Placement Test

Section 1

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill

each blank.

(1) Roberta _____ from The United States.

a) are
b) is
c) am
d) be

(2) What’s _____ name?

a) -
b) his
c) him
d) he

(3) My friend _____ in London.

a) living
b) live
c) lives
d) is live

(4) Where _____?

a) works Tom
b) Tom works
c) Tom does work
d) does Tom work
(5) I _____ coffee.
a) no like
b) not like
c) like don’t
d) don’t like

(6) ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two years ago.”

a) Did you ever go
b) Do you ever go
c) Have you ever been
d) Are you ever going

(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

a) the most big
b) the bigger
c) the biggest
d) the more big

(8) A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn’t eat meat.

a) who
b) what
c) which
d) whose

(9) _____ these days.

a) I never a newspaper buy
b) I never buy a newspaper
c) I buy never a newspaper
d) Never I buy a newspaper
(10) I _____ watch TV tonight.
a) am
b) go to
c) going to
d) am going to

(11) I wish I _____ more money!

a) have
b) had
c) would have
d) was having

(12) _____ be famous one day?

a) Would you like
b) Would you like to
c) Do you like
d) Do you like to

Section 2

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill

each blank.

(13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday.

a) on
b) in
c) at
d) by
(14) I _____ eighteen years old.
a) am
b) have
c) have got
d) -

(15) I _____ a headache.

a) am
b) do
c) have
d) got

(16) Do you _____ a uniform at your school?

a) carry
b) wear
c) use
d) hold

(17) ‘What time is it?’ ‘I have no _____.’

a) idea
b) opinion
c) answer
d) time

(18) The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

a) ticket
b) receipt
c) invoice
d) bill
(19) How many _____ of trousers have you got?
a) items
b) pairs
c) sets
d) times

(20) Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking

really _____.
a) tanned
b) sunned
c) coloured
d) darkened

Section 3

Read the text below. For questions 21 to 25, choose

the best answer (a, b, c or d).

‘Heavier than air flying machines are impossible,’ said

the well-known scientist Lord
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman of IBM in
1943, was wrong too when he
said that he thought there would be a world market for
only five or so computers.
Predictions can, of course, be wrong, and it is very
difficult to predict what the world will
be like in 100, 50, or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often do. They
do so because they invent things and make decisions that
shape the future of the world that we live in.
In the past they didn’t have to think too much about the
impact that their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of people
believe that we should live within the rules set by nature.
In other words, they think that in a world of fixed and
limited resources, what is used today will not be there for
our children. We must therefore look at each human
activity and try to change it or create alternatives if it
is not sustainable. The rules for this are set by nature, not
by man.

(21) What was Lord Kelvin suggesting?

a) It is difficult to make accurate predictions.
b) It would be possible for people to fly.
c) It would be impossible for people to fly.
d) There would only be a few computers.

(22) According to the text, which of the following

statements is TRUE?
a) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good friends.
b) The world does not have unlimited natural resources.
c) Our children will not make predictions about the
future.
d) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20
years from now.

(23) shape (line 6) is closest in meaning to:

a) do
b) create
c) look at
d) move
(24) The article suggests we should live in a _____ way.
a) selfish
b) sustainable
c) predictable
d) scientific

(25) Choose the best title for the article.

a) Predictions and more predictions!
b) Politicians and scientists
c) A sustainable future for our children
d) New inventions

Section 5

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to

fill each blank.

(34) Harry can _____ English.

a) to speak
b) speaking
c) speak
d) speaks

(35) I’m not interested _____ sports.

a) for
b) about
c) in
d) to
(36) She likes _____ expensive clothes.
a) wearing
b) to wearing
c) wear
d) is wearing

(37) Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident

happened.
a) was driving
b) drove
c) had driven
d) has been driving

(38) I was wondering _____ tell me when the next

plane from Chicago arrives?
a) could you
b) can you
c) if you could
d) if could you

(39) If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him,

wouldn’t I?
a) saw
b) had seen
c) have seen
d) would have seen
(40) I like your hair. Where _____?
a) do you have cut
b) have you cut it
c) do you have cut it
d) do you have it cut

(41) I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His

office light is still on.
a) have worked
b) work
c) be working
d) to work

(42) John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen,

_____ I find hard to believe.
a) which
b) who
c) whose
d) that

(43) What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a) will you do
b) are you doing
c) will you have done
d) do you do
(44) The weather has been awful. We’ve had very
_____ sunshine this summer.
a) little
b) a little
c) few
d) a few

(45) Did you hear what happened to Kate? She

_____.
a) is arrested
b) arrested
c) has been arrested
d) is being arrested

Section 7

Read the text below. For questions 54 to 58,

choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).

Many hotel chains and tour operators say that they

take their environmental commitments seriously,
but often they do not respect their social and
economic responsibilities to the local community.
So is it possible for travellers to help improve the
lives of locals and still have a good holiday?
The charity, Tourism Concern, thinks so. It has
pioneered the concept of the fair-trade holiday. The
philosophy behind fair-trade travel is to make sure
that local people get a fair share of the income from
tourism. The objectives are simple: employing
local people wherever possible; offering fair wages
and treatment; showing cultural respect; involving
communities in deciding how tourism is developed;
and making sure that visitors have minimal
environmental impact. Although there is currently
no official fair-trade accreditation for holidays, the
Association of Independent Tour Operators has
worked hard to produce responsible tourism
guidelines for its members. Some new companies,
operated as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.

(54) Tourism Concern…

a) is a tour operator.
b) is a hotel.
c) is a charity.
d) his a chain of hotels.

(55) Which of the following is NOT one of

Tourism Concern’s objectives?
a) Good pay for local people.
b) Showing respect for local cultures.
c) Saving tourists money.
d) Protecting the local environment.
(56) According to the text, fair-trade travel is all
about…
a) making money for charity.
b) money from tourism going to local people.
c) travellers getting a good deal.

(
According to the text, there are _____
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companies that are operated on principles
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as well as profits.
)
a) a few
b) no
c) some old
d) many

(58) Choose the most appropriate title for the article.

a) Holidays from heaven
b) Cheap adventure holidays
c) Fair-trade holidays
d) Great holiday deals

Section 9

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill

each blank.
(67) Who _____ in that house?
a) does live
b) lives
c) does he live
d) he lives
(68) I’ll call you when I _____ home.
a) get
b) ’ll get
c) ’ll have got
d) ’m getting
(69) If you _____ me, what would you do?
a) was
b) would be
c) were
d) have been

(70) I don’t know where _____ last night.

a) did he go
b) he did go
c) went he
d) he went

(71) John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but

I wish _____.
a) they won’t
b) they hadn’t
c) they didn’t
d) they weren’t

(72) I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the
fridge!
a) wasn’t eating
b) didn’t eat
c) hadn’t eaten
d) hasn’t eaten
(73) I regret _____ harder in school.
a) not studying
b) not to study
c) to not study
d) not have studied

(74) Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your
work.
a) will tell
b) would have told
c) must have told
d) had told

(75) Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____

particularly quiet!
a) neither they aren’t
b) either they aren’t
c) nor are they
d) neither did they be

(76) We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but

in fact they didn’t
a) were speaking
b) would speak
c) had spoken
d) spoke
(77) I’d rather _____ next weekend, but I do!
a) I don’t have to work
b) I didn’t have to work
c) not to work
d) no working
(78) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about
_____ subject that comes up.
a) whatever
b) whenever
c) wherever
d) whoever

Section 10

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill

each blank.

(79) I always _____ milk in my coffee.

a) have
b) drink
c) mix
d) make

(80) I _____ TV every evening.

a) watch
b) look at
c) see
d) hear
(81) Can you give me a _____ with my bag.
a) leg
b) back
c) hand
d) head

( Before you enter the triathlon, please

8 bear in _____ that you’re not as young
2 as
) you used to be!
a) thought
b) question
c) mind
d) opinion

( The breath test showed he had consumed

8 more than three times the legal limit of
3 alcohol, so the police arrested him for
) _____.
a) trespassing
b) mugging
c) speeding
d) drunk driving

(84) The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a) time-wasting
b) time-consuming
c) time-using
 After the movie
(
d) out of time
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was released, the main _____ point was
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its excessive use of
)
violence.
a) discussion
b) speaking
c) conversation
d) talking

(86) There have been several big _____ against the use
of GM foods recently.
a) campaigns
b) issues
c) boycotts
d) strikes