SAMPLE TEST 2

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE : (6ms)

A. PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1.a. magazine b. game c. teenage d. again
2.a. media b. documentary c. television d. ending
3.a. rumours b. models c. films d. documents

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. He _____ much when he was young .
a. used to smoke b. used to smoking c. was used to smoke d. use to smoke
5. Both taxes and unemployment _____ since Mr. Hassan _____ president.
a. increased / has become b. have increased / became
c. increased / became d. have increased / has become
6. Some television programs make children _____.
a. to be violent. b. violently c. being violent d. violent
7. The scheme allows students from many countries _____ with each other.
a. communicate b. to communicate c. communicating d. communicated
8. We enjoyed _____ around the campfire.
a. dancing b. to dance c. danced d. being to dance
9. Computers can help you ______ with people around the world.
a. contact b. interact c. collect d. access
10. The children are looking forward _____ their grandmother again.
a. seeing b. to see c. to seeing d. to be seen
11. I’ll see him when he _____ here tomorrow.
a. will come b. come c. came d. comes
12. He didn’t do the job _____ the salary was good.
a. despite b. in spite of c. although d. because
13. The girl ______ chatted with him yesterday arrived here at 6:30.
a. which b. who c. whom d. whose
14. _____ the storm warnings, we didn’t go out last night.
a. Since b. In spite of c. Because of d. Despite
15. When I arrived at the station, the train _____.
a. was just leaving b. had left c. had to leave d. has already left

C. ERROR IDENTIFICATION : Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
16. A ninety-year-old woman has been climbed Mount Whitney in California for the twenty-third time.
a b c d
17. Which channel do you recommend to someone who like animals.
a b c d
18. Television helps us learning more about the world and know and see many new things.
a b c d
19. I have been studying French since I have started high school.
a b c d
20. The teacher told us to keep quietly during the lesson.
a b c d
D. COMPREHENSION:
1. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Good evening. Our programme tonight is about disasters. This year there have been fires, plane crashes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. All our guests tonight have survived disasters.
Hi! I`m Bill Daniels. I live in Chicago. I was working in my office (21) _____ the 28th floor of a skyscraper. I was dictating some letters to my secretary when the fire-bell rang. I rushed out to the lift but it wasn`t working. The stairs were (22) _____ of thick smoke. We couldn`t go down, so we had to go up to the roof. When we got there, some people were waiting calmly. Others were shouting and screaming wildly. A helicopter (23) _____ to land on the roof and rescued six of us before the building collapsed.
Hello, I`m George Green. I`m a farmer. I was working in the field behind my house when I saw the plane. It was on fire. Smoke was coming from the engines, and it was coming down (24) _____ . I was running towards my house when it crashed into the trees behind me. I heard a terrible (25) _____ . When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital bed.
21.a. in b. at c. on d. over