ENGLISH COMPETENCY

TOTAL MARKS: 20 marks DURATION: 20 minutes

PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. There are 3 sections in this assessment test. Answer all 3 sections.

3. Each question carries 1 mark.

2. Do not write anything on the question paper. A separate answer sheet will
be
provided.

SECTION A (VOCABULARY) – 8 marks.

Read the short passages below and fill in the blanks with the right words given
below.

Wang Zhao puts in sixteen hours each week as a part-time mathematics

teacher, and spends
the remaining time running his second-hand bookshop in Beijing, China. He
____1______ much less
working at the bookshop than he does as teacher. While Wang Zhao has never expected
to
_____2_______ a living with the book shop, he has managed to make a life with it.
He feels good
being able to share the book he loves _____3____ others, even though he makes
little money from
the endeavor. He opened the bookshop near a university _______4_____ Beijing after
finishing his
studies there. With more than 30,000 books piled up in ______5______ corner, it is
difficult to push
open the door of the shop. Most of these books ______6______ been rummaged out of
used book
fairs and flea markets. Wang Zhao has thought of expending his bookshop
_____7______ thin profits
have made this dream impossible. He says that students, who are his major customer,
are
____8______ pressed for money. They do not spend a lot on books and they do not buy
books year-
round. Wang Zhao admits that running the bookshop is not the wisest decision he has
ever made,
but it is the one that has brought him the most satisfaction and happiness.

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1. a) earn b) earns c) earned
d) earning

2. a) make b) take c) adopt d)

obtain

3. a) with b) for c) from

d) into

4. a) in b) on c) into
d) over

5. a) every b) most c) less d)

all

6. a) has b) have c) had

d) having

7. a) and b) or c) but
d) because

8. a) seldom b) never c) usually

d) rarely

SECTION B (COMPREHENSION) – 4 marks.

Read the text and answer the four questions given below.

The long-distance teacher

Mr. Frank Garret, 65, is a schoolteacher. He is English, but he lives in France, in

the Normandy village
of Yerville. Mr. Garret lives in France, but he works in England.

Every Monday he leaves home at 2.30 in the morning and drives 101 miles from his
village to
Boulogne, where he leaves his car and catches the ferry to Folkstone. Then he
catches the train to
Maidstone in Kent and he arrives at Manor School at 8.25. He teaches French from
9.00 in the
morning to 3.30 in the afternoon, and then leaves school. He arrives home at 9.30
in the evening.
The journey back and forth takes twelve hours and costs only £16!

Fortunately, Mr. Garret works in England only one day a week. What does he do on
the other days?
He teaches English! He has a class of eighteen French students in Yerville.

‘Yes, on Tuesday I’m tired,’ he says, ‘but I love my job in England and I love my
home in France. I’m a
happy man!’

1. Is Mr. Garret French?

a) No, he is not. b) Yes, he is.

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 c) Yes, because he lives in France. d) Applying to be a
citizen of France.

2. How many jobs does he have?

a) One b) Two

c) Three d) Four

3. Where does he catch the train?

a) Boulogne b) Maidstone

c) Yerville d) Folkstone

4. Where does he leave his car?

a) Boulogne b) Maidstone

c) Yerville d) Folkstone

SECTION C (GRAMMAR) – 8 marks

Fill in the blanks with the right choice of word.

1. She _____ like football very much.

a) don’t b) doesn’t

c) hasn’t d) had not

2. _____ some more tea?

a) Would you like b) Do you like

c) You’d like c) Have you

3. Joanna _____ her new mobile phone.

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a) is losing b) loses

c) has lost d) loss

4. When Gregory arrived at the park, Hania _____.

a) already left b) has already left

c) had already left d) left

5. If only I _____ to the barbecue instead of staying home.

a) went b) had gone

c) did go d) go

6. A: What are you doing tonight?

B: I’m not sure, I _____ to the cinema.

a) will go b) would go

c) might go d) go

7. My mother _____ never been to a cricket match.

a) hadn’t b) haven’t

c) has d) have

8. If I _____ on holiday to Poland, I would not have met Richard.

a) didn’t go b) haven’t gone

c) hadn’t gone d) hasn’t gone