FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y ARTES – UNR

ESCUELA DE LENGUAS
CURSOS DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS PARA LA COMUNIDAD

PRACTICE TEST

I – READING COMPREHENSION.

It began as a plan for a very normal 16th birthday party. Merthe Weusthuis wanted a
quiet celebration with a small group of friends in her family home in the small Dutch town
of Haren. Like many teenagers, she decided to send out the invitations via social network
site. But Merthe made one big mistake: she used open-access settings on Facebook, so it
wasn’t just her friends who could see details of the event, lots of strangers could too.
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The number of invitation acceptances quickly snowballed into an avalanche. Not marking
the event as “private” meant the electronic invitations were eventually seen by 240,000
people, of whom 30,000 confirmed online that they planned to attend. To make matters
worse, an unauthorised campaign was launched to promote the party by means of a
10 dedicated website and Twitter account, which received hundreds of thousands hits. The
party became known as “Proyect X Haren” after the 2012 American film Project X in which
three high school students throw a birthday party that spins out of control. Video trailers
for Merthe’s party were produced, with scenes from Project X edited in, and they were
posted on YouTube. T-shirts featuring Merthe’s face were also made, all without her
15 knowledge or consent.
Even after Merthe’s parents had cancelled the party, the publicity didn’t stop. Local
media reported on the forthcoming event and teenagers turned up to have their picture
taken outside the Weusthuis family home. On the evening the party was to have taken
place, about 5,000 teenagers began gathering in Haren, many outside the Weusthuis
20 house. When it became clear that there was nothing to gatecrash, violence broke out and
500 riot police equipped with helmets, shields and batons were brought in to control the
crowd. Shops in the centre of Haren were vandalised and looted, journalists were
attacked, cars were set fire or overturned and street signs and lamp posts were damaged.
However, Facebook was aso involved in the clean-up effort in the days after the riot. A
25 group called “Project Clean- X Haren” was set up to gather and organise volunteers.
Another group named “Suspect- X” was created to help police identify and arrest rioters by
sharing photos and videos of the event.
A number of other “Facebook parties” have spiralled out of control, including the 16th-
birthady party of British teenager Bradley McAnulty in April 2012. Bradley had not posted
30 details of the event on the internet, and had been careful to ask his friends not to, but
somehow the news leaked out and appeared on Blackberry Messenger as well as
Facebook. More than 400 gatecrashers invaded his family home in Poole, Dorset, causing
extensive damage.

A- Choose the most appropriate answer A, B, C or D. (4 x4= 16)

1- Merthe Weusthuis made the mistake of:

a. using Facebook to organise her birthday celebration
b. not checking who could see her online invitation
c. letting her friends invite friends to her party
d. inviting people she did not really like to her party

2- The number of confirmed guests:

a. did not reflect the reality
b. got out of control almost immediately
c. was manageable until the Twitter campaign
d. suddenly shot up when people started watching the YouTube video trailers
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3- Local journalists:
a. gave the event publicity
b. tried to discourage people from attending
c. gathered outside the house
d. started the violence

4- After the riot, Facebook was used to

a. plan another party in Haren
b. send messages of support to the teenager and her family
c. help rioters get in contact with each other
d. help the town recover from the violence

B- Choose the alternative which best defines the meaning of the word or phrase in
context. ( 3 X 3= 9)

5-- “...Shops in the centre of Haren were vandalised and looted,” (Line 22)
A. guarded against possible future loss
B. made watchful and ready for possible danger
C. stolen and taken by force

6- “... A number of other “Facebook parties” have spiralled out of control...” (Line 28)
A. continuosly became worse
B. became less in size
C- grew rapidly in activity

7- “...More than 400 gatecrashers invaded his family home in Poole...” (Line 32)
A. people who were in charge of opening and closing the gate of the house
B. people who went to the party without having been invited
C. people who made the necessary arragements for the party

II – MULTIPLE CHOICE. (10 X 2 = 20)

1- He suffers from short-term memory loss and does things which he doesn’t remember
_______ afterwards.
a- to do b- do c- doing d- done

2- Look! That’s the boy __________ Allie dated when she was in high school.
a- whose b- which c- who d- where

3- If it _____________ sunny, we would have had the picnic.

a- had been b- was c- will be d- has been

4- He felt his parents had ______________ him up too strictly and now he was older he would
enjoy his freedom.
a- raised b- run c- set d- brought

5-Mary did _____________ but she didn’t get paid for it.
a- overtime b-extra time c- extra hours d- over hours

6-There’s been a mistake, __________ there?

a- isn’t b- is c- has d- hasn’t

7-He behaves perfectly. He causes _____________ trouble at all.

a- any b- little c- no d- few

8- Canberra, __________ is the capital of Australia, is in fact a small city.

a- ------ b- which c- that d- where

9- Marisa _____________ me she’d be away for the weekend

a- told b- asked c- said d- talked

10- They don’t even know _______ Jack the Ripper was an English surgeon or a German sailor.
a- if b- whereas c- whether d- as well
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III- KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION. (5 X 3 = 15)

Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
using the word given. Do not change the word given. Do not use more than
five words.

1- Mrs. Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.” HAD
Mrs. Wilson said that no one ____________________ like that before .

2- They didn’t come. I was disappointed. HAVE

If they __________________________________ been disappointed.

3- The woman is rich. Her notes and coins are on the table. WHOSE
The woman __________________ the table is rich.

4- The girls didn’t have enough money to book that hotel . TOO
The hotel __________________________________________ to book.

5- “Do you know why Leo was sacked from his last job?” she asked me. I
She asked me if ________________ been sacked from his last job.

IV – COMPOSITION. (120 words) (30 marks)

What are the pros and cons of being self-employed? Write your article for the
school magazine
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FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y ARTES – UNR

ESCUELA DE LENGUAS
CURSOS DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS PARA LA COMUNIDAD

SET 3

KEY
I – READING COMPREHENSION. THE FACEBOOK PARTY THAT BECAME…
1- b
2- b
3- a
4- d
5- C stolen and taken by force
6- A. continuosly became worse
7- B people who went to the party without having been invited

II – MULTIPLE CHOICE.
1- c (doing)
2- c (who)
3- a (had been)
4- d (brought)
5- a (overtime)
6- d (hasn’t)
7- c (no)
8- b (which)
9- a (told)
10- c (whether)

III-
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION. (5 X 3 = 15)
1- Mrs. Wilson said that no one had ever spoken to her like that before
2- If they had come, I wouldn't have been disappointed
3-.The woman whose notes and coins are on the table is rich.
4- The hotel was too expensive for them to book.
5- She asked me if I knew why Leo had been sacked from his last job.