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SAMPLE TEST 6
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A good auditorium will assure that the sound is able to be heard.
(A) superior
(B) genuine
(C) audible
(D) contained
Question 2: In the past, energy sources were thought to be boundless.
(A) without limits
(B) inexpensive
(C) natural
(D) solar
Question 3. A vacant apartment in New York City is very difficult to find.
(A) good
(B) large
(C) empty
(D) clean
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 4: Reagan seemed sure that he would win the election.
(A) uneager
(B) hopeful
(C) unconfident
(D) resigned
Question 5: In order to enjoy fine wine, one should drink it slowly, a little at a time.
(A) stir it
(B) sniff it
(C) swallow it
(D) sip it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: My mother was the last person __________ about the accident.
A. to know
B. known
C. have known
D. knew
John: “Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?” - Mary: “________”
A. I don’t agree, I’m afraid B. That would be great
C. You’re welcome
D. I feel very bored
Question 7: How long does the play_________?
A. prolong
B. extend
C. stretch
D. last
Question 8: Give me a word ___________ with S.
A. beginning
B. begins
C. began
D. begin
Question 9: ________ had they recovered from the first earthquake when they felt the second tremor.
A. Never
B. Scarcely
C. No sooner
D. Just
Question 10: The lake contained ______________ thousands of fish.
A. much
B. one
C. many
D. few
Question 11: You’d better stop spending money, _________ you’ll end up in debt.
A. unless
B. otherwise
C. in case
D. if not
Question12: A: I'd like to change some money B: __________.
A. Five tens, please
B. Which currency?
C. You haven't signed it. D. What's your account number?
Question 13: The company’s __________ were well managed.
A. incomes
B. finances
C. economics
D. wages
Question14: Mr. Smith is a(n) __________ person. If he says he will do something, you know that he will do.
A. dependent
B. independent
C. depending
D. dependable
Question15. A: “Has an announcement been made about the eight o’clock flight to Paris?” B: “_______”
A. Sorry, I don’t know B. Yes, it was
C. I don’t think that
D. Not yet
Question16: He arrived late, _________ was annoying.
A. it
B. that
C. what
D. which
Question17: Customer: “Can I have a look at that pullover, please?”
Salesgirl: “__________”
A. It's much cheaper
B. Which one? This one?
C. Sorry, it is out of stock. D. Can I help you?
Question18: “Don’t worry. I have ________ tire at the back of my car”.
A. other
B. others
C. the other
D. another
Question19: Only when you grow up ___________ the truth.
A. will you know
B. you will know
C. do you know
D. you know
Question 20: It had been announced that the proposed new office block _____ because of the current economic situation.
A. will not be now built B. will now not be built
C. will not now be built D. now will not be built
Question 21: Every Christmas of my childhood was the same. My father ________ late for lunch, weighed down with
presents for the family.
A. would arrive
B. had arrived
C. was arriving
D. was used to arriving
Question 22: Dick put _____ ball in ______ net in ______ second half but _____ goal was disallowed.
A. a/a/a/a
B. the/the/the/the
C. a/a/the/the
D. the/the/a/a
Question 23: I promise not to disturb you. I’ll just sit here and I’ll be as quiet as a ____________.
A. sheep
B. fish
C. mouse
D. dog
Question 24: The President has made many visits to Japan, _________ began today.
A. whose recent one
B. the most recent of which
C. which
D. the most recent one
Question 25: The captain as well as the passengers__________ very frightened by the strange noise.
A. have been
B. was
C. is
D. were
Question 26: “Did you like the film?” – “Well, after _________ the book, I was a bit disappointed.”

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A. having read
B. I have read
C. read
D. had read
Question 27: I wish you __________ make so much noise. I’m trying to work.
A. shouldn’t
B. wouldn’t
C. couldn’t
D. needn’t
Question 28: “How long is the flight?” - “________ knowledge, it takes about 3 hours.”
A. To my best
B. In my best
C. In the best of my
D. To the best of my
Question 29: I’m going to __________ my suit dry-cleaned for the party.
A. make
B. have
C. let
D. take
Question 30: She demanded that she _______ allowed to meet her son in prison.
A. was
B. were
C. be
D. would be
Question 31: “Have you moved into the new house?” – “Not yet, the rooms __________.”
A. are being painted
B. are painting
C. are painted
D. are being painting
Question 32: My sister has got ______________.
A. a bag small black plastic B. a small black plastic bag
C. small black plastic a bag D. a small plastic black bag
Question 33: Because of heavy rain, the game was put __________ for a few days.
A. out
B. up
C. away
D. off
Question 34: We need __________ information before we can decide.
A. far
B. farther
C. further
D. furthest
Question 35: The doctor sent him to bed, saying he was much _________ to go to work.
A. too ill
B. very ill
C. ill enough
D. ill
Mark the sentence (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 36: He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months.
D. He didn’t have any test on his eyes in ten months.
Question 37: “You should have finished the report by now,” John told his secretary.
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report. B. John said his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
Question 38: Until I saw her for myself, I didn’t think that Naomi had been badly wounded.
A. As soon as I saw Naomi, I knew that her injuries were very serious
B. Naomi hadn’t been hurt very badly, and I became aware of that at the time that I saw her.
C. It was only when I saw Naomi that I realized how seriously she had been injured
D. Before I had seen Naomi’s wounds, I had supposed that they were extremely bad.
Question 39: If the manual is too complicated to figure out on its own, don't hesitate to ask for help.
A. Should you don't understand the manual, ask for help. B. Help is available when you process the figures manually.
C. The figure is too complicated to understand.
D. You should be hesitant with complicated manual.
Question 40: If I had been a bit more careful, I would have not dropped the vase.
A. I'm usually very careful and not drop vases often.
B. The vase was too big to handle.
C. I am not careful type, so I often drop vases.
D. I was not careful enough, so I dropped the vase.
Read the following passages and choose the correct answer to each of the questions from 66 to 75.
Experiments have shown that in selecting personnel for a job, interviewing is at best a hindrance, and may even
cause harm. These studies have disclosed that the judgments of interviewers differ markedly and bear little or no
relationship to the adequacy of the job applicants. Of the many reasons why this should be the case, three in particular
stand out.
The first reason is related to an error of judgment known as the halo effect. If a person has one noticeable good
trait, their other characteristics will be judged as better than they really are. Thus, an individual who dresses smartly and
shows self- confidence is likely to be judged capable of doing a job well regardless of his or her real ability.
Interviewers are also prejudiced by an effect called the primacy effect. This error occurs when interpretation of
later information is distorted by earlier connected information. Hence, in an interview situation, the interviewer spends
most of the interview trying to confirm the impression given by the candidate in the first few moments. Studies have
repeatedly demonstrated that such an impression is unrelated to the aptitude of the applicant.
The phenomenon known as the contrast effect also skews the judgment of interviewers. A suitable candidate may
be underestimated because he or she contrasts with a previous one who appears exceptionally intelligent. Likewise, an
average candidate who is preceded by one who gives a weak showing may be judged as more suitable than he or she
really is.
Since interviews as a form of personnel selection have been shown to be inadequate, other selection procedures
have been devised which more accurately predict candidate suitability. Of the various tests devised, the predictor which
appears to do this most successfully is cognitive ability as measured by a variety of verbal and spatial tests.

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This passage mainly discusses the …………..
A. effects of interviewing on job applicants.
B. Inadequacy of interviewing job applicants.
C. Judgments of interviewers concerning job applicants. D. Techniques that interviewers use for judging job applicants.
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The word “hindrance” in line 2 is closest in meaning to ……..
A. encouragement
B. assistance
C. procedure
D. interference
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The word “they” in line 6 refers to___
A. judgments
B. applicants
C. interviewers
D. characteristics
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According to the passage, the hallo effect………
A. stands out as the worst judgmental error
B. takes effect only when a candidate is well dressed
C. exemplifies how one good characteristic color perceptions D. helps the interviewer’s capability to judge real ability
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The word “confirm” in line 12 is closest in meaning to ____
A. verify
B. conclude
C. recollect
D. misrepresent
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According to the passage the first impression ………..
A. can easily be altered
B. is the one that stays with the interviewer
C. is unrelated to the interviewer’s prejudices
D. has been repeatedly demonstrated to the applicant
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The word “skews” in line 15 is closest in meaning to ______
A. biases
B. opposes
C. improves
D. distinguishes
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The word “ this” in line 22 refers to………
A. devise personnel selection B. measure cognitive ability C. predict candidate suitability D. devise accurate tests
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The author mentions all of the following reasons why interviewing is not an accurate way to predict candidate
suitability EXCEPT the ……….
A. halo effect
B. primacy effect
C. contrast effect
D. cognitive effect
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The paragraphs following the passage most likely discuss which of the following?
A. Other reasons for misjudgments of applicants
B. More information on the kinds of judgmental effects
C. More information on cognitive ability tests
D. Other selection procedures included in interviewing
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Question 51. Items (A) of luggage (B) whose weight (C ) exceed 50 kilograms will not be (D) allowed on the plane
Question 52. Heathrow is (A) a very (B) busy airport. You always see aeroplanes (C) landing and (D) take off.
Question 53. (A) In this hospital they have the best staff and (B) equipments in the (C) whole province. It’s really (D)
high standard.
Question 54. My father used to (A) giving me (B) some good advice (C) whenever I had (D) a problem.
Question 55. Daisy has (A) such many things (B) to do that she (C) has no time (D) to go out.
Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks from 56 to 65
Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (56)_______ it would be possible to set up a “village”
under the sea. A special room was built and lowered (57) _______ the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days,
five men lived (58) _______ a depth of 40 feet. At a (59) _______ lower level, another two divers stayed for a week in a
smaller “house”. On returning to the surface, the men said that they had experienced no difficulty in breathing and had
(60) ________ many interesting scientific observations. The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of the
possibility of (61) _______ the seabed. He said that some permanent stations were to be set up under the sea, and some
undersea farms would provide food for the growing population of the world.
The divers in both “houses” spent most of their time (62) ________ the bottom of the sea. On four occasions, they
went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary (63) _______ of the marine life, some of which had never been
seen before. During their stay, Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of 1,000 feet and witnessed a
gathering of an immense (64) __________ of crabs which numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They also found out
that it was (65) _______ to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel known as a “diving saucer”.
Question 56. A. what
B. which
C. how
D. whether
Question 57. A.down
B. into
C. below
D. underneath
Question 58. A. at
B. in
C. on
D. from
Question 59. A. some
B. more
C. any
D. much
Question 60. A. exercised
B. made
C. caught
D. done
Question 61. A. cultivating
B. transplanting
C. implanting
D. growing
Question 62. A. exploring
B. enquiring
C. inquiring
D. imploring
Question 63. A. breeds
B. forms
C. castes
D. systems
Question 64. A. pack
B. flock
C. school
D. herd
Question 65. A. able
B. hardly
C. possible
D. capable
Read the following passages and choose the correct answer to each of the questions from 66 to 75.
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes in and
utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the nineteenth century and extended into
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the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first time that food contained constituents that were essential
for human function and that different foods provided different amounts of these essential agents. Near the end of this era,
research studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified
by providing adequate dietary protein associated with certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the vitamin
period." Vitamins came to be recognized in foods, and deficiency syndromes were described. As vitamins became
recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to suggest that every disease and
condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment might be responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point
in time, medical schools started to become more interested in having their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the
basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on the recognition of vitamin deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the
beginning of what ultimately turned from ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine. Reckless
claims were made for effects of vitamins that went far beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950's to mid-1960's, vitamin therapy began to fall into disrepute.
Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It was just a decade before this
that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and were quick to supply practicing physicians
with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling the virtue of supplementation for a variety of health-related
conditions. Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect,
vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to longterm problems of under nutrition that lead to chronic health problems.
Question 66: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The effects of vitamins on the human body
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present
C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century
Question 67: It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the first era in
the history of nutrition?
A. Protein was recognized as an essential component of diet. B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined. D. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
Question 68: The word "tempting" is closest in meaning to _____________.
A. necessary
B. attractive
C. realistic
D. correct
Question 69: It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in order to___.
A. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
B. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients
D. support the creation of artificial vitamins
Question 70: The word "Reckless" is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. recorded
B. irresponsible
C. informative
D. urgent
Question 71: The word “them" refers to ______________.
A. therapies
B. claims
C. effects
D. vitamins
Question 72: Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950's ?
A. The public lost interest in vitamins.
B. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts.
C. Nutritional research was of poor quality D. Claims for the effectiveness of vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated.
Question 73: The phrase "concomitant with" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. in conjunction with
B. prior to
C. in dispute with
D. in regard to
Question 74: The word "skyrocketing" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. internationally popular
B. increasing rapidly C. acceptable
D. surprising
Question 75: The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ___________.
A. the fourth era of nutrition history
B. problems associated with undernutrition
C. how drug companies became successful
D. why nutrition education lost its appeal
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently:
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A. cousin
B. trouble
C. course
D. nourish
.
Question 77. A. comfort
B. hobby
C. knowledge
D. popular
Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
Question 78. A. economy
B. communicate
C. unemployment
D. particular
Question 79. A. reduce
B. offer
C. apply
D. persuade
Question 80. A. potential
B. volunteer
C. understand
D. recommend