Practice Test 47 I. LISTENING (50 Points) : Enquiry About Booking Hotel Room For Event
Practice Test 47 I. LISTENING (50 Points) : Enquiry About Booking Hotel Room For Event
● can go out and see the (2) __________ in pots on the terrace
Carlton Room
● number of people who can sit down to eat: 110
Your answer:
1. 85 2. roses 3. stage 4. support 5. cabins
Part 2: Listen to a piece of news on the hidden environmental danger of electric cars and decide whether the
following statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided. (10 points)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVCRHSScuCM
1. In nations such as Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, the requirement for water in order to acquire lithium is
negligible. F
2. It is unlikely that reducing the demand for new cobalt alleviates the agony of local people. F
3. Obtaining materials from used batteries is less cost-effective than extracting raw ones. T
4. The characteristics of the modern battery business further compound the already-pressing problem. T
5. Because of not being to select what kind of batteries arriving at their operations, recyclers need to adopt various
approaches. F
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Your answer:
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. ________
Part 3. You will hear an interview with Angus Johnson, who does research into longevity. For questions , choose
the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
(Gold Advanced Coursebook)
1. What does Dr Johnton think about peode who attribute longevity to genetic factors?
A. They are deliberately ignoring the evidence.
B. They are unwilling to face reality.
C. It may lead them to take silly risks.
D. They lack confidence in this belief.
2. How does Dr Johnson respond when people say most people died young in the past?
A. He explains that this was due to the prevalence of untreatable illnesses.
B. He agrees on the basis that so many people died in their infancy.
C. He says that people should look at examples from the past.
D. He explains that people aged much more quickly in the past.
3. When, according to Dr Johnson, can a job shorten life expectancy?
A. When it is so disagreeable that people are really unhappy at work.
B. When the burden of responsibility is too great.
C. When there is a demand to meet unrealistic deadlines.
D. When workers are paid in accordance with how much they produce.
4. How does Dr Johnson eplain the role of conscientiousness in longevity?
A. It makes people feel anxious about their health.
B. It forces people to change the way they live.
C. It makes people consider simplifying their lives.
D. It ensures that people take good care of themselves.
5. Dr Johnson says that marriage contributes to women's longevity
A. if they are content with the relationship.
B. if their partner is happy about their being together.
C. if they get married when they're young.
D. if their partner also lives for a tool time.
Your answer:
1. _____C___ 2. _______C_ 3. _______A__ 4. _____D____ 5. ______B__
Part 4. Listen to a piece of news on heatwave in Europe and how it impacts people’s life. For each question
below, fill in each gap with NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61smwVyp8Iw
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Europe is witnessing an early summer heat wave as record temperatures are making for
(1)__________sweltering conditions________ in many cities. The children seem to be enjoying splashing in
fountains in Spain today, but underneath the (2)__________bustle of summertime fun________ are families
desperate to cool down. In France, the authorities have closed or restricted 4,000 schools as a (3)______safety
precaution____________.
A heatwave from (4)_______subsaharan africa___________ has spread across large parts of Europe all week,
spanning from the U.K. to Italy to the Czech Republic. In Berlin, police (5)____deployed water
cannons______________ to salvage dying grass and trees. In Catalonia, firefighters struggled to control a
wildfire (6)__under …condition________________. Micheal Mann, who works as an (7)____atmospheric
scientist______________ in Penn State University, has put this heat wave down to the slowing down of the jet
stream. According to an Spanish expert, if a heat wave lasts for three or four days, you will see
(8)____accumulated impact______________of the increase in mortality for three or four days after it's gone.
In 2003, as many as 70,000 people died across the continent due to what were then record-breaking
temperatures. We should expect more intense and frequent heat waves with climate change, because it will
(9)________accentuate the extrems__________. Mr Mann also said that (10)______new
normal____________ implies that we sort of have arrived in a new regime we know how to deal with, which is
not applicable now.
Your answer:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
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7. My decision to drop out of university after a year is one I now _______ regret.
A. painfully B. harshly C. heavily D. keenly
8. Many in the team doubt my new approach, but I'll try to _______ ahead with it anyway.
A. drive B. pull C. strike D. press
9. I _______ an important deal yesterday and our company lost a fortune!
A. tore off B. mucked up C. shot down D. swallowed up
10. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve hardly put _______ in the problem so
far.
A. a dent B. a foot C. a brave face D. damper
11. Mr Newhart, _______honor the reception will be held next Saturday, has worked for this company for exactly
thirty years.
A. for whom B. in whose C. about whom D. whose
12. It's often said that nowadays people must be proud of medical advances, ______ life is getting considerably
longer.
A. so that B. providing that C. for that D. in that
13. I was so frightened that my heart was beating like crazy as if ______ to leave my body.
A. to try B. trying C. like trying D. of trying
14. The doctor told her that she once had ______ that she was now suffering from anxiety disorder.
A. so shocked B. so strong a shock C. been so shocking D. so strong shock
15. Ann, _______for the safety of her child, ran to stop him playing near the electric socket.
A. concerned B. concerning C. to concern D. to be concerned
16. ______, the immigrant workers are torn between their dreams and their real possibilities.
A. Overworking and badly paid B. Overworking and being badly paid
C. Having overworked and badly paid D. Being overworked and badly paid
17. I feel that I have a huge responsibility trying to choose only one option, but _______ the last option may be the
best one.
A. I dare to say that B. I dare say that
C. I dare not say that D. I dare not to say that
18. Although she is ______ older than I am, one could think there were quite a few years between us.
A. not as much B. no much C. not that much D. much
19. _______ is that I’ve promised to make friend with the dishonest girl.
A. The only thing what I regret B. What I regret most
C. All what I really regret most D. What that I regret most
20. _______, all the matter is formed of molecules.
A. It doesn’t matter if the complex B. It’s not a complex matter
C. No matter how complex it is D. How complex is not a matter
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.A
11.B 12.D 13.B 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.C
Your answer:
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1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
11. _________ 12. _________ 13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________
16. _________ 17. _________ 18. _________ 19. _________ 20. _________
Part 2. Complete each of the following sentences with (a) suitable preposition(s) or particle(s). Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
1. The team chalked __up____ its first regular-season victory by beating Miami.
2. I believe that sooner or later good must triumph __over____ evil.
3. I felt that Peter was ___on____ the level when he said he hadn’t taken the money.
4. Short hair seems to be __in_____ vogue this year.
5. I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered __with____.
6. My aunt never married because her father wouldn't consent __to____her marriage.
7. I have to spend a little time on my own before I give a speech, psyching myself __up_____.
8. I am so hungry I could polish __off____ all the food.
9. I thought he was joking - I didn't realize he was __in____ earnest.
10. She is always running _down____her friends behind their backs. She won’t have any friends left.
Your answer:
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
Part 3: Use the correct form of each of the words given to fill in the blank in each sentence. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
1. The Earth is experiencing a major ______ in the climate. (HEAVE) upheaval
2. The huge amount of money they won in the lottery was simply____jaw-dropping __. (JAW)
3. Found in ________ condition, the house is intended to be demolished. (DOWN) run-down
4. The American government classifies tobacco smoke as class one______. (CANCER) carcinogen
5. Because the roof of the house is made of ______ materials, it is much cooler than thers in the same village.
(HEAT) heat-resistant
6. If vaccine supplies are low, they should be reserved for ______children, who are at much greater risk.
(IMMUNE) immunocompromised
7. Sleeping during day and working when night comes sounds seemingly __________. (SCIENCE) anti-scientific
8. The disease, causing extreme stomach upsets, is caused by a ______ parasite. (WATER) waterborne
9. Antiseptics and ______ are widely used in hospital to kill the bacteria. (INFECT) disinfectants
10 . You are becoming a(n) ___________. Just go outside and see what happens. (LAY) layabout
Your answer:
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________
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Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
A LACK OF COMMUNICATION
Recent research has (1) ____ that a third of people in Britain have not met their next-door neighbors, and those who
know each other (2)____ speak. ‘Neighbors gossiping over garden fences and in the street was a common (3) ____
in the 1950s’, says Dr Carl Chinn, an expert on local communities. Now, however, longer hours spent working at
the office, together with the Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighborhood (4) ____. ‘Poor
neighborhoods once had strong kinship, but now prosperity buys privacy’, said Chinn.
Professor John Luke, a social scientist at Cambridge University, has analyzed a large number of surveys. He found
that in America and Britain the amount of time spent in social activity is decreasing. A third of people said they
never spoke to their neighbor at (5)____. Andrew Mayer, 25, a strategy consultant, rents a large apartment in west
London, with two flat mates, who work in e-commerce. ‘We have a family of teachers upstairs and lawyers below,
but our only contact comes via letters (6) ____to the communal facilities or complaints that we’ve not put out our
bin bags properly’, said Mayer.
The (7) ____of communities can have serious effects. Concerned at the rise in burglaries and (8) ____of vandalism,
the police have relaunched crime prevention (9) ____such as Neighborhood Watch, (10) ____on people who live in
the same area to keep an eye on each other’s houses and report anything they see which is unusual.
1. A. exhibited B. conducted C. displayed D. revealed
2. A. barely B. roughly C. nearly D. virtually
3. A. outlook B. view C. vision D. sight
4. A. ties B. joints C. strings D. laces
5. A. least B. once C. all D. most
6. A. concerning B. regarding C. applying D. relating
7. A. breakout B. breakthrough C. breakdown D. breakaway
8. A. acts B. shows C. counts D. works
9. A. assaults B. ideas C. schemes D. raids
10. A. asking B. calling C. inviting D. trying
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2. For following questions, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
Football is traditionally a man’s sport, but now the women are muscling in on their act, or so it seems. So many
top male footballers have been transferred (1) for astronomical sums of money that the game has become more a
high-powered business than a sport. This is when the women come in, more motivated, more interested in the game
(2)______rather_________ than in promoting themselves and generally better behaved both (3) ______on________
and off the pitch, (4) _______making_______ a strong contrast to (5) _____their_________ male counterparts’
greed and cynicism. Indeed, according to FIFA, the world football governing body, the future of football belongs to
women, and the organization has set (6)_____out_________ to actively promote women’s football. Perhaps, in (7)
_______view_______ of the fact that women are half the world population, this is how it should be. In the USA,
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many members of national women’s football teams are better known than male footballers, and some professional
female players in both North America and Europe have attracted lucrative sponsorship deals. Generally, two
problems beset women’s football: the need to be taken more (8)______seriously__________ and for more funding
to be made available. (9) _____Since_________ these have been achieved along with the blessing of FIFA, we
should see footballers who are accessible, cooperative, decent and supporting in (10)______place________ of the
spoiled mercenary star boys of sport.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3: Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
HISTORY OF THE CHICKENPOX VACCINE
Chickenpox is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the Varicella zoster virus; sufferers develop a
fleeting itchy rash that can spread throughout the body. The disease can last for up to 14 days and can occur in both
children and adults, though the young are particularly vulnerable. Individuals infected with chickenpox can expect
to experience a high but tolerable level of discomfort and a fever as the disease works its way through the system.
The ailment was once considered to be a “rite of passage” by parents in the U.S. and thought to provide
children with greater and improved immunity to other forms of sickness later in life. This view, however, was
altered after additional research by scientists demonstrated unexpected dangers associated with the virus. Over time,
the fruits of this research have transformed attitudes toward the disease and the utility of seeking preemptive
measures against it.
A vaccine against chickenpox was originally invented by Michiaki Takahashi, a Japanese doctor and research
scientist, in the mid-1960s. Dr. Takahashi began his work to isolate and grow the virus in 1965 and in 1972 began
clinical trials with a live but weakened form of the virus that caused the human body to create antibodies. Japan and
several other countries began widespread chickenpox vaccination programs in 1974. However, it took over 20 years
for the chickenpox vaccine to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), finally earning the U.S.
government’s seal of approval for widespread use in 1995. Yet even though the chickenpox vaccine was available
and recommended by the FDA, parents did not immediately choose to vaccinate their children against this disease.
Mothers and fathers typically cited the notion that chickenpox did not constitute a serious enough disease against
which a person needed to be vaccinated.
Strong belief in that view eroded when scientists discovered the link between Varicella zoster, the virus that
causes chickenpox, and shingles, a far more serious, harmful, and longer-lasting disease in older adults that impacts
the nervous system. They reached the conclusion that Varicella zoster remains dormant inside the body, making it
significantly more likely for someone to develop shingles. As a result, the medical community in the U.S.
encouraged the development, adoption, and use of a vaccine against chickenpox to the public. Although the
appearance of chickenpox and shingles within one person can be many years apart - generally many decades - the
increased risk in developing shingles as a younger adult (30-40 years old rather than 60-70 years old) proved to be
enough to convince the medical community that immunization should be preferred to the traditional alternative.
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Another reason that the chickenpox vaccine was not immediately accepted and used by parents in the U.S.
centered on observations made by scientists that the vaccine simply did not last long enough and did not confer a
lifetime of immunity. In other words, scientists considered the benefits of the vaccine to be temporary when given to
young children. They also feared that it increased the odds that a person could become infected with chickenpox
later as a young adult, when the rash is more painful and prevalent and can last up to three or four weeks. Hence,
allowing young children to develop chickenpox rather than take a vaccine against it was believed to be the “lesser of
two evils.” This idea changed over time as booster shots of the vaccine elongated immunity and countered the
perceived limits on the strength of the vaccine itself.
Today, use of the chickenpox vaccine is common throughout the world. Pediatricians suggest an initial
vaccination shot after a child turns one year old, with booster shots recommended after the child turns eight. The
vaccine is estimated to be up to 90% effective and has reduced worldwide cases of chickenpox infection to 400,000
cases per year from over 4,000,000 cases before vaccination became widespread. ■ (A) In light of such statistics,
most doctors insist that the potential risks of developing shingles outweigh the benefits of avoiding rare
complications associated with inoculations. ■ (B) Of course, many parents continue to think of the disease as an
innocuous ailment, refusing to take preemptive steps against it. ■ (C) As increasing numbers of students are
vaccinated and the virus becomes increasingly rarer, however, even this trend among parents has failed to halt the
decline of chickenpox among the most vulnerable populations. ■ (D).
1. The word “tolerable” in the passage 1 is closest in meaning to
A. sudden B. bearable C. infrequent D. unexpected
2. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the chickenpox virus?
A. It leads to a potentially deadly disease in adults.
B. It is associated with a possibly permanent rash.
C. It is easily transmittable by an infected individual.
D. It has been virtually eradicated in the modern world.
3. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence? Incorrect answer
choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. U.S. parents believed that having chickenpox benefited their children.
B. U.S. parents believed that chickenpox led to immunity against most sickness.
C. U.S. parents wanted to make sure that their children developed chickenpox.
D. U.S. parents did not think that other vaccinations were needed after chickenpox.
4. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 2 about the clinical trials for the chickenpox vaccine?
A. They took longer than expected. B. They cost a lot of money to complete.
C. They took a long time to finish. D. They were ultimately successful.
5. The word “notion” in the passage 2 is closest in meaning to
A. history B. findings C. fact D. belief
6. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is true of Varicella Zoster?
A. It typically attacks adults who are over 60 years old.
B. It is linked to a serious disease that occurs more commonly in adults.
C. It likely is not a serious enough threat to human health to require a vaccine.
D. It is completely eradicated from the body after chickenpox occurs.
7. According to paragraph 3, all of the following is true about the chickenpox virus EXCEPT:
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A. It causes two distinct yet related ailments.
B. People did not view it as a serious public health threat.
C. It tended to quickly become dormant and remain inoperative over time.
D. Vaccination against it would help prevent the onset of shingles.
8. The author uses booster shots as an example of
A. a way to increase the effectiveness of the chickenpox vaccine
B. a preferred method of chickenpox rash and fever treatment
C. a scientifically approved medicine to eliminate chickenpox
D. a strategy for parents to avoid vaccinating their child altogether
9. According to paragraph 4, many parents did not choose the chickenpox vaccine because
A. they believed that the virus was weak and not especially harmful
B. they thought that scientists did not have enough data to reach a conclusion
C. they were unsure about the utility of the vaccine given its expected duration
D. they were convinced it was potentially very toxic, particularly for older children
10. Look at the four squares [▪] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
“Meanwhile, some continue to remain unconvinced, citing a supposed potential of the vaccine to do harm.”
Where would the sentence fit best?
A. (A) B. (B) C. (C) D. (D)
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 4: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
TOURISM
A Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators
have considered. On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book. And indeed since social
scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics, such as work or politics, it might be thought
that they would have great difficulties in accounting for more trivial phenomena such as holidaymaking. However,
there are interesting parallels with the study of deviance. This involves the investigation of bizarre and idiosyncratic
social practices which happen to be defined as deviant in some societies but not necessarily in others. The
assumption is that the investigation of deviance can reveal interesting and significant aspects of normal societies. It
could be said that a similar analysis can be applied to tourism.
B Tourism is a leisure activity which presupposes its opposite, namely regulated and organised work. It is one
manifestation of how work and leisure are organised as separate and regulated spheres of social practice in modern
societies. Indeed acting as a tourist is one of the defining characteristics of being ‘modern’ and the popular concept
of tourism is that it is organised within particular places and occurs for regularised periods of time. Tourist
relationships arise from a movement of people to, and their stay in, various destinations. This necessarily involves
some movement, that is the journey, and a period of stay in a new place or places. ‘The journey and the stay’ are by
definition outside the normal places of residence and work and are of a short term and temporary nature and there is
a clear intention to return ‘home’ within a relatively short period of time.
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C A substantial proportion of the population of modern societies engages in such tourist practices new socialised
forms of provision have developed in order to cope with the mass character of the gazes of tourists as opposed to the
individual character of travel. Places are chosen to be visited and be gazed upon because there is an anticipation
especially through daydreaming and fantasy of intense pleasures, either on a different scale or involving different
senses from those customarily encountered. Such anticipation is constructed and sustained through a variety of non-
tourist practices such as films, TV literature, magazines records and videos which construct and reinforce this
daydreaming.
D Tourists tend to visit features of landscape and townscape which separate them off from everyday experience.
Such aspects are viewed because they are taken to be in some sense out of the ordinary. The viewing of these tourist
sights often involves different forms of social patterning with a much greater sensitivity to visual elements of
landscape or townscape than is normally found in everyday life. People linger over these sights in a way that they
would not normally do in their home environment and the vision is objectified or captured through photographs
postcards films and so on which enable the memory to be endlessly reproduced and recaptured.
E One of the earliest dissertations on the subject of tourism is Boorstins analysis of the pseudo event (1964) where
he argues that contemporary. Americans cannot experience reality directly but thrive on pseudo events. Isolated
from the host environment and the local people the mass tourist travels in guided groups and finds pleasure in
inauthentic contrived attractions gullibly enjoying the pseudo events and disregarding the real world outside. Over
time the images generated of different tourist sights come to constitute a closed self-perpetuating system of illusions
which provide the tourist with the basis for selecting and evaluating potential places to visit. Such visits are made
says Boorstin, within the environmental bubble of the familiar American style hotel which insulates the tourist from
the strangeness of the host environment.
F To service the burgeoning tourist industry, an array of professionals has developed who attempt to reproduce
ever-new objects for the tourist to look at. These objects or places are located in a complex and changing hierarchy.
This depends upon the interplay between, on the one hand, competition between interests involved in the provision
of such objects and, on the other hand changing class, gender, and generational distinctions of taste within the
potential population of visitors. It has been said that to be a tourist is one of the characteristics of the modern
experience. Not to go away is like not possessing a car or a nice house. Travel is a marker of status in modern
societies and is also thought to be necessary for good health. The role of the professional, therefore, is to cater for
the needs and tastes of the tourists in accordance with their class and overall expectations.
Questions 1-5
Choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below Write the appropriate numbers
(i-ix) in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.
Paragraph D has been done for you as an example.
NB. There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them You may use any heading more than
once.
List of Headings
i The politics of tourism
ii The cost of tourism
iii Justifying the study of tourism
iv Tourism contrasted with travel
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v The essence of modern tourism
vi Tourism versus leisure
vii The artificiality of modern tourism
viii The role of modern tour guides
ix Creating an alternative to the everyday experience
1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
3. Paragraph C
Example Answer
Paragraph D ix
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
Questions 6-10
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading passage? In boxes 6-10 write :
YES if the statement agrees with the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
6. Tourism is a trivial subject.
7. An analysis of deviance can act as a model for the analysis of tourism.
8. Tourists usually choose to travel overseas.
9. Tourists focus more on places they visit than those at home.
10. Tour operators try to cheat tourists.
Your answers:
1. iii 2. v 3. iv 4. vii 5. viii
6. No 7. Yes 8. NG 9. Yes 10. No
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Part 2: Write about the following topic:
Many young children have unsupervised access to the internet and are using the internet to socialize with
others. What problems do children face when going online without parental supervision? How can these
problems be solved?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write
at least 250 words
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