Inside Out Full Placement Test

the scores on the FULL placement test is based on the

assumption that your students attempt to answer all the
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE New questions.
Inside Out FULL PLACEMENT TEST
New Inside Out FULL PLACEMENT TEST
The New Inside Out QUICK and FULL placement tests have CONVERSION TABLE
been designed to be used for placing students into groups
corresponding to the six levels of the series. Students with Total Score  Level CEFR Level
no previous knowledge of English at all would not normally
be required to take either test. Please note: both the 0-9 Beginner A1
QUICK and FULL tests are graded to test items that are 10–25 Elementary A1+ to A2
progressively more difficult. 26–45 Pre-intermediate A2 + to B1
46–65 Intermediate B1
New Inside Out FULL TEST CONTENTS
66–85 Upper-intermediate B2
The New Inside Out FULL test tests structures, vocabulary, 86–100 Advanced C1
reading and writing. It has a maximum score of 100 marks.
There are 76 multiple-choice items (the same 36 structure
and 24 vocabulary questions as in the QUICK test, plus 16 WRITING SECTIONS
reading items). Each of these items are worth one mark.
There are also an additional 24 points available for the Section 4 (26 to 33)
test’s writing items (8 marks each). Like the QUICK test,
the FULL test becomes progressively more difficult. Write a letter or email to your new pen-friend from abroad
and introduce yourself. Say where you come from, where
Marking the New Inside Out FULL you live and give a little information about your family and
PLACEMENT TEST friends as well as your hobbies and interests. Say how long
you have been learning English and how you would like to
Each correct answer is worth 1 mark. improve your English. Write 80-100 words.

Marking the writing items in the New Inside Section 8 (59 to 66)
Out FULL PLACEMENT TEST You are going to take part in a magazine competition for a
story with the title ‘A Perfect Day’. Write your story and use
Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 8.
at least three of the following linking words: after, before,
While the same scale is used to assess the students’
then, as soon as, by the time, just as, during, while. Write
performance for all three writing tasks, a greater degree of
150-200 words.
sophistication, range and accuracy is required as the test
progresses.
Section 12 (93 to 100)
MARKING CRITERIA
Write a review of a film you have seen for a local English-
language newspaper. Include information about the plot,
8          Complete, accurate and appropriate. 7          No the acting, the cinematography and anything else you
more than one omission, mainly accurate, rarely think is relevant. Write 200–220 words.
inappropriate. 5–6      No more than one omission, minor
inaccuracies, sometimes inappropriate. 3–4      Several
omissions, noticeable inaccuracies, often inappropriate. 1–
1. Section 1 Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
2      Many omissions, mainly inaccurate, mostly
c or d) to fill each blank. Roberta __________ from
inappropriate. 0          Too little or too incomprehensible to
The United States.
mark. TIMING = Total of 2 hours for all sections See
breakdown of timing for each section below Sections 1, 2,
A) are
& 3 (questions 1-25): 20 minutes / 1 mark for each correct
answer Section 4 writing: 20 minutes (80-100 words) / 8 B) is
marks (see criteria for marking writing above) Sections 5, C) am
6 & 7 (questions 34-58): 20 minutes / 1 mark for each D) be
correct answer Section 8 writing: 20 minutes (150-200
words)/ 8 marks (see criteria for marking writing above)
Sections 9, 10 & 11 (questions 67-92): 20 minutes / 1
mark for each correct answer Section 12 writing: 30
minutes (200-220 words) / 8 marks (see criteria for
marking writing above)

Assessing Students’ Levels

Use the FULL placement test conversion table to assess the

level of your students. Students placement according to

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2. What’s __________ name?

A) -
8. A vegetarian is someone __________ doesn’t eat meat.
B) his
C) him A) who
D) he B) what
C) which
D) whose

3. My friend __________ in London.

A) living
9. __________ these days.
B) live
C) lives A) I never a newspaper buy
D) is live B) I never buy a newspaper
C) I buy never a newspaper
D) Never I buy a newspaper

4. Where __________
?

A) works Tom 10. I __________ watch TV tonight.

B) Tom works
A) am
C) Tom does work
B) go to
D) does Tom work
C) going to
D) am going to

5. I __________ coffee.

A) no like 11. I wish I __________ more money!

B) not like
A) have
C) like don’t
B) had
D) don’t like
C) would have
D) was having

6. ‘__________ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two years ago.”

A) Did you ever go 12. __________ be famous one day?

B) Do you ever go
A) Would you like
C) Have you ever been
B) Would you like to
D) Are you ever going
C) Do you like
D) Do you like to

7. Tokyo is __________ city I’ve ever lived in.

A) the most big

B) the bigger
C) the biggest
D) the more big

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13. Section 2 Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, 18. The meal was very expensive. Look at the __________
c or d) to fill each blank. It’s my birthday !
__________ Friday.
A) ticket
A) on B) receipt
B) in C) invoice
C) at D) bill
D) by

19. How many __________ of trousers have you got?

14. I __________ eighteen years old.
A) items
A) am B) pairs
B) have C) sets
C) have got D) times
D) -

20. Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking

15. I __________ a headache. really __________ .

A) am A) tanned
B) do B) sunned
C) have C) coloured
D) got D) darkened

16. Do you __________ a uniform at your school?

A) carry
B) wear
C) use
D) hold

17. ‘What time is it?’ ‘I have no __________

.’

A) idea
B) opinion
C) answer
D) time

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21. Section 3 Read the text below. For questions 21
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
‘Heavier than air flying machines are
impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman
of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said
that he thought there would be a world market
for only five or so computers. Predictions can,
of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to
predict what the world will be like in 100, 50,
or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often
do. They do so because they invent things and
make decisions that shape the future of the
world that we live in. In the past they didn’t
have to think too much about the impact that
their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of
people believe that we should live within the
rules set by nature. In other words, they think
that in a world of fixed and limited resources,
what is used today will not be there for our
children. We must therefore look at each
human activity and try to change it or create
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules
for this are set by nature, not by man.   What
was Lord Kelvin suggesting?
A) It is difficult to make accurate predictions
B) It would be possible for people to fly.
C) It would be impossible for people to fly.
D) There would only be a few computers.
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22. Section 3 Read the text below. For questions 21
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
‘Heavier than air flying machines are
impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman
of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said
that he thought there would be a world market
for only five or so computers. Predictions can,
of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to
predict what the world will be like in 100, 50,
or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often
do. They do so because they invent things and
make decisions that shape the future of the
world that we live in. In the past they didn’t
have to think too much about the impact that
their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of
people believe that we should live within the
rules set by nature. In other words, they think
that in a world of fixed and limited resources,
what is used today will not be there for our
children. We must therefore look at each
human activity and try to change it or create
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules
for this are set by nature, not by man.  
According to the text, which of the following
statements is TRUE?
A) Lord Kelvin and Thomas Watson were good
friends.
B) The world does not have unlimited natural
resources.
C) Our children will not make predictions about the
future.
D) It is easy to predict what the world will be like 20
years from now.
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23. Section 3 Read the text below. For questions 21
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
‘Heavier than air flying machines are
impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman
of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said
that he thought there would be a world market
for only five or so computers. Predictions can,
of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to
predict what the world will be like in 100, 50,
or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often
do. They do so because they invent things and
make decisions that shape the future of the
world that we live in. In the past they didn’t
have to think too much about the impact that
their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of
people believe that we should live within the
rules set by nature. In other words, they think
that in a world of fixed and limited resources,
what is used today will not be there for our
children. We must therefore look at each
human activity and try to change it or create
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules
for this are set by nature, not by man.   shape
(line 6) is closest in meaning to:
A) do
B) create
C) look at
D) move
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24. Section 3 Read the text below. For questions 21
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
‘Heavier than air flying machines are
impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman
of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said
that he thought there would be a world market
for only five or so computers. Predictions can,
of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to
predict what the world will be like in 100, 50,
or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often
do. They do so because they invent things and
make decisions that shape the future of the
world that we live in. In the past they didn’t
have to think too much about the impact that
their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of
people believe that we should live within the
rules set by nature. In other words, they think
that in a world of fixed and limited resources,
what is used today will not be there for our
children. We must therefore look at each
human activity and try to change it or create
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules
for this are set by nature, not by man.   The
article suggests we should live in a __________ way.
A) selfish
B) sustainable
C) predictable
D) scientific
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25. Section 3 Read the text below. For questions 21 28. She likes __________ expensive clothes.
to 25, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
‘Heavier than air flying machines are A) wearing
impossible,’ said the well-known scientist Lord B) to wearing
Kelvin in 1895. Thomas Watson, the chairman
of IBM in 1943, was wrong too when he said C) wear
that he thought there would be a world market D) is wearing
for only five or so computers. Predictions can,
of course, be wrong, and it is very difficult to
predict what the world will be like in 100, 50,
or even 20 years from now. But this is
something that scientists and politicians often 29. Harry __________ his father’s car when the accident
do. They do so because they invent things and happened.
make decisions that shape the future of the
world that we live in. In the past they didn’t A) was driving
have to think too much about the impact that
B) drove
their decisions had on the natural world. But
that is now changing. An increasing number of C) had driven
people believe that we should live within the D) has been driving
rules set by nature. In other words, they think
that in a world of fixed and limited resources,
what is used today will not be there for our
children. We must therefore look at each
human activity and try to change it or create
30. I was wondering __________ tell me when the next
alternatives if it is not sustainable. The rules plane from Chicago arrives?
for this are set by nature, not by man.   Choose
the best title for the article. A) could you
A) Predictions and more predictions! B) can you
B) Politicians and scientists C) if you could
C) A sustainable future for our children D) if could you
D) New inventions

31. If I __________ him, I would have spoken to him,

wouldn’t I?
26. Section 5 Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
c or d) to fill each blank. Harry can __________ A) saw
English.
B) had seen
A) to speak C) have seen
B) speaking D) would have seen
C) speak
D) speaks

32. I like your hair. Where __________

?

27. I’m not interested __________ sports A) do you have cut

A) for B) have you cut it
B) about C) do you have cut it
C) in D) do you have it cut
D) to

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33. I think Joey must __________ late tonight. His office 38. Section 6 Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
light is still on. c or d) to fill each blank. I usually __________ up at
about 7.30.
A) have worked
B) work A) go
C) be working B) be
D) to work C) do
D) get

34. John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, __________ I

find hard to believe. 39. I __________ football every week.

A) which A) play
B) who B) go
C) whose C) do
D) that D) have

35. What __________ this weekend, Lance? 40. My sister __________ the cooking in our house.

A) will you do A) does

B) are you doing B) makes
C) will you have done C) cooks
D) do you do D) takes

36. The weather has been awful. We’ve had very 41. Don’t forget to __________ the light when you leave
__________ sunshine this summer. the room.

A) little A) turn up
B) a little B) turn in
C) few C) turn off
D) a few D) turn over

37. Did you hear what happened to Kate? She __________ 42. She was in __________ when she heard the tragic
. news.

A) is arrested A) crying
B) arrested B) tears
C) has been arrested C) cries
D) is being arrested D) tearful

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43. He __________ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but 46. Section 7 Read the text below. For questions 54
no one believed him. to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that
A) reassured they take their environmental commitments
B) informed seriously, but often they do not respect their
social and economic responsibilities to the local
C) insisted community. So is it possible for travellers to
D) persuaded help improve the lives of locals and still have a
good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern,
thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the
fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-
trade travel is to make sure that local people
44. Could you __________ me that book for a couple of get a fair share of the income from tourism.
days, please? The objectives are simple: employing local
people wherever possible; offering fair wages
A) lend and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism
B) owe
is developed; and making sure that visitors
C) borrow have minimal environmental impact. Although
D) rent there is currently no official fair-trade
accreditation for holidays, the Association of
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard
to produce responsible tourism guidelines for
its members. Some new companies, operated
as much by principles as profits, offer a
45. Greg is __________ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house
these days! fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.   Tourism Concern…
A) taking
A) is a tour operator.
B) spending
B) is a hotel.
C) having
C) is a charity.
D) doing
D) his a chain of hotels.

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47. Section 7 Read the text below. For questions 54
to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that
they take their environmental commitments
seriously, but often they do not respect their
social and economic responsibilities to the local
community. So is it possible for travellers to
help improve the lives of locals and still have a
good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern,
thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the
fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-
trade travel is to make sure that local people
get a fair share of the income from tourism.
The objectives are simple: employing local
people wherever possible; offering fair wages
and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism
is developed; and making sure that visitors
have minimal environmental impact. Although
there is currently no official fair-trade
accreditation for holidays, the Association of
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard
to produce responsible tourism guidelines for
its members. Some new companies, operated
as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.   Which of the following is
NOT one of Tourism Concern’s objectives?
A) Good pay for local people
B) Showing respect for local cultures.
C) Saving tourists money.
D) Protecting the local environment.
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48. Section 7 Read the text below. For questions 54
to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that
they take their environmental commitments
seriously, but often they do not respect their
social and economic responsibilities to the local
community. So is it possible for travellers to
help improve the lives of locals and still have a
good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern,
thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the
fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-
trade travel is to make sure that local people
get a fair share of the income from tourism.
The objectives are simple: employing local
people wherever possible; offering fair wages
and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism
is developed; and making sure that visitors
have minimal environmental impact. Although
there is currently no official fair-trade
accreditation for holidays, the Association of
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard
to produce responsible tourism guidelines for
its members. Some new companies, operated
as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.   According to the text,
fair-trade travel is all about…
A) making money for charity.
B) money from tourism going to local people.
C) travellers getting a good deal.
D) a great cultural experience.
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49. Section 7 Read the text below. For questions 54
to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that
they take their environmental commitments
seriously, but often they do not respect their
social and economic responsibilities to the local
community. So is it possible for travellers to
help improve the lives of locals and still have a
good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern,
thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the
fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-
trade travel is to make sure that local people
get a fair share of the income from tourism.
The objectives are simple: employing local
people wherever possible; offering fair wages
and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism
is developed; and making sure that visitors
have minimal environmental impact. Although
there is currently no official fair-trade
accreditation for holidays, the Association of
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard
to produce responsible tourism guidelines for
its members. Some new companies, operated
as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.   According to the text,
there are __________ companies that are operated on
principles as well as profits.
A) a few
B) no
C) some old
D) many
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50. Section 7 Read the text below. For questions 54
to 58, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Many hotel chains and tour operators say that
they take their environmental commitments
seriously, but often they do not respect their
social and economic responsibilities to the local
community. So is it possible for travellers to
help improve the lives of locals and still have a
good holiday? The charity, Tourism Concern,
thinks so. It has pioneered the concept of the
fair-trade holiday. The philosophy behind fair-
trade travel is to make sure that local people
get a fair share of the income from tourism.
The objectives are simple: employing local
people wherever possible; offering fair wages
and treatment; showing cultural respect;
involving communities in deciding how tourism
is developed; and making sure that visitors
have minimal environmental impact. Although
there is currently no official fair-trade
accreditation for holidays, the Association of
Independent Tour Operators has worked hard
to produce responsible tourism guidelines for
its members. Some new companies, operated
as much by principles as profits, offer a
fantastic range of holidays for responsible and
adventurous travellers.   Choose the most
appropriate title for the article.
A) Holidays from heaven
B) Cheap adventure holidays
C) Fair-trade holidays
D) Great holiday deals
51. Who __________ in that house?
A) does live
B) lives
C) does he live
D) he lives
52. I’ll call you when I __________ home.
A) get
B) ’ll get
C) ’ll have got
D) ’m getting
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53. If you __________ me, what would you do?

A) was
B) would be 59. Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and __________
particularly quiet!
C) were
D) have been A) neither they aren’t
B) either they aren’t
C) nor are they
D) neither did they be
54. I don’t know where __________ last night.

A) did he go
B) he did go
60. We had expected that they __________ fluent English,
C) went he but in fact they didn’t.
D) he went
A) were speaking
B) would speak
C) had spoken
D) spoke
55. John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I
wish __________ .

A) they won’t
B) they hadn’t
61. I’d rather __________ next weekend, but I do!
C) they didn’t
D) they weren’t A) I don’t have to work
B) I didn’t have to work
C) not to work
D) no working
56. I’m so hungry! If only Bill __________ all the food in the
fridge!

A) wasn’t eating
B) didn’t eat 62. Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about
__________ subject that comes up.
C) hadn’t eaten
D) hasn’t eaten A) whatever
B) whenever
C) wherever
D) whoever
57. I regret __________ harder in school.

A) not studying
B) not to study
63. Section 10 Choose the best word or phrase (a,
C) to not study b, c or d) to fill each blank.   I always __________
D) not have studied milk in my coffee.

A) have
B) drink
C) mix
58. Surely Sue __________ you if she was unhappy with D) make
your work.

A) will tell
B) would have told
C) must have told
D) had told

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64. I __________ TV every evening. 69. After the movie was released, the main __________
point was its excessive use of violence.
A) watch
B) look at A) discussion
C) see B) speaking
D) hear C) conversation
D) talking

65. Can you give me a __________ with my bag.

70. There have been several big __________ against the
A) leg use of GM foods recently.
B) back
A) campaigns
C) hand
B) issues
D) head
C) boycotts
D) strikes

66. Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in

__________ that you’re not as young as you used to
be!

A) thought
B) question
C) mind
D) opinion

67. The breath test showed he had consumed more than

three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police
arrested him for __________ .

A) trespassing
B) mugging
C) speeding
D) drunk driving

68. The meeting was __________ and not very interesting.

A) time-wasting
B) time-consuming
C) time-using
D) out of time

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71. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions
87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   grasp (line 4) is closest
in meaning to:
A) ability
B) use
C) understanding
D) skill
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72. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions
87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   We can infer from the
style of the text that this article was printed in a…
A) newspaper.
B) dictionary.
C) novel.
D) guidebook.
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73. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions
87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   Kathy Rooney carried
out research to see…
A) if students could spell certain words.
B) how widespread the use of computers is.
C) if academics were in touch with their students.
D) how dictionaries can help students.
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74. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions
87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   them (line 22) refers to:
A) spellcheckers
B) computers
C) people
D) dictionaries
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75. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions

87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   According to Beth
Marshall, students today…

A) spell 800 words incorrectly on average.

B) like using spellcheckers.
C) mispronounce and misspell words.
D) are not as knowledgeable as they were in the
past.

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76. Section 11 Read the text below. For questions

87 to 92, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d).
Standards of spelling and grammar among an
entire generation of English-speaking
university students are now so poor that there
is ‘a degree of crisis’ in their written use of the
language, the publisher of a new dictionary has
warned. Its research revealed that students
have only a limited grasp of the most basic
rules of spelling, punctuation and meaning,
blamed in part on an increasing dependence on
‘automatic tools’ such as computer
spellcheckers and unprecedented access to
rapid communication using e-mail and the
Internet. The problem is not confined to the
US, but applies also to students in Australia,
Canada and Britain. Students were regularly
found to be producing incomplete or rambling,
poorly connected sentences, mixing metaphors
‘with gusto’ and overusing dull, devalued
words such as ‘interesting’ and ‘good’. Overall
they were unclear about appropriate
punctuation, especially the use of commas, and
failed to understand the basic rules of subject/
verb agreement and the difference between
‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’. Kathy Rooney,
editor-in-chief of the dictionary, said, ‘We need
to be very concerned at the extent of the
problems with basic spelling and usage that
our research has revealed. This has significant
implications for the future, especially for young
people. We thought it would be useful to get in
touch with teachers and academics to find out
what problems their students were having with
their writing and what extra help they might
need from a dictionary. The results were quite
shocking. We are sure that the use of
computers has played a part. People rely
increasingly on automatic tools such as
spellcheckers that are much more passive than
going to a dictionary and looking something
up. That can lull them into a false sense of
security.’ Beth Marshall, an English professor,
said, ‘The type of student we’re getting now is
very different from what we were seeing 10
years ago and it is often worrying to find out
how little students know. There are as many as
800 commonly misspelled words, particularly
pairs of words that are pronounced similarly
but spelled differently and that have different
meanings – for example, “faze” and “phase”,
and “pray” and “prey”.’   Choose the best title for
the article.

A) Standards of spelling and grammar

B) Dictionaries of the future
C) Students don’t know their ‘there’ from their
‘they’re’
D) Automatic tools

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Answer Key:

1: B 39: A
2: B 40: A
3: C 41: C
4: D 42: B
5: D 43: C
6: C 44: A
7: C 45: B
8: A 46: C
9: B 47: C
10: D 48: B
11: B 49: A
12: B 50: C
13: A 51: B
14: A 52: A
15: C 53: C
16: B 54: D
17: A 55: D
18: D 56: C
19: B 57: A
20: A 58: B
21: C 59: C
22: B 60: B
23: B 61: B
24: B 62: A
25: C 63: A
26: C 64: A
27: C 65: C
28: A 66: C
29: A 67: D
30: C 68: B
31: B 69: D
32: D 70: A
33: C 71: C
34: A 72: A
35: B 73: D
36: A 74: C
37: C 75: D
38: D 76: C

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