Placement Test Reading


Placement Test ReadingOnline version In this part of the test you will read some texts and answer questiions about them. by Federico Alvarez 1 Choose the correct option according to the text. a Sarah has breakfast after her children b The familiy has breakfast together c Sarah doesn't have breakfast 2 Choose the correct option according to the text. a She has half an hour for lunch b She eats less at dinner time c Her children only eat sandwiches. 3 Choose the correct option according to the text. a She works in her mother's store and once a week in the centre. b Claudia works in the youth centre twice a week. c She is paid for her work in the center and the store. 4 Choose the correct option according to the text. a She has a lot of free time to spend with children. b She takes care of her niece very often. c She seems to be pretty busy at the moment 5 The writer insinuates that the traveler a will waste a lot of time in the airport b will have trouble finding a hotel c should not feel tired on arrival 6 He recommends Ipanema beach because a it is not as dangerous as other places b there are less tourists there c it is closed to all the main tourist attractions 7 The autor says that in this novel he is going to tell us about a some events that happened to him at a certain time. b his whole life story c his parents and his family life 8 How would you describe the writer's attitude? a a little cynical b very arrogant c quite aggressive 9 What does "that stuff" in line 4 refer to? a A conventional autobiography b his adolescent problems c the recent past 10 Internet users in Britain and other European countries have been advised on the internet that... a downloading songs from file-sharing networks is illegal b visiting music sites is illegal c legal actions will be taken against music piracy 11 The Recording Industry Association of America has... a targeted individual file-sharers in America and is now planning to take legal action b filed lawsuits against thousands of Internet file-sharers in America c won most of the lawsuits filed against file-sharers in America 12 Andrew Burke thinks music piracy could have been avoided if the record industry had... a put their music online earlier b worked together with pirate sites c had the technology to stop music piracy 13 The increase in the numbrer of people learning English a does not mean that English speakers won't need to learn other languages b will lead to the declineof all other European languages c means that people will soon start to dislike the language 14 According to the "Future of English" report a numbers will rise again from 2010 b this increase will particularly affect children c there will be a billion English learners in 2010 15 Mr. Clarke recognizes that the British a are weaker at learning languages than those from other countries b are poor students in general c don't want to study languages

1

Choose the correct option according to the text.

a

Sarah has breakfast after her children

b

The familiy has breakfast together

c

Sarah doesn't have breakfast

2

Choose the correct option according to the text.

a

She has half an hour for lunch

b

She eats less at dinner time

c

Her children only eat sandwiches.

3

Choose the correct option according to the text.

a

She works in her mother's store and once a week in the centre.

b

Claudia works in the youth centre twice a week.

c

She is paid for her work in the center and the store.

4

Choose the correct option according to the text.

a

She has a lot of free time to spend with children.

b

She takes care of her niece very often.

c

She seems to be pretty busy at the moment

5

The writer insinuates that the traveler

a

will waste a lot of time in the airport

b

will have trouble finding a hotel

c

should not feel tired on arrival

6

He recommends Ipanema beach because

a

it is not as dangerous as other places

b

there are less tourists there

c

it is closed to all the main tourist attractions

7

The autor says that in this novel he is going to tell us about

a

some events that happened to him at a certain time.

b

his whole life story

c

his parents and his family life

8

How would you describe the writer's attitude?

a

a little cynical

b

very arrogant

c

quite aggressive

9

What does "that stuff" in line 4 refer to?

a

A conventional autobiography

b

his adolescent problems

c

the recent past

10

Internet users in Britain and other European countries have been advised on the internet that...

a

downloading songs from file-sharing networks is illegal

b

visiting music sites is illegal

c

legal actions will be taken against music piracy

11

The Recording Industry Association of America has...

a

targeted individual file-sharers in America and is now planning to take legal action

b

filed lawsuits against thousands of Internet file-sharers in America

c

won most of the lawsuits filed against file-sharers in America

12

Andrew Burke thinks music piracy could have been avoided if the record industry had...

a

put their music online earlier

b

worked together with pirate sites

c

had the technology to stop music piracy

13

The increase in the numbrer of people learning English

a

does not mean that English speakers won't need to learn other languages

b

will lead to the declineof all other European languages

c

means that people will soon start to dislike the language

14

According to the "Future of English" report

a

numbers will rise again from 2010

b

this increase will particularly affect children

c

there will be a billion English learners in 2010

15

Mr. Clarke recognizes that the British

a

are weaker at learning languages than those from other countries

b

are poor students in general

c

don't want to study languages