PRACTICE TEST 1 PART I: LISTENING Task 1: Listen to invitations left on Nick’s voicemail. What phrase completes each statement ? (1.25m) 1. Denise is inviting Nick to ______ a. dinner 2. Ray is inviting Nick to come over and ______ b. the beach 3. Nick’s mother is inviting him for ______ c. listen to a band 4. Lauren is inviting Nick to ______ d. watch the game on TV 5. Steve is inviting Nick to ______ e. a movie Task 2: Paula is inviting her friends to go dancing. Are these statements true or false (1.25m) True False 1. Debbi would love to go dancing, but she has to study. 2. Dennis thinks he’s a terrible dancer 3. Carlos can’t go because he has a date who doesn’t like to dance. 4. Marlene can’t go because she has to stay home 5. Mike can’t go because he has tickets to a rock concert PART II: READING Task 1: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the following sentences. (1.25ms) Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grep up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Alien. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making mores. In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with _ and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product. Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States. 1. According to the writer, people cannot live without personal computers B. computers play an important part of our lives Bill Gates invented personal computers D. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science 2. The words 'dropped out of” in line 10 mean A. graduated from B. got over C. took part in D. stopped taking class at 3. According to the passage, Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they wanted to sell their program for personal computers Paul Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard. 4. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States? A. 34 B. 51 C. 42 D. 44 5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text? In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States. Read the text below and choose the correct word / phrase for each space. (1.25ms) Every year, students in many (6) _____learn English. (7) _____of these students are young children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study (8) _____ themselves. A few learn English just by (9) _____ the language in films, (10) _____ television, in the office, or among their friends. But not many are lucky to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language. 6: A. countries B. homes C. house D. families 7: A. None B. Some C. Any D. All 8: A. for B. with C. by D. on 9: A. hear B. heard C. to hear D. hearing 10: A. on B. at C. in D. to PART III: USE OF LANGUAGE (2.5ms) Task 1: Choose the best option to complete the following sentences 1. Andrew _______ the test before so he _______ it very easy A. had done/found B. had done/ had found C. did/ found D. did/ had found 2. I must go now. I promised ________________late. A. not being B. not to be C. to not be D. I wouldn’t be 3. Daisy is so _____ . She only cares about herself, not about other people. A. selfish B. helpful C. loyal D. talkative 4. Wedding anniversaries mark the _____ of a happy and lasting relationship between married couples. A. labels B. starting points C. symptoms D. milestones 5. What made you more interested . learning English? A. with B. to C. on D. in 6. Would you mind _______ some time taking to me after the examination? A. to open B. opening C. open D. opened 7. He was in a very ............ situation yesterday. He felt so stupid and didn’t know what to do. A. embarrassing B. embarrassed C. embarrassment D. embarrass 8. A: “Could you help me move this television, please?” B: “ ______” A. No, thanks. B. Yes, of course. C. No, I’m rather busy. D. Yes, I am. Task 2: Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others. 9. A. idol B. selfish C. rumour D. apartment 10. A. hospitable B. generous C. important D. interesting PART IV: WRITING (2,5ms) Task 1: Arrange the words to make complete sentence: 1. noticed/ run/ him/ from/ away/ she/ home. 2 let/ I/ stay/ think/ them/ should/ the weekend/ until/ we. Task 2: Rewrite the following sentences 1. “You mustn’t go out tonight” àI am not allowed 2. After he had turned off the lights, he went home. à Before he 3. Someone sang in the next room last night. à I heard
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