Placement test

I. You will hear a man called Kevin Riley talking about his unusual home in Australia. For questions 1
8 com!lete the sentences.
AN UNUSUAL HOME
Kevin found his job as a successful (1)very stressful.
Many traditional Australian buildings are designed to avoid putting (2) on the earth.
Kevin had a total of () . re!oved before he built his ne" ho!e.
Kevin produces (#) in a hut near his ho!e.
Most of the "ood in Kevin$s ho!e is no" a (%) .. colour.
&he !aterials used to !a'e Kevin$s chair "ere (() ...... and drift"ood.
Kevin re!e!bers that a lac' of ()) .. plus a rich diet used to !a'e hi! feel sleepy.
Kevin co!pares the process of constructing his ho!e to a (*).. .
II. For questions 9-12, read the te"t below. #se the word given in ca!itals at the end o$ some o$ the
lines to $orm a word that $its in the ga! in the same line. %here is an e"am!le at the beginning (0).
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4e all 'no" ho" exhausting (5) house"or' can be and exhaust
and .. (12) ans"er to dust6 ho"ever deeply ingrained. effect
III. For questions 13-17, com!lete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the $irst
sentence using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words including the word given.
Example: 0 +he put on thic' soc's because she didn7t "ant to get cold feet. so
+he put on thic' soc's so as to avoid getting cold feet.
13. It "as +ha'espeare "ho "rote this sonnet. !
&his sonnet +ha'espeare.
1". &he burglar "ore gloves so as to avoid leaving any fingerprints. ORDER
&he burglar "ore gloves............................................. any fingerprints.
1#. &he !anager gave !e per!ission to have the day off. COULD
&he !anager .............................................. the day off.
1$. +he spo'e too fast for the! to understand. BECAUSE
&hey............................................... she spo'e too fast
1%. -eople say that /o!e is a !arvellous city. SUPPOSED
/o!e............................................ a !arvellous city.
IV. You are going to read a maga&ine article about a girl $ootballer. For questions 18-25 choose
the answer 'A, B, C or D( which you think $its best according to the te"t.
I "as about seven "hen I first started 'ic'ing a ball around "ith !y brother. I "as the only
girl I 'ne" "ho "as 'een on the ga!e but I didn7t care. Most of !y friends "ere boys and I enjoyed
spending ti!e "ith the! and that !eant playing a ga!e of football. It "as !y dad "ho noticed I had the
s'ills to beco!e a good player.
I loved football and it got on !y nerves that I could only stand and "atch "hen the boys
"ere playing in real ga!es in the local par'. 4henever the ball ca!e off the pitch6 I7d 'ic' it bac'
in or do tric's "ith it. I just "anted to sho" the! that I could do things "ith a football6 too.
.ventually6 they got the !essage and I "as thrilled "hen they gave !e the chance to play. At last6 I
could play in a real tea!6 but it did see! funny that they "ere shoc'ed that a girl could be a s'ilful player.
In the co!petition !atches6 no one e8pected to be co!peting "ith a girl and I had short hair so I loo'ed li'e a boy.
4e didn7t hide anything fro! the! and I never thought it "ould be a proble!. As for the boys I
played "ith6 they just treated !e li'e one of the!. &hey didn7t care if I "as a girl6 a boy or an alien as
long as I 'ept scoring goals. &hen one day6 so!eone "ho "as cheering !e on shouted. 79o. Kelly:;
After the !atch6 the !anager of the other tea!6 "ho7d lost to us6 ca!e stor!ing over to our !anager.
74e7re not going to play your tea! again unless you get rid of Kellv:; he shouted.
&hen6 in another ga!e6 "hen so!eone shouted6 79o6 Kellv:; again6 one of the opposition
supporters "ent to report it to their !anager. <or the rest of the ga!e6 I got lots of abuse fro! the
players. =ut the really horrible thing "as "hen the parents started joining in. I don7t 'no" "hat their proble! "as6 but I
can7t help thin'ing it "as because the fathers couldn7t stand seeing their sons beaten by a girl.
It "as hard not to let such hostility get to !e but I !ade up !y !ind that I "ouldn7t let the!
see I "as upset. 74ho are these people to stop !e>7 I said to !yself6 and I did !anage to carry on
playing through another seven ga!es.
Mean"hile6 "ord "as getting around about the girl playing in one of the tea!s in our league.
More and !ore tea!s refused to play us and eventually our !anager decided he "ould have to have a "ord "ith
!y dad. &he !anager !ade it clear that if I didn7t leave6 the tea! "ould have to "ithdra" fro! the
co!petition6 so that "as it. I had no choice but to leave.
After that6 I gave up playing in boys7 tea!s. I "ondered if the standard "ould be as good in
girls7 tea!s6 but the ne" all?girl tea! I joined "as great. At first. I resented having to change tea!s
li'e that6 but after a "hile I really didn7t !iss the boys7 league. I "as still playing the ga!e I loved and
"e "on !ost of our !atches that season.
0ast year6 our !anager reco!!ended !e for a place in the .ngland "o!en7s tea!6 and I "as
selected: In !y first !atch6 I "as the youngest player in the tea! and I "as terrified "hen I first
"al'ed out. =ut hearing the cro"d cheer and the national anthe!6 I "as proud of ho" far I7d co!e. I
no" 'no" I "ould never have got so far if )*d stayed in the boys* league.
I 'no" plenty of people still see football as a boys7 ga!e6 but !y advice to the! is go and
"atch so!e girls on the pitch. @ou "ill be surprised at the standard you see. My advice to girls is. 7Aon7t let
"hat other people say put you off. 9et involved in the ga!e67 and !y advice to boys is6 7Aon7t thin' you7re
the only ones "ho can play:7
1&. 4hy did Kelly start playing football>
A. +he li'ed being "ith boys.
. Ber father realised she "as good.
'. Ber brother played in the sa!e tea!.
(. &he boys sa" she "as s'ilful.
1). Bo" did Kelly get into a tea!>
A. Ber father encouraged her.
. Ber s'ill "as noticed by the boys in a tea!.
'. +he played instead of her brother.
(. +he pretended to be a boy.

*0. Bo" did Kelly feel "hen the boys "ere surprised she could play "ell>
A. pleased
. a!used
'. annoyed
(. e8cited
*1. At first6 other tea!s
A. didn7t !ind playing against a girl.
. objected to Kelly playing.
'. thought Kelly "as a boy.
(. !ade Kelly feel unco!fortable.
**. 4hat upset Kelly the !ost>
A. the behaviour of so!e supporters
. the behaviour of her !anager
'. the behaviour of players in her tea!
(. the behaviour of players in other tea!s
*3. Kelly left the boys7 tea! because
A. her !anager thought she "as a bad player.
. she chose to give up football.
'. her father decided she ought to leave the tea!.
(. so!e tea!s didn7t "ant to co!pete against her tea!.
*". Bo" does Kelly no" feel about leaving the boys7 tea!>
A. +he is glad she !oved to another tea!.
. +he is angry that she had to leave.
'. +he is sad that she "as !ade to leave.
(. +he thin's the girls7 league is far easier.
*#. 4ho "as this article "ritten for>
A. footballers
. teenagers
'. parents
(. football supporters
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