File: MegaGoal Book 6 Exam: Units 4-6

Vocabulary

Question type: Matching Questions

Match each word in Column 1 with a definition in Column 2.

Column 1	Column 2	
1. authentic		A. to say complimentary things	
2. brilliant	B. well-known for negative reasons	
3. criticism	C. idea, hypothesis	
4. immense	D. real	
5. noble	E. a morally good characteristic	
6. notorious	F. single	
7. praise	G. exceptional	
8. solitary	H. honorable	
9. theory	I. gigantic	
10. virtue	J. bad points that you say about someone or something	

[Answers: 

1. authentic: real D
2. brilliant: exceptional G
3. criticism: bad points that you say about someone or something J
4. immense: gigantic I
5. noble: honorable H
6. notorious: well-known for negative reasons B
7. praise: to say complimentary things A
8. solitary: single F
9. theory: idea, hypothesis C
10, virtue: a morally good characteristic E

Learning Objective: Vocabulary]

Grammar 

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 
11. The coat _____ I wore last night needs to be cleaned.
A. who
B. whose
C. when
D. which

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

12. I like to call my mother at a time _____ I know I have a lot of time to talk.
A. who
B. whose
C. when
D. where

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Grammar]

13. The author _____ books I like best is Australian. .
A. whose
B. which
C. when
D. where

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Grammar]

14. Let’s go to a restaurant _____ we can have a really good meal.
A. whose
B. which
C. when
D. where

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Grammar]

15. Do you know the student _____ just walked out the door?
A. whose
B. who
C. which
D. where

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Question type: Written Answers

Rewrite each sentence as reported speech.

16. Use if.
Joe asked, “Are they going to the seminar?”

___________________________________________________________________

[Answer: Joe asked if they were going to the seminar.
Learning Objective: Grammar]

17. Use whether.
Mrs. Smith asked, “Have you seen my umbrella?”

___________________________________________________________________

[Answer: Mrs. Smith asked whether I had seen her umbrella.
Learning Objective: Grammar]

18. Max said, “We are taking a test.”

___________________________________________________________________

[Answer: Max said that they were taking a test.
Learning Objective: Grammar]

19. Fred said, “We should clean up the mess.”

___________________________________________________________________

[Answer: Fred said that we should clean up the mess.
Learning Objective: Grammar]

20. The scientist said, “Earth appears to be getting warmer.”

___________________________________________________________________

[Answer: The scientist said that Earth appears to be getting warmer.
Learning Objective: Grammar]

Conversation 

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to fill in each blank. 

21. Brian: I’m starving. Let’s get some munchies.
Dale: OK. How about _____?
A. Italian food
B. some bread
C. some orange juice
D. some potato chips

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Conversation]

22. Saeed: Boy, this place is jam-packed.
Jim: I know. It’s too _____.
A. empty
B. crowded
C. noisy
D. quiet

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Conversation]

23. Sam: Pete, you look bent out of shape.
Pete: I am. I’m really _____.
A. angry
B. happy
C. tied up
D. in poor condition

[Answer: A
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. 

The Mystery of the Great Stone Balls of Costa Rica

In the 1940s, some workmen were cutting and burning their way through the thick jungle of Costa Rica, trying to clear an area for a banana plantation. They were deep in the jungle when they stumbled upon some incredible objects: dozens of stone balls. The balls were made of solid stone and many of them were perfectly round. They varied in size from as small as a tennis ball to almost 30 feet (9 meters) across, and weighed anywhere from just a few pounds (1-2 kilograms) up to 16 tons (15,000 kilograms). The workmen were puzzled and brought the balls to the attention of others. The stone balls raised many questions. What on earth were these balls? Who made them? Why were they made? And, if humans made them how did they form such perfect circles out of stone? 

Since their discovery, archaeologists and historians have tried to piece together the mystery of these great stone balls. There appear to be hundreds, if not thousands, of these balls in the Diquis Delta region of Costa Rica. They have been found all over the region, sometimes placed alone and sometimes placed in a group. The stones are made of local rock, and they appear to have been created over a period of hundreds of years.  Archaeologists have dated the stone balls according to other artifacts that were found with them. The oldest of them date back more than 12,000 years, while the most recent ones appear to have been created in the sixteenth century. 

Some people speculate that the stone balls were used to mark locations, such as burial grounds and ritual sites. But in truth, the original reason that the balls were created may never be known. 

24. To this day, no one knows why the stone balls were created. ____

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

25. The stone balls were brought to the attention of the world when they were discovered by children playing. ____

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

26. The largest balls could easily be moved by men. ____

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

27. It is a mystery how people long ago created perfect balls from solid stone. ____

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

28. The stone balls were all made at the same time. ____

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

Question type: Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to each question. 

29. In the reading, the word puzzled probably means _____.
A. confused
B. afraid
C. excited
D. worried

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

30. In the reading, the verb piece together probably means _____.
A. group the balls together in one spot
B. take apart the balls for further study
C. put pieces of evidence together to understand the whole picture
D. put pieces of the stone balls together to form a whole one

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

31. Archaeologists are scientists _____ study ancient and historical objects.
A. when
B. whose
C. who’s
D. who

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

32. The stone balls are objects _____ are very mysterious.
A. when
B. which
C. who
D. whose

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

Written Expression 

Choose the best way to rewrite the underlined sentence in each question. 

33. I’d like to visit the city where I was born.
A. I’d like to visit the city when I was born.
B. I’d like to visit the city that I was born.
C. I’d like to visit the city in which I was born.
D. I’d like to visit the city which I was born.

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

34. Friday is the only day when I don’t work.
A. Friday is the only day where I don’t work.
B. Friday is the only day which on I don’t work.
C. Friday is the only day on which I don’t work.
D. Friday is the only day on when I don’t work.

[Answer: C
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

35. I always see the man that drives his children to school.
A. I always see the man who drives his children to school.
B. I always see man who drives his children to school.
C. I always see the man who drives his children to school.
D. I always see the man who drives his children to school.

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

36. My friend who’s joining us tonight is a great artist.
A. My friend whose joining us tonight is a great artist.
B. My friend which joining us tonight is a great artist.
C. My friend who joining us tonight is a great artist.
D. My friend who is joining us tonight is a great artist.

[Answer: D
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

37. Japanese is a language that many people find difficult to learn.
A. Japanese is a language where many people find difficult to learn.
B. Japanese is a language many people find difficult to learn.
C. Japanese is a language when many people find difficult to learn.
D. Japanese is a language who many people find difficult to learn.

[Answer: B
Learning Objective: Written Expression]

Listening

Listen to the text and answer the questions. Choose the best answer to each question. 
[AUDIO: It’s a Mystery, CD2, Track 20, first four paragraphs: 

Before the development of science and technology, man viewed the natural world as mysterious and sometimes frightening. People were confounded by questions such as What is thunder? How are mountains formed? What causes sickness? Then, with the development of science, man started to find the answers to such questions. Now that we live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge, it sometimes seems we have unlocked all the mysteries of nature. Yet every so often, nature presents us with unexplained phenomena for which there are still no rational, scientific explanations.

One such phenomenon that has been reported around the globe since ancient times is strange rainfall. From such diverse points on the globe as the U.S., Europe, and India, people have periodically reported such things as fish, frogs, and snakes suddenly falling from the sky. In one case, in July of 1901, a sudden heavy rain of frogs and toads fell on the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A reporter who covered the event wrote: "When the storm was at its highest, there appeared from the sky a huge green mass. Then followed a peculiar sound, unlike that of rain or hail. When the storm lessened, people found a variety of frogs ‘three inches deep and covering an area of more than four blocks...so thick in some places [that] travel was impossible.’"

Some people believe these events are caused by tornadoes that occur over bodies of water. The theory is that the tornadoes, whose force sucks up animals into the clouds, are also responsible for carrying the animals until they are dropped back onto land. However, this explanation has never been proven. It also does not explain why many of these rainfalls consist of only one species, and why many of them consist of species that are not native to the area where they fall, but to an area many hundreds of miles away.

Perhaps the rainfall that has most confounded scientists is a heavy red rain that fell sporadically on Kerala, India over a two-month period in 2001. According to locals who experienced the rains, there was a flash of light and a boom so loud that it shook the houses in town. And then the rain began. The Kerala rain was studied by scientists around the world. It became famous in 2006 when Godfrey Louis, a professor at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, made some astonishing claims about the rain. Louis said that the rain appeared to be composed of living, biological cells. However, he said that there was no evidence of DNA in the cells. As all cells on earth contain DNA, Louis concluded that the colored particles were living cells from a life form on another planet, carried to this planet by a meteorite. However, not all scientists agree with Louis, and the origin of the red rain of Kerala is still generally considered to be a mystery.

38. Before the development of science man was _____ by the natural world..
A. entertained
B. surprised
C. awed 
D. tricked

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

39. Now, in the age of advanced scientific knowledge we 
A. have unlocked all the mysteries of nature.
B. have managed to control nature
C. have found ways to minimize the impact of natural events
D. are still unable to explain some strange natural events. 

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

40. People have periodically reported ________ from diverse points on the globe..
A. strange rainfall
B. strange earthquakes
C. strange tornadoes
D. strange frogs and toads

[Answer: A
Learning Objective: Listening Comprehension: vocabulary, supporting detail]

41. There was a heavy rain of ______ in Minnesota.
A. fish
B. frogs and toads
C. rocks
D. shells

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

Question type: True/False

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

42. The strange rainfalls consist of different species of animals. ____

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

43. Scientists were puzzled by the red rain that fell on Kerala, India, over two months in 2001. ____

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

44. According to Professor Louis, the rain consisted of living cells from an alien life form. ____

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

Form, Meaning and Function

Question type: Multiple Choice

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

26. The archeologist was overjoyed when he discovered the lost treasure. It belonged to an Egyptian pharaoh and was buried in a ______.
A. tomb
B. art gallery
C. monument
D. exhibit

[Answer: A
Language Objective: FMF]

27. Not until I heard the guide’s story ______ fully understand what had happened.
A. did I
B. I did
C. did
D. do

[Answer: A
Language Objective: FMF]