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Test 15. Photocopiable
ASSORTED PRACTICE TEST 15
(Time: 10 minutes)
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PART SIX
For questions 46-55, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
WAKE UP!
Do you (0)____A____ yourself going into work later and later every day just to sleep
a little longer? Do you (46)_________ asleep in the cinema, wake up and laugh at the
wrong moments? Do you spend half the weekend asleep and love it? (47)________
you’re a sleepaholic.
Someone somewhere once said that the average amount of sleep the average person
wants is five minutes longer than they (48)________. Being a sleepaholic is about wanting
five hours longer. But sleepaholics can find that their habit gets them (49)________ deep
trouble with colleagues and friends. Being late for work because of oversleeping is a
pretty poor story if you’re (50)________ about a career. Friends can get quite offended if
you leave them early to get some sleep.
Throughout history, ambitious people have often (51)________ their enormous
energy with a lack of need for sleep. It’s easy to see how this can (52)________ people a
competitive advantage. So if you want to take advantage of career opportunities, or if
you’ve just been criticized once too often about sleeping (53)________ the best bit of a
party, what’s the cure? A psychiatrist studied sleep needs and overtime he claimed to
(54)_________ his own daily sleep from a standard eight hours to two, saying he
experienced no bad reactions.
But if you really can’t (55)_________ without sleep and don’t want to lose your job,
become so irreplaceable in it that you can be openly lazy, like the US President Calvin
Coolidge, who slept for about 13 hours a day.
0. A find
46. A fall
47. A Just as
48. A win
49. A in
50. A keen
51. A joined
52. A give
53. A across
54. A fall
55. A stand
B realize
B get
B Then
B earn
B into
B fond
B united
B make
B through
B drop
B deal
C remark
C go
C In case
C get
C with
C serious
C attached
C let
C along
C sink
C do
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D occur
D drop
D Provided that
D reach
D for
D eager
D linked
D turn
D upon
D reduce
D put
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PART EIGHT
For questions 66-75, read the following passage and circle the letter A, B , C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
Probably the most famous film commenting on twentieth-century technology is
Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a
reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe working conditions in
industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city
to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s
health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded
ramp. Abruptly the scene shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on
their way to a factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied
comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentler note of satire. Chaplin prefers to
entertain rather than lecture.
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one third of the footage of Modern
Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most
comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to
keep pace with the fast moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process.
Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought to the assembly
line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine
malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin who is strapped into his position on the assembly
line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate people’s utter helplessness in the face of
machines that are meant to serve their basic needs.
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology
within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately
reflect the sentiments of many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanized world.
66. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to _______.
A. criticize the factory system of the 1930s
B. analyze an important film
C. explain Chaplin’s style of acting
D. discuss how film reveals the benefits of technology
67. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for the film Modern Times from _______.
A. a newspaper article
C. a job he had once held
B. a scene in a movie
D. a conversation with a reporter
68. The word “abruptly” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. suddenly
B. mysteriously
C. finally
D. predictably
69. It can be inferred from the passage that two thirds of the film Modern Times ________.
A. is extremely unforgettable
B. takes place outside a factory
C. is more critical than the other third
D. entertains the audience more than the other third
70. Which of the following could best replace the phrase “losing his mind” in paragraph 3?
A. getting fired
B. doing his job
C. going insane
D. falling behind
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71. The word “This” in paragraph 3 refers to which of the following?
A. the machine
B. the food
C. the assembly line D. the scene
72. According to the passage, the purpose of the scene involving the feeding machine is
to show people’s _______.
A. ingenuity
B. adaptability
C. helplessness
D. independence
73. The word “utter” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. notable
B. complete
C. regrettable
D. necessary
74. The author would probably use all of the following words to describe the film
Modern Times EXCEPT _______.
A. revolutionary
B. entertaining
C. memorable
D. satirical
75. The word “sentiments” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. attitudes
B. behaviors
C. emotions
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D. annoyance
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