ENGLISH TEST 83
Gap filling:
I’m sure that many people in this lecture hall have, at some time, attempted to open up an image
file in order to (1) __ their photos onto a social (2) _ site, only to find the file has been (3)_. You
find there’s no way to retrieve your digital memories as you’ve already (4) __ the photos from
your memory card. Worse is the realization that your entire hard drive has crashed and that you
never made back-up copies of your dissertation, years of research, and so on. Right now, I’m
afraid, there’s no guarantee that any of our data will survive in the (5) ___ currently available.
You see, manufacturers want to (6) __ the speed and capacity of drivers, but aren’t worried about
long-term stability. Flash memory drives are not a reliable alternative as they have an estimated
(7) __ lifespan of ten years. Top-end CDs with the gold and the phthalocyanine dye layers will
(8) __ longer. The other issue of course, is that technology is constantly becoming obsolete.
Many of your parents will have video cassettes at home but unless you have a video player still
in (9) __, you are unlikely to ever view the content. The same goes for any documents saved on
floppy disks; no modem PC comes with a compatible drive. It’s ironic, of course, that paper, the
old (10)__of transferring information, is actually more durable than its modem equivalents.
1. A. paste
B. display
C. share
D. upload
2. A. chatroom
B. discussion
C. meeting
D. networking
3. A. spoilt
B. disrupted
C. corrupted
D. disturbed
4.A. erased
B. cancelled
C. withdrawn
D.rubbed
5. A. formats
B. shapes
C. means
D. types
6. A. excel
B. build
C. uplift
D. boost
7. A. peak
B. maximum
C. top
D. upper
8. A. spend
B. last
C. produce
D. act
9.A. order
B. operation
C. function
D. occupation
10. A. opportunity
B. source
C. medium
D. technology
Sentence formation
11.
Joe/ not/ good/ swimmer/ however/jump/ river/ rescue/ little/ girl/ who/ drown/.
A.
Joe wasn’t a good swimmer however jumping in the river rescuing a little girl who was drowning.
B.
Joe wasn’t the good swimmer, however he jumped in the river to rescue a little girl who drowned.
C.
Joe wasn’t a good swimmer. However, he jumped into the river to rescue the little girl who
was drowning.
D. Joe wasn’t the good swimmer; however, he jumped into the river rescuing the little girl who drowned.
12.
Last night/storm/ damage/power/ lines/so/ town/ without/ electricity/several/ hour/.
A.
Last night a storm damaged power lines. So town had without electricity several hours.
B.
Last night the storm had damaged power line so town has been without electricity for several
hours.
C.
Last night’s storm has damaged the power line; so the town is without electricity in several hours.
D.
Last night’s storm damaged the power lines, so the town was without electricity for several hours.
13.
Henry
Johnson/
honest/politician/
but/I/
never/
vote/
him/
because/
not/
agree/position/foreign/ policy
A.
Henry Johnson is a honest politician. But I never vote him because I do not agree of his position at
foreign policy.
B.
Henry Johnson is an honest politician, but I would never vote for him because I do not agree
with his positions on foreign policy.
C.
Henry Johnson was an honest politician; but I would never vote him because I didn’t agree
with his positions about foreign policy.
D.
Henry Johnson is a honest politician but I will never vote for him because I won’t agree his position
in foreign policy.
14.
Because/ snowstorm/ only/five/ student/ come/ class/ teacher/ therefore/ cancel/ class/.
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