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ITELS Test4 Completion Complete each sentence or statement INSTRUCTIONS Complete the sentences with one word for each blank 1 A is a period of time which covers ten years such as the 1930s or 1950s 2 Teachers give lessons to pupils in schools but at colleges students are given lectures and tutorials by college 3 went all over North America to seek and gather examples of popular folk music they were looking for the true music of the people 4 A is a single part of a collection or set of reference books in which poems folk music or stories are brought together 5 Written material such as stories poems or songs which have been collected together but not printed in a book or made widely available to the public are known as collections 6 Another three word hyphenated phrase for state of the art is 7 Someone who gives advice to an organisation for no payment or a very small token sum is called an consultant 8 The serious shortage of trained musicians caused a in the supply of violin players for the city orchestra and only two could be found 9 If someone doesn t want to make money out of their research or their interests and they give their services to an organisation for nothing they can be said to have a no for their activities 10 In the United Kingdom the head of a prison is a governor but in the USA a is the highest figure of authority 11 When I had chosen the books I wanted to borrow from the library I gave them to the to check them out to me 12 The rebels were described as because their ideas and activities were secret and they intended to damage or destroy the established system of government 13 To survive in the wild animals like lions have purely reactions and it is inevitable that they will attack and kill weaker animals 14 If people are treated badly by the government in power they are likely to behave in a way by disobeying laws becoming angry and trying to illegally overthrow the established order 15 Sometimes books like the Harry Potter stories equally to both children and grown ups and they are therefore difficult to classify as either children s literature or adult fiction 16 The female equivalent of the word hero is 17 One of the tasks an is responsible for is checking a writer s work for errors before it is sent to a publisher 18 Many children s books deal with the for treasure where the characters set out to discover valuable items such as diamonds or money 19 The publishers printed too many books and they had to sell the production at reduced prices 20 The is the chief character in a play or story around whom the action takes place 21 is the branch of knowledge dealing with scientific and industrial methods and their practical use in industry 22 Our are the people who lived in past times and passed on their ideas and culture to our modern civilisations 23 A for example a donkey is a living thing produced from the parents of different breeds 24 In electronic circuits the various components such as resistors transistors or capacitors are not drawn exactly as they are but are represented by 25 A is a set of beliefs which could be religious or scientific which people are expected to accept without challenging it 26 The results of the experiment were uncertain and it is now whether we shall receive further funding from the university to continue our research 27 An is produced by artists when they use knives or chisels to cut their designs into a metal or wooden surface which is later inked and printed onto paper 28 Many travelling families who previously lived their lives in mobile caravans moving from place to place are now building camp sites to find a more settled way of life 29 The is the bone structure which surrounds and protects our brains 30 is the term used for trees which are taken from forests to provide wood for use in the construction of buildings Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question INSTRUCTIONS Read the sentence and decide which answer a b or c best matches the meaning of the underlined words Write your answer a b or c in the space provided 31 Someone who is thought of highly could be an academic who is well known by the public and respected nationally a has a good repute b enjoys a good reputation c has a reputation 32 To undertake market research researchers often conduct nationwide surveys to gather as much balanced and in depth information as possible a research in local area only b research in more than one country c research throughout their own country only 33 The professor s library research reinforced his belief that there was a serious shortage of certain types of folk song material a field work b academic study work c telephone enquiries 34 Great children s books may be described as great pieces of written works of art a literate b literature c literal 35 The changing of the behaviour of two characters in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett represents a paradigm a a very clear or typical example b an exception c something rare and valuable 36 Adult fiction usually deals with three themes sex money and death But the first sex is absent from classic children s literature a always included b never included c sometimes included 37 Our ancestors began to adorn their bodies with beads pendants and tattoos in the Stone Age a decorate b hide c camouflage 38 Humans have inhabited the African continent for millennia a hundreds of years b thousands of years c millions of years 39 Genetics does not tell the whole story of the shaping of the modern human brain a the study of ancient objects b the study of history c the development of living things through substances passed on through their cells 40 The huge collection of artefacts on loan to the museum required them to have a mathematical system to keep a tally of what was owned by whom a to keep a count of b to describe c to label Matching Match the beginnings of sentences with the appropriate endings a The professor wanted to embark on b Funds are sometimes given to researchers by c Some critics say that books for children should be taken seriously because d In the world of childhood as shown by childrens books e 40 000 years ago people decorated their bodies with designs and artefacts 41 such as tattoos and beads 42 a pastoral convention is maintained 43 a nationwide collecting project to gather information 44 this kind of writing is sometimes subversive 45 academic institutions such as libraries or learned societies Essay 46 Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic In some countries mainly in the east such as China and Japan old people are still shown respect by young people Seats will still be given up on buses to older citizens or doors held open for them Behaving this way in public contributes to a stable and well mannered respectful society where old people are valued However in the west such as in the United Kingdom and the USA respect for the older generation is declining It is for example unusual for grandparents to live in the same house as their children Rather than look after elderly parents many families choose to place them in old folks homes leaving their care to other people Old people are seen as a burden and a nuisance and have little value in a modern materialistic society Discuss both these views and give your opinion You should use your own ideas knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence Write at least 250 words 47 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task The charts below show how sending text messages by mobile phone affects the daily lives of young people The text message has led to a social revolution in the way we communicate simple messages as well as influencing our emotional contact with each other In October this year 2004 Britain s 52 million mobile phone users sent 2 3 billion text messages Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below Write at least 150 words The rapid growth in text messaging Results of Mori Poll Total number of people with mobile phones 687 Other 48 Read the topic card below carefully You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes You have one minute to think about what you are going to say You can make notes to help you if you wish Describe the most beautiful place you have visited You should say where it was the country or location what it was like who you went with and explain what impressed you most and why you remember it so well ITELS Test4 Answer Section COMPLETION 1 ANS decade REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 2 ANS professors REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 3 ANS Collectors REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 4 ANS volume REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 5 ANS unpublished REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 6 ANS up to date REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 7 ANS honorary REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 8 ANS dearth REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 9 ANS profit motive REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 10 ANS warden REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Sentence completion 11 ANS librarian REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 12 ANS subversive REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 13 ANS instinctive REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 14 ANS rebellious REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 15 ANS appeal REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 16 ANS heroine REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 17 ANS editor REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 18 ANS quest search REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 19 ANS surplus REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 20 ANS protagonist REF Test 1 Reading passage 2 TOP Sentence completion 21 ANS Technology REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 22 ANS ancestors REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 23 ANS hybrid REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 24 ANS symbols REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 25 ANS dogma REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 26 ANS doubtful REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 27 ANS engraving REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 28 ANS permanent REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 29 ANS skull REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion 30 ANS Timber REF Test 1 Reading passage 3 TOP Sentence completion MULTIPLE CHOICE 31 ANS B REF Test 1 Reading passage 1 TOP Paraphr