TEST 1
LISTENING
What are these things used for? Circle the correct information.
1. People use these to block the sun / insects.
2. People use this to eat / cook spaghetti.
3. Cats use these to clean the floor / exercise.
4. People use this to exercise / sit on the train.
5. People use this to seal / open letters.
PHONETICS
6. A. cheerful B. charge C. change D. chef
7. A. smartphone B. hardware C. warming D. participate
8. A. access B. donate C. device D. install
9. A. orphanage B. various C. volunteer D. processor
USE OF ENGLISH
10. I’ve decided to live in abroad. I ______________ to Korea next year.
A. will move to B. move to C. am going to move to D. shall move to
11. Technological inventions __________ our lives in the last 20 years.
A. changed B. have changed C. was changed D. have been changed
12. _______________ apps allow students to communicate and learn at the same time.
A. education B. educationing C. educational D. educated
13. It is hard for the elderly ____________ a foreign language.
A. learn B. learning C. to learning D. to learn
14. She avoids ________ out in the sun because she doesn’t want her skin to look bad.
A. to go B. going C. to going D. go
15. They made us _________ while they checked our documents.
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. to waiting
16. ____________ regularly helps you lose weight effectively.
A. Exercise B. Exercising C. To exercise D. To exercising
17. We can now ________ instantly with people on the other side of the world.
A. speak B. talk C. communicate D. exchange
18. Alexander Fleming penicillin – an ___________________ important antibiotic – in 1928.
A. invented B. discovered C. collected D. found
19. Someone has made a big ________to the school. We’ve got enough money now to buy some new computers.
A. solution B. decision C. donation D. chance
20. Volunteers work in different conditions, so they must be ____________ to changing situations.
A. adapt B. adapted C. adapting D. adaptable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.
21. NASA is running a project on using 3D printers to make food in space.
A. is analysing B. is organising C. is planning D. is finding
22. Lack of water is a permanent problem in this country.
A. a problem that is always there B. a problem that is sometimes there
C. a new problem D. a problem that no one cares about it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following sentences.
23. Digital music files can be stored on your computer.
A. saved B. accumulated C. packed D. dispersed
24. The screen will display the username in the top right-hand corner.
A. illustrate B. present C. conceal D. publish
Make the correct form.
25. The flat (not/clean) ____________ yet and it looks very dirty.
26. (Thomas Edison/invent) ______________________ the first light bulb?
27. In my city rubbish (not/collect) ___________ on Sundays.
Choose the correct word or phrase.
28. My grandma’s stories are always interested/interesting.
29. I read a shocked/shocking report about smoking.
30. I was so annoyed/annoying about your comment.
READING COMPREHENSION
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
What are the basic skills that (31)________ child starting school should learn? For many centuries the obvious answer was: reading, writing and arithmetic. Quite recently computer classes (ICT) have been made an obligatory part of national curriculums to teach students how to use basic programmes. These days, (32)________, more and more countries are starting to realise that to succeed in the twenty-first century pupils should be able to create their own software.In fact, some schools in the UK are planning to get rid of ICT lessons and replace them (33)________ programming classes that would involve building websites, designing games and mobile phone apps. They hope that today’s generation of children, who are already familiar with using smartphones and practically living in the world of social media, will soon become the designers of the future.Education authorities have no problem convincing students’ parents that (34)________ skills are important. A recent survey shows that 94 percent of them believe that computer skills are (35)________ for the job market. Examples of British teenagers who have managed to sell their apps to big corporations also help make the decision easy. After all, who wouldn’t want their child to become a millionaire?
31.A. some B. all C. any D. many
32.A. although B. however C. despite D. therefore
33.A. for B. with C. from D. to
34.A. so B. such C. this D. some
35.A. essential B. unnecessary C. modern D. new
Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false.
Surveys show that kids are addicted to their smart phones and other mobile devices. So if it seems as if teenagers are spending a lot of time connected to their screens, that's because they are. About a quarter of their day to be exact.The average teen between 13 and 18 spends about nine hours a day consuming media - and that is