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Placement Test – Explorer 4

(Listening – Reading – Writing)

Name: .................................................................................................................. ……………………………………………….… Class: ………………………......

SCORE: ………………………....../ 40 points TIME: 30 minutes

A. LISTENING
I. Listen and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. (File 1) (5 points)

models movie photos director designer

1. Hans Weise is a movie ____________________.

2. Hans uses ____________________ instead.
3. He works with a ____________________, Fernando Baptista, to make models of people,
places, and objects.
4. Fernando paints the models, and then Hans takes ____________________ of them.
5. At the end, he put all the photos together to make a ____________________.

II. Listen and circle the correct word. (File 2) (5 points)

Hello! I’m going to talk to you about my favorite vegetable. It’s a (1) chili pepper / puppet! I
like the spicy ones and the not very spicy ones. Did you know that the smaller chili peppers
are usually spicier than the big ones? It’s true! And chili peppers aren’t spicy for (2) birth /
birds. They can eat the seeds easily. So, what do you do after you eat a very spicy chili
pepper? Some people say that you have to drink (3) water / waiter. But it is better to drink
milk or eat ice cream! All (4) food / fruits and vegetables have vitamins, but chili peppers
have a lot. One chili pepper usually has more vitamin C than six oranges. We put a lot of chili
peppers in our food at home. My aunt makes jam from chili peppers, too. It’s delicious! Now,
look at this picture. How many chili peppers are there? Millions! This (5) worker / work is in
China. She's spreading out the chili peppers. First, they pick the chili peppers, and then they
leave them to dry in the sun. Do you think these chili peppers are spicy?

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III. Listen and write ONE word in each blank. (File 3) (5 points)
Dan Raven-Ellison was a geography teacher, but now he’s an (1) ____________. He wants to
protect our parks and our green places in cities and the countryside. In 2013, he thought of
125 challenges to do outside with his son, Seb. Here are some of them:
- crawl through an old mine
- (2) ____________ a secret cave
- go hang gliding
- go horseback (3) ____________ in the hills
- go kayaking in the ocean
- go snorkeling in a (4) ____________
- jump off giant steps
- smell the city
- (5) ____________ across a river
- taste different kinds of ice cream

B. READING
IV. Choose the correct answer. (12 points)
1. He sometimes ____________ to work by bus.
A. go B. goes C. going
2. Tess ____________ on the phone at the moment.
A. talks B. talk C. is talking
3. We wear hats ______________ our heads warm.
A. to keep B. keep C. protect
4. A ______________ is a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth.
A. pilot B. actor C. dentist
5. In 2012, they ____________ Brazil.
A. visits B. are visiting C. visited
6. I ____________ play any sports when I was five years old.
A. couldn’t B. could C. can’t
7. The ______________ building here is the Kukulkan Pyramid.
A. largest B. larger C. most large
8. A ______________ is a piece of jewellery you wear around your wrist or arm.
A. sunglasses B. necklace C. bracelet

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9. We bought it last year. It is ______________.

A. ours B. theirs C. hers
10. You ____________ be careful when you use the scissors.
A. have to B. has to C. had to
11. A ____________ is a shop, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs.
A. library B. pharmacy C. square
12. ____________ you ever ____________ to the USA? - Yes, I have.
A. Has - been B. Have - been C. Were – been

V. Read the text and write T (true) or F (false). (3 points)

Clean Birds
We take a shower every day and wash with soap and shampoo. We use a towel to get dry
and we brush our teeth with a toothbrush and some toothpaste. Animals have their own
ways of staying clean. Some birds take 'dust baths'. They roll on the ground to take off the
dirt and insects, and then they shake the dust off their bodies. Most birds also use their beaks
to get dust and insects out of their feathers. They use oil from their bodies to clean the
feathers, too. Birds have about 25.000 feathers, so it’s not an easy job! But why do they do it?
Because it keeps their feathers strong, and the oil stops them from getting wet.
Oxpeckers are birds that like to clean other animals. They live in Tanzania, Africa, and they
eat insects from the fur of giraffes. This helps to keep giraffes healthy. Sometimes, the
oxpeckers clean the giraffes' ears! They take small pieces of food from between their teeth,
too. They also clean other animals like zebras, rhinos, and buffaloes.

____ 1. Most birds use their tails to get dust and insects out of their feathers.
____ 2. Oxpeckers eat insects from the fur of giraffes.
____ 3. Oxpeckers only clean the giraffes’ ears.

C. WRITING
VI. Rearrange the words to make sentences. (3 points)
1. ate/ We/ many/ different/ ice cream/ of/ flavors/.
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2. should/ feed/ You/ your/ a/ three/ day/ pet/ times/.
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3. fly/ Will/ moon/ the/ we/ to/?

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VII. Write full sentences using the given words. (3 points)

1. I/ think/ it/ not/ rain/ tomorrow.
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2. It / cold/ last week.
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3. You/ have/ a holiday recently?
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VIII. Choose a topic and write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) about it. (4 points)
1. Write about a job someone in your family does.
2. Write about what you should and shouldn’t do when you are sick.
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