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FURTHER PRACTICE TEST 01 (July 15th, 2021)

I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1. You will hear a nutritionist talking about the production and uses of mastic, a spice that is found in the Mediterranean area. Listen to the audio and complete the sentences with A WORD or SHORT PHRASE. Mastic is collected from a tree which looks like a smaller form of the (1)……….tree.

Mastic resin will (2)………..only in the region around the Mediterranean.

Basic tools like (3)………….are employed to remove impurities from the mastic.

Crystals of mastic have been referred to as (4)…………….in literature.

The sale of mastic crystals is handled by a (5)…………..to ensure that the growers get a fair deal.

It is thought that mastic was first used as (6)…………..by ancient peoples.

When mastic is added to (7)…………….it slows down the melting process.

Flavoured drinks are made in (8)………….which have had mastic burned under them.

Some people believe that mastic can help in the treatment of health problems, especially some (9)

………..conditions.

1. Olive 2. Harden 3. Pins/simple pins 4. Tears/silver tears 5. co-operative/local co-operative/cooperative/local cooperative/local co-opco-op 6. chewing guma chewing gum 7. ice cream/ice-cream 8. Pots/clay pots 9. stomach

1. https://app.engxam.com/cpe/listening/2/ Part 3. You will hear part of a discussion between two language experts, George Steadman and Angela Conti, who are talking about how advances in communication are affecting English usage.

1. What point is made about the effect of the internet on language?

A. It is making the standard written form of language obsolete. B. It will radically alter the way grammar rules are followed. C. It may have less serious consequences than feared. D. It will bring about more changes than TV and radio have.

2. When discussing the main criticism of text messaging, George reveals

A. his concern that there is insufficient research. B. his understanding of the annoyance some people feel. C. his certainty that the criticism is totally unfounded. D. his doubt as to how widespread the criticism is. 3. What view is stated about abbreviations in texting?

A. They are mainly to be found in commercial messages. B. Some are beginning to enter official documents. C. Adults are just as much to blame for them as teenagers. D. They are not as novel as many people imagine. 4. When discussing the new genre of text-poetry, both researchers agree that

A. limiting a poem to a fixed number of letters is unhelpful.

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B. it will never match some of the traditional verse forms. C. it has potential if the writer is gifted. D. the means of delivery is effective.

5. What final conclusion do both the researchers reach about the state of English today?

A. Language development need no longer be a concern in schools. B. The negative predictions about its decline are mistaken. C. Children’s written style is improving significantly. D. The pace of change is unprecedented.

Part 3. Listen to a talk about the World’s fastest growing Megacities and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or NUMBER taken from the recording for each blank. 1)______________in Bangladesh is over 78 inches, and two-thirds of the country’s 64 districts

experience regular flooding.

- Dhaka is adding more than 2)______________a year.

- Micro-economies become even 3)______________because of floods.

- Many unskilled people find work in the 4)______________economy.

- In order to 5)______________to provide better services and solve problems like traffic congestion, the

city needs to bring these people out of the shadow economy.

- In Dhaka’s heyday, it was one of the 6)______________and 7)______________cities on the planet.

- Dhaka fell into two centuries of 8)______________that saw its status decline.

- The great migration is 9)______________the city’s infrastructure and services.

- A dozen or more national authorities, mostly run by 10)______________control Dhaka’s police,

utilities …