A. Listen to a woman telling a man about what she did after leaving college. Choose True or False for each sentence. 1. The woman decided to be a volunteer right after college.
A.
True
B.
False
2.
2. The woman first heard about Clear the Oceans when she was in high school.
A.
True
B.
False
3.
3. The woman contacted the charity by email.
A.
True
B.
False
4.
4. The woman went on the boat to replace someone else.
A.
True
B.
False
5.
5. Both speakers think working on a boat is more interesting than office work.
A.
True
B.
False
6.
B. Complete the paragraph. Use the simple past or the present perfect form of the verbs in parentheses. 6. All last year I __________ (struggle with) math and __________ (fall behind), ...
A.
struggled with / fell behind
B.
have struggled with / have fallen behind
7.
7. ... but this semester I __________ (catch up).
A.
caught up
B.
have caught up
8.
8. I _________ (not miss) a single class since the beginning of the semester and I __________ (hand in) all my assignments on time so far.
A.
didn't miss / handed in
B.
haven't missed / have handed in
9.
9. I hope I __________ (pass) last week's test.
A.
passed
B.
have passed
10.
C. Complete the conversation. 10. Melissa: I can't believe how unfriendly people are in this town! James: Yeah, I know what you mean. In my neighborhood people rarely _________ me when I pass them on the street.
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
11.
11. Melissa: I hate that! And in stores, they don't __________.
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
12.
12. James: That's true! I can understand why many older people don't __________ out of their homes nowadays. they never see a friendly face.
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
13.
13. Melissa: Yeah... And when I was on the bus last week, and trying to __________ past all the the other passengers to the exit, ...
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
14.
14. ... no one would move! In the end I had to __________ someone's shirt sleeve so they noticed me and I could get past!
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
15.
15. James: I think we should change things! How about, __________, we smile at everyone we see for the rest of the day? Melissa: Okay... It might get a bit tiring, though!
A.
acknowledge
B.
make eye contact
C.
make my way
D.
say
E.
tug
F.
venture
16.
D. Complete the paragraph with the verbs in parentheses. Use one simple past and one past perfect verb from in each sentence. 16. I ______ (be) surprised to meet my old high school history teacher in the supermarket because I ______ (not see) her for over ten years.
A.
was / hadn't seen
B.
had been / didn't see
17.
17. Although history ______ (be) my favorite subject in high school, I actually ______ (go) on to major in biology in college.
A.
was / had gone
B.
had been / went
18.
E. Complete the paragraph with the verbs in parentheses. Use one past perfect and one past perfect continuous verb in each sentence. 18. Once during college I dropped one of my classes. I ______ (work) part-time as a waiter in order to earn some extra money, and I ______ (not realize) just how tiring that would be.
A.
had worked / hadn't been realizing
B.
had been working / hadn't realized
19.
19. I thought that I ______ (pass) my mid-term exam because I ______ (study) hard all semester.
A.
had passed / had been studying
B.
had been passing / had studied
20.
20. But it turned out that I ______ (be) too tired to prepare for the exam properly because I ______ (do) the night shift at work.
A.
had been / had been doing
B.
had been being / had done
21.
F. Complete the conversation. Choose the correct expression. 21. Jimmy: This is a cool photo! Lee: The one of the bird? My grandmother took it when I was little. She used to take me on long walks and spend a lot of time with me. __________, she was probably my best friend until I started school.
A.
but anyway
B.
getting back to my story
C.
looking back
D.
no wonder
22.
22. Jimmy: Really? So __________ you talk about her so much!
A.
but anyway
B.
getting back to my story
C.
looking back
D.
no wonder
23.
23. Lee: Yeah, she was really special. __________ we were out together one day when I noticed this colorful little bird sitting on the sidewalk. We'd never seen one like that before, so she took a photo of it.
A.
but anyway
B.
getting back to my story
C.
looking back
D.
no wonder
24.
G. Read the article. Then read the statements and write True, False or NG if the information is not given. 24. Louise was raised like most other blind children of the time.
A.
True
B.
False
C.
NG
25.
25. Braille's ideas were copied by the founder of the special school.
A.
True
B.
False
C.
NG
26.
26. There were many large and heavy books at the special school for the blind.
A.
True
B.
False
C.
NG
27.
27. Charles Barbier's system influenced Louis Braille.
A.
True
B.
False
C.
NG
28.
28. Barbier's system used raised Roman letters.
A.
True
B.
False
C.
NG
29.
29. Braille's alphabet allowed students to write as well as read.
