File: MegaGoal Book 2 Exam: Units 1–3

Vocabulary

Question type: Short Answer

Write the word that does not belong.

1. extraterrestrial, space, universe, desert island _________________

[Answer: desert island
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

2. leader, technology, empire, historical _________________

[Answer: technology
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

3. cash, prize, encounter, win _________________

[Answer: encounter
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Question type: Complete

Complete each sentence with a word or phrase. 

4. To be away on a business trip is to be __________________.

[Answer: on the road
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

5. When you bring something in from another country, you __________________ it.

[Answer: import
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

6. Something that is very important is __________________.

[Answer: urgent
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

7. What problem does the picture show?

A. a dripping computer
B. a flat computer
C. a broken computer
D. a torn computer

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

8. What problem does the picture show?

A. a dead battery
B. a missing battery
C. a flat battery
D. a leaky battery

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

9. What problem does the picture show?

A. a loose windowpane
B. a worn windowpane
C. a dripping windowpane
D. a broken windowpane

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

10. What problem does the picture show?

A. a cracked faucet
B. a loose faucet
C. a dripping faucet
D. a scratched faucet

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Grammar

Question type: Fill in the blank

Write the past participle of the verb in parentheses.

11. The button on that shirt needs to be _______________. (sew)

[Answer: sewn
Learning Objective: Grammar]

12. The car was _______________ in the accident. (damage)

[Answer: damaged
Learning Objective: Grammar]

13. Don’t drink out of that _______________ glass. (crack)

[Answer: cracked
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in each blank. 

14. Omar went to school today _______________ being sick.
A. although
B. in spite of
C. so that
D. as soon as

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Grammar]

15. I can’t wait to find out what happens! Call me _______________ you know.
A. even though
B. in spite of
C. so that
D. as soon as

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

16. I am going to buy these shoes _______________ they are expensive.
A. even though
B. in spite of
C. when
D. so many that

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Grammar]

17. Our refrigerator isn’t working properly. It _______________.
A. need to be fixed
B. needs to be fixed
C. needs be fixed
D. needs fixed.

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Grammar]

18. Our house looks much better since we _______________.
A. got repainted
B. get repainted
C. had it repainted
D. had repainted it

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

19. I’d like to go to the mall. I wish my brother _______________ me his car.
A. lend
B. will lend
C. would lend
D. might lend

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Conversation

Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.

20. Dana: Jane, I’d like to ask you a question. Will you _______________ with me?
Jane: Of course. What is it?
Dana: Do you think my haircut looks bad?
A. straight
B. be straight
C. take it straight
D. straight out

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Conversation]

21. Kurt: I don’t know what’s wrong with Steven. He hasn’t called in days.
Brad: _______________ it sounds like he might be upset about something.
A. On me,
B. In me,
C. By me,
D. To me,

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Conversation]

22. Claudia: Karen, can I wear your red sweater tonight?
Karen: _______________! I just bought that sweater, and I don’t want it to get dirty.
A. Not away
B. Not way
C. No a way
D. No way

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Conversation]

23. Dad: Frank, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to come to your basketball game today. I didn’t mean _______________.
Frank: That’s OK, Dad. We have another game on Thursday. Maybe you can come to that one.
A. let you down
B. let down you
C. to let you down
D. to let down you
[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Conversation]

Reading 

Question type: True/False

Read the text and answer the questions. Write T or F at the end of each question/statement. 

Curling

Curling was made an official sport in the Winter Olympics in 1988. When spectators watched the first curling match in the Olympics, many people in the audience did not know anything about the game. They thought that it was a new sport. However, in site of the fact that curling is little-known, it has been around for hundreds of years. 

In the sport of curling, a team of players slide stones across the ice to reach a target spot. The stones are made of granite, a naturally-occurring hard rock. Each team throws eight stones. The stones that are closest to the target spot gain points for their team. 

The name curling comes from the movement of the stones on the ice. When a stone was thrown, it would often curve, or curl,as it slid across the ice. This game involves more skill and strategy than it first appears. In fact, good players spend so much time thinking about where to throw their stone that curling has been referred to as “chess on ice.” The stones need to be thrown skillfully to land in the target spot. 

In the 1500s, curling was a recreational sport in Scotland. Friends and family gathered on frozen lakes, or lochs to play. They used ordinary flat stones that they gathered from the ground. The first curling club was established in Scotland in 1668. The first curling club in the United States was founded in 1830. Today, curling is played in many countries around the world, including Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Norway, Sweden and Japan. Even though curling is an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone. 

24. Curling is an Olympic sport. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: main idea]

25. Curling is a new sport. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: main idea]

26. The first curling club was established in the United States. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: supporting detail]

27. Curling is often played in countries that have cold weather. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: inference]

28. The name curling comes from the movement of the player’s body. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: supporting detail]

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

29. What is the meaning of this sentence?

In fact, good players spend so much time thinking about where to throw their stone that curling has been referred to as “chess on ice.”

A. Players throw stones in both curling and chess.
B. Curling and chess are both played on ice.
C. Many people play both chess and curling.
D. Curling involves thinking and strategy, like chess.

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: grammar]

30. What is granite?
A. a frozen pond or lake
B. a way of throwing
C. a man-made rock
D. a natural, hard rock

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: vocabulary]

31. What is a loch?
A. a lake
B. a rock
C. ice
D. a team

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: vocabulary]

Choose the best way to rewrite each underlined sentence.

32. Even though curling is an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone.

A. In spite of curling being an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone.
B. Although curling is an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone.
C. As soon as curling is an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone.
D. When curling is an Olympic sport, it can be played by almost anyone.

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: grammar]

33. The stones need to be thrown skillfully to land in the target spot.

A. Players must throw the stones skillfully to land in the target spot.
B. Players need stones to throw skillfully to land in the target spot.
C. The target spot needs to be skillfully thrown for the stones to land.
D. To land in the target spot, skillful stones need to be thrown.

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Reading Comprehension: paraphrase]

Written Expression 

Choose the underlined words that are incorrect in each sentence. 

34. This has been such a long winter that I am dreaming to springtime.
A. such
B. a
C. that
D. to

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

35. I’m sorry I’m late. There were so much cars in the parking lot that I couldn’t find a place to park.
A. so
B. much
C. that
D. couldn’t

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

36. I wish I would go shopping with you today, but I can’t. I have to work.
A. wish
B. would
C. can’t
D. have to

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

37. As soon as we had the car fixed last week, it is still not running well.
A. As soon as
B. had
C. fixed
D. well

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

Listening

Question type: True/False

Listen to the text and answer the questions. Write T or F at the end of each question/statement. 

[AUDIO: CD1 Track 27, second paragraph, Basketball: 

In 1891, Dr. James A. Naismith, a physical education teacher at a school in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the United States, was asked to create a game that could be played indoors during the harsh winters. So Naismith put up two peach baskets on opposite walls of the gymnasium and got his class of 18 students to play a game of “basketball.” The team that dropped the ball into the basket more times won. At first, a football was used, but in 1894, it was decided that the ball should be 7 inches (81 centimeters) around and weigh 17.6 ounces (500 grams). In spite of all the changes that have taken place since then in the game of basketball, the size of the ball has remained the same, but the weight has increased to 21 ounces (600 grams). 

The baskets used in early games had the bottoms in them, and after each goal, someone had to climb a ladder in order to get the ball out and put it back into play. In 1906, open baskets were introduced, which allowed the ball to pass through, and as a result, the pace of the game became faster. In the beginning, no backboards were used either. Therefore, fans sitting behind the basket would push away the ball when the opponent was going to score. Also in the early days, each team was made up of nine players. It wasn’t until 1897 that the five-player team became official.]

38. Dr. James A. Naismith was a physicist. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

39. Dr. Naismith needed to create a game that could be played indoors in summer. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: main idea]

40. Naismith put two apple baskets on opposite walls of the gymnasium. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

41. The team that managed to drop the ball into the basket won. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: vocabulary, main idea]

42. Initially, basketball was played with a football. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: main idea]

43. At first, someone had to climb a ladder to get the ball out of the basket. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

44. Open baskets were introduced immediately. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

45. After the introduction of open baskets, the game became faster. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail]

46. Until backboards were introduced, spectators had to push away the ball. ____

[Answer: True
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: inference]

47. In the early days, each team was made up of ten players. ____

[Answer: False
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: supporting detail] 

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in each question.

48. Ali _______ play football three times a week before he broke his leg. Now he doesn’t play at all.
A. didn’t use to
B. would
C. use to
D. wouldn’t

[Answer:B
Learning Objective: FMF]

48. City life can be expensive but there are ______ work opportunities to earn a good salary.
A. many
B. lots
C. much
D. little

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: FMF]