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PRACTICE TEST – 2021 – NT

SECTION I: LISTENING (50 POINTS)

Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a conversation between a university tutor and two students of
literature and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. People who translate novels into their own language tend to produce a better product.
2. Misunderstanding is no longer the case if the translator is a native speaker.
3. Writers tend to produce a translation that reflects their own writing style.
4. There is a problem in the way spoken languages in Zola’s books has been translated.
5. Literary translation makes the study of literature much broader.
* Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2. For questions 6-14, listen to a report about ways to get into a British university and supply
the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the space provided.
University applicants can choose from ten of thousands of (6) ___________________________.
Students may take A-levels or (7) ___________________________ or a mixture of both.
Others may study full-time or two years to obtain a(n) (8) ___________________________.
Students with poor A-level results may do (9) ___________________________.
foundation courses
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The new (10) ___________________________ combines academic study with work-based training.
Mature students should contact (11) ___________________________
admission tutors directly.
(12)___________________________ courses are available at further education colleges.
Sponsorship is a way of obtaining (13) ___________________________
vacation periods and work experience.
To sum up, studying to degree level is a(n) (14) ___________________________.
life-enhancing experience

* Your answers

6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14.

Part 3. For questions 15-19, you will hear a group of art history students going round an art gallery
with their teacher and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D which fits best according to what you
hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
15. Burne-Jones believed that a painting …………..
A. ought to be true to nature.
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B. must have a clear moral point.

C. should play an instructive role in a modern industrial society.
D. need not have any practical value.
16. It appears that the story of the King and the Beggar Maid was …………..
A. a well-known Victorian tale.
B. popularized by a poet.
C. brought to the artist's attention by his wife.
D. taken up by novelists at a later stage.
17. According to the student, how did the painter approach the work?
A. He wanted to portray the beggar very realistically.
B. He copied parts of the painting from an Italian masterpiece.
C. He had certain items in the painting made for him.
D. He wanted to decorate the clothing with jewels.
18. The student thinks that in some way the painting depicts ……………..
A. an uncharacteristically personal message.
B. the great sadness of the artist.
C. the artist's inability to return the girl's love.
D. the fulfilment of the artist's hopes and dreams.
19. What was people's reaction to the painting?
A. They recognized Frances Graham as the model for the Beggar Maid.
B. They realized how personal the painting was for the artist.
C. They interpreted the painting without difficulty.
D. They did not approve of the subject matter of the painting.
* Your answers:
15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
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Part 4. For questions 20-25, listen to a report on The Ivy League and supply the blanks with the
missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the recording for each
answer in the space provided.

- The Ivy League is synonymous with (20) ___________________________.

ELITISM???AND PRESTIGE
- Ivy League schools are collectively known for:
• high tuition
• demanding curriculum
• (21)_________________________
SLIM ACCEPTANCE RATES
• enormous financial endowments
- The publicly disclosed endowment of an Ivy school only reveals its (22)______________________
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without taking into account the property and other sources of income. INSTASCASKJCNKJSNCS
- Unlike other private institutions, their capital gains (23)___________________________.
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- Harvard produced more (24)___________________________ than any other American University.
- There is a significant improvement from its enduring tradition of (25)_________________________.
* Your answers:

20. 21. 22.

23. 24. 25.

SECTION II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 POINTS)

Part 1: For questions 26-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following
questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
26. The debate went on for hours, each side giving ________.
A. a hard time B. the lowdown C. a go D. as good as it got
27. The word “gossip” conjures ________an image of a group of people huddled in a corner sharing
some scandalous news about a neighbor or colleague.
A. up B. out C. over D. in
28. To get his proposal accepted, the Finance Manager had to ______ heavy pressure from colleagues.
A. fend off B. laugh off C. send off D. push off
29. Ever since we quarreled in the office, Janice and I have been _______ enemies.
A. assured B. confirmed C. defined D. guaranteed
30. I suppose he could _______ have reached the summit on his own, but I doubt it.
A. conceivably B. credibly C. imaginatively D. believably
31. I’m sorry to say that it seems you have been _______ your responsibilities.
A. shouldering B. dispelling C. experiencing D. shirking
32. My attempts to solve the problem only ________ to make it worse.
A. contributed B. functioned C. served D. attained
33. I can't understand why he can't find a job when he has such a _______ of talent and creativity.
A. flare B. wealth C. plenty D. number
34. Can I ________ your brains for a moment? I can’t do this crossword by myself.
A. have B. pick C. mind D. use
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35. The Government is trying to ____________ when it says it will spend more on the health service
without raising taxes.
A. chew the fat B. wave the flag C. square the circle D. put the lid
36. My sister showed great ________________ in selling her house when she did because soon
afterwards the market fell dramatically.
A. premonition B. forecasting C. foresight D. prediction
37. Unanswered, the demands for nuclear deterrents have ________ fears of civil war.
A. flashed up B. prognosticated C. sidetracked D. stoked up
38. The architect was ________ by the challenge of the project, despite warnings from his colleagues.
A. unperturbed B. unflawed C. uninterested D. undaunted
39. Her parents died when she was a baby, so I _____________________ family she ever had.
A. was all the B. was the whole C. was nothing but the D. was everything of the
40. We must be sure to make the right decision because there is a lot at _________.
A. range B. stake C. chance D. expectation
* Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 2. For questions 41–45, write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in each sentence in
the numbered space provided in the boxes below.
The (0) courteous (courtesy) smile of an author selling books, signing copies or chatting on television
shows can be (41) __________
undeceiving (deceive). Behind the scenes of the book tour that has become as much
a part of the modern bestseller as print and paper, the writer may be a (42) contender
___________ (contend) for
allegeable
a Golden Dartboard Award. This is the Oscar for authors (43) ___________ (allege) behaving badly,
an informal award nominated by the weary, sometimes (44) __________traumatic (trauma), publicists who
travel from city to city garnering publicity and sales. They call themselves ‘babysitters’ as they tend to
the fragile egos and (45) _________ (convention) demands of authors.
conventional

* Your answers:
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.