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 22.a. full b. crowded c. fond d. packed 23.a. finished b. succeeded c. could d. managed 24.a. quick b. fast c. rapid d. slow 25.a. explosion b. music c. song d. programme 67 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: In America there is no national television as there is in some countries. All the stations are run commercially. Advertisers sponsor shows. They interrupt the shows every few minutes to advertise the things they are selling. Television is criticized for its crime shows, actually there are many other special shows of real value. There are also educational television stations which are trying out new types of high quality programs. They give courses in foreign languages and in literature which viewers can follow and even take examinations later. Some schools have a regular class on T.V, such as science, several hours a week. 26. In America, ________. a. there is no television b. there is a lot of national television c. there are no television viewers d. there isn’t any national television 27. Who sponsors the shows in America? a. educationists b. viewers c. advertisers d. school masters 28. Why are the shows interrupted every few minutes ? a. to take a break b. for advertising c. to sell things d. because of the boring shows 29. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? a. Television is criticized for its crime shows b. There are many other special shows of real value c. There are also educational television stations d. There are no educational programs 30. Some schools __________. a. have no regular class on T.V b. do not like science on T.V c. spend several hours a week watching T.V d. frequently have classes on T.V II. WRITING: E. Word-form: (1.5ms) 1. Movies are not only for entertainment but also for _______ purposes. (educate) 2. Fashion designers insist that all models place their ______ behind. (beautiful) 3. Television _____ us to buy the things we don’t need. (courage) 4. The baby has behaved ______ up to now. (wonder) 5. The sky is so ______. I think it is going to rain. (cloud) 6. A documentary is a film with factual ______, often about a problem in society. (inform) F. Rewrite the following sentences: (2.5ms) 1. She often ate a lot of ice-cream when she was a little girl.  She used _____________________________________. 2. The T.V programme was very boring. They didn’t watch it.  The T.V programme was too ______________________. 3. The book was so interesting that the children enjoyed reading it.  It was such ____________________________________. 4. I spend three hours doing my homework.  It takes _______________________________________. 5. He said, ‘ You should do it like this.’  He advised that ________________________________. 68 . in a hospital bed. 21 .a. in b. at c. on d. over 22 .a. full b. crowded c. fond d. packed 23 .a. finished b. succeeded c. could d. managed 24 .a. quick b. fast. SAMPLE TEST 2 I. MULTIPLE CHOICE : (6ms) A. PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which