Placement Test

Academic English

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Welcome to Academic Placement Test

Test your Academic English Skill

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There are three parts to the test including Use of English, Reading and Listening.

Each question carries 1 point.

No. of Questions : 40 items
Score Range : 120 - 200
Timing : 60 Minutes

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At the end of the test, the score report will be sent to your email

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1. You will hear a student talking about studying chemistry.

She feels that some students dislike it because ....

a. it involves understanding complicated concepts.

b. it seems irrelevant to their lives.

c. it is generally taught in an uninspiring way

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2. You will hear part of an interview with a teenager who has developed a new computer game.

What does he regret?

a. He didn’t make it more challenging.

b. He couldn’t spend more time on it.

c. He wasn’t given more support with it.

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3. You will hear a teacher telling a class about some arrangements.

What is going to happen tomorrow ?

a. The lesson will be in a different place.

b. The class will have another teacher.

c. Some new students will join the group.

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4. You will hear two friends discussing a survey about young people’s reading habits.

How do they feel about it?

a. unhappy about the methods used

b. doubtful about the accuracy of the results

c. surprised by the positive references to young people

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5. You will hear a teacher talking about an environmental project.

Why is she talking to her class?

a. To encourage them to remain involved in the project

b. To inform them about changes to the project

c. To remind them about a future project

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6. For the following questions, please choose the best option to complete the sentence or conversation.

Could you tell me your surname?

a. How do I say that?

b. Do you like my family name?

c. Would you like me to spell it?

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7. This plant looks dead.

a. It only needs some water.

b. It's in the garden.

c. It's sleeping.

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8. I hope it doesn't rain.

a. Of course not.

b. So do I.

c. Will it be wet?

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9. Are you going to go to the lab soon?

a. Not long.

b. For ever.

c. In a minute.

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10. Who gave you this book, Lucy?

a. I bought it.

b. My uncle was.

c. For my birthday.

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11. Shall we go out for pizza tonight?

a. I know that.

b. It's very good.

c. I'm too tired.

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12. Do you mind if I come too?

a. That's fine!

b. I'd like to.

c. I don't know if I can.

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13. There's someone at the door.

a. Can I help you?

b. Well, go and answer it then.

c. He's busy at the moment.

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14. How much butter do I need for this cake?

a. I'd like one.

b. I'll use some.

c. I'm not sure.

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15. How long are you here for?

a. Since last week.

b. Ten days ago.

c. Till tomorrow.

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16. Have you guys had enough to eat?

a. That's all right.

b. Is there any more rice?

c. It's not the right time.

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17. That's my coat over there.

a. Will you take it off?

b. Here you are.

c. No, you haven't!

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18. Let's go by bus.

a. The train was expensive.

b. We'll buy a ticket.

c. It'll take too long.

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19. Do you know my brother Charlie?

a. Sorry, he's not here.

b. I know it.

c. I don't think I do.

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20. Would you like some ice in your drink or not?

a. I hope so.

b. Yes, I shall.

c. I don't mind.

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21. I hope I haven't ...... you any trouble by changing the arrangements.

a. caused

b. put

c. done

d. made

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22. The floor is wet: don't run or you might ...... !

a. stoop

b. spill

c. slip

d. spin

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23. When you come to my house, ...... your camera with you.

a. take

b. show

c. fetch

d. bring

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24. Paul arrived at the shop ....... as the manager was closing for the day.

a. even

b. just

c. still

d. right

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25. I would ...... to stay at home and relax for a change.

a. rather

b. better

c. prefer

d. enjoy

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26. Is there ...... of food for everyone?

a. adequate

b. enough

c. sufficient

d. plenty

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27. Lily says she's happy at school but she's ...... complaining.

a. Rarely

b. sometimes

c. always

d. often

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28. ...... the step when you go in.

a. Consider

b. Mind

c. Attend

d. Look

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29. ...... stay the night if it's too difficult to get home.

a. At all costs

b. By all means

c. In all

d. On the whole

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30. No ...... Hannah is happy when you think how many prizes she has won recently.

a. surprise

b. problem

c. question

d. wonder

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31. The Passage below is for Questions No 31 - 35.

You are going to read an article about building a shelter for birdwatching. Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A – E the one which fits each gap.

Which sentence best fits the gap no 31?

a. This, they were told, was to cover the administrative cost of the selection process.

b. This will be extremely demanding, pressing each of them to the very limits of their training and capabilities.

c. What made the response even more surprising was that the privately-financed plan does not include any chance of coming home.

d. The intention is that this will be achieved through media sponsorship and by selling the rights to televise the mission.

e. High levels of radiation and toxic dust will also need to be dealt with once they arrive.

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32. Which sentence best fits the gap no 32?

a. This, they were told, was to cover the administrative cost of the selection process.

b. This will be extremely demanding, pressing each of them to the very limits of their training and capabilities.

c. What made the response even more surprising was that the privately-financed plan does not include any chance of coming home.

d. The intention is that this will be achieved through media sponsorship and by selling the rights to televise the mission.

e. High levels of radiation and toxic dust will also need to be dealt with once they arrive.

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33. Which sentence best fits the gap no 33?

a. This, they were told, was to cover the administrative cost of the selection process.

b. This will be extremely demanding, pressing each of them to the very limits of their training and capabilities.

c. What made the response even more surprising was that the privately-financed plan does not include any chance of coming home.

d. The intention is that this will be achieved through media sponsorship and by selling the rights to televise the mission.

e. High levels of radiation and toxic dust will also need to be dealt with once they arrive.

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34. Which sentence best fits the gap no 34?

a. This, they were told, was to cover the administrative cost of the selection process.

b. This will be extremely demanding, pressing each of them to the very limits of their training and capabilities.

c. What made the response even more surprising was that the privately-financed plan does not include any chance of coming home.

d. The intention is that this will be achieved through media sponsorship and by selling the rights to televise the mission.

e. High levels of radiation and toxic dust will also need to be dealt with once they arrive.

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35. Which sentence best fits the gap no 35?

a. This, they were told, was to cover the administrative cost of the selection process.

b. This will be extremely demanding, pressing each of them to the very limits of their training and capabilities.

c. What made the response even more surprising was that the privately-financed plan does not include any chance of coming home.

d. The intention is that this will be achieved through media sponsorship and by selling the rights to televise the mission.

e. High levels of radiation and toxic dust will also need to be dealt with once they arrive.

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36. The Passage below is for Questions No 36 - 40.

You are going to read an encyclopedic or technical journal article about Intelligence Augmentation. Choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

The author is mainly concerned about...

a. various dangers of intelligence augmentation.

b. the advantages of intelligence augmentation.

c. the basic methods of intelligence augmentation.

d. some scientists who are working on intelligence augmentation.

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37. The author’s use of the phrase “somewhat more problematic in social terms” refers to ...

a. the difficulty of making cognitive enhancement widely available.

b. the difficulty of making pharmacological enhancement socially acceptable.

c. equalizing cognitive competitive advantages among social groups.

d. bureaucracies which hamper cognitive enhancement activities.

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38. As it is used in line 27, the word placated most closely means ...

a. deprived

b. enhanced

c. cured

d. quieted

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39. In the context of the passage, which of the following best articulates the author’s opinion?

a. Intelligence amplification by external means might be more difficult to achieve than by internal means.

b. Cognitive augmentation does not really constitute evolution.

c. Some people consider intelligence enhancement to be a form of cheating.

d. External and internal intelligence enhancement might constitute evolution in cultures that accept them.

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40. The primary purpose of the passage is to...

a. describe different kinds of intelligence enhancement.

b. discuss society’s reactions to pharmacological cognitive augmentation.

c. examine the differences between external and internal intelligence enhancement.

d. dispel misgivings about humanity’s attempts at creating its own evolution.

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