Pre-advanced 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. Which of these did the woman imply? f. What did the woman suggest?
She hated the new windows. That they work together.
She was fired from her job. That he uses better tools.
She would have liked to help choose That they hire a professional to do the job.
the windows. That he takes a carpentry course first.
She was disappointed with the g. What is the man’s point?
man’s job.
He cannot pay a professional.
b. Which of these did the man imply? He can do the job himself.
He did not care about her opinion, so he He is a trained carpenter.
bought the windows by himself. He does not trust carpenters.
He wanted to do something nice.
h. Which of the following is NOT true about the
He thought the woman didn’t care about
woman?
the windows.
She has full confidence in the man’s ability.
The installation is even easier than he
thought it would be. She’s mad because he does not listen to
her.
c. Which of the following can be implied about
She’s afraid he’ll hurt himself again.
the job the man is doing?
She knows the man can do lots of things
He’s just as good as a professional. around the house.
It’s very easy.
i. Based on this conversation, which of the
It was harder than it had initially appeared
following is true about the man?
to be.
He would not have been hurt if he had
It was completed just in time to surprise
listened to his wife.
his wife.
He would have finished the job by now if
d. What happened to the man? his wife hadn’t hurt him.
He accidentally hit the carpenter with a He is very flexible and always listens to his
hammer. wife.
He broke the new windows. He is very flexible and open to ideas.
He hurt himself.
j. What are they probably going to do later on?
He broke his hand.
Hire a carpenter.
e. Why is the woman angry? Spend the carpenter money on a nice
Because he could have been seriously meal.
injured. Finish the job together.
Because they can’t afford a carpenter. Get new windows.
Because she preferred the old windows.
Because he wants to have dinner.

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READING
2.

Read this short biography of Michael Faraday and decide if the statements
are true (T) or false (F). (Total: 5 points - 0.5 each correct answer)

Michael Faraday: electricity’s true father had figured out how to make it happen continuously, as
a kind of motor. As a joke, he told Faraday to try to make
Think of every electric and electronic device you have.
it work after he was done cleaning the lab.
They were only possible because a brilliant man discovered
how we can use, produce, and manipulate electricity and The joke was on Davy: Faraday figured it out and
magnetism back in the 19th century. Michael Faraday was completed the experiment. The result was the first (still
born on September 22, 1791 in South London. As a child, primitive) electric motor. Faraday became an instant
he received only the most basic formal education, since celebrity in the science community, and Davy became
his family was very poor. When he was 14, he became the quite jealous of him. As a way to keep Faraday distant from
apprentice of a bookbinder. During the next seven years, he the public eye, and also to humiliate him, Davy assigned
made books as a job during the day, and educated himself Faraday an impossible task. At that time, Bavarian glass
by reading the same in his spare time. He was particularly was the best one in the world, and it was largely used
passionate about science. In 1812, Faraday attended in microscopes and telescopes. Davy asked Faraday to
lectures by a chemist named Humphry Davy and was discover the secret glass-making process invented by
absolutely amazed. Faraday took notes furiously during Josel Frauenhaufer, a brilliant Bavarian scientist. Faraday
these lectures and compiled them in a book he later gave never learned the secret, despite four years of effort and
Davy. Faraday wanted to be a scientist and saw in Humphry repeated failures. In this time, he did almost no research
Davy someone who could help him. In 1813, when Davy on electricity.
damaged his eyesight in an accident, he remembered the In 1929, fate intervened on Faraday’s behalf. Humphry
young man who had given him a book, and decided to Davy died and Faraday stepped up to take his place. He
employ Faraday to help him for a short period. Later that was finally free to choose the projects he wanted to
year, Davy appointed him to the official job of chemical work on. Two years after Davy’s death, in 1831, he began

Adapted from www.wikipedia.com and www.latimes.com.

assistant at the Royal Institution. a great series of experiments in which he discovered
Faraday’s main responsibility as an assistant was to help electromagnetic induction. This discovery was the
Davy and other scientists with their experiments. Davy breakthrough that years later would finally enable the
was never very supportive of Faraday’s ideas, and he was creation of generators and large-scale use of electricity.
also target of prejudice because of his simple origins. What’s truly amazing is that Faraday did all this for the
In the 19th century, most scientists came from rich and simple need of satiating his scientific curiosity. He didn’t
noble families. One day Davy was trying to re-create have electric appliances in mind at all. One time Faraday
a famous electromagnetism experiment with fellow was visited by a delegation of government dignitaries.
chemist William Wollaston, wondering why applying an He showed them his electric motors and other demos,
electric current to a wire caused that wire to behave like a and one person said “This is all very interesting, but of
magnet. Clearly the forces were connected. Davy wanted what possible use are these toys?” Faraday responded: “I
to find a way to exploit this temporary effect to create cannot say what use they may be, but I can confidently
mechanical motion for practical applications, but nobody predict that one day you will be able to tax them.”

a. If Michael Faraday hadn’t been curious about Science, he wouldn’t have been so successful.
b. Michael Faraday was home schooled.
c. Michael Faraday attended lectures by Humphry Davy.
d. When Davy decided to hire Faraday, he had already received the book he compiled.
e. Humphry Davy became Faraday’s greatest supporter.
f. By reading the text, we can assume that Faraday was never quite sure about the applications of
electricity.
g. Davy forced Faraday to work on glass making for years.
h. Faraday managed to find out Frauenhaufer’s secret.
i. By reading the text, we can assume that if Faraday had better formal education he would have been a
professional bookbinder.
j. Davy intended to make fun of Faraday but it didn’t work.

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 LANGUAGE USE
3. Choose the option that best completes each space.
(Total: 5 points - 0.5 each correct answer)

a. If Michael Faraday hadn’t been such a A: And do you know what the problem is?
brilliant man, his humble background B: Almost. I think something [h] inside the
________ one of the greatest scientific power supply. It’s this little box at the back.
minds of his time. That’s why it won’t turn on.
might make him A: And can you fix the power supply?
could have transformed him into B: It’s not worth it, these things are cheap. I’ll
will certainly prevent him from just get a new one to replace this.
becoming
might have prevented him from f. by a professional yourself
becoming by yourself by you
b. Whenever there’s some problem with the g. I can get it done.
electrical installation at your place, the best
I can do it with myself.
thing to do is to ________ by a specialist.
I can’t do it.
check it have checked it
get it painted get it checked I can do this myself.

c. The first time I had to live ________, I h. must have burned

realized I had been very ungrateful with my must burn
parents. could burn
myself with myself had burned
to myself by myself
DIALOG 2
d. ________ electric light was first used in
houses, Michael Faraday had been long A: Where’s Mike?
dead. B: I thought he was with you. He hasn’t
At the time arrived yet.
By the time A: Strange… he’s always so punctual.
Something [i].
Just in time
B: I don’t think so. If something had
Once upon a time
happened, he [j] us.
e. Be careful with those tools. You may A: Maybe he couldn’t.
_______. B: Alright. So let’s give him a call and see if
hurt ourselves hurt yourself everything’s fine.
hurt herself hurt myself
i. must have happened
DIALOG 1 had happened
A: What are you doing? should have happened
B: I’m trying to fix my computer. will happen
A: Are you sure this is a good idea?
B: Yeah, why? j. will call
A: This looks complicated. Why don’t you should call
have it checked [f]? would have called
B: Nonsense. It’s not as difficult as it looks. [g] should have called

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WRITING
4.

Write about a turning point in your life.

(Total: 5 points)

Remember to include these elements in your piece of writing:

• what it was
• what happened
• how it happened (detail the sequence of events)
• when it happened
• how you were like at the time (if relevant)
• what you did and how you did it
• how your life would be if this had never happened

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