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EXAMINATION
FOR
THE MICHIGAN CERTIFICATE
OF
PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

ECPE
Practice Preliminary Tests
(with KEY)

Volume 5
Prepared by
Rodney A Coules
 PRELIMINARY TEST FOR THE ECPE

INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES

This set of five practice tests has been produced to help candidates to familiarize themselves with the new
format of the preliminary test to be introduced for the first time on 29 November, 2003.
In the test there are 35 problems: 10 grammar problems, 10 multiple choice cloze problems, 10
vocabulary problems, and 5 questions about a reading passage. Candidates will have 30 minutes to answer
all 35 problems.
Below are examples of each of the different types of problems with the correct answer indicated with an
asterisk (*).
GRAMMAR: Choose the word or phrase which best completes the conversation.
What is that thing?
That ____ a spider.
a. to call
b. for calling
c. be called
*d. is called

CLOZE: Read the passage, then select the word that best fills the blank in both grammar and
meaning.

Long ago roads were only trails for people a. way c. travel
and animals to walk on, but today roads *b. road d. superhighway
must be made for cars, trucks, and buses.
The most modern ____ is often called a
superhighway.

VOCABULARY: Choose the word that most appropriately completes the sentence.
The first things we study in school are very _____.
a. sturdy
b. shifty
c. trusty
*d. elementary

READING : Read the passage, then answer the questions following it according to the information
given in the passage.
While I was getting ready to go to town one morning last week, my wife handed me a
little piece of red cloth and asked me if I would have time during the day to buy her
two yards of cloth like that.

The person telling the story is.

a. a married lady
b. an unmarried lady
* c. a married man
d. an unmarried man
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 Practice Test 1

GRAMMAR

1. Are you going to Beths party?
_____ I wouldnt miss it for anything!
a. Youve got to be joking!
b. Fancy that!
c. Whod have thought it!
d. You bet!
6. _____, she went straight into the kitchen
to prepare dinner.
a. Arriving home from work
b. She arrived home from work
c. Soon she arrived home from work
d. Her arriving home from work

2. My boss is always the first person 7. Do you know _____ with my

_____ at work. calculator?
a. to arrive a. whats John done
b. who he arrives b. what has done John
c. which arrives c. what has John to do
d. hes arriving d. what Johns done

3. Had you spent less last month, you 8. The police _____ criticism over their
_____ in the red now. handling of spectator violence.
a. wont be a. has come into
b. wouldnt be b. is facing
c. wouldnt have been c. has received
d. havent been d. have come in for

4. Johns math teacher has suggested 9. Shall I wear my blue suit to the party?
_____ a course in computers. Id rather you ____ something casual.
a. that he took a. to wear
b. him to take b. wearing
c. he take c. wore
d. he is taking d. have worn

5. The _____ on my TV has been rather 10. Those books have to be returned
poor this past week. _____ the library immediately.
a. receiver a. at
b. reception b. in
c. receptor c. to
d. receipt d. into

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 CLOZE

That burning __ (11)__ on the thighs may (11) a. sense c. sensitivity

b. senselessness d. sensation
become a thing of the __(12)__ for laptop
computer users. Sandia National Laboratories (12) a. future c. past
b. present d. history
researcher Michael Rightley has devised a(n)
__(13)__ to pipe computer heat out the side. He (13) a. solution c. way
b. answer d. idea
developed "smart" heat pipes, made from 60-
micron-deep channels etched in copper. The self- (14) a. on c. to
b. from d. with
contained system relies __(14)__ methanol in the
tiny tubes. Heat from a chip or circuit board turns (15) a. in c. from
b. to d. without
the liquid __(15)__ gas, which moves warmth to
the laptop edge, away from the lap. Once the gas (16) a. will cool c. cooled
b. cools d. cooling
__(16)__, it condenses and travels back to its start
point via capillary action. Rightley expects the (17) a. that c. which
b. these d. whose
method to replace laptop heat sinks, __(17)__ are
chunks of metal, affixed next to the __(18)__, that (18) a. chunks c. sinks
b. root d. source
can handle up to 100 watts of heat __(19)__
square centimeter. Today's circuits throw off (19) a. the c. per
b. one d. for
about half as much, but future chips will run
hotter and may __(20)__ liquid cooling. (20) a. require c. deem
b. consider d. propose

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 VOCABULARY

21. Everyone was shocked to hear that a 26. The abandoned warehouse was used by
politician of his _____ would stoop so low. smugglers to hide _____.
a. credence a. merchandise
b. stature b. spoils
c. guile c. fodder
d. affinity d. contraband

22. She opened a window to allow the smoke 27. The Baileys have made _____ plans for a
from the burnt meal to _____. vacation in August; nothing is certain yet.
a. debilitate a. tentative
b. extricate b. culpable
c. dissipate c. sagacious
d. evaporate d. exemplary

23. Her young daughter is really _____; one 28. The new butcher is a most _____ individual;
would think shes twice her age. he never stops talking!
a. incongruous a. equivocal
b. extraneous b. magnanimous
c. superfluous c. garrulous
d. precocious d. meticulous

24. The firemen who died while battling the 29. He decided to withdraw from the powerboat
forest fire were honored _____. race as he had a(n) _____ of danger.
a. posthumously a. interim
b. ostensibly b. foreboding
c. laboriously c. dearth
d. expressly d. prediction

25. The board of directors will _____ next 30. I hope Tom wont _____ what I said and be
Tuesday to discuss the matter. upset about my not asking for his help.
a. concur a. rectify
b. convene b. oversee
c. contrive c. misconstrue
d. confer d. deem

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 READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural
History, February 2003.
Nearly every day, more than half the
people on Earth eat rice, a dietary staple
grown mostly in flooded fields.
Unfortunately, the roots of rice plants are a
source of nutrients for microorganisms
that, under the anaerobic conditions
prevailing in flooded ground, generate
substantial amounts of methane gas. After
carbon dioxide, methane is the second
most damaging greenhouse gas in the
atmosphere.
Not only is more methane released in
the rainy season than in the dry season, as
one would expect, but greater amounts of
methane come from rice paddies with
lower-than-average yields of grain. A
team of Dutch and Filipino biologists, led
by Hugo Denier van der Gon of
Wageningen University in the
Netherlands, thought they knew why. The
level of methane production, they
suggested, could depend on how much
carbon is available to the microorganisms
once the plant has used up to whatever
carbon it needs to make its grains of rice.
During the wet season, as well as in
unproductive fields, each plant makes
fewer grains, so more carbon could be
making its way to the microorganisms
near the roots, and more methane would
be produced.
The biologists tested their idea by
removing part of the stems where the rice
grains develop; as predicted, the larger the
segment removed, the more methane was
released. And when they boosted
photosynthesis -and therefore carbon
production -by adding nitrogen, even
more methane was given off. The
investigators also noted an ancillary
advantage, implied by their findings, of
developing new rice varieties able to bear
more grains per unit biomass: more food
per plant goes hand in hand with less
greenhouse methane.
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31. What does the text tell us about the
microorganisms in question?
a. They produce valuable nutrients
for the rice plants.
b. They create aerobic conditions.
c. They help flooded conditions to
prevail.
d. They obtain food from the roots
of the rice plants
32. The microorganisms in question are
said to
a. reduce the amount of methane in
the atmosphere.
b. increase the level of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere.
c. contribute to the flooding of the
ground.
d. damage greenhouse gases.
33. Rice paddies which have lower-than-
average yields
a. have the rainy season to blame
for their poor yields.
b. are a greater threat to the
environment.
c. have the dry season to blame for
their low yields.
d. cause less of an environmental
problem in the rainy season.
34. The tests conducted by the biologists
a. produced the expected results.
b. required the removal of the part
of the stem closest to the roots.
c. showed that production of the
methane decreased when a larger
segment of the plant stem was
removed.
d. were inconclusive.
35. The findings of the biologists indicated
that
a. hand-grown varieties of rice were
superior.
b. biomass played no part in rice
production.
c. there was a need to develop more
productive varieties of rice.
d. less greenhouse methane in the
atmosphere increased rice
production.
 Practice Test 2

GRAMMAR

1. _____ I use your phone to give my mum 6. Dave is not _____ of person who will
a call? double-cross you.
a. Would a. a kind
b. May b. one kind
c. Ought c. the kind
d. Need d. this kind

2. Ive lost my mobile phone, Mum. 7. _____ it may seem strange, I have
Its time _____ to be more careful! decided to retire and take up painting.
a. your learning a. Though
b. you learned b. However
c. you have to learn c. Despite
d. you learn d. But

3. _____ I had a lot of studying to do, I 8. _____, you wouldnt have found the test
didnt go to the concert with them. that difficult.
a. Nevertheless a. Had you been studying
b. Since b. If you were studying
c. However c. Were you studying
d. Whereas d. To have been studying

4. Our team has won eight _____ games 9. You can do it! All you need is to have
since the start of the season. more confidence _____.
a. succession a. in you
b. successful b. for yourself
c. successive c. yourself
d. succeeding d. in yourself

5. Providing _____ good care of it, you can 10. Under no circumstances _____ to leave
use my tennis racket. early.
a. you will take a. you will be allowed
b. you take b. you are allowed
c. you taking c. will you be allowed
d. you would take d. you are to be allowed

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 CLOZE

Ice may seem an unlikely fire starter, but John (11) a. change c. disagree
Maclennan of the Paris Geophysical Institute and b. differ d. object
his colleagues beg to __(11)__. They say that (12) a. aggressive c. active
ancient volcanoes in Iceland suddenly became b. energetic d. occupied

more __(12)__ because of the abrupt meltdown of (13) a. that c. they

kilometer-thick ice sheets __(13)__ covered the b. and d. who
island until about 10,000 years ago. __(14)__ of (14) a. Devoid c. Because
the ice's weight, the land popped up and relaxed b. Free d. Without

pressure on the hot mantle rocks below. The (15) a. in c. with

team's analysis __(15)__ massive lava flows from b. from d. of
that period provides the first __(16)__ evidence (16) a. complete c. solid
that this pressure drop could cause mantle rocks to b. tough d. substance
__(17)__ and rise to the surface. The flows, (17) a. thaw c. liquefy
__(18)__ compositions indicate that they came b. melt d. condense
from the mantle rather than the shallower (18) a. their c. whose
__(19)__, reveal a 30- to 100-fold __(20)__ in b. some d. all
eruption rates for the 1,500 years following the (19) a. lava c. flow
deglaciation. b. sheet d. crust

(20) a. jump c. bound

b. hop d. skip

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 VOCABULARY

21. Several fans have claimed that they were 26. The old brick wall at the end of the garden
_____ by security guards. has become rather _____.
a. inundated a. unseemly
b. manhandled b. unsightly
c. acquiesced c. unsound
d. cloaked d. unscathed

22. The _____ with which she approached the 27. _____ are electronic outlaws who tamper
routine test was quite uncalled for. with other peoples electronic information.
a. trepidation a. Programmers
b. composure b. Hackers
c. terrain c. Viruses
d. overture d. Icons

23. Mother Nature has provided the small island 28. Mr. Pitt _____ his neighbors claim that he
with a _____ supply of natural resources. had threatened him with bodily harm.
a. vociferous a. earmarked
b. viable b. sought
c. gregarious c. repudiated
d. bountiful d. rendered

24. His _____ attitude gets him into one quarrel 29. The air crew remained _____ calm during
after another. the emergency landing.
a. benign a. knowingly
b. belligerent b. relentlessly
c. impeccable c. remotely
d. gullible d. remarkably

25. When his grandfather passed away, he 30. In court, the secretary claimed that her boss
received a _____ estimated at over $2M. had made a _____ at her.
a. potency a. move
b. heritage b. pass
c. legacy c. point
d. tenure d. fun

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 READING COMPREHENSION

This passage was taken from Discover, April 31. Which of the following would not have been
2002. a clue that the subjects were isolated from?
Some people hit the gym running in the morning a. A view of the sky.
while others groggily slam the snooze button. b. A television program.
Neuroscientist Jeanne Duffy of Boston's Brigham c. Sounds from the garden.
and Women's Hospital believes much of the d. Contents of the refrigerator.
difference is rooted in biology - specifically, in
32. The researchers found
the innate sleep-wake cycle known as the
a. no difference in the length of the
circadian rhythm.
circadian periods of "morning
Duffy and her colleagues studied sleep patterns
people" and "night people".
among 17 men who lived in a controlled
b. shorter circadian periods for
laboratory setting for one month. On average the
"morning people".
period of the circadian rhythm is around 24 hours,
c. an occasional shorter circadian
but it varies from person to person. The
period for self-described
researchers isolated the subjects from all cues that
"morning" people.
could indicate the time of day in order to bring out
d. several "morning people" with
the natural circadian rhythm. Duffy then noticed
noticeably longer circadian
an eye-opening pattern: The circadian periods of
periods.
self-described "morning people" are consistently
shorter than those of the "night people." These 33. The word "bolster" in paragraph 2 is used to
results bolster an earlier study, in which the same indicate that the recent findings
team found that evening types awake at or shortly a. support earlier findings by the
after their peak hour of sleepiness, a stage in the researchers.
circadian cycle marked by grogginess, low body b. contradict the findings of an
temperature, and high levels of the hormone earlier study.
melatonin in the bloodstream. Morning types, in c. replace findings of an earlier
contrast, tend to wake well past the peak study.
sleepiness phase, even though they get up earlier d. throw doubt on the findings of an
in the day. earlier study.
"This explains why morning types are perkier 34. Which of the following is often experienced
and feel more alert when they first get up. by "evening types" soon after they awake?
Evening types are waking right when their a. An inability to think clearly
alertness is at its absolute worst," Duffy says. b. Reduced levels of melatonin
These and other findings may elucidate why c. Normal body temperature
people's sleep patterns become generally more d. Alertness
morninglike as they age, causing them to tire
early. She also hopes her work will illuminate the 35. The researchers have found that
mechanism behind delayed sleep phase syndrome, a. people do not lose the circadian
which causes mild insomnia that can lead to rhythms they possessed when
learning problems among many high-school they were high-school students.
students. b. insomnia leads to learning
problems.
c. people usually evolve into
"morning types" as they age
d. most people develop into
"evening types".

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 Practice Test 3

GRAMMAR

1. Where are you from? 6. I have so much work to do nowadays that

I was born in Paris, ___ till I was forty. I have _____ time for anything else.
a. which I lived a. a little
b. where I lived b. a few
c. that I lived in c. few
d. where I lived in d. little

2. Sue has been nominated for the award. 7. Are you ready for your holiday?
I cant think of a more ____ candidate. I just need _____.
a. deserved a. to have renewed my passport
b. deserving b. having my passport renewed
c. deserves c. to have my passport renewed
d. deservedly d. renewing my passport

3. Why did Toms boss ask to see him? 8. Fancy meeting Trevor at the party!
He told him it was necessary_____. Did you know ___after leaving school?
a. that Tom obtain a driving license a. where did he go
b. Tom to obtain a driving license b. where was he going
c. Tom must obtain a driving license c. where he went
d. Tom obtaining a driving license d. where hed gone

4. Unless Mark ____ his grades, hes going 9. She has been staying out late these last
to fail the course. couple of weeks, _____ her parents.
a. will improve a. which worries
b. doesnt improve b. that it worries
c. improves c. which it worries
d. to improve d. worrying

5. Never before _____ so many orders for 10. By the time we _____ to the cinema,
summer clothes this early in the year. the film will have started.
a. we have received a. are getting
b. we received b. get
c. we did receive c. will get
d. have we received d. are going to get

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 CLOZE

A ten-inch-wide bronze disk, looted in

(11) a. location c. setting
Germany and seized by police in Switzerland, has b. position d. site
led archaeologists to mainland Europe's oldest-
(12) a. thesaurus c. loot
known astronomical observatory. b. treasure d. artifact
The __(11)__ near Nebra, 100 miles southwest
(13) a. features c. featuring
of Berlin, was looted four years ago by __(12)__ b. feature d. featured
hunters who made off with 3,600-year-old axes,
(14) a. clutch c. cache
jewelry, and the disk, which __(13)__ the earliest- b. chest d. carcass
known depiction of the night sky. The __(14)__
(15) a. substantially c. subsequently
was seized by Swiss police in a sting operation b. consequently d. frequently
last February, and the looters __(15)__ led
(16) a. extrications c. extractions
archaeologists to the site. b. excavations d. excretions
Recent __(16)__ suggest that the observatory
(17) a. sets c. to set
was a wooden structure circled by a ditch. From b. is setting d. setting
its location, the sun is seen __(17)__ behind the
(18) a. during c. while
highest mountain of the Harz range __(18)__ the b. when d. over
summer solstice. Artifacts from the site __(19)__
(19) a. indicate c. assure
that it was in use for more than a millennium. b. point d. suppose
The disk, which scholars believe shows the
(20) a. which c. what
seven-star Pleiades constellation, along with b. that d. it
__(20)__ may be a "solar boat," thought to carry
the sun across the sky, is on display at the State
Museum for Prehistory in Halle.

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 VOCABULARY

21. He is one of the most _____ writers on this 26. _____ pressure influences members of a
subject. group to behave in the same way.
a. clandestine a. Counterpart
b. captivated b. Mate
c. prolific c. Peer
d. majestic d. Colleague

22. The IOC has chosen Oslo as the _____ 27. Tired of being used as a _____ in her partys
for their next meeting. political schemes, Sue resigned as secretary.
a. venue a. clown
b. locality b. pawn
c. plot c. pivot
d. site d. bigot

23. When a heated iron rod is allowed to cool, it 28. The UN has been forced to implement
_____. economic _____ against that country.
a. expands a. sanctions
b. dilates b. purges
c. recedes c. boosts
d. contracts d. recessions

24. My neighbor has made every effort to _____ 29. Dave _____ most of his rivals and rightly
my plans to keep the area clean and tidy. won top honors.
a. fumigate a. outfitted
b. frustrate b. outgrew
c. accommodate c. outnumbered
d. illuminate d. outclassed

25. Teachers should always try to establish good 30. There is a(n) _____ resemblance between the
_____ with their students. two friends.
a. rapport a. disquieting
b. reprisal b. sinister
c. recompense c. uncanny
d. retaliation d. forthright

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 READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural History,
December 2002 - January 2003.
The chocoholics among us won't be surprised
to learn that people were sipping decoctions of
cacao a millennium earlier than archaeologists had
previously thought. All too often when ancient
ceramics are found, their well-meaning finders
give them a good wash - one of the worst things
that can happen to a piece of archaeological
evidence. But the spouts of some of the ceramic
vessels unearthed at a Preclassic (600 B.C A.D.
250) Maya site in northern Belize are long and
narrow - a shape that generally defies efforts at
cleaning - and so food and beverage residues from
the insides of those spouts remained intact. There,
W. Jeffrey Hurst of the Hershey Foods Technical
Center in Pennsylvania and his colleagues from
the University of Texas at Austin found traces of
theobromine, a relative of caffeine and a smoking
gun for an extract of the tree Theobroma cacao -
chocolate. Before Hurst's discovery, the oldest
known cacao residue had come from artifacts at
an Early Classic (A.D. 460-480) Maya site in
northeastern Guatemala.
According to documents from the time of the
Spanish Conquest, the Maya and Aztecs loved
chocolate froth even more than chocolate liquid,
and they created the prized foam by pouring the
liquid back and forth from one container to
another. The same froth, suggest the researchers,
could have been made in the earlier vessels by
blowing air through the spouts - a bit like the way
cappuccino is made today.
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31. The finders of ancient ceramics are described
as "well-meaning" to show
a. that they want to help
archaeologists by reducing the
work they have to do.
b. that they are aware of what
happens to unwashed
archaeological evidence.
c. they consider they are doing the
best thing in the circumstances.
d. they are proud of the role they
play in archaeological research.
32. The long narrow spouts of ceramic vessels
like those which were unearthed indicate that
they
a. are never meant to be cleaned.
b. purposely trap residues of food
and beverages.
c. make them impossible to clean.
d. are designed to keep food and
beverages intact.
33. The traces of theobromine found by the
researchers are described as "a smoking gun"
to show that
a. they are conclusive evidence the vessels
once contained chocolate.
b. the cacao trade was jealously protected
by the Mayas.
c. the trade in cacao was dangerous.
d. firearms were used for extracting
theobromine.
34. Hurst's discovery would appear to
a. confirm what was previously
thought about cacao.
b. prove the Early Classic Maya
were the first to consume cacao.
c. have been made in Guatemala.
d. indicate the earliest consumption of
cacao took place in Belize.
35. The Maya appear to have
a. prized cappuccino more than
cacao.
b. given prizes for the best
chocolate produced.
c. had spouts on earlier vessels.
d. preferred chocolate froth to chocolate
liquid.
 Practice Test 4

GRAMMAR

1. What did you get Sue for Christmas? 6. The gold pocket watch _____ Dad for
I bought her two _____. his birthday is an antique.
a. French, small crystal vases a. which I got it
b. small, French crystal vases b. I got
c. crystal, French small vases c. that I got it
d. small, crystal French vases d. what I got

2. Little _____ what he is letting himself 7. Once you _____ how to operate this
into. computer, youll feel more confident.
a. he realizes a. will learn
b. his realizing b. will have learned
c. does he realize c. have learned
d. he has to realize d. are going to learn

3. The student asked his classmates to tell
him _____.
a. what meant the word veritable
b. what did mean the word veritable'
c. what meant veritable
d. what veritable meant
8. Why are you looking so worried?
I forgot to ask George _____.
a. where I was to meet him for lunch
b. where was I to meet him for lunch
c. where was I meeting him for lunch
d. where was our meeting for lunch

4. Johns advice was that his sister 9. The climb to the top of the mountain
_____ a course in bookkeeping. was tough, but _____.
a. take a. it had worth
b. will take b. it was worthy
c. taking c. it had worth in it
d. had taken d. it was worth it

5. He had an electrician _____ at the TV 10. How was I to know youd be upset?
set. Well, _____ is apologize!
a. looking a. the least you can do
b. look b. the least to do
c. to look c. that the least you do
d. would look d. no less to do

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 CLOZE

Mysterious diseases have been striking reef- (11) a. remaining c. leaving

b. returning d. depositing
building corals worldwide. One of the most
serious is white pox, an ailment that kills coral (12) a. nominated c. designated
b. called d. named
tissue, __(11)__ behind the irregular white lesions
for which the disease is __(12)__. Its victim is the (13) a. thin c. shallow
b. surface d. shady
elkhorn coral (Acropora plamata), an important
Caribbean species that provides most of the reef (14) a. shores c. beaches
b. reefs d. shoals
structure in __(13)__ water. Between 1996 and
1999 a team of biologists led by Kathryn L. (15) a. scattered c. dispersed
b. spread d. contracted
Patterson of the University of Georgia in Athens
documented, on average, an 85 percent loss of (16) a. freely c. freed
b. free d. freeing
elkhorn coral on Florida __(14)__. Moreover, the
workers observed, the disease __(15)__ among (17) a. raises c. arises
b. rises d. arouses
neighboring elkhorns, suggesting the culprit was
an infectious agent. (18) a. helping c. contributing
b. donating d. increasing
Patterson and her colleagues have identified
the agent as Serratia marcescens, a bacterium that (19) a. world c. universal
b. planetary d. global
can live __(16)__ in water but is also common in
the intestines of various animals, including (20) a. link c. tie
b. bond d. joint
people. The finding __(17)__ the specter that
untreated sewage dumped into the sea may be
__(18)__ to coral loss. And __(19)__ warming
will not help matters: the investigators have also
reported a __(20)__ between infection and water
temperature. The immediate future for elkhorn
coral could be bleak indeed.

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 VOCABULARY

21. Once again towns on the coast of Florida 26. The meeting had to be cancelled as there
have been _____ by a hurricane. wasnt a(n) ___ for business to be transacted.
a. breached a. quorum
b. battered b. assortment
c. swayed c. medley
d. scattered d. quota

22. No teacher is prepared to _____ any kind of 27. The clubs efforts at protecting the
disrespectful behavior. environment are truly _____.
a. moderate a. plausible
b. malign b. laudable
c. countenance c. lamentable
d. incur d. feasible

23. The defense counsel reminded the jury of the 28. The political activist was tried on charges of
_____ circumstances surrounding the case. _____.
a. extenuating a. sedition
b. forgiving b. seduction
c. weakening c. induction
d. reducing d. reduction

24. The organization is certain to find a _____ to 29. The yellowish _____ on the bottom of our
take the blame for the fiasco. pool proved to be harmless.
a. lame duck a. sediment
b. dark horse b. soot
c. red herring c. scum
d. scapegoat d. foam

25. The old woman sat motionless _____ the loss 30. As the town grew, buildings began to _____
of all her earthly possessions. on the nearby forest land.
a. groaning a. deplete
b. growling b. splurge
c. grumbling c. encroach
d. grieving d. plague

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 READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Natural History,
December 2002-January 2003.
Many orchids have flower parts that mimic the
shape and scent of female wasps. Male wasps,
beguiled and bamboozled by the impersonators,
land on the flowers, unwittingly pick up pollen,
and carry it to the next floral mimic - a classic
example of how natural selection can make
stooges of its protagonists, to the general
amusement of biology students everywhere. But
new research shows that the orchids' trick may not
be so harmless as a simple practical joke, and that
it is mostly the imitated females who pay the
price.
Bob B.M. Wong of the Australian National
University in Canberra and Florian P. Schiestl of
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Zurich measured how often male thynnine wasps
visited patches of wasp-mimicking Chiloglottis
orchids, compared with how often males visited
genuine female thynnines, both inside and outside
the orchid patches. The biologists observed that
the males' visits to orchid sites decreased with
time, suggesting that unrewarded males learned to
avoid areas where the flowers proved deceptive.
But for the females - which are wingless and
cannot readily change location - the stakes were
much higher. As the males learned to avoid the
orchids, female wasps outside the flower patches
soon had many suitors approaching them.
Females within the suddenly unpopular patches,
however, had few or no visits; in their case, a
gorgeous surrounding was no thing of beauty.
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31. Nature has given many orchids the
ability described
a. to assist them in ensuring that
pollination of their flowers takes
place.
b. to attract wasps to build nests
c. to trap wasps for food.
d. to prevent the wasp population
from getting too large.
32. The findings of the research were
obtained by
a. comparing Chiloglottis orchids.
b. mimicking wasp behavior.
c. observing the frequency of certain
behavior of male wasps.
d. visiting orchid patches.
33. A male wasp would carry the pollen to
the next floral mimic
a. to beguile other wasps.
b. in the hope that it would be able to
mate.
c. to deposit the pollen it had picked
up.
d. to collect more pollen.
34. It is suggested that the male wasps
being observed made fewer and fewer
visits to the orchid patches because
a. they had collected all available
pollen.
b. they were trying to deceive the
biologists.
c. they accompanied the females
when they flew outside the patches.
d. their attempts to mate had
not been entirely successful in
those areas.
35. The text implies that the female wasps
in the orchid patches
a. were at a disadvantage when
compared with those outside the
patches.
b. never ever mated.
c. mated more often than those living
outside the patches.
d. learned to avoid the males.
 Practice Test 5

GRAMMAR
1. Had you done as you were told, _____ 6. Either some dogs or a fox _____ the
in this dreadful situation now. farmers chickens.
a. you wouldnt have been a. is attacking
b. you werent b. has been attacking
c. you hadnt been c. are attacking
d. you wouldnt be d. has attacked

2. _____ marriages are still a part of many 7. _____ the bad weather, they have
Eastern cultures. decided to call off the festival.
a. Arranging a. Despite
b. Arranged b. Because
c. Arrangement c. Owing to
d. Arranger d. A result of

3. My neighbor is really annoying. He 8. Thats my favorite meal you can smell

_____ his rubbish by our front gate! _____.
a. he has always to leave a. is cooking
b. is always leaving b. cooking
c. leaves always c. is being cooked
d. always has left d. cooked

4. The process is very tricky and involves 9. _____ , he would be one of the best
_____ the broken bone with a metal rod. students in class.
a. to replace a. He tried harder
b. replacing b. Were he to try harder
c. you replace c. Did he try harder
d. the replacing d. The harder he tried

5. Is anything the matter? 10. The gymnast_____ a large part of her

_____ that I wont be able to manage. success to the efforts of her coach.
a. Im afraid a. owing
b. I have fear b. is owing
c. Im fearful c. has owed
d. I am fearsome d. owes

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 CLOZE

Recently discovered artifacts - plaque (11) a. remainder c. rest

fragments and a seal - contain intriguing scripts b. remnants d. leftovers

that may be __(11)__ of the first written language (12) a. belong c. belonging
in the New World. The pieces, found near the b. belonged d. belongs

Gulf coast of Tabasco, Mexico, __(12)__ to the (13) a. uncovers c. shows

Olmec people and date to 650 B.C. The b. reveals d. demonstrates

cylindrical seal __(13)__ a bird with symbol (14) a. if c. that

coming out of its beak, suggesting __(14)__ the b. why d. how

glyphs were spoken. The __(15)__ of the artifacts (15) a. inventors c. creators
think the bird is saying "King 3 Ajaw": the b. founders d. discoverers

Olmec used "3 Ajaw" to refer __(16)__ to a day (16) a. also c. and
of the sacred, 260-day calendar and to the king b. likewise d. both

born on that day. The script __(17)__ other (17) a. predates c. projects
Mesoamerican writing by at least 250 years and is b. advances d. delays

the __(18)__ for subsequent Mesoamerican (18) a. base c. basement

writing, __(19)__ that of the Maya, the b. basics d. basis

researchers say. Other anthropologists, however, (19) a. comprising c. including

__(20)__ that the symbols could simply be b. consisting d. enveloping

drawings, rather than representations of speech. (20) a. disagree c. protest

b. argue d. object

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 VOCABULARY

21. A concerted effort must be made to collect 26. Parents often observe that a childs interest in
the rubbish _____ along most highways. a new toy begins to _____ after a few days.
a. littered a. weaken
b. strayed b. evolve
c. strewn c. subdue
d. polluted d. pall

22. The mining company has discovered a rich 27. A total of 87 beauty queens will _____ for
_____ of silver . the title of Miss Universe.
a. vein a. vie
b. strain b. rival
c. channel c. contest
d. streak d. feud

23. Most cities around the world are brightly 28. Work at the factory came to a(n) _____ when
decorated for the _____ season in December. workers went on strike.
a. joyful a. stalemate
b. festive b. impediment
c. celebrated c. standstill
d. frolicking d. impasse

24. The couple are seldom apart as they have so 29. The new tax was made more _____ after
many _____ interests. urban development plans were announced.
a. dual a. savory
b. reciprocal b. palatable
c. mutual c. tasteful
d. rebounding d. edible

25. She likes variety and regularly changes the 30. The sad news he delivered _____ the spirits
_____ on her computer. of all the party guests.
a. fonts a. sprayed
b. cursors b. moistened
c. softwares c. sprinkled
d. windows d. dampened

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 READING COMPREHENSION
This passage was taken from Archaeology,
January/February 2003.
Peruvian archaeologists have reconstructed the
scene of a grisly sacrifice that took place some
seven centuries ago on a beach 120 miles north of
Lima.
The remains of 187 men have been uncovered;
most were found with rope still tied around their
wrists and ankles. They had been kneeling when
they were stabbed through the heart and fell
forward or on their sides into the sand. "Field
investigations showed that the sacrificed bodies
weren't buried," says Hector Walde, chief
archaeologist. "Many of them were covered by
only an inch of sand and some had their heels
exposed." Larvae found in the hair of the
cadavers came from several generations of flies,
indicating that the bodies were watched over for
several days to keep away carrion-eating animals
and to allow them to be covered naturally by sand.
A large fishing net, ropes, fishing weights, and
ceramic vessels with food, found at the other end
of the beach, were associated with the victims.
It's believed that surviving family members placed
these objects there so that the men, presumably
fishermen, could continue their labors in the
afterlife.
Textiles covering the faces of some of the
victims helped archaeologists affiliate them with
the Chimu civilization, which began a military
campaign in the area at the end of the fourteenth
century. Researchers believe the fishermen were
sacrificed by order of the Chimu emperor
Minchancaman in gratitude to the sea god, Ni, for
success in battle.
Archaeologists first identified textiles and bits
of bleached bones on the beach at Punta Lobos in
1997 during an archaeological impact study for a
mining company that planned to build port
facilities in the area.
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31. The 187 men whose bodies were recovered
a. had been taken prisoner in battle.
b. had fallen to their deaths.
c. were tied with rope after being killed.
d. had been killed with a sharp implement.
32. Evidence indicates that the bodies
a. were covered by sand as time passed.
b. had had a small amount of sand scattered
over them.
c. were placed on their sides after death.
d. provided food for carrion-eating animals.
33. It appears that the families of the 187 men
believed they would remain occupied in the
afterlife with
a. fishing.
b. pottery.
c. food cultivation.
d. rope-making.
34. Ni, the sea god of the Chimu, is believed to
have given the emperor, Minchancaman
a. control of the Chimu civilization.
b. an order to sacrifice the fishermen.
c. military success.
d. bountiful catches of fish.
35. The archaeological finds were made
a. after archaeologists had followed
important clues.
b. during preliminary work being conducted
by a mining company in the area.
c. after building of a port had begun.
d. before pieces of textiles and bleached
bones were found.
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Practice Test 1 Practice Test 2 Practice Test 3 Practice Test 4 Practice Test 5
1. d 1. b 1. b 1. b 1. d
2. a 2. b 2. b 2. c 2. b
3. b 3. b 3. a 3. d 3. b
4. c 4. c 4. c 4. a 4. b
5. b 5. b 5. d 5. b 5. a
6. a 6. c 6. d 6. b 6. a
7. d 7. a 7. c 7. c 7. c
8. d 8. a 8. d 8. a 8. b
9. c 9. d 9. a 9. d 9. b
10.c 10.c 10.b 10.a 10.d
11.d 11.b 11.d 11.c 11.b
12.c 12.c 12.b 12.d 12.b
13.c 13.a 13.a 13.c 13.c
14.a 14.b 14.c 14.b 14.c
15.b 15.d 15.c 15.b 15.d
16.b 16.c 16.b 16.a 16.d
17.c 17.b 17.d 17.a 17.a
18.c 18.c 18.a 18.c 18.d
19.c 19.d 19.a 19.d 19.c
20.a 20.a 20.c 20.a 20.b
21.b 21.b 21.c 21.b 21.c
22.c 22.a 22.a 22.c 22.a
23.d 23.d 23.d 23.a 23.b
24.a 24.b 24.b 24.d 24.c
25.b 25.c 25.a 25.d 25.a
26.d 26.b 26.c 26.a 26.d
27.a 27.b 27.b 27.b 27.a
28.c 28.c 28.a 28.a 28.c
29.b 29.d 29.d 29.a 29.b
30.c 30.b 30.c 30.c 30.d
31.d 31.d 31.c 31.a 31.d
32.b 32.b 32.c 32.c 32.a
33.b 33.a 33.a 33.b 33.a
34.a 34.a 34.d 34.d 34.c
35.c 35.c 35.d 35.a 35.b

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