English Test

English Test

Part I

Below are sets of sentences and you have to select the sentences that are in grammatically correct order.

1. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
2. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
3. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
4. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
5. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

Part II

Complete the sentence with the appropriate word.

6. The rescue workers decided to (_______) across the area so they could cover more ground as they searched for the lost child.
14. I began (_______) French when I was 9 years old.
7. The history teacher showed her students footage taken from wartime newsreels. The films gave them a vivid sense of what it (_______) like at the time.
15. Thank you for (_______) me with my homework.
8. Well, tomorrow our vacation comes to an end, and we have to (_______) back home.
16. Could you tell me (_______) the principal will come back?
9. My sister, (_______) I admire, is leaving for Harvard University.
17. It has been raining for (_______) days.
10. I get very nervous when I have to speak (_______) but my teacher says it is totally natural.
18. I can’t carry all these books (_______). Will you help me?
11. Bea worked for her father for eight years and (_______) took over his business.
19. I love cookies but I don’t know (_______) to make them.
12. Have you ever (_______) the singer?
20. I was so nervous! I don’t remember (_______) I said to her.
13. I couldn’t attend Yumi’s wedding because I (_______) in Australia.

Vocabulary Exam

To complete each item, choose the best word or phrase from among the four choices.

21. The cafe on the college campus, with its good lighting, comfortable chairs, and large tables, had an atmosphere (_______) to studying.
22. Jane bought five silk handkerchiefs. Because she was going to give each one to a different friend, she asked the salesclerk to wrap them (_______).
23. In the first lecture, Professor Smith (_______) how important it was to take good notes. He mentioned it for three or four times.
24. Ken (_______) some mistakes during his English speech, but his parents were still very proud of him.
25. At (_______), the boys and girls couldn't sing well together. But after practicing hard for one month, they sang beautifully.

Reading Exam

Read each passage and choose the best answer from among the choices for each question.

26. At the height of the First World War, British forces launched a massive assault against German defensive positions in Cambrai, France, using a devastating new weapon: the tank. These armored vehicles were practically immune to the machine-gun fire that frequently mowed down waves of troops, and they could penetrate the barbed wire and lines of trenches the Germans had thought impregnable. Britain utilized hundreds of tanks in the assault, which led to an unprecedented advance of six miles and briefly appeared to have broken the long-existing stalemate between the opposing armies. With so many tanks involved in the assault, however, little was left in the way of reserves; a fact painfully realized after tanks on the front line broke down and needed maintenance or replacing. The difficulty in replenishing infantry and exhausted crewmen due to poor weather only made things worse, and with a majority of tanks out of commission, the attack stalled, allowing the Germans to retake territory.
Q: What is one thing we learn about the battle at Cambrai?
27. Most of the machines that people in developed nations use were invented during the last 200 years. They make tasks easier for people and give them more time for other tasks and for leisure. However, which of these machines has changed society the most? Even though people spend more time with their TVs, computers, and smartphones, some historians argue that the impact of these inventions has been small compared with that of washing machines.
Q: What do some historians say about the invention of washing machines?
28. Before washing machines, clothes and sheets were washed by hand. For most of history, this has involved carrying the laundry to a river or a lake, wetting it, and rubbing it with rocks, sand, or soap to remove the dirt. Then, the laundry had to be put in water again, and the extra water was usually removed to make drying easier. Even if people had water in their homes, the laundry would have to be rubbed against a special board or hit with pieces of wood to make it clean. It was hard work that took a long time.
Q: Cleaning clothes and sheets without washing machines was hard work because
29. Ann Lowe was an African American fashion designer. She was born in Alabama in the United States around 1898. When she was a child, Lowe's mother and grandmother taught her how to make clothes. Both her mother and her grandmother had jobs. They made clothes for rich people in Alabama, and Lowe often helped them with their work.
Q: What did Ann Lowe's mother and grandmother do?
30. Lowe's mother died in 1914. When she died, Lowe's mother was making some dresses in Alabama. The dresses weren't finished, so Lowe finished making them. In 1916, she met a rich woman from Florida in a department store. Lowe was wearing clothes that she made, and the woman really liked them. So, Lowe became a dressmaker for her in Florida. After that, Lowe went to live in New York in 1917.
Q: When did Lowe go to New York?

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