Reading Test

This test evaluates how well you understand what you read in English. It is strictly called a Written Comprehension Test because it shows how well you comprehend what somebody writes. You have 15 minutes to do this test. You must stop after 15 minutes and press the Your !core Is... button. There are "# $uestions. %or each $uestion& choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the original sentence. Example The following $uestion is an e'ample only. When you are sure that you understand what you have to do& press the !tart Test button. 0. Linda has a white cat and a black cat. !he has one cat. (inda)s cat is blac* and white. !he has two cats. (inda li*es brown cats.

Reading Test
+Start now. You must stop after 15 minutes., 1. A dog is bigger than a mouse but smaller than an elephant. - dog is smaller than a mouse. - dog is very big. - dog is the biggest. -n elephant is bigger than a dog. !. Sanga" is English but Teresa isn#t$ she#s American. Teresa is English. !angay isn)t English. !angay isn)t -merican. Teresa and !angay aren)t English. %. &e is the oldest man in the world. .e is not as old as my grandmother.

/any men are older. There are no older men anywhere. .e)s older than some other men. '. (ou can#t come without a ticket. You can come if you have a tic*et. You mustn)t go with a tic*et. You don)t need a tic*et to come. You cannot buy a tic*et outside. 5. Andrea is looking a)ter the children. !he can see the children. !he is ta*ing care of the children. !he is loo*ing at the children. The children are in front of her. *. The" onl" ha+e one car )or the )amil". They only li*e cars. They do not li*e any other cars. They do not have two cars. They have a big family. ,. -hat does .onica like/ What are her favourite things0 .ow is she0 1oes she loo* li*e 2onica0 1oes he li*e 2onica0 0. &e hopes to go home but he ma" go to work. .e)ll be at home before the office. It is possible that he will go to wor*. .e)s allowed to go to wor*. .e always goes home after wor*.

1. 2 want "ou to clean the car when "ou come back. You want to clean it. We will clean it together. I don)t want you to forget to clean it. I want to clean the car. 10. She used to smoke cigarettes. !he is used to cigarettes. !he smo*ed before& but she doesn)t now. !he usually smo*es cigarettes. !he used two cigarettes. 11. Shall 2 take "ou to the station/ Would you li*e me to ta*e you to the station0 /ust I ta*e you0 Will it be necessary to ta*e you there0 1id I ta*e you before0 1!. The" should talk more slowl". They tal* too $uic*ly. They would li*e to tal* more slowly. They might have slower tal*s. Tal*ing is not fast. 1%. 3irana remembered to phone the doctor. !he remembered phoning the doctor. /irana forgot to remember to phone. !he didn)t forget to phone the doctor. !he remembered that she phoned her. 1'. 3adame Trai+ie" has li+ed nearl" 115 "ears. !he was very old. !he is very old. !he died when she was nearly 115. /adame Traiviey has many more years.

15. She can hardl" see it. !he sees very hard. !he is hard with it. !he cannot see it very well. It is hard to see her. 1*. (euk (ee had her house painted white "esterda". !he had to paint her house white yesterday. .er house was not blue last wee*. They painted her house white for her yesterday. !he painted her house yesterday. 1,. Either teacher knows the answer. 3o teachers *now the answer. 4oth teachers *now the answer. -ll the teachers *now the answer. -ny teacher can answer. 10. 2#d rather be a millionaire. I)ve been a millionaire. I)d better be a millionaire. I)d prefer to be a millionaire. You have more millions than me. 11. (ou don#t ha+e to do this test. You can choose not to do this test. You mustn)t do it. You can)t do this test. You have no desire to do it. !0. 2) 3uriel had come she would ha+e won. If she hadn)t won& she)d have come. /uriel didn)t win because she didn)t come. When /uriel came she always won. !he didn)t come& but she won anyway.