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PRACTICE TEST 19
I. Find the word that has underlined part pronounced differently
1. A. scenic B. species C. routine D. destination
2. A. entertain B. humane C. magazine D. brain
3. A. said B. laid C. lain D. paid
4. A. future B. culture C. mature D. fortunate
5. A. coughed B. laughed C. weighed D. matched
II. Find the word that stress pattern different
1. A. facilities (facility) B.confirm C. comedy D. refrigerator
2. A. photography B. preference (17) C. wilderness (16) D. outdoor .
3. A. visual B.insert C. technical D. miracle
4. A. responsibility B. submarine C. comprehend D. recommend
5. A diversity B. amphibian C. heritage D. surprise
III. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct
1. In spite of (because) A. the cold weather we kept B. the fire burning C. all day D.
2. Traditionally, the flag is risen A. in the morning B. and taken C. down at night D. raise vs rise
3. I'd rather (A-) he (B. not do (C. such things D. didn’t do
4. When we have nothing A. to do. B. time seems to go C. past D. very slowly.
5. “Would (A1) you like another drink?”B. _ “I wouldn’t speak C. no”D.
6. The monk spent so many years copying out A. manuscripts by B. candlelight that eventually C. he
irreparably damaged the D. eyes.
7. Before becoming A. famous as writer B., Nathaniel Hawthorne lived C. for some months D. in a commune.
8. Not only the inflation rate was A. rising but B. unemployment, always a j specter since the 1930s C.. was on
the increase. D.
9. There being A. no evidence B. against himself C.. Slade was released. D.
10. The next Olympics A. are in three years B., by the time C. Stevens will be 34. D.
IV. Choose the best answer
1. She is extremely competent and...........................
A. industrial B. industrious C. industry D. industrialized
2. The whole family was in...........................with her about what they should do. To be in agreement
with sb
A. agreeing B. agreeable C. agreement D. agreeably
3. When we give dolphins food they may take the easy wav out.
A. attend to avoid danger
B. choose the easy way of finding good, though it’s not the right way
C. do bad things to people who have been good to them
D. fall asleep
4. A....................is a large area of the sea that is partly surrounded by land. Coast vs shore
A. gulf B. bay C. lake D. pond
5. She had.....................her jacket because of the heat.
A. discarded B. got rid C. stopped D. dropped
6. Don’t interfere in what.....................you.
A. doesn’t relate B. doesn’t concern
C. isn’t related with D. isn’t concerned about
7.1 would like to thank my publisher, my editor and,.........:.....but not least, my husband.
A. last B. finally C. after that D. lastly
8. She.....................into tears, releasing all her pent-up emotions.
A. burst B. cried C. laughed D. broke

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9. These workers have had.....................absences from work this month.
A. repeating B. repeated C. repeatedly D. repetition .
10. One of the tigers has got.....................Warn everyone of the danger!
A. loose B. loosen C. lost D. escaped
11. “Eric is really upset about losing his job” “Well,......fired once myself, I can understand.
A. having B. to have been C. having been D. have been
12. He talked about the books and authors..................impressed him.
A. who B. that C. which D. whom
13. I didn’t get home until after midmight last night. Otherwise, I..................your call.
A. returned B. had returned C. would return D. would have returned
14. “If it is a girl, she’s going to be called Etheldreda”. “What......name to give ......girl”
A. 0... the B. a......the C. 0......a D. the......the
15.............more help, I could call my neighbor.
A. needed B. should I need C. I have needed D. I should need
16. A bull charged forwards the car.............I drove away quickly.
A. when B. where C. at which point D. at the point
17.......go after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the “sound barrier”
A. It was shortly B. was shortly C. There was shortly D. shortly
18. Up............. and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon B. did the balloon go
C. had the balloon go D. has the balloon go
19. After carrying out a large number of experiments............ (full inversion)
A. Alfred Nobel finding the formula for dynamite in 1866.
B. The formula for dynamite was found in 1866.
C. It was in 1866 that the formula for dynamite was found by Alfred Nobel.
D. Alfred Nobel found the formula for dynamite in 1866.
20. The two friends,............. met by chance on a European tour.
A. for many years they had not seen each other.
B . had not seen each other for many years. .
C. who had not seen each other for many years.
D. for many years they haven’t seen each other.
V. Complete the passage
1 The next time you are watching a film and you see one of the characters jumping out of a plane, falling
off a horse, or being blown through a window - spare a (1)_for the stunt artist. Lots of people think that stunt
artists are just “extras” who (2)play_small, unimportant parts in films and television. Nothing could be
(3)_further from the truth.
A stunt artist must (4) __combine___ the skills of an actor with the physical abilities of a first-(5) __class___
athlete. He or she must be extremely fit, and (6)____ trained in a number of activities like scuba-diving, horse
riding, martial arts or parachuting.
It is not easy to get (7)________ in a career as a stunt performer. Film and television producers look for
experience and (8)____proven____ ability, so it is unlikely that they will take on a complete newcomer.
However, because of the (9) _____nature______ of then- profession, stunt artists (10) ___tend_____ to retire
early.

This means that new performers must be employed, or there will be no one to take (11)__over____when the
present generation quits.
Even when a stunt artist becomes well-{12) _______known____. the work is not regular. It may sometimes be
necessary to travel to the other side of the world for a job which involves (13) ___long______ hours and great
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physical danger. It is not a glamorous occupation (11) ____either_____. Unlike the famous actors for (15)
___whom____they sometimes risk their lives, few stunt artists are recognised in the street by adoring fans.
1. A. coin B. sympathy C. minute D. thought
2. A. make B. act C. play . D. do
3. A. higher B. further C. nearer D. wider
4. A. combine B. consider C. consist D.. mix
5. A. gold B, class C. national D, level
6. A. deeply B. really . C. very D. highly ’
7. A. started B. opened C. begun D. originated
8. A. shown B. definite C. proven D. doubted
9. A. kind B. nature* C.. way D. type
10. A. lean B. rather C. bend D., tend
11. A. over B. in C up D. out
12. A. famous B heard C. known D. spoken
13. A. long B. large C. big D. much
11. A. too B. neither C. also D. either
15. A. who B. whom C. them D. which
2 Little girls watch and learn; little boys don’t pay attention and play around. At least, this seems to be the
1_with chimpanzees, according to new research.
Chimpanzees in the wild 2__to snack on termites, and youngsters learn to fish for them by poking long sticks
and other 3_tools into the mounds that large groups of termites build. Researchers found that 4_average female
chimps in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania learnt how to do termite fishing at the age of 31 months, more
than two years earlier than the males.
The females seem to learn by watching their mothers. Researcher Dr. Elisabeth V. Lonsdorf, director of field
conservation at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, said that it is 5___to find that, when a young male and female
are near a mound, ‘she’s really focusing on termite fishing and he’s spinning himself round 6_ circles.’ Dr.
Lansdorf and colleagues are studying chimpanzees at the zoo with a new, 7_created termite mound, filled with
mustard8_than termites. On the first day, adult females were getting at the mustard and a young female watched
carefully and began to 9_the skills. Two young males did not do as well as the females - one simply sat next to
his mother and tried to 10____some mustard from her, Dr. Lansdorf said. The behaviour of both sexes may
seem 11___to many parents, she said, adding, The sex differences we found in the chimps are 12__to some of
the findings from human child development research.’
1 A case B matter C fact D event
2 A delight B enjoy C like D fancy
3 A relative B connected C close D similar
4 A on B by C at D for
5 A ordinary B regular C typical D frequent
6 A with B in C to D through
7 A specially B particularly C singly D distinctly
8 A other B else C rather D instead
9 A pick up B find out C come to D take on
10 A rob B grasp C grip D steal
11 A acquainted B familiar C recognized D known
12 A corresponding B alike C identical D matching
VI. Read the passage carefully and complete it with ONE suitable word
1 Linguists believe that early men used many gestures to communicate (1) _one another. This, it is
thought, was man’s first form of (2)_,and the only one he had (3)_a long period of time. Even today we use
some sign language: for example, we shake our (4)_to indicate yes or no, we point and we wave.
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The first spoken words may have been early man’s attempt to (5)immitate_ the sounds made by animals. Then
he may have developed sounds of his (6) _own____ . Gradually, man may have repeated certain sounds so (7)
many_ that they became familiar and understandable to others. Once spoken language had begun, perhaps man
invented new (8)words_as he needed them to express himself verbally (9)_to name new objects. In this way we
can imagine language growing. t
(10)_using words, parents were able to teach them to their children. The children in turn probably made up new
(11)_. Each generation, therefore, in the development of language, knew more words than the generation
(12)_before it. Language is still growing and changing. Can you think (13)_of some words that you use today
(14)_ but were not used by your parents or grandparents (15)when_they were children ?
2 Around 5°/o of British households now have at least one family member who is vegetarian, 1____
which means that in the region of 3 million British people are vegetarians. About 25% of all females 2at_the
ages of 16 and 24 are vegetarian.
Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or poultry. Among the many reasons 3_ for being a vegetarian are health,
compassion for animals, and religious beliefs.
A vegetarian diet can meet 4all_known nutrient needs. The key to a healthy vegetarian diet, as with
5any/every_other diet, is to eat a wide variety of foods, including fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens,
whole-grain products, nuts, seeds and legumes. Sweets and fatty foods should 6be_limited.
Statistically, if you choose 7_this__diet, you are choosing an option which should boost your chances of living
a long and healthy life. But why? The reason 8is_that a good vegetarian diet contains more carbohydrate, more
vitamin C and more fibre 9_than_one where a high proportion of the calories come from meat.
There is documentary evidence of a Vegetarian Day 10_being held as early as 1936, but National Vegetarian
Week 11as_we know it today has its roots in the National Vegetarian Day held by the Vegetarian Socicly in
October 1991. It proved 12so_successful that they extended it to a whole week.
VII. Give the correct form of the word
1. HISTORY 1. It is usually forbidden to destroy______ buildings.
2. RETIRE 2. The old couple have saved a lot of money for their _______
3. PICTURE 3. The old fishing village is very _______
4. EMPLOY 4. _______ is a very serious problem in many countries.
5. INDUSTRY 5. The _____ area of the city is not very attractive.
6. LAND 6. The alpine _______ is very' dramatic.
7. HOME 7. Many ______ families have to live in hotels.
8. SUGGEST 8. Have you got any ?
9. ADD 9. I had to check the wages in ______ to my normal work.
10. CHILD 10. During his _______ the family lived in Cornwall.
11. CONFIDENCE 11. This matter is very_______ . Don’t discuss it outside the office.
12. POISON 12. Those berries-are ______ . Don’t eat them!
13. PRIDE 13. He was very ______ of the work he had done.
14. POPULAR 14. Recently health foods have increased in _______
15. SAVE 15. The old lady hid all her_______ under the floor.
16. HARM 16. The gas from the chemical factory was extremely _______
17. MANAGE 17. The restaurant is now under new _______
18. SATISFY 18. Your money will be refunded if the goods are not to your complete ______
19. Ants and bees are described as _______ insects.
19. INDUSTRY 20. The government has promised to deal with the problem of _______ among
.20. EMPLOY young people.
For business managers, public speaking is part of the job. A survey of 100 21
21 LEAD leading__companies found that chief executives received on average 175
22. INVITE 22_invitations _a year to speak at conferences. Some executives love public
23. LIKE speaking but some have an enormous 23__dislike__for it.
24. ADVISE There are plenty of experts giving 24advice_to them on how to interest
25. LISTEN 25listeners_. According to Carmine Gallo, author of a book on public speaking, it
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is essential to avoid giving too much information and to keep the audience’s
26. ATTEND 26attention___He points to the example of john Chambers, the chief executive of
27. TECHNICAL Cisco Systems, whose 27_techniques____involves walking off the stage and into
the audience, where he asks a question or rests a hand on a person's shoulder in the
style of a television talk-show host. Speaking without notes, he 28_ensuresthat he
28. SURE maintains constant eye contact with his audience.
And then there is the 29_legendary public speaker Herbert D Kelleher, former
29. LEGEND chief executive of Southwest Airlines. He would gather his ideas 30shortly_before
30. SHORT a speech, jotting notes on a pad. 'People would ask after he spoke, “Can I have a
31. FORTUNATE copy of the speech?",’ said Edward Stewart, senior director of public relations at
Southwest. ‘We'd say, “31unfortunately_, even Herb doesn’t have a copy”.’
VIII. Fill in correct prepositions in each gap
1............the two sisters the younger was a much better actress, always leaving the elder sister.............the shade.
2. The medicine ought to be taken.............definite hours.............a glass............. warm milk.
3. Sitting.............the draught? You’ll be catching a cold again.
4..............spite.............the early hour we found a restaurant already open and went.......................... a quick
meal.
5. His report would have been more.............the point if he hadn't gone............. details departing.............the
subject.
6. Thought he was doing his best to hide his feelings, he was obviously very much............. love.............the girl.
7. The last time we met was.............the occasion.............some family meeting- . '
8. It’s all so sudden. I can’t join the party, I’m not dressed.............the occasion.
9. She got.............the shock.............a speed I never expected.............her.
10. The factory smoke looked white.............the gray winter sky.
IX. Complete phrasal verbs
1. Can’t you hold_those reporters until I’ve finished the rehearsal?
2. He is a talented actor but his lack of ambition holds him ,_.
3. Although they tried, they couldn’t hold_their laughter.
4. Hold_a minute while I get something from my room.
5. They offered to buy her a BMW but she’s holding_a Porsche.
6. Some Japanese soldiers refused to believe the war was over and held _in the jungle for years.
7. Due to the chairman’s illness, the meeting was held_till the next week.
8. Strike action held_trains and buses all day yesterday.
9. He says he knows nothing about the missing documents but I’m sure he’s holding_me.
10. Our water supplies held_for three weeks when we were marooned in the desert.
X. Think of one word only which can match with three answers
1.
The movie is_in a small fishing port on the west coast.
They are almost sure it was arson. It seems somebody_the ware-house on fire.
If we really want to avoid being sued on the grounds of sexual harassment, we need to_some strict guidelines in
the workplace.
2.
The mayor has been reelected as he is held in_esteem among the city dwellers for his zero-tolerance policy on
crime.
It’s_time you stopped moaning and got down to work.
Is it wrong that I have_hopes for my child? I just want her to succeed.
3.
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Mike decided to_company with Jeff and set up his own firm when the differences between the two became too
big.
Family get-togethers have been an integral_of this small community’s life for decades.
4.
All right. Now, can you all stand up and __a line so that I can see you?
I would bet my money on Chris.-He’s in top_and very likely to win the contest.
Once you’ve completed your entry ___, send it to us with an addressed envelope.
5.
I’m knackered. I didn’t_a wink. My neighbour must have had a party or something.
The dog has been with the family for 15 years, but now old and crippled with diseases it had to be put to_.
Listen. It’s a fair deal, but I don’t want to be hasty. I’ll_on it and let you know in the morning.
XI. Writing
a) Would you mind not smoking in here ?
I'd rather .......-........................................................-................—
b) No matter how hard I tried 1 couldn't open the door.
Try ...............................................................................................................
c) The critics were very impressed by her performance.
Her performance made..................................................................................
d) When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problems?
It's high time something................................................................................
e) 1 didn't realise who he was until later.
Only later .....................................................................................................
f) The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
There has .....................................................................................................
g) It won't make any difference if it rains because we'll still go.
Well still go...................................................................................................
h) We left quietly, so that we wouldn't disturb the children.
So as .....................................yi....................................................................
i) I would do anything for you.
There's..........................................................................................................
j) Given fair warning, I could have avoided that date.
If you had told me ........................................................................................
a) We could just discern the buildings through the fog. (MAKE)

b) It is my strong belief that John was responsible. (SUSPECT)

c) He has a good relationship with ail his students. (GETS)

d) His rude behaviour is too much for me. (PUT)

e) The meeting was well attended. (TURNED)

f) It was obvious that the old house was past its prime. (DAYS)

g) As a boy, he was a regular churchgoer. (USED)

h| How likely is it she will pass the exam ? (CHANCES)

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i) The film didn't come up to my expectations. (SHORT)

j) I can't stand that dreadful noise any longer. (ENOUGH)

Fill in suitable words or phrases

A Write in each of the following sentences the correct phrase made from GO.
a) He never........................................on his word.
b} The bomb................................killing two soldiers.
c) Please.......................................with your story. I won't interrupt you again.
d| They never........................................anywhere in the evenings.
e] ....................................... 11 never want to see you again.
B Write in each of the following sentences the correct phrase made from BRING.
a) You can.................................... that point later on in the meeting-
b) She fainted and a nurse tried.........................................
c) You can borrow the car but make sure you..................................... in one piece!
d) Well! Don't leave him standing on the doorstep..........................................
e) Getting that overseas contract was not easy but we managed
C Write in each of the following sentences the correct phrase made from TIME.
a) We arrived at the station just........................................ to catch the train
b) He has been told .................................that he must behave himself in class.
c) There have been ........................................when I wondered whether I had chosen the right career.
d) We'll ignore the incident...................................but make sure that it doesn't happen again -
e) ........................................there lived a king who had five sons.
D Write in each of the following sentences the correct phrase made from OUT OF.
a) The brakes failed and the car sped down the hill completely ...........................
b| He lost his job last year and has been...........................................ever since.
c) You know the old saying"............................................out of mind".
d) An increase in salary is absolutely.........................................at the moment, Mr Thomas
e) You can't use that telephone. It's been ..................................for over a week.
E Write in each of the following sentences the correct from of MAKE or DO.
a) We 11 have to......................................................without coffee this morning. The res none ieft in the
cupboard.
b) I can't......................................................out what it says on this signpost.
c) It's high time they......................................................away with these old- fashioned laws.
d) He has more than........................................................up for all the damage he did.
e) .........................................................up your coat. It's cold outside.
XII. Reading
You are going to read an article about maps showing the homes of film stars. Seven sentences have been
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use.
Ever since the 1910s, when film-makers like Cecil B. DeMille first set up shop in Hollywood, mapmakers, the
explorers of the city’s social terrain, have been compiling that only-in-Los Angeles fixture, maps showing the
locations of the fabulous homes of the stars. Collectively, they form an unofficial version of the Oscars,
reflecting who’s in and who’s out in the film world. ‘Each one looks different,’ says Linda Welton, whose
grandfather and mother pioneered these maps.
1_Former icons vanish from them, new ones appear on them, and some of the truly greats are permanent
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In 1933, noticing the steady stream of tourists drifting westward to follow the stars from Hollywood to Beverly
Hills, the nearby district where most of the stars went to live, Ms Welton’s grandfather. Wesley G Lake,
obtained a copyright for his Guide to Starland Estates and Mansions. 2_For 40 years Ms Welton’s mother,
Vivienne E Welton, sold maps just down the road from Gary Cooper’s place at 200 Baroda*. The asterisk
indicates that it was the actor's final home, as opposed to a plus sign (denoting a former home) or a zero (for no
view from the street).
‘My grandfather asked Mom to talk to the gardeners to find out where the stars lived,' Ms Welton recalls. ‘She'd
say: “Oh, this is a beautiful garden. Who lives here?" Who would suspect a little girl?’ Ms Welton and her crew
now sell about 10,000 maps a year from a folding chair parked curbside six days a week.
3_
The evolution of the maps mirrors both the Hollywood publicity machine and real estate and tourism
development. 4_The first celebrity home, according to Marc Wanamaker, a historian and a founder of the
Westwood and Beverly Hills Historical Societies, belonged to the artist Paul de Longpre. He had a luxuriously-
landscaped house at Cahuenga Avenue and Hollywood and real estate agents would take prospective clients
past it on tours.
Although it is not known for certain who published the first map, by the mid-1920s all sorts of people were
producing them. 5__
One of the most famous of the early maps was produced to show the location of Pickfair, the sprawling home of
the newly married stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and the homes of some of their star friends.
During World War I, they opened their home to serve refreshments to soldiers. As Vivienne Welton once
explained in an interview with Mercator’s World, a map and cartography magazine, 'She urged a few friends to
do the same.
6__*
For over 40 years, people have marched toward the corner of Sunset and Baroda with hand-painted yellow
signs saying: ‘Star Maps, 2 blocks’, ‘Star Maps, 1 block’, ‘Star Maps here’. The maps reflect the shifting
geography of stardom as celebrities, seeking escape from over-enthusiastic fans, some with ill intentions, have
moved out to Pacific Palisades or the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. 7__Legendary stars - Garbo, Monroe,
Chaplin - remain on them. Others, however, hang on for about a decade and then vanish.
A As they do so, they give advice to the tourists on star safaris through the lime green landscape of Beverly
Hills.
B Studios like Paramount published the names and addresses of its stars on theirs, and businesses distributed
them as a promotional gimmick.
C Others, however, say that the star maps are still an essential part of Hollywood and the film world.
D More profoundly, perhaps, the maps suggest the temporary nature of fame.
E Early film stars like Lillian Gish lived in modest, somewhat grubby rooming houses, taking street cars to and
from the studio.
F Updated regularly, they are still for sale at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Baroda Drive.
G And so a map was needed.
H It is the oldest continuously published star map and one of a half-dozen or so maps of varying degrees of
accuracy and spelling correctness sold today.
You are going to read a magazine article about baseball. Choose from the sections of the article (A-F). The
sections may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any
order.
In which section of the article are the following mentioned?
a game that may or may not have been baseball
the reason why a false story about the history of baseball was made public
a past belief that it was not worth keeping records on matters such as baseball
the importance of baseball in people’s lives
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the discovery of a document indicating that baseball existed even earlier
than had previously been thought
uncertainty as to what future investigations of the origins of baseball will focus on
a belief that the true origin of baseball might never be firmly established
a generally accepted belief about the origin of baseball that was shown to be false
a belief that baseball developed gradually rather than having a single starting point
a contrast between what is known about baseball and what is known about
well-known people in US history
the enormous importance of facts and records in baseball
the identification of an individual who was claimed to be the inventor of baseball
A Textbooks once stated with complete certainty that baseball was invented in Cooperstown, New | York, in
1839, and provided as proof ! the picture of a dusty, ripped ball pulled from an attic trunk. It turned out to be a
hoax. The next official version put the origin in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1846. That story stood until 2001,
when a librarian found two 1823 newspaper references to baseball games in Lower Manhattan. Then, in May
2004, a clerk walked out of a library vault in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, waving a faded ordinance from 1791
that banned the playing of baseball within 72 meters of the big church in the town square. Which raises the
question: How come history can say what John Adams, America's second president, had for lunch on January
24, 1776 (wild goose), but baseball cannot pinpoint its origins to within hundreds of years or thousands of
kilometers?
B For baseball, there is no agreement on which century the first game was played. It could have been the 18th
century; it could have been the 13th ccntury. There is some record of each. There is no agreement on which
continent baseball was invented in. Was it North America, Europe or Africa? There is evidence for all three.
'With a sport like baseball, which so cares about statistics and its past,' the historian Doris Kearnes Goodwin
said, 'you would think that this major detail of the past would be the crown jewel to find. Baseball, after all, is
the ultimate sport of figures and dates. The origin of the game is the fabulous treasure.’
C 'People ask: when was the first baseball game?' said John Thorn, the baseball historian who uncovered the ;
existence of the Pittsfield ordinance during a middle-of-the-night Internet search. 'It may be an unanswerable
question. That's what makes it eternally fascinating.' Tom Shieber, the curator of new media at the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said: 'We know there were ball-games going back many
centuries. There is a reference to the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock playing ball. But was it baseball as we know
it? And what is that?' Ted Spencer, the. Hall of Fame's longtime curator, added another perspective. 'Did you
know the Pittsfield ordinance also bans another bunch of sports, including football?' Mr Spencer said. 'Did you
know nobody cares? But they care that it mentioned baseball.
I got calls from reporters all over the country. That's because baseball has a spiritual hold on the American
public.'
DThe most commonly-accepted theory is that baseball has no specific starting date or place of invention.
The game, they say, evolved over time. Still, it does raise some fundamental questions: Why has baseball's
earliest history been so undiscovered? Why is it that the small details of the lives of celebrated American
pioneers are so public but until recently little was done to trace baseball before 1823? 'Because the daily lives of
prominent leaders in the American colonies were considered important and someone wrote the details down,'
said Mr Shieber. 'But the games were child's play and often regarded as a wasteful use of time. They weren’t
documented in the same way.'
E Placing the origin of baseball in Cooperstown in 1839 was the work of a turn-of-the-century commission
empowered by A.G. Spalding, the sports goods businessman, who influenced the findings to ensure the sport
had, in his words at the time, 'an American dad'. That became Doubleday, an officer during
the American Civil War, who was supposed to have laid out the first baseball field in Cooperstown. In the latter
half of the 20th century, this tale was totally discredited. Baseball researchers now focus their energy on
disproving other myths, like the long-held belief that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders.
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F At the Hall of Fame, Mr. Spencer pointed to a reproduction hanging on a wall. It is a drawing from Spain in
1251 of people playing a game. ‘There's a bat and there's a ball,' he said, looking at the drawing. 'It looks like
two guys playing baseball to me.' Not far away is another reproduction of an Egyptian wall inscription:
pharaohs perhaps engaged in another ball game. 'I guess the searching could go in any direction,' Ms. Goodwin
said, 'though it’s hard to imagine John Adams playing baseball. But you never know' On page 31 of David
McCullough’s biography John Adams, Adams describes in his diary his idyllic boyhood activities: 'making and
sailing boats' and 'swimming, skating, flying kites and shooting marbles, bat and ball.' John Adams was born in
1735.
Match the suitable answer (A-D) with each questions
The oldest living things on Earth are trees. Some of California's sequoias have for four thousand years
looked down on the changes in the landscape and the comings and goings of humans. They sprouted from tiny
seeds about the time the Egyptian pyramids were being built. Today these giant patriarchs seem as remote and
inaccessible as the rocks and mountain cliffs on which they grow, like cathedral columns holding up the sky. It
is hard to imagine them playing any part in the lives of mere humans or being in any way affected by the
creatures that pass at their feet.
Lesser trees, however, have played an intimate role in the lives of people since they first appeared on
Earth. Trees fed the fires that warmed humans: they provided shelter, food and medicine and even clothing.
They also shaped people's spiritual horizons. Trees expressed the grandeur and mystery of life, as they moved
through the cycle of seasons, from life to death and back to life again. Trees were the largest living things
around humans and they knew that some trees had been standing on the same spot in their parent's and
grandparents' time, and would continue to stand long after they were gone. No wonder these trees became
symbols of strength, fruitfulness, and everlasting life.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
(A) Trees grow to great heights.
(B) Trees have been important to people throughout history.
(C) Trees make humans seem superior
(D) Trees that grow in California are very old.
2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way in which people have used trees?
(A) For furniture (B) For fuel (C) For housing (D) For nourishment
3. the phrase "giant patriarchs" could best be replaced by which of the following?
(A) tiny seeds (B) important leaders
(C) towering trees (D) Egyptian pyramids
4. the word "they" refers to which of the following?
(A) Trees (B) Grandeur and mystery
(C) Seasons (D) People's spiritual horizons
5. The author implies that, compared with sequoias, other trees have
(A) been in existence longer (B) adapted more readily to their environments
(C) been affected more by animals (D) had a closer relationship with people
6. Where in the passage does the author make a comparison between trees and parts of a building?
(A) Line 1 (B) Lines 4-5 (C) Lines 9-11 (D) Lines 12-14
Martha Graham's territory of innumerable dances and a self-sufficient dance technique is a vast but
closed territory, since to create an art out of one's experience alone ~ ultimately ~ self-limiting act. If there had
been other choreographers with Graham's gifts and her stature, her work might have seemed a more balanced
part of the story of American dance. but as she built her repertory, her own language seemed to shut out all
other kinds. Even when an audience thinks it discerns traces of influence from other dance styles, the totality of
Graham's theatrical idiom, its control of costumes. lights. and every impulse of the dance makes the reference
seem a mirage. Dance is not her main subject. It is only her servant.

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Graham had achieved her autonomy by 1931. By that time.three giant figures who had invented the new
twentieth-century dance were dead: Sergei Diaghilev, Anna Pavlova, and Isadora Duncan. Their era ended with
them, and their dance values nearly disappeared. Their colleagues Michel Fokine and Ruth St. Denis lived on in
America like whales on the beach. During the twenties, Martha Graham and her colleagues had rescued art-
dance from vaudeville and movies and musical comedy and all the resonances of the idyllic mode in the United
States, but in so doing they closed the channels through which different kinds of dance could speak to one
another-and these' stayed closed for half a century. Modem dance dedicated itself to deep significance. It gave
up lightness it gave up a wealth of exotic color, it gave up a certain kind of theatrical wit and that age-old
mobile exchange between a dancer and the dancer's rhythmical and musical material. No material in modem
dance was neutral. The core of the art became an obsession with meaning and allegory as expressed in bodies.
Modern dance excluded its own theatrical traditions of casual play, gratuitous liveliness, the spontaneous
pretense, and the rainbow of genres that had formed it. But all these things survived in the public domain,
where they had always lived, and they have continued to surface in American dance, if only by accident.
1. What is the main purpose of the passage?
(A) To discuss Martha Graham's influences on modem dance
(B) To trace the origins of different dance techniques
(C) To argue the role of modem dance as an artistic form of expression
(D) To compare several famous women choreographers of the twentieth century
2. According to the passage, which of the following most influenced Martha Graham's dances and techniques?
(A) Her own experiences (B) Exotic and idyllic themes
(C) Familiar classical stories (D) The works of St. Denis and Duncan
3. It can be inferred from the passage that Martha Graham had become famous by
(A) the beginning of the nineteenth century (B) the end of the nineteenth century
(C) the early 1920's (D) the early 1930's
4. the author uses the phrase "like whales on the beach" to indicate that Fokine and St. Denis were
(A) good swimmers (B) physically large
(C) out of place (D) very sick
5. In lines 13-16, what criticism does the author make of Martha Graham and her colleagues?
(A) They patterned much of their choreographic style after vaudeville.
(B) They insisted that all dancers learn the same foreign choreographic style.
(C) They adopted the same dance values of the previous era without interjecting any new ideas.
(D) They prevented modern dance from expanding beyond their personal interpretations.

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