Practice test 2 - first term test Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. emergency B. together C. galaxy D. gravity Question 2: A. resign B. resistance C. insect D. reusable Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3: A. contain B. publish C. remain D. defeat Question 4: A. experience B. technology C. electronics D. accessible Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5: Uncle Ho was admired _______ his dedication to the Vietnamese independence movement and his profound love for the people. A. on B. for C. of D. to Question 6: Malala Yousafzai has devoted her efforts _________for girls' education, becoming a global symbol of courage and resistance against oppression. A. advocate B. advocating C. to advocate D. to advocating Question 7. It's a long walk tomorrow. We need to__________ as early as possible. A. set up B. set in C. set off D. set about Question 7: The boys broke a window when they ....... football. A. played B. were playing C. has played D. are playing Question 9. My car is ____yours. A. more fast and economical than B. more fast and more economical than C. faster and economical as D. faster and more economical than Read the following advertisement/school announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the n umbered blanks from 10 to 15. SITUATION VACANT REQUIRED (10)____ young, dynamic, smart, charismatic and friendly female receptionist for Sunrise Global School, Agra. Attractive salary with fringe benefits. Healthy work environment. Fresh graduates having honours or equivalent degree (11)____ English with good (12)____skills can apply by sending their cover letter and resume till March 30 on the below mentioned id:
[email protected] . For queries, contact: 98100XXXXX Question 10. A. the B. no article C. a D. an Question 11. A. in B. on C. with D. of Question 12. A. communication B. communications C. communicating D. communicative Dear Valued Customers, Please be informed that our offices will (13)____for New Year holiday as follows: – Closing date: from Saturday (Jan 1) to Monday (Jan 3, 2022) – Re-opening date: Tuesday (Jan 4, 2022) In addition to our (14)____working hours, we will also be open on Saturday afternoon, Jan 8, 2022, at your service. We (15)____you a happy holiday and a prosperous New Year! Thank you! Question 13. A. be closed B. being closed C. closed D. is closed Question 14. A. normally B. normal C. normality D. normalise Question 15. A. wish B. hope C. want D. would like Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph/letter/conversation in each of the fallowing questions.
Question 16. a. They play with a ball indoors, run around and listen to music too loudly. I have really tried not to pay too much attention to this and I had hoped that things would settle without needing to forbid them from enjoying themselves. b. Dear Mr. Stafford, I am writing to you to complain about a problem that may have been caused by your kids. c. As I do not use a phone and I have not seen you around in a while, I have decided to contact you by post. I would like to ask whether it would be okay for you to restrain your kids and explain that there are other people living in the house as well. Otherwise, I will be compelled to report this matter to the police. d. First of all, as I have been made redundant since last month, I need to spend a lot of time at home e. However, your kids make it impossible to have any peace, especially soon after they have arrived home from school. f. I seriously hope that my letter will not create any ill-feeling between us and we can remain good neighbours. Yours sincerely, A. b — d — e — a — c — f B. b — c — a — e — d — f C. b — e — d — a — c — f D. b — a — d — e — c — f Question 17. a. Moreover, Robots save workers from performing dangerous tasks. They can work in hazardous conditions, such as poor lighting, toxic chemicals, or tight spaces b. In addition to this, it is the robot that helps people with housework. c. Firstly, Robots can work much time without any salary and food, do not require to sleep or take breaks, can not tremble or shake as the human hands do and can do the jobs that the people are unwilling to do. d. In conclusion, robots support us a lot in modern life.. e. The invention of robot brings us many benefits. Robot is used more and more in factories because the robots become more efficient and precise than humans A. e — a — c — b — d B. c — e — a — b — d C. c — a — b — d — e D. e — c — a — b — d Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each uf the numbered blanks from 18 to 23. Online classes have been the best possible solution for educational institutions as well as students during the pandemic. Online education or online classes were not a new concept, but online classes’ prominence was seen only(18)___. The online class provides a flexible and quick learning option. Its adaptability and efficiency (19)___during the pandemic’s early days. It lowers the distance between learning locations. There are a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages to online classes. It is a versatile method of learning which helps connect with people from various parts of the globe,(20)___. Students were given their comfort zone to study,(21)____. It reduced a lot of paperwork, ultimately saving mother earth. Many renowned institutions have changed (22)____to online methods because it made education more accessible. There are also a few disadvantages, like, as a lot of students misuse these benefits and get(23)____. But it all depends on the individual and if they want to make their career bright. Therefore it is essential to know the limitations of everything. Question 18. A. when the pandemic B. while the pandemic C. after the pandemic D. during the pandemic Question 19. A. made them more popular B. made more popular C. made it more popular D. made them more popularly Question 20. A. which was not possible in offline classes B. that was not possible in offline classes C. this was not possible in offline classes D. it was not possible in offline classes Question 21.
A. resulting in better performance and productivity B. resulting from better performance and productivity C. results in better performance and productivit D. resulted from better performance and productivity Question 22. A. their learning methods B. its learning methods C. his learning methods D. her learning methods Question 23. A. addicted to different games and social media B. addiction to different games and social media C. addicted for different games and social media D. addiction for different games and social media Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28. AIR POLLUTION, HEALTH AND TRANSPORT Far more people are suffering from asthma than have been previously documented. Pollution originating from exhaust (24) _____ , factory emissions and even smoking are reportedly leading to deteriorating air quality which in turn is triggering asthma symptoms. With more and more cars on the roads, we cannot deny (25) _____ more exposed to ever greater levels of air pollution. As a consequence, human respiratory health is being negatively impacted, with many of those living in residential areas close to busy roads becoming more prone to asthma. As more and more of us are taking to the roads, the key focus perhaps should be the promotion of cleaner fuels and vehicles that produce lower emissions. (26)________, the only way motorists will contemplate using either of them is if they are considered to be an affordable and therefore viable option. Simultaneously, motorists should be discouraged from making unnecessary journeys. If greater incentives were offered for car- sharing with colleagues or using park-and-ride schemes, more people (27) _____ to use these schemes. Although in all fairness, it would not do any harm for public transport systems to be re- examined, as relying on them can be somewhat tough going and, in some parts of the country, the service provided is simply (28) _____ for people’s needs, which is why more people drive. (Adapted from "A dvanced Expert" by Jan Bell and Roger Gower) Question 24: A. gases B. smoke C. fumes D. smog Question 25: A. to being B. to be C. being D. for to be Question 26: A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Otherwise Question 27: A. can be inclined B. are inclined C. will be inclined D. would be inclined Question 28: A. scarce B. incomplete C. inadequate D. lacking Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 29 to 33. The Red Cross is an international organization, which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross. The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen David, the sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need. The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war was initiated by Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention. It protests prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war. The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, demonstrating water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood. (Adapted from https://brainly.com .)
Question 29: A good title for this selection is _____. A. The International Red Cross B. Safety at Home and School C. Clara Barton and the Sun D. The American Red Cross Question 30: The word "aided" in paragraph 1 means____. A. reported B. understood C. caught D. helped Question 31: We may draw a conclusion that during a war. A. the Red Cross only protects the wounded B. the Red Cross only helps prisoners of war C. the Red Cross only helps citizens D. the Red Cross helps all the people in need no matter which side they are fighting for Question 32: The person who started the idea of this organization was______. A. Cross B. Dunaut C. Barton D. a prisoner of war Question 33: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to A. the sick B. the wounded C. the agencies D. the organizations Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 34 to 40. More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic islands this summer by researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), which said it had never logged so many deaths at once in 40 years of monitoring the animals’ population level. “It’s scary to find so many dead animals,” project leader Ashild Onvik Pedersen told state broadcaster NRK. “This is an example of how climate change affects nature. It is just sad.” Svalbard’s capital Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on earth, is thought to be warming quicker than any other settlement on the planet, climate scientists warned earlier this year. The milder temperatures in the region led to unusually heavy rainfall in December, leaving a thick layer of ice when the precipitation froze. This meant the reindeer could not dig through the hardened tundra to reach the vegetation they graze on in their usual pastures, the NPI said. Svalbard’s reindeer have been observed eating seaweed and kelp when food is scarce, but these are less nutritious and cause them stomach problems. A relatively high number of calves born last year increased the death toll, as the youngest and weakest are often the first to die in harsh conditions. “Some of the mortality is natural because there were so many calves last year. But the large number we see now is due to heavy rain, which is due to global warming,” said Ms Onvik Pedersen. A team of three scientists spent 10 weeks investigating population of the Svalbard reindeer earlier this year. Researchers warned the decline of reindeer would cause unwanted plant species, currently kept in check by the animals’ grazing, to spread across Arctic ecosystems in Europe, Asia and North America. Arctic reindeer and caribou populations have declined 56 per cent in the last two decades, a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last year. The report said food security was partly to blame for falling herd numbers, while warmer summers could also put the animals at greater risk of diseases spread by flies and parasites. The average temperature in Longyearbyen has risen by 3.7C since 1900, more than three times the global average increase of about 1C. In 2016, the entrance to the town’s “Doomsday” seed vault – which stores specimens of almost all the world’s seeds – was flooded following heavy rainfall. (Adapted from https://www.independent.co.uk/) Question34. Which could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Climate change – The main cause for the death of hundreds of reindeer. B. Global warming – What are the effects on nature? C. Reindeer – The most vulnerable animals on the Arctic islands. D. Climate change – What are the reasons? Question35. The word “logged” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______________. A. cut down B. damaged C. recorded D. discovered
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