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Placement Test

| 1. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is talking about _____.
a. | the past
b. | the present
c. | the future
| 2. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Which food will Mario NOT eat?
a. | cheese
b. | steak
c. | onions
| 3. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Who wrote the paper?
a. | Mary
b. | Kathy
c. | Mary Kathy
| 4. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Which sentence is true?
a. | The weather was colder yesterday.
b. | The weather is warmer today.
c. | The weather was warmer yesterday.
| 5. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is talking about _____.
a. | the past
b. | the present
c. | the future
| 6. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Which sentence could be true?
a. | Ron weighs 69 kg, and Taylor weighs 76 kg.
b. | Ron weighs 76 kg, and Taylor weighs 69 kg.
c. | Ron weighs 69 kg, and Taylor weighs 69 kg.
| 7. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is talking about _____.
a. | the past
b. | the present
c. | the future
| 8. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker thinks you can't _____ Lisa.
a. | hear
b. | trust
c. | match
| 9. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker plans to buy _____.
a. | one thing
b. | two things
c. | three things
| 10. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. This is a _____.
a. | refusal
b. | complaint
c. | compliment
| 11. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Which sentence is true?
a. | The speaker has no money.
b. | The speaker has some money.
c. | The speaker will give you money.
| 12. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is probably __________.
a. | at a travel agency
b. | at a doctor’s office
c. | at a restaurant
| 13. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is talking about ___________.
a. | why the woman spoke
b. | when the woman spoke
c. | how the woman spoke
| 14. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker thinks ____________.
a. | scuba diving is dangerous
b. | you’re not going scuba diving
c. | scuba diving is usually safe
| 15. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. You should send a fax to __________.
a. | a man
b. | a woman
c. | two people
| 16. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. Which happened first?
a. | I arrived.
b. | I saw the band.
c. | The band started playing.
| 17. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is talking about __________.
a. | one person
b. | at least two people
c. | three or more people
| 18. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker’s grandfather is ______.
a. | dead
b. | blind
c. | alive
| 19. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best answers the question. How much water does Tom want?
a. | none
b. | a small amount
c. | a large amount
| 20. | Listen to the audio and identify the choice that best completes the statement. The speaker is going to _____________.
a. | spend some money at the bank
b. | put some money in the bank
c. | get some money from the bank
| 21. | There many tall buildings ______ my city.
a. | on
b. | in
c. | at
| 22. | Many people ______ in apartments.
a. | live
b. | lived
c. | lives
| 23. | What did you do yesterday?
a. | I study.
b. | I worked.
c. | I work.
| 24. | Three different species of monkeys live ______ this island.
a. | at
b. | on
c. | in
| 25. | ______ many different colors. Which do you like best?
a. | There was
b. | There are
c. | There is
| 26. | Are you sick? You ______ go see a doctor.
a. | can’t
b. | should
c. | shouldn’t
| 27. | The players on our team are ______ than the other team’s players.
a. | faster
b. | fast
c. | fastest
| 28. | There ______ one teacher for every ten students in my school.
a. | is
b. | am
c. | are
| 29. | Some musicians______ a song outside my window.
a. | is playing
b. | plays
c. | are playing
| 30. | Anyone ______ learn to ride a bike.
a. | can’t
b. | can
c. | shouldn’t
| 31. | My aunt is a doctor. She really loves ______ job.
a. | her
b. | our
c. | their
| 32. | Is that your guitar? No, it isn’t. It’s my ______ guitar.
a. | cousins
b. | cousins’
c. | cousin’s
| 33. | While bats are hunting at night, songbirds ______in nests.
a. | sleeping
b. | are sleeping
c. | sleeps
| 34. | Wildlife ______ have a safe habitat to survive.
a. | must
b. | don’t have to
c. | shouldn’t
| 35. | What did women wear in the 1800s?
a. | Most women weared long dresses.
b. | Most women wear long dresses.
c. | Most women wore long dresses.
| 36. | In the 1920s, women ________ to wear shorter dresses.
a. | begin
b. | began
c. | begun
| 37. | At the concert, the band performed a few _________.
a. | music
b. | old hits
c. | new song
| 38. | My sister has the ______ idea for a new gadget.
a. | good
b. | best
c. | better
| 39. | My friend loves technology. She ______ have a career in technology someday.
a. | is going to
b. | will
c. | is going
| 40. | Our ancestors ______ in this country for thousands of years.
a. | having lived
b. | has lived
c. | have lived
| 41. | There are two green chairs in my room. ______ light green one is my favorite place to sit and read.
a. | A
b. | The
c. | An
| 42. | The chair isn’t ______ my bed, but it’s in a bright, sunny place.
a. | as comfortable as
b. | most comfortable than
c. | comfortable as
| 43. | A good night’s sleep protects your body. Many people don’t get ______ sleep.
a. | enough
b. | often
c. | rarely
| 44. | Tests always ______ nervous – even when I’ve studied.
a. | makes me
b. | make me
c. | make them
| 45. | Before smartphones, people ______ get messages on answering machines.
a. | used to
b. | use to
c. | would have
| 46. | What are you doing with those extra apples?
a. | I’m going to make pie.
b. | I’ve made a pie.
c. | I made a pie.
| 47. | If you like nutritious meals, you _________ my dad’s cooking.
a. | enjoy
b. | will enjoy
c. | enjoyed
| 48. | My neighbor wants to surround people with art. She thinks it should be _________.
a. | nowhere
b. | everywhere
c. | anywhere
| 49. | The wildfire ______ for over a week.
a. | has been burning
b. | have been burning
c. | is burning
| 50. | The day before the hurricane, residents of the area ______ for evacuation.
a. | was prepared
b. | have been preparing
c. | were preparing
| 51. | Gabe has a really outgoing personality, ______?
a. | does he
b. | doesn’t he
c. | isn’t he
| 52. | Marie refuses to go in the cave. She ______ that there are bats inside.
a. | could have heard
b. | must have heard
c. | might not have heard
| 53. | I don’t want ______ these old clothes. Is there a way we can reuse them?
a. | to destroy
b. | destroy
c. | destroying
| 54. | The club I ______ has two leaders.
a. | belong on
b. | belong to
c. | belong at
| 55. | I have ______ clothes. I need to give some away.
a. | too many
b. | too much
c. | enough
| 56. | A lot of styles ______ by past trends.
a. | inspired
b. | are inspired
c. | is inspired
| 57. | The new satellite works ______ the old one.
a. | the most efficiently
b. | less efficient than
c. | more efficiently than
| 58. | By the time Isabel flew in an airplane, she ______ college.
a. | is already finishing
b. | will finish
c. | had already finished
| 59. | If I had known about the space shuttle launch, I ______.
a. | would have watched it
b. | would watch it
c. | could watch it
| 60. | “I drew dog portraits for my art project because dogs are my favorite subjects.” She _______.
a. | says she has drawn dog portraits for her art project because dogs are her favorite subjects.
b. | said she drew dog portraits for her art project because dogs were her favorite subjects.
c. | said I drew dog portraits for my art project because dogs were my favorite subjects.
| 61. | My mom told me to stop _________ so much TV and go outside.
a. | to watch
b. | watching
c. | watch
| 62. | I _________ the light festival every year.
a. | look out to
b. | look up to
c. | look forward to
| 63. | If I had remembered to bring food from home, I _________ money on a sandwich now.
a. | wouldn’t be spending
b. | wouldn’t spend
c. | will not spend
| 64. | She _________ all 50 states by the end of the year.
a. | explores
b. | will have explored
c. | has explored
| 65. | The _______ the flight, the more fuel is needed.
a. | longest
b. | more long
c. | longer
| 66. | To capture a good photo of the sunrise, your camera _________at just the right angle.
a. | will be placed
b. | must be placed
c. | has been placed
| 67. | My goal is to travel to _________ Peru to explore _________Andes. I’ve never been to_________ South America before!
a. | the / the / x
b. | x / the / the
c. | x / the / x
| 68. | Lee: Is there any homework tonight? Lee _________.
a. | guesses there’s no homework tonight
b. | is telling you to do the homework tonight
c. | wants to know if there’s any homework tonight
| 69. | Lara is a very skilled surfer. _________ is a very skilled surfer is Lara.
a. | The thing that
b. | The person who
c. | The surfer that
| 70. | What word can be removed from this sentence without changing its meaning? The fossils that they found in the desert are over 60 million years old!
a. | that
b. | over
c. | years
| 71. | Read and complete the sentence. This reading is about giant pandas ___ .
a. | in zoos
b. | only in China
c. | in China and other countries
| 72. | Read and answer the question. How many wild pandas are there in China?
a. | 12
b. | 200
c. | 1600
| 73. | Read and complete the sentence. Pandas can _____.
a. | swim but can´t climb trees
b. | climb trees and swim
c. | climb trees but can´t swim
| 74. | Read and complete the sentence. Pandas eat_____.
a. | bamboo
b. | meat
c. | rice
| 75. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | Pandas sleep about 16 hours a day.
b. | Pandas are taller than people.
c. | Many pandas live in the wild.
| 76. | Read and answer the question. This text is about _______.
a. | rivers in Peru
b. | the Amazon
c. | rain forests and their animals
| 77. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | The Amazon River flows to Peru.
b. | Piranhas eat other animals.
c. | The anaconda is the largest snake on Earth.
| 78. | Read and answer the question. What percent of all the birds on Earth live in this rain forest.
a. | 1 percent
b. | 20 percent
c. | 50 percent
| 79. | Read and answer the question. Which of these animals is NOT scary?
a. | the sloth
b. | the anaconda
c. | the piranha
| 80. | Read and answer the question. Which of these statements about the Andes Mountains is correct?.
a. | The world’s largest river starts in the Andes Mountains.
b. | The Andes Mountains are right next to the Atlantic Ocean.
c. | Three thousand kinds of fish live in the Andes Mountains.
| 81. | Read and answer the question. What is the main idea of the text?
a. | The Huli people live in Papua New Guinea.
b. | All Huli children go to school.
c. | Huli men are known for their wigs.
| 82. | Read and answer the question. Huli men ___ .
a. | didn’t wear wigs before 1930
b. | have followed a traditional lifestyle only since 1930
c. | live together
| 83. | Read and answer the question. Huli boys ___ .
a. | often have wet hair
b. | can’t run in school, but can run outside
c. | start wig school before they go to live with their father
| 84. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | Huli families have lived together only since 1930.
b. | People from other countries have only known about the Huli people since 1930.
c. | The Huli people’s wig schools started in 1930.
| 85. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | All Huli people wear wigs after middle school.
b. | Fire makes Huli hair grow faster.
c. | There are fewer than 100,000 Huli people.
| 86. | Read and answer the question. What is the main idea of the text?
a. | Coral reefs are like cities in the sea.
b. | Tourists like coral reefs.
c. | There are many skeletons in the coral reefs.
| 87. | Read and answer the question. Corals reefs are made from ___ .
a. | young coral polyps
b. | fish skeletons
c. | limestone
| 88. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence about coral polyps is correct?
a. | They die right after they build their skeleton.
b. | They are bigger than coral reefs.
c. | They get their calcium from seawater.
| 89. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | One fourth of all sea animals live in or around coral reefs.
b. | Coral reefs are bad for tourism.
c. | All the animals in coral reefs have bright colors.
| 90. | Read and answer the question. Which sentence is correct?
a. | All tropical countries have coral reefs.
b. | Coral reefs provide food and jobs to a lot of people.
c. | Scientists put chemicals in the coral reefs to create medicines.