ICANA Placement Test Online Level: Intermediate 1
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1. A: Have you ever gone snorkeling?
B: No, I haven’t , have you? Yes, I have, did you?. No, I haven’t, haven’t you?
2. A: I see you are reading People magazine.
B: I have just got it a few minutes ago. I just got it this morning. I just get it this morning.
3. A: Have you met Julia?
B: No, I don’t believe I have. No, she knows you. I’d like you to meet Alice.
4. A: How long have you lived in Washington, DC?
B: Since three years For three years. For three years ago.
5. A: Somewhere in the Past is on channel 9.
B: It’s supposed excellent. It’s supposed to be excellent. I suppose is excellent.
6. A: We are thinking of going to the Rivera exhibit on Sunday.
B: Can you join us? He went already. We’ve already seen it.
7. A: ___________ language do you speak?
What Which Whom
8. A: Donna understands English _________ well but her fluency is still limited.
perfection perfect perfectly
9. A: Some of us are getting together Saturday night. Do you want to join us?
B: I’d like to, but I __________ have to work.
might must should
10. A: I ________ dinner when the telephone rang.
had were having was having
11. A: What did you _________ before you came here?
use to doing used to do use to do
12. A: Do you know __________________?
where I can rent a bike where can I rent a bike where could I rent
13. A: Do you ever get any exercise?
B: Hardly ever. I ought to exercise more. Hardly ever. I ought exercise more. Hardly ever. I must to exercise more.
14. A: John is the _____________ person I’ve ever met.
busier. busiest. busy.
15. A: I borrowed this book from Laila a month ago.
B: She is in my class. I’ll give ___________ it her. it to her. it to hers.
Where has all this new technology (16) take taken took us ? And where (17) will would going to it lead us to in the near future? The idea is that all information systems - from telephones to libraries to publications - will form one huge communications network and (18) something anyone anything with a computer can travel on this electronic highway. This is all very well. (19) And Or But the practical result is that there is less and less person-to-person communication (20) as that than there was in the past.
For example, not so long ago, when you called a place of business, a receptionist or a switchboard operator (21)answer answered would like to answer.The receptionist would try to find the person you wanted to talk to or someone who could help you. These days you are connected to a computer-controlled message system. Sometimes it is impossible to speak to a live human; you (22)can should had better only listen to a recording. E-mail makes written communication (23)most less more immediate than a phone call. But it’s not a phone call with a warm, human voice at the (24)other another same end of the line. And it lacks the personal touch of a handwritten note. (25)Why Do Does progress have to be so impersonal?