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END OF COURSE TEST (Units 11 to 20)
Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 87)
Listen to the radio talk show and mark sentences 1 to 8 T (True) or F (False).
(1) Eva won $98 million. T/F
(2) Eva doesn't want to leave her job. T/F
(3) Amy thinks life will be hard for Eva. T/F
(4) Amy thinks Eva shouldn't worry about the future. T/F
(5) Jack thinks Eva isn't very interested in the money. T/F
(6) Jack thinks Eva should spend the money on herself. T/F
(7) Vera thinks Eva should get some advice. T/F
(8) Vera thinks Eva should give all the money to the children's home. T/F
Section 2: Vocabulary
For questions 9 to 18, read the text and decide which answer (a, b, c or d) fills the blank.
Most of us would (9) _____ that we like animals, but how many of us are (10) _____ enough in their welfare to do something about animal rights? All my life I've been (11) _____ cruelty to animals, and I have felt strongly enough to (12) _____ various animal welfare groups.
Many who belong to these groups are brave people who (13) _____ risks with their own lives in order to protect creatures that cannot take care of themselves. Sometimes they (14) _____ mistakes; sometimes their methods are unpopular, even violent, particularly when they run (15) _____ patience. Of course, I am opposed (16) _____ violence, but I will never give (17) _____ fighting for animal rights, and I (18) _____ forward to the day when all animals are respected by everybody.
(9) a) speak b) inform c) tell d) say
(10) a) concerned b) involved c) interested d) fascinated
(11) a) against b) opposite c) toward d) behind
(12) a) cheer b) bear c) support d) accept
(13) a) have b) do c) make d) take
(14) a) do b) make c) have d) take
(15) a) out from b) out of c) into d) up to
(16) a) to b) by c) against d) for
(17) a) in b) over c) up d) out
(18) a) watch b) look c) see d) go
Section 3: Structure
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b or c) to complete sentences 19 to 28.
(19) I never get tired _____ listening to music.
a) with
b) by
c) of
(20) I need _____ my flat next weekend.
a) cleaning
b) to clean
c) clean
(21) If your shoes are hurting you why don't you _____?
a) take them off
b) take off
c) take off them
(22) I _____ jazz since I was a teenager.
a) played
b) have played
c) am playing
(23) Could you tell me where _____ comes from?
a) does your family
b) your family
c) do your family
(24) Would you mind _____ your suitcase, sir?
a) opening
b) to open
c) if you open
(25) What _____ if you lost your job?
a) will you do
b) did you do
c) would you do
(26) When I got to the station, the train _____.
a) has already gone
b) already went
c) had already gone
(27) I _____ ride my bicycle to school when I was younger.
a) use to
b) used to
c) was used to
(28) You think alcohol is OK but I _____.
a) don't agree
b) am not agree
c) am not agreed
In sentences 29 to 38, there are three underlined words or phrases, marked a, b and c. Circle the word or phrase that is grammatically incorrect.
(29) He (a) told that he enjoyed (b) being in a big family when he (c) was young.
(30) I've (a) been knowing how to cook (b) since I (c) was very young.
(31) (a) I'll go out (b) for a run before it (c) will get dark.
(32) I (a) have lived in this house (b) since ten years and I (c) don't want to leave.
(33) I (a) would have more time (b) with my family if I (c) would work part-time.
(34) Baseball is a sport that (a) it has (b) always been (c) more popular in the US.
(35) I (a) was very hungry when I (b) got home because I (c) haven't eaten since breakfast.
(36) How (a) far is (b) it take from your house to the (c) nearest park?
(37) (a) I've tried to (b) giving up smoking but it's very difficult (c) to do.
(38) We (a) have a party next Saturday and we want you (b) to come if you (c) can.
Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning remains the same.
(39) He started working in that factory when he was eighteen.
He's ________________________________________.
(40) Is it possible for you to come back tomorrow?
I was wondering ________________________________________?
.
(41) I think you should see the doctor.
If I ________________________________________.
(42) My mobile phone was stolen from my car yesterday.
Somebody ________________________________________ yesterday.
(43) The film will finish soon and I will go to bed then.
After ________________________________________.
(44) George W Bush won the US presidential election in 2000.
The presidential ________________________________________ in 2000.
Section 4: Reading
Read the following article on a new type of car and mark sentences 45 to 50 T (True) or F (False).
Toyota, in collaboration with the Sony Corporation, has just developed what might be the car of the future.
The Pod (which stands for `personalisation on demand') is not yet in production but it is already a major talking point. It is a four-seater car with a 1.5 litre engine. Nothing unusual there, you may think. But you would be wrong. First of all, it doesn't have a steering wheel. Instead it has a joystick that you control with one hand. But more significantly, the Pod has something that no other car has - a personality.
You notice something different when you see it from the front. It is designed to look like a face: the headlights are the eyes, the sideview mirrors are the ears and the grille looks like a mouth. When you approach it, the grille lights up orange and `smiles' at you. At the same time, the doors open and the seats turn toward you. It even has an antenna at the back that wags like a dog's tail to show that it is happy to see you.
When there is a problem, the smile changes to blue when it's `sad,' for example when it runs out of petrol, or even red when it's `angry,' for example if it thinks you're driving too dangerously. It senses how you are controlling the car, for example your speed and steering. It also detects how you are feeling through special sensors on the joystick; these measure your heart rate and perspiration. It then reacts intelligently by making adjustments such as altering the suspension, changing the temperature or playing relaxing music. Eventually, the designers hope, the car and the driver will come to `understand' each other.
So will our car be our friend in the future? It all sounds like something from a science-fiction movie, but amazingly, the thing already exists!
(45) You can't buy the Pod at the moment. T/F
(46) The Pod has a normal steering system. T/F
(47) The headlights come on when it sees you. T/F
(48) The antenna moves when you approach the Pod. T/F
(49) The Pod stops if you are driving badly. T/F
(50) The Pod can change the way the driver feels. T/F
Read the following passage about the dancer Nijinsky and choose the best answer (a, b or c) for questions 51 to 55.
Vaslav Nijinsky was arguably the greatest dancer of the twentieth century. From an early age, he was trained by his Polish parents, both famous dancers themselves, and was sent to the Imperial Ballet School in St Petersburg at the age of ten. In 1907, he joined the Marinsky Company and was an immediate success. He danced the great classical roles with the most famous ballerinas of the time, and he gained a reputation for grace of movement and the great athleticism of his jumping.
It was here in 1909 that he was noticed by the great impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, who took him on a highly successful tour to Paris. In 1911, he left the Marinsky Company and joined Diaghilev's Les Ballets Russes. Here he continued to dance and also choreographed a number of ballets himself, most notably Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. His choreography was very different from the classical style that was popular at that time. It was powerful and dramatic rather than beautiful, and not everybody liked it.
In 1913, he married a wealthy Hungarian. As a result, his relationship with Diaghilev collapsed and he was told to leave the company. For the next six years he tried without much success to set up his own company. Tragically, his career ended suddenly when in 1919 he became mentally ill and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. From then on, he spent much of the time in psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland, France and England. He died in London in 1950 and his body was moved to France three years later.
(51) Nijinsky started learning to dance…
when he was ten.
in 1907.
c) before going to ballet school.
(52) Diaghilev discovered him…
when he was dancing in Paris.
when he was with the Marinsky Company.
in 1911.
(53) Nijinsky's choreography…
was very popular.
was very beautiful.
was very unusual.
(54) Nijinsky left Diaghilev's company because…
he got married.
he wanted to start his own company.
he was becoming less popular.
(55) Nijinsky didn't dance after 1919 because…
his company was unsuccessful.
he became unwell.
he stopped enjoying it.