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TEST YOUR LEVEL IN ENGLISH

PART 1: GRAMMAR

1. How old are you?

A. I have 27 years old.

B. I have 27 years.

C. I am fine.

D. I am 27 years old

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2. He went to the stadium .....

A. with taxi

B. by taxi

C. on taxi

D. in taxi

None

3. How long have you been living in London?

A. for 7 years

B. at least 7 years

C. since 7 years

D. 7 years ago

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4. We haven’t got ..... money

A. a lot

B. some

C. any

D. many

None

5. What sentence is correct?

A. He like going to the movies

B. He likes going to the movies.

C. He liked go to the movies.

D. He like the movies.

None

6. Peter ..... fly to San Francisco tomorrow.

A. to going

B. goes to

C. is going to

D. go to

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7. He plays soccer .....

A. on Wednesdays

B. in Wednesdays

C. at Wednesdays

D. by Wednesdays

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8. .... some more coffee?

A. Do you?

B. Do you like?

C. You’d like

D. Would you like?

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9. I wanted a green shirt but they only had .....

A. a one white

B. one white

C. a white

D. a white one

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10. He ..... never been to America.

A. does

B. has

C. haven’t

D. hadn’t

None

11. What sentence is correct?

A. Richard usually arrives late

B. Richard late arrives usually

C. Richard late usually arrives

D. Richard usually late arrives

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12. The house was empty. There ..... there.

A. wasn’t nobody

B. was anybody

C. was somebody

D. was nobody

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13. If I were rich, I ..... buy a house on the beach.

A. will

B. would

C. should

D. wish

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14. When she arrived, he .....

A. already left

B. has already left

C. had already left

D. left

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15. I forgot ..... the lights before I left.

A. to turn off

B. put off

C. turning off

D. shot

None

16. By the time you finish the class I .....

A. will have left

B. leave

C. going to leave

D. would left

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17. The room can’t be dirty she .....

A. is just clean it.

B. have just cleaned it

C. just clean it.

D. has just cleaned it

None

18. He plays soccer, ..... ?

A. don’t he?

B. does he?

C. isn’t he?

D. doesn’t he

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19. If only I ..... to the party instead of staying at home.

A. went

B. had gone

C. did go

D. have gone

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20. Has Mrs. Smith arrived ..... ?

A. yet

B. still

C. now

D. already

None

21. Wendy is ..... Paul to get up now.

A. telling

B. saying

C. saying to

D. telling to

None

22. Have you sent that letter to Mr. Taylor? Yes, I’ve ..... done that.

A. still

B. yet

C. already

D. now

None

23. It’s no use ..... to him. He doesn’t listen.

A. speaking

B. to speak

C. spoke

D. have spoken

None

24. This is the girl ..... I met on Thursday.

A. whom

B. which

C. what

D. -----

None

25. ..... is your house from here?

A. How much

B. How long

C. How far

D. How many

None

26. You can watch TV ..... you like.

A. whenever

B. soon

C. always

D. whatever

None

27. This house is quite old. It ..... in 1910.

A. built

B. was built

C. build

D. has built

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28. She ..... go to school yesterday.

A. must

B. had to

C. ought to

D. should have

None

29. That’s the ..... of my worries, it’ll never happen.

A. fewer

B. less

C. last

D. least

None

30. Don’t ..... me. I’ll be back late.

A. hope for

B. waiting for

C. expect

D. wait for

None

31. The lady ..... in the corner is my aunt.

A. whose

B. is sitting

C. sits

D. sitting

None

32. What statement is correct?

A. He used to play chess very often.

B. He uses play chess very often.

C. He was played chess very often.

D. He didn’t playing chess very often.

None

33. He doesn’t like ..... what to do.

A. told

B. said

C. having said

D. being told

None

34. I ..... it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I’m going for a picnic.

A. wait

B. expect

C. hope

D. wish

None

35. I thought you .....

A. will come to the party.

B. were coming to the party.

C. come to the party.

D. have come to the party.

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36. He remembers being ..... to the fair as a child.

A. visited

B. brought

C. taken

D. shown

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37. Finishing a course is always .....

A. satisfying

B. satisfaction

C. satisfies

D. satisfied

None

38. She worked hard yesterday and ..... finish everything.

A. can

B. was able to

C. is hard

D. let

None

39. What statement is correct?

A. Ask her when will be ready the food.

B. Ask her when the food will be ready.

C. Ask her when will the food ready be.

D. Ask her when will be the food ready.

None

40. What statement is correct?

A. That’s a little beige British proud bulldog.

B. That’s a proud beige little British bulldog.

C. That’s a little proud beige British bulldog.

D. That’s a proud little beige British bulldog.

None

41. I wish I ..... a car. I’m tired of catching the bus.

A. have

B. had

C. would have

D. had had

None

42. Peter can eat ..... as twenty oranges in one sitting.

A. so many

B. so much

C. as many

D. as much

None

43. I know he didn’t thank you, but he .... have done so.

A. should

B. may

C. must

D. would

None

44. I won’t go to the cinema ..... you come with me.

A. except

B. otherwise

C. unless

D. therefore

None

45. He wrote the letter ..... , he didn’t need anybody’s help.

A. on his own

B. by his own

C. on himself

D. by his ownership

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46. Hotel rooms must be ..... by noon.

A. vacated

B. evacuated

C. abandoned

D. leave

None

47. You can take the book with you ..... you give it back.

A. as well as

B. as time as

C. as far as

D. as long as

None

48. Let’s go watch the game, .....

A. will we?

B. shall we?

C. let us?

D. don’t we?

None

49. After many years of research, they found the solution .....

A. at the end

B. at last

C. by the end

D. on the end

None

50. I need to finish this ..... Friday.

A. during

B. by

C. until

D. at

None

PART 2: VOCABULARY
1. I like her, she’s very quick-thinking and funny; I find her ____.

A. witty

B. genuine

C. trustworthy

D. naive

None

2. Since I hurt my foot at the gym last week, I ____.

A. stagger

B. tiptoe

C. creep

D. limp

None

3. It rained so hard last night; this morning we had to ____ along the flooded street.

A. crawl

B. wade

C. wander

D. slide

None

4. My ankle is very ____ , I’m afraid I sprained it.

A. blurry

B. stiff

C. swollen

D. paralyzed

None

5. Why did you lie to me?! I’m so ____ with you!

A. puzzled

B. terrified

C. mad

D. cross

None

6. The car ____ on the icy road.

A. skidded

B. swerved

C. pulled out

D. slid

None

7. My uncle was mistaken ____ Bill Murray. It’s true they look alike.

A. to

B. with

C. vide

D. for

None

8. Please stop ____ with your necklace. It stresses me out!

A. touching

B. fiddling

C. minting

D. knocking

None

9. Job interviews are often hit-or- ____ . We can’t really know for sure if the person is qualified for the job until they start working.

A. swim

B. take

C. miss

D. leave

None

10. When she discovered he was cheating on her, she was ____ and threw all his stuff away.

A. livid

B. apprehensive

C. prying

D. blue

None

PART 3: READING COMPREHENSION

Supergran: Hero or Fool?

Ann Timson is an awe-inspiring seventy-year-old grandmother. Why? Because she is a hero!
Last week, Ann Timson was talking to a woman on the street when she heard a commotion. She saw six men shattering the windows of a jewelry store in broad daylight.
Realizing that other bystanders “did nothing,” she stepped in. She dashed across the street and hit one of the robbers with her shopping bag bringing him to the ground. The man was pinned down by other people who finally came to her aid.
Remarkably, all of this was captured by a freelance cameraman who happened to be nearby. The video was a huge buzz on YouTube.
The supergran insisted she was “not a hero” but “somebody has to do something.”
It turned out that Ann Timson had been at the “heart of the community” for 20 years. Residing in a poor area of Northampton, she had checked on vulnerable and disabled residents on the estate where she was a warden.

1. Find a synonym of “commotion.”

brouhaha

shock

confusion

noise

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2. Find a synonym for “broad” (in this context, “broad daylight”).

full

wide

open

large

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3. Ann Timpson succeeded in arresting the six burglars.

True

False

None

4. Ann Timpson was unknown in her neighborhood.

True

False

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5. Find a synonym for warden (in this context).

caretaker

jailer

gossip

resident

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PART 4: WRITTEN EXPRESSION

What do you think of Ann Timpson? Do you think she is a hero? In a similar situation, what would you have done? Please write 300 words.

PART 5: VOCABULARY

1. If I’m late again, I’ll be ____ trouble with my boss.

with

None

2. The most important tasks in my job are to ____ new staff.

form

shape

train

excercise

None

3. I also have to ____ customer enquiries.

deal with

deal of

take care with

manage

None

4. She tried ____ but your phone was off.

to get a hold on you

to get hold you

to get a hold of you

to hold you

None

5. The news you can get on ____ such as Twitter is always up to date.

network social

social media

media social

social web

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6. Many people are looking for jobs abroad because of high ____ in my country.

unemployment

job offers

salary

joblessly

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7. She depends ____ the weather for her job; she works in the tourism industry.

about

with

None

8. You ____ a mess of this kitchen!

made

did

took

had

None

9. You’ve been working so hard. You should go out and ____for once!

take with a grain of salt

break the ice

taste of your own medicine

let your hair down

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10. You never know what to expect with him; he’s so ____, one day he’s happy, the next he’s not talking to you.

peculiar

moody

amiable

spiteful

None

PART 6: READING COMPREHENSION

In 1976, Muhammed Yunus, a Bangladeshi professor of economics, started a new kind of bank. Grameen Bank gives small loans – usually no more than US$ 100 – to indigent people who can’t get credit from normal banks. This kind of credit is called microcredit.

97 percent of Grameen’s clients are women. They make the most of their credit by starting small businesses such as conceiving furniture, sewing clothes or breeding animals for milk.
There are some rules to follow: people have to make groups of five people called “loan circles.” If one of them doesn’t pay back the loan, no one in the group can get credit in the future. However, if everyone follows the rules, they can get bigger loans.

In 2007, Grameen Bank had over seven million customers in nearly eighty thousand villages. There are now seven thousand microcredit organizations all around the world.

Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

1. Professor Yunus invented the microcredit.

True

False

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2. You can get a loan if you don’t belong to a group.

True

False

None

3. Loan circle can get you very interesting loans.

True

False

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4. Professor Yunus won the Nobel Prize in Economics.

True

False

None

5. Professor Yunus is from India.

True

False

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PART 7: WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Write about a person you admire. Explain why you admire him/her, describe his/her actions. Expected length is 300 words.

PART 8: LISTENING

Listen to the following passage and the questions that follow. Then choose the best answers to the questions.

Listen as the student consults with the receptionist on campus.

1. What is the student’s situation?

She wants to buy another parking sticker.

She needs to pay a parking ticket.

She is trying to get her first parking sticker.

She would like to get a credit card.

None

2. How is the student going to pay?

With cash

With a check

With a credit card

With a debit card

None

3. What does the student NOT need to do?

Complete a form

Show identification

Pay a fee

Bring her car

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4. Where does the sticker go?
Choose 2 answers.

On the front window

On the back window

On the right side

On the left side

5. What is stated about parking on campus?

Students may not park in colored areas.

Campus parking areas are distinguished by color.

Areas marked with colors are not for parking.

Parking stickers are marked with different colors.

None

6. Who parks in which areas?
Choose 2 answers.

Students use blue parking areas.

Faculty and staff use blue parking areas

Students use yellow parking areas.

Faculty and staff use yellow parking areas.

PART 9: SPEAKING EVALUATION

TASK 1

Select one of these two questions (available time: 1 minute).

Take some notes on a piece of paper and prepare your answer (2 minutes).

Then record your answer (1 minute). DO NOT READ FROM YOUR NOTES. Speak freely.

What are the characteristics of a good teacher? Use reasons and examples to support your response.
Would you prefer to take a vacation in the mountains or at the ocean? Use reasons to support your response.

TASK 2

What does this quote mean to you? Prepare for 2 minutes and speak for 1 minute.

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Proficiency Test For International Opportunities

Welcome to the iTTi English Proficiency Test.

TEST YOUR LEVEL IN ENGLISHPART 1: GRAMMAR

PART 2: VOCABULARY1. I like her, she’s very quick-thinking and funny; I find her ____.

PART 3: READING COMPREHENSION

Supergran: Hero or Fool?

PART 4: WRITTEN EXPRESSION

PART 5: VOCABULARY

PART 6: READING COMPREHENSION

PART 7: WRITTEN EXPRESSION

PART 8: LISTENING

PART 9: SPEAKING EVALUATION

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TEST YOUR LEVEL IN ENGLISH

PART 1: GRAMMAR

PART 2: VOCABULARY
1. I like her, she’s very quick-thinking and funny; I find her ____.