Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank
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PART 2
x
TEST 1
C Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank.
In any given population, about ten percent of the people are left-handed and this figure remains relatively
is distributed
.......... in families, but what causes
(1) .....
over time. So-called "handedness" (2)
it and why the proportion of left-handed to right-handed people is a constant are still a mystery.
One thing we do know is that hand dominance is related to brain asymmetry; and it seems to be
generally agreed that the human brain is profoundly asymmetric, and that understanding how this works
will tell us much about who we are and how our brains work. Brain (3) ********
into the left and right hemispheres, and this is crucial for understanding language, thought, memory, and
perhaps even creativity. For right-handed people, language activity is mainly on the left side. Many left-
number may have language
handers also have left-side language dominance, but a (4)
either more evenly distributed in both hemispheres or else predominantly on the right side of the brain.
Because left-handedness is seen as a key to the complex anatomy of the brain, scientists are
(5) ......... ........ for links to other conditions, including immune disorders, learning disabilities, and
reduced life expectancy.
similar
runs
1 even
continual
stable
2 happens
is
Occurs
3 function
memory
size
capacity
4 maximum
suggestive
5 researching
searching
significant
detecting
countable
inquiring
D Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank.
...... of life at least since the 1980s, if not before. They can
Computer viruses have been a (1)
cause companies to lose hours of working time and they can also spread panic among computer users
types of computer infection - all loosely
everywhere. There are, however, several (2)
referred to as viruses - and they each work in a slightly different way. A particularly nasty one is the
worm, which is a program designed to sneak its way into an entire computer network, and reproduce
itself over and over again. Then there is the Trojan, which strictly (3)....
isn't a virus, but
a piece of software that appears to do one thing, but actually does something malicious instead. When
the (4)......
operator introduces it into the computer, the alien program will take over the
machine. With Trojans you have to be particularly careful because they can often be introduced by way
of a message advertising an anti-virus product.
So what motivates someone to introduce a virus into the computer systems of innocent victims? Perhaps
it's simply the desire to prove that it can be done. Or because it gives the kind of pleasure you get from
solving a difficult problem - nowadays people protect their computers with all sorts of security software,
to break through all the defences and introduce a virus.
so it takes considerable (5)
1 fact
2 distinct
threat
precise
reality
distinguished
theory
isolated
3 saying
telling
talking
speaking
4 incredulous
unsuspecting
sceptical
ignorant
5 qualifications courage
skill
gift
For Further Guidance, see page 34.
PART 2
x
TEST 1
C Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank.
In any given population, about ten percent of the people are left-handed and this figure remains relatively
is distributed
.......... in families, but what causes
(1) .....
over time. So-called "handedness" (2)
it and why the proportion of left-handed to right-handed people is a constant are still a mystery.
One thing we do know is that hand dominance is related to brain asymmetry; and it seems to be
generally agreed that the human brain is profoundly asymmetric, and that understanding how this works
will tell us much about who we are and how our brains work. Brain (3) ********
into the left and right hemispheres, and this is crucial for understanding language, thought, memory, and
perhaps even creativity. For right-handed people, language activity is mainly on the left side. Many left-
number may have language
handers also have left-side language dominance, but a (4)
either more evenly distributed in both hemispheres or else predominantly on the right side of the brain.
Because left-handedness is seen as a key to the complex anatomy of the brain, scientists are
(5) ......... ........ for links to other conditions, including immune disorders, learning disabilities, and
reduced life expectancy.
similar
runs
1 even
continual
stable
2 happens
is
Occurs
3 function
memory
size
capacity
4 maximum
suggestive
5 researching
searching
significant
detecting
countable
inquiring
D Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each blank.
...... of life at least since the 1980s, if not before. They can
Computer viruses have been a (1)
cause companies to lose hours of working time and they can also spread panic among computer users
types of computer infection - all loosely
everywhere. There are, however, several (2)
referred to as viruses - and they each work in a slightly different way. A particularly nasty one is the
worm, which is a program designed to sneak its way into an entire computer network, and reproduce
itself over and over again. Then there is the Trojan, which strictly (3)....
isn't a virus, but
a piece of software that appears to do one thing, but actually does something malicious instead. When
the (4)......
operator introduces it into the computer, the alien program will take over the
machine. With Trojans you have to be particularly careful because they can often be introduced by way
of a message advertising an anti-virus product.
So what motivates someone to introduce a virus into the computer systems of innocent victims? Perhaps
it's simply the desire to prove that it can be done. Or because it gives the kind of pleasure you get from
solving a difficult problem - nowadays people protect their computers with all sorts of security software,
to break through all the defences and introduce a virus.
so it takes considerable (5)
1 fact
2 distinct
threat
precise
reality
distinguished
theory
isolated
3 saying
telling
talking
speaking
4 incredulous
unsuspecting
sceptical
ignorant
5 qualifications courage
skill
gift
For Further Guidance, see page 34.