Proficiency Test
for
English Language ********
(B)
Section Three : Grammatical Structure
Directions : Questions 94-107 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
94- I will have been there _______________ .
a) for 3months
b) during 3 months
c) since 3 months
d) whilst 3 months
95- I haven’t ____________ this week.
a) much people
b) anybody
c) no people
d) someone
96- Send him to the baker’s ____________ some bread.
a) in order he buys
b) for to buy
c) to buy
d) for buying
97- __________ the baby while I’am in the kitchen.
a) Look to
b) Take care
c) Look after
d) Care
98- It looks ____________ it’s going to rain.
a) that
b) as if
c) as
d) like that
99- He was very angry ____________ his wife.
a) on
b) to
c) at
d) upon
100- When we arrived at the office we found that someone _______ during the night.
a) had broken in
b) has broken in
c) broke in
d) have broken in
101- Studying English is hard at first , but you soon _________ .
a) are used to it
b) get use it
c) are use it
d) get used to it
102 - Not only ___________ to London , but she also visited other less well known cities in England.
a) she went
b) went she
c) did she go
d) she did
103- Now remember, you ___________ the test until the teacher tells you to.
a) are not starting
b) are not to start
c) haven’t started
d) needn’t start
104- __________ had we started watching the film when our friends came round for a chat.
a) Hardly
b) Slightly
c) Little
d) Rarely
105- She was thought _____________ the car in London.
a) to buy
b) buying
c) to have bought
d) might buy
106- Our house ___________ as soon as possible. It’s in an awful state.
a) needs redecorating
b) to redecorate
c) redecorated
d) is redecorated
107- He eventually managed ___________ the door by kicking it hard.
a) open
b) opening
c) to open
d) to have opened
Section Four : Vocabulary
Directions : Items 108-112 ******* sentences with missing words or phrases. From the words or phrases below each choose the one that best completes the sentence.
108- The initials G.C.C. ____________ Gulf Cooperative Council.
a) look for
b) account for
c) make for
d) stand for
109- You don’t have to be worried about the journey to the airport. Your brother is going to _________________ .
a) take you off
b) see you off
c) bring you up
d) give you for
110- My father and I have the same character, I _________ him much more than my brother.
a) look at
b) take off
c) look up
d) take after
111- Stop thinking about it. Don’t let this result ____________ .
a) get you off
b) get you down
c) get you on
d) get you up
112- Please make your check _________ to Saudi Business Machine.
a) payment
b) paid
c) payable
d) pay
Directions : In each sentence below there is a word in boldface. From the words below each choose the one that has the nearest meaning to the boldfaced word.
113- The Roman armies were defeated in 622 A.D.
a) inscribed
b) enlisted
c) retreated
d) beaten
114- Bad deeds are disgraceful.
a) shameful
b) beautiful
c) shy
d) happy
115- He is an aggressive person. he does not care about other people’s feeling .
a) passive
b) offensive
c) attacking
d) opponent
116- Sorry! The general director is not available today.
a) active
b) passive
c) around
d) connected
Section Five : Reading Comprehension
Directions : Read the following text carefully. Then answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the text. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence :
1- Visitors to America are immediately struck by the tremendous numbers of automobiles filling the highways and crowding the city streets. The automobile, which has transformed the American way of life, is the almost indispensable ****horse of the family. During the week, the father drives it to his job in the city, alone, or in a “car pool” arrangement with several of his fellow *******. When he leaves it at home, his wife uses it constantly to do errands, to haul groceries, to drive children to lessons or appointments, to shops or swimming pools. On weekends, the family drives out to the country for a picnic lunch or may take a trip of several hundred miles. On vacations, no corner of the country is beyond the family’s *****.
2- All of America has felt the changes, which came with the automobile and with the net**** of highways that have been built to serve it. Farmers, who live far from their neighbors, are no longer isolated. Tractors of the **** of the many farmlands they cannot afford to hire, trucks carry their products to market, to storage elevators or to railroads.
3- Traffic jams in cities and along the approaches to cities, especially at morning and evening rush hours and at the start and end of weekends, are difficult problems. How to find out enough parking space in the cities, even with underground parking lots and many-storied “pigeonhole” parking structures in another. More highways and wider ones are needed as fast as they can be built.
117- The main topic of this passage is __________________ .
a) The American Family
b) The American highways
c) Major American cities
d) Cars and the American Life
118- The automobile has had ______________ on the American society.
a) A little effect
b) hardly any effect
c) an obvious effect
d) no effect whatsoever
119- The American father ________________________ .
a) always drives alone to ****
b) may share his car with other colleagues
c) drives his children to lessons
d) drives his wife to haul groceries
120- The American family may spend the weekend ____________ .
a) abroad
b) in downtown
c) out of town
d) in a family gathering
121- Thanks to the automobile, all American States have become ____________.
a) within *****
b) more isolated
c) beyond *****
d) torn apart
122- Most American families __________________ cars.
a) cannot afford
b) do not badly need
c) do not have
d) cannot do without
123- The word ‘which‘ in the firs line of the second paragraph refers to _________________.
a) all Americans
b) automobiles
c) changes
d) traffic
Section Six : Linguistics and Pedagogy
124- Phonetics deals with the properties of sounds as represented in variations in the sound wave.
a) Acoustic
b) Articulatory
c) Auditory
d) Generative
125- When a speech sound undergoes a change in articulation in connected speech, becoming more like a neighboring sound, this process is known as .
a) Assimilation
b) Aspiration
c) Adaptation
d) articulation
126- The strong version of the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
.
a) attempts to predicat all errors produced by L2 learners
b) deals only with errors resulting from L1 interference
c) does not predict L2 errors but only explains them
d) All of the above
127- According to the nativist theory, the key factor that determines success in first language acquisition is
a) child general inteligence
b) amount of exposure to language
c) imitation of parents
d) teaching techniques employed
128- In standardized test .
a) the writing and evaluation of the test are done by the same person.
b) the number of subjects tested is usually large.
c) We make use of composition and short answer techniques.
d) All of the above
129- serve to indicate the extent to which an individual has mastered specific skills or body of information acquired in a formal situation.
a) Proficiency tests
b) Aptiude tests
c) Achievement tests
d) Objective tests
130- Dictation is a useful testing technique that can be used to test
.
a) spelling
b) listening comprehension
c) general proficiency
d) all of the above
131- Objective tests are those in which individual items
a) have only one correct answer
b) can discriminate among examinees
c) are balanced in length and difficulty
d) have appropriate distractors
132- According to Dell Hymes, the knowledge of rules for the conduct and interpretaion of speech is known as .
a) distinctive competence
b) grammatical competence
c) communicative competence
d) linguistic competence
133- In my opinion the errors that L2 learners produce are
a) signs of imperfect learning and should be eradicated
b) natural by product of the learning process
c) signs of poor teaching
d) the result of L1 interference
134- The ideal linguistic input (i.e. speech addressed to L2 learners) for acquiring a second language should be
a) comprehensible
b) relevant to the learners’ immediate interests
c) not too comples
d) all of the above
135- Individualized instruction is basically the recognition that
.
a) students have different needs and abilities
b) a single method may not be successful or appropriate to all students
c) students learn at different rates of speed
d) all of the above
136- Gardner defines integrative motivation as the learner’ desire to .
a) be identified as a member of the target culture
b) get a high pay job
c) obtain a prestigious social status
d) B & C
137- In learning foreign languages, the critical period hypothesis stipulates that .
a) children are superior to adults
b) adults are superior to children
c) children and adults are equal
d) None of the above.
138- In the approach, there is dependence on mimicry, memorization of set phrases, and over learning.
a) communicative
b) audio-lingual
c) cognitive
d) linguistic
139- In the audio-lingual approach, there is emphasis on
a) pronunciation.
b) communication
c) intonation
d) both A & C
140- Of the four skills of language in the one that is least understood.
a) listening
b) speaking
c) reading
d) writing
141- Using monolingual dictionary ****, and the key word method are widely used to teach .
a) speaking
b) reading
c) writing
d) vocabulary
142- Teaching grammar goes into the following three stages :
a) Presentation, demonstration and practice.
b) Teaching rules, pr***ding examples and doing exercise.
c) Teaching, demonstration and home**** .
d) Reading, demonstration and writing.
143- A literate student can acquire the details of reading in a second language an illiterate one.
a) shower than
b) as fast as
c) as slow as
d) faster than
144- Teaching receptive skills means teaching .
a) speaking and reading
b) listening and reading
c) speaking and writing
d) writing and speaking
145- Grammar teaching is concerned with explicit teaching of language .
a) forms
b) meaning
c) use
d) words
146- When we ask students to read a text, evaluate it, and react to it, we are teaching .
a) thorough reading
b) critical reading
c) scanning
d) skimming
147- The purpose of teaching speaking is to allow students to
.
a) express themselves
b) repeat sentences
c) repeat what they heard in the classroom
d) express language function
148- A test that measures the learning of material in a particular course is called a (n) test.
a) close
b) multiple choice
c) aptitude
d) achievement
149- are not based on a particular program.
a) Progress Tests
b) Placement Tests
c) Achievement Tests
d) Proficiency tests
150- A test that requires filling in words in words that have been deleted from a paragraph is called a (n) test.
a) close
b) achievement
c) multiple-choice
d) true.false
151- Testing experts consider dictation as a test of .
a) spelling
b) general language proficiency
c) listening
d) all the above
152- A close test is generally used to test the skill.
a) reading
b) writing
c) listening
d) speaking
153- Language test results are beneficial for .
a) ******** and the administration
b) students and parents
c) curriculum and syllabus designers
d) using word functions and meanings
154- While one prepares his test, one should .
a) spend adequate time in development
b) match his tests to the content
c) make his test valid, reliable, and balanced
d) be all the above
155- The language lab is best used in the teaching of .
a) good writing
b) reading comprehension
c) free conversations
d) listening comprhension
156- An overhead projector can effectively be used to teach
a) reading and writing only
b) speaking and other skills
c) listening comprehension especially
d) grammatical structures mainly
157- Flash cards are commonly used to teach .
a) grammatical structures
b) vocabulary items
c) writing exercises
d) reading aloud
158- We can use both flannel boards and magnetic boards to display pictures and cards. However, .
a) flannel boards are more effective
b) magnetic boards are easier to use
c) they are similar
d) chalkboards are better than both
159- Composite pictures may be effectively used in the teaching of
.
a) speaking and writing
b) reading comprehension only
c) grammatical structures mainly
d) young learners only
160-Using technology in teaching help to .
a) present demonstrations
b) enhance course content
c) pr***de additional illustrations
d) all the above
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١٣٧- ___________ is such a natural and normal human activity that few aspects of it really need much overt
instruction.
a) Listening
b) Speaking
c) Reading
d) B & C
١٣٨- For students learning to read in a new language some previous ____________ ability is necessary.
a) written language
b) simple language
c) oral language
d) real language
١٣٩- Teaching productive skills means teaching ___________ .
a) speaking and listening
b) listening and reading
c) speaking and reading
d) writing and speaking
١٤٠- The technique of __________ is an activity where a student needs information from others to complete a
particular task.
a) filling in a blank
b) information gap
c) critical reading
d) matching
١٤١- The primary objective in teaching speaking is the development of ________ ability.
a) oral communication
b) phonological
c) pronunciation
d) good English
١٤٢- Grammar teaching is the explicit teaching of language ________ .
a) forms
b) words
c) function
d) meaning
١٣٧- ___________ is such a natural and normal human activity that few aspects of it really need much overt
instruction.
a) Listening
b) Speaking
c) Reading
d) B & C
١٣٨- For students learning to read in a new language some previous ____________ ability is necessary.
a) written language
b) simple language
c) oral language
d) real language
١٣٩- Teaching productive skills means teaching ___________ .
a) speaking and listening
b) listening and reading
c) speaking and reading
d) writing and speaking
١٤٠- The technique of __________ is an activity where a student needs information from others to complete a
particular task.
a) filling in a blank
b) information gap
c) critical reading
d) matching
١٤١- The primary objective in teaching speaking is the development of ________ ability.
a) oral communication
b) phonological
c) pronunciation
d) good English
١٤٢- Grammar teaching is the explicit teaching of language ________ .
a) forms
b) words
c) function
d) meaning
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الصفحة الأخيرة
for
English Language ********
(A)
Section Three : Grammatical Structure
Directions : Questions 93-106 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
93 - I _______ the book but when I heard what the critics said I changed my mind.
a) was going to buy
b) would have bought
c) was buying
d) am going to buy
94 - She _________ him before 1968.
a) has seen
b) saw
c) had seen
d) seen
95 - It was snowing when the refugees __________ .
a) have arrived
b) arrived
c) had arrived
d) were arrived
96 - Mary is waiting ___________ the Queen.
a) to see
b) for seeing
c) for to see
d) at see
97 - She doesn’t want _________ her.
a) anybody helped
b) that anybody helping
c) anybody to help
d) that any body helps
98 - In the year 2005,he ___________ ****ing here for 50 years.
a) will have been
b) will be
c) has been
d) had been
99 - You ________ drive carefully. The roads are slippery.
a) would better
b) would rather
c) had better
d) had rather
100- He doesn’t smoke. _________
a) I don’t too.
b) Neither I do.
c) I don’t neither.
d) Neither do I.
101- It’s raining. We have to return home, __________ ?
a) don't we
b) wouldn’t we
c) didn’t we
d) isn’t it
102- He knew everything ________ was going on.
a) what
b) where
c) whom
d) that
103- Students have to spend a lot of time studying _________ their own.
a) on
b) by
c) for
d) in
104- He is very famous ________ Great Britain.
a) whole
b) all over
c) in all
d) all of
105- They’re staying with their parents __________ the time being.
a) during
b) for
c) since
d) when
106- ____________ all her efforts the party was ruined.
a) In spite of
b) Nevertheless
c) Although
d) However
Section Four : Vocabulary
Directions : Items 107-112 ******* sentences with missing words or phrases. From the words or phrases below each choose the one that best completes the sentence.
107- Keep your children away from this medicine ! It’s ________.
a) dead
b) deadly
c) death
d) dying
108- Shakespeare has written many poems. He is a __________ poet.
a) large
b) huge
c) tiny
d) great
109- This new pot is __________. You can put it on the stove.
a) waterproof
b) heatproof
c) bulletproof
d) soundproof
110- The patient is now in a ___________ condition.
a) series
b) medical
c) critical
d) psychological
111- The new Saudi _____________ are twenty and two hundreds.
a) currencies
b) money
c) coins
d) banknotes
112- I wish you a good result in your exam. When are you _______ it ?
a) passing
b) taking
c) leaving
d) doing
Directions : In each sentence below replace the boldface word with the one that has the nearest meaning to it .
113- The Roman armies were defeated in 622 A.D.
a) inscribed
b) enlisted
c) retreated
d) beaten
114- Bad deeds are disgraceful.
a) shameful
b) beautiful
c) shy
d) happy
115- Birds expand their wings when they are flying.
a) protect
b) inflate
c) contract
d) shrink
116- The population in Saudi Arabia increased from eight millions to fourteen millions in the past ten years.
a) produced
b) decreased
c) reduced
d) ascended
Section Five : Reading Comprehension
Directions : Read the following text carefully. Then answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied by the text. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence :
1- Visitors to America are immediately struck by the tremendous numbers of automobiles filling the highways and crowding the city streets. The automobile, which has transformed the American way of life, is the most indispensable ****horse of the family. During the week, the father drives it to his job in the city, alone, or in a “car pool” arrangement with several of his fellow *******. When he leaves it at home, his wife uses it constantly to do errands, to haul groceries, to drive children to lessons or appointments, to shops or swimming pools. On weekends, the family drives out to the country for a picnic lunch or may take a trip of several hundred miles. On vacations, no corner of the country is beyond the family’s *****.
2- All of America has felt the changes, which came with the automobile and with the net**** of highways that have been built to serve it. Farmers, who live far from their neighbors, are no longer isolated. Tractors of the **** of the many farmlands they cannot afford to hire, Trucks carry their products to market, to storage elevators or to railroads.
3- Traffic jams in cities and along the approaches to cities, especially at morning and evening rush hours and at the start and end of weekends, are difficult problems. How to find out enough parking space in the cities, even with underground parking lots and many-storied “pigeonhole” parking structures in another. More highways and wider ones are needed as fast as they can be built.
117- The main topic of this passage is __________________ .
a) The net**** of highways
b) The American highways
c) Trucks and Tractors in America
d) Cars and the American Life
118- The automobile has had _______________ on the American society.
a) A little effect
b) hardly any effect
c) an obvious effect
d) no effect whatsoever
119- The American father ________________________.
a) always drives alone to ****.
b) may share his car with other colleagues.
c) drives his children to lessons.
d) drives his wife to haul groceries.
120- The American family may spend the weekend ____________.
a) abroad.
b) in downtown.
c) out of town.
d) in a family gathering.
121- Thanks to the automobile, all American States have become ____________.
a) within *****.
b) more isolated.
c) beyond *****.
d) torn apart.
122- Most American families __________________ cars.
a) cannot afford
b) do not badly need
c) do not have
d) cannot do without
123- The word ‘ which ‘ in the first line of the second paragraph refers to _________________.
a) all Americans
b) automobiles
c) changes
d) traffic
Section Six : Linguistics and Pedagogy
124-___________ is a feature in human language that allows for the making and interpretation of an infinite number of messages.
a) Arbitrariness
b) Creativity
c) Interchange
d) Displacement
125- The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis is associated with _________ .
a) the cognitive theory
b) the behaviorist theory
c) the native theory
d) none of the above
126- ___________ validity refers to the correlation between test scores and a trustworthy external criterion.
a) empirical
b) content
c) face
d) rational
127- In constructing language tests, items are said to be satisfactory if _____________ .
a) they are at suitable level of difficulty
b) they discriminate among students
c) they improve students’ proficiency
d) A & B
128- Transformational grammar _________.
a) ignores the relationship between sentences with the same meaning
b) generates only the grammatical sentences of a language
c) tries to modify the learner’s linguistic behavior
d) is none of the above
129- ___________ suffixes do not usually change the grammatical class of the words to which they are attached.
a) Inflectional
b) Derivational
c) Morphological
d) Functional
130- A native speaker can in most cases _________.
a) give an account of the rules of his language.
b) list all the possible sentences of his language.
c) A & B
d) None of the above.
131- The Critical Period Hypothesis presents strong evidence for the ___________ theory of language acquisition.
a) cognitive
b) behaviorist
c) nativist
d) situational
132- In the production of ___________ the passage of the air stream is relatively unobstructed.
a) vowels
b) nasals
c) sibilant
d) fricatives
133- In the grammar translation method, __________ .
a) elaborate explanations of the intricacies of grammar are given
b) grammar is taught inductively
c) there is little explanations
d) grammar is postponed to a later stage
134- Within the cognitive approach, language acquisition is seen as ___________ .
a) rule formation
b) habit formation
c) skill formation
d) function formation
135- The eclectic method of foreign language teaching necessitates that the ******** __________ .
a) apply the easiest from the various methods
b) choose the best from the various methods
c) apply one method in each class period
d) apply at lest two methods in each class period
136- The best course design is the one that __________ .
a) promotes a positive social climate in the classroom
b) enhances student motivation
c) makes teaching enjoyable for the teacher
d) all of the above.
137- ___________ is such a natural and normal human activity that few aspects of it really need much overt instruction.
a) Listening
b) Speaking
c) Reading
d) B & C
138- For students learning to read in a new language some previous ____________ ability is necessary.
a) written language
b) simple language
c) oral language
d) real language
139- Teaching productive skills means teaching ___________ .
a) speaking and listening
b) listening and reading
c) speaking and reading
d) writing and speaking
140- The technique of __________ is an activity where a student needs information from others to complete a particular task.
a) filling in a blank
b) information gap
c) critical reading
d) matching
141- The primary objective in teaching speaking is the development of ________ ability.
a) oral communication
b) phonological
c) pronunciation
d) good English
142- Grammar teaching is the explicit teaching of language ________ .
a) forms
b) words
c) function
d) meaning
143- Reading in a second language nor****y requires processes similar to reading in a _________ language.
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) foreign
144- In preparing a test for intensive reading we should note that ___________ texts should used.
a) short, simple
b) short, complex
c) long, detailed
d) long, complex
145- Process oriented writing instruction places more emphasis on the __________ in producing a piece of writing.
a) stages that writers go through
b) knowledge that writers employ
c) experience that writers have
d) time that writers spend
146- Good pronunciation requires the ability to correctly produce and use __________ .
a) Sounds, stress, and intonation.
b) Sounds, stress, and meanings.
c) Sound, words, and meanings.
d) Sound, words and production.
147- A crossword puzzle helps students develop ________ knowledge.
a) reading
b) orthography
c) lexical
d) writing
148- Teaching words in isolation is not recommended because _______ .
a) some words have different meanings
b) context helps to clarify the meanings of the word
c) the function of the word in a sentence helps to determine its meaning
d) all the above
149- Techniques for guessing meanings of the words from context ******* :
a) activating background knowledge.
b) Obtaining clues from structure and surrounding words.
c) Understanding pronunciation and punctuation.
d) All the above.
150- Using technology in teaching helps ******** _________.
a) present demonstrations
b) enhance course content
c) pr***de additional illustrations
d) all the above
151- Using multimedia software helps ____________ students to increase their learning ability.
a) disabled
b) shy
c) weak
d) all the above
152- Road maps are generally used in the teaching of ___________ .
a) grammatical structures
b) reading comprehension
c) listening practice
d) A & B
153- In effective language teaching, computers are best used as ________________ .
a) substitutes for ********
b) aids to ********
c) means of entertainment
d) substitutes for textbooks
154- In preparing material for language lab practice, it is best to _____________ .
a) read from the textbook directly
b) use transcripts for the purpose
c) dictate to the recording person
d) memorize the material first
155- A good language teacher uses magazine pictures to __________ .
a) teach language skills and elements
b) decorate the classroom
c) make teaching more enjoyable
d) teach good pronunciation.
156- Flash cards are more commonly used to teach __________ .
a) listening
b) vocabulary items
c) writing exercises
d) reading aloud
157- We can use both flannel boards and magnetic boards to display pictures and cards. However, _____________ .
a) flannel boards are more effective
b) magnetic boards are easier to use
c) they are similar
d) chalkboards are better than both
158-Composite pictures may be effectively used in the teaching of ____________ .
a) speaking and writing
b) reading comprehension only
c) grammatical structures mainly
d) young learners only