PRACTICE TEST 15
A. PHONOLOGY
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
a. lifted b. lasted c. happened d. decided
a. advise b. raise c. lose d. precise
a. with b. earth c. death d. thanks
a. miles b. words c. accidents d. tensions
a. speed b. person c. temperature d. psychology
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern.
A. sunlight B. explode C. backpack D. planet
A. cultivate B. attitude C. endanger D. optimize
a. cosmonaut b. beautiful c. enormous d. technical
a. precisely b. temperature c. astronaut d. scientist
a. conquest b. never c. window d. extreme

B. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
You have probably heard about the unappealing dried foods that astronauts eat in space, such as the chalky ice cream and powdered pea soup. That means all the water is removed from those foods. But did you know that there are more than 90 different food and drink items on NASA`s space menu? (NASA is the American government organization concerned with spacecraft and space travel. NASA is an abbreviation for `National Aeronautics and Space Administration`)
Many food items are dehydrated to prevent bacteria growing, so water must be added before consumption. But some foods look like those ready meals you find in the supermarkets, made hot in the microwave. In fact, the chefs have recently provided some gorgeous meals for the space crew. Astronauts choose their individual food selections on Earth, getting to taste it all first beforehand.
Drinking is another matter. Although much is brought up with the astronauts and in cargo deliveries, a lot is recycled from human waste water. Yes, the water they use could have been someone else`s urine a day ago. You cannot be squeamish if you are an astronaut!
The text is about .
a. eating in space b. foods and astronauts
c. eating and drinking in space d. water in space
Food for astronauts in space .
a. is the same as what they have on Earth
b. contains a lot of water which is very important for their body in space
c. is delicious
d. is dehydrated
NASA .
a. is a spaceship
b. does not prepare meals for astronauts
c. prepares foods for astronauts
d. does not allow astronauts to eat in a spaceship
Astronauts .
a. do not like the foods supplied by NASA
b. can eat ready meals in the supermarkets
c. have to eat all the foods that the chefs prepare
d. can choose their foods before their flight into space
Astronauts .
a. are not allowed to drink water b. have to use recycled waste water
c. only drink refreshment d. never have to drink recycled waste
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
The moon is the most noticeable feature in the night sky and it is also (1)_________, but it doesn`t give off its own light. It is, (2)____________, reflecting the light given off by the sun. Only seven percent of the light from the sun is reflected. (3)__________________, the moon appears to change shape, but it is only because the sun is lighting different parts of it. When the moon passes through the earth`s (4)_____________and the earth comes right between the sun (5)___________the full moon, it`s called a lunar eclipse. This is (6)_____________the moon is dimmed and it turns into a dark copper color.
When you look at the moon from earth, it looks soft with light and dark shades of blue and gray. The dark parts of the moon are extensive, flat plains that were first observed by Galileo, (7)___________. He was the first person (8)______________at the moon through a telescope in 1609. He, perhaps, thought that the plains were water (9)___________he called them "maria," which is a Latin would that means Seas. Today we have discovered that they are actually huge, deep, holes with edges covered by rock and soil. The word "maria" appears to imply that there is water on the moon, but we now know that there is none on (10)_____________surface.

A. the brighter B. the more bright C. the most bright D. the brightest
A. in deed B. in fact C. yet D. still
A. At where B. Much C. Which D. Sometimes