Placement test

First name:

Last name:

Phone number:

E-mail:

City:

Mark the correct answers:


1
cut
knife
plate
glass
pen
paper
write
?
2
tea
coffee
bread
egg
milk
orange
apple
?
3
father
son
pen
daughter
sister
niece
aunt
mother
?
4
month
year
minute
hour
season
week
day
?
5
breakfast
dinner
kitchen
steak
fork
pot
egg
?

6 - How are you?

- very good, thank you
- thank you
- I'm a student
- very well, thank you.

7 - are you Bill Smith?

- that's right
- all right
- is right
- you right.

8 - I'm sorry.

- that's O.K
- here you are
- it doesn't matter
- not at all

9 - Today is my birthday.

- You are lucky
- congratulations
- good luck
- many happy returns of the day.

10 - Thank you very much

- thank you too
- all right
- good luck
- many happy returns of the day.

11 Water . . . . . . . . . . at a temperature of 100 C


is to boil
is boiling
boils

12 In cold countries people wear thick clothes . . . . . . . . . . warm


for keeping
to keep
for to keep

13 In some countries . . . . . . . . . . very hot all the time.


there is
is
it is

14 In England people are always talking about . . . . . . . . . . .


a weather
the weather
weather

15 In some places . . . . . . . . . . almost every day.


it rains
there rains
it raining

16 In deserts there isn't . . . . . . . . . . grass.


the
some
any

17 Places near the Equator have . . . . . . . . . . weather even in the cold season.


a warm
the warm
warm

18 In England . . . . . . . . . . time of year is usually from December to February.


coldest
the coldest
colder

19 . . . . . . . . . . people don't know what it's like in other countries.


the most
most of
most

20 Very . . . . . . . . . . people can travel abroad.


less
little
few

21 Mohamed Ali . . . . . . . . . . his first world title fight in 1960.


has won
won
is winning

22 After he . . . . . . . . . . an Olympic gold medal he become a professional boxer.


had won
have won
was winning


23 His religions beliefs . . . . . . . . . . change his name when he became champion.


have made him
made him to
made him

24 If he . . . . . . . . . . lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.


has
would have
had


25 He has traveled a lot . . . . . . . . . . as a boxer and as a world - famous personality.


both
and
or


26 He is very well known . . . . . . . . . . the world.


all in
all over
in all


27 Many people . . . . . . . . . . he was the greatest boxer of all time.


is believing
are believing
believe


28 To be the best . . . . . . . . . . the world is not easy.


from
in
of


29 Like any top sportsman Ali . . . . . . . . . . train very hard.


had to
must
should


30 Even though he has now lost his title, people . . . . . . . . . . always remember him as a champion.


would
will
did


The history of 31) is 32) short one. For many centuries men 33) to fly, but with 34) success. In the 19 th century a few people succeeded . 35) in balloons. But it wasn't until the beginning of 36) century that anybody 37) able to fly in a machine 38) was heavier than air, in other words, in 39) we now call a "plane". The first people to achieve "powered fligh" were the Wright brother 40) was the machine which was the forerunner of the Jambo jets and supersonic airliners that are 41) common sight today. They 42) hardly have imagined that in 1969, 43) more than half a century later, a man 44) landed on the moon. Already 45) is taking the first steps towards the stars. Although space satellites have existed 46) less than forty years, we are now dependent 47) them for all kinds of 48). Not only 49) being used for scientific research in space, but also to see what kind of weather 50).


Essay

Please, write a short essay (10-15 sentences) to answer the following question: "Would you like to be famous? Please, explain your reasons."