English Exam Answers: 2009-2014 Test Solutions

English Exam Solutions: 2009–2014

2009/2010 Exam Results

Option A

• 1. a) True ('And he tracked... on maps') b) False ('And so he abandoned... study animals')
• 3. a) creatures b) trust c) detachment d) wave
• 4. a) believes / eating - to eat b) about / must c) You don't have to dissect an animal to know a lot about it. d) Rogers told the bear not to worry.

Option B

• 1. a) True ('Ever since the great... like dust') b) True ('By 1870,... and deprivation')
• 3. a) wealth b) dust c) peak d) famine
• 4. a) that / longest b) from / meant c) long / takes d) Its / defeating

2010/2011 Exam Results

Option A

• 1. a) False ('With someone... human interventions') b) True ('Because the robot... consumption')
• 3. a) harder b) actually c) reducing d) proof
• 4. a) bought / hasn't stopped complaining b) than / are lost c) are / driving d) by / an

Option B

• 1. a) False ('In Britain... offensive words') b) True ('..there have been...and films')
• 3. a) fashion b) choose c) equally d) such as
• 4. a) the most important / for b) if / searching c) likes / mispronounced d) baby's / whose

2011/2012 Exam Results

Option A

• 1. a) True ('In fact...recognizing faces') b) False ('Often super-recognizers...hair color')
• 3. a) recalling b) broad c) encounter d) credible
• 4. a) to / were found b) who / to c) meeting / at d) had not been / would not have met

Option B

• 1. a) False ('Optically,...mine diamonds') b) True ('As regards... about $6.000')
• 3. a) overseen b) lump c) graded d) inscripted
• 4. a) hardest / on b) will vanish / leaving c) was discovered / can d) who / his

2012/2013 Exam Results

Option A

• 1. True ('Consumers who...sales frenzy') b) True (',online retailers...their own')
• 3. a) pick up b) continue c) keenest d) rewarded
• 4. a) better / are reduced b) were / how c) going / as d) I asked Mary what she had bought for Peter.

Option B

• 1. a) True ('His father..family's farm') b) False ('Piero da Vinci...Leonardo')
• 3. a) ran b) talent c) famous d) stunned
• 4. a) what / had had b) from / left c) as / older d) Verrocchio told Leonardo not to stop practising until he learnt how to paint.

2013/2014 Exam Results

Option A

• 1. a) True ('I guess I'm...he added') b) False ('Police reported...as well')
• 3. a) fine b) fed up with c) bother d) such as
• 4. a) using / be considered b) what / were bothered c) better / up d) Kate said that she had used cell phones ever since she started going to school.

Option B

• 1. a) True ('Choosing a...experience') b) True ('Well, you...and values')
• 3. a) confusing b) fits c) reach d) venture
• 4. a) are motivated b) best / had ever read c) for / of d) where e) John told Jennifer to choose a job she loved.