COURSE 1 – PRACTICE FINAL TESTS 2

LISTENING & READING TESTS

Time allowed: 55 minutes
Full Name: _________________________ Student’s ID: __________________
Class: _________________________ Date: __________________

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (~10 minutes)

In this section of the test, you will be tested on how well you understand spoken English.
There are TWO parts in this section, with directions for each part. At the end of the listening
section, you will have three minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. You will
listen to each recording TWICE.

PART 1

Questions 1-5: Listen to a tour guide talking to a group of tourists in Hampton Court Palace
and choose the best answers.

1. The group are now going to __________.

A. visit King Henry's apartment
B. go sightseeing on their own
C. have a tour of the whole palace
2. In the time of Henry the eighth, __________ staff worked in the kitchen.
A. 200
B. 500
C. 1000
3. Visitors can get an audio guide from __________.
A. the information center
B. the coffee shop
C. the palace garden
4. Visitors will have dinner __________.
A. in the palace’s garden
B. at the hotel
C. in a restaurant
5. The group are going to a party at __________.
A. 5.30 B. 6.30 C. 8.00

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PART 2
Questions 6-10: Listen to the interview about adverts and fill in the blanks with ONE WORD or
A NUMBER. You will listen TWICE.

6. The interviewer is doing a survey about adverts in one of the busiest streets in
_____________.
7. Jamie thinks most adverts are rather _____________, apart from those for cars.
8. Lisa dislikes adverts at the _____________.
9. According to Valerie, some films stop every _____________ minutes or more to show
adverts.
10. Valerie thinks that adverts can be shown during other _____________, not during films.

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READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes)
In the Reading test, you will read a selection of texts and answer different types of reading
comprehension questions. There are two parts, and directions are given for each part. You are
encouraged to answer as many questions as possible within the time allowed. You must write
your answers on the separate answer sheet.

PART 3: Incomplete Sentences

Directions: A word or phrase is missing in each of the sentences below. Four answer choices are
given below each sentence. Select the best answer to complete the sentence and write the
letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

1. I need to go to the __________ to buy a 6. The __________ news today is Jane had
dining table for my new kitchen. an accident while driving to work.
A. gift shop A. better
B. supermarket B. best
C. furniture store C. worse
D. post office D. worst
2. What ________ this morning? 7. I added __________ sugar to my coffee
A. was on TV to make it sweeter.
B. on TV was A. much
C. TV was on B. a little
D. was TV on C. a few
D. a lot of
3. Do you have __________ questions
8. They _______ John their new address. So
about the lecture? Feel free to ask me now
he couldn't send them the invitation.
please.
A. didn’t gave
A. some
B. don’t gave
B. any
C. didn’t give
C. a few
D. don’t give
D. many
9. Sandy is only 5, but she _________. This
4. Steve and Peter __________ to the same
is quite impressive for her age.
school so they usually _________ together.
A. can read and write
A. goes / studies
B. can reads and writes
B. goes / study
C. can’t read and write
C. go / studies
D. can’t reads and writes
D. go / study
5. I will draw you a quick _____ if you are
worried about finding the hotel.
A. direction
B. street
C. map
D. way

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10. 17. I want to try free weights, please. They
- Where can I put this fridge? sound like __________.
- In the __________ please. A. funner
A. bedroom B. more fun
B. bathroom C. the more fun
C. kitchen D. the funnest
D. garden
18. There is __________ new restaurant in
11. Jack isn't at work, __________? That's
why I can't call him. __________ center of town which sells
A. isn’t he Korean food.
B. does he A. Ø - Ø
C. doesn’t he B. an - a
D. is he C. the - the
12. My grandfather’s house is right beside D. a - the
__________. It makes visits really 19. My aunt and uncle have just had a
convenient. baby. So now I have a/an cute little
A. mine classmate’s __________.
B. my classmates A. brother
C. my classmate’s B. sister
D. my classmates’s C. cousin
13. Miguel expects a successful application. D. child
Thus, he __________ carefully for the 20. In _________ to Paris, he went to the
interview. barker twice. He couldn't say no to the
A. makes freshly baked croissants.
B. answers
A. Dan trip
C. plans
D. applies B. trip’s Dan
14. I wrote my first book two years ago. It C. trip Dan
was very __________! D. Dan’s trip
A. strong 21. Would you like _________ or fried
B. pretty chicken?
C. successful A. salted
D. different B. baked
15. This weekend only, shoes at Pam and C. stewed
Jim's Clothes Store are fifty percent off the D. grilled
regular __________. 22. _________ chair in the corner needs to
A. price be repaired. Be careful not to hurt yourself.
B. sale A. A
C. selling B. An
D. cost C. The
16. Lisa never goes to school late, D. Ø
__________?
A. does she
B. doesn’t she
C. did she
D. didn’t she

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23. Jane is ____________, but this morning 24. _________ enough chairs in the room
she was on time. Everyone was surprised. for everyone to sit down?
A. usually late A. Is there
B. usual late
B. Are there
C. usually lately
D. usual lately C. There is
D. There are
25. Please __________ louder so everyone
can hear you.
A. don’t speak
B. speak
C. speaking
D. speaks

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PART 4 – READING COMPREHENSION

Questions 26-30: Read the text and fill in the notes with no more than TWO WORDS from the
passage.

Lucky Mbele
Lucky Mbele is a 16-year-old high school student. She lives in Cape Town, in South Africa. She
is brilliant at drawing and painting, and her dream is to be a well-known artist in the future.
She loves nature and her paintings of the sea and the forest are incredible. Lucky has some
close friends. When she isn't busy with her art, she spends time with her friends after school
and at the weekend. 'We go to the beach in the summer and we swim. We love sport. In the
winter, we play football and basketball. We also play cricket. Cricket is a popular sport in
South Africa, England, Australia, New Zealand and India, but I don't think people play it a lot
in Europe! My friends and I also like the cinema and we go to cafes, too, just to hang out
together. But I always make sure that I have time for my paintings.' Lucky sells her paintings
in crowded street markets. Tourists buy them because the paintings are about South Africa,
and they are good souvenirs to have from their holiday. 'One day, when I am famous, I want
to see my paintings in galleries all around the world!'

Name Lucky Mbele

Age 16

Talent (26) __________ and painting

Dream Becoming a (27) __________ artist

Hobbies Hanging out with friends: going to the beach, playing football,
basketball, and (28) __________, going to the cinema, going to (29)
_________

Business Selling paintings in crowded (30) _________.

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Questions 31-35: Read the article and complete the sentences by choosing the correct
answers.
HOME SHARE SHOCKS AND SURPRISES
Mr and Mrs Mendez from Seville tell us about their experience of home exchange. They
exchanged their two-bedroom flat in the centre of Seville for the Varsy's five-bedroom
house in the suburb of Redree in California, America for two weeks.
We have two children. Holidays cost a lot of money, so we have never travelled very far. On
the Internet we found a 'home exchange' website. It was a good idea - we gave our home to
an American family and we lived in their house for two weeks.
When we first arrived in Redree, California we thought the house was very big. There were
five bedrooms and three bathrooms. The kitchen was the biggest room and the fridge was
the size of a wardrobe! We were happy to have so much space to relax and a garden, too.
In Redree you have to drive everywhere, most people travel to work every day by car or bus.
In Spain we usually walk everywhere. We live in the centre of town so this was very different
for us.
In the evenings in Spain we usually go out late and we eat late, too - at about 9.30 p.m. We
like to eat in bars and restaurants. The food in the restaurants in Redree was good and about
the same price as in Spain but we discovered that many places closed at 10.00 p.m.
Everybody was very nice to us in Redree. The people in the shops and bars were very polite
and helpful. It was a very quiet and relaxing place and we really enjoyed our time there.

31. The Mendez family lives in ______.
A. a two bedroom department
B. a five bedroom house
C. a two bedroom flat
32. The house they stayed in Redree had
______.
A. three bedrooms and a garage
B. five bedrooms and a garden
C. five bedrooms and no garden
33. In America most people ______.
A. walk to work
B. drive everywhere
C. take the bus everywhere
34. In Spain the food is ______.
A. more expensive than in America
B. cheaper than in America
C. the same price as in America
35. The people in Redree were ______.

A. very polite and helpful

B. very cold and rude
C. quiet and unfriendly

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Questions 36-40: Read the passage and decide if the following statements are TRUE (T) or
FALSE (F)

Teens Talking to Teens

Tina and Jana, two high school students, are chatting when the phone rings. Jana answers,
'This is Teens Talking to Teens.' All this is happening in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, at
the Young People's Support Centre. Young people in the city help at a telephone hotline for
teenagers with problems. What's so special about this hotline? Well, the people who answer
the phones are fourteen to eighteen years old. They work every day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. but
they don't work at weekends or during holidays.
Most teenagers who phone are high school students. “We have to have a sense of humour
because teenagers sometimes think we'll do their homework for them,” says Jana, “but that's
not what the hotline is for. People think teenagers' lives are fun but they often worry about
school, problems with parents or even trouble with the police. The biggest problem is school.
They worry about teachers, marks and exams, and there is a lot of exam pressure. We listen
and try to help.”
“We're in the media, so everybody knows our phone number,” says Tina, “even parents.
Parents sometimes call us for support when they are having problems with their teenage
daughter or son. They don't know what to do. Kids call us because they find it difficult to talk
to their mum or dad. Kids listen to us because we're kids too.”

36. The hotline is in a Support Centre in the UK.

37. The hotline operates 24/7, including weekends and holidays.

38. Doing homework for teenagers is not what the hotline is for.

39. The biggest problems that teenagers often call the hotline is school.

40. Only teenagers call the hotline.

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 PRACTICE FINAL TEST 2
WRITING TEST
Time allowed: 30 minutes
Full Name: _________________________ Student’s ID: __________________
Class: _________________________ Date: __________________

Part 1: Complete sentences from the given words

1. There/ two oranges/ six bananas/ a cake/ the fridge.

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2. Her son/ fry/ eggs/ breakfast/ every day.

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3. My family/ I/ see/ comedy movie/ last night.

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4. Bring/ your umbrella! / It/ snowing/ outside.

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5. This house/ very beautiful. / It’s/ very expensive/ it?

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Part 2: Write about your daily routine. In your writing, you may include the answers to these
questions:
• What time do you get up in the morning?
• What do you eat for breakfast?
• When do you go to school?
• What do you do in your free time of the day?
Your writing should be at least 100 words.

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