Oxford Placement Test 2 Grammar Test PART 1 Name... E | Total Listening #100 Total Grammar a1 100 Grand total 1200 Look at these examples. The correct answer is ticked. a inwarm climates people [like [likes are liking |sitting outside in the sun, b ifitis very hot, they sit[at ji Junder 1e shade. Now the test will begin. Tick the correct answers. | 1 tebe freezing [is freezing] Freeze] a2 temperature of 1 2 in some couneres [terest] dark all the time in inter 2 2. Inhot courte people wea ight clothes [for keeping] to Keep [ort keep] ool 3 4 In Nader they have the good] good|a good) weather almost l year 4 5 Most Medtevranean countries re more warm the more warm | warmer n Octobe than in Api Sui 6 Pars of Austale dost hve [te] some] any] an for lng peiods 6 7 nthe Acticand Antari ere as] or of soon a 8 mates very importantin| mast of] most] the mast] people ves. a 9 Even now thee [ile ew] es] we cen doo contol the weather 9 10 inthe future [el need we are needing we can need] to get alot of power fom 10 the sun and the wind. 11. For many people the name Pelé stl means [the more [the most |most famous footballer in the world. "1 12. Pelé [had been] is] was] tor in 1940, ie aa 13, His mother [not want] wasrit wanting didn't want] him to become a footballer. 13 14. But isthe [made him to] made him] would make him Yo] practise everyday 4 15. 6, 1956he[has joined [joined] had joined] the Brazilan clu, Santos, and had scored in his ist game. 15 subtotal /1516 v7 18 9 20 21 2 2B 24 25 In 1957 he [hasbeen picked] was picked |was picking forthe Saran national ear. neeaaaiy ‘The next Worle Cup Finals were in 1958 and Pelé was looking fonwarto [play | playing [the play 1 | ‘Andeven though [even so[in spite of] he wos injured he helped Salto win the final easel fe was[a such] such a] aso] brilant player that he helped Brazil win 3 Weld Cups ng He didn't stop [playing] to play [play] for Santos till he was 34. poses, After cling ita day in 1974, he came [From] off out of]ctiernent and played fr New York Cosmos. oie Fil] By[in] the end of his carer he had scored over a thousand goals, See He then settled for a role [as] like] in] a sporting ambassador for Brazil. 2 By the end ofthe 20th Century he had received a great many [umber [deal] of awards aa Though honoured with the ttle Athlete ofthe Century. he will aways be remembered eae [as footballer [asa footballer] a the footballer | Football. soccer as itis sometimes known, [has beens being] was] payed meee fo [above over] more tat] 150 yeatsbut the ist Word Cup aaa competion [has not been] was not|was not being] held until 1930, faa ‘when Uruguey [could win] were winning] won] the fist professional nal cate Four teams had entered from Europe, but with [alte tle Few] success Bassas The 1934 World Cup was again won by [al the their] home team, Italy, 31 [who] which that] wert on to win the 1938 fina as wel Winning successive oy, ee finals is something tha snot was not] has not been] achieved aoain pce nti Brazil manages [them] these t}in 1958 and 1962 Sie cuuu| ‘F510 [would have won] would win] had won] acain in 1956 then the FFA Bea authorities would have needed (o [have let] make the original World Cup replaced i | However England stopped the Brazilians [to get] getting] get] thir successive win 7 __| Inthe 19705 the honours were shared [among] ide Europe and South America, pal ‘gentna succeeded [to win] at winning in winning] in 1978, but in 198, n Spain oy ‘they had {difficulty in difficulties to| difficulty to] getting beyond the early stages. Mati sss They won again in Mexico in 1986 [where] which while] Maradona aye managed to win much] some [any] the games, especily the one een against Enalend, almost [by his own [by himself [on Himself] The 1900s finals were asf ee clominated by Europesn teams| except] apart] save ftom Bracils win inthe USA in 1994, 4 vith the 1998 final in France agin [tobe [being] having] won bythe hosts igeae| Throughout the 1990s police inthe host countries| was] were [have been] kept busy keeping aa sval fans apart but there was [there were|itwas] to be no such problems when the fist a World Cup Finals ofthe 21st century took|part[ place [hold] in Japan anc South Kore in 2002 4 Footballs third century has seen] saw] seeing] success for a numberof footballing nations in aca ‘ica and Asia who[ may welll may a5 well ight as well prove to be the toms ofthe future Sorceess subtotal 35© Dave Allan 2004 Photocopying is illegal Oxford Placement Test 2 Listening Test Name : a Total Listening 1100 Total Grammar 100 Grand total 1200 Look at the example below. Listen to the tape. You will hear the example once only. Decide which word you heat,'soap; of ‘soup a Will you get me some [soap [sup] at the supermarket? ‘The word was'soup, sosoup’is ticked. Now look at these examples, and listen to the tape again. This time, you tick the words you hear. For example, if you hear shorts, tick’shorts! b The eam need ne [shi shows] th vine] wine| around here. € They\ve recently developed 2 new kindof [ine] wine] around ‘The words on the tape were shorts’ and vine} so the correct answers look like this: b The team need new sins sng] ¢ They\e recently developed anew kind of fie wine] round hee isten to the tape and tick (/) the words you hear. 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'sit ready for|typing] taping] yet? Most of the [new wavebands] new-wave bands] sound really good \We need a [cork [chalk board in our classroom, Do they have many [orchids orchards] in Tunisia, | see Oxford University is advertising the chair in metaphysics matter physics Can you help [Bridget | Richard] to get it finished loca skeep nts perenn] paai] you Mehr | think they now give the weather report from the [new] news] studio. He's working on a new [medel medule] atthe moment. I must say | quite [fancy] fancied] going ta see his latest flm. She’ one of the most [ev sven-] tempered people Ive ever met is house is really [tidy [tiny] ‘The bathroorr’s smal but its got a [flush [lash] loo. Iran has been particularly successful in reducing its dependence on American [experts /export| 's [lamb Jland] cheaper in Austalia than itis here? Do you think he feels a bie [better [bitter] about it now? 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