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Aptis TEST 2
GRAMMAR
1 Tom__________ coffee. He doesn’t like it. A isn’t drinking B not drinks C doesn’t drink
2 He ________________tennis when he broke his wrist.
A was playing B played C plays D has played
3 ‘Were there any letters today?’ ‘No, the postman_________ yet.’
A doesn’t come B wasn’t come C hasn’t come D didn’t come
4You look really hot.
A Are you running? B Did you run? C Have you been running?
5 ‘How long has Sarah been living in Germany?’‘_________five years.’
A Since B For C During D While
6 I_______________ in the country, but I had to move to the city for my new job.
A used to live B used to living C wasn’t used to living
7 I’m feeling tired. I don’t think I ____________tonight.
A go out B ’ll go out C ’m going out
8 I__________ be a doctor. I’d hate it.
A couldn’t have B can’t C couldn’t D ’m not able to
9 If I were in Susie’s position, I____________ leave and get another job.
A may B might C must
10 You____________ that letter – it’s not addressed to you!
A shouldn’t to read B shouldn’t read D ought not to
11 If they __________by car, it would have been a lot quicker.
A had gone B would go C would have gone D have gone
12 Jane’s Passport _____________ while she was on holiday.
A is stolen B was stolen C stole
13‘Where _____________?’ ‘I always go to Snips.’
A do you cut your hair B do you have your hair cut C have you cut your hair
14 Anne______________ in hospital.
A told that her mum was B said me her mum was C told me her mum was
15 ‘Rick’s been to China before,_____________ ?’
A didn’t he B hadn’t he C wasn’t he D hasn’t he
16 My father doesn’t allow me _____________his car.
A driving B drive C to drive
17 _________phone me again.
A I’d rather you didn’t B I’d prefer you not C I’d rather you don’t
18 Bad weather prevented the match _______going ahead.
A to B from C of
19 Helen never travels by plane because she’s________ .
A afraid from flying B afraid to flying C afraid of flying
20 _____________a car, I usually take the bus.
A Not have B Not to have C Not having
21 I took really ___________nice photos on holiday. A few B much C any D some
22 Small children often don’t like eating ______________ . A vegetables B the vegetables
23 ____________ school very young, he is very successful.
A In spite of he left B Although leaving C In spite of leaving
24 She really___________ when she changed her mind about the job.
A turned me down B put me up C let me down
25 Ben and Danny are very similar. ___________is good at football but they both love
watching it on TV.
A Either of them B Both of them C Neither of them
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VOCABULARY
TASK 1. Write the letter (A-I)of the Word that is most similar in meaning to a word
below
1 begin → 2 usually → 3 terrible → 4 missing → 5 rubbish →

a) HUMBLE b) AWFUL c) CROP d) GARBAGE e) POUND

f) LOST g) NORMALLY h) START i) EVENT

TASK 2. Match 1-5 to a-e to make expressions.

1 be a a problem
2 deal b the right choice
3 make c with a problem
4 resist d a favour
5 rise e patient
f a solution
g a lift
h to a challenge
i a journey
j temptation
k face to face
TASK 3. Match The Words with Meanings :
All you have to do is to match the words (SET – 1) with their meanings (SET – 2).

SET - 1

1. BOOST - 2. RUMBLE - 3.IMPART - 4 BICKERING –

5. GENOCIDE - 6 COVERT - 7 GENIAL -

8. BLUNDER - 9 PURSUE - 10 GARD -

SET - 2

A. To make a continuous, deep and low sound

B. To try to achieve something over a period of time
C. Mass murder of a whole group or race of people
D. A big mistake usually caused by carelessness
E. Clothes that are in a particular style or a uniform
F. To pass on information or knowledge to someone
G. Quarrel about unimportant or petty things
H. Friendly and cheeful
I. To improve or increase something
J. Hidden or secret
READING
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TASK 1
Choose one Word for each space and write the letter on the paper. The first one has
been done for you with the answer marked in the example below

Book Recommendation

I found Escape from the Moon by Jack Jones very exciting, and I really enjoyed reading
it. It's a story about a boy called Toby who goes on a journey to (1) _____B_____

for his friend Josh. It wasn't what I had expected, although I am interested in science
fiction. I thought this story would be like films I had seen, but I (2)_________ after a
few pages that it was more interesting than a film.

Toby goes to many places and times. He (3)__________ his knowledge with different
(4)___________ of people and learns new skills from them. Then he moves on. The last
part of the book describes the meeting between Toby and Josh when they are both
caught by some space criminals from the future. But that's enough information from me
(5)______________ I don't want to spoil it for you. It's really quite (6) __________,
too, with some excellent jokes about time travel in it.

1 A Follow b look c as d find

2 A Explained b realised c believed d showed

3 A Divides b joins c adds d shares

4 A Variety b kinds c range d qualities

5 A Because b when c unless d if

6 A Frightening b funny c shocking d sad

TASK 2
Put the lines in the correct order to make the story of a famous
broadcast
A ___ of the broadcast, but many people were not paying attention. By the
B ___ the live broadcast, reporters interviewed people who had seen the aliens. As
soon
C __On October 30, 1938. millions of New Yorkers had the shock of their lives while
listening to the radio. The music was interrupted to announce an alien invasion. During
D ___ Meanwhile, others went to the streets with their guns. What most people didn't
find out until much later was that it was a hoax. an adaptation by director Orson
Welles of a famous
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E ___ as the first part ended, thousands of people started calling the radio xstation and
the police.
F ____ novel. The War of the Worlds. The radio station had actually announced this at
the beginning
G ___ time the programme ended, there was general hysteria. It is estimated that over
one million people actually believed the news was true.
7 ___C___ 8._____ 9._____ 10 ______ 11. ______ 12 _____ 13 _____

TASK 3
Read the following article in which four people speak about having a private teacher at home
for young children.
A Alex
Born to working parents and settled in dad’s official quarters in the city, I could have been left
without friends or relatives to attend me in my childhood. But Angel was there. It was how I
used to call my tutor, Ms Agnes, who taught me at home till I completed my secondary school.
I always feel that I owe to her much for what I am at present, for it was her instructions and
support that helped me to cure my fear of Math. She was patient and knew well about me. She
personalised everything. I recall how she taught me physics lessons, about speed and
acceleration, all in fun, while we were in a car, driving on a picnic day.
B Catherine
Since being a toddler, up until I entered senior school, Nancy was with me at home, all in
charge of teaching me everything. I can remember how kind she was to me and how
determined she was to help me with my basic science. Still, I must confess I was not that
cooperative to her. As I reckon, my real learning started only with my college days, when I was
in hostel and studied from my campus and my campus mates. I was lucky to have a group of
friends from whom I picked most of my knowledge in Mathematics. Math was my scary demon
in my whole school days. Just as they were friends in learning, they were also mates in jollity. I
can’t forget how I enjoyed holidays spent with them.
C Sithara
Most children have their tutors while being young. But my story is a wee bit different. I was in
a joint family till we shifted to the town. May be because of that, I had no tutor in my
childhood days. As dad and mom took job in university by the time I grew up to join it, we
stayed in an apartment in the campus and a cousin- she was seven years senior to me- also
lived in our house. I will call her my private teacher, since she attended my studies after her
return from office. She was solid in Science and it was from her that I had a genuine grasp of
physics concepts which I had studied in my school days.

D Jansi
I have no doubt about the importance of having a tutor at home to help us learn in our school
days. As my parents were not in a position to afford the salary for a tutor, my brother and I
could not enjoy that benefit. It is true that our teachers were sensitive and attentive to each of
the students in the class. However, in the last instance, a classroom is for the whole and
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teachers had their limit. I wanted to do space research, but my poor physics disqualified me. I
often think with a sigh – my future would have been different if a tutor had helped me with my
Science. One teacher wholly working for you, knowing your strength and weakness, planning
and arranging everything only for you – that is something different. It gives not only extra
knowledge, but extra energy as well.

14. a. Suggests he / she did not much learn from tutor? ……………..………
15. b. Says about a tutor who removed the speaker’s loneliness in childhood? …………….….…
16. c. Had no tutor throughout? ……………….…..…
17. d. Feels thankful to the tutor? ……..………………
18. e. Got a tutor during the college days? ………………………
19. f. Feels disappointed about a lost opportunity? …….…..………..…
20. g. Says about a tutor who helped to thorough physics? ….…….……………
21. h. Remembers a tutor who taught serious lessons on jolly occasions? …………….……
22. i. Was frightened about Math all through the school years? ……………..………
23. j. States that his /her tutor had sound knowledge in Science? …….….…………

TASK 4 Match the HEADINGS with the right paragraphs. Number 0 is an

example.

A. Newspapers have been around for a long time

B. Balancing subjective and objective
C. How are they distributed?
D. Exactly as it used to be
E. Newspapers and the competition
F. Newspapers are more than just news
G. The golden age of newspapers
H. Advertisements
I. The printing process

How do newspapers work?

0 _A_
It may seem normal to you to get the daily newspaper in your mailbox. Newspapers
are one of the earliest forms of mass communication. However, with the emergence of
the Internet things are changing.

24 ___
The Internet has undoubtedly caused many newspaper offices to fear that they will
soon be a thing of the past but the Internet is not the first form of media that seems to
rival newspapers – television was actually the first. But neither of these has the
portability and mobility of a newspaper. Newspapers are the only form of media that
still gets the news to the public but can be taken out of a bag on the subway, or held
while standing in line at the grocery store.

25 ___
Although newspapers came before television, radio, or even telegraphs, they have the
same typical format today as they did when the first one was published. Newspapers
follow easy-to-read formats. This means that you can find a newspaper from 1775 and
still read it the same way you would read a newspaper today.
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26 ___
It was shortly after the Civil War that newspapers truly had their glory days in America.
This was a time when the public were starving for knowledge about what was
happening and when political activity was high. Not only were there many, many
newspapers created and distributed during this time but it’s also the time in history
when newspapers were a very lucrative business.

27 ___
Of course, the essence of newspapers is to print news, but the news division isn’t the
only part of a newspaper otherwise you would only have news stories from front to
back. Open up any paper and you’ll find classifieds, editorial pages, advertisements,
letters to the editor, leisure pages with crosswords and much more.

28 ___
Since editorial pages are opinion, the editors must be very careful in making sure that
the line is not crossed between opinion and fact. Once this is done, the newspaper
loses all credibility. The objective is to raise issues and awareness, not to simply make
things up or cloud the issue so much with opinion that it becomes lost.

29 ___
Without them no newspaper could survive as they are the ones that bring in direct
money. Very often they make up as much as 60% of the newspapers. Display ads,
classified ads, and inserts are the most common forms in today’s newspapers.

30 ___
The reporters, the editors, and all the other divisions of a newspaper contribute to the
making of a newspaper’s content but how is it physically made? In the 14th century
they were made by ‘hot type’ machines, where the print was etched into the paper,
whereas the presses that are used to print and assemble newspapers today are
massive machines that use streaming sheets of paper. And even though the process
inside a web press is extensive and complicated, the process all happens extremely
quickly and one of today’s presses can create 70,000 copies of one newspaper in an
hour.

8 ___
Most people are familiar with what newspaper carriers do, as this is often many
people’s first job. These carriers buy large quantities of the newspaper and sell them to
individual customers. These customers will then pay on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly
basis, for receiving the daily newspaper delivered to them every day.
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TEST 2: GRAMMAR
1C 2A 3C 4C 5B 6A 7B 8C 9 B 10B 11A 12 B 13 B 14 C 15 D 16C 17 A 18B 19 C
20C 21 D 22A 23C 24A 25C

VOCABULARY
TASK 1 1.H 2 G 3 B 4 F 5D
TASK 2. 1. E 2 C 3 B 4 J 5 H
TASK 3. Match The Words with Meanings :
1. BOOST = To improve or increase something

2. RUMBLE = To make a continuous, deep and low sound

3. IMPART = To pass on information or knowledge to someone

4. BICKERING = Quarrel about unimportant or petty things

5. GENOCIDE = Mass murder of a whole group or race of people

6. COVERT = Hidden or secret

7. GENIAL = Friendly and cheeful

8. BLUNDER = A big mistake usually caused by carelessness

9. PURSUE = To try to achieve something over a period of time

10. GARD = Clothes that are in a particular style or a uniform

READING
TASK 1 : 1.B 2 B 3 D 4C 5A 6B
Task 2 REORDER : 1-C 2 B 3 E 4 D 5 F 6 A 7 G
Reading task 3: 1b 2a 3 d 4a 5c 6d 7c 8a 9 b 10 c
TASK 4
KEY:
1. E Newspapers and the competition
2. D - Exactly as it used to be
3. G - The golden age of newspapers
4. F -Newspapers are more than just news
5. B - Balancing objective and subjective
6. H -Advertisements
7. I - The printing process
8. C - How are they distributed?
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