414 Practice Test 1

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This section tests your ability to comprehend spoken English. It is divided into three parts,
each with its own directions. You are not permitted to turn the page during the reading of the
directions or to take notes at any time.

Part A

l1li))) Directions: Each item in this part consists of a brief conversation involving two speakers.
Following each conversation, a third voice will ask a question. You will hear the conversations and
questions only once, and they will not be written out.
When you have heard each conversation and question, read the four answer choices and select
the one-(A), (B), (C), or (D)-that best answers the question based on what is directly stated or
on what can be inferred. Then ftll in the space on your answer sheet that matches the letter of the
answer that you have selected.
Here is an example.
You will hear:

Sample Answer

You will read: (A) Open the window.

(B) Move the chair.
(C) Leave the room.
(D) Take a seat.

From the conversation you find out that the woman thinks the man should put the chair over by
the window. The best answer to the question, "What does the woman think the man should do?"
is (B), "Move the chair." You should fill in (B) on your answer sheet.

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1. (A) She doesn't have an appointment. 8. (A) He was too busy to take it.
(B) Her problem is complicated. (B) He did well on it.
(C) She must live somewhere else. (C) He left some questions unanswered
(D) Her apartment isn't far away. on it.
(D) He took it two times.
2. (A) She can use his phone if she wants.
(B) There's no charge for phone calls. 9. (A) Breaking the glass.
(C) His phone is out of order too. (B) Warming the lid.
(D) She can call him later if she likes. (C) Hitting the lid.
(D) Filling the jar.
3. (A) He couldn't find it.
(B) It was too hard to solve. 10. (A) It was too expensive.
(C) It was simpler than he'd thought. (B) She bought it at the shop next door.
(D) He solved it even though it was hard. (C) It was given to her as a gift.
(D) She paid very little for it.
4. (A) He cleaned up after cooking.
(B) He forgot to put the pots and pans 11. (A) She doesn't want to discuss the traffic.
away. (B) She didn't have to go downtown today.
(C) He was out in a terrible storm. (C) She was in the traffic herself.
(D) He put some plants in the kitchen. (D) She thinks the traffic was better today.
5. (A) He studied forestry in school. 12. (A) The classes aren't interesting.
(B) He worked in a forest. (B) Classes have been canceled.
(C) He read a lot of books about trees. (C) The weather is pleasant.
(D) His father taught him. (D) It isn't very sunny today.

6. (A) How many pages he must write. 13. (A) Gary doesn't need a audio player.
(B) What Professor Barclay discussed. (B) She wants her audio player back.
(C) How long the class lasted. (C) She's glad Gary is finally here.
(D) When the paper is due. (D) Gary can keep her audio player.
7. (A) She doesn't like any music except 14. (A) Stay inside and read it.
classical. (B) Look in it for advertisements for
(B) There is some classical music she umbrellas.
doesn't like. (C) Cover her head with it.
(C) She likes classical music, but she can't (D) Throw it away.
play it.
15. (A) She originally supported Margaret.
(D) Classical music doesn't interest her at
(B) She can no longer support Ed.
all.
(C) Ed has dropped out of the race.
(D) She's not interested in the election.

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16. (A) She and her brother painted the 24. (A) To improve his game quickly.
apartment. (B) To take more lessons.
(B) Her brother owes her some money. (C) To train with a professional.
(C) Her brother painted the apartment by (D) To teach people to play tennis.
himself.
25. (A) Wrap the present.
(D) She painted her brother's apartment.
(B) Playa game.
17. (A) Give him a map. (C) Point out a problem.
(B) Cut his hair for him. (D) End the discussion.
(C) Drive him to the lake.
26. (A) He wants to buy some books.
(D) Show him another route.
(B) Two of the books are the same.
18. (A) Hanging it. (C) He needs some matches.
(B) Buying it. (D) The couple is a good match.
(C) Painting it.
27. (A) Neither street goes downtown.
(D) Framing it.
(B) California Street is better than Oak
19. (A) Borrow Stephanie's computer. Street.
(B) Buy her own computer. (C) There's not enough time to go
(C) Save some money. downtown.
(D) Stay home and complete her (D) He can take either street.
assignment.
28. (A) It was hard to hear.
20. (A) He doesn't need to practice anymore. (B) It wasn't true.
(B) His team has won a lot of games. (C) It was surprising.
(C) He doesn't want to play volleyball. (D) It wasn't very interesting.
(D) His.team needs to improve.
29. (A) The handle on the suitcase is broken.
21. (A) She seems to be feeling better. (B) His hands are already full.
(B) She has quite an imagination. (C) The luggage is too heavy for him.
(C) She takes beautiful pictures. (D) He'll be happy to help.
(D) She's too sick to go out.
30. (A) She had to prepare for an exam.
22. (A) Lou has been here once before. (B) She'd passed the physics test.
(B) They'll start when Lou arrives. (C) She was going camping.
(C) Lou has already started. (D) She'd dropped the physics class.
(D) Everyone is getting hungry.
23. (A) She thinks they're reasonably priced.
(B) She doesn't like them at all.
(C) She'd buy them if she had enough
money.
(D) She doesn't need them, but she still
likes them.

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Part B
Directions: This part of the test consists of extended conversations between two speakers. After
each of these conversations, there are a number of questions. You will hear each conversation and
question only once, and the questions are not written out.
When you have heard the questions, read the four answer choices and select the one-(A),
(B), (C), or (D)-that best answers the question based on what is directly stated or on what can
be inferred. Then fIll in the space on your answer sheet that matches the letter of the answer that
you have selected.
Don't forget: During actual exams, taking notes or writing in your test book is not permitted.

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31. (A) They are both studying social 35. (A) At a university.
anthropology. (B) At a television station.
(B) Both of them are going to the museum (C) At a newspaper office.
on Saturday. (D) At a hospital.
(C) They both have the same teacher.
36. (A) He needs a well-paying position.
(D) Both of them have studied
(B) He was told to by a professor.
anthropology before.
(C) He wants the experience.
32. (A) In the morning. (D) He recently lost another job.
(B) In the afternoon.
37. (A) Drama.
(C) In the evening.
(B) Journalism.
(D) Only on Saturdays.
(C) Telecommunications.
33. (A) Relationships between parents and (D) History.
children.
38. (A) Talk to Ms. Wagner.
(B) The tools used by ancient people.
(B) Drop a class.
(C) Leadership in contemporary society.
(C) Change his major.
(D) Marriage customs.
(D) Complete a form.
34. (A) He found it uninteresting.
(B) He found it useful.
(C) He found it fascinating.
(D) He found it difficult.

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Part C

Directions: This part of the test consists of several talks, each given by a single speaker. After
each of these talks, there are a number of questions. You will hear each talk and question only
once, and the questions are not written out.
When you have heard each question, read the four answer choices and select the one-(A),
(B), (C), or (D)-that best answers the question based on what is directly stated or on what can be
inferred. Then fill in the space on your answer sheet that matches the letter of the answer that you
have selected.
Here is an example.
You will hear:

Now here is a sample question.

You will hear:
Sample Answer

You will read: (A) Philosophy.

(B) Meteorology.
(C) Astronomy.
(D) Photography.

The lecture concerns a lunar eclipse, a topic that would typically be discussed in an astronomy
class. The choice that best answers the question, "In what course is this lecture probably being
given?" is (C), "Astronomy." You should fill in (C) on your answer sheet.
Here is an example.
You will hear:

Sample Answer

You will read: (A) The Earth's shadow moves across the .\1oon
(B) Clouds block the view of the Moon.
(C) The Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun.
(D) The Sun can be observed without special equipment.
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From the lecture you learn that a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and
the Moon and the shadow of the Earth passes across the Moon. The choice that best answers the
question, "According to the speaker, which of the following occurs during a lunar eclipse?" is (A),
"The Earth's shadow moves across the Moon."
Don't forget: During actual exams, taking notes or writing in your test book is not permitted.

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39. (A) A football game. 45. (A) As confusing.
(B) Jet transportation. (B) As innovative.
(C) The Hindenburg disaster. (C) As amusing.
(D) Lighter-than-air craft. (D) As wasteful.
40. (A) Early twentieth century airships. 46. (A) To standardize daylight saving time.
(B) Blimps. (B) To establish year-round daylight saving
(C) Jet aircraft. time.
(D) Modern airships. (C) To abolish daylight saving time.
(D) To shorten daylight saving time.
41. (A) The age of zeppelins ended in disaster
there. 47. (A) A program the city is starting.
(B) It was there that the first blimp was (B) The uses of recycled materials.
designed. (C) A proposed schedule.
(C) Helium was first substituted for (D) A recent newspaper article.
hydrogen there.
48. (A) Newspapers.
(D) It was there that the last zeppelin was
(B) Aluminum cans.
built.
(C) Plastic bottles.
42. (A) They would be safer. (D) Glass containers.
(B) They would use less fuel.
49. (A) The north.
(C) They would be faster.
(B) The east.
(D) They could fly higher.
(C) The south.
43. (A) The Uniform Time Act. (D) The central.
(B) The role of daylight saving time in
50. (A) Look in the local newspaper.
wartime.
(B) Keep listening to radio.
(C) Ways to save energy.
(C) Stop by the recycling center.
(D) The history of daylight saving time.
(D) Call the radio station.
44. (A) In the spring.
(B) In the summer.
(C) In the fall.
(D) In the winter.

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422 Practice Test 1

[I] Structure and Written Expression

Time: 25 minutes
This section tests your ability to recognize grdmmar and usage suitable for standard written
English. This section is divided into two parts, each with its own directions.

Structure

Directions: Items in this part are incomplete sentences. Following each of these sentences, there
are four words or phrases. You should select the one word or phrase-CA), (B), CC), or (D)-that
best completes the sentence. Then fill in the space on your answer sheet that matches the letter of
the answer that you have selected.
Example! Sample Answer

Pepsin ____ an enzyme used

in digestion.
(A) that
(B) is
(C) of
(D) being
This sentence should properly read "Pepsin is an enzyme used in digestion." You should fill in (B)
on your answer sheet.
Example II Sample Answer
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____ large natural lakes are found
in the state of South Carolina.
(A) There are no
(B) Not the
(C) It is not
CD) No
This sentence should properly read "No large natural lakes are found in the state of South
Carolina." You should ftll in CD) on your answer sheet.
As soon as you understand the directions, begin work on this part.

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team sports require cooperation. 7. A person of ____ age may suffer from
(A) Of all defects of vision.
(B) They are all (A) every
(C) All (B) some
(D) Why are all (C) certain
(D) any
2. Anyone who has ever pulled weeds from a
garden roots firmly anchor 8. ____ have settled, one of their first
plants to the soil. concerns has been to locate an adequate
(A) is well aware of water supply.
(B) is well aware that (A) Wherever people
(C) well aware (B) There are people who
(D) well aware that (C) Whether people
(D) People
3. Centuries of erosion have exposed
____ rock surfaces in the Painted 9. If a bar magnet is , the two
Desert of northern Arizona. pieces form two complete magnets, each
(A) in colors of the rainbow with a north and south pole.
(B) colored like a rainbow (A) broken
(C) rainbow-colored (B) broke
(D) a rainbow's coloring (C) breaking
(D) break
4. The higher the temperature of a molecule,
10. The type of plant and animal life living in
(A) the more energy it has and around a pond depends on the soil of
(B) than it has more energy the pond, , and the pond's
(C) more energy has it location.
(D) it has more energy (A) what the quality of the water is
(B) how is the water quality
5. Frontier surgeon Ephraim MacDonald had to
(C) the quality of the water
perform operations anesthesia.
(D) what is the water quality
(A) no
(B) not having 11. Clifford Holland, civil engineer,
(C) without was in charge of the construction of the
(D) there wasn't first tunnel under the Hudson River.
(A) he was a
6. ____ young, chimpanzees are easily
(B) a
trained.
(C) being a
(A) When are
(D) who, as a
(B) When
(C) They are
(D) When they

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12. parrots are native to tropical 14. In 1775 Daniel Boone opened the
regions is untrue. Wilderness Trail and made the
(A) That all ftrst settlements in Kentucky.
(B) All (A) possibly it was
(C) Why all (B) as possible
(D) Since all (C) possible
CD) it possible
13. A major concern among archaeologists
today is the preservation of archaeological 15. Rarely seen far from water.
sites, are threatened by (A) spotted turtles
development. (B) spotted turtles are
(A) of which many (C) have spotted turtles
(B) many of them (D) are spotted turtles
(C) which many
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Written Expression

Directions: The items in this part have four underlined words or phrases, (A), (B), (C), and (D).
You must identify the one underlined expression that must be changed for the sentence to be
correct. Then find the number of the question on your answer sheet and fill in the space
corresponding to the letter.
Example I Sample Answer

Lenses may to have either concave or convex shapes.

ABC D
This sentence should read "Lenses may have either concave or convex shapes." You should
therefore select answer (A).

/<'xample II Sample Answer

When painting a fresco, an artist is applied paint directly to the damp plaster of a wall.
A B C D

This sentence should read "When painting a fresco, an artist applies paint directly to the damp
plaster of a wall." You should therefore select answer (B).
As soon as you understand the directions, begin work on this section.
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16. Ceramics can be harder, !_ight, and more resistant to heat than metals.
A B C D

17. Not everyone realizes that the most largest organ of the human body is the skin.
A -B- C D

18. Mold is extremely destruction to books in a library.

A B --c--n

19. Sidney Lanier achieved fame both as a poet or as a symphony musician.

A 13 C 0

20. The horses used play polo are not of any special breed or of any definite size.
A B C 0

21. A tapestry consists of a foundation weave, called the warp, which across are passed different
A B
colored threads, called the weft, forming decorative patterns.
C D

22. The works of early American woodcarvers had many artistic qualities, but these craftsmen
--A- -B--

probably did not think of them as artists.

C -0-

23. Perhaps mankind's first important musical influence were the songs of birds.
i\ B -c-.- --0-

24. The techniques of science and magic are quite different, but their basic aims-to understand
--A- B C

and control nature-they are very similar.

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25. It was in a cave near Magdalena, New Mexico, when the -

oldest known ears of cultivated corn
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A B C
were discovered.
D

26. The fossil remains of much extinct mammals have been found in the tar pits at Rancho La Brea
-A- B -c-
in Los Angeles.
D

27. Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its prey.
A --B-- C D

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28. A dark nebula consists of a cloud of interstellar dust enough dense to obscure the stars
A B C

beyond it.
D

29. Commercially honey is heated and filtered in order to stabilize and clarify !!:.
A B C D

30. The various parts of the body require so different surgical skills that many surgical specialties
A B C -D-

have developed.

31. One reason birds have been so successful is because of their able to escape from danger
A B C

quickly.
D

32. The wood of the rosewood tree -

is used
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to do fine musical instruments.
B C D

33. Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.
A B C I)

34. Ballet performers must be believable actors and actresses as well as experts dancers.
A -B- --C- D

35. Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is exactly almost the same size as the Earth.
A B C D

36. P T. Barnum opened his own circus in 1871 and become the most famous showman of his
A B C

time.
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37. The way a child plays with other children reveals a lots about the child's emotional
A B C

development.
D

38. Sheep have been domesticated for over 5,000 years ago.
A B -C D

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39. Chemical compounds with barium, cobalt, and strontium are responsible to many of the vivid
-A- B C
colors in fireworks.
-D-

40. Duke University in North Carolina has an outstanding collecting of documents concerning
~ B C
Southern history.
D

THIS IS THE END OF SECTION 2.

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON SECTION 2 ONLY.

DO NOT READ OR WORK ON ANY OTHER SECTION OF THE TEST.

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