TEST 5

LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that The United States ________ enough
Covid-19 vaccine doses for every American adult by the end of May, 2021.
A. would have had B. would have C. will have D. will have had
2. The window was so high up that ________ you could see was the sky.
A. everything B. all C. only D. just
3. The police have warned tourists to look ________ for pickpockets in the town
center.
A. up B. down C. forward D. out
4. He ________ some unusual educational beliefs.
A. keeps B. carries C. takes D. holds
5. There is a strong movement supporting the abolition of the death ________.
A. penalty B. punishment C. discipline D. condemnation
6. The study adds to a growing ________ of evidence that links a lack of sleep with
weight gain.
A. body B. form C. hulk D. soul
7. “Are there any cookies left?” – “No, ________.”
A. not anything B. nothing at all C. nothing whatever D. none
whatsoever
8. _______, what would you bring back?
A. Think of going to Africa B. Imagine to go to Africa
C. If you should go to Africa D. Supposing you went to Africa
9. Not until I received the letter of announcement, _______.
A. I could recognize how bad the situation was B. could I recognize how bad
was the situation
C. how bad the situation was I recognized D. did I recognize how bad the
situation was
10. The team is _______ by JVC, so players wear the letters JVC on their shirts.
A. trained B. appointed C. sponsored D. played
11. Students at school leaving age need _______ about life skills to enter the new
world.
A. being taught B. to be taught C. teaching D. to teach
12. Ask David to give you a hand moving the furniture. He's as strong as _______.
A. a gorilla B. a horse C. an elephant D. a mountain
13. John had to leave early, _______ he?
A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
14. Australians and New Zealanders often have a/an _______ year before going to
college or after finishing high school to travel overseas independently.

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 A. gap B. new C. busy D. graduation
15. It's my _______ ceremony next week; I think my parents are looking forward to
it more than I am.
A. graduation B. graduate C. graduating D. graduates
16. Going to university is expensive because in addition to the tuition _______,
there are expenses for accommodation, books, living costs, etc.
A. grants B. fees C. fares D. scholarships
17. Several items of goods _______ during the pandemic of Covid-19.
A. go through the roof B. hit the roof C. raise the roof D.
are under one roof
18. John knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his _______ till the
formal announcement.
A. cap B. coat C. tongue D. hat
19. Next month when there _______ a full moon, the ocean tides are getting
higher.
A. will be B. will have been C. is going to be D. is
20. _______ in 1948, the UNICEF works for the protection of children’s rights
and meets their basic needs for life.
A. Founded B. Found C. Finding D. Having found
21. She nearly died of _______ when he said such a secret thing.
A. embarrassed B. embarrassing C. embarrassment D. embarrass
22. _______, I could not have done it.
A. But for your support B. If you didn’t support me
C. Because of your support D. Had you supported me
23. Florida, _______ the Sunshine state, attracts many tourists per year.
A. is known B. known as C. is known as D. it is known as
24. The patients _______ with the new drug showed better signs of recovery than
those receiving conventional medicine.
A. treated B. treating C. who treated D. having treated
25. Parents shouldn't use physical punishment _______ it negatively
influences children's development.
A. because of B. although C. because D. in spite of

Part 2: For questions 26–, use the word in capitals at the end of each of the
following sentences to form a word that fits suitably in the blank. There is an
example at the beginning (0). (20 pts)

ANGER

We’ve all felt anger at some time, whether as faint (0)________(ANNOY) or blind
rage. Anger is a normal, sometime useful human emotion, but uncontrolled

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(26)_________ (BURST) of temper can be destructive. People who give free rein to
their anger, regardless of the (27) __________(OFFEND) this may cause, haven’t
learned to express themselves (28)____________(CONSTRUCT),’ says Martin Smolik,
who runs weekend residential courses in anger management. ‘It is important to
maintain your (29) _________(COMPOSE) and put your case in an assertive, not
aggressive manner without hurting others. Being assertive doesn’t mean being
pushy or demanding; it means being (30) __________ (RESPECT) of yourself and
other people.’ He adds that people who are easily angered are (31)____________
(TOLERATE) of frustration, inconvenience or irritation and, not surprisingly find
relating to other people very difficult. But what causes people to behave like this?
It seems there is evidence to support the idea that some children may be born
(32) _________ (IRRITATE) and prone to anger and this tendency is sometimes
apparent from a very early age. However, research also suggests that a person’s
family (33)___________(GROUND) may have an influence. Very often, people who
are (34)_____________(TEMPER) and often find it difficult to express their emotions
come from (35)___________(ORGANIZE) and disruptive families.

Your answers

0. Annoyance 26. 27. 28.

29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35.

SECTION II: READING.

PART 1: Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C, or D)
best fits each of the numbered gaps. Write your answers on the
Answer Sheet.
Why people laugh

Sunday May 4th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this
annual event, says we need more laughter in our lives to (36) ______ the global
rise of stress and loneliness. But
surely that strange sound that we make periodically can’t be the (37) ______ to
such problems.
If an alien were to land on our planet and (38) ______ a stroll among a crowd of
earthlings, it would

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hear a lot of ‘ha-ha’ noises. It might wonder what (39) _______ this strange habit
served. If we ask
ourselves what (40) ______ a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a
response to something
funny. (41) ______ one scientist, Robert Provine, says humour has surprisingly little
to (42) ______
with that. Instead, it lies at the (43) ______ of such issues as the perception of self
and the evolution
of language and social behaviour.
Robert Provine realised that you cannot capture (44) _______ laughter in the lab
because as soon as you (45) ______ it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So, instead, he
gathered data by hanging around groups of people, noting when they laughed.

36. A. struggle B. combat C. threaten D. contest

37. A. way B. answer C. end D.
response
38. A. make B. get C. walk D. take
39. A. reason B. purpose C. idea D.
meaning
40. A. results B. leads C. prompts D. concludes
41. A. However B. Therefore C. As D. But
42. A. go B. bring C. do D. set
43. A. root B. stem C. head D. back
44. A. complete B. authentic C. contemporary D.
current
45. A. place B. lay C. stand D. keep

PART 2. Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C, or D)
best fits each of the numbered gaps. Write your answers on the
Answer Sheet.

Most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. From the time infants
are born, they hear language because their parents talk to them all the time.
Between the ages of seven and ten months, most infants begin to make sounds.
They repeat the same sounds over and over again. This is called babbling. When
babies babble, they are practicing their language.
What happens, though, to children who cannot hear? How do deaf children
learn to communicate? Recently, doctors have learned that deaf babies babble
with their hands. Laura Ann Petitto, a psychologist, observed three hearing infants
with English-speaking parents and two deaf infants with deaf parents using
American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Dr. Petitto studied the
babies three times: at 10, 12, and 14 months. During this time, children really
begin to develop their language skills.
After watching and videotaping the children for several hundred hours, the
psychologist and her assistants made many important observations. For example,
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they saw that the hearing children made varied motions with their hands.
However, there appeared to be no pattern to these motions. The deaf babies also
made different movements with their hands, but these movements were more
consistent and deliberate. The deaf babies seemed to make the same hand
movements over and over again. During the four-month period, the deaf babies’
hand motions started to resemble some basic hand-shapes used in ASL. The
children also seemed to prefer certain hand-shapes.
Hearing infants start first with simple syllable babbling, then put more
syllables together to sound like real sentences and questions. Apparently, deaf
babies follow this same pattern, too. First, they repeat simple handshapes. Next,
they form some simple hand signs and use these movements together to
resemble ASL sentences.
Linguists believe that our ability for language is innate. In other words,
humans are born with the capacity for language: It does not matter if we are
physically able to speak or not. Language can be expressed in different ways for
instance, by speech or by sign. Dr. Petitto believes this theory and wants to prove
it. She plans to study hearing children who have one deaf parent and one hearing
parent. She wants to see what happens when babies have the opportunity to learn
both sign language and speech. Does the human brain prefer speech? Some of
these studies of hearing babies who have one deaf parent and one hearing parent
show that the babies babble equally with their hands and their voices. They also
produce their first words, both spoken and signed, at about the same time. More
studies in the future may prove that the sign system of the deaf is the physical
equivalent of speech.
(Adapted from “Issues for Today” by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici
Mare)

46. According to paragraph 1, babies begin to babble _____.

A. at their first moment after birth
B. when they are more than 6 months old
C. at their first experience of language
D. when they first hear their parents talk to them
47. The phrase “the babies” in paragraph 2 refers to ______ in the study.
A. the deaf infants B. the hearing infants
C. the hearing and deaf infants D. the disabled infants
48. The writer mentions “American Sign Language (ASL)” in paragraph 2 as a
language ______.
A. used by the deaf to communicate B. used among
psychologists
C. especially formed by infants D. widely used by American children

49. The word “resemble” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.

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 A. studying funny movements B. producing similar movements
C. making initial movements D. creating strange movements
50. It is stated in paragraph 3 that both the deaf and the hearing children made
movements with their hand, but ______.
A. only the hearing children made different movements
B. the hearing children only repeated the same hand motions
C. only the deaf children repeated the same hand motions
D. the deaf children made less consistent hand movements
51. According to paragraph 4, hearing infants learn to talk first by ______.
A. eye movements B. hand-shapes C. hand motions D.
babbling
52. The word “real” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.
A. original B. meaningful C. formal D. general
53. It is mentioned in the last paragraph that Dr. Petitto plans to study ______.
A. whether the sign system of the deaf is the physical equivalent of speech
B. whether all children speak and make motions with their hand at the
same time
C. the assumption that the human brain prefers sign language to speech
D. what happens when babies have the opportunity to learn both speech and
sign language
54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
A. Language cannot be expressed in different ways.
B. The human brain prefers speech.
C. Babies produce spoken words before signed ones.
D. Humans are innately able for language.
55. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage?
A. American Sign Language B. Education for Deaf Children
C. How do Children Master Language? D. Language: Is it Always
Spoken?

Part 3: You are going to read an article about human behaviour. Six
paragraphs have been removed from the text. Choose from the
paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (56-61). There is one extra
paragraph which you do not need to use.

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Unless you’re a loner, you’re probably a member of many different groups. Some
are long lasting, like your family, while others, such as a football crowd, are
temporary. Every group functions in different ways but there are still some
common psychological features to any group.
56.________

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Being part of a group changes the way you behave. The presence of others has a
generally arousing effect on the nervous system. This is natural – you don’t know
what they will do. They may move about, speak to you, or even attack you, and
your brain has to pay attention to all these messages. Having others around is
just distracting. It divides your attention, so you can’t focus on the task in hand.
57.________
But when it comes to complex tasks, the prospect of not being evaluated may free
you from anxiety, so encouraging you to perform better. To test this,
psychologists asked volunteers to carry out a complex computer task in separate
rooms. Some were told performance would be evaluated individually – causing
performance anxiety – while others were told the results would be averaged with
the rest of the group. As expected, the second group did better than the first.
58.__________
The problems becomes even worse when individuals are disguised with war paint
or uniforms. Analysis shows that the more people there are in a mob, the greater
the antisocial behaviour. Being “submerged” within a group does have many
negative connotations but it’s not always a bad thing. Instead of thinking about a
rowdy mob, think of relaxing, dancing and enjoying yourself at a party when you
are also just a part of the crowd.

59.____________
But surprisingly, research has shown that the use of this technique by group isn’t
that effective in either the number or quality of ideas generated. You get better
results if you set people to work individually on a problem. We also tend to
assume that decisions made by groups are better than those made by individuals,
which is why we form committees.
60.____________
But any group can get a decision badly wrong, because their thought processes
can go awry. This is a process psychologists call “groupthink”. A close-knit group
of advisers isolated from argument and criticism can grow to believe they can do
no wrong. The group then becomes more important than the individuals who are
part of it. Further, a leadership style which concentrates on the group rather than
the individual can contribute to this.
61.______________
Many, but not all, leaders show dominance in the group. But the dominant person
the group doesn’t always make the best leader, and it isn’t necessarily true that
having the smartest people always makes for the most successful group.

A. This lack of individual accountability may lead to people letting go of their

inhibitions – a process known as “deindividuation”. Sometimes this is dangerous,
releasing violent and impulsive behaviours that individuals would never dream of
indulging in alone.
B. They have a need for power, characterised by talking a lot, wanting to be
listened to and to make decisions. In a group it can be easy to spot the dominant
people. They make eye contact, point and even touch people but don’t encourage
return gestures. Such behaviour studies have been key in shaping bussiness
organisation.

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C. For example, in general, human are social animals, that’s why we get
together in groups in the first place. Important elements of our individual identity
come from being part of a group. Most people enjoy being in a group – It’s a way
of forming emotionally satisfying relationships.
D. But it has to be a carefully selected team, not a randomly generated group,
it creative decisions are to be made. In fact, theory on team building has shown
that it is better if people work in small teams of complementary pairs. Big teams
don’t get anything done, even though people like them.
E. For a group and its behaviour are shaped by who is in charge and the roles
the other members play. A group front man or woman is persuasive, not directive,
communicates and speaks clearly, listens well and appeals to group members’
emotions and feelings as well as thoughts and ideas.
F. So, how does all this stimulation affect achievement? It has been argued
that people do better on simple well-rehearsed activities when they’re with others
than when they are alone. Also, if their individual efforts within the group are not
being monitored, there’s a tendency to relax and merge into the crowd.
G. Another positive feature of groups is that they generate ideas and opinions,
and use these to make decisions. That’s why the modern trend in teaching is for
students to work in small groups to prepare presentations and why brainstorming
is so popular in the work context.

Your answers:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.

SECTION IV: WRITING

PART 1: Questions 62- 72, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. Use the word given and other words to complete each sentence. You must use between TWO
AND FIVE words. DO NOT CHANGE the word given.

There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the Answer Sheet. (2.0 pts)
62. The pond isn't big enough to swim in. (TOO)
 The pond is ………………………………………….
63. People claim that he was the best tennis player of his times. SAID
 He __________________________________________________________.
64. They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic. AVOID
They left early in _______________________________________________.
65. Why didn’t they tell me about these changes earlier? SHOULD
 I ____________________________________________________________.
66. He had a very traditional upbringing, didn’t he? TRADITIONALLY
 He ___________________________________________________________, wasn’t he?
67. I would like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me. THANKFUL
 I’d like to say__________________________________________________.

68. I supposed you were very tired after your long walk. MUST
 You__________________________________________________________.
69. Martin had difficulty in accepting the loss of his money. HARD
 Martin________________________________________________________.
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70. I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievement. AS
 Much _______________________________________________________
71. Nam was the only student who got 10 marks in English for the first semester exam. TO
 Nam ____________________________________________________________.
72. I went to two telephone boxes, but they were both out of order. NEITHER
 I ____________________________________________________________.

PART 2: Questions 81-90, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar
as possible in meaning to the sentence printed before it.

There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the Answer Sheet. (2.0 pts)
0. The film was very boring. I fell asleep.
The film was so boring that I fell asleep.
73. I am only interested in why he did it.
 The only thing _________________________________________________.
74. House prices have risen dramatically this year.
 There has been _________________________________________________.
75. The pedestrian asked the policeman a lot of questions.
 It was the pedestrian ____________________________________________.
76. “I must see the manager,” he cried.

_ He insisted ____________________________________________________.
77. I only recognized him when he came into light.
 Not until ______________________________________________________.
78. He managed to open the door but in vain.

__ He was not_____________________________________________________.
79. After she had done all exercises, she went out for a party.
 Having _______________________________________________________.
80. They cancelled the flight because of the heavy rain.
 Had it not been_________________________________________________.
81. Working for this travel agency will not be possible without a good command of English.
 Unless you have ________________________________________________.
82. How well I sleep depends on how late I go to bed.
 The later______________________________________________________.

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