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Time for English School Placement Test (Find out your English level)
Enrique........................ in the library this morning.
Studying
Is studying
Is study
John,..................... the windows please, it´s too hot.
Opens
Will opened
Open
The movie wasn´t........................... the book.
As good As
As
As good
Rose´s hobbies include jogging, swimming, and......................
Climbing Mountains
Climb mountains
To climb
Mrs. Walton requests that someone...................the data.
Sent
Sends
To send
Who is..................., Glorie or Petter?.
Tallest
The Tallest
Taller
The movie will begin...............ten minutes.
About
in
On
I have only a................ Christmas cards left to send.
Few
Less
Fewer
Each of the athletes....................... for months
Were training
Has been training
Have been training
Johanna........................ never late for work.
Are
Am
Is
This company will upgrade ....................... computer information system.
Its
Their
It´s
John likes apples............................. he does not like oranges.
Or
So
But
I deal ............ customers every day.
With
In
For
¿Can we .................... a meeting?
Appoint
Arrange
Available
Our products are ..................... than our main competitor´s.
Cheaper
Cheap
Cheapest
We need to ............................ a solution to this problem.
Find
Make
Attend
¿What..................... on at the moment?
Do you working
Are you working
Did you work
¿How do you............................ about the idea?
Feel
Think
Agree
The plane leaves from.............................eighteen.
Seat
Platform
Gate
I have a..................... schedule this week.
Time
Busy
Fast
She´s .......................... you an email.
Sent
Send
Sended
I´m ..................., but she is not here today.
Apologize
Sorry
Afraid
¿When .......................... the company?
did you enjoined
Joined you
Did you join
¿Can I................... an order for 30 chairs?
Quote
Buy
Place
First of all, I............................ you a little bit about me.
Tell
´m telling
´m going to tell
English........................... all over the world.
has spoken
Speaks
Is spoken
¿Did you................... the deadline?
Reach
Meet
Get
I........................... him here recently
Haven´t seen
Dont see
Didnt see
I´ll call you back as soon as i.............................. something.
´ll hear
Hear
ám hearing
You..................... press this button. It´s dangerous.
Don´t have to
Mustn´t
Needn´t
Your visitor........................... for over an hour. He´s in your room now.
Has been waiting
Is waiting
Has waited
If we changed the colour, we ............... more.
sell
´ll sell
´d sell
When they have finished making the first.................... we can do some tests on it
Invention
Breakthrough
Prototype
He.................... to leave the company by his boss.
Asked
´s been asked
´s asked
I´m surprised he´s late. He´s normally so......................
Puntual
Patient
hard-working
Hello, Alison. I ................. the office actually. Can I call you back tomorrow?
Left
Was just leaving
´d just left
........................ the delays with the trains, we all arrived on time.
Despite
Although
Even though
My favorite perk in my job is........................
My company car
My salary
My overtime
Mary is away, ........................?
Isn´t she
Is she
Does she
I´ve seen to have run..................... of money. Can you lend me some?
Ahead
Low
Out
If you don´t like this idea, then come........................... with something better.
Across
In
Up
...................... speak to them about our idea earlier today?
Were you able to
Did you manage
Didi you succeed in
Our most..................... customer has been with us for over 20 years.
Real
Loyal
Attentive
Let´s ................ up a list of action points.
Set
Draw
Take
We have very ...................... information about you. Tell us about yourself
Few
Plenty
Little
Today, we need to............................. on a date for the launch and promotion.
Discuss
Decide
Meet
What they are asking is................ ridiculous.
Very
Such
Absolutely
There´s a real ................. in the market for this kind of service. I think.
Break
Gap
Miss
Ruby is very calm and down to................
Key
Earth
World
The pros definitely...................... the cons.
Outlook
Outweigh
Outcome
If you -------------------------------- I´m sure you would have got the job.
Applied
Would apply
Had applied
I think you should broaden your................ and look for a new job.
Horizons
Views
Positions
Am I getting my point................. clearly enough?
Along
Around
Across
There isn´t a ....................... of purpose to the meeting.
Reason
Feel
Sense
Let me..........................you in on some of the background.
Add
Pak
Fill
The rate of ......................... has been fluctuating wildly this week.
Money
Exchange
Bills
The critics had to admit that the ballet ........................ was superb.
Performance
Pathology
Procrastine
We were ................... friends in that strange but magical country.
In adition to
Upon
Among
The hurricane caused .......................... damage to the city.
Extensive
Extension
Extend
Many cultures have special ceremonies to celebrate a person's ..................... of passage into adulthood.
Rite
Writ
Right
Anna Szewcyzk, perhaps the most popular broadcaster in the news media today, won the 1998 Broadcasting Award. She got her start in journalism as an editor at the Hollsville County Times in Missouri. When the newspaper went out of business, a colleague persuaded her to enter the field of broadcasting. She moved to Oregon to begin a master's degree in broadcast journalism at Atlas University. Following graduation, she was able to begin her career as a local newscaster with WPSU-TV in Seattle, Washington, and rapidly advanced to national television. Noted for her quick wit and trenchant commentary, her name has since become synonymous with Good Day, America! Accepting the award at the National Convention of Broadcast Journalism held in Chicago, Ms. Szewcyzk remarked, "I am so honored by this award that I'm at a total loss for words!" Who would ever have believed it? ¿What was Ms. Szewczyk's first job in journalism?
She was a T.V. announcer in Washington
She was an editor for a newspaper in Missouri
She was a talk show host in Chicago
His business dealings are ........................
mprovise
gainst the grain
Above board
........................., we offer a 5% discount.
all along
after all
As a rule
His plan goes ............................... with her because she doesn't like cheating
in spite of the situation
Against the grain
all of a sudden
The detective was sure he got a suspect, but he was ...................................
in disagreement
in reference to
Barking up the wrong tree
I think you should broaden you................. and look for a new job.
positions
Horizons
views
If you................ I´m sure you would have got the job.
Applied
Would had applied
Had applied
Meteorite Impact and Dinosaur Extinction There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural hazard to life on Earth. Twice in the twentieth century, large meteorite objects are known to have collided with Earth. If an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire Earth and cause an ecological catastrophe. The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period of geological history. This break in Earth’s history is marked by a mass extinction, when as many as half the species on the planet became extinct. While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record, the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaurs. For tens of millions of years, those great creatures had flourished. Then, suddenly, they disappeared. The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of more than a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first identified this impact in 1980 from the worldwide layer of sediment deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after the impact. This sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium and other elements that are relatively abundant in a meteorite but very rare in the crust of Earth. Even diluted by the terrestrial material excavated from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. By 1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the Yucatán region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers in diameter. This impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar crater Tycho. The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere, as can be determined by measuring the thickness of the sediment layer formed when this dust settled to the surface. Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surface, plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. The explosion is also calculated to have produced vast quantities of nitric acid and melted rock that sprayed out over much of Earth, starting widespread fires that must have consumed most terrestrial forests and grassland. Presumably, those environmental disasters could have been responsible for the mass extinction, including the death of the dinosaurs.2. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared? 1. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that dinosaurs had flourished for tens of millions of years and then suddenly disappeared?
To support the claim that the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous is the best-documented of the dozen or so mass extinctions in the geological record.
To explain why paleontologists have always been intrigued by the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous.
To provide evidence that an impact can be large enough to disturb the environment of the entire planet and cause an ecological disaster.
Queen Elizabeth II: Life as Queen After the Coronation Elizabeth and Philip moved to Buckingham Palace in central London. Like many of her predecessors, however, she dislikes the Palace as a residence and considers Windsor Castle, west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth is the most widely travelled head of state in history. In 1953-54 she and Philip made a six-month round-the-world tour, becoming the first reigning monarch to circumnavigate the globe, and also the first to visit Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. In October 1957 she made a state visit to the United States, and in 1959 she made a tour of Canada. In 1961 she toured India and Pakistan for the first time. She has made state visits to most European countries and to many outside Europe. She regularly attends Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings. At the time of Elizabeth's accession there was much talk of a "new Elizabethan age". Elizabeth's role, however, has been to preside over the steady decline of Britain as a world military and economic power, the dissolution of the British Empire and the gradual development of its successor, the Commonwealth. She has worked hard to maintain links with former British possessions, and in some cases, such as South Africa, she has played an important role in retaining or restoring good relations. Elizabeth is a conservative in matters of religion, moral standards and family matters. She has a strong sense of religious duty and takes seriously her Coronation Oath. This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever abdicate. Like her mother, she never forgave Edward VIII for, as she saw it, abandoning his duty, and forcing her father to become King, which she believed shortened his life by many years. She used the authority of her position to prevent her sister, Princess Margaret, marrying a divorced man, Peter Townsend. For years she refused to acknowledge her son Prince Charles's relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles. Elizabeth's political views are supposed to be less clear-cut (she has never said or done anything in public to reveal what they might be). She preserves cordial relations with politicians of all parties. It is believed that her favourite Prime Ministers have been Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson. Her least favourite was undoubtedly Margaret Thatcher, whom she is said to "cordially dislike". She was thought to have very good relations with her current Prime Minister, Tony Blair, during the first years of his term in office, however, there has been mounting evidence in recent months that her relationship with Blair has hardened. She reportedly feels that he does not keep her informed well enough on affairs of state. The only public issue on which the Queen makes her views known are those affecting the unity of the United Kingdom. She has spoken in favour of the continued union of England and Scotland, angering some Scottish nationalists. Her statement of praise for the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement raised some complaints among some Unionists in the Democratic Unionist Party who opposed the Agreement. Despite a series of controversies about the rest of the royal family, particularly the marital difficulties of her children throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Queen Elizabeth remains a remarkably uncontroversial figure and is generally well-respected by the British people. However, her public persona remains formal, though more relaxed than it once was. Her refusal to display emotion in public prevents the growth of deeper feelings for her among the public. Queen Elizabeth has never become unpopular, certainly not as unpopular as Queen Victoria was during a long period of her reign. However, in 1997 she and other members of the Royal Family were perceived as cold and unfeeling when they were seen not to participate in the public outpouring of grief at the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. This brought sharp criticism from the normally royalist tabloid press. It is widely believed that Elizabeth held negative feelings towards Diana and thought that she had done immense damage to the monarchy. However, the sight of the entire Royal Family bowing to Diana's coffin as it passed Buckingham Palace, together with a rare live television broadcast by the Queen, addressed the public grief. The Queen's change of attitude is believed to have resulted from strong advice from the Queen Mother and Tony Blair. The Queen remains a highly respected head of state. In 2002 she celebrated her Golden Jubilee, marking the 50th year of her accession to the throne. The year saw an extensive tour of the United Kingdom, state visits to several Commonwealth Realms, and numerous parades and official concerts. In June thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace for the "Party at the Palace", a massive concert featuring various famous musicians from across the British Isles. A national service of thanksgiving was held the following day at St. Paul's Cathedral, to which the Queen and Prince Philip travelled in the centuries-old Gold State Coach. This was followed by massive carnivals and processions, finishing with a fly-past by Concorde and the Red Arrows. The Royal Family watched all this from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, before a crowd of one million people. Sadly the Jubilee year coincided with the deaths, within a few months, of the Queen's mother and sister. Elizabeth's relations with her children, while still somewhat distant, have become much warmer since these deaths. She is particularly close to her daughter-in-law the Countess of Wessex. The Queen and Prince of Wales still see little of each other, however. She is known to disapprove of Charles's long-standing relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles, but has made gestures of recognition of the relationship in recent years. On the other hand, she is very close to her grandchildren, noticeably Prince William and Zara Phillips. In 2003 the Queen, who is often described as robustly healthy, underwent three operations. In January she had torn cartilage removed from her right knee as a result of a fall over Christmas. In December 2003 she underwent a similar operation to her left knee, at the same time having several lesions removed from her face. This prompted rumours that she might have skin cancer, quickly scotched by the Palace. However, these surgeries have brought concerns that she is now overworked. As the Queen approaches her 80th birthday, she has made it clear that she has no intention of abdicating. Those who know her best have stated that she intends to reign as Queen until the day she dies. She has, however, begun to hand over some public duties to her children. She is also reducing the amount of international travel she normally undertakes (she has usually undertaken two state visits each year, her first in 2004 being her state visit to France, and her second to Germany in November, and up to two Commonwealth visits a year). Like her mother, she intends to keep working until she is physically unable. Elizabeth's public image has noticeably softened in recent years, particularly since the death of the Queen Mother. Although she remains reserved in public, she has been seen laughing and smiling much more than in years past, and to the shock of many she has been seen to shed tears during emotional occasions such as the memorial service at Westminster Abbey for those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Question 1.Queen Elizabeth II was the first monarch to visit Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
We don´t know
True
False
Question 2. Why is it considered unlikely that she will ever abdicate?
She likes being queen.
She is conservative in matters of religion.
She takes seriously her coronation oath.
Question 3. Queen Elizabeth II created the Commonwealth.
False
We don´t know
True
We don´t know what that Company’s __________ is for this kind of work.
Quantifiable data
Drain on resources
Track record
So the general ______ is that we should go ahead?
Viability
Consensus
Perspective
Our employess are far more committed if they´re personally involved in their own development, so we´re focusing on _______
Shared vision
Self-directed
Bottom-up
What comes _______ from talking to you is that you´re all committed to the company.
Apparent
Along
Across
So, ___ that we send them to England to do a language course?
What was the name?
Run it by me again
You´re saying
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