Level B / Intermediate Examination
Date of Testing: 7/05/2006
PAPER 2: TEST IN READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION 1: choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence
below. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
1. Due to bad weather, the picnic has been put………until next Sunday.
a. forward b. off c. out d. ahead
2. She got so…………while watching the match on TV that she began shouting.
a. exciting b. excited c. excitingly d. excitedly
3. A great……………for the World cup Finals 2002 was built in Tokyo last year.
a. ground b. stage c. platform d. stadium
4. Be quiet! It’s rude to ……………people when they are talking.
a. interfere b. interrupt c. prevent d. introduce
5. Next summer, we’re …………a swimming pool built in our back garden.
a. making b. deciding c. setting d.having
6. The …………thing about traveling by rain rather than by car is that you can sleep or read
during the journey.
a. enjoyable b. enjoyed c.enjoying d. enjoyment
7. Make sure you ……………us a visit when you’re in town again.
a. have b. pay c. take d. do
8. He was very upset by the ………… of his English examination.
a. result b. failure c. effect d.success
9. I had no ………………that the divorce rate was so high in this country.
a. knowledge b. idea c. doubt d. understanding
10. I’m afraid a rise in salary is………… just now.
a. out of sight b. out of control c. out of date d. out of the question
SECTION 2
A. Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answers to questions. Write your
answers on the answer sheet.
Universally acclaimed as America’s greatest playwright, Eugene O’Neill was born in 18
in the heart of the theater district in New York city. As the son of an actor he had early

exposure to the world of the theater. He attended Princeton University briefly in 1906, but
returned to New York to work in a variety of jobs before joining the crew of a freighter as a
seamen. Upon returning from voyages to South Africa and south America, he was hospitalized
for six months to recuperate from tuberculosis. While he was recovering, he determined to
write a play about his adventures on the sea.
He went to Harvard, where he wrote the one-act Bound East for Cardiff. It was produced
on Cape Cod by the Provincetown Players, an experimental theater group that was later to
settle in the famous Greenwich Village theater district in New York City. The players
produced several more of his one-act in the years between 1916-1920. With the full-length
play Beyond the Horizon, produced on Broadway in 1920, O’Neill’s success was assured. The
play won the Pulitzer prize for the best play of the year. O’Neill was to be awarded the prize
again in 1922, 1928, and 1957 for Anna Christie, Strange Interlude, and Long Day’s Journey
into Night. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.
O’ Nell’s plays, forty-five in all, cover a wide range of dramatic subjects, but several
themes emerge, including the ambivalence of family relationships, the struggle between the
sexes, the conflict between spiritual and material desires, and the vision of modern man as
victim of uncontrollable circumstances. Most of O’Neill’s characters are seeking meaning in
their lives. According to his biographers, most of the characters were portraits of himself
and his family. In a sense, his work chronicled his life.
11. This passage is a summary of O’Neill’s
a. work b. life c. work and life d. family
12. How many times was O’Neill awarded the Pulitzer prize?
a. one b. three c. four d. five
13. The word briefly in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
a. seriously b. for a short time
c. on scholarship d. without enthusiasm
14. What does the author mean by the statement “ According to his biographers, most of
the characters were portraits of himself and his family”?
a. He used his family and his own experiences in his play.
b. His biography contained stories about him and his family.

c. He had paintings of himself and members of his family.
d. His biographers took pictures of him with his family.
15. The author mentions all of the following as themes for O’ Neill’s plays EXCEPT.
a. life in college b. adventures at sea
c. family d. relationships between men and women.
B. Read the following passage and choose the best word for each blank. Write your answers
on the answer sheet.
The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brother, Louis and Auguste
Lumieøre. Although it only ……………(16) of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films
have …………… (17) popular ever since. The first films were silent, with titles on the screen
to……………(18) the story.
Soon the public had……………(19) favorite actors and actresses and, in this…………
(20) the first film stars appeared. In 1927, the first “talkie”, a film with sound, was shown and
from then on, the public……………(21) only accept this kind of film.
Further improvements continued, particularly in America, ………………(22)produced
95% of all films. With the arrival of television in the 1950s, ………………(23) people went
to see films, but in…………………(24) years cinema audiences have grown again. More
countries have started to produce films that influence film-marking and there are
currently………………(25) national film industries.
16. a. consisted b. contained c. belonged d. held
17. a. gone b. been c. made d. kept
18. a. join b. read c. explain d. perform
19. a. your b. his c. our d. their
20. a reason b. way c. method d. result
21. a. should b. would c. might d. will
22. a. who b. where c. when d. which
23. a other b. each c. fewer d. any
24. a. recent b. now c. modern d. present
25. a. many b. lots c. much d. plenty
PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH AND WRITING

SECTION 1: choose the best answer to complete each sentence. Record your answers on
the answered sheet.
26. If I were the Minister of Education, I……………… more money on teachers.
a. spent b. would spend c. will spend d. have spent
27. There was a storm………………… I had never experienced before.
a. such as b. as which c. which d. for which
28. My uncle has given up………………… recently.
A. smoke b. to smoke c. smoking d. smoked
29. Prices for bikes can run……………… £250.
A. so high as b. as high to c. so high to d. as high as
30. No sooner……………… than the boss came in.
a. he had left b. had he left c. he was leaving d. was he living
31. Lost of people not only own microcomputers…………… how to use them.
a. but also to know b. so know
c. and know d. but also know
32. Neither the director nor his assistant ……………… yet.
a. have come b. haven’t come c. has come d. hasn’t come
33. the salary of a bus drive is much bigger …………
a. than a teacher b. than that of a teacher c. to compare as a teacher
d. in comparison with the salary of a teacher
34. The United States……………… a very violent story.
a. has b. have c. are having d. is having
35. they went home after they …………… their work.
a. had finished b. have finished c. finished d. would have finished
36. My grade depends on …………………
a. what I master calculus b. whether calculus mastered by me
c. whether I master calculus d. when master calculus
37. In 1982, Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball …………………… college
students with exercise during the winter months.
a. provide b. for providing c. to have provided d. to provide

38. I’ll try ……………… better in the future.
a. to do b. do c. doing d. to have done
39. He used to ………………… in a small town.
a. live b. living c. have lived d. lived
40. I’m looking forward to ……………… her
a. meet b. be meeting c. met d. meeting
SECTION 2: Choose one lettered part that contained an Error in each of the following
sentences. Record your answers on the answers sheet.
41. If civil rights are to benefit all Americans, petty arguments and long-standing
a b
prejudices would have to be put aside.
c d
42. In 1975, according to the National center for Health Statistics, the average life
a
expectancy for people born during that year is 72.4 years.
b c d
43. There have been a tornado watch issued for Texas county until eleven o’clock tonight.
a b c d
44. those of us who have a family history of heart disease should make yearly appointments
a b c
with their doctors.
d
45. Students in the United States often support themselves by babysitting, working in
a b c
restaurants, or they drive taxicabs.
d
46. Civil engineers had better planning to us steel supports in concrete structures built on
a b c d
unstable geophysical sites.
47. Because not food is as nutritious for a baby as its mother’s milk, many women are

a b c d
to the practice of breast feeding.
48. In the sixteenth century, Francois Vieta, a French mathematician, used the vowels a, e, I, o,
a b
u to represent a unknown number.
c d
49. With his father’s guidance, Mozart begun playing the clavier at the age of three and
a b c
composing at the age of five.
d
50. The larger region in the U.S. for wine-growing is situated in California
a b c d
SECTION 3: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that each means
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
EX: I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years.
- It’s years since I enjoyed myself so much.
51. “ John, please don’t tell anyone my new address,” said Mary.
- Mary
asked…………………………………………………………………………………………
52. I haven’t eaten this kind of food for 2 year
- It has been 2 years
…………………………………………………………………………………
53. Henry regretted buying the second –hand car.
- Henry wished……………………………………………………………………………
54. Although William had a bad cold, he still went to work.
- In spite
…………………………………………………………………………………………
55. The keepers feed the lions at 3 pm every day
-The
lions……………………………………………………………………………………………

Other exercise:
T2. 1. Although drama is a form of literature, …………… from the other types in the way it is presented.
a. it differs b. despite the difference c. is different d. but it is different
2. not only ……….. the most populous city in the United States in 1890, but it had also become the most
congested.
a. was new York city b. that new York city was
c. new York city was d. has new York city.
3. Strauss finished …………. Two of his published compositions before his tenth birthday.
a. written b. write c. to write d. writing
4. It is generally true that the lower the stock market falls, …………..
a. higher the price of gold rises b. the price of gold rises high
c. the higher the price of gold rises d. rises high the price of gold
5. …………... many improvements made to highways during the nineteenth century, but Americans
continued to depend on water routes transportation.
a. despite the b. there were c. however d. though there were
6. Cupid, one of the ancient Roman gods, ……………
a. were a little winged child b. representing as a little winged child
c. was represented as a little winged child d. a little winged child
7. The workers have gone on strike. …………… , all production has ceased.
a. because b. So that c. now that d. Therefore
8. The observation deck at World Trade center …………… in New York.
a. was highest than any other one b. was higher than any other one
c. was highest that any other one d. was more higher than any other one
9. Canada doesn’t require the U.S citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and………..
a. Mexico does neither b. Mexico doesn’t either
c. neither Mexico does d. either does Mexico
10. For the investor who ……….. money, silver or bonds are good options.
a. has so little a b. has very little c. has so few d. has very few
11 Could you please tell me where …………?
a. is the nearest bus stop located b. the nearest bus stop is located

c. is located the nearest bus stop d. located is the nearest bus stop
17/8/2007
Ward 23
Great Northern Hospital
Manchester