File: MegaGoal SA Book 2 Unit 1: You’ve Got Mail!

Vocabulary

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

1. What do you say to someone who just graduated from college?
A. Sincerely.
B. I apologize.
C. Congratulations!
D. Thank you.

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

2. What do you say to a friend when you forget his or her graduation?
A. You’re welcome.
B. Congratulations!
C. Best regards.
D. I apologize.

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

3. When someone is on the road, he or she is ________.
A. traveling for business
B. taking a walk
C. waiting for a bus
D. working at home

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

4. When a phone call is urgent, it is ________.
A. very important
B. not necessary
C. related to work
D. exciting

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

5. To import means to ________.
A. sell something internationally
B. bring something in from another country
C. make something at home
D. buy something expensive

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Grammar

Question type: Fill in the blank.

Complete each sentence with a preposition from the box.

6. After studying for weeks, she succeeded ________ passing the exam.

[Answer: in
Learning Objective: Grammar]

7. He is tired ________ taking classes at night. He’ll stop taking them next semester.

[Answer: of
Learning Objective: Grammar]

8. Are you looking forward ________ visiting your relatives next week?

[Answer: to
Learning Objective: Grammar]

9. Our teacher insists ________ speaking to us only in English.

[Answer: on
Learning Objective: Grammar]

10. He should apologize ________ arriving late.

[Answer: for
Learning Objective: Grammar]

11. We have decided ________ going to the beach. It is not warm enough.

[Answer: against
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 

12. We had fun at the beach ________ the cold weather.
A. although
B. in spite of
C. even though
D. because

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Grammar]

13. ________ I was sick, I still went to school.
A. Even though
B. Because
C. In spite of
D. But

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Grammar]

14. ________ I like ice cream, I am too full to eat any.
A. Because
B. In spite of
C. Even
D. Although

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Reading 

Read the text. Choose the best answer to each question. 

Hi Olivia, 

How do you like spending the summer in Florida? Are you used to the hot weather now? 

I am enjoying my vacation at my aunt’s house in Washington. But I am still not used to all the rain. It rains so much that I have to bring my umbrella with me everywhere! It is a bit inconvenient but I don’t mind. The ocean here is beautiful to look at, but it is so cold. In spite of the weather, I am taking advantage of being on vacation and spending a lot of time relaxing. 

I’m looking forward to seeing you soon! I’ll call you as soon as I get home. 

Mari

15. In the letter, I’m looking forward to seeing you soon means ________.
A. Mari and Olivia won’t see each other for a long time
B. Mari doesn’t want to see Olivia soon
C. Mari won’t see Olivia for a long time
D. Mari wants to see Olivia soon

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

16. In the letter, I am taking advantage of being on vacation means ________.
A. Mari is not having a good vacation
B. Mari is benefiting from the vacation
C. Mari is wasting her vacation
D. Mari is waiting for her vacation to end

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

17. Which sentence shows a result?
A. I am enjoying my vacation.
B. I’m looking forward to seeing you soon!
C. It is so cold that people never go out.
D. Are you used to the hot weather now?

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

18. In the letter, It rains so much that I have to bring my umbrella with me everywhere means ________.
A. It rains a lot
B. It doesn’t rain often
C. Mari likes her umbrella
D. It rains sometimes

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

19. I’ll call you as soon as I get home means Mari will call Olivia ________.
A. before she leaves Washington
B. a few days after she arrives home
C. the moment she arrives home
D. when Olivia gets home

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

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: From Smoke Signals to Email: Keeping in Touch, CD1 Track 11, the first three paragraphs]

From the Stone Age to the present, people have shown a desire to send messages to one another
over long distances.

In ancient times, according to one story, a chain of fires on mountaintops was used to relate the news of the fall of Troy to people in Greece. In the past, native people in the Americas used smoke from fires to transmit messages. They developed a code—in which certain combinations of smoke rising had special meanings. For example, two parallel columns of smoke indicated the successful return of a war party.

Almost anything that makes a noise has been used for signaling. Cyrus, an ancient Persian ruler,
established lines of signal towers. At each one, people with powerful voices shouted a message to the next tower, and in this way, news and information was passed on through the kingdom. A kind of drum talk is still used in Central Africa today, although few who are not natives have been able to understand it. The sender uses a drum that can produce a high or low tone. Because the local dialect alternates in these tones, the sender is able to simulate speech with the drums.

In modern times, people have communicated by letter, telegraph, and telephone. But no one method has become as widespread as quickly as the use of email. The first email message took place in 1971, and according to its sender, Ray Tomlinson, it was probably the following: “QWERTYUIOP.” What was significant about that? Nothing, really. This is just the top row of keys on an English-language keyboard. Tomlinson was just testing out the system and using a nonsense message. He had no concept that he was going to start a revolution in communication.

20. In ancient times a chain of fires on mountaintops indicated the return of warriors. ____

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

21. Combinations of smoke rising carried a specific meaning. ____

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

22. Cyrus positioned people on signal towers to pass messages to one another in the castle. ____

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

23. Very few non-natives can understand the drum talk that is used in Central Africa today. ____

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

24. Ray Tomlinson started a revolution in communication when he sent his first email in 1971. ____

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

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

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

25.  My great grandmother______  use microwave ovens. The first microwave wasn’t invented until the 1940s.
A. used to
B. didn’t use
C. didn’t use to
D. would

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: FMF]

26. When I was young, I _______ a lot of energy. I was always outside playing or riding my bike.
A. would have
B. used to have
C. use to have
D. didn’t use to have

[Answer: B
Lerning Objective: FMF]