English Exam Practice: Reading Comprehension & Grammar
English Exam Practice: Reading Comprehension & Grammar
June 12 (A): Super-Recognizers
1. Some people never forget a face.
TRUE: “Others of us, of course, (…) recognizing faces.”
2. Often, super-recognizers (…) different hair color.
FALSE: Often super-recognizers (…) different hair color.
3. Vocabulary
a) Recalling
b) Broad
c) Encounter
d) Credible
4. Grammar
a) To have been found
b) Who / to
c) Meeting / in
d) Hadn’t been / wouldn’t have met
June 12 (B): Lab-Grown Diamonds
1. Optically, (…) a mined diamond.
FALSE: Optically, (…) a mined diamond.
2. As regards price, (…) costs about $6,000.
TRUE: As regards price, (…) costs about $6,000.
3. Vocabulary
a) Overseen
b) Lamp
c) Grader
d) Inscripted
4. Grammar
a) Hardest / on
b) Will vanish / leaving
c) Was discovered / could
d) Who / his
Model 12 (A): Make Room for the Robots
1. The scientists who (…) make beautiful music.
FALSE: “The scientists who (…) make beautiful music.”
2. His company also (…) are already in use.
FALSE: His company also (…) are already in use.
3. Vocabulary
a) Lifted
b) Abilities
c) Boring
d) Dangerous
4. Grammar
a) Easier / satisfied
b) Do / best
c) As / for
d) Are written / reading
Model 12 (B): The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
1. Known as “Spanish Flu” (…) recorded world history.
TRUE: Known as “Spanish Flu” (…) recorded world history.
2. This pattern of morbidity (…) and young children.
FALSE: This pattern of morbidity (…) and young children.
3. Vocabulary
a) Disaster
b) Fall
c) Winding down
d) Deadly
4. Grammar
a) Were killed / than
b) Had had / would have saved
c) It / after
d) Mrs. Mitchell told her daughter to wear her scarf and gloves in case it snowed.
September 12 (B): Antarctic Ski Expedition
1. The latest challenge will (…) his expedition in 1907.
TRUE: “The latest challenge will (…) his expedition in 1907.”
2. “I am frightened about (…) hard for me,” she said.
FALSE: “I am frightened about (…) hard for me,” she said.”
3. Vocabulary
a) Trek
b) Spot
c) Apprehensive
d) Consume
4. Grammar
a) Have been training
b) Which / will be led
c) Doesn’t go / will
d) Amelia said that she wasn’t sure if she was going to be able to sleep.
June 13 (A): January Sales
1. Consumers who (…) of up to 80%.
TRUE: Consumers who (…) of up to 80%.
2. Online retailers also (…) of their own.
TRUE: Online retailers also (…) of their own.
3. Vocabulary
a) Pick up
b) Continue
c) Keenest
d) Rewarded
4. Grammar
a) Better / have been reduced
b) Were / how
c) Going / since
June 2013 (B): Young da Vinci
1. His father was stern and distant with him.
TRUE: His father was stern and distant with him.
2. Piero da Vinci didn’t know what to do about his son, Leonardo.
FALSE: Piero da Vinci didn’t know what to do about his son, Leonardo.
3. Vocabulary
Managed (Ran)
Aptitude (Talent)
Acclaimed (Apprenticed)
Amazed (Stunned)
4. Grammar
a) What / had had
b) From / left
c) As / older
d) Verrocchio told Leonardo not to stop practicing until he learned how to paint.
Model 2013 (A): Earthquake Hits Britain
1. It was felt (…) London by car.
FALSE: “It was felt (…) London by car.”
2. The earthquake was felt by a lot of people, but it surprisingly caused very little structural damage to property.
FALSE: “The earthquake was felt by a lot of people, but it surprisingly caused very little structural damage to property.”
3. Vocabulary
Rare (Unusual)
Fallen (Coming off)
Amazed (Surprised)
Find out (Learn)
4. Grammar
a) Most important / one
b) Are measured / that
c) Having destroyed / by
d) I asked the girl what she had seen after the earthquake.
Model 2013 (B): Pedal Your Way to a Free Meal
1. The plan will be launched for the first time on April 19th and run for a year, the hotel says.
FALSE: “The plan will be launched for the first time on April 19th and run for a year, the hotel says.”
2. If successful, the electric bicycle meal program will be extended to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK.
TRUE: “If successful, the electric bicycle meal program will be extended to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK,” affirmed the hotel spokeswoman.”
3. Vocabulary
Decrease (Reduce)
More or less (Roughly)
Only (Just)
Because (Since)
4. Grammar
a) Are invited / produce / will be given
b) Began
c) Driving / easier / by
d) Wasting
September 2013 (A): Nomophobia – Mobile Phone Addiction
1. According to (…) mobile phone phobia.
FALSE: According to (…) mobile phone phobia.
2. The reasons that (…) bear solitude.
TRUE: The reasons that (…) bear solitude.
3. Vocabulary
Anxious (Concerned)
Attempts (Endeavors)
Inclined (Prone)
Because of (Due to)
4. Grammar
a) Who / than / better
b) That we switch off / driving
c) Has grown
d) The doctor asked me if I had ever slept with my mobile phone.
September 2013 (B): Women and Sustainability
1. What is (…) local communities.
TRUE: What is (…) local communities.
2. From all (…) in others.
TRUE: From all (…) in others.
3. Vocabulary
Give authority to (Empower)
Attracted (Drawn)
Seem (Appear)
Products (Goods)
4. Grammar
a) Often
b) Buying / greater
c) Was invented / which
d) Hadn’t obtained / wouldn’t have gotten