Test poziomujący język angielski

Questions 6 – 10

For questions 6 to 10, choose the best word.

Scotland

6. Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people _______ Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.

7. There are _____ five million people in Scotland

8. and Edinburgh is ______ most famous city. Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep.

9. A long time ago, there ____ many forests

10. but now there are only a ____. Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful.

Questions 11 – 20

For questions 11 to 20, choose the best word.

11. Alice Guy Blaché was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, ____ sound and colour.

12. In 1907 Alice ____ to New York where she started her own film company.

13. She was ____ successful

14. but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were ____.

15. When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody ____ her name.

UFOs – do they exist?

16. UFO is short for ‘unidentified flying object’. UFOs are popularly known as flying saucers, ____ that is often

17. the ____ they are reported to be.

18. The ____ "flying saucers" were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light.

19. Even people experienced at watching the sky, ____ as pilots, report seeing UFOs.

20. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television ____ went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scientists studying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lights on boats out fishing.

In this section, you must select the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. For questions 21 to 40, mark the appropriate answer.
21. The teacher encouraged her students______ to an English pen-friend.

23. Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to_____wrong.

24.______from Michael, all the group arrived on time.

25. She _________her neighbour’s children for the broken window.

26. As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went _______the homework with me.

27. Whether she’s a good actress or not is a ______of opinion.

28. The decorated roof of the ancient palace was _______up by four thin columns.

29. Would it _______you if we came on Thursday?

30. This form ________be handed in until the end of the week.

31. If you make a mistake when you are writing, just________it out with your pen.

32. Although our opinions on many things _________, we’re good friends.

33. This product must be eaten ________two days of purchase.

34. The newspaper report contained _________important information.

35. Have you considered ________to London?

36. It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their ________of vitamins.

37. I thought there was a ________of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.

38. Why didn’t you _____________that you were feeling ill?

39. James was not sure exactly where his best interests ________.

40. He’s still getting ________the shock of losing his job.

Part 2

Questions 41 – 50

For questions 41 to 50, choose the best word or phrase.

The tallest buildings - SKYSCRAPERS

41. Nowadays, skyscrapers can be found in most major cities of the world. A building which was many ____ high was first called a skyscraper in the United States at the end of the 19th century

42. and New York has perhaps the ____ skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building.

43. The ____ beneath the streets of New York is rock

44. ____ enough to take the heaviest load without sinking

45. and is therefore well-suited to bearing the ____ of tall buildings.

SCRABBLE

46. Scrabble is the world’s most popular word game. For its origins, we have to go back to the 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts, an architect, found himself out of ____.

47. He decided that there was a ____ for a board game

48. based on words and ____ to design one.

49. Eventually he made a ____ from it

50. in spite of the fact that his original ____ was only three cents a game.

52. By the time he has finished his week’s work, John has hardly ______energy left for the weekend.

53. As the game __________to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave.

54. I don’t remember _________the front door when I left home this morning.

55. I _________to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.

56. Andrew’s attempts to get into the swimming team have not ________with much success.

57. Although Harry had obviously read the newspaper article carefully, he didn’t seem to have _______the main point.

58. A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to ________.

59. The new college ___________ for the needs of students with a variety of learning backgrounds.

60. I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used ________dinner at 6 pm.