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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

ELEMENTARY LEVEL

* KK

READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING

(90 minutes)

PAPER 1: READING COMPREHENSION Section A: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence

Blacken your choice

1 When | see Barbara in the street, she always at me

C was smiling D smiles

2."Whos in my bed?", the little bear asked

C been sleeping D been slept

3 She told me | would have an accident if | more care

A am not taking B haven't taken

C won't take D didn't take

4, It's alovely day, but! _ staying at home with you

C am not minding D wasn't minding

5 Several people were hurt in the accident but only one

to hospital.

A has taken B has been taking

C was taken D was taking

6 The doctor showed the nurse to do

7 "You're late," he said "I think the bus already.” Awent _B.was going C has gone D goes

8 You should have some ice-cream when you your dinner

C will finish D will be finished

9 She often wishes that she a bicycle

10 We wondered who was going to pay for the window

A broken B break C breaking D broke

11 The crowd at a football match are often

12 All the girls present yesterday.

A was B were C is D are

13 | wouldn't waste time that book if | were you

14 He can go, can't he?

A No, he can B Yes, he can't

C Yes, he can D No, he won't

15 She doesn't like coffee, does she?

A Yes, she doesn't B No, she does

C Yes, she will D No, she doesn’t

16 | don't like the place he goes

17 The time he'll start is not known

18 They could reach the house the road was flooded

A although B.whether C as if D even

19 That man is deaf to hear what we say

20 They keep the dog so that it will not bite anybody

C chained up D to be chained

Section B: Jn this section you mil find after the passage five questions, each with four suggested answers You

must choose one which you think fits best Blacken your choice

THE EVILS OF SMOKING

Last Thursday an old man came to our school to talk about the evils

of smoking He said he wouldn't talk for too long, and we saw him take his watch off and lay it on the table | can't remember what he said about smoking because John and | had other things to think about He finished when the bell rang for break, and the headmaster told us to go out John happened to slip when he was passing the teacher's table

In the playground John showed me the watch He put it on his wrist, and it looked lovely | was wishing that I'd been the one to slip by the table, because it was a beautiful gold watch The headmaster came outside then, and the old man was with him They walked about, looking around and talking all the time After a bit the bell rang, and we came into our class again.

The headmaster said, "I've got a little job for you, boys This gentleman, our lecturer, has lost his watch in the playground It has happened before, he says - it just slips off his wrist So look around for it, will you? See if you are clever enough to find it The boy who can find it will get a useful reward."

Well, of course we all walked about the playground, looking for the watch And | wasn't surprised at all when John bent down as if he was picking something up Then he hurried past me towards the headmaster and the old man

"Where are you going?" | called out, though | knew very well where

he was going And the next minute John was smiling, handing over the watch to the old man and waiting for a reward

But the old man didn't seem pleased at all In fact he looked quite angry as if he wanted to put a knife into John's heart Then both the headmaster and the old man burst out laughing Later, John said to me that the old man didn't even say "Thank you" when he gave back to him the watch

The thing that made everybody, except me, surprised was that John didn't get any reward When he reminded the headmaster about it,

he said " Well, | will give you a useful reward that you will never forget.

Take this sheet of paper and write a long composition on the evils of

smoking"

Of course John didn't know what to write

21 What were the two boys thinking about during the lecture?

A They were not thinking about anything

B They were thinking about the evils of smoking

C About the watch - and how to get it, perhaps

D They thought that the headmaster was very clever

22 Why did the story-teller wish that he had slipped?

A Because it was a beautiful watch

B He thought he could have taken the watch if he had slipped

C If that had happened, the watch wouldn't have been lost

D In that case he wouldn't have given it back to the lecturer

23 Why did the two men come out to the playground?

A Because that was where the watch was lost

B twas day-time, and they needed some fresh air

C It was just a lucky chance that they came out mere

D They came out in order to support the headmaster's story.

24.What was the purpose of the promised reward?

A

B

C

D

People who find things must have a reward

It was a clever trap of the headmaster to find the watch

It was to encourage the boys to find the watch

The watch was a valuable one, so a reward was necessary 25,When John "bent down", what was he trying to do?

A

B

up

He had to bend down in order to pick up the watch

He was trying to hide the fact that he had found the watch The watch had slipped off his wrist, and he was trying to pick it

He was pretending to have found the watch in the playground

PAPER 2: USE OF ENGLISH Section A: Passage foe Gap-fill

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage by a word chosen from the list Use ONLY ONE word in each space

abruptly as because benefit discharge

exhaust garbage gradually individuals or

protects provide purity require too

people

Everyone wants to reduce pollution but the pollution problem is (26) complicated

as it is serious It is complicated (27) much pollution is caused (28) things that

benefit people For example, (29) from cars causes a large (30) of all air

pollution But the cars (31) transportation for millions of people Factories (32)

much of the material that (33) air and water, but factories (34) employment

to a large number of people

Thus, to end (35) greatly reduce pollution immediately, (36) would

have to stop using many things that (37) them Most people do not want to do that, of

course, but pollution can be (38) reduced in several ways Scientists and engineers

can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as cars and factories

cause Governments can pass and enforce laws that (39) businesses and (40)

to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities

Section B: Guided sentence building

Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences

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43

44

45

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George / brave / tell / truth

You / drive / carefully / road / accident / occur / very often

He / not have / holidays / last year / but / he / this year

We / not wait / him because / too late

She / late / the opera / as / bus / too late

When /1 / small /I / swim / that river

When / she / cross / road / someone / call / her

Before / he / retire / last year / he / active / Union leader

The car / expensive / us / buy

A lot / new hotels / be / built / city / since 1990

Section C: Reading passage

In this section you will find after the reading passage five questions or unfinished statements Choose the best answer or way of finishing Blacken the letter of your choice

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated to New York City when she was ten years old One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor That was nearly impossible for a woman

in the middle of the nineteenth century After writing many letters seeking admission to the medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor hi Philadelphia So determined was she, that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition

hi 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was

a woman By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women

51 Why couldn 't Elizabeth realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A She couldn't get admitted to medical school

B She decided to further her education in Paris

C A serious eye infection prevented her

D It was difficult for her to start practice in the US

52 What main reason almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming a doctor?

A She was a woman

B She wrote too many letters

C She couldn't graduate from medical school D She couldn't

establish her hospital

53 How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

54 When Elizabeth became a doctor, she was

A 21 yearsold B.49 yearsold C 28 years old D 31 years old

55 All of the following are "firsts" in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except:

A She became the first female physician B She was the

first woman surgeon

C She and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D She established the first medical school for women