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D.Education

Advanced exam Test 04 for Michigan ECCE, Proficiency, Toeic

Dimitris Sclias

Advanced exam Test 04 for Michigan ECCE, Proficiency, Toeic

INSTRUCTIONS please read carefully:
Time allowed : 30 minutes

There are 30 questions in this paper. To complete the test you have to answer all 30 questions.
Time allowed to complete the test (all the questions) 30 minutes.
Do not waste any time, if you can't answer one question, guess it and continue.
You must try to complete the test within the time limit, otherwise you'll have to take the test again.
To pass the test successfully you must get at least 80% correct answers.

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question 1

TEST04 petm04

PART 1 -> -> -> Grammar.
Write in the gap the correct answer a, b, c or d. Please note that only one answer is correct.

Example-> 'What is that thing?'
'That..........a spider.'
a. to call b. for calling c. be called d. is called
-> the correct answer is-> d -> 'That is called a spider.'

1. "You mean to say there was no soup left ?"
"No. They.........it up.
a. were finished b. have finished c. finished d. had finished

2. "Don't tell me you shoveled all that snow yourself!"
"No, I............... ."
a. got the kids to do it b. got to do it the kids
c. got the kids do it d. got it to do the kids

3. "His latest film wasn't all that good."
".............his earlier ones."
a. So were b. Neither were c. Neither was d. So weren't

4. "I'm a bit nervous about facing the committee."
"I don't suppose anyone will object........your proposal."
a. to b. in c. at d. of

5. "The soles of your shoes are wearing awfully thin."
"Yes, they need.............."
a. to repair b. repairing c. being repaired d. repaired

6. "Where can I find a towel ?"
"In the cupboard............the linen is kept."
a. where b. what c. that d. wherever

7. "Let's drink a little of father's whisky."
"We'd better.................that."
a. not to do b. no do c. not do d. not doing

8. "Have some more chicken supreme, Don."
"No, thanks Betty. I've..........had more than I should.
a. yet b. already c. nevertheless d. just

9. "They want you to act as peacemaker."
"I..........get mixed up in family quarrels."
a. would better not b. would rather not
c. had rather not d. rather not

10. "Am I walking too fast ?"
"Yes, I can't keep..............you."
a. away from b. up with c. on with d. with

Part 2 -> -> -> Vocabulary
Find the word or phrase that is closest in the meaning to the underlined word with capital letters or the word which is omitted by writing in the gap the correct answer a, b, c, or d.

Example 1. It's too windy to go for a STROLL.
a. swim b. sail c. drive d. walk -> correct answer -> d

2. Because of the storm it would be foolish to go out sailing
today in a small............. .
a. automobile b. house c. boat d. beast -> correct answer -> c

11. We CONSUME immense quantities of oil.
a. waste b. need c. use d. buy

12. He told us a SPICY story.
a. dull b. funny c. spy d. piquant

13. Stop making IMBECILE remarks!
a. stupid b. impertinent c. improper d. personal

14. I'd like to PUNCH his face.
a. wring b. hit c. penetrate d. caress

15. The trees were REFLECTED in the water.
a. submerged b. floating c. mirrored d. soaking

16. The hijackers held the crew and the passengers of the plane as........
a. hosts b. guests c. hostages d. mortgages

17. The roof of the entrance was supported by marble......
a. pillows b. pillars c. pillions d. pylons

18. Jason went to Colchis to get the golden........
a. flesh b. fleece c. skin d. hide

19. Just before the referee.............the end of the match, our
team scored another goal.
a. signed b. beckoned c. hissed d. signaled

20. To err is..............to forgive is divine.
a. manly b. human c. humane d. humanitarian

Part 3 -> Reading comprehension.

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by writing in the gap the
correct answer a, b, c or d. -> only one answer is correct.

When a mother starts looking for a nursery school, she might be confused by the existence of both nursery schools and day nurseries. Broadly speaking, the difference is in the word 'school'. A day nursery meets a social need: It minds children while their parents are at work. A nursery school is an educational establishment and is more positively concerned with the children's development. Nursery schools also operate during the normal school hours and observe normal school holidays. Day nurseries are normally open for longer and remain open virtually all the year round. What is more, you pay according to your income for day nurseries run by the local health authority, the local education authority's nursery schools are free.

21. The existence of two kinds of establishment for children of pre-school age

a. gives mothers a wider choice
b. helps mothers in making a choice
c. confuses children
d. confuses mothers

22. A child's educational needs are better attended to by

a. working parents b. nursery schools c. day nurseries d. nurses

23. Nursery schools are open

a. all the year round b. longer than day nurseries
c. only during school holidays d. when all the schools are open

24. Day nurseries

a. operate for longer periods of time than nursery schools
b. are better than nursery schools from the educational point of view
c. are run by local authorities
d. observe normal school holidays

25. Parents pay

a. nothing in day nurseries
b. according to their income in nursery schools
c. nothing in nursery schools
d. more for nursery schools than for day nurseries

Write in the gap the correct answer a, b, c, or d to fill in the blanks in the
Only one answer is correct.

Batterson, already there when I arrived (26)..... out to be a tall, thin young man in his early twenties, who looked like a bank-clerk. He got me a drink, (27)..... to me for taking (28)..... my time, and after a few more (29)..... remarks, said: "I think the best thing to do is give you the true (30)..... of this matter. Don't you agree with me ?"

26. a. turned b. put c. held d. made
27. a. excused b. applied c. apologized d. turned
28. a. on b. off c. over d. up
29. a. rude b. polite c. sarcastic d. insulting
30. a. points b. facts c. factors d. events

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