Generic English Test Agent - Generic English Test Generic English Test Step 1 of 3 33% Student Name*Student Email* Date of test* DD slash MM slash YYYY PART A Choose only one correct answer1. My friend has two children. I like ______ them. They are really nice.* either both of all neither of 2. Could you tell me ______ furniture you have bought?* how much how many 3. Bill wants to lose weight. He ______ .* should go on a diet have to go on a diet will go on a diet 4. Would you like a Coke? No, thanks I ______ Pepsi.* prefer could have would have 5. I ______ apply for the position advertised.* am wishing wish to like to 6. My mother works in the house. She does the ______* housework homework washing up 7. Her boyfriend likes dancing very much but she ______ it.* disliked hates enjoying 8. He writes stories. He's an ______.* singer author composer 9. His brother waited ______ Jim returned.* except after until 10. Although she was just 17 years old, she ______ married him.* just only still PART B Find the mistakes and correct them: 11. I do not have enough time reading every page.* many read all 12. There is a lot of informations in this book.* there are information at this 13. Did your friends had a good holiday?* have a friends a good holidays 14. We did not go to the shop yesterday, but we go to the bank.* have not go tomorrow we went 15. Does he always get angry to you?* did gotten with you PART C Read the following text and answer the questions below: Medal, Glory and Honour During the twentieth century, the Olympic Games have grown. Now thousands of athletes from more than 120 countries take part in hundreds of events. The Olympic Games are the most important sporting event in the world. The greatest ambition for athletes is to win a medal, thus gaining glory and honour for their country. But there have been many problems. The games were interrupted during the two World Wars and since then, many countries have boycotted the games for political reasons. The spirit of the Olympics has also changed in another way. In the modern world, the games are a great commercial event. Television companies and sponsors pay enormous sums of money, so the games have been called the capitalist Olympics and the original ideas have been forgotten. Despite the problems, history of the Olympics is full of great athletes, exciting competitions and incredible records. Thousands of courageous and distinguished men and woman have competed in the original spirit of Olympia. Questions: 16. The athletes in the Olympic Games wish ______* to take part in hundreds of events. to get the spirit of the Olympics. to participate in the Olympic Games and get a medal. to win a medal and take it to their country for money. 17. Some countries refused to join the games ______* just because of political reasons. because there had been two World Wars. due to commercial events. because of the fact that the games were interrupted. 18. The games have become a commercial event. This has caused ______* a change in the name of the games. the games to be called 'the capitalist Olympics'. incredible records to be set by athletes. the spirit of Olympics has changed. 19. Now thousands of dedicated athletes from more than 120 countries take part in hundreds of events even though ______* the Olympics are called a great commercial event. many countries have boycotted the games. there are some political and commercial problems. the spirit of the Olympics has changed. 20. The original spirit of Olympics is ______* to win a medal and money. to compete for glory and for the honour of one's country. to be seen in TV commercials. to represent a major sponsor. PART D Choose only one correct answer21. If the weather ______ nice, we ______ go to the mountains.* is / will would be / would was / went will / might 22. I ______ Susan for about five years. We are good friends.* have been knowing have known had known know 23. I've tried to get Joe to ______ an interest in sport, but he says it's boring.* make do get take 24. John is ______ more responsibility for his learning now, and his progress is excellent.* taking making doing getting 25. They didn't have much in ______ .* together fact common contrast 26. ______ is your brother like?* How What Does Which 27. Select the sentence with no mistake.* Could you help me possibly? Could you help to me? Do you think could you help me? Would you mind helping me? 28. Select the sentence with no mistake.* If you want to pass the examination, you must study hardly. If you want to pass the examination, you must hardly study If you want to pass the examination, you must study hard. If you want to pass the examination, you must learn thoroughly. PART E Read the following text and answer the questions below: Text: When I came home I could smell cigarettes. Somebody ______(1) there. When I went into the main bedroom I noticed at once that something ______(2). For a moment I couldn?t think what it was and then I realized that a big photograph of a Japanese garden ______(3). I never found out what happened that day. Questions:29. Select the right answer for #1:* had to be smoking could smoke must have been smoking has been smoking 30. Select the right answer for #2:* was upside down as in the wrong place was inside out was missing 31. Select the right answer for #3:* was disappeared has disappeared had disappeared disappeared Text: If you want something badly ______(1) , you can get it. At least that was the case where Steven Crawford was concerned. Until ______(2) recently, Steven had a good job with a building company. Then times got hard and he and twenty other men ______(3) ?At first I felt very depressed, ______(4) is not like me because normally I?m the sort of person who has a very positive ______(5) on life. Anyway, after a few weeks of not being able to find a job, he decided to do something about it. He was absolutely determined to find a new job. 'I made a big sign in red paint, which said I am hard-working, intelligent and looking for a new job. Can you help?' Questions: 32. Select the right answer for #1:* too much sufficiently much enough 33. Select wrong answer for #2:* rather nearly fairly more 34. Select the right answer for #3:* were made redundant lost their works had been sucked gave suck 35. Select the right answer for #4:* what which that who 36. Select the right answer for #5:* outlook onlook inlook forlook Text: Around the world, hundreds, if not thousands of ______(1) of animals are threatened with extinction but the latest scientific developments could mean that one day even extinct animals will be ______(2) life using DNA technology. The last-known Tasmanian tiger died in a zoo in Hobart, Australia in 1936. Fifty years ______(3) , the species was ______(4) extinct. But in 1999, a research project into DNA cloning was set up at the Australian Museum in Sydney, and now, after three years' work, high quality DNA has been extracted from a baby tiger which has been preserved in a jar of alcohol since 1866. Questions: 37. Select the right answer for #1:* kind types species groups 38. Select the right answer for #2:* put back to taken for brought back to lifted to 39. Select the right answer for #3:* later than later before after 40. Select the right answer for #4:* supposed said declared called PART F Choose only one correct answer:41. ______ library at ______ White House has been burned down.* The / the A / the The / - A / - 42. If this diet is to work, you must ______ it very strictly.* follow pursue practise go to 43. Isn't there anything better than this on TV? I'm sorry, ______* but these is the best. there is anything better than this. they isn't. there's nothing better. 44. Will you get me some sugar please?* I'm sorry, there is any sugar. Okay, I will. When? Sure, no problem. How many sugar do you want? Yes, I will. Here you are. 45. Have you ______ been to Africa? No, I haven't.* yet still ever always PART G Choose only one correct answer:46. Choose the group of words with no mistake.* semi-retired, sub-zero, misadjusted unimportant, malfunction, unhonest overpaid, irresistable, disunderstood pro-American, interchangeable, outnumbered 47. What is correct?* Italy is famous for it's good food, fancy clothes and fast cars Pasta are cheap, nutritious and easy to prepare. Everybody's heard of ferrari, the reddest car in the world. Italian is expert at enjoying live. 48. Which is NOT POLITE?* May I have some ketchup please? I'd like a beer. Can I get some salad? I want a hamburger. 49. What happened to the cake?* It was eaten. The cake was eating by George. George eats it. Was eaten by George. 50. Why do you shop at Market City?* Because it's less expensiver. I shop there for to save time. I shop at Market City because it's convenient. I shop there every Friday. PART F Choose only one correct answer:51. Please write a short story of 150 words on: “Why I chose to come to Australia to study rather than going to another country”.*