Level placement test November 30, 2022 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 class in the cafeteria at home in 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 job goes to the movies goes to school has 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 yesterday can go to the mall today can't go shopping today doesn'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 class enjoys working out doesn't cope well with stress goes to the gym everyday 5.Mark_________ exercises a lot doesn't like junk food goes to Sarah's gym is 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 slow she was talking to her father her bus didn't come on time she didn't have a watch 7. Carlos thinks___________- Jan may get the job Jan will definitely get the job Jan will probably not get the job Jan 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 alone does not want to visit Australia in the summer hasn't made any plans to go to Australia has never been to Australia before 9. Judy says the best thing about Australia is the _______. weather people beaches sports 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 phone how much her phone cost where she bought her phone why she bought her phone 11. Victor thinks his news will be ________. annoying tiring surprising helpful 12. Victor has known Caroline _______. since childhood for two months since last week for 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 25 a few years ago when she turned 25 last year 14. Paula offended her hosts in Thailand by _______. asking them to take off their shoes making excuses for her behaviour not taking off her shoes going inside their house 15. Paula told Peter that you _______ in homes in Thailand. don't have to wear shoes are expected to wear shoes can get away with wearing shoes shouldn'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 well likes his classes but isn't doing well likes his classes and is doing well doesn't like his classes but is doing well 17. Adam is studying for a degree in ___ math science history nursing 18. When Adam receives his degree, he will have spent _______ years studying 4 20 24 40 19. Carmen thinks she took charge of her life when she listened to her _______. mom computer science professor high school advisor career counsellor 20. Carmen thinks she’ll be __________ for a really long time. looking for a job gettitng a student loans working on her degree paying 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 ______ studies works in the cafeteria sees her friends has 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 food was bored on his trip enjoyed his trip never 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 health Americans need more vacation time Europeans don't like to travel Americans 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 Caplan give advice about burns describe types of burns stop people from burning themselves 25. If you have a burn, the reading says you should _______. put the burned area into the refrigerator avoid cold water put oil on it never 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 planes aren't open to the public are something pilots use to learn to fly aren't like real airplanes 27. The writer _______. has never been on a plane has taken many classes at pilot school before has flown a plane has 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 teacher they were suffering from a food shortage they didn't know how to run a safari trip their homes were flooded 29. Christina got her idea to sell the children’s artwork _______. before she went to Kenya after she returned back home before she started teaching them art classes after she saw the pictures they painted 30.Christina’s Samburu Project _______. bought two weeks’ worth of food for the tribe sold arts and crafts in Kenya never paid a profit helped the tribespeople in many ways 31. Christina’s original goal was to _______. pay for medical bills raise money for a dam build a crafts center go 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 pictures become a professional put their pictures on the Internet stop people from using their photos illegally 33. The writer says amateur photographers _______. might not realize their photos are valuable travel too much to worry about image theft shouldn't find image theft frustrating can also use other people's pictures illegally 34. Everyone who uses an image without permission _________. knows it's illegal will be caught is doing something illegal understands photo-editing software 35. One way of protecting your pictures is to _______. sell them to advertisers use software to change them join a professional association hide 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 future it's the government's responsibility to do something about climate change nothing has been done about climate change there 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 change have been talking about climate change for a long time prepared to live in a reduced-carbon world have not discussed climate change enough 38. _______ companies are trying to more environment-friendly. Oil and Coal A small number of All the major A rising number of 39. Most companies are _______ when it comes to investing in renewable energy. in agreement forward-thinking slow to change not encouraged to change 40.Companies might change their environmental policies __________ to produce power plants but would not be considered "forward-thinking" for political, legal and business reasons but 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. every on in any 42. How often ____________ your father work late? is do are does 43. Jill didn’t _______ that skirt because it was expensive. bought buys buy buying 44. Javier eats _______ beef, but he doesn’t like hamburgers. any a lot of many a 45.I’m interested _______ an art class next year. in taking to take at taking take 46. A: What’s the weather forecast for tomorrow tonight? B: It _____________ tomorrow night. rains has rained is going to rain rained 47. I went shopping yesterday ______ a tent for my camping trip. get to get got for getting 48. A: What do you do with your old clothes? B: I throw them away, but my sisters give _______ to charity. hers their her theirs 49. A: What _______ when you broke your arm? B: I was climbing a tree. are you doing did you do were you doing do you do 50. It’s bad to lose your keys, but it’s__________to lose your wallet. too bad best better worse 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 do I can't do I'm not doing I don't do 52. We need to find a car _______. that doesn't use a lot of gas who isn't too expensive is totally reliable we both like it 53. If I _______ the chance, I’d spend a year or two in Australia. My English would improve a lot. have would have had am going to have 54. A:Where did you buy your printer? B: I don’t remember where _______ it. ! did I buy I bought I'll buy I buy 55. Anna _______ an art class since September and she loves it. is taking has taken took has been taking 56. Several flights _______ earlier today because of severe thunderstorms delayed was delayed were delayed be delayed 57. When did Shane decide ______to Seoul? moving to move moved move 58. You can offend people by not _______ their names. remember remembering remembered have remembered 59.We _______ to a soccer game last night, but the weather was awful, so we stayed home. are supposed to go are going to go went were supposed to go 60. We’d love to get our neighbours _______ their yard. It’s really a mess! cleaned up will clean up to clean up clean up 61. I’m very upset with Brian. He should not ______to me that way. have spoken had spoken spoke speaks 62. If Dennis had been in the right place at the right time, his career _______. would take off is taking off has taken off would have taken off 63. Some TV stations show nothing but reality shows, ______ are less expensive to produce than many other types of programs. they because which that 64. Many voters wish the senator _______ for re-election, but he has announced his intention to retire from politics. would run is running will run runs 65. When growing up, we’re told there are certain things that are simply not worth _______ about. worry to worry worrying be worrying 66. Is it still common for children to _______ their mothers flowers on Mother’s Day? give to give give for give her 67. Professor Silva always said it was crucial that our written work _______to us – and that plagiarism would be severely punished. belong would belong is belonging can belong 68. When I was deciding on a major, I ought to _______ from choosing a field that doesn’t have many job opportunities. be discouraged have discouraged discouraged have been discouraged 69. Is there any particular historical figure you would like to _______ – say William Shakespeare for example? have met meet met had met 70. Now that my best friend and I live in different cities, we call _______ at least twice a week ourselves each other him her 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.
