Basic 2 - Midterm test

SCORE
Name: _____________________________________________ 1. Listening
Teacher’s name: ______________________________________ 2. Reading
Group: __________________ Date: ______________________ 3. Language Use
4. Writing
TOTAL
LISTENING
1.

Listen and check the best option.

(Total: 5 points – 0.5 each correct answer)

a. Megan and Susan are probably __________________.

friends co-workers mother and
daughter

b. Megan and Susan __________________.

 ork for the same
w  ork in the same
w  ork on the same
w
company building floor

c. Susan works for _________________ as __________________.

 echno Solutions/an
T B oyd Bank/an B oyd Bank/a
accountant accountant financial advisor

d. Susan is __________________.
single divorced married

e. Megan and her husband __________________.

 o everything
d do nothing together  o some things
d
together together

f. Craig works __________________.

 ith Megan for the
w near Megan’s job on the same floor
same company

g. Megan lives in __________________.

a house an apartment a condo

h. Megan has _________________ in her place.

one bedroom two bedrooms three bedrooms

i. Megan needs to buy __________________.

a sofa, a computer, a sofa, a coffee a sofa, a coffee table,
cushions, and a table, pictures, and a pictures, and a rug
dishwasher dishwasher

j. Susan _________________ goes to the beach on the weekends.

usually never always

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READING
2.

1. Read the text and check the best option.

(Total: 2 points – 0.5 each correct answer)

Reporter James Cook interviewed President Obama

His presidency is only a week old, but some of Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming
clear. He goes to the Oval Office shortly before 9:00 in the morning, approximately two hours
later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor. Mr. Obama likes to work out first thing in
the morning, at 6:45. (Mr. Bush slipped away to exercise midday.)
President Obama reads several newspapers, eats breakfast with his family, and helps pack his
daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off to school before making the 30-second walk downstairs
to his office – a benefit for a man trying to balance work and family life. He eats dinner with
his family, then often returns to work and reads briefing papers for the next day. Sometimes
he works until 10 p.m.
The president has a very difficult job, but he is very happy. Mr. Axelrod, one of the president’s
assistants said, “the chance to be with his kids and to see them whenever he wants, to wake
up with them, to have breakfast and dinner with them – that makes him a very happy man.”

a. What is the best title for the text?

 leader to
A B arack Obama’s P resident Obama’s
remember. history. daily routine.
b. President Obama exercises _________________.
b efore 7:00 in the a fter 7:00 in the a t 7:00 in the
morning morning morning
c. President Obama usually has ___________________ with his family.
lunch and dinner breakfast and dinner breakfast and lunch
d. Which activity does President Obama NOT do in the morning?
 e reads briefing
H  e reads the
H He has breakfast.
papers. newspapers.

2. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? (Total: 3 points – 0.5 each correct answer)

a. President Obama likes to work late at night.

b. President Obama has two daughters.

c. President Obama does not work in the morning.

d. President Obama’s walk to work is very short.

e. President Obama is happy with his job.

f. President Obama is happy because he can be with his family.

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 LANGUAGE USE
3. 1. Check the best option to complete the conversations.
(Total: 3 points – 0.5 each correct answer)

a. A: What _________________ you _________________?

B: We’re _________________ engineers.

do/do/Ø do/do/an do/do/a

b. A: How _________________ your brother _________________ his new job?

B: He _________________ it a lot.

does/like/like does/like/like s do/like/like

c. A: ____________________ do you go to the gym?

B: I ____________________ go on Mondays and Wednesdays.

How often/don’t How often/can How often/usually

d. A: _____________________ ____________________ you live?

B: I live in a ________ house.

Where/do/two-bedroom What/do/two-bedroom Where/do/two bedrooms

e. A: What does she like ___________________ in her bedroom?

B: She ________ reading there.

do/loves doing/love doing/loves

f. A: What time ____________________ you ___________________ to work?

B: I ____________________ to work ___________________ 7:00.

does/go/goes/at do/go/go/at do/go/go/in

2. Check the best option in each conversation. (Total: 2 points – 0.5 each)
a. A: What do you have in your living room?
B: I have _______________________________________________________________.

a stove, a dishwasher, a microwave oven, and cupboards

a rug, a TV set, two armchairs, and a coffee table
a kitchen, a dining room, and a bathroom
b. A: What’s your house like?
B: It’s a big house. There ________________________________________________.

is a bedroom, a living room, and a bathroom

are three bedrooms, a living room, and two bathrooms
is only one bedroom, a garage, a back yard, and a basement

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c. A: What does John want to be when he grows up?

B: He wants to be either ___________________ or ___________________.
an architect/a software developer
safe/calm
engaged/single

d. A: What does your sister do every day?

B: She ___________________ up early, then she __________________ to school. After
class, she __________________ home for lunch, she ___________________, and
__________________ TV.
wake/go/go/study/watch
wakes/studies/watches/goes/goes
wakes/goes/goes/studies/watches

WRITING
4.

Imagine reporter James Cook is also interviewing you. Answer his question. Write a paragraph describing
your daily routine. Mention what you usually do in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
(Total: 5 points)

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