Answers for Practice Exam No.

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A. Vocabulary:
Fill in the blanks with words from the list below in their correct form. Use each word
only once.

inducement evolve sensitive transmission

frequency adjustable instructive
precision radiant reproduction

1. It has been hard to adjust but now she is getting satisfaction from her work.
2. The meeting began at precisely 4:00 p.m.
3. This book gives instructions for connecting the computer to the printer.
4. The information is transmitted electronically to schools and colleges.
5. An extremely sensitive microscope was used to examine the diseased tissue.
6. His business requires him to travel frequently to London.
7. If the cancer returns, radiation therapy is successful in 90 per cent of cases.
8. Darwin formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection.
9. We reproduce ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of
the planet.
10. The economic crisis was induced by high oil prices.

B. Referents:
What do the following words refer to?
1. there (line 8) home countries/Eastern Europe
2. its (line 17) WRN
3. that time (line 27) 1992
4. which (line 40) packets

C. Comprehension Questions :
1. b
2. a
 3. d
4. True, Justification : l.13-14 pupils to investigate how different countries
report events of international interest
5. True, Justification : l.18 WRN1 broadcasts in English 24 hours a day
6. After 1992, it was possible
T F to send sound over the Internet.
T F for any computer to download a 90-minute radio program
from the Net.
T F to download a computer program from the radio.
7. True, Justification: l.34-36 to get 50,000 28,000bps
8. Fill in the missing words in the cloze passage using the word bank below.
(Note: one word per blank) (5 points)
time receiving packet lost rebroadcast
If a (1) packet of data arrives damaged at the (2) receiving end, the TCP
will ensure that the packet is (3) rebroadcast . However, using the UDP
will save (4) time by guessing what was in a packet if some of the data is
(5) lost during transmission.
9. True, Justification: l.47-49 So far speech-based. But as faster
modems realistic option
D. ED/-ING Forms:
Match the function (Column II) for each of the ed or ing forms below (Column I):
(6x2.5 = 15 points)
Column I Column II
1. broadcasting (line 2) a
2. living (line 6) e a. a noun

3. digitized (line 22) d b. an active verb

4. realized (line 23) c c. a passive verb

5. programming (line 25) a d. an adjective

6. produced (line 32) e e. a reduced relative

E. Tense Exercise:
Basing yourself on the unseen text (paragraph 6), choose the correct verb and put it
into the correct tense in the blanks provided.
(10 points)
to allow to distribute to compete
to take to devise
In the mid-1980s, software companies (1) devised standards that (2) allowed the
saving of digitized sound in files that could be distributed over the Internet. In 1992, a
radio program (3) was distributed over the Net for the first time. However, at the
time it (4) took too long to download and too much room on the hard disc (5) to
compete with a transistor radio.

F. Logical Connector Exercise (6 x 1.5 = 9 points)

Basing yourself on the unseen text, fill in each blank with the appropriate logical
connector chosen from the list below.
for example although in addition
as a result probably on the other hand
The London-based World Radio Network is one of the first companies to relay
radio programs over the Internet. Academics are one group of people who are
interested in the WRN. In addition, school teachers and even pupils use the WRN.
People who want to listen in English tune in to WRN1. On the other hand those who
listen in other languages tune in to WRN2. Although it has been possible to save
digitized audio since the mid-1980s, certain problems prevented broadcasting radio
programs over the Internet at that time. For example, the modems were too slow.
These problems have now been solved. As a result, Internet broadcasting is now
possible when a faster modem is used. Probably when modems become more
efficient, it will be possible to transmit even high-quality music over the Internet.