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ELS 32 Practice exam 20

1-I wish someone would ………..me as to the causes of the latest crises.
A) erase B) irrigate
C) enlighten D) extinguish E) obtain

2-"National Geographic" is his favourite magazine, and he has been………..to it for years in order to ensure that he doesn't miss any issue.
A) subscribing B) acquiring
C) processing D) publishing E) purchasing

3-"Jack the Ripper" was one of the most famous murderers of all time, and his………..were all young women in East London.
A) conquerors B) survivors
C) remainders D) residents E) victims

4-Though many people had taken part in the planning, the responsibility…………..lay with the president.
A) ambitiously B) ultimately
C) nearly D) sufficiently E) formerly

5-Birds have no reasoning powers, but they are able to find their way over long distances………. .
A) instinctively B) resistibly
C) honourably D) formally E) doubt¤¤¤¤y

6- She is such a/an…………person that she never bothers to phone to tell someone she is going to visit.
A) unconscious B) valueless
C) disobedient D) inconsiderate E) illiterate

7-Although everyone is happy that there will be an election, no one can tell………it will bring a better government.
A) for B) while
C) during D) as E) whether

8-Her father was furious at her performance at school, and didn't allow her to go out with her friends…….her schoolwork improved.
A) in case B) provided
C) until D) because E) since

9-Adventures are always fun to talk about afterwards, ……….unpleasant they may have been at the time.
A)in spite of B) whereas
C) however D) instead of E) besides

10-Although we arrived……….the city at around 8 a.m., we didn't arrive……….the hotel until 10, because we got stuck in the rush hour traffic.
A) to/for B) in/at
C) over/to D) by/on E) from/in

11-Everyone on board the ship congratulated the captain…………his success………getting the ship out of the storm safe and sound.
A) for/with B) to/from
C) over/on D) on/in E) in/for

12- Not another rainy day! This weather is really………me……….. .
A) waking/up B) seeing/off
C) getting/down D) setting/out E) putting/on

13- The basic principle of weaving has not changed since the late Stone Age, ………..humans first wove rushes and grasses into baskets and mats.
A) whose B) when
C) how D) where E) which

14-I can't believe that you ate……….. chicken just on your own!
A)a whole B) every
C) plenty D) most E) either

15-It is difficult to decide which language school to attend, because……..have a good reputation, and…….is cheaper than the other.
A) all/either B) most/some
C) none/all .D) both/neither E) neither/one

16-When I gave…………the results of……….test, some students looked very disappointed.
A)they/theirs B) myself/them
C) him/mine D) me/themselves E) them/their

17-My parents were not very keen on going out for dinner after we had received some unpleasant news, ……. .
A) but I wasn't B) and I was too
C) and neither was I D) but I had E) and so had I

18-Of the many treasures excavated in Egypt, the limestone head of Queen Nofretete is one of ………. .
A) a finer B) fine enough
C) too fine D) the finest E) as line as

19- British author Graham Greene wrote………..extensively……….once he forgot about a novel he wrote in 1944. Rediscovered in 1984, 'The Tenth Man' was published a year later.
A) so/that B) as/as
C) more/than D) such/that E) too/than

20-Luckily, the small yacht………..the harbour just as the storm………. .
A) was reaching/would hit
B) had reached/is hitting
C) reached/hit
D) has reached/was hitting h
E) would reach/had hit

21-Though they………..much of it yet, the roof…………by the end of next week.
A) don’t finish/will complete
B) haven't finished/should be completed
C) aren't finishing/will have completed
D) can't have finished/is completed
E) won't finish/is going to complete

22-It's too late now; if you………..to go, you…….last week.
A)will want/would be registering
B)wanted/should have registered
C)had wanted/will be registering
D)will have wanted/must have registered
E)have wanted/had registered

23-I wish l………..to the book fair which……….next week.
A)have gone/was being held
B)went/is holding
C)were going/is being held
D)am going/will be held
E)could go/had been held
24-George and his brother………very close, but they……….each other now for years.
A)must be/needn't see
B)have been/hadn't seen
C)might be/don't see
D)could have been/didn't see
E)used to be/haven't seen

25-The relations between the two countries……….even more since the latest economic crisis…….. .
A)are deteriorating/is beginning
B)will have deteriorated/has begun
C)deteriorate/begins
D)were deteriorating/had begun
E)have deteriorated/began

Find the best completion
26-Carlos hadn't even heard of baseball until he moved to the States at 15, …….. .
A)as he lived only a few miles from a professional stadium
B)and there he finally got to see the players he'd read about
C)although he grew up playing the game with his friends
D)but within a year, he was among the best players of his school
E)yet he had seen hundreds of games on his uncle's television

27-Considering that you have never had any formal training as a computer programmer, ……….. .
A)you show a remarkable amount of ability
B)so that you can do the job as well as anyone else in the office
C)which is the way everyone always did it until recently
D)you will have finished the course by early next year
E)you can probably recommend a suitable software for my aim

28-If more people had bought his first novel, ………. .
A)it hadn't been properly publicised, according to some critics
B)he gave up writing as a career and found a steady job
C)the competition from more established novelists was too keen for him
D)he might have been encouraged to continue writing
E)he keeps trying anyway in spite of his economic hardship

29-Rotterdam has few old buildings, ………… .
A)including the brand new bridge over the new harbour
B)because the city was nearly destroyed in World War II
C)as the city will be rebuilt in the next couple of years
D)unlike Brasilia, which was almost totally rebuilt in the 1970s
E)since Amsterdam was established in the Middle Ages

30-………..since he died before he could write the final chapter.
A) He always preferred the quiet of the shed in his garden
B)It was the best thing he had ever written
C)We will never know how the story ends
D)The book could have sold out as soon as it was published
E)There was nothing particularly inspiring about the technique

31-Because of the poor sanitation during the Middle Ages, ………… .
A)skin diseases have since become much less common
B)boiling all drinking water is one precaution against the disease
C)some people tried to be clean, but most were very dirty
D)typhoid epidemics are common in developing countries
E)many people died from infectious diseases, such as cholera

32-In view of the fact that he had just recovered from tuberculosis, ……… .
A)he had been left very weak by the disease
B)it hasn't been a very severe attack anyway
C)and also he was not naturally very strong
D)he performed surprisingly well in the race
B)he appears to be extremely cheerful

33-Whatever the final result, ......…… .
A)we can be proud that we have done our best
B)it is a shame that we lost after playing so well
C)there is a good chance that we might win
D)both sides play so well that it is difficult to predict
E)we'll either win the match or lose it by a small margin

34-…………, he had been unemployed for many months.
A)Before he found a job as an engineer
B)As he has finally managed to get a job interview
C)Although the company he worked for went bankrupt
D)As soon as he'd heard about the result of the interview
E)During the entire time he worked as an accountant

Read the following passages and mark the best
One of the smallest of all mammals is the shrew, a mouse like creature with a head and body length of only 3.8 centimetres. All shrews are small, with dense, velvety fur, long tails, and tiny eyes and ears. Shrews have been called bloodthirsty, though the label is not entirely accurate because they must eat almost constantly to stay alive. The animal is believed to have a very high metabolic rate and cannot live more than a few hours without food. In the absence of normal prey, it will turn to cannibalism to survive. The shrew, or some closely related animal, can be found on every continent except Australia. Since this tiny animal has a reputation for having a very bad temper, the adjective "shrewish" is sometimes used to describe a certain type of women.

35-The passage tells us that the shrew……… .
A)has a very short life span
B)is similar to a mouse in appearance
C)lives in dense forests
D)makes an exceptionally good pet
E)is in the habit of eating every two hours

36-The passage states that shrews……….. .
A)are found in huge numbers in Australia
B)are the smallest living mammals
C)eat each other when they can't find any food
D)feed on the blood of other mammals
E)eat rarely but in large amounts at a time

37-From what is stated in the passage, we can infer that a shrewish woman is someone who………… .
A)has tiny eyes and ears
B)is very fond of velvet and fur
C)keeps shrews as pets
D)easily gets annoyed
E)is noticeably smaller than the average

Over the past 30 years, children's consumption in Britain has increased dramatically. In the average family of two parents and two children, spending on toys and children's clothing has more than tripled, and spending on sweets, ice-cream and soft drinks has risen by one-third. Research has recently found that spending is around £3,000 per child per year. The growth in spending reflects higher living standards, but it has been boosted by the efforts of the advertising industry. Campaigns directed straight at children account for much advertising expenditure. Most children in Britain over eight now have a television in the bedroom; on average, they watch 900 hours of TV a year, which is more than the 750 hours the average child is actually being taught in school. Thus a child could see at least 10,000 commercials a year.
38-The average family 30 years ago………. .
A)bought more children's clothes and books and less ice-cream and candy
B)watched more TV commercials than today
C)had a higher living standard than today
D)didn't have a television set
E)spent far less on children's products

39-One reason that children's consumption in Britain has risen is that……….. .
A)parents tend to have fewer kids now
B)more kids are involved in advertising campaigns
C)researchers advise parents to spend £3000 per year
D)the living standard has risen in the country over the years
E)children have much more money themselves nowadays

40-The author concludes the fact that most children over 8 now have their own television set means…….. .
A)children prefer watching television to going to school
B)children are not as healthy as they were
C)more, children are missing school in order to watch television
D)an increasing amount of commercials are being watched by children
E)children spend a lot of time away from their parents

A movement called Jubilee 2000 is campaigning for Third World debt cancellation as a fitting way to mark the millennium. Launched two years ago, the group is now working in 42 countries, and is now supported by a large number of celebrities. Leaders of the group are harsh critics of the big creditors' role in the developing world. In Tanzania, for example, one child in six dies before the age of five due to the lack of proper health care, but the government spends four times more on paying the interest on its debts than on primary health care. Money needed for health and education programs goes instead to rich international creditors, whose billions have often supported corrupt elites.

41-According to the passage, the purpose of Jubilee 2000 is……… .
A)to hold a charity concert involving a lot of celebrities
B)to allow poor nations to escape paying back large loans
C)to criticise big creditors in the developing world
D)to have a big party on New Year's Eve at the millennium
E)to raise as much money as possible to help poor nations

42-The leaders of Jubilee 2000 argue that………… .
A)42 countries need to have their debts cancelled
B)creditors should lend poor nations more money for primary health care
C)celebrities of the developing countries are not responsible enough
D)celebrities are important in making the world a better place to live
E)paying interest on huge debts is one reason many children die in developing countries

43-The passage implies that ordinary people in the developing world……… .
A)cannot afford to celebrate the millennium
B)should be helped by the big creditors in their countries
C)would benefit from large debts being cancelled
D)are often the ones who haven't received any education
E)are ignorant of basic principles of health care

Palmistry is the practice of 'reading hands', of gaining knowledge about personality, past individual history, and likely future events by examining the shape and size of the fingers and, most important, the lines and bumps on the palms themselves. There is some evidence that palmistry may have begun in the Stone Age. Hand outlines can be seen in black and red pigments on the walls of the ancient caves of Almira in Spain and in other European caves. Palmistry as it exists today probably had its origins in ancient India long before recorded history and found its way into western Europe through nomadic bands of Gypsies, who made contact with Europe in the 15th century.

44-Of the following, the one not mentioned in the passage as part of palmistry is………. .
A)foretelling the future
B)changing the events of the future
C) exploring people's pasts
D)learning about things that may happen
E)learning about character

45-It is stated in the passage that the most essential thing for a palm reader to do is……….. .
A)to examine people's past histories
B)to inspect the fingers care¤¤¤¤y
C)to practise by 'reading' many palms
D) to look closely at the surface of the palm
E)to learn about different personality types

46-The passage explains that it is most likely that palmistry as we know it began……….. .
A)in various parts of Europe
B)in India in ancient times
C)in caves in Spain
D)in the 15th century
E)in the Stone Age

Aphids are tiny green insects that are a chronic pest for farmers. Spiders and ground beetles living along field margins can keep their numbers under control. But as fields have become larger, the spiders and beetles take longer to get to the middle of them, so farmers began using pesticides for a problem that was once controlled naturally. An insect ecologist came up with a new solution called "beetle banks". These are one metre-wide strips of grass planted at 100-metre intervals across the fields. After two years, there will be enough beetles and spiders in one beetle bank to eat 52 million aphids a week, and the farmer will get rid of aphids without using a single drop of pesticide.

47-We can infer from the passage that………. .
A)all insects are pests for farmers
B)spiders and beetles are beneficial for farmers
C)farmers want to keep the number of spiders and beetles under control
D)farmers are legally not allowed to use pesticide'
E)aphids are only dangerous if they amount to large numbers

48-The passage states that……….. .
A)beetle banks are a natural method of pest control
B)beetles can eat 52 million aphids every two years
C)farmers have to keep checking the numbers of aphids in their fields
D)one of the jobs of insect ecologists is to develop pesticides
E)the main purpose of pesticides is to kill beetles and spiders

49-Though he does not state it directly, the author seems to believe that....……… .
A)natural methods are inadequate to control aphids
B)pesticides are usually the best way of controlling pests
C)beetle banks are one-metre wide strips of grass
D)spiders and beetles should stay in field margins so they won't bother the farmers
E)'natural methods are better than pesticides for controlling pests

The ancient Greeks built open-air theatres, usually on a hillside, with semi-circular rows of seats overlooking a circular space called the orchestra. The restored theatre at Epidaurus, dating from about 350 B.C., is a good example of a Classical Greek theatre. The Romans altered this plan by introducing a raised platform for the performers. The first theatre in London was erected in Shoreditch by Richard Burbage, a colleague of Shakespeare; a little later, in about 1590, he built the more famous Globe theatre across the River Thames at Southwark. However, the first theatre in the modern sense was built at Parma, Italy in 1618, with the familiar plan of an auditorium with a raised stage and a curtain.

50-It is clear from the passage that ancient Greek theatres………. .
A)had no ceilings at all
B)were restored in 350 B.C.
C)had elevated stages
D)were built in valleys
E)had circular seating