English Test for teachers

Use of English

1. I _ very hard this summer.

A) work B)am working C) will work

2. Water _ at 100°C.

A) boils B) is boiling C) boiled

3. I _ at 6 o’clock in the morning.

A) gets up B) getting up C) get up

4. Their mother _ the party yesterday.

A) did not enjoy B)is not enjoying C) were not enjoying

5. She has _ big black cat.

A)a B)the C) –

6. Rice _ in Britain.

A) does not grow B)is not growing C)has not growing

7. There was _ puddle on _ floor.

A)a, - B)the, the C)a, the

8. Mozart _ more than 100 pieces of music.

A)wrote B)has written C)had written

9. If you _ hard, you _ your test!

A) don’t study, don’t pass B)won’t study, won’t pass C) don’t study, won’t pass

10. I asked Eric If he’d broken the window, but he ____ it.

a)admitted

b)accused

c)refused

11. My dad’s really looking forward to his business____ to Amsterdam.

a)trip

b)journey

c)travel

12. If you ever ____ truant again, you will be in big trouble.

a)do

b)make

c)play

13._________________ a social networking is simple.

a) Setting up b)Giving up c)Putting up

14. It took the firefighters 3 hours to put __ the fire.

A)off B)out C)up

15. Just wait a moment and I will put you __ to Mr Thomas.

A) up B) on C) through

16. Liza`s parents were drug addicts and couldn`t look __ her and her sister.

A) after B)for C)at

17. So, Mark gave __ his job and decided to prove that we don`t need money to survive.

A) out B)off C) up

18. He promised me that he _ my room the following day.

A)would clean B)cleaned C)will clean

19. Ann hopes __ to the wedding.

a) go

b) to go

c) going

20. They appear __ around the fire.

a) walking

b) to walk

c) to be walking

21. Maria __ it hard to make friends so far at college.

a) found

b)has been finding

c)was found

22. You are all wet! ___ in the rain?

a)Did you walk

b)Was you walking

c)Have you been walking

23. Alan doesn`t wear glasses, so that __ be him.

a)can`t

b) shouldn`t

c)might not

24. __ Sam and Brian are afraid of heights.

a) neither

b) both

c) either

25. Paul __ to school every day last year.

a)use to walk

b)used to walk

c)used to walking

26. If I had more money, I _ the world.

a) would travel b)will travel c) traveled

Reading

Aborigines probably came to Australia from Indonesia 50 000 years ago. The oldest skeleton found in Australia was at Lake Mungo in New South Wales. Archeologists believe it is 38 000 years old and it carried traces of ceremonial paint.

Aborigines were nomads, wanderers so to say. Originally, they did not have a sense of land ownership, although Aboriginal children were taught from an early age that they belonged to the land and must respect tribal boundaries. Tribes returned to particular places to bury their dead. Some places, like Urulu, were sacred because they were associated with the “Dreamtime”, the time when the Earth was formed and cycles of life and nature were begun.

Aboriginal legends, songs and dances tell of powerful spirits who created the land and people during the Dreamtime. There was no written Aboriginal language and, in fact, most of the 600 tribes spoke different dialects and rarely met except on ceremonial occasions. The tradition of the Dreamtime, however, united the people. Rock paintings showing this creation period can be found all over the country. Some of the most spectacular and best preserved can be seen at rock galleries in Kakadu National Park and other parts of northern Australia.

The arrival of white people gradually brought an end to the traditional Aboriginal way of life. The “new” Australians began to build and settle on Aborigine tribal lands. Today, most Aboriginals live in cities and towns or in isolated settlements near tribal lands. Few continue the old nomadic way of life.

In recent years, white Australians have become more sensitive to the Aborigines’ situation. The result has been an increase in health and educational services, greater recognition of Aboriginal

land rights and a growing appreciation of Aboriginal culture. Many museum now display Aboriginal art, music instruments and artefacts.

1. The Aborigines originally came from Europe. t

2. They were farmers who settled on the territory for a long time. f

3. There is no written Aboriginal language. t

4. Europeans destroyed their traditional way of life.t

5. Few go on the old nomadic way of life. t

6. No Aboriginal art or artifacts survive. f

Test Answers (1-26)

1B

2A

3C

4A

5A

6A

7C

8A

9C

10C

11A

12C

13A

14A

15C

16A

17C

18A

19B

20C

21A

22C

23A

24B

25B

26A