Section I: Listening In this section of the test, you will hear conversations an answer some questions about them. For each conversation, first read the situation and the questions. Then listen to the conversation. Answer the questions after you hear the conversation. Respond to the questions by marking the correct answer (a, b, ¢, or d) on your answer sheet. Read the example situation and question. Example Situation: Jerry invites his co-worker, Joe, to go out for breakfast Joe a. Has to go home for breakfast b. Doesn't want to go a restaurant c. Is going out for breakfast d. Doesn’t like Julie’s Cafe Now listen to the example conversation. [EXAMPLE CONVERSATION] Now answer the example question The answer for the example is ¢, is going out for lunch. Now, go on to page 3.Situation 1: Sam is asking Mery about her works. 1. Jose Ann is a. in the cafeteria b. in the hotel c. in-class d. at home Situation 2: Angie is asking Joe about his video games. 2. On Monday and Wednesday evenings, Joe__. a. Stays home b. Takes a class c. Exercises d. Goes to work Situation 3: Brisa and Jon are talking on the phone. 3. Brisa and Jon___. a. Don’t like to shop b. Went shopping yesterday c. Can go shopping on Thursday d. Can go shopping this weekend Now go on to page 4‘Situation 4: Kate and Joha are talking about their habits. 4, Kate__. a. Want to go running with Joha b. Isn’t exercising right now c. Exercises once a month d. Is going to start eating junk food 5. Kate and Joha__. a. Are going to do something they enjoy b. hate to exercise c. Are going to the park next week 4. Are going to start going to an exercise class Situation 5: Gaby is telling Eli about her day. 6. Gaby was late for her meeting this morning because__. a. Her watch was wrong b. Her train was late c. She was talking to a cousin d._ She ate breakfast too slowly 7. Eli thinks__. a. Gaby might get her promotion b. Gaby will definitely get her promotion ©. Gaby won’t get her promotion d. Gaby will probably not get her promotion ‘Now go on to page 5.Situation 6: Jac is talking to Meli on his cell phone about a trip. 8. Jac. ‘a. Has never traveled with his cousin before b. Would like to go to Puerto Rico c. Has started making plans to go to Cuba 4. Has never been to Cuba before 9. Jac says Mount Kilauea is the most active volcano in the world and___. a. The highest mountain in Europa b. The most popular volcano to see c. The hottest place in Europa d. The most dangerous voleano on earth Situation 7: Juan is helping Eliza with her new TV. 10. Eliza doesn’t know___. which button tums her TV off b. where to plug in her TV ¢. how to turn up the volume on her TV 4. how to put music on her TV 11, Juan thinks his question about the price might make Eliza feel___. annoyed shocked embarrassed disappointed eese 12. Juan hasn’t been happy at his job___. since college b, fora very long time c. for about five years 4. foralmost twenty years Now go to page 6.‘Situation 8: Johan and Liz are talking about Johan’s experience in another country 13, Johan traveled abroad for the first time__. a. A few years ago b. When he turned 20 ¢. Before he turned 20 d. After he turned 20 14, In Japan, Johan’s mistakes was___. a. Putting his chopsticks in the shape of an X b. Arriving late at the hotel c. Using a fork and knife instead of chopsticks 4. Finishing his dinner before his hosts 15. Johan says, “You're not supposed to do it”. He means that people__. a. Don’t intend to do it b. Shouldn't do it c. Will never do it d. Don’t have to do it 16. Johan got sent to Buenos Aires__. a. To help set up a few university b. To open some restaurants ¢. To leam about Argentinean customs d. to start a cooking university Now go on to page 7Situation 9: Liza is talking Pepe for some career advice. 17. Liza is going to graduate with a degree in a. business b. education c. communications d. history 18. Liza is most afraid that a. she'll get a job she doesn’t like b. she might not be graduating this year c. it’s going to be difficult to find a job d._ she'll end up with a job in communications 19. If Liza doesn’t go to graduate school now, she'll probably. a. geta job asa teacher b. be disappointed c. make her parents happy d. join the real world 20. Liza really wants to a. make her brothers happy b. start her career c. spend two more years in school d. quit schoolSection lI: Reading In this section of the Objective Placement Test, you will read some short passages and answer questions about them. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. For each item, fil n your answer on the answer sheet. Passage 1: What's your routine at work? BEN: | go to work every day and have breakfast at my desk. 'm always on my cell ~ | check my e-mail alot. Sometimes | have meetings. | go home late every night! 21. How often does Ben go to work? a. Always b. Sometimes cc. Never d. Hardly ever Passage 2: Having fun with English CARLOS: My English class was fun | always get good grades. | try to do my homework on time and participate when | can, 22. Does Carlos like his class? a. No, he don't b, Heis good c. Yes, he does d. Doesn't work Passage 3: Never surrender There was once this guy who would never give up on his dreams. One time he went finishing, but he didn't catch anything kept trying for weoks until he finally got one. 23. This passage tell us about " a. not to quit on our dreams b. don't follow our ideals catch fish d. fishing is good Passage 4: University problems Douglas had two university classes, phycology and logic, Douglas would always be on social networks, playing video games and ever sports, His classes were about to finish and he never did any homework. When he found out that there was a high possibilty to fail his two courses, then he got nervous. He finished 20 homeworks in 7 days, once he finished he told to himself “never again Il let this happen” 24. The main idea of this reading is toa. play video games b. miss cass ©. fail classes d._ never let your studies go away 25. Ifyou go tothe university you have to a. be playful b. be responsible ©. let go of distractions d. quit smoking Passage 5: "Don't be afraid of trying something new." Did you ever get a chance of trying something a litle different? | hope you took the chance, but if you didn't you missed a lot. In life new chances come fora reason, and you have to know when fo take them opportunities one all about risks, lke they say ‘no pain no gain’. You't trying to be successful imlfe then you must go for it.I took the risks and now | enjoy ofall my success. | had a hard time when | was young but | broke through them. 26. Risky opportunities are fun safe dangerous boring 27. The writer __ a. tried new things b. stayed with nothing ©. was young didn't new thing Passage 6: Unsinkable Ship ‘Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never have happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained, It catied the proper ‘numer of lifeboats. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage. Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over ‘and sank in a oold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding ‘cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 129 survived. The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of questions about why the Estonia sank and why so many survivors were: men inthe prime of lf, while most of the dead were women, children and the elderly 28. One can understand from the reading that 2. the lifesaving equipment did not work well and lifeboats could not be lowered ‘design faults and incompetent crew contributed to the sinking of the Estonia ferry «©. 139 people managed to leave the vessel but died in freezing water d. most victims were trapped inside the boat as they were in their cabins 28. Itis clear from the passage that the survivors ofthe accident 2. helped one another to overcome the tragedy that had affected them all '. were mostly young men but women, children and the elderly stood little chance ¢. helped save hundreds of lives d. are stil sufering ftom severe post-traumatic stress disorder30. According to the passage, when the Estonia sank, a. there were only 139 passengers on board b. fow of the passengers were asleep «. there were enough lifeboats for the number of people on board 4. faster reaction by the crew could have increased the Estonia's chances of survival 31. Was the ship safe to depart because a. Ithad to al the equipment and constantly maintained b. there were few survivers ‘. naval architects said the ship is unsinkable . the weather was nioe Passage 7: Dolphins Dojphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been ‘common since Roman times, The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are il, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, a8 we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but i is much ‘more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more infeligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor of man’s superiority over them that we can kil them ‘more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them 32. Isclear from the passage that dolphins a. don't want fo be wth us as much as we want foe with them b. are proven to be less inteligent than once thought ¢. have a reputation for being friendly to humans 4. are the most powerful creatures that live in the oceans 33. The fact that the writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily than they can Kill us a. means that they are better adapted to their environment than we are b. shows that dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication ©. proves that dolphins are not the most inteligent species at sea d. does not mean that we are superior to them 34, One can infer from the reading that a. dolphins have some social traits that are similar to those of humans b. communication is the most fascinating aspect of the dolphins c. dolphins have skills that no other living creatures have such as the ability to think d. itis not usual for dolphins to communicate with each other 36, The writer mentions that dolphins communicates with no need of words This means that a. They communicate telephatically b, They communicate by signs ¢. Perhaps they send messages through body motions7 4. Dolphins don't communicate Passage 8: Eating pizza ‘Many people lke to eat pizza, but not everyone knows how to make it, Making the perfect pizza can be complicated, but there are lots of ways for you to make a more basic version at home. When you make pizza, you must begin with the‘crust. The crust can be hard to make. If you want to make the crust yourself, you will have to make dough using flour, walter, and yeast. You will have to knead the dough with your hands. If you do not have enough time to do this, you can se a prepared crust that you buy from the store. After you have chosen your crust, you must then add the sauce. Making your own sauce from scratch can take a long time. You have to buy tomatoes, pee! them, and then cook them with spices. If his sounds like too much work, you can also purchase jarred sauce from the store, Many jarred sauces taste almost as good as the kind you make at home. ‘Now that you have your crust and your sauce, you need to add the cheese. Cheese comes from milk, which comes from cows, Do you have a cow in your backyard? Do you know how fo milk the cow? Do you know how to turn that milk into cheese? If not, you might want to buy cheese from the grocery slore instead of making it yourself. When you have the crust, sauce, and cheese ready, you can add other toppings. Some people like to put meat on their pizza, while other people like to add vegetables. Some people even like to add pineapple! The best part of making a pizza at home is that you can customize it by adding your own favorite ingredients. 36. The author's main purpose in writing this passage is to a. describe the history of pizza b. teach a healthier way to make pizza . outline steps to make a basic pizza at home 4, provide tps about how to make your pizza especially delicious 37. As.used in paragraph 1, which word means the opposite of complicated? a. difficult b. simple easy d. manageable 38. As used in paragraph 3, which is the best synonym for purchase? a. forget b. buy cask d. cook 39. Which of the following words best describes how the author feels about making a pizza from scratch? a. helpful b. understanding «. enthusiastic, negative 40. The benefits of making pizz@ at home is that you can. a. Personalize your pizza b. make other pizzas ¢. Sell pizza at the Price you want 4. eat the pizza alone Section Ill: Language Use In this section, you will answer about the use of English. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. For each item, fil in your answer on the answer sheet.44. My father plays soccer__ the moming on Sundays, any _ 43, Sam didn't ___ the homework because she fell asleep. a, finished, finish «.~ finishing 4. finishes 44, Mario, sodres ___goals in d game, but he doesn't pas the ball. many much c. afew d. alittle 45. A: Marcia doesn't go to the university 8B a, We don't too She doesn't either c. She can'teither d. Her too 46. I'minterested __socoer. a. toplaying b, atplaying >< in playing > kinking 47, A: Are you going camping next week? B: Yes we are. And we___all night are going to sing sing singing are singing 48. My mmotherQanted) spaghetti for lunch. a. cooking b, cooked SX tocook to cooking ee ok—— 49. A: What did you do with your Baby clothes? 8: | donated then, bul my older brother gave tohis baby. x his c. hers What __ she doing yesterday a(S}nthe afternoon? She was sludying ~~ a 51. Whats your sister going to do before _? a. started class b. she’s stating class 2 starting class 4. sho started class 52, Its good tobe in fist place, butits__ tobe in fst. a. gooder wa b. best vader HX better apse CY d worst 53. A: Have you ever studied Chinese? B: Yes, a. fmnot b. Idid thave haven't 54, Whon | was a kd my brother ways made(ma)___for he soccer team a. playing b. played c. toplay MK play 5. A: Do you want fo goto the beach on Wednesday? B: I would love to __by your house at 12:00 pm aright? a. I'm going to pass b. | pass & Impassing SX liipass ‘56. Tomorrow is my graduation, so|_ relax tonight. a. should had better ‘o> don't go d. have to5T. Patrick is someone z Blay soccer with, who is interesting — ©. that plays socoer dd. that | admire & 58. If! study. 1d be sleeping at this time. a. had better b. don't have to didn’t have to d. have to 59. A: Do you know where Messi played? B: | have no idea where a. heis playing, SK he played \ che plays x WR i. he playing x we 60. Goss. English since he was 18 years old, \ arn been teaching - “ b. is teaching . {\ on & ©. was teaching ‘nave / nos. d. taught 61. The math class was very dificult. He is probably very __. ing x 62. The earthquake was devastating, but no deaths ‘ @. are shown b. was show c, is shown X were shown 63. When did he soccer? a, played 0 Xx playing c.were playing d. the play ore — 64. Very beautiful music_at the concert everytime Igo. is played b. was playing ©. played d. plays 65. You can go faster by taking a plane b.* by not taking a plane ©. taking a plane na OQwe 66. Carmen ____study yesterday, but he went out a. is supposed to b. isnot supposed to c. had to 4 ‘was supposed to ard. — 67. My father’s bother is having his son” __ to another country so he can study. a, sending< 7 b.tosend x sends JK sent ye ae ~~ 68. We ware so confused in Algobra, she should us adifcult exam. 2x not have given bis give © giving 4. togive 69. If had traveled to Miami, | probably ___more chances learn English. a. amhaving b. had c. would have would have had 70. Alot of bear are constanty disappearing the community programs to stop it a. in fact ep DE Wedd b. dueto —» SeodO A c., because —9 Qos X inspiteof 4 g& Kes 2