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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

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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 says those (48) ………………………….. have either attained these elusive goals, or feel

aggrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership qualities. Or we can blame it all on

someone else, the family or the taxman, I suspect, and I say this under my breath, that most of us

work rather as Mr. Micawber lived, hoping for something to (49) …………………………… up. We'll win the

pools, and tell the boss what we really think. We'll scrape together the (50) ……………………….. and open

that little shop we have always dreamed of, or go round the world, or spend more time in the

garden. One day, we'll get that (51) …………………….. we deserve, but until then at least we have

something to do. And we are so busy doing it that we won't have time to wonder why.

1) A) might B) can C) will D) should 2) A) below B) rest C) following D) latter 3) A) deal B) position C) job D) engagement 4) A) enjoyed B) wished C) hoped D) felt 5) A) make B) turn C) …