English Exam Practice Tests and Solutions: 2004-2016

A Relative Difference

Reading Comprehension and Exercises

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: This similarity has led... to be extended to chimpanzees.
• B. False: Development and destruction of their natural... to less than one tenth of that now.

2. Question Responses:

• A. Yes, the discovery of a fossil shows evidence of ape-like and human-like genetic similarities between the two creatures.
• B. The most important distinction has been the development of language.

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Link
• B. Skull
• C. Leap forward
• D. Seemingly

4. Sentence Transformation and Grammar:

• A. If you don't ask him a question, he won't speak to you.
• B. She told me that I had to do it at once.
• C. The exercise is too difficult for us to do.
• D. The crime is being investigated by some policemen.

Air-Conditioned Clothes in Japan

Exam Questions and Answers

1. True/False Statements:

• A. True: Japanese company Kuchofuku, meaning... for hot summers, the... jacket.
• B. False: The shirts and jackets are far... they are not just economical.

2. Question Responses:

• A. Discovery of an air conditioner that needed less electricity after Fukushima; the Ichigaya jackets could help the Japanese keep cool using less electricity.
• B. Kuchofuku jackets evaporate the sweat and cool the body, and this lowers the temperature of the body.

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Reduce
• B. Entire
• C. Goal
• D. Expanded

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. By / were wearing
• B. In / to / greatly
• C. Whose
• D. Thought / buying

Better Ways to Learn

Effective Study Techniques

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: Indeed, these surveys show that over... more effectively.
• B. False: For instance, rather than sitting at... to recall information later.

2. Question Responses:

• A. No, not really, because the students memorized a lot of things just for the exam and they forget all the information.
• B. Studying for long periods, the brain needs rest.

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Notion
• B. Potential
• C. Associations
• D. Enhances

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Studying
• B. Unless / stressing
• C. Trying
• D. If her students had written a summary of the lesson for their last exam.

Courses Online

Distance Learning Assessment

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: Significantly, the platform has developed an examination process... with a certificate and a grade.
• B. False: It is well-known that many leading... to give away their course content online.

2. Paragraph References:

• A. Paragraph 1
• B. Paragraph 3

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Struggle
• B. However
• C. Supersede
• D. Required

4. Grammar:

• A. Had

Cup of Tea

British Tea Culture

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: And despite the increase in coffee houses... beverage.
• B. False: Although it dates back to the third... made its appearance in England.

2. Question Responses:

• A. It is not difficult to make, is recommended when you have a cold, and you feel happier and in a better mood.
• B. The drink stimulated the workers when they worked long hours.

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Wealthy
• B. Mild
• C. Increased
• D. Consoles

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. When / must
• B. Has become / for
• C. Making / so
• D. I suggested that we should have some tea.

Do Aliens Really Exist?

Extraterrestrial Life Debate

1. True/False Statements:

• A. True: This theory is supported... alien sightings.
• B. False: And two brothers in Chile... wearing a driver's suit.

2. Question Responses:

• A. People describe aliens as green and very big...
• B. This scientist said that it is paradoxical...

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Depicted
• B. Nowadays
• C. Vanished
• D. Just

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Had not believed / to
• B. Whose / by
• C. Much / was given
• D. Of / though

Genetic Fingerprinting

Forensics and Science

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: He suddenly realized that... he called it "genetic fingerprinting".
• B. True: The importance... immigration authorities.

2. Question Responses:

• A. It can resolve problems of identification.
• B. This information could lead to abuse (copied exactly).

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Immediately
• B. Storing
• C. Worried
• D. Available

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Was arrested / committing
• B. Had had / would have been
• C. Although / to
• D. Better / must

Go on Two Wheels

Cycling and Mobility

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: It is absurd... it is safe to go.
• B. False: The car is... go on two wheels.

2. Paragraph References:

• A. Part 1
• B. Part 4

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Just
• B. Timetables
• C. Founded
• D. Throw off

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Biking / where
• B. Was founded / than
• C. Must / to do
• D. Going for a walk the following day if the weather was fine.

How Would We Live in a World Without Oil?

Fossil Fuels and Future Energy

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: With the overwhelming majority... would be most dramatic.
• B. False: A complete extinction of oil would lead... wars and untold suffering.

2. Question Responses:

• A. Problems with transport, and we would not be able to move around easily. We need new cars with alternative fuels.
• B. The consumption of products from the neighborhood would increase.

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Right away
• B. Utensils
• C. Breakdown
• D. Lawlessness

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Growing / than
• B. Found / significantly
• C. Without / not only
• D. What / ran

No Fear, No Surprise, No Hesitation

The Samurai Mindset

1. True/False Statements:

• A. True: Where does... Samurai warrior.
• B. True: But if you look... was going to happen.

2. Paragraph References:

• A. Part 2
• B. Part 4

3. Vocabulary:

Huge / happen / passed / weigh up

4. Grammar Solutions:

Begun / between - often / go up / a - have / focus - are explained

The Decline of "Once Upon a Time..."

Reading to Children

1. True/False Statements:

• A. True: According to a poll of mums and dads... with their little ones.
• B. True: The vast majority of parents... they were little.

2. Paragraph References:

• A. Paragraph 2
• B. Paragraph 3

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Nearly
• B. Teamed up
• C. Create
• D. Key

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Told / going
• B. Is considered / between / the better
• C. Than
• D. They appreciated how important it was for parents and kids to spend quality time together.

Use or Abuse of Technology

Digital Habits and Impact

1. True/False Statements:

• A. False: He warned that we are... because of technology.
• B. False: Dr. Cassidy linked the increasing... mental and physical development.

2. Paragraph References:

• A. Paragraph 1
• B. Paragraph 2

3. Vocabulary:

• A. Almost
• B. Finding
• C. Because of
• D. Linked

4. Grammar and Fill-in-the-Blanks:

• A. Which / in
• B. Could not communicate / did not exist
• C. Getting / had been using
• D. Should not have been sent off for printing yet.

Summary List of Exams

Set 1

2004: A Relative Difference; 2014: Air-Conditioned Clothes in Japan; 2016: Better Ways to Learn; 2014: Courses Online.

Set 2

2015: Cup of Tea; 2015: Do Aliens Really Exist?; 2015: Genetic Fingerprinting; 2015: Go on Two Wheels; 2016: How Would We Live in a World Without Oil?

Final Section: Missing Text Solutions

Last part of the first test that was not clearly visible:

• A. Offered / would have taken
• B. In / to
• C. Are admitted / unless
• D. What he would like to do when he finished high school.