TRIAL TEST 2

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 (0,4 points)
Question 1: A. thatched B. champagn C. chicken D. clutch
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Question 2: A. honour B. heighten C. hourly D. honesty

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 primary stress in each
of the following questions (0,4 points)
Question 3: A. employee B. certainty C. memorabl D. beautify
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Question 4: A. detach B. demand C. deminutiv D. devastate
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Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions (4 points):
Question 5: It is necessary that we _________ the program to control the
birth rate of the country to ensure a thriving society.
A. do over B. put down C. get through D. carry out
Question 6: Losing the money he borrowed from his friends, he looked the
lady ________ when she took a wad of dollar notes from her wallet.
A. suspiciously B. vaguely C. meaninglessly D. endearingly
Question 7: Please forgive me. I don’t mean ________ you.
A. upsetting B. to have upset C. being upset D. to upset
Question 8: Students are eager to participate in voluntary work to give care
and support to handicapped children to __________ their difficulties.
A. overthrow B. overdo C. overcome D. overtake
Question 9: My father _______ for a deposit on the car but then he
_________ that it _________ to someone else.
A. paid - had been told - was B. had paid - was told - had been
promised promised
C. paid - told - had promised D. had paid - had told - promised
Question 10: ______ 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds, he broke the
world record.
A. Booking B. Clocking C. Capping D. Chairing
Question 11: My computer crashed just as the meeting began, so I had to
play ____ time while I waited for it to reboot.
A. for B. at C. of D. against
Question 12: Some astronomers have ______ that the universe is made up
of mysterious dark matter.
A. concurred B. posited C. exculpated D. demystified
Question 13: Newer treatments for the disease are in the __________.
A. pipeline B. directory C. horizon D. twilight
Question 14: That the tournament has taken place successfully _________
the headlines throughout the nation.
A. marks B. hits C. beats D. stands
Question 15: He's been exercising to _________ for the season.
A. bear himself B. get in trim C. stay the night D. level himself
well up
Question 16: The rugby player enjoyed the __________ of his fans.
A. precocity B. avarice C. adulation D. magnanimity
Question 18: I was quite consfused to make sense of the fact tgat I
somehow got ___________ into babysitting for my sister's kids.
A. hongkonged B. shanghaied C. beijinged D. taipeied
Question 19: We'll wait long enough for them to let their ________ down
before we launch our invasion.
A. hair B. chair C. guard D. book
Question 20: The new mother wished she could stop family members from
giving ________ advice on how to care for her baby.
A. unblemished B. undebarred C. uncalibrated D. unsolicited
Question 21: The detective is _______ at straws since there’s almost no
clue to the identity of the killer.
A.clasping B.clutching C.clinging D.clustering
Question 22: The drought was only one of many hardships to _______ the
small country.
A. transpire B. befall C. foretold D. prophesy
Question 23: The children ________ around them, singing songs and
laughing.
A. thicketed B. clamored C. clumped D. winked
Question 24: Young seemed a ___________ worker, I did not think the
omission serious in any case.
A. conscientious B. affectionate C. top-heavy D. good-natured

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the
following questions (0,6 points).

Question 25: He’d gone through a repentance process so he could cleanse

himself of the behavior that would preclude him from going on a mission.
A. forestall B. unclutter C. exculpate D. swamp
Question 26: We mitigate when were being polite, or when we re ashamed
or embarrassed, or when we’re being deferential to authority.
A. defiant B. regardful C. concurrent D. liable
Question 27: Although many people say that they want clean energy, they
argue that miles of turbines on wind farms are a blot on the landscape.
A. something that contributes its B. something that costs people a lot
beauty to the overall view to construct
C. something that does harm to the D. something that spoils the whole
public view

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the
following questions (0,6 points).
Question 28: The strong pound has exacerbated the situation by making it
much harder for UK companies to compete on price.
A. capitulated B. defaced C. allayed D. discharged
Question 29: Sorry, I got a little carried away there—I just love talking
about my favorite artists!
A. overjoyed B. melancholy C. meticulous D. equivocal
Question 30: Her voice was thick with emotion when she talked about her
divorce.
A. quivered B. baffled C. flinched D. ignited

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given below. Write
the answer on your answer sheet from question 30 to 35 (1 point).

Question 31: When lockdowns began, and people shifted to remote

working and learning, employees’ work and home lives coexisted in the
same space, eradicating any easy way to (COMPART)
__________________ each.
=> compartmentalize (v) to separate into sections
Question 32: It is widely held that repetitive work can become
(DESTROY) ______________ after a while.
=> soul-destroying (a)
Question 33: They used (SCARE) _________ about the economy to
influence voters.
=> scaremongering (n)
Question 34: Authors of arithmetic books and ready reckoners
recognized that
mathematical transitions are not easily undertaken by the
(POPULAR)___________. => populace (n)
Question 35: The information sent in the (MENTION) ______________
e-mail is not to be used for publication. => aforementioned (a)
Complete the passage below with the correct word. Write the answer on
your answer sheet from question 36 to 45 (2 points).
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court (36) handed down a one-page, 5-4
decision extending the life of a Trump-era border policy known as Title
42, which expels numerous immigrants (37) seeking to enter the United
States using an expedited process.

That decision came in Arizona v. Mayorkas, and is typical behavior from

the Supreme Court — or, at (38) least, is reflective of this Court’s
behavior since a Democrat moved into the White House at the beginning
of 2021. It’s the latest example of the Court dragging its (39) feet after a
GOP-appointed lower court judge overrides the Biden administration’s
policy judgments, often letting that one judge decide the nation’s policy
for nearly an (40) entire year.

The Title 42 program, which the Biden administration determined must

be terminated last May, will now likely remain in (41) effect for several
more months due to the Court’s decision. Indeed, even if the Court
ultimately decides that the administration should prevail in this (42) case,
the Court is unlikely to lift its order extending this Trump-era program
until June. And that delay may be the best-case scenario for the Biden
administration — and for the general principle that unelected judges
aren’t (43) supposed to decide the nation’s border policy.

(44) Moreover, the current situation differs sharply when Republican

President Donald Trump was in office, and the Court frequently raced to
(45) reinstate Trump’s policies within mere days.

You are going to read a magazine article in which five career

consultants give advice about starting a career. For questions 46-50,
choose from the consultants (A-E). The consultants may be chosen
more than once (1 point).
Starting out on your career
Are you a graduate trying to plan out the best career path for yourself?
We've asked five careers consultants to give some tips on how to go
about it.

Consultant A
A university degree is no guarantee of a job, and job hunting in itself
requires a whole set of skills. If you find you are not getting past the first
interview, ask yourself what is happening. Is it a failure to communicate
or are there some skills you lack? Once you see patterns emerging it will
help you decide whether the gaps you have identified can be filled
relatively easily. If you cannot work out what the mismatch is, get back to
the selection panel with more probing questions, and find out what you
need to do to bring yourself up to the level of qualification that would
make you more attractive to them: but be careful to make this sound like
a genuine request rather than a challenge or complaint.

Consultant B
Do not be too dispirited if you are turned down for a job, but think about
the reasons the employers give. They often say it is because others are
'better qualified', but they use the term loosely. Those who made the
second interview might have been studying the same subject as you and
be of similar ability level, but they had something which made them a
closer match to the selector's ideal. That could be experience gained
through projects or vacation work, or it might be that they were better at
communicating what they could offer. Do not take the comments at face
value: think back to the interviews that generated them and make a list of
where you think the shortfall in your performance lies. With this sort of
analytical approach you will eventually get your foot in the door.

Consultant C
Deciding how long you should stay in your first job is a tough call. Stay
too long and future employers may question your drive and ambition. Of
course, it depends where you are aiming. There can be advantages in
moving sideways rather than up, if you want to gain real depth of
knowledge. If you are a graduate, spending five or six years in the same
job is not too long provided that you take full advantage of the
experience. However, do not use this as an excuse for apathy. Graduates
sometimes fail to take ownership of their careers and take the initiative. It
is up to you to make the most of what's available within a company, and
to monitor your progress in case you need to move on. This applies
particularly if you are still not sure where your career path lies.

Consultant D
It is helpful to think through what kind of experience you need to get your
dream job and it is not a problem to move around to a certain extent. But
in the early stages of your career you need a definite strategy for reaching
your goal, so think about that carefully before deciding to move on from
your first job. You must cultivate patience to master any role. There is no
guarantee that you will get adequate training, and research has shown that
if you do not receive proper help in a new role, it can take 18 months to
master it.

Consultant E
A prospective employer does not want to see that you have changed jobs
every six months with no thread running between them. You need to be
able to demonstrate the quality of your experience to a future employer,
and too many moves too quickly can be a bad thing. In any company it
takes three to six months for a new employee to get up to speed with the
structure and the culture of the company. From the company's
perspective, they will not receive any return on the investment in your
salary until you have been there for 18 months. This is when they begin
to get most value from you - you are still fired up and enthusiastic. If you
leave after six months it has not been a good investment - and may make
other employers wary.

(Source: CAE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge

English)
Which consultant ?
46.Keep your final objective in mind when you are planning to change
jobs.
47. Make sure your approach for information is positive in tone.
48. Ask for information about your shortcomings.
49. Some information you are given may not give a complete picture.
50. It will be some time before you start giving your employers their
money's worth.

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