Level placement test September 21, 2021 THE ENGLISH CUBE PLACEMENT TEST Based on the touchstone placement test by Cambridge University Press. The Objective Placement Test has three sections: Listening, Reading, and Language Use. There are 70 questions. You are allowed 50 minutes to complete the test. In Section I, the Listening section, you will hear nine conversations and answer one or more questions about each one. Before you listen to a conversation, read the question or questions. Answer the questions after the conversation ends. Choose the conversation ends. Section II, the Reading section, has several short passages. After you read each passage, choose the correct answer for each question. Section III, the Language Use section, has 30 items. Choose the correct option for each item. Name City Email Phone Number SECTION I: LISTENING https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-1.mp3In this section of the test, you will hear conversations and answer some questions about them. For each conversation, first read the situation and the question or questions. Then listen to the conversation. Respond to the questions by marking the correct answer answer (a, b, c, or d) on your answer sheet.Read the example situation and question. ExampleSituation: Bill invites his classmate Amy to go out after class. Amy _______. a.doesn’t like to bowl.b.is going bowling after class.c.wants to meet her friends after class.d.has to go home after class The listening section of the test begins with Situation 1.Situation 1: Mr. Hanson is asking Jessie about her classmates. 1. Paolo is _______.in classin the cafeteriaat homein the library https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-2.mp3Situation 2: Susan is asking Alex about his free time. 2. On the weekends, Alex _______.works at a part time jobgoes to the moviesgoes to schoolhas a lot of free time https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-3.mp3Situation 3: Jeff and Rosa are talking on the phone3. Rosa _______.went shopping yesterdaycan go to the mall todaycan't go shopping todaydoesn't like to shop https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-4.mp3 Situation 4: Mark and Sarah are talking about their habits. 4.Sarah___________loves her karate classenjoys working outdoesn't cope well with stressgoes to the gym everyday 5.Mark_________exercises a lotdoesn't like junk foodgoes to Sarah's gymis going to join a karate class https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-5.mp3Situation 5: Jan is telling Carlos about her day.6. Jan was late for her interview this morning because ____the service in the cafe was slowshe was talking to her fatherher bus didn't come on timeshe didn't have a watch 7. Carlos thinks___________-Jan may get the jobJan will definitely get the jobJan will probably not get the jobJan definitely won't get the job https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-6.mp3Situation 6: Freddie is talking to Judy on his cell phone about a trip.8. Freddie _______.wants to visit Australia alonedoes not want to visit Australia in the summerhasn't made any plans to go to Australiahas never been to Australia before 9. Judy says the best thing about Australia is the _______.weatherpeoplebeachessports https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-7.mp3Situation 7: Victor is helping Stacy with her new cell phone.10. Stacy doesn’t remember _______.how to turn off her phonehow much her phone costwhere she bought her phonewhy she bought her phone 11. Victor thinks his news will be ________.annoyingtiringsurprisinghelpful 12. Victor has known Caroline _______.since childhoodfor two monthssince last weekfor one semester https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-8.mp3Situation 8: Paula and Peter are talking about Paula’s experience in another country. 13. Paula took her first trip outside the United States _______.before she turned 25a few years agowhen she turned 25last year 14. Paula offended her hosts in Thailand by _______.asking them to take off their shoesmaking excuses for her behaviournot taking off her shoesgoing inside their house 15. Paula told Peter that you _______ in homes in Thailand.don't have to wear shoesare expected to wear shoescan get away with wearing shoesshouldn't wear shoes https://www.theenglishcube.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Placement-test_Situation-9.mp3Situation 9: Adam and Carmen are talking about going back to college. 16. Adam _______.doesn't like his classes and isn't doing welllikes his classes but isn't doing welllikes his classes and is doing welldoesn't like his classes but is doing well 17. Adam is studying for a degree in ___mathsciencehistorynursing 18. When Adam receives his degree, he will have spent _______ years studying4202440 19. Carmen thinks she took charge of her life when she listened to her _______.momcomputer science professorhigh school advisorcareer counsellor 20. Carmen thinks she’ll be __________ for a really long time.looking for a jobgettitng a student loansworking on her degreepaying off her student loans SECTION II: READING In this section of the Objective Placement Test, you will read some short passages and answer questions about them. Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence. Passage 1:What’s your weekly routine? Miki: I have classes every afternoon. In the mornings, I work in the college cafeteria. I usually do my homework in the evenings. On the weekends, I go out with my friends.21. On weeknights, Miki usually ______studiesworks in the cafeteriasees her friendshas classes Passage 2: An email, Subject: Back home! Hi Mandy, I just got back from my trip to Spain. It didn’t rain at all! We ate at some great Spanish restaurants – delicious! I learned to do flamenco! It’s a kind of dance. We went to the beach every day, and we went snorkeling. I’d like to do this every year! 22. Max _______.didn't like Spanish foodwas bored on his tripenjoyed his tripnever wants to visit Spain again Passage 3: Do you have “vacation deprivation”? The average amount of time off in the United States is only 11 days a year. But in Europe, workers get 26 to 37 days off. Researchers say vacations are important for good health. They say the kind of vacation you take makes a difference, too. When people travel to sunny places, have lots of free time, sleep a lot, exercise, and make friends, they enjoy better health. 23. The article suggests that _______.busy vacations are better for your healthAmericans need more vacation timeEuropeans don't like to travelAmericans take enough vacation Passage 4: Minor burns Leon Caplan was watching television when his sister burned herself in the kitchen. He immediately ran to the refrigerator to get some ice and butter for her hand. Did he do the right thing? What should you do for a burn? Many people think you should put ice, oil, or butter on a burn. Actually, these can damage the skin and make the burn worse. Always cool a minor burn as soon possible with cold water – preferably running water.24. The main idea of this reading is to _____tell a story about Leon Caplangive advice about burnsdescribe types of burnsstop people from burning themselves 25. If you have a burn, the reading says you should _______.put the burned area into the refrigeratoravoid cold waterput oil on itnever put butter on it Passage 5: Live life to the fullest: Fly a plane! Have you ever flown a plane? Probably not. But if you like excitement and don’t get stressed easily, you might want to try flying a jumbo-jet simulator – the same one pilots use in training. I haven’t taken many plane rides, but last Sunday I decided to try a day at pilot school. It’s open to the public on Sundays. I got a full lesson on how to fly before I climbed into the simulator. Then the instructor let me take off, fly at 914 meters (3,000 feet), and land. It was the scariest 30 minutes I’ve ever had “in the air” – and totally realistic.26. Jumbo-jet simulators _______.are real planesaren't open to the publicare something pilots use to learn to flyaren't like real airplanes 27. The writer _______.has never been on a planehas taken many classes at pilot school beforehas flown a planehas flown in a simulator Passage 6: Someone you can look up to: Christina Morin Christina Morin is an amazing young woman with an inspiring story. When she was 17, Christina went on a safari to Kenya with her parents. During her trip, she spent four days with the local Samburu tribespeople, who were suffering from a devastating drought after several months without rain and had very little food. Christina wanted to help. She started by teaching art classes to the Samburu children, who had never painted before. Christina was amazed at their wonderful drawings, and began to think. If she made their pictures into note cards, would she be able to sell them when she went home and raise money for food? She bought samples of the children’s artwork with her own money which paid for two weeks’ worth of food for the tribe. Soon after she got home, the Samburu Project was born. Christina set up a program to sell tribal arts and crafts in local stores, with all profits going to tribespeople in Kenya. She was able to build a dam, which was her original goal, as well as build several wells, buy animals and food, pay medical bills, and build a crafts center. 28. Christina wanted to help the Samburu tribespeople because _______.they didn't have an arts teacherthey were suffering from a food shortagethey didn't know how to run a safari triptheir homes were flooded 29. Christina got her idea to sell the children’s artwork _______.before she went to Kenyaafter she returned back homebefore she started teaching them art classesafter she saw the pictures they painted 30.Christina’s Samburu Project _______.bought two weeks’ worth of food for the tribesold arts and crafts in Kenyanever paid a profithelped the tribespeople in many ways 31. Christina’s original goal was to _______.pay for medical billsraise money for a dambuild a crafts centergo back and see the tribe again Passage 7: Modern crimes: image theftPersonal blogging is the new form of journal writing – only better, because more people can read your entries online! Nowadays, most travelers are expected to post their photographs, in addition to their commentary on blogs for friends and family to see. But imagine finding your vacation photos in an advertisement, copied from the Internet without your permission. Although you, as an amateur photographer, might have thought they were “just pictures,” someone else decided they had value and used them to make money. That person stole your property. Photo theft, or image theft is a growing problem, especially for professional photographers who advertise on the Web. Any photo can easily be copied and used used illegally and often the people who do it don’t realize they are committing a crime. The ones who do probably know won’t be caught. So how can you protect yourself and your images? Professional photography associations recommend using photo-editing programs to add text to your photos. For example, write the word SAMPLE on the pictures. More sophisticated software allows you to make the pictures “flash” or add moving images that can’t be copied. Finally, give your photo files unusual names so that they won’t be found easily when people search the Internet for common subjects like “the beach.” 32. The article tells photographers how to _______.make money from picturesbecome a professionalput their pictures on the Internetstop people from using their photos illegally 33. The writer says amateur photographers _______.might not realize their photos are valuabletravel too much to worry about image theftshouldn't find image theft frustratingcan also use other people's pictures illegally 34. Everyone who uses an image without permission _________.knows it's illegalwill be caughtis doing something illegalunderstands photo-editing software 35. One way of protecting your pictures is to _______.sell them to advertisersuse software to change themjoin a professional associationhide them on the internet Passage 8: What are businesses doing about global warming? The issue of climate change has been discussed in scientific and business circles for over two decades. However only in recent years has there been agreement that is crucial that something be done to reduce the carbon emissions that cause global warming, and that businesses as well as governments and individual citizens must act. The main problem is the rising level of carbon dioxide, which has been shown to warm the earth’s atmosphere, and which is still being produced in damaging quantities by power plants and motor vehicles. A few forward-thinking companies are investing in renewable energy, reducing their use of oil and coal, recycling more, and consuming less in order to reduce their "carbon footprint" (their total amount of carbon emissions). Although companies like these are preparing to live in a reduced-carbon world, most businesses have been slow in reducing their negative impact on the environment. They might be encouraged to finally start changing their environmental policies through a combination of legal, political, and business pressures. Laws on carbon emissions are likely to be affected by changes in government policy. In addition, the effects of new weather patterns involving high winds, hurricanes, fires, and floods are making insurance companies look seriously at climate change as more and more money is continually being paid out for the damage caused by these events. Companies are being forced by their insurers to think of such environmental damage as a significant business risk.36. The main idea of the article is that _______businesses will have to be more environment-friendly in the futureit's the government's responsibility to do something about climate changenothing has been done about climate changethere are companies taking steps to become more environmental-friendly 37.The article says that scientists and business leaders_______.have always agreed about the causes of climate changehave been talking about climate change for a long timeprepared to live in a reduced-carbon worldhave not discussed climate change enough 38. _______ companies are trying to more environment-friendly.Oil and CoalA small number ofAll the majorA rising number of 39. Most companies are _______ when it comes to investing in renewable energy.in agreementforward-thinkingslow to changenot encouraged to change 40.Companies might change their environmental policies __________to produce power plantsbut would not be considered "forward-thinking"for political, legal and business reasonsbut will negatively impact the environment SECTION III: LANGUAGE USE In this section, you will answer questions about the use of English. Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence. 41. My friends and I go to the movies __________ weekends.everyoninany 42. How often ____________ your father work late?isdoaredoes 43. Jill didn’t _______ that skirt because it was expensive.boughtbuysbuybuying 44. Javier eats _______ beef, but he doesn’t like hamburgers.anya lot ofmanya 45.I’m interested _______ an art class next year.in takingto takeat takingtake 46. A: What’s the weather forecast for tomorrow tonight? B: It _____________ tomorrow night.rainshas rainedis going to rainrained 47. I went shopping yesterday ______ a tent for my camping trip.getto getgotfor getting 48. A: What do you do with your old clothes? B: I throw them away, but my sisters give _______ to charity.herstheirhertheirs 49. A: What _______ when you broke your arm? B: I was climbing a tree.are you doingdid you dowere you doingdo you do 50. It’s bad to lose your keys, but it’s__________to lose your wallet.too badbestbetterworse 51. A: What are you doing tomorrow night? Do you want to hang out? B: Actually, _____________anything. I’d love to get together.I won't doI can't doI'm not doingI don't do 52. We need to find a car _______.that doesn't use a lot of gaswho isn't too expensiveis totally reliablewe both like it 53. If I _______ the chance, I’d spend a year or two in Australia. My English would improve a lot.havewould havehadam going to have 54. A:Where did you buy your printer? B: I don’t remember where _______ it. !did I buyI boughtI'll buyI buy 55. Anna _______ an art class since September and she loves it.is taking has takentookhas been taking 56. Several flights _______ earlier today because of severe thunderstormsdelayedwas delayedwere delayedbe delayed 57. When did Shane decide ______to Seoul?movingto movemovedmove 58. You can offend people by not _______ their names.rememberrememberingrememberedhave remembered 59.We _______ to a soccer game last night, but the weather was awful, so we stayed home.are supposed to goare going to gowentwere supposed to go 60. We’d love to get our neighbours _______ their yard. It’s really a mess!cleaned upwill clean upto clean upclean up 61. I’m very upset with Brian. He should not ______to me that way.have spokenhad spokenspokespeaks 62. If Dennis had been in the right place at the right time, his career _______.would take offis taking offhas taken offwould have taken off 63. Some TV stations show nothing but reality shows, ______ are less expensive to produce than many other types of programs.theybecausewhichthat 64. Many voters wish the senator _______ for re-election, but he has announced his intention to retire from politics.would runis runningwill runruns 65. When growing up, we’re told there are certain things that are simply not worth _______ about.worryto worryworryingbe worrying 66. Is it still common for children to _______ their mothers flowers on Mother’s Day?give togivegive forgive her 67. Professor Silva always said it was crucial that our written work _______to us – and that plagiarism would be severely punished.belongwould belongis belongingcan belong 68. When I was deciding on a major, I ought to _______ from choosing a field that doesn’t have many job opportunities.be discouragedhave discourageddiscouragedhave been discouraged 69. Is there any particular historical figure you would like to _______ – say William Shakespeare for example?have metmeetmethad met 70. Now that my best friend and I live in different cities, we call _______ at least twice a weekourselveseach otherhimher Thank you for taking the test. We will place you at the correct level and send an email with details of your course and free structure.
