Welcome to your GENERAL PLACEMENT TEST ชื่อ Email เบอร์โทรศัพท์ Part 1 (Question 1 – 5)Where can you see these notices?For questions 1 to 5, mark one letter A, B, or C on your Answer Sheet 1. Please leave your room key at the Reception in a shop in a hotel in a taxi 2. Foreign money changed here in a library in a bank in a police station 3. AFTERNOON SHOW BEGINS AT 2 PM outside a theatre outside a supermarket outside a restaurant 4. CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS lessons start again on the 8th January at a travel agent’s at a music school at a restaurant 5. Price per night: 10£ a tent, 10£ a person at a cinema in a hotel on a camp-site Part 2 (Question 6 – 10)In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 6 – 10, mark one letter A, B, or C on your Answer Sheet ScotlandScotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people (6) ……………………… Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.There are (7) ……………….. five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (8) ………………….. most famous city.Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called ‘Ben Nevis’ . In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (9) ……………………. many forests, but now there are only a (10) …………………… . Scotland is only a small country, but it is quite beautiful. 6. on in at 7. about between among 8. his your its 9. is were was 10. few little lot Part 3 (Question 11 – 15)In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 11 – 15, mark one letter A, B, or C on your Answer Sheet Alice Guy BlachèAlice Guy Blachè was the first female film director. She first became involved in cinema whilst working for the Gaumont Film Company in the late 1890s. This was a period of great change in the cinema and Alice was the first to use many new inventions, (11) ……………….. sound and color.In 1907 Alice (12) ………………………. to New York where she started her own film company. She was (13) ……………………. successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world, the best days of the independent New York film companies were (14) …………………………. When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody (15) …………………….. her name. 11. bringing including containing supporting 12. moved ran entered transported 13. next once immediately recently 14. after down behind over 15. remembered realised reminded repeated Part 4 (Questions 16 – 20)In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 16 – 20, mark one letter A, B, or C on your Answer Sheet UFOs – do they exist?UFO is short for ‘unidentified flying object’. UFOs are populary known as flying saucers, (16) ……………………………. that is often the (17) ………………………….. they are reported to be. The (18) ……………………… ” flying saucers” were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light.Even people experienced at watching the sky, (19) ……………………………. as pilots, report seeing UFOs. In 1978 a pilot reported a collection of UFOs off the coast of New Zealand. A television (20) ……………………….. went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs. Scienctists stduying this phenomenon later discovered that in this case they were simply lighst on boats out fishing 16. because therefore although so 17. look shape size type 18. last next first oldest 19. like that so such 20. cameraman director actor announcer Part 5 (Questions 21-40)In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 21 – 40, mark one letter A, B, or C on your Answer Sheet 21) The teacher encouraged her students …………………….. to an English pen-friend. to write wrote write should write 22) They spent a lot of time ……………….. at the pictures in the museum. looking for looking to look to looking 23) Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to ……………………… wrong turn come end go 24) ……………….. from Michael, all the group arrived on time. Except Other Besides Apart 25) She ……………… her neighbour’s children for the broken window. accused complained blamed denied 26) As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went ……………. the homework with me. by after over on 27) Whether she’s a good actress or not is a ……………… of opinion. matter subject point case 28) The decorated roof of the ancient palace was ……………………… up by four thin columns built carried held supported 29) Would it …………………. you if we came on Thursday? agree suit like fit 30) This form …………… be handed in until the end of the week? doesn’t need doesn’t have needn’t hasn’t got 31) If you make a mistake when you are writing, just …………………… it out with your pen cross clear do wipe 32) Although our opinions on many things……………………, we’re good friends differ oppose disagree divide 33) This product must be eaten ………… two days of purchase. by before within under 34) The newspaper report contained ………………. important information. many another an a lot of 35) Have you considered ……………… to London? move to move to be moving moving 36) It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their ……………… of vitamins upturn input upkeep intake 37) I thought there was a ………………. of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune. piece part shadow touch 38) Why didn’t you ……………………… that you were feeling ill? advise mention remark tell 39) James was not sure exactly where his best interests ………………….. stood rested lay centered 40) He’s still getting ………………… the shock of losing his job across by over through Part 6 (Questions 41-45)In this section your must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 41 to 45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. The tallest buildings – SKYSCRAPERSNowadays, skyscrapers can be found in most major cities of the world. A building which was many (41) …………………… high was first called a skyscraper in the United States at the end of the 19th century, and New York has perhaps the 42) …………………………………. skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building.The (43) ……………………………. beneath the streets of New York is rock, (44) …………………………….. enough to take the heaviest load without sinking, and is therefore well-suited to bearing the (45) ……………………………… of tall buildings. (41) stages steps storeys levels (42) first-rate top-class well-built best-known (43) dirt field ground soil (44) hard stiff forceful powerful (45) weight height size scale Part 7 (Questions 46-50)In this section your must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 46 to 50, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. SCRABBLEScrabble is the world’s most popular word game. For its origins, we have to go back to the 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts, an architect, found himself out of (46) …………………………… He decided that there was a (47) ……………………………….. for a board game based on words and (48) …………………………. to design one. Eventually he made a (49) …………………………….. from it, in spite of the face that his original (50) ………………………….. was only three cents a game (46) earning work income job (47) market purchase commerce sale (48) took up set out made for got round (49) wealth fund cash fortune (50) receipt benefit profit allowance Part 8 (Question 51 – 60)In this section your must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.For questions 51 to 60, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. 51) Roger’s manager …………………………. to make him stay late if he hadn’t finished the work insisted warned threatened announced 52) By the time he has finished his week’s work, John has hardly ………..energy left for the weekend. any much no same 53) As the game ………………………… to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave. led neared approached drew 54) I don’t remember …………………… the front door when I left home this morning to lock locking locked to have locked 55) I ……………………. to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them. disagree avoid approached drew 56) Andrew’s attempts to get into the swimming team have not …………… with much success associated concluded joined met 57) Although Harry had obviously read the news paper article carefully, he didn’t seem to have …………………. the main point grasped clutched clasped gripped 58) A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to ………………… enquiry query questions wonder 59) The new college …………………………… for the needs of students with a variety of learning background deals supplies furnishes caters 60) I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used ………….. dinner at 6pm to have to having having have 1 out of 1 Time is Up! 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