Department of Education and Training

Examination subject: English-Group D

The university and college practice exam 2012.
The eight time
Mark the letter A, B, C, or on your ans!er sheet to indicate the correct ans!er to each o"
the "ollo!ing #uestions.
1. I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my _________.
A. change B. supply C. cash . cost
!. I"m going to stay at university and try to ________ off getting a #o$ for a few years%
A. stay B. put C. move . set
&. 'eople can $ecome very __________ when they are stuc( in traffic for a long time.
A. nervous B. $ad)tempered C. stressful . pressed
*. I $elieve that #udges should $e independent _________ the government.
A. to B. from C. with . on
5. +he ,' as(ed ________ the prime minister was aware of the growing social pro$lem.
A. that B. him C. if . what
-. .emind +ony a$out party _________.
A. incase B. unless C. provided that . e/cept
0. +he government should do more for ___________ people.
A. usual B. ordinary C. everyday . typical
1. I (now we had an arguement2 $ut now I"d 3uite li(e to _________.
A. loo( down B. ma(e up C. fall out . $ring up
4. ) I"m going to set up the e3uipment in a minute. 5 ___________ give you a hand6
A. 7hall we B. 8ill I C. 8ould I . o I
10. I thin( there"s a picture of the hotel __________ the first page.
A. on B. at C. in . to
11. I"m saving all my poc(et money __________to $uy a new 'lay7tation.
A. out B. down C. up . away
1!. 8e usually do go $y train2 even though the car _________ is a lot 3uic(er.
A. travel B. #ourney C. trip . voyage
1&. ogs ma(e very ________ pets. +hey"ll always stay $y your side.
A. mental B. private C. loyal . digital
1*. +hey ________ have seen the play last night as they went to a foot$all match instead.
A. could B. must C. might . can"t
15. I"m sorry2 $ut I"ve got __________ much wor( to do to come to the $each today.
A. so B. such C. enough . too
1-. ) 9ou must $e :ane"s sister. ;lad to meet you. 5 __________
A. I am2 either B. 7o I am. I"m glad C. 8hat do you do . ,e too
10. +he $oys ________ that he had had anything to do with the $rea()in.
A. refused B. denied C. o$#ected . re#ect
11. ) __________ 6 5 A$out tem miles $efore we met him.
A. <ow fast did he drive B. <ow long did he drive
C. <ow often did he drive . <ow far did he drive
14. o you have __________ to ta(e that $icycle6
A. allowance B. e/ception C. willingness . permission
!0. +he sign says that all shoplifters will $e ________.
A. persecuted B. disproved C. prosecuted . prohi$ited
!1. ) <ow lovely your pets are% 5 ___________
A. +han( you2 it"s nice of you to say no B. .eally6 +hey are
C. can you say that again . I love them2 too
!!. 7he should ___________ in the garage when we come around2 which would e/plain why
she didn"t hear the $ell.
A. wor( B. $e wor(ing C. have wor(ed . have $een
wor(ing
!&. ;oing on this diet has realy ________ me good. I"ve lost weight and I feel fantanstic%
A. made B. ta(en C. done . had
!*. r 'ar(er gave my mum a lovely ________ for spaghetti car$onara.
A. recipe B. prescription C. receipt . paper
!5. ) ;ood$ye2 7usie% 5 ____________%
A. 7o so B. +he same C. 9eah . 7o long
!-. If you hadn"t lost the pieces2 we __________ a game of chess.
A. couldn"t have had B. can"t have C. may have . could have
!0. =elly wanted to have a live $and _________ at her wedding.
A. to $e played B. play C. played . $een
playing
!1. ) 8hat do you want to do this summer6 5 I thin( we should go somewhere ________ has
plenty of sun and sand.
A. who B. where C. when . that
!4. 9ou should __________ a professional to chec( your house for earth3ua(e damage.
A. have B. ma(e C. ta(e . get
&0. 8e _________ today and I got into trou$le $ecause I hadn"t done it.
A. had chec(ed our homewor( B. had our homewor( chec(ed
C. were chec(ed our homewor( . have our homewor( chec(ing
Mark the sentence $A,B,C or % that is the &est !ay to have a complete sentence !ith the
!ords given
&1. without > glasses > see > $oard
A. I can"t even see nothing on the $road without any glasses.
B. I can hardly see anything on the $road without any glasses.
C. 8ithout any glasses2 I can"t almost see nothing on the $road.
. 8ithout any glasses2 nothing on the $road can $e seen $y myself.
&!. when > read > note > already > leave > ?urope6
A. 8hen will you read this note $efore I"ll leave for ?urope6
B. 8hen reading the note2 I"ve already left for ?urope.
C. 8hen you read this note2 I"ll have already left for ?urope.
. 8hen this note will $e read2 I"ll have already left for ?urope.
&&. all > need > $lac( coffee
A. All I am needing to $e drin(ing a cup of $lac( coffee. B. All is needed to $e
drin(ing a cup of $lac( coffee.
C. All of the need now is to drin( a cup of $lac( coffee. . All I need now is a cup of
$lac( coffee.
&*. it > time > people > $uild > permission
A. It"s high tome we prevented people from $uilding houses without permission.
B. It"s time for people stop $uilding their houses without permission.
C. It"s time we prevented people to $uild houses without permission.
. It"s a$out time we should stop people $uilding house without permission.
&5. have > succeed > interview > hope > wor( > soon
A. 7he"s succeeded in the interview so as to hope wor(ing soon.
B. 7he"s succeeded in the interview so that she hopes wor(ing soon.
C. 7he"s succeeded in the interview2 she hopes that she wor(s soon.
. <aving succeeded in the interview2 she hopes to start wor(ing soon.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or on your ans!er sheet to sho! the underlined part that needs
correction.
&-. +ransplanting organs such hearts and (idneys had proved easier than transplanting
muscles.
&0. @n the floor of the 'acific @cean is hundreds of flat)tipped mountains more than a mile
$eneath sea level.
&1. Ao longer satisfied with the emphasis of the enishawn school2 ,artha has moved to the
staff of the ?astman school in 14!5.
&4. Aot until much later did she realiBe her long)(nown partner had $een lying her.
*0. :ustice is often personified as a $lindfolded woman to hold a pair of scales.
'ead the "ollo!ing passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or on your ans!er sheet to
indicate the correct ans!er to each o" the #uestion "rom (1 to )0
*ine +he principle of use and disuse states that those parts of organisms" $odies that are used
grown larger. +hose parts that are not tend to wither away. It is an o$served fact that
when you e/cercise particular muscles2 they grow. Those that are never used dimish. By
e/amming a man"s $ody2 we can tell which muscles he uses and which he doesn"t. we
may even $e a$le to guess his profession or his reaction. ?nthusiasts of the C$ody)
$uildingC
) cult ma(e use of the principle of use and disuse to C$uildC their $odies2 almost li(e a piece
of sculpture2 into whatever unnatural shape is demanded $y fashion in this peculiar
minority culture. ,uscles are not the only parts of the $ody that respond to use in this
(ind of way. 8al( $arefoot and you ac3uire harder s(in on your soles. It is easy to tell a
farmer from a $an( teller $y loo(ing at their hands alone. +he farmer"s hands are
horny2 hardened
10 $y long e/posure to rough wor(. +he teller"s hands are relatively soft.
+he principle of use and disuse ena$les animals to $ecome $etter at the #o$ of surviving
in their world2 progressively $etter during their lifetime as a result of living in that world.
<umans2 through direct e/posure to sunlight2 or lac( of it2 develop a s(in color which
e3uips them $etter to survive in the particular local conditions.
1) +oo much sunlight is dangerous. ?nthusiastic sun$athers with very fair s(ins are
susceptible to s(in cancer. +oo little sunlight2 on the other hand2 leads to vitamin)
deficiency and ric(ets. +he $rown pigment melanin which is synthesiBed under the
influence of sunlight2 ma(es a screen to protect the underlying tissues from the
harmful effects of further sunlight. If a suntanned person moves to a less sunny climate2
the melanin disappears2 and the $ody is a$le to $enefit from what little sun there is. +his
can $e represented as an instance of the principle of use
20 and disuseD s(in goes $rown when it is CusedC2 and fades to white when it is not.
*1. 8hat does the pasage mainly discuss6
A. <ow the principles of use and disuse change people"s concepts of themselves.
B. +he way in which people change themselves to conform to fashion.
C. +he changes that occur according to the principle of use and disuse.
. +he effects of the sun on the principle of use and disuse.
*!. +he phrase Cwither awayC in line ! is closest in meaning to
A. split B. rot C. perish . shrin(
*&. +he word CThoseC in line & refers to
A. organisms B. $odies C. parts . muscles
**. According to the passage2 men who $ody $uild.
A. appear li(e sculptures B. change their appearance
C. $elong to strange cults . are very fashiona$le
*5. Erom the passage2 it can $e inferred that author views $ody $uilding.
A. with enthusiasm B. as an artistic from C. with scientific interest . of
dou$tful $enefic
*-. +he word ChornyC in line 4 is closest in meaning to.
A. firm B. strong C. tough . dense
*0. It can $e inferred from the passage that the principle of use and dissure ena$les organisms
to
A. change their e/istence B. automatically $enefit
C. survive in any condition . improve their lifetime
*1. +he author suggests that melanin
A. is necessary for the production of vitamin) B. is $eneficial in sunless climates
C. helps protect fair)s(inned people . is a synthetic product
*4. In the second paragraph2 the author mentions suntanning as an e/ample of
A. humans improving their local condition B. humans surviving in adverse
conditions
C. humans using the priciple of use and disuse . humans running the ris( of s(in
cancer
50. +he word C susceptible" could $e $est replaced $y
A. condemned B. vulnera$le C. allergic . suggesti$le
Mark the letter A, B, C, or on your ans!er sheet to indicate the !ord that di""ers "rom the
rest in the position o" the main stress in each o" the "ollo!ing #uestions.
51. A. recommend B. hurricane C. photograph . separate
5!. A. e/plain B. involve C. purpose . control
5&. A. furnish B. reason C. promise . tonight
5*. A. specific B. coincide C. inventive . regardless
55. A. ha$ita$le B. infamously C. geneticist . communis
'ead the "ollo!ing passage and mark the letter A, B, C or on your ans!er sheet to indicate
the correct !ord "or each o" the &lanks "rom )+ to +)
THE H!T"#$ "% &#T'G
+he development of writing F5-G ______ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the
$eginning of the F50G ______. 'ieces of pottery with mar(s on that are pro$a$ly num$ers have
$een discovered in China that date from around *000 BC. <ieroglyphics and other forms of
Cpicture writingC developed in the F51G _______ around ,esopotamia Fmordern)day Ira3G2 where
the ancent 7umerian civiliBation was $ased2 from around &&00 BC onwards. <owever2 the first
F54G ________ alpha$et was used $y the 'hoenicians around 1050BC. +heir alpha$et had !!
letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. +he first two signs were called CalephC and
C$ethC2 which in ;ree( $ecame CalphaC and C$etaC2 which gave us the F-0G ________ word
Calpha$etC
+he modern ?uropean alpha$et is $ased on the ;ree( and F-1G _______ to other ?uropean
countries under the .omans. A num$er of changes too( place as time passed. +he .omans added
the letter ;2 and the letter : and H were F-!G ______ to people in 7ha(espear"s time.
If we F-&G _______ the history of punctuation2 we also find some interesting facts. +he .omans
used to write 3uaesto at the end of a sentence in F-*G _______ to show that it was a 3uestion.
they started to write Io in F-5G _______ of the whole word2 and then put the I a$ove the o. In
the end2 that $ecame the 3uestion mar( C6C
5-. A. did B. had C. made . too(
50. A. media B. $ulletin C. programme . #ournalism
51. A. distance B. area C. length . earth
54. A. true B. accurate C. e/act . precise
-0. A. new B. trendy C. modern . fashiona$le
-1. A. speard B. appeared C. was . occurred
-!. A. infamous B. unpopular C. un(now . hidden
-&. A. loo( into B. $ring on C. ma(e off . hold up
-*. A. turn B. fact C. order . intention
-5. A. position B. space C. spot . place
'ead the "ollo!ing passage and mark the letter A, B, C or on your ans!er sheet to indicate
the correct !ord "or each o" the &lanks "rom ++ to ,)
*ine A small $ut growing group of scholar2 evolutionary2 psychologists2 are $eing to s(etch the
contours of the human mind as designed $y natural selection. 7ome of them even
anticipate the coming of a field called Cmismatch theoryC2 which would study maladies
resulting from contrasts $etween the modern environment and the Cancestral
environmentC. +he one we were designed for.
) +here is no shortage of such maladies to study2 .ates of depression have $een dou$ling in
some industrial countries roughly every 10 years. 7uicide is the third most common cause
of death among young adults2 after car wrec(s and homicides.
?volutionary psychology is a long way from e/plaining all this with precision2 $ut it is
already shedding enough 10 light to challenges some conventional wisdom. It suggests2
for e/ample2 that the nostalgia for the nuclear family of the 1450s is in some way
misguided ) that the model family of hus$and at wor( and wife at home is hardly a
CnaturalC and healthful living arrangement2 especially for the wives. ,oreover2 the
bygone lifestyles that do loo( fairly natural in light of evolutionay psychology
appear to have $een eroded largely $y commercialism. 'erhaps the $iggest surprise
from evolutionary psychology it its depiction of the CanimalC in us. Ereud2 and various
1( thin(ers since2 saw CciviliBationC as an oppressive force that thwarts $asic animal
instincts and urges and transmutes them into psychophathology. <owever2 evolutionary
psychology suggests that a larger threat to metal health may $e the way civiliBation
thwarts ci(ility. +here is a gentler2 (inder side of human nature2 and it seems increasingly
to $e a victim of repression in modern society.
--. 8hich of the following is the main topic of the passage6
A. <ow evolutionary psychology manages modern society.
B. +he pro$lems of illness caused $y modern society.
C. +he iportance of ancestral environment.
. ?volutionary psychologists" views on the nuclear family.
-0. +he word CcontourC in line 1 is closest in meaning to
A. actions B. limits C. structures . outlines
-1. According to the pasage2 the death of many young people in industrial countries is mainly
caused $y
A. murder B. traffic accidents C. suicide . depression
-4. +he word Cone" in line * refers to the
A. mismatch theory B. field C. modern environment .
ancestral environment
00. It can $e inferred from the passage that evolutionary psycgologists disli(e nostalgia for
the 1450s $ecause
A. It was an unhealthy time to live
B. the nuclear family provided an unsatisfactory lifestyle.
C. women who wished to go out to wor( were misguided.
. family life was seen to $e unnatural.
01. +he word CbygoneC in line 11 could $e replaced $y
A. overloo(ed B. forgotten C. past . original
0!. According to the passage2 Ereud and other psychologists thought civilBation
A. showed that people have animal instincts. B. greatly improved people"s lives.
C. encouraged people to use the $asic instincts . caused madness in some people.
0&. In this passage2 the word Cci(ilityC in line 1- is closest in meaning to
A. courtesy B. politeness C. morality . formality
0*. In the passage2 evolutionary psychologists suggest that in modern society
A. victims are always punished B. people"s $etter natures are denies
C. repressed people are (ind and gentle . people suffer from repression
05. 8here in the passage does the author suggest a conflict $etween the ways of living6
A. lines !)* B. lines 4)1! C. lines 1&)1* . lines 1-)10
Mark the letter A, B, C, or on your ans!er sheet to indicate the &est !ay to complete each
o" the "ollo!ing sentences.
0-. +he temperature inversions often occur when ________ in the late afternoon.
A. the earth"s surface is cooled B. the earth"s surface is cooling
C. the surface of earth cooled . cooling the earth"s surface
00. A little farther down the street _________.
A. is the inn I used to stay at. B. there is an inn where I used to stay in
C. the inn is the place where I used to stay . is ther an inn in which I used to
stay
01. <e came to Aairo$i _______.
A. with a view to clim$ ,t. =enya B. so for clim$ing ,t. =enya
C. intended to clim$ ,t.=enya . with the intention of clim$ing ,t.
=enya
04. =ate is committed to ________.
A. $uying goods from that shop B. $uy goods from that shop
C. that shop for $uying goods . that shop to $uy goods
10. +he children sing loudly _________.
A. as though they are the winners B. though they are the winners
C. as if they were the winners . were they the winners