Test on Unit 16

A- Language Functions

1- Respond to the following situations:

1. An interviewer asks if you would work some evenings during the week. You would be happy to do this.

2. You want to be able to contact a person you have just met., but you do not have their details.

3. Your friend is applying for a new job. This is a surprise and you ask him the reason.

4. You want to know whether someone you are interviewing can drive.

2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function in each of the following two mini-dialogues: (June, 2002)

1. Place : ------------------

   Speaker a: ---------------

   Speaker b : ---------------

   Function : ---------------

   A: How can I help you?

B: My car has been stolen.

A: How?

B: I parked it in front of my house last night. In the morning it

wasn't there.

A: What make is it?

Place : ------------------

Speaker A: ---------------

Speaker B : ---------------

Function : ---------------

B: BMW.

2. A: How much are these two books?

B: Fifty pounds.

A: Here you are.

B- Vocabulary and Structure

3- Choose the correct answer:

1. A/An (invitee – appointee – trainee - referee) is someone who is being taught to do a particular job.

2. I have very poor technical (bills – skills – hills – wills). Could you help me fix my computer?

3. To get my degree, I have to complete and pass five of the six (modules – ridicules – riddles – puzzles).

4. Getting into university would be my greatest (abandonment – achievement – adjustment - amazement).

5. (Spill – Spell – Skill - shell) is the ability to do something well.

6. A (neighbourhood – fatherhood – brotherhood - manhood) is a small area of town or the people who live there.

7. (Identifiable – Justifiable – Enviable - Sociable) means friendly or liking to be with other people.

8. A (Accuracy – Adequacy – pharmacy - Efficiency) is a store or a part of a store where medicines are prepared and sold.

9. She asked me where (was I living – I were living – I was living – was I living) at that time.

10. She asked me why (applied – had I applied – I had applied – did I apply) for that job.

11. The interviewer asked Peter where (he had studied – did he study – how did he study – had he studied).

12. The asked me how long (I had been working – did I work – had I been working – was I working) in Cairo.

13. Everything happened so (quickly – quick – quickness – quicken) that I hadn't time to think.

14. I've never met (enough – too – such – as) well-behaved children like yours.

15. John is too young (that - to - as - so) take driving lessons. He's only 13.

16. He wanted to know (what – whether – unless – weather) she was married.

4- Find the mistakes in each of the following sentences then write them correctly:

1. She wanted to know what do I do in my spare time.

2. I asked her where did she go for her holiday the previous summer.

3. No one would be enough foolish to lend him the money

4. They read about his attachments in the press, and were filled with pride.

5. Many jobs today require computer stills.

6. The government has announced an amphibious programme to modernize the railway network.

C- Reading Comprehension

5- Read the passage then answer the questions: (June, 2002)

Many experts believe there are too many people in the world. Unless there are big changes in the way people think about the number of children they should have, the world's population will double in 25 years. There will be more than 20 cities with populations greater than 20 million. Now there is only one.

Some people- who do not understand what ‘overpopulation’ means - point to countries such as Australia-and say, "There is plenty of room there." Although most of Australia is unpopulated, and much of it is thinly populated, there are reasons for this. Firstly, much of the land is desert and waterless, and secondly, even the land that is not desert is not suitable or anything, not even growing grass.

Another major problem we shall have to face as the world's population grows, is shortage of energy. We are using up coal and oil and when they have been used up, we shall have to find something to take their place. It is true that we can make electricity from the heat of the sun and moving water, but we do not yet have the technology to do this in a big way.

Perhaps, the biggest problem we shall have when the world's population doubles will be pollution. The air we breathe is already badly polluted.

A) Answer the following questions:

1- How many present cities have a population of over 20 million?

2- Mention two problems we will face as a result of overpopulation.

3- What does the underlined word refer to?