READING FULL MOCK TEST

Part 1

Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is
somewhere in the rest of the text.

We (1)____________ in one or more languages. First language, also known as

mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns (2)____________.
However, one can have two or more native languages thus being a native bilingual
or indeed multilingual. The order in which these languages are learned is not
necessarily the order of proficiency. Incomplete first (3)________________ child
skills often make learning other languages difficult. Often a child (4)__________
basics of his or her first language or languages from his or her family. The term
mother tongue, however, should not be interpreted to mean that it is the language
of one's (5)_______________. For instance, in some paternal societies, the wife
moves in with the husband and thus may have a different first language or dialect
than the local language of the husband. Yet their children usually only speak their
(6) ______________language.

Part 2

You want to see some live entertainment. There are descriptions of eight
festival performances. Decide which one is the most suitable for you.

A) You enjoy plays about real people who led interesting lives.

You B) You want to listen to as much music from the past as possible, and
particularly like listening to people singing.

C) You are planning to start a drama club for the children at your school. You
would like to see some children acting if possible.

D) You are interested in comedies and winning prizes by participating in various

shows.

E) You want to go out for the whole day with your friends. They all enjoy listening
to pop music. from the past in natural environment.

F) You love listening to music

G) You want to go to the concert alone.

H) You love traditional dances and watching them in open air.

I) You would like to buy a ticket for the show online.

J) He would like to see people performing dances from as many other world as
possible to give him some new ideas.

7. International Youth Celebrations

Local youth groups, together with students from various countries including Spain,
Finland, Austria and Estonia, are each performing of three dance pieces. Then they
will join together in a play about three international friendship. The evening will
finish with the singing of songs countries.

8. River Festival

A day of fun on the river bank, with a Chinese theme. Street entertain- ers and pop
musicians perform during the day, followed by fireworks in the evening.
Something for everybody to watch, both children and adults

9. Songs of Summer

The Hunton Consort consists of eight voices singing music from hundreds of years
ago right up to modern times. The group will perform songs, old and new, all of
which are about the summer.

10. Music in the Open Air

Well-known nationally for their traditional dance music, Jimmy Locke and his
band play throughout the day in the open air on the Promenade Bandstand - if the
weather allows!

11. Life Flows Between Us

Kent Arts and Libraries present the first performance of a new dance group called
the Street Dancing Company. The group will perform dances from the past on
several of the bridges in the town.

12. A Star May Be Born

Toni Arthur produces plays with seven- to eleven-year-olds, performed at the

13. Vita and Harold

The Image Theatre Company dramatizes the love-letters of Vita Sackville-West

and Harold Nicholson. The play is marriage. Unsuitable for children.
A great evening with the latest pop songs, and comedy and dancing from several

Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below. There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all
of them. You cannot use any heading more than once.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

A) Difficult start

B) A visit to the zoo

C) Perfect for a quiet holiday

D) Perfect for an active holiday

E) Bad for animals

F) Land of nature wonders

G) New perspectives

H) New rules to follow.

15. The mountains of Scotland (we call them the Highlands) are a wild and
beautiful part of Europe. A golden eagle flies over the mountains. A deer walks
through the silence of the forest. Salmon and trout swim in the clean, pure water of
the rivers. Some say that not only fish swim in the deep water of Loch Ness. Speak
to the people living by and some have photographs. has a story of the monster,

16.Tresco is a beautiful island with no cars, crowds or noise - just flowers, birds,
long sandy beaches and the Tresco Abbey Garden. John and Wendy Pyatt welcome
you to the Island Hotel, famous for delicious food, comfort and brilliant service.
You will appreciate superb accommodation, free saunas and the indoor swimming
pool.

17. The Camel and Wildlife Safari is a unique mixture of the traditional and
modern. Kenya's countryside suits the Safari purposes exceptionally well. Tourists
will have a chance to explore the bush country near Samburu, to travel on a camel
back or to sleep out under the stars. Modern safari vehicles are always available for
those who prefer comfort.

18. Arrival can be the hardest part of a trip. It is late, you are road-weary, and
everything is new and strange. You need an affordable place to sleep, something to
eat and drink, and probably a way to get around. But in general, it's a wonderful
trip, full of wonderful and unusual places. Whether it is the first stop on a trip or
the fifth city visited, every traveller feels a little overwhelmed stepping onto a new
street in a new city.

19. No zoo has enough money to provide basic habitats or environments for all the
species they keep. Most animals are put in a totally artificial environment, isolated
from everything they would meet in their natural habitat. Many will agree that this
isolation is harmful to the most of zoo inhabitants, it cruelty Tep it can evla amount
to

20. A new London Zoo Project is a ten-year project to secure the future for the Zoo
and for many endangered animals. The plan has been devised by both animal and
business experts to provide world-leading accommodation for all our animals, to
more fully engage and inform people about conservation issues, to redesign certain
aspects of Zoo layout. profect

Part 4

Read the following text for questions 21-29.

I arrived at the cloud forest in Ecuador ten days ago. I was one of a group of twelve
volunteers that wanted to save the rainforest. My reasons for going on this trip
were twofold: firstly, I wanted to collect and bring back alive some of the
fascinating animals, birds and reptiles that inhabit this region; secondly, I had long
cherished a dream to see South America: not the inhabited South America with its
macadam roads, its cocktail bars, its express trains roaring through a landscape
denuded of its flora and fauna by the beneficial influences of civilization. I wanted
to see one of those few remaining parts of the continent that had escaped this fate
and remained more or less as it was when America was first discovered wanted to
see its rainforests, its vast lands of untouched, pure, natural wildlife. We were
working together with local people and scientists and we were learning and seeing
new things every day. Our lodge was comfortable, had breathtaking views and was
in the middle of the rainforest. It was a two-hour walk from the nearest road, and it
was even further to the nearest village.

The rainforest is truly an astonishing place. There are thousands of species of

plants here and more than 700 species of birds. There are millions of insects and
scientists think there may be around forty mammal species that haven't even been
discovered. But what I was really amazed at how everything depends on
everything else for survival.

Every tree in the rainforest is covered in a species of another kind. The black wasp
uses the tarantula as a nest for its eggs, plants need monkeys for seed dispersal, and
the clouds are necessary for the survival of the whole rainforest. This is because
they provide moisture. The problem is, climate change is causing the clouds to rise
by 1-2 meters every year. What will happen to the plants that need this moisture?
What will happen to the animals that need those plants?

Our job was to watch this changing ecosystem. One of my favourite projects was
the bird survey. Every day a group of us set out at around five o'clock with a local
scientist. At this time of the morning the air was filled with the sound of bird song..
We had to identify the birds we hear and see and write down our findings. Later,
we entered all our information into a computer at the lodge.

We also set up cameras to record pumas, spectacled bears and other large
mammals. It was always exciting to see pumas because it meant there were other
animals around that they would normally hunt. We fixed the cameras to trees
around the reserve, and every day a team of volunteers collected the cameras
memory cards.

There was a lot to do in the rainforest, but at least I felt like we were making a
difference. However, soon I started collecting some animals and insects. I realized
that as soon as the hunting got under way and the collection in- creased, most of
my time would be taken up in looking after the animals, and I should not be able to
wander far from camp. So I was eager to get into the forest while I had the chance.
Nevertheless, I should mention the fact that without the help of the natives you
would stand little chance of catching the animals you want, for they know the
forest, having been born in it. Once the animal is caught, however, it is your job to
keep it alive and well. If you left this part of it to the natives you would get
precious little back alive.

For questions 21-24, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

21. According to the narrator scientists believe that

A) plants in the rainforest do not need so much water.

B) it's impossible to control the animals and birds in the forest.

C) they should study animals without catching them.

D) there is a number of unknown types of animals in the rainforest. rainfo

22. What type of work did the volunteers have to dr Jee

A) Study the birds' singing.

B) Search for pumas and bears.

C) Observe the changes in the wildlife.

D) List the types of plants in in the rainforest.

23. Why did the narrator go to the forest any time he had a chance to?

A) He liked hunting with local people.

B) He didn't have a chance to do any other work.

C) He wouldn't have enough time for that later.

D) He had to feed animals that he had caught.

24. According to the narrator he worked with local people because they

A) protected the animals.

B) were familiar with the place.

C) saved his life.

D) knew animals better.

For questions 25-29, decide if the following statements agree with given in the
text. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

25. The only reason for traveling to Ecuador was to contribute to endangered
animals. the protection of

A) True

B) False

C) No Information

26. There were more areas influenced by civilization than untouched ones in South
America.

A) True

B) False

C) No Information
27. It took almost two hours for reaching to the nearest countryside from the center
of the rainforest.

A) True

B) False

C) No Information

28. There is an astonishing relationship between flora and fauna for their survival.

A) True

B) False

C) No Information

29. Scientists used the sound of birds for observing different mammals.

A) True

B) False

C) No Information

Part 5

Read the following text for questions 30-35.

A Good Night's Sleep

Air pollution might be linked to poor sleep, say researchers looking into the impact
of toxic air on our slumbers. The study explored the proportion of time participants
spent asleep in bed at night compared with being awake a measure known as sleep
efficiency. The results reveal that greater expo- sure to nitrogen dioxide and small
particulates known as PM 2.5s are linked with a greater chance of having low sleep
efficiency. That, researchers say, could be down to the impact of air pollution on
the body.

'Your nose, your sinuses and the back of your throat can all be irritated by those
pollutants so that can cause some sleep disruption,' said Martha Billings, assistant
professor of medicine at the University of Washington and co-author of the
research. The study drew on air pollution data captured for nitrogen dioxide and
PM2.5 levels over a five-year period in six US cities, including data captured near
the homes of the 1,863 participants. The data was then used to provide estimates of
pollution levels in the home. From the results, the team grouped the participants
according to their sleep efficiency, finding that the top quarter of the participants
had a sleep efficiency of about 93% or higher, while the bottom quarter had a sleep
efficiency of 88% or less. The team then took all of the participants and split them
into four groups based on their exposure to air pollution. After taking into account
a host of factors including age, smoking status and conditions such as obstructive
sleep apnea, the team found that those who were ex- posed to the highest levels of
air pollution over five years were more likely to be in the bottom group for sleep
efficiency than those exposed to the lowest levels.

More specifically, high levels of nitrogen dioxide increased the odds of having low
sleep efficiency by almost 60%, while high levels of PM2.5s in- creased the odds
by almost 50%. Higher levels of pollution were also linked to greater periods of
time spent awake after going to sleep. However, it is not clear whether the
pollution itself was affecting the participants' sleep of whether the poorer sleep
quality might be down to other factors linked to pollution, such as the noise
generated by traffic. In addition, data from one week's sleep might not reflect an
individual's typical sleep pattern.

Scott Weichenthal, an epidemiologist from McGill University in Canada, who was

not involved in the study, said the research did not prove that air pollution caused
poor sleep, but he added that 'There is certainly increasing evidence that air
pollution affects our body in ways that we didn't appreciate before.' Roy Harrison,
professor of environmental health at the University of Birmingham, said a link
between pollution and sleep was not unexpected. 'Previous research has shown
associations between nitrogen dioxide exposures and effects upon various
physiological and biochemical functions in the body, as well as hospital
admissions and mortality, he said. 'It should therefore come as no surprise that
such exposures also affect sleep patterns." For questions 30-33, fill in the missing
information in the numbered spaces.

Write no more than ONE WORD and/or A NUMBER for each question.

The researchers found that there are 2 essential reasons for low sleep efficiency
such as taking more nitrogen dioxide as well as tiny (30)_________ during the day.
The levels of air pollution were measured during a half-decade in the houses of (31)
_____________research subjects. The participants of the research were then
divided into several groups depending on the rate of their (32)_______________ to
air pollution. Harrison states that it is not actually (33)____________ to observe
the relationship between pollution and Cefficienco

For questions 34-35, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

34. Why does the writer explain how the participants Ceparated the into different
groups?
A) To show that it made the research easier to to cont

B) To illustrate how the research was more balanced

C) To explain how the researchers wanted to compare the effects of different

parameters.

D) To show the research was easy to explain.

35. The writer quotes the opinion of other scientists not involved in the study to...

A) show that some experts feel the data did not prove a causal relationship between
sleep efficiency and pollution.

B) demonstrate the research was poorly done.

C) explain the size of the group was inadequate.

D) state the study should be repeated.

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