Midterm Listening, Reading, Writing Test.pdf
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MIDTERM TEST (E1)
Name: ___________________________
Time Allocated: 90 minutes
PART 1: LISTENING (10 points)
Listen TWICE to a story and answer questions 1-5 that follow.
1. What is the relationship between Barry and Marcello?
A. school-mates
B. co-workers
C. flat-mates
2. What was Barry doing at one o’clock last night?
A. Sleeping in his bed
B. Driving to see Alison
C. Doing his assignment
3. What happened to Alison?
A. Her car stopped working in the middle of the road.
B. She got stuck with her assignment.
C. She was worried about being pushed to the side of the road
.
4. What did Barry take with him when he left his house last night?
A. some replacement parts for car brakes
B. some replacement parts for car brakes, some oil and gas
C. two quarts of oil and a gallon of gas
5. Why does Barry want to call Alison?
A. To ask if she is fine now.
B. To ask whether she has finished her assignment yet.
C. To ask for her help with the assignment.
PART 2: GRAMMAR (10 points)
Choose the correct answer A, B or C to complete questions 1-6.
1. I’d only ______ the washing-up for a few minutes when Clare came home, so she offered to finish
it.
A. done
B. been doing
C. been done
2. Had you already ______ James his birthday present when we gave him ours?
A. given
B. been giving
C. be giving
3. Gail hadn’t _______ me that she would help me, so I wasn’t angry when she didn’t.
A. told
B. been telling
C. been told
4. Mum had ______ her cup of tea for several minutes before she realized it had salt in it!
A. drunk
B. been drinking
C. drinking
5. We’d _____ ready all day when they called to say the party had been cancelled.
A. got
B. been getting
C. getting
6. It was a fantastic experience because I’d never ______ in a plane before.
A. flown
B. been flying
C. flying
Choose ONE word in the box to complete each gap in the following sentences.
whether
would
why
hadn’t
when
if
was
had
7. Helen asked me ______ I _____ going to school or not.
8. David asked his mother _______ she ______ be coming home.
9. Peter asked us _______ we _______ ever been to Hungary.
10. Costas asked me ______ I ______gone to the company party the previous evening.
PART 3: VOCABULARY (10 points)
Choose ONE word/phrase from the box to complete each gap in the following story. Write the
corresponding letter (A – J) into your answer sheet.
A. gossiping
C. attend
E. handyman
G. having
I. getting
B. impress
D. showing
F. had
H. home repairs J. furnace
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella who lived with her step-mother
and two step-sisters. Although the three girls lived under the same roof, Cinderella and her two halfblooded sisters __(1)__ almost nothing in common. Cinderella was a beautiful, kind-hearted and
hard-working girl while the other two were not only ugly but also lazy and misbehaved. One day, the
young prince of the country where the three girls were living decided to hold a party. Everybody was
__(2)__ about his intention to choose a nice beautiful girl to become his future wife. Cinderella and
her two step-sisters all wanted to __(3)__ the party and __(4)__ the prince. However, due to
jealousies, the two ugly girls and their mother tried their best to prevent Cinderella from __(5)__ up
at the party. When the day came near, the two sisters intentionally damaged the __(6)__ and
pretended not to be able to get a __(7)__ to fix it. Since Cinderella was very hard-working and
knowledgeable about __(8)___, the step-mother asked Cinderella to spend time repairing that
device. So while the two ugly girls were busy __(9)__ dressed and __(10)__ their hair done for the
party event, beautiful Cinderella was still finding the replacement part to finish the repair work.
Poor Cinderella!
PART 3: CLOSE TEST (10 points)
PART 4: WRITING (10 points)
…………The end……………….
