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Placement Test

 1. 

There are many tall buildings ______ my city.
a.
on
b.
in
c.
at

 2. 

Many people ______ in apartments.
a.
live
b.
lived
c.
lives

 3. 

What did you do yesterday?
a.
I study.
b.
I worked.
c.
I work.

 4. 

Three different species of monkeys live ______ this island.
a.
at
b.
on
c.
in

 5. 

______ many different colors. Which do you like best?
a.
There was
b.
There are
c.
There is

 6. 

Are you sick? You ______ go see a doctor.
a.
can’t
b.
should
c.
shouldn’t

 7. 

The players on our team are ______ than the other team’s players.
a.
faster
b.
fast
c.
fastest

 8. 

There ______ one teacher for every ten students in my school.
a.
is
b.
am
c.
are

 9. 

Some musicians______ a song outside my window.
a.
is playing
b.
plays
c.
are playing

 10. 

Anyone ______ learn to ride a bike.
a.
can’t
b.
can
c.
shouldn’t

 11. 

My aunt is a doctor. She really loves ______ job.
a.
her
b.
our
c.
their

 12. 

Is that your guitar? No, it isn’t. It’s my ______ guitar.
a.
cousins
b.
cousins’
c.
cousin’s

 13. 

While bats are hunting at night, songbirds ______in nests.
a.
sleeping
b.
are sleeping
c.
sleeps

 14. 

Wildlife ______ have a safe habitat to survive.
a.
must
b.
don’t have to
c.
shouldn’t

 15. 

What did women wear in the 1800s?
a.
Most women weared long dresses.
b.
Most women wear long dresses.
c.
Most women wore long dresses.

 16. 

In the 1920s, women ________ to wear shorter dresses.
a.
begin
b.
began
c.
begun

 17. 

At the concert, the band performed a few _________.
a.
music
b.
old hits
c.
new song

 18. 

My sister has the ______ idea for a new gadget.
a.
good
b.
best
c.
better

 19. 

My friend loves technology. She ______ have a career in technology someday.
a.
is going to
b.
will
c.
is going

 20. 

Our ancestors ______ in this country for thousands of years.
a.
having lived
b.
has lived
c.
have lived

 21. 

There are two green chairs in my room. ______ light green one is my favorite place to sit and read.
a.
A
b.
The
c.
An

 22. 

The chair isn’t ______ my bed, but it’s in a bright, sunny place.
a.
as comfortable as
b.
most comfortable than
c.
comfortable as

 23. 

A good night’s sleep protects your body. Many people don’t get ______ sleep.
a.
enough
b.
often
c.
rarely

 24. 

Tests always  ______ nervous – even when I’ve studied.
a.
makes me
b.
make me
c.
make them

 25. 

Before smartphones, people ______ get messages on answering machines.
a.
used to
b.
use to
c.
would have

 26. 

What are you doing with those extra apples?
a.
I’m going to make pie.
b.
I’ve made a pie.
c.
I made a pie.

 27. 

If you like nutritious meals, you _________ my dad’s cooking.
a.
enjoy
b.
will enjoy
c.
enjoyed

 28. 

My neighbor wants to surround people with art. She thinks it should be _________.
a.
nowhere
b.
everywhere
c.
anywhere

 29. 

The wildfire ______ for over a week.
a.
has been burning
b.
have been burning
c.
is burning

 30. 

The day before the hurricane, residents of the area ______ for evacuation.
a.
was prepared
b.
have been preparing
c.
were preparing

 31. 

Gabe has a really outgoing personality, ______?
a.
does he
b.
doesn’t he
c.
isn’t he

 32. 

Marie refuses to go in the cave. She ______ that there are bats inside.
a.
could have heard
b.
must have heard
c.
might not have heard

 33. 

I don’t want ______ these old clothes. Is there a way we can reuse them?
a.
to destroy
b.
destroy
c.
destroying

 34. 

The club I ______ has two leaders.
a.
belong on
b.
belong to
c.
belong at

 35. 

I have ______ clothes. I need to give some away.
a.
too many
b.
too much
c.
enough

 36. 

A lot of styles ______ by past trends.
a.
inspired
b.
are inspired
c.
is inspired

 37. 

The new satellite works  ______  the old one.
a.
the most efficiently
b.
less efficient than
c.
more efficiently than

 38. 

By the time Isabel flew in an airplane, she ______ college.
a.
is already finishing
b.
will finish
c.
had already finished

 39. 

If I had known about the space shuttle launch, I ______.
a.
would have watched it
b.
would watch it
c.
could watch it

 40. 

“I drew dog portraits for my art project because dogs are my favorite subjects.”
She _______.
a.
says she has drawn dog portraits for her art project because dogs are her favorite subjects.
b.
said she drew dog portraits for her art project because dogs were her favorite subjects.
c.
said I drew dog portraits for my art project because dogs were my favorite subjects.

 41. 

My mom told me to stop _________ so much TV and go outside.
a.
to watch
b.
watching
c.
watch

 42. 

I _________ the light festival every year.
a.
look out to
b.
look up to
c.
look forward to

 43. 

If I had remembered to bring food from home, I _________ money on a sandwich now.
a.
wouldn’t be spending
b.
wouldn’t spend
c.
will not spend

 44. 

She _________ all 50 states by the end of the year.
a.
explores
b.
will have explored
c.
has explored

 45. 

The _______ the flight, the more fuel is needed.
a.
longest
b.
more long
c.
longer

 46. 

To capture a good photo of the sunrise, your camera _________at just the right angle.
a.
will be placed
b.
must be placed
c.
has been placed

 47. 

My goal is to travel to _________ Peru to explore _________Andes. I’ve never been to_________ South America before!
a.
the / the / x
b.
x / the / the
c.
x / the / x

 48. 

Lee: Is there any homework tonight?
Lee _________.
a.
guesses there’s no homework tonight
b.
is telling you to do the homework tonight
c.
wants to know if there’s any homework tonight

 49. 

Lara is a very skilled surfer.
_________ is a very skilled surfer is Lara.
a.
The thing that
b.
The person who
c.
The surfer that

 50. 

What word can be removed from this sentence without changing its meaning?
 
The fossils that they found in the desert are over 60 million years old!
a.
that
b.
over
c.
years

 51. 

Read and complete the sentence.

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This reading is about giant pandas ___ .
a.
in zoos
b.
only in China
c.
in China and other countries

 52. 

Read and answer the question.

How many wild pandas are there in China?
a.
12
b.
200
c.
1600

 53. 

Read and complete the sentence.

Pandas can _____.
a.
swim but can´t climb trees
b.
climb trees and swim
c.
climb trees but can´t swim

 54. 

Read and complete the sentence.

Pandas eat_____.
a.
bamboo
b.
meat
c.
rice

 55. 

Read and answer the question.

Which sentence is correct?
a.
Pandas sleep about 16 hours a day.
b.
Pandas are taller than people. 
c.
Many pandas live in the wild.

 56. 

Read and answer the question.
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This text is about _______.
a.
rivers in Peru 
b.
the Amazon
c.
rain forests and their animals

 57. 

Read and answer the question.
Which sentence is correct?
a.
The Amazon River flows to Peru.
b.
Piranhas eat other animals.
c.
The anaconda is the largest snake on Earth.

 58. 

Read and answer the question.
What percent of all the birds on Earth live in this rain forest.
a.
1 percent
b.
20 percent
c.
50 percent

 59. 

Read and answer the question.
Which of these animals is NOT scary?
a.
the sloth
b.
the anaconda
c.
the piranha

 60. 

Read and answer the question.
Which of these statements about the Andes Mountains is correct?.
a.
The world’s largest river starts in the Andes Mountains. 
b.
The Andes Mountains are right next to the Atlantic Ocean.
c.
Three thousand kinds of fish live in the Andes Mountains.

 61. 

Read and answer the question.
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What is the main idea of the text?
a.
The Huli people live in Papua New Guinea.
b.
All Huli children go to school. 
c.
Huli men are known for their wigs.

 62. 

Read and answer the question.
Huli men ___ .
a.
didn’t wear wigs before 1930
b.
have followed a traditional lifestyle only since 1930
c.
live together

 63. 

Read and answer the question.
Huli boys ___ .
a.
often have wet hair
b.
can’t run in school, but can run outside 
c.
start wig school before they go to live with their father

 64. 

Read and answer the question.
Which sentence is correct?
a.
Huli families have lived together only since 1930.
b.
People from other countries have only known about the Huli people since 1930.  
c.
The Huli people’s wig schools started in 1930.

 65. 

Read and answer the question.
Which sentence is correct?
a.
All Huli people wear wigs after middle school. 
b.
Fire makes Huli hair grow faster.
c.
There are fewer than 100,000 Huli people.

 66. 

Read and answer the question.
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What is the main idea of the text?
a.
Coral reefs are like cities in the sea.
b.
Tourists like coral reefs.
c.
There are many skeletons in the coral reefs.

 67. 

Read and answer the question.

Corals reefs are made from ___ .
a.
young coral polyps
b.
fish skeletons
c.
limestone

 68. 

Read and answer the question.

Which sentence about coral polyps is correct?
a.
They die right after they build their skeleton.
b.
They are bigger than coral reefs.
c.
They get their calcium from seawater.

 69. 

Read and answer the question.

Which sentence is correct?
a.
One fourth of all sea animals live in or around coral reefs.
b.
Coral reefs are bad for tourism. 
c.
All the animals in coral reefs have bright colors.

 70. 

Read and answer the question.

Which sentence is correct?
a.
All tropical countries have coral reefs. 
b.
Coral reefs provide food and jobs to a lot of people.
c.
Scientists put chemicals in the coral reefs to create medicines.


 
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