Full name: _________________________________

PART 1

1. What did the principal like best about the band? 6. What is probably TRUE about the dance?
(A) The students wrote their own music. (A) It is a very popular event.
(B) The band played several kinds of music. (B) It is not usually held on a Friday.
(C) The band played during the whole festival. (C) It will take place in the cafeteria.
(D) The students played many different instruments. (D) It is the first dance of the school year.

2. What will the class probably do next? 7. What does the teacher ask?
(A) Design a poster (A) For someone to turn on the lights
(B) Color the leaves (B) For someone to close the curtains
(C) Eat lunch outside (C) For someone to move the television
(D) Collect fallen leaves (D) For someone to turn on the television

3. What is the purpose of the talk? 8. What will the students probably do next?
(A) To tell the students when they can begin working (A) Read a book
on their projects (B) Write an essay
(B) To request the students work with each other in (C) Watch a video
pairs (D) Form discussion groups
(C) To specify the types of materials the students will
use 9. What is the purpose of the talk?
(D) To inform the students they will need time to (A) To help students understand the characters they
clean up are reading about
(B) To advise students on ways they can improve their
4. What is the teacher explaining? writing
(A) Why the city is located where it is (C) To praise the students who wrote the best stories
(B) How travel to the city has changed over time in class
(C) How the first tunnels in the city were built (D) To describe the lives of some famous writers
(D) Why the river is important to the city’s history
10. What point does the speaker make about the
5. What does the teacher tell the students to do? alphabet in ancient Norway?
(A) Bring in some gardening tools (A) It had very few letters.
(B) Wear old clothes to school (B) It was quite difficult to learn.
(C) Look outside for seeds to plant (C) It spread to other parts of the world.
(D) Clean the dirt off their clothes (D) It was similar to the Chinese writing system.

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 PART 2
Questions 1-5 refer to the following note.
Lisa:
(1) _______ you were at basketball practice today, your teacher, Mr. Morris, called on the
phone to talk with you. He (2) _______one of his other classes on a field trip to the aquarium
this Saturday. A student in that class is sick and (3) _______ to go. Mr. Morris wants to know
whether you’d like to take (4) _______ on the trip. He said that he is (5) _______ you the chance
first because of the great report you wrote about whales. You’ll need to let him know tomorrow.
Love,
Mom.
1. (A) So (B) While (C) Because (D) Although
2. (A) take (B) to take (C) is taking (D) was taken
3. (A) will be able not (B) not will be able
(C) be able will not (D) will not be able
4. (A) that student’s place (B) that student’s place is
(C) of that student’s place (D) that student’s place, which
5. (A) asking (B) offering (C) deciding (D) discussing

Questions 6-9 refer to the following announcement.

A man’s wristwatch (6)_______ in the lobby of Luigi’s Pizza Restaurant on Tuesday,
February 16. A restaurant worker (7)_______ the watch after the restaurant had closed that
evening. Anyone (8) _______ at the restaurant that day and is missing a watch should call
Luigi’s at 555-1953.
Callers will be asked (9)_______ of the watch.
6. (A) finds (B) finding (C) has found (D) was found
7. (A) seemed (B) intended (C) discovered (D) inluenced
8. (A) a guest was (B) a guest being (C) he was a guest (D) who was a guest
9. (A) a detailed description is given (B) to give a detailed description
(C) giving a detailed description (D) a detailed description gave

Questions 10-13 refer to the following announcement.

(10) ______ from Barksdale High School won this year’s regional mathematics competition.
Ellen Murphy was among ten finalists in the last round of the competition. The final question
was a very (11) _______ algebra problem. The first student to answer the question correctly
was named (12) ______ . One student finished the problem (13) _______ Ms. Murphy, but his
answer was incorrect. Ms. Murphy solved the problem correctly and took the grand prize
10. (A) Because a student (B) Being a student (C) It was a student (D) A student
11. (A) wide (B) difficult (C) physical (D) powerful
12. (A) the winner. (B) is the winner. (C) being the winner. (D) will be the winner.

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 13. (A) as fast (B) fastest (C) to be fast (D) faster than

Questions 14-17 refer to the following part of a short story.

When Dan knocked on the door of the old gray house, he was a little (14) _______. His friends
at school had said that the woman who lived in the house was unfriendly, but Dan was sure
that (15) _______ in his yard was hers. He wanted to take it to her. “Hello,” a woman’s voice
responded to his knock. “Who is it?” - “Hi. I’m your neighbor from down the street,” Dan said
(16) _______ she opened the door a few centimeters. “Is this cat yours?” - “Oh, my goodness,”
the woman said with a big smile. She pulled the door open wide. “Yes, this is Daisy, and I’ve
been worried about her! Thank you so much for (17) _______ her back!”
14.(A) total (B) funny (C) foreign (D) nervous.
15. (A) finding the cat (B) the cat he had found
(C) he had found the cat (D) the cat had been found
16. (A) as (B) that (C) which (D) during
17. (A) bring (B) brings (C) brought (D) bringing

Questions 18-25 refer to the following notice.

(18) ______ next Tuesday, the science building will be under construction. Workers will (19)
______ repairs to the outside of the building for approximately four weeks. While this work is
being (20) ______ most classes will continue as usual inside the building. However, if any
classes need to be moved (21) ______ to other rooms, teachers will inform their students. (22)
_______ the construction, the front entrance to the science building will be closed.
(23) _______ all students will have to use the doors on the north side to enter the building. Also,
please remember (24) _______ of the way of all construction equipment. Anyone (25) _______
about the upcoming construction work should contact the school’s main office.
18. (A) Begins (B) Beginning (C) Is beginning (D) To have begun
19. (A) making (B) be made (C) be making (D) been making
20. (A) done, (B) made, (C) taken, (D) entered,
21. (A) greatly (B) temporarily (C) successfully (D) thoughtfully
22. (A) At (B) On (C) Over (D) During
23. (A) As a result, (B) Even though, (C) All of a sudden, (D) On the other hand,
24. (A) keeping out (B) to keep out (C) keeps out (D) kept out
25. (A) is having a question (B) they have questions
(C) there is a question (D) who has questions

Questions 26-33 refer to the following magazine article.

Unlike some other sharks, the basking shark is (26) _______ humans. Growing to a size (27)
______ than that of the average human, this giant fish simply ignores divers who swim up to it.
The diet of a basking shark (28) ______ of fish and small animals such as squid, shrimp, and
crabs. When it is hungry, it looks for places (29) ______ great numbers of these small animals

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can be found. Once it locates an area (30) ______ with fish, a basking shark simply opens its
huge mouth and slowly swims through it. (31) ______ into its mouth and continues out through
a special filter structure that traps the small fish and other creatures. Although this method
(32) ______ the shark to move quickly, it still requires a lot of effort. (32) ______ a basking
shark will filter up to two thousand tons of water per hour.
26. (A) no threat to (B) no threatening (C) not to threaten (D) a threat is not to
27. (A) as large (B) is larger (C) many large (D) much larger
28. (A) resists (B) insists (C) consists (D) persists
29. (A) what (B) where (C) which (D) whose
30. (A) a crowd (B) crowded (C) has crowded (D) it is crowded
31. (A) Water lows (B) Flowing water (C) To low water (D) Water lowing
32. (A) does require not of eating (B) does not require of eating
(C) of eating does not require (D) not of eating does require
33. (A) Enough food is obtained, (B) To obtain enough food,
(C) Enough food obtaining, (D) It obtains enough food,

Questions 34-42 refer to the following essay.

People’s behavior during public events has changed (34) ______ the years, perhaps because
views on (35) ______ appropriate have changed. During a classical music concert, for
example, (36) ______ until the musicians finish playing the composition. It would be hard (37)
______ the audience clapping in the middle of a performance. It may come as a surprise to
many, however, that long ago, this is exactly (38) ______. The audience laughed loudly,
clapped, and (39) ______ great moments. That was (40) ______ people showed their regard
for a performer’s skills. One reason that people’s behavior was so (41) ______ may be that in
the past, classical music concerts were more like today’s pop music shows. Long ago, classical
music was not thought to be (42) ______ it is now.
34. (A) by (B) for (C) after (D) over
35. (A) considering what (B) they considered it
(C) what is considered (D) that it is considered
36. (A) no people to clap (B) people do not clap
(C) clapping people do not (D) people are not clapping
37. (A) imagines (B) imagined (C) to imagine (D) imagination
38. (A) what people did. (B) that people do it.
(C) people had done it. (D) what did people do.
39. (A) cheerful (B) cheered (C) cheering (D) has cheered
40. (A) why (B) how (C) what (D) which
41. (A) differs (B) differed (C) to differ (D) different
42. (A) more serious since (B) so serious than
(C) as serious so (D) as serious as