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Reading Mock Test 7
Multiple-choice: Single Answer
Read the text and answer the question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.
01. There are innumerable different species on the planet. Nobody really knows how many species there are，although many scientists
have tried to estimate it. However, the complexity of trying to do this makes it impossible to establish a definitive number with any
confidence. This is probably due to the fact that new species are continually appearing, while at the same time existing species evolve
and some become extinct. In the past, the number of new species appearing exceeded the number of those dying out. Nowadays,
however，due to human activity, this trend has reversed and as a result we are in danger of seriously disturbing our ecosystem.
Why is it difficult to establish the number of species globally?
A) There are too many species to count them all.
B) The number of species is constantly changing.
C) Currently, more species are appearing than are becoming extinct.
D) Human action has upset the balance of the natural environment.
02. Governments, business and many types of institutions collect, organise and record statistics. Statistics capture vital information
about such things as the economy， population and the environment and therefore allow meaningful comparisons to be made. This can
then inform decisions and plans made about such issues which in turn become public policies. While it may be the issues behind the
statistics, rather than the statistics as such that command the public's attention, it must be recognised that it is the figures that inform
these issues.
The author considers statistics to be important because
A) they are recorded by official organisations.
B) the general public have an interest in them.
C) they are affected by plans and policies.
D) they assist in driving public issues.
Re-order Paragraphs
03.
A. Experts especially journalists, inevitably find difficult to be objective because of their culture background.
B. However, including every aspects of an issue is as easy as calling for every candidate to participate in presidential debate.
C. Journalists tried their best not to be biased.
D. Some aspects are not included in the reporting.
04.
A. An analogy can be made to the Highway Code for driving. Drivers know the code and have indeed been tested on it to obtain a driving
license.
B. In actual driving, however, the driver has to relate the code to a continuous flow of changing circumstances, and may even break it from
time to time.
C. Knowing the Highway Code is not the same as driving.
D. In language learning there is a distinction between competence and performance. Competence is a state of the speaker’s mind. What he
or she knows?
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E. Separate from actual performance – what he or she does while producing or comprehending language. In other words, competence is put
to use through performance..
05.
A. All animals have a strong exploratory urge, but for some it is more crucial than others.
B. The non-specialists, however, the opportunists of the animal world, can never afford to relax.
C. So long as the ant-eater has its ants and the koala bear is gum leaves, then they are satisfied and the living is easy.
D. If they have put all their effort into the perfection of one survival trick, they do not bother so much with the general complexities of the
world around them.
E. It depends on how specialized they have become during the course of evolution.
06.
A. But just the opposite is true—language is one of the most complex of all human cognitive abilities.
B. It is wrong to exaggerate the similarity between language and other cognitive skills, because language stands apart in several ways.
C. By contrast, not everyone becomes proficient at complex mathematical reasoning, few people learn to paint well, and many people
cannot carry a tune.
D. Because everyone is capable of learning to speak and understand language, it may seem to be simple.
E. For one thing, the use of language is universal—all normally developing children learn to speak at least one language, and many learn
more than one.
Reading: Fill in the Blanks
In the text below some words are missing. Drag words from the box below to the appropriate place in the text. To undo an answer
choice, drag the word back to the box below the text.
07. From a child's point of view, what is the purpose of TV advertising? Is advertising on TV done to give actors the opportunity to take a
rest or (A)___________________ their (B)___________________? Or is it done to make people buy things? Furthermore, is the main
(C)___________________ between programs and commercials that commercials are for real, whereas programs are not, or that
programs are for kids and commercials for adults? As has been shown several times in the literature, some children are able to
(D)___________________ between programs and commercials and are (E)___________________ of the intent of TV advertising,
whereas others are not.
lines aware convergence exercise distinguish identify difference practice
08 One thing is certain. Most people do not get enough exercise in their (A)___________________ routines. All of the advances of
modern technology - from (B)___________________ can openers to power steering - have made life easier, more comfortable and
(C)___________________ less physically (D)___________________ . Yet our bodies need activity, especially if they are carrying around
too much fat. Satisfying this need requires a definite plan, and a commitment.
requiring much demanding electric ordinary original formal
09. Early impressionist painters were considered (A)___________________ in their time because they broke many of the rules of the
picture-making that had been set by earlier (B)___________________. They found many of their (C)___________________ in life
around them rather than in history, which was then the accepted (D)___________________ of subject matter for paintings.
source subjects radical outcome generations creatures
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10. Agrarian parties are political parties chiefly representing the interests of peasants or, more broadly, the rural sector of society. The
extent to which they are important, or (A)___________________ they even exist, depends mainly (B)___________________ two factors.
One, obviously, is the size of an identifiable peasantry, or the size of the rural relative (C)___________________ the urban population.
The other is a matter of social integration: (D)___________________ agrarian parties to be important, the representation of countryside
or peasantry must not be integrated (E)___________________ the other major sections of society. (F)___________________ a country
might possess a sizeable rural population, but have an economic system in which the interests of the voters were predominantly related
to their incomes, not [to] their occupations or location; and in such a country the political system would be unlikely to include an
important agrarian party.
as to whether thus on rather than with for in
Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks
Below is a text with blanks. Click on each blank; a list of choices will appear. Select the appropriate choice for each blank.
11. A crime is generally a deliberate act that results in harm, physical or otherwise, A. prohibited/obeyed/offended/
toward one or more people, in a manner (A)___________________ by law. The protected
B. historically/exceptionally/
determination of which acts are to be considered criminal has varied
Inappropriately
(B)___________________ , and continues to do so among cultures and nations. /disproportionately
When a crime is committed, a process of (C)___________________ , trial by judge C. invention/discovery/creation/
or jury, conviction, and punishment occurs. Just as what is considered criminal varies finding
between (D)___________________ , so does the punishment, but elements of D. obligations/rights/jurisdictions
/regulations
restitution and (E)___________________ are common.
E. preventer/punishment/
discipline/deterrence
12. If you see a movie, or a TV advertisement, that involves a fluid behaving in an A. method/system/platform/
unusual way, it was probably made using technology based on the work of a medium
Monash researcher. Professor Joseph Monaghan who pioneered an influential
B. credited/gifted/honored/
(A)___________________ for interpreting the behavior of liquids that underlies presented
most special effects involving water has been (B)___________________ with
election to the Australian Academy of Sciences. Professor Monaghan, one of only C. incapable/capable/impossible/
17 members elected in 2011, was recognized for developing the method of inapplicable
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) which has applications in the fields of
D. showed/presented/liked/
astrophysics, engineering and physiology, as well as movie special effects. His mimicked
research started in 1977 when he tried to use computer simulation to describe the
formation of stars and stellar systems. The algorithms available at the time were
(C)___________________ of describing the complicated systems that evolve out of
chaotic clouds of gas in the galaxy. Professor Monaghan, and his colleague Bob
Gingold, took the novel and effective approach of replacing the fluid or gas in the
simulation with large numbers of particles with properties that
(D)___________________ those of the fluid. SPH has become a central tool in
astrophysics, where it is currently used to simulate the evolution of the universe after
the Big Bang, the formation of stars, and the processes of planet building.
13. The last tourists may have been leaving the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank A. silence/tranquility/commotion/
in Luxor but the area in front of the tomb of Tutankhamun remained far from enlightenment
deserted. Instead of the (A)___________________ that usually descends on the
B. founded/discovered/invented/
area in the evening it was a hive of activity. TV crews trailed masses of equipment, showed
journalists milled and photographers held their cameras at the ready. The reason?
For the first time since Howard Carter (B)___________________ the tomb in 1922 C. commuted/moved/transported/
the mummy of Tutankhamun was being prepared for public display. Inside the convey
subterranean burial chamber Egypt's archaeology supremo Zahi Hawass,
accompanied by four Egyptologists, two restorers and three workmen, were slowly
lifting the mummy from the golden sarcophagus where it has been rested -- mostly
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undisturbed -- for more than 3,000 years. The body was then placed on a wooden
stretcher and (C)___________________ to its new home, a high- tech,
climate-controlled plexi-glass showcase located in the outer chamber of the tomb
where, covered in linen, with only the face and feet exposed, it now greets visitors.
14. Legal deposit has existed in English law since 1662. It helps to ensure that the A. intellectual/historical/
nation’s published output (and thereby its (A)___________________ record and understandable/considerate
future published heritage) is collected systematically, to (B)___________________ B. maintain/preserve/remain/
the material for the use of future generations and to make it available for protect
C. people/judges/readers/
(C)___________________ within the designated legal deposit libraries. The legal
lawyers
deposit system also has (D)___________________ for authors and publishers: D. drawbacks/usages/
Deposited publications are made available to users of the deposit libraries on their significance/benefits
premises, are preserved for the benefit of future generations, and become part of the
nation’s heritage. Publications are recorded in the online catalogues, and become an E. statutory/research/data/
academic
essential (E)___________________ resource for generations to come.
15. Serving on a jury is normally compulsory for individuals who are A. qualified/equalled/capable/able
(A)___________________ for jury service. A jury is (B)___________________ to
B. used/intended/likely/failed
be an impartial panel capable of reaching a verdict. There are often
C. steps/processes/procedures/
(C)___________________ and requirements, including a fluent understanding of the necessities
language and the opportunity to test juror’s neutrality or otherwise exclude jurors who
are perceived as likely to be less than (D)___________________ or partial to one D. central/natural/supportive/
side. neutral
16. Fingerprints can (A)___________________ that a suspect was actually at the A. prove/show/present/illustrate
scene of a crime. As long as a human entered a crime scene, there will be traces of
B. figure/identify/know/realise
DNA. DNA can help the police to (B)___________________ an individual to crack a
C. protect/install/save/reserve
case. An institute in London can help (C)___________________ DNA and be used
to match with the (D)___________________ taken from the crime scenes. D. specimen/results/data/samples
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Answer Key: Reading Mock Test 7:
Single Ans MCQ (1 point each) 08. 13.
A. ordinary A. tranquility
01. B B. electric B. discovered
02. D C. much C. transported
D. demanding
Total: 2 points 14.
09. A. intellectual
Re-orders (1 mark per pair) A. radical B. preserve
B. generations C. readers
E.g C. subjects D. benefits
Correct answer: BEDAC D. source E. research
BE = 1 point
ED = 1 point 10. 15.
DA = 1 point A. whether A. qualified
AC = 1 point B. on B. intended
C. to C. procedures
Total 4 points D. for D. neutral
E. with
Your answer: ACDBE F. thus 16.
Your score: 2/4 A. prove
Total: 19 points B. identify
03. ACBD (3 points) C. reserve
04. DEABC (4 points) Reading & Writing Blanks D. samples
05. AEDCB (4 points) (1 point per blank)
06. BECDA (4 points) Total: 25 points
11.
Total: 15 points A. prohibited Total Mock Test: 61 points
B. historically
Reading Blanks C. discovery Scale:
(1 point per blank) D. jurisdictions 49-61 = 79+ (8 Bands)
E. deterrence 40-48 = 65+ (7 Bands)
07. 29-39 = 50+ (6 Bands)
A. practice 12.
B. lines A. method
C. difference B. honored
D. distinguish C. incapable
E. aware D. mimicked
