american holding taller #1

1) Read the text carefully and answer the questions: 

Crazy Mom’s Fashion

It started 20 years ago. One day, Jane Smith, a busy mom and a loving wife, went shopping for new clothes. After a few hours of searching, she came home exhausted and disappointed. In the mid-80s, few manufacturers made clothes for women over thirty. “Thousands of women in England have the same problem, and I will help them,” – thought Mrs. Smith.  With very little money, no connections in the fashion world and a husband who thought that her idea was crazy, the ambitious woman decided to start up her own business.

Jane designed her first collection of twenty clothing items, bought suitable material and sewing machines, and hired experienced tailors. The Smiths’ balcony turned into a workshop. When the collection was ready, Jane offered it to a famous chain of stores. To her surprise, they bought the whole collection at once. When they asked her about the name of her company, Jane looked at her husband, smiled and said: “Crazy Mom”. The collection was sold in a very short time – women liked Jane’s models. In a month, the manager of the chain ordered more clothes from “Crazy Mom” and Jane had to hire more people and find a bigger place for the workshop. The next step was opening her own shop at the central train station in Manchester.

Now “Crazy Mom” has 50 boutiques all over the world. Mr. Smith left his job as an engineer and became head of the company. Their four children also work in the company and, according to Jane, this is what makes the business so successful.  

1. Why didn’t Jane manage to buy any clothes?

2. What difficulties did Jane face when starting up her business?

3. What special trait helped Jane succeed in her new career?

4. What did Mrs. Smith do in order to start her business?

5. Where did Jane sew her first collection?

6. Why did Jane decide to call her collection “Crazy Mom”?

7. What did Jane do when the manager ordered more clothes?

8.  What fact proves that that “Crazy Mom” is a successful company? 2 ) Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses. Use SIMPLE PRESENT,       PRESENT CONTINUOUS, or SIMPLE PAST. I ……………………….. (get) up at eight o’clock yesterday morning. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone last night. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone right now. Mark …………………………….. (talk) to John on the phone every day. Jim and I ……………………. (eat) lunch at the cafeteria two hours ago. We ……………………………. (eat) lunch at the cafeteria every day. I …………………………. (go) to bed early last night. My roommate ………………………….. (study) Spanish last year. Sue ………………………….. (write) a letter to her parents yesterday. 3) Fill in the blanks using “AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISN’T, AREN’T”: Germany, England, and Spain ………… cities. A lemon ……….. sweet. It …….. sour. Copper ……….. cheap. Diamonds ………… expensive. Airplanes …….. slow. They ………. fast. Ice cream and candy …….. sweet. Today ……… cloudy. It …….. bright. My brother ……… married. He …… single. I ……… from Turkey. I …….. from Canada. Maths ……… hard. It ……….. easy. Mariah … a beautiful girl. She ……… ugly. 4) Write a verb in each blank. Use the correct forms of the VERBS: 1.      Can you ………………………… a motorbike? 2.      Tim can ………………………… the guitar? 3.      Sam is ………………………….. milk at the moment? 4.      Please go to the supermarket and ……………………….. some cheese. 5.      He is …………………………. water now because he is thirsty. 6.      Every weekend they …………………………….. their thirsty. 7.      Listen! Jack is …………………………. a song. 8.      Can you ………………………. me, please? I can’t carry these bags.   Read the paragraphs and answer the questions:        5)  Hello! My name is Douglas Hunter. I’m a pilot for British Airlines. I fly planes. I am not working today. I am playing golf. It is my favorite sport. What is his name? What does he do? What is he doing now? What is his favorite sport?       6)  He is Gordon Lester. He is a champion jockey. He rides racehorses, but he isn’t riding a racehorse now. He is dancing with his wife. What is his name? What does he do? Is he a good jockey? Where is he now? What is he doing? Who is he with? 7) Write DON’T, DOESN’T, ISN’T, AREN’T or AM NOT in the blank space in each           sentence: a.       He isn’t listening to the radio right now. b.      He doesn’t listen to the radio every evening. c.       We …………………. watching a television program now. d.      We …………………. watch television every day. e.       They …………………. study their lessons after class. f.       They …………………. studying their lessons right now. g.      It ………………….. raining very hard right at the moment.

grado 10 liceo cañaveral #1

grado 10 ...

 The perfect neighborhood for each person

1.    ENGLISH LANGUAGE PLACEMENT TEST

(Written by luis gerardo cruz English teacher)

Choose the answer that you think is correct and circle the appropriate letter:

1.	This man has dark ....................... a) heads  b) head  c) hairs  d) hair
2.	and a ................................. a) beard  b) barber  c) moustaches  d) facehair
3.	He is ................................... a jacket a) wearing  b) carrying  c) having  d) holding
4.	and he is .................................. a piece of paper. a) wearing  b) holding  c) having  d) getting
5.	He is sitting at his .................................. a) chair  b) desk  c) office  d) room
6.	- perhaps he is ..................................... a) work  b) at work  c) business  d) on job
7.	You arrive at a party at 8 p.m. What do you say? a) Goodnight  b) Good-bye  c) Good evening d) Good afternoon
8.	Someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it. What do you say? a) Thank you  b) Please  c) No, thank you  d) No, please
9.	Henderson ................................. going to work. a) likes not  b) don’t like  c) doesn’t like  d) not like
10.	................................. early in the morning? a) Does he get up  b) Gets he up  c) Do he get up  d) Get he up
11.	He ..................................... to drive a car. a) am learning  b) learning  c) is learning  d) are learning
12.	A train is .................................. a bus. a) more quickly  b) quickly  c) quicker than  d) more quick
13.	He ....................................... swim very well. a) not can  b) cannot  c) doesn’t can  d) don’t can
14.	....................................... the bus to work. a) Always Roberts catches  b) Roberts always catches  c) Roberts catches always  d) Roberts does always catches
15.	Peter works in London. .................................................................. a) He goes there by train  b) He there goes by train  c) He goes by train there              d) There goes he by train
16.	........................................................ TV last night. a) Did he watch  b) Watched he  c) Did he watched  d) Does he watch
17.	I spoke slowly, but he .................................. understand me. a) canned not  b) didn’t can  c) didn’t could  d) could not
18.	He made ............................................ last year. a) many money  b) much money  c) a lot of money  d) lots money
19.	I asked him .......................................... a) to not go away  b) to go not away  c) not to go away  d) go not away
20.	He used to live .......................... London. a) on  b) in  c) to  d) at
21.	James ............................... to him on the phone. a) spoked  b) speaked  c) spoke  d) spoken
22.	“ Quiet, please – I ........................................................” a) am doing a test!  b) do a test!  c) doing a test!  d) does a test!
23.	I won’t go to Cambridge if it ....................................... tomorrow. a) rain  b) would rain  c) rains  d) raining
24.	While he .................................. to London he saw an accident. a) was driving  b) drives  c) drove  d) had driven
25.	Millions of cigarettes ............................................ every year. a) is smoke  b) are smoking  c) are smoked  d) are smoke
26.	He has a ................................ experience in marketing in Europe. a) grand  b) wide  c) large  d) great
27.	I remember ............................. him in London. a) of meeting  b) to meet  c) to meeting  d) meeting
28.	But I saw him in Frankfurt ........................................ a) 3 years ago  b) for 3 years  c) before 3 years  d) since 3 years
29.	Could you look ............... the blackboard and read what is on it? a) to  b) on  c) for  d) at
30.	Smith went abroad last year. ............................................. abroad before. a) He had never been  b) He had been never  c) He never went  d) He went never
31.	The last Olympic Games ..................................... in Athens. a) were helded  b) was holded  c) were held  d) were hold
32.	He took ......................... cheese. a) all of  b) all  c) the all  d) all of the
33.	The committee held a ................................ last week. a) meeting  b) gathering  c) session  d) sitting
34.	I ............................. the Prime Minister’s speech very carefully. a) heard to  b) heard  c) listened to  d) overheard
35.	He would have known that, if he .................................... the meeting. a) had attended  b) would have attended  c) has attended  d) would attend
36.	Would you mind ............................ the door? a) open  b) to open  c) opening  d) to opening
37.	In August he ..................................... for us for 25 years. a) will have worked  b) will work  c) is going to work  d) will be working
38.	.................................................. since I came back to the office? a) Did Robinson telephone  b) Was Robinson telephoning  c) telephoned Robinson  d) Has Robinson telephoned
39.	He speaks English very well ....................... he’s only 12. a) whereas  b) despite  c) in spite of  d) although
40.	“Don’t do that,” I said.  I ................................. him not to do that. a) talked  b) told  c) spoke  d) said
41.	He never takes risks. He’s a very ................................. man. a) mindful  b) anxious  c) attentive  d) cautious
42.	I’d like to put ............................. a suggestion, if I may. a) forward  b) over  c) across  d) through
43.	I .................................. this test for at least half an hour now. a) do  b) am doing  c) have done  d) have been doing
44.	I’ll speak to him when he .................................... . a) will arrive  b) is arriving  c) arrives  d) would arrive
45.	“Can you come tomorrow?” He asked ........................................... tomorrow. a) if I come  b) that i come  c) if I could come  d) that I can come
46.	He hasn’t come again today. If he doesn’t come, ............................... what to do tomorrow. a) he wouldn’t know  b) he didn’t know  c) he will not have known  d) he won’t know
47.	CONVERSATION (questions 47 – 64): Mr and Mrs Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the office of an estate agent. Agent: Good morning. Mr and Mrs Wallace? Mrs Wallace: Mr Hogan? Agent: How do you do. Mrs Wallace: I spoke to you on the phone. .................... is my husband. a) This  b) It  c) He  d) That Mr Wallace: How do you do.
48.	Agent: How do you do. ............................. sit down. a) You  b) Please  c) Now  d) Let (They all sit down at a desk.)
49.	Agent: I understand from our telephone conversation that you’re .................................... a) intending  b) interesting  c) intended  d) interested
50.	in buying a property for about £85,000, is that .............................. ? a) true  b) possible  c) not  d) right
51.	Mrs Wallace: No. Well the price is right, but – er – well, we .................... a problem. a) make  b) have  c) are  d) seem We’ve been living abroad for the last ten years -
52.	Mr Wallace: Longer ................. that. a) than  b) that  c) as  d) to
53.	Mrs Wallace: Yes, I suppose it is – and we want to settle back here ............................ a) because  b) and  c) but  d) so
54.	we have very different ideas of the ......................... of place we’d like to live in. a) kind  b) piece  c) shape  d) area
55.	Mr Wallace: Yes, you see ...................... prefer to live in town, in a centrally located flat. a) I  b) I’d  c) we  d) we’d
56.	Mrs Wallace: And I am really keen to live in ................ country. a) the  b) a  c) some  d) -
57.	I want a big garden. I want a new view. I want to be .................. to go for walks. a) able  b) possible  c) can  d) allow I want to go back to work – that is, to get back into teaching.
58.	Mr Wallace: Well, I’m sure you ................... teach in London, in town, just as easily. a) would  b) might  c) should  d) could
59.	Mrs Wallace: Yes, ................... I think the chances of a) and  b) but  c) so  d) then
60.	getting a job .......................... probably much greater in a village school a) is  b) are  c) will  d) would
61.	and I ................... like to be part of the community again, darling. a) would  b) do  c) will  d) shall
62.	Mr Wallace: And I want to live in a flat .................... maintenance included. a) for  b) with  c) and  d) by
63.	You know – you pay for all the ................. I mean, I’m not a do-it-yourself man. a) services  b) servants  c) assistance  d) assistants
64.	I don’t like to mend leaky ......................... , and that sort of thing. a) walls  b) floors  c) roofs  d) ceilings
65.	AT A HOTEL (question 65 – 80) Mr Graham has just checked into a hotel, but he is not happy with his room. He goes down to the reception desk. Mr Graham: I’m ................... there’s been a mistake. My room doesn’t have a bath. a) sorry  b) afraid  c) anxious  d) regret
66.	Hotel Clerk: Well, I think your room is correct, sir. Room 118 ..................... ? a) don’t you  b) isn’t it  c) doesn’t it  d) can you
67.	Mr Graham: ............................., could I have a bath, please? a) Thus  b) Well  c) In spite  d) Thank you
68.	Hotel Clerk: Er – I’m afraid we don’t ................. a room with a bath and – a) reserve  b) get  c) have  d) retain
69.	Mr Graham: Look, I’m very tired. I don’t want to ................... but my firm always book a room with a bath. a) shout  b) denounce  c) anger  d) argue
70.	Hotel Clerk: Er – I’ll check the ....................... a) correspondence  b) mailing  c) communicate  d) lettering
71.	but I don’t think you were ...................... into a room with a bath. a) reserved  b) checked  c) booked  d) registered There we are, it is Mr Graham, isn’t it? Mr Graham: It is, yes. The clerk shows Mr Graham a letter.
72.	Hotel Clerk: Yes, one ..................... room. a) alone  b) single  c) bathless  d) only
73.	Mr Graham: I’ll see them when I get back. Well, I .................. that it’s our mistake, a) appreciate  b) deprecate  c) respect  d) expect
74.	but are you sure there’s ......................... with a bath? a) not  b) something  c) anything  d) nothing Hotel Clerk: Well, .............
75.	Mr Graham: I’ve just flown a very long .................... and I’m very tired and all I want is a bath and a sleep. a) distance  b) airline  c) period  d) timing
76.	Hotel Clerk: Well, as I’ve said, sir, there’s ...................... nothing for tonight. a) extremely  b) perfectly  c) absolutely  d) especially But let’s see. You’re here for five days, aren’t you? Mr Graham: Oh dear!
77.	Hotel Clerk: I’ll just have a .................. with the manager. a) word  b) sentence  c) phrase  d) dialogue
78.	Mr Graham: I would ......................... it. a) value  b) appreciate  c) thank  d) reward
79.	I’m ................................. to have a long hot bath! a) despaired  b) worried  c) desperate  d) overwhelmed
80.	Hotel Clerk: Don’t worry, sir! ............................ it with me. a) Let  b) Leave  c) Give  d) Stop

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