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Mac English Indicator

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Mac English Indicator

The Mac English Indicator, presented by MAC International, will test your English language ability using multiple choice questions on vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening.

This test uses audio files as part of the listening section so users must ensure the audio on their device is functional before taking the test.

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Category: Listening

1. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Customers who recommend Sunny Days Camping to friends will receive _________

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Category: Vocabulary

2. Could you ___________ on whether people will change their attitudes towards borrowing money?

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Category: Grammar

3. "Sheila ought to spend more time studying and less time on social media." Which of the following options does the "ought to" in this sentence express?

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Category: Reading

4. Read the following text to answer the question.

Planning an eco-friendly holiday can be a minefield for the well-meaning traveller, says Mark Watson. If there were awards for tourism catchwords that have been hijacked, diluted and misused then ‘ecotourism’ would surely earn first prize. The term initially surfaced in the early 1980s reflecting a surge in environmental awareness and a realisation by tour operators that many of their clients wanted to believe their presence in a foreign land would not have a negative impact. It rapidly became the hottest marketing tag a holiday abroad could carry.

The term ‘ecotourism’ has become an advertising gimmick.

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Category: Reading

5. Read the following text to answer the question.

Many Vikings did not return to Scandinavia after raiding but assimilated into local populations, often becoming Christian. To some degree, the Viking Age is defined by religion. Initially, Vikings were polytheists, believing in many gods, but by the end of the age, they had permanently accepted a new monotheistic religious system – Christianity.

Many Vikings adopted a new _____________________

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Category: Reading

6. Read the following text to answer the question.

Increasingly, buildings such as offices, schools, colleges or hospitals which used to allow free access to employees and other users now do not. This is because they are situated in urban areas suffering from escalating crime, Entry areas are now manned by security staff. Receptionists, whose task it once was to receive visitors and to make them welcome before passing them on to the person they had come to see,are now tasked with barring entry to the unauthorised, the unwanted or the plain unappealing.

Access to many buildings ___________________

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Category: Grammar

7. Measuring someone’s personality allows _______ to predict how healthy they are likely to be.

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Category: Vocabulary

8. Are you _________ to any brands, that is, do you always tend to buy that particular brand?

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Category: Vocabulary

9. "The match was _________ live on a leading sports channel." Which of the following words DOES NOT fit in the gap?

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Category: Listening

10. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

The holiday insurance that is offered _________

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Category: Reading

11. Read the following text to answer the question.

A rope bridge connects the mainland with an outcrop of rock jutting out of the turbulent ocean. When it was first constructed, the bridge was merely a simple rope handrail with widely spaced slats and was mainly used by salmon fishermen who needed to travel from the island to the mainland. In time, it was replaced with a more sturdy caged bridge. However, it is still not a crossing for the faint-hearted. The bridge swings above a chasm of rushing, foaming water. Many visitors who make the walk one way find themselves unable to return and end up being taken off the island by boat.

The more sturdy cage added to rope bridge has helped to increase the number of visitors to the area.

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Category: Vocabulary

12. It remains _______________ whether society is under threat from the refugee crisis.

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Category: Listening

13. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

Margaret believes employers should look for job applicants who _________

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Category: Reading

14. Read the following text to answer the question.

If things turn out well for a long time, there is a further concern: that of constantly waiting for something to go wrong. People then find themselves appeasing the gods: not walking on lines on the pavements, performing rituals before public performances, wearing particular clothes and colours so that they can blame the ritual not themselves when things go wrong,

People perform certain rituals to try to avoid failure.

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Category: Listening

15. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

What does the speaker say about the barbecues?

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Category: Listening

16. Listen to the following audio to answer the question.

What possible objection to a roof garden is discussed?

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Category: Grammar

17. As is usually the case with emigrants, __________ who went away were the most active and ambitious.

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Category: Grammar

18. For _____________ who are not healthy enough to work until 65 , it would be best to retire.

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Category: Grammar

19. _________________________ we observed students in the lab on almost 100 separate occasions.

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Category: Vocabulary

20. The launch was planned for 2003 _____________.

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