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Read the following passages and circle A, B, C or D that best fits each numbered blank. GUIDED CLOZE TEST 1 (5 pts) GERARD MERCATOR: THE MAN WHO MAPPED THE PLANET

When Gerard Mercator was born in 1512, the geography of the globe still remained a mystery. It was unclear whether America was part of Asia if there was a vast (1) ………….. of sea at the top of the world or if Australia was connected to Antarctica.

Mercator’s childhood was spent chiefly in Rupelmonde, a Flemish trading town on the river, and it was here that his geographical imagination was (2) ………….. by the ships which passed to and from the rest of the world. Alongside imagination, he developed two very different skills. The first was the ability to gather, (3) ………….. and co-ordinate the geographical information provided by explorers and sailors who frequented the margins of the known. He also had to be able to imagine himself (4) …………..from the heavens, to achieve the visionary (5 ) ………….. of gods in the skies, (6) …………..down on the world. The main reason why Mercator’s name is familiar to us is because of the Mercator Projection: the solution he (7) ………….. to represent the spheroidal surface of the globe on a two-dimensional plane. It is less well known that Mercator was the first man to conceive of mapping the (8) ………….. surface of the planet or that he (9) ………….. the idea of multiple maps being presented in bound books, to which he gave the name ‘Atlas’.

It is difficult for us now to be surprised by maps, so many are there, and of such detail and coverage, but we should bear in mind that Mercator lived at a time when such knowledge was far from (10) ……… He was the man who altered our worldview forever. 1. A. territory B. distance C. range D. expanse 2. A. raised B. reared C. supplied D. nourished 3. A. congregate B. amass C. assimilate D. construct 4. A. suspended B. located C. situated D. attached 5. A. inspection B. observation C. perspective D. assessment 6. A. glimpsing B. scutinizing C. watching D. gazing 7. A. invented B. contrived C. devised D. schemed 8. A. sheer B. full C. entire D. utter 9. A. pioneered B. initiated C. lead D. prepared 10. A. typical B. common C. routine D. normal

GUIDED CLOZE TEST 2 (5 pts)

ME AND MY HEALTH

I never seem to stop. I'm not so much a workaholic as the (1)…………..‘girl who can't say no’. Not only have I never learned to organize my time, I need the deadline to pass before I get going. Then I wonder why I feel (2) ………….. I’m very good at whipping up false energy. Without (3) …………..lest, though, I start to look grey and then, apart from a good night's sleep, the only thing that brings me back to life is meditation. I find that 20 minutes’ meditation is (4) …………..to a night’s sleep and that keeps me going. Somehow though, I never get around to meditating on a daily (5) …………... I'm no good in the morning. By the time I’ve managed to get up and repair the (6) ………….. of the night, half of the day’s gone. When it comes to food, I'm a hostess’s nightmare. As I suffer from migraine, I avoid cheese and (7) ………….. like coffee, red wine and spirits, which are generally (8) …………..to trigger and attack. I only eat rye bread, as the gluten in wheat makes me feel bloated and ropy. I’ve (9) …………..countless migraine ‘cures’, from the herbal remedy feverfew to acupuncture. Acupuncture (10) ………….. balance the system, but nothing stops the attacks. 1. A. innovative B. first C. foremost D. original 2. A. apathetic B. exhausted C. grueling D. spent 3. A. sufficient B. severe C. acceptable D. minimal 4. A. compatible B. alike C. equivalent D. proportional 5. A. way B. basis C. routine D. manner

19 6. A. damages B. wrecks C. ravages D. ruins 7. A. stimulations B. stimulants C. stimulus D. stimulating 8. A. foreseen B. maintained C. regarded D. thought 9. A. tried B. experimented C. searched D. proved 10. A. assists B. improves C. restores D. helps

B. WRITTEN TEST (70 pts) I. OPEN CLOZE TEST (20 pts) Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. OPEN CLOZE TEST 1 (10 pts)

KARAOKE FEVER

Karaoke is fast becoming the nation’s Number One party pastime. Public humiliation has (1 )………… been so fashionable. It’s 1 a.m. at an exclusive location in the heart of London. A major pop singer has taken the stage but rather than sing her latest hit, she treats the crowd (2 ) …………a Michael Jackson song. What was (3 ) ………… the party habit of teenagers is now favoured by London’s coolest crowd and everyone is having a (4 ) …………. So why are so many of our young celebrities queueing up to make fools of ( 5 ) ………… in clubs and bars across the country? Maybe it’s because (6 ) ………… out a naff pop song to a public audience shows that even though you may be a celebrity, you don’t (7) ………… yourself too seriously. And if you are a big movie star, that's a good message to get across. Nobody gets away without being laughed (8) ………… on a karaoke evening, no matter how famous they are. Turning all, that's the whole point of the exercise. (9) ………… for the musical experts among you, a word of warning: this isn’t about proving to the world that you know all the lyrics to a serious song. It’s about expressing your inner performer. Don’t bother (10) ………… up at a karaoke night if you aren’t prepared to sing; you’ve got to put in the effort and prove that you are one of the ‘in-crowd’. Break a leg!

OPEN CLOZE TEST 2 (10 pts)

When he was made (1 ) ………… four years ago, John Spencer set up his own business dealing in (2) ………… and second-hand books. “I didn’t expect to lose my job," he said. “It happened very suddenly and I knew it would be difficult to find another one. I’d always been interested in books, so that seemed a good (3) …………to choose. I run the business from home and send and receive books by post so I don’t need my own (4) …………. Sometimes I travel to book fairs and sometimes I have a stall in the market. It was a bit frightening at first, being (5) ………… , but I’ve got used to it now and I really appreciate the feeling of independence I get from “be my own boss”. John got some advice from his bank manager about the financial (6) ………… of his business and also took out a small (7) ………… to buy stock. After only two years the business was making a profit. The secret of success, according to John, is to (8)………. in certain area (detective fiction and cookery in his case) so that you always have the book the serious collector is looking for. John posts books to his consumers and then waits for them to send (9) …………. At first, he wasn’t sure whether people would pay up promptly. “In fact, this hasn’t been the problem I thought it might be. Most customers are very (10) …………and it’s only the occasional one that causes problems.

II. WORD FORMS (20 pts) 1. Supply the correct word form of the words in brackets.(10 pts) 1. She stood there completely…………so I had no idea at all what she was thinking (EXPRESS) 2. Any actor who becomes known for one role is in danger of becoming………… (TYPE) 3. This school was once…………as a military hospital during the war. (REQUIRE) 4. So far, the United States has said it cannot agree to ………… all types of antipersonnel mines. (LAW) 5. In Scotland, there is greater emphasis on…………by individual schools. (VALUE) 6. According to a recent survey in Britain, more women than men emphasized…………and trust.