediate contact, and stimulus diffusion.
In direct contact, elements of a society’s culture may be adopted first by neighboring societies and then
gradually spread farther afield. The spread of the manufacture of paper is an example of extensive
diffusion by direct contact. The invention of paper is attributed to the Chinese Ts’ai Lun in A.D. 105.
Within fifty years, paper was being made in many places in central China. By 264 it was found in Chinese
Turkmenistan, and from then on the successive places of manufacture were Samarkand (751), Baghdad
(793), Egypt (about 900), Morocco (about 1100), and France (1189). In general, the pattern of accepting
the borrowed invention was the same everywhere. Paper was first imported into each area as a luxury,
then in ever-expanding quantities as staple product. Finally, usually within one to three centuries, local
manufacture started.
Diffusion by intermediate contact occurs through the agency of third parties. Frequently, traders carry a
cultural trait from the society that originated it to another group. As an example of diffusion through
intermediaries, Phoenician traders spread the alphabet, which may have been invented by another Semitic
group, to Greece. At times, soldiers serve as intermediaries in spreading a culture to Arab societies of North
Africa and brought Arab culture back to Europe. In the nineteenth century Western missionaries brought
Western-style clothing to such places as Africa and the Pacific Islands.
In stimulus diffusion, knowledge of a trait belonging to another culture stimulates the invention or
development of a local equivalent. A classic example of stimulus diffusion is the creation of the Cherokee
syllabic writing system by a Native American named Sequoya. Sequoya got the idea from his contact with
the English; yet he did not adopt the writing system nor did he even learn to write English. He utilized
some English alphabetic symbols, altered others, and invented new ones. All the symbols he used
represented Cherokee syllables and had a distinctly Cherokee form.
66. In summer, warm southern air carries moisture northern to the eastern and central United States.
A B C D
67. Billie Holiday became recognized as the most innovative jazz singer of her day and was admiration
A B C D
for her vocal range.
68. A number multiplied by zero, and a number multiplied by one is the same with that number.
A B C D
69. Thomas More, who fell into disfavor with the king, was a great English author, statesman, and
A B C
scholarship.
D
70. The first microprocessors were fabricated in 1971 for installation in handhold calculators.
A B C D
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