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Test 1, Reading and Use of English (page 8) Part 1: The Mysterious Isle €: The other words do not complete the fixed phrase. E: Only this answer creates the correct phrasal verb. D: Only this word can be used in the context to mean “the exact place". A: The other words cannot be followed with “out of. (C Only this phrase indicates what's already been mentioned. B: Although the meaning of the other wards is similar, they do not collocate with "intact'. D: Only this word collocates with “permanent' to describe an island. 8D: Only this answer collocates with "opportunity". ma urn- Part 2: Choosing Binoculars 9 in (prepesition) follows the verb "invest" 10 it (pronoun) part of fwd expression 11 more (comparative) part of linking expression 12 theirfhis/her (possessive pronoun) refers to everyone: 13 which (determiner) to indicate one of many possible 14. is (verb) part of a cleft sentence 15 give (verb) collocates with “test run" 16 (AlthoughWhile(s inker) introduces a contrast Part 3: The Inventor of the Bar Code 17 irregular (adjective to negative adjective) 18 length (adjective to noun) 19 outlets (verb to plural compound noun) part of common. collocation 20 chockout (verb to compound noun) 21 encoded (verb to adjective) part of noun group 22 potentially (noun to adverb) 23 applicationis) (verb to noun) 24 arrival (verb to noun) Part 4 25 (already) started by the time: past perfect 26 had greatía good deal olía great denl oV/a lot of difficulty: adjectivo to noun phrase 27 gave a faultless performance: verb to noun 28 was on the point of calling: fixed expression 29 como as a disappolntment: adjective to noun 30 feels the effects of: dependent proposition Part 5: ls tho internet making us stupid? 31 C: Patricia Greenfield 'reviewed dozens of studies an how different media technologies influence our cognitive abilitios' and looked at the results of these studies as a whole. 32 8: The University experiment tested how well the students 'retained the lecture's content'; an earlier experiment showed that the more types of information are placed en a screen, the less people con remember, 3 3 36 D: Greenfield concluded that “growing use of screen-based media' had resulted in 'new weaknesses in higher-order cognitive processes' and listed several mental processes that have been affected (abstract vocabuwlary, etc). : ltwas expected that the people who did a lot of multitasking would "have gained some mental advantages' from their experience of multitasking but this was not true. In fact, they 'weren't even good al multitasking' — contrary to the beñef that people who do alot of multitasking get good at it. The writer says that 1h “ll effects" are permanent and the structure af the brain is changed. He quotes someone who is very worried about this and regards the long-term effect as 'deadly'. The writer uses Ap Dijksterhuis's research to support his point that “not all distractions are bad" = if yow are trying ño solve a problem, it can be better to stop thinking about it for a while than to keep thinking about it all the time. Part 6: The Pinnacle 3 BE 38 4 39 ds «wc “the graceful structure blends in remarkably well' matches a tall elegant pyramid' in A. “he building seems set to become a mainstay on the itinerary of visitors to the city' matches There can be little doubt that visitors to the city will be drawn to the esst bank lby the building' in D “the height and scale of the Pinnacle will take some beating' is the opposite idea to he building's inevitably short-lived reign as the city's tallest strueture * im D. "how keen are the local residents on having this menstrous structure spring up litorally on their doorstep? The central business district, already the site of other high-rise structures, could surely have accommodated the intrusion more easily: The other articles all say positive things about the choice af location: ¿ *'Located in the unfashionable east of the city, the building will also bring work and development to an area that has long been in need of it.” 'Some have questioned the Pinnacle's location in an otherwise undeveloped quarter, dwarfing as it does the elghteenth+century houses below it. But l would disagree.* *the decision to bulld the structure in a forgotten corner of the city, originally percelved as rather urnwvise, has proved a stroke of genius.” Part 7; Learning to be an action hero an 42 D: 43 4 link between the fact that the verter “can't reach much past my knees" and how difficult he is finding this and that belief that the roades will think “this sounds a bit fecble' - that the veriter is weak and incapable of doing the exercise well, link between “got there" in Damd “a very particular, very extreme kind ef fitness' before the gap; 'get there" - achieve that kind of fitness. link between "it had all started so well' before the gap and the first thing they did in the session, which was 'a piece of cake” (very easy) for the writer ANSWER KEY 191 | 
