English A
English A
1. For questions 1-36, choose the best word or phrase (A, B or C).
23. My brother and sister _______ play 28. I've lived in London _______ 20
football together when they were years but I've never visited London
younger. Zoo.
A. did use to A. for
B. use to B. since
C. used to C. from
47. The suspect _______ being near the 52. You should take a few days off work.
bank at the time of the crime. It won't _______ you any harm.
A. claimed A. do
B. accused B. give
C. denied C. make
D. refused D. pay
48. The man is believed _______ over a 53. Slow down, Barry, I can't _______
thousand marathons since he you.
started. A. keep up with
A. to run B. come up to
B. to be running C. come up with
C. he has run D. reach up with
D. to have run
Total: _____/60
Reading
3. Read the text below. For questions 61-65, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Bike sharing
If you travel to a big city you will see many people riding public bikes. This isn't a new idea. The
first public bike sharing system began in Amsterdam in the 1960s. The organizers painted the
bikes white and many people used them. After one person finished their journey they left the
bike for the next person. Unfortunately, people stole many of the bikes or threw them in the
rivers, and so the system was stopped.
In 1974, the city of La Rochelle, in France, started its own system of free public bicycles. Their
bikes were yellow and the system was successful. Today, there are more than 300 bikes and the
city is famous for its yellow bikes. You have to pay to use the bikes now, but they aren't
expensive and they are very popular.
Today, technology has changed public bike sharing systems. There are now special stations for
people to put the bikes so they are safe and computer systems that record the location of the
bikes at the bike stations. In most bike sharing systems, the riders use a special card to pay for
11 the bike. Public bike sharing systems are popular in Europe, but they are also becoming
popular in Asia. In fact, the biggest bike sharing system is in the city of Hangzhou, in China.
There are over 60,000 bicycles and over 2,000 stations!
Cities don't have bike sharing systems to make money, but the city benefits because there are
fewer cars on the roads, less noise and less pollution. Public bike sharing systems are also
becoming very popular with tourists. Local people are happy because a shared bike is cheaper
than using a car, it is good for the environment and it is good exercise. With over 500 bike
sharing systems in the world today it looks like they are here to stay.
61. What was one of the problems with 62. What does the writer say about the
the first bike sharing system? bike sharing system in France?
A. Nobody wanted a white A. When it started people didn't
bicycle. pay to use the bikes.
B. People rode the bicycles into B. People liked yellow bikes
the river. more than white bikes.
C. Some people took the bikes C. Many famous people use the
and kept them. yellow bikes
65. How does the writer feel about bike sharing systems?
A. They have a good future.
B. Cars will always be more popular.
C. They are the best way to do exercise.
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4. Read the text below. For questions 66-70, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Democratic School
I've just started university and have met lots of new people from all sorts of countries. Despite
their different backgrounds, they all went to the same type of school as me. The schools had
3 lots of rules, lots of sitting quietly, hours of listening to lessons and never-ending tests.
However, there was one student, Derek, who told me he'd gone to a democratic school. I didn't
know what he meant so I asked him to tell me more.
He explained that democratic schools are very different from typical schools where the teachers
decide what the rules are. In democratic schools, things like equality and freedom are more
important than getting good grades. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their
own actions. He explained that in weekly meetings students and staff members voted on school
rules and ways to enforce them. They also decided what to do if someone broke the rules. Each
student and staff member had one vote each so, as there were many more students than staff,
the students were in control.
As for the lessons themselves, Derek said that students made their own timetables at the
beginning of each term. They could choose from a range of traditional subjects like geography,
maths, and woodwork. He also explained how the students weren't separated by age and even
more surprising that participation in each class was optional. They had to attend the class but if
they chose to, the students could do an alternative activity, like reading or drawing. Despite
this, the students often chose to prepare for exams in order to go to university.
If I'd gone to a democratic school, I wouldn't have studied anything and I'd have spent all my
time playing games. Even now, I need someone to tell me what to do and organize my life for
me. But maybe that's the point of democratic schools. Perhaps if young people were allowed to
make more decisions themselves, they would be better prepared not only for life at university,
but also the challenges beyond.
66. What's the writer doing in the text? 68. According to Derek, how are
A. Telling a funny story about democratic schools different from
school. more typical schools?
B. Recommending a school. G. Students are given more
C. Discussing a type of school. freedom.
67. What does 'never-ending tests' (line H. Students get worse grades.
3) mean? I. Students are allowed to
D. lots of tests break the rules.
E. difficult tests
F. boring tests
69. What does the writer learn about
the classes in the democratic
70. How does the writer feel about
school?
democratic schools?
J. Students didn't need to
M. Students won't learn
attend them.
anything useful.
N. They might be good for
K. The boys and the girls
young people.
weren't separated.
O. He wishes he'd gone to one.
L. Students didn't have to take
part in them.
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5. Read the text below. For questions 71-75, choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
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Writing
6. Read part of an email you have received from an English-speaking friend. Write an email
answering your friend's questions.
In your next email, please tell me about your favourite kind of music or favourite singers or
group. What type of music do they play? Why do you like them?
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7. At school you have been discussing the best way to study. Your teacher has asked you to
write an essay. Read the statement and write an essay discussing both views. Then give your
opinion.
Some students think the best way to prepare for a test is to study a little bit every day, while
others think it is better to wait until the week before the test and study for many hours.
Use the Placement Test Conversion Table to identify your students' levels. Placement according
to the scores on the complete test is based on the assumption that your students attempt to
answer all the questions, including both writing tasks.
If you choose not to use the writing section of the Placement Test, use this table to place your
students in the appropriate level based on their grammar, vocabulary and reading skills.
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Placement Test
TEACHERS GUIDE
ANSWER KEY
C (have got)
A (present simple)
A (can)
C (present continuous)
A (past simple)
B (superlatives)
C (vocabulary – everyday activities)
C (vocabulary – places in a town)
B (vocabulary – personal qualities)
C (modals of obligation/lack of obligation/prohibition)
A (could)
B (past continuous)
A (present continuous for future)
C (present perfect with yet)
B (first conditional)
B (vocabulary – jobs)
B (vocabulary – containers and measures)
C (vocabulary – clothes)
A (relative pronouns)
B (as...as comparatives)
C (too/(not) enough)
C (second conditional)
C (used to)
C (gerunds and infinitives)
B (vocabulary – health problems and illnesses)
C (vocabulary – adjectives -ed/-ing)
C (vocabulary – phrasal verbs)
A (present perfect for/since)
C (future perfect simple)
A (relative clauses – non defining)
B (past modals of deduction)
C (third conditional)
C (wish)
A (vocabulary – extreme adjectives)
C (vocabulary – dependent prepositions)
B (vocabulary – lend/borrow)
C (present perfect continuous)
A (so/such)
D (the...the...comparative structures)
B (modals in the past)
B (provided)
C (question tags)
C (vocabulary – transport and travel)
B (vocabulary – money)
C (vocabulary – phrasal verbs)
B (gerunds and infinitives)
C (reporting verbs)
D (impersonal reporting structures)
D (causative get)
C (participle clauses)
B (vocabulary – body idioms)
A (vocabulary – collocations with do)
A (vocabulary – phrasal verbs)
C (vocabulary – describing cities and towns)
C (relative clauses)
B (auxiliaries for emphasis)
C (inversion)
D (gerunds and infinitives: two meanings)
A (vocabulary – descriptive adjectives)
C (vocabulary – adjective + noun collocations)
Reading
C (detailed information)
A (detailed information)
C (pronoun reference)
C (main idea)
A (writer's opinion)
C (writer's intention)
A (meaning in context)
A (detailed information)
C (detailed information)
B (writer's opinion)
C (writer's intention)
B (detailed information)
C (inference)
A (pronoun reference)
D (writer's opinion)
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Placement Test
TEACHERS GUIDE
ANSWER KEY
Writing
Sample answer
Hi John,
Sample answer
Tests at school are very important and every student prepares for them differently. Some
prefer to study constantly throughout the year, whereas others leave all their revision until the
last minute. I can understand both points of view.
To study regularly, you have to be very organised. You must review your notes before and after
lessons and always be asking your teacher questions when something is not clear. The
advantage of this is that you do really learn better, but the disadvantage is that it takes a lot of
time.
On the other hand, if you leave it to the last minute it is possible to do a test and remember
something that you studied the night before. However, it is also true that you cannot study
everything the night before because there is not enough time. In addition, if you have to revise
for more than one subject, the information can become mixed up.
Personally, I think it is best to study regularly and make summaries of your notes. You can
review these easily the night before without feeling stressed.