17 guided cloze tests for gifted students without key (14 pages) Mã A459646

PRACTICE TEST 1 I) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks. The Industrial Revolution in Britain was built on the use of machines in factories. Since the 1950s,

Britain's (36)...………………….industries have replaced machine operators with computers, and this

(37)...…………………….has led to a decline in the number of (38).……………………..in many

factories. Goods are bought and used much more than ever before but a lot of these goods are

imported. By the beginning of the 20th century, other industrial countries like the USA were (39)

……………………….with Britain's exports, and countries in the Far East have been able to provide

cheaper (40)..…………………...since the 1970s. Areas located with heavy industries are suffering

high unemployment. During the last 30 years, there has been a constant rise in smaller industries

(41)....………………....as "light industries". These ones use electricity and are not (42) ...

…………….....on raw materials such as coal so they are "footloose", i.e. they can be located

anywhere. They produce such things as washing machines or spare (43) .....……………..... Some of

these industries produce nothing at all, but provide services like distribution. The consumer boom of

the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons have led to rapid (44) ..………………………

in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing and information processing, and in industries

which distribute, maintain, and repair (45)......………………...consumer goods.

1) A) manufacturing B) big C) large D) running

2) A) replacement B) change C) exchange D) automation

3) A) employers B) employees C) labors D) servers

4) A) working B) familiar C) competing D) fed up

5) A) things B) products C) produce D) imports

6) A) considered B) regarded C) known D) worked

7) A) dependent B) reliable C) dependable D) command

8) A) details B) parts C) sections D) gadgets

9) A) growth B) increase C) expansion D) extension

10) A) everyday B) home C) household D) expensive

PRACTICE TEST 2 I) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option for each of the blanks. Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to consider this

taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you (42)

…………………. well have heard some or all of the (43) …………………………. It's the money, of

course, some say with a smile, as if explaining something to a child. Or it's the satisfaction of a task

well-done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (44)

……………………………. I worked as a bus conductor once, and I can't say I (45)

…………………………….. the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to (46)

………………………… out tickets without falling over to someone's lap. It's the company of other

people perhaps, but if that is the (47) ………………………………., what about farmers? Is it the

conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is power and sense of status