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MOCK TEST 5
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
from 1 to 10.
Mobile phones (1)__________ microwave radio emissions. Researchers are
questioning whether exposure to these radio waves might (2)__________ to brain
cancer.
So far, the data are not conclusive. The scientific evidence does not
(3)__________ us to say with certainly that mobile phones are categorically (4)__________.
On the other hand, current research has not yet (5)__________ clear adverse effect
associated with the prolonged use of mobile phones.
Numerous studies are now going (6)__________ in various countries. Some of
the results are contradictory but others have shown an association between mobile
phone use and cancer. (7)__________, these studies are preliminary and the issue needs
further, long-term investigation. (8)__________ the scientific data is more definite, it is
prudent for people to try not to use mobile phone for long (9)__________ of time.
Don't think that hands free phones are any safer either. At the moment, research is in
fact showing the (10)__________ and they may be just as dangerous. It is also thought
that young people whose bodies are still growing may be at particular risk.
Question 1. A. emit B. send C. give D. charge
Question 2. A. cause B. bring C. produce D. lead
Question 3. A. enable B. make C. able D. let
Question 4. A. safe B. risky C. unhealthy D. secure
Question 5. A. proved B. demonstrated C. caused D. produced
Question 6. A. by B. on C. through D. about
Question 7. A. Though B. Additionally C. However D. While
Question 8. A. Provide B. As C. When D. Until
Question 9. A. amounts B. quantities C. periods D. intervals
Question 10. A. fact B. opposite C. way D. truth

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined

part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 11. One of the first and (A) ultimately the most important (B) purposeful
of a reservoir was (C) to control (D) flooding.
Question 12. Before (A) the 1920s, (B) no women (C) have voted in national (D)
elections in the U.S.
Question 13. (A) As every (B) other nation, the United States (C) used to define its
unit of currency, the dollar, (D) in term of the gold standard.
Question 14. The longest (A) mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Range, is (B) not
hardly visible because (C) most of it lies (D) under the ocean.
Question 15. (A) The books (B) for my engineering (C) course are more expensive
(D) than my other courses.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 25.
Just two months after the flight of Apollo 10, the Apollo 11 astronauts made
their historic landing on the surface of the Moon. This momentous trip for humanity
also provided scientists with an abundance of material for study; from rock and soil
samples brought back from the Moon, scientists have been able to determine much
about the composition of the Moon (as well as to draw) inferences about the
development of the Moon from its composition.
The Moon soil that came back on Apollo 11 contains small bits of rock and
glass which were probably ground from larger rocks when meteors impacted with
the surface of the Moon. The bits of glass are spherical in shape and constitute
approximately half of the Moon soil. Scientists found no trace of animal or plant life
in this soil.
In addition to the Moon soil, astronauts gathered two basic types of rocks
from the surface of the Moon: Basalt and breccia. Basalt is a cooled and hardened
volcanic lava common to the Earth. Since basalt is formed under extremely high
temperatures, the presence of this type of rock is an indication that the temperature
of the Moon was once extremely hot. Breccia, the other kind of rock brought back by
the astronauts, was formed during the impact of falling objects on the surface of the
Moon. This second type of rock consists of small pieces of rock compressed together
by the force of impact. Gases such as hydrogen and helium were found in some of
the rocks, and scientists believe that these gases were carried to the Moon by the
solar wind, the streams of gases that are constantly emitted by the Sun.
From BREAK DOWN! Soal-Soal TOEFL by Eka Rahmat Fauzy, Fauzi Yudiashari and Lidya Cristina
Question 16. The paragraph preceding the passage most likely discusses __________.
A. astronaut training
B. the inception of the Apollo space program
C. a different space trip
D. previous Moon landings
Question 17. What is the subject of this passage?
A. The Apollo astronauts C. What the Moon is made of
B. Soil on the Moon D. Basalt and breccia
Question 18. According to the passage, what does Moon soil consist of?
A. Hydrogen and helium C. Tiny pieces of stones and glass
B. Large chunks of volcanic lava D. Streams of gases
Question 19. Which of the following was NOT brought back to the Earth by the
astronauts?
A. Basalt B. Soil C. Breccia D. Plant life
Question 20. According to the passage, breccia was formed __________.
A. when objects struck the Moon
B. from volcanic lava
C. when streams of gases hit the surface of the Moon
D. from the interaction of helium and hydrogen
Question 21. It is implied in the passage that scientists believe that the gases found
in the Moon rocks __________.
A. caused the Moons temperature to rise
B. were created inside the rocks
C. travelled from the Moon to the Sun
D. were not originally from the Moon
Question 22. The word emitted is closest in meaning to __________.
A. vaporized B. sent out C. set off D. separated
Question 23. The authors purpose in this passage is to __________.
A. demonstrate the difference between basalt and breccia
B. describe some rock and soil samples
C. propose a new theory about the creation of the Moon
D. explain some of the things learned from space flights
Question 24. It can be interred from the passage that __________.
A. scientists do not believe that it is necessary to return to the Moon
B. scientists learned relatively little from the Moon rock and soil samples
C. rock and soil samples were only some of a myriad of significant items from the
Moon
D. the only items of importance that astronauts brought back from the Moon
were rock and soil samples
Question 25. Which of the following would serve as the best title of the passage?
A. Apollo 11 C. Rock on the Moon
B. Things from the space flights D. Astronauts

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
Question 26. A. radius B. happen C. add D. calculate
Question 27. A. achieve B. chorus C. school D. chemistry
Question 28. A. missed B. worked C. realised D. watched
Question 29. A. coin B. culture C. camel D. century
Question 30. A. pure B. durable C. cure D. pursue

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
to each of the following questions.
Question 31. I was under __________ that you two had already met.
A. the impression B. the idea C. notice D. pressure
Question 32. Are you sure you can do it on __________?
A. yours B. yourself C. yourselves D. your own
Question 33. Is dinner ready? No, my mother is __________ it ready now.
A. preparing B. cooking C. getting D. doing
Question 34. Can you help me sort __________ these clothes into different sizes?
A. between B. out C. with D. for
Question 35. I just cant __________ that noise any longer!
A. sit out B. stand in for C. stand up for D. put up with
Question 36. You must __________ these instructions very carefully.
A. carry out B. bring out C. carry on D. get up to
Question 37. I dont think we can __________ him to change his mind.
A. insist B. make C. persuade D. suggest
Question 38. She __________ to tell them where the money was hidden.
A. objected B. rejected C. refused D. disagreed
Question 39. The company was so successful during the 1990s that it __________ 500
new employees in a period of six months.
A. caught on B. took on C. put on D. laid on
Question 40. Oh, Im really sorry! __________
A. Thats all right. B. Its my pleasure. C. Yes, why? D. Thanks.
Question 41. It says $5.60 on the label, but youve __________ me at $6.50.
A. reduced B. deducted C. taken D. charged
Question 42. We are supposed to attend __________ on Brain Electronics tomorrow.
A. a lecture B. a discussion C. a meeting D. a conference
Question 43. According to a recent survey, most people are on good __________ with
their neighbours.
A. terms B. relations C. relationships D. acquaintance
Question 44. __________ be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.
A. Hydroelectric power should C. Hydroelectric power
B. When hydroelectric power D. Should hydroelectric power
Question 45. She acted as if she __________ a clown before.
A. has never seen B. not saw C. wouldnt see D. had never seen
Question 46. Ill tell John to call you __________ him tomorrow.
A. as I see B. if I see C. if Ill see D. when I saw
Question 47. Its about time __________ care of yourself.
A. you taking B. you take C. you took D. to taking
Question 48. Potential dehydration is __________ that a land animals faces.
A. often the greatest hazard C. the greatest often hazard
B. the often greatest hazard D. often the hazard greatest
Question 49. The computer has dramatically affected __________ photographic lenses
are constructed.
A. is the way B. the way C. which way do D. that the way
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 50 to 59.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think
of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is
primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far
as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been
talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech,
although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written
form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child
who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal
human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a
special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of
society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with
writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of
those skills do so only imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the
latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and
makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes
us human, writing makes us civilized.
From The Origins and Development of the English Language, Seventh Edition by John Algeo and
Carmen A. Butcher
Question 50. The word doubtless mostly means __________.
A. almost certainly C. almost impossibly
B. almost doubtfully D. almost uncertainly
Question 51. In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives
the example of __________.
A. people who speak many languages
B. people who learn the rudiments of speech
C. severely handicapped children
D. intelligent members of society who could not write
Question 52. These following statements are true EXCEPT __________.
A. writing was derived from speech
B. every spoken language has written form
C. we can talk before we can write
D. men have been writing for at least 5000 years
Question 53. The author argues that __________.
A. all languages should have a written form
B. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
C. speech is more basic to language than writing
D. writing has become too important in todays society
Question 54. The word disparage mostly means __________.
A. make something seem more important
 B. think that something is more important
C. think about something carefully
D. suggest that something is not important or valuable
Question 55. According to the passage, writing __________.
A. represents speech, but not perfectly C. developed from imperfect speech
B. is represented perfectly by speech D. is imperfect, but less so than speech
Question 56. The word acquire mostly means __________.
A. help somebody learn something by giving information about it
B. gain something by our own efforts or ability
C. become aware of something by hearing about it
D. develop a natural ability or quality so that it improves
Question 57. According to the passage, the author judges that __________.
A. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does
B. writing has more advantages than speech
C. writing is more real than speech
D. speech is essential but writing has important benefits
Question 58. According to the author, one mark of society is that it __________.
A. teaches its children to speak perfectly
B. keeps written records
C. affirms the primacy of writing over speech
D. affirms the primacy of speech over writing
Question 59. According the passage, speech began to exist in our life __________.
A. just when human beings appeared
B. when writing became important in our culture
C. when human beings were able to communicate in writing
D. at least 5000 years ago

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 60. The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer.
A. look down on B. put up with C. take away with D. give on to
Question 61. I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.
A. unplanned B. deliberate C. accidental D. unintentional

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 62. I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. hopeless B. hopeful C. successful D. unsuccessful
Question 63. Carpets from countries such as Persia and Afghanistan often fetch
high prices in the United States.
A. Artefacts B. Potteries C. Rugs D. Textiles
Question 64. Though many scientific breakthroughs have resulted from mishaps it
has taken brilliant thinkers to recognize their potential.
A. accidents C. incidentals
B. misunderstandings D. misfortunes

WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the sentence printed before it.
1. This is the best essay I have ever written.
Never ..............................................................................................................................................
2. There was no need for you to have gone to all that trouble.
You ..................................................................................................................................................
3. There arent many people who have read this novel to the end but John is one of
them.
John is one of ..............................................................................................................................
4. The food in France is famous.
France is .........................................................................................................................................
5. She didnt say a word as she left the room.
She left the room .......................................................................................................................
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about why students panic during
final exams.

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