Proficiency
Test
for
English
Language Teachers
(A)
Section Three : Grammatical Structure
Directions : Questions 93-106 are
incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases,
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the word or phrase that best completes
the sentence.
93 - I _______ the book but when I heard what the
critics said I changed my mind.
a) was going to buy
b) would have bought
c) was buying
d) am going to buy
94 - She _________ him before 1968.
a) has seen
b) saw
c) had seen
d) seen
95 - It was snowing when the refugees __________ .
a) have arrived
b) arrived
c) had arrived
d) were arrived
96 - Mary is waiting ___________ the Queen.
a) to see
b) for seeing
c) for to see
d) at see
97 - She doesn’t want _________ her.
a) anybody helped
b) that anybody helping
c) anybody to help
d) that any body helps
98 - In the year 2005,he ___________ working here
for 50 years.
a) will have been
b) will be
c) has been
d) had been
99 - You ________ drive carefully. The roads are
slippery.
a) would better
b) would rather
c) had better
d) had rather
100- He
doesn’t smoke. _________
a) I don’t too.
b) Neither
I do.
c) I don’t neither.
d) Neither do I.
101- It’s raining. We have to return home,
__________ ?
a) don't we
b) wouldn’t we
c) didn’t we
d) isn’t it
102- He knew everything ________ was going on.
a) what
b) where
c) whom
d) that
103- Students have to spend a lot of time studying
_________ their own.
a) on
b) by
c) for
d) in
104- He is very famous ________
a) whole
b) all over
c) in all
d) all of
105- They’re staying with their parents __________
the time being.
a) during
b) for
c) since
d) when
106- ____________
all her efforts the party was ruined.
a) In spite of
b) Nevertheless
c) Although
d) However
Section Four : Vocabulary
Directions : Items 107-112 include
sentences with missing words or phrases. From the words or phrases below each
choose the one that best completes the sentence.
107- Keep your children away from this medicine !
It’s ________.
a) dead
b) deadly
c) death
d) dying
108- Shakespeare has written many poems. He is a
__________ poet.
a) large
b) huge
c) tiny
d) great
109- This new pot is __________. You can put it on the stove.
a) waterproof
b) heatproof
c) bulletproof
d) soundproof
110- The patient is now in a ___________ condition.
a) series
b) medical
c) critical
d) psychological
111- The new egyptian _____________ are twenty and two hundreds.
a) currencies
b) money
c) coins
d) banknotes
112- I wish you a good result in your exam. When are
you _______ it ?
a) passing
b) taking
c) leaving
d) doing
Directions : In each sentence below replace the boldface
word with the one that has the nearest meaning to it .
113- The Roman armies were defeated in 622
A.D.
a) inscribed
b) enlisted
c) retreated
d) beaten
114- Bad deeds are disgraceful.
a) shameful
b) beautiful
c) shy
d) happy
115- Birds expand their wings when they are
flying.
a) protect
b) inflate
c) contract
d) shrink
116- The population in
a) produced
b) decreased
c) reduced
d) ascended
Section Five : Reading Comprehension
Directions : Read the following
text carefully. Then answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or
implied by the text. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence
:
1- Visitors to
2- All of
3- Traffic jams in cities and along the
approaches to cities, especially at morning and evening rush hours and at the
start and end of weekends, are difficult problems. How to find out enough
parking space in the cities, even with underground parking lots and
many-storied “pigeonhole” parking structures in another. More highways and
wider ones are needed as fast as they can be built.
117- The main
topic of this passage is __________________ .
a) The network of highways
b) The American highways
c) Trucks and Tractors in
d) Cars and the American Life
118- The automobile has had _______________ on the
American society.
a) A little effect
b) hardly any effect
c) an obvious effect
d) no effect whatsoever
119- The American father ________________________.
a) always drives alone to work.
b) may share his car with other colleagues.
c) drives his children to lessons.
d) drives his wife to haul groceries.
120- The American family may spend the weekend
____________.
a) abroad.
b) in downtown.
c) out of town.
d) in a family gathering.
121- Thanks to the automobile, all American States
have become
____________.
a) within reach.
b) more isolated.
c) beyond reach.
d) torn apart.
122- Most American families __________________ cars.
a) cannot afford
b) do not badly need
c) do not have
d) cannot do without
123- The word ‘ which ‘ in the first line of the second
paragraph refers to _________________.
a) all Americans
b) automobiles
c) changes
d) traffic
Section Six : Linguistics and Pedagogy
124-___________
is a feature in human language that allows for the making and interpretation of
an infinite number of messages.
a) Arbitrariness
b) Creativity
c) Interchange
d) Displacement
125- The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis is associated
with _________ .
a) the cognitive theory
b) the behaviorist theory
c) the native theory
d) none of the above
126- ___________ validity refers to the correlation
between test scores and a trustworthy external criterion.
a) empirical
b) content
c) face
d) rational
127- In constructing language tests, items are said
to be satisfactory if _____________ .
a) they are at suitable level of difficulty
b) they discriminate among students
c) they improve students’ proficiency
d) A & B
128-
Transformational grammar _________.
a) ignores the relationship between sentences
with the same meaning
b) generates only the grammatical sentences of a
language
c) tries to modify the learner’s linguistic
behavior
d) is none of the above
129-
___________ suffixes do not usually change the grammatical class of the
words to which they are attached.
a) Inflectional
b) Derivational
c) Morphological
d) Functional
130- A native speaker can in most cases _________.
a) give an account of the rules of his language.
b) list all the possible sentences of his
language.
c) A & B
d) None of the above.
131- The Critical Period Hypothesis presents strong
evidence for the ___________ theory of language acquisition.
a) cognitive
b) behaviorist
c) nativist
d) situational
132- In the production of ___________ the passage of
the air stream is relatively unobstructed.
a) vowels
b) nasals
c) sibilant
d) fricatives
133- In the grammar translation method, __________ .
a) elaborate explanations of the intricacies of
grammar are given
b) grammar is taught inductively
c) there is little explanations
d) grammar is postponed to a later stage
134- Within the cognitive approach, language
acquisition is seen as ___________ .
a) rule formation
b) habit formation
c) skill formation
d) function formation
135- The eclectic method of foreign language
teaching necessitates that the teachers __________ .
a) apply the easiest from the various methods
b) choose the best from the various methods
c) apply one method in each class period
d) apply at lest two methods in each class period
136- The best course design is the one that __________
.
a) promotes a positive social climate in the
classroom
b) enhances student motivation
c) makes teaching enjoyable for the teacher
d) all of the above.
137- ___________ is such a natural and normal human
activity that few aspects of it really need much overt instruction.
a) Listening
b) Speaking
c)
d) B & C
138- For students learning to read in a new language
some previous ____________ ability is necessary.
a) written language
b) simple language
c) oral language
d) real language
139- Teaching productive skills means teaching ___________
.
a) speaking and listening
b) listening and reading
c) speaking and reading
d) writing and speaking
140- The technique of __________ is an activity
where a student needs information from others to complete a particular task.
a) filling in a blank
b) information gap
c) critical reading
d) matching
141- The primary objective in teaching speaking is
the development of ________ ability.
a) oral communication
b) phonological
c) pronunciation
d) good English
142- Grammar teaching is the explicit teaching of
language ________ .
a) forms
b) words
c) function
d) meaning
143-
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) foreign
144- In preparing a test for intensive reading we
should note that ___________ texts should used.
a) short, simple
b) short, complex
c) long, detailed
d) long, complex
145- Process
oriented writing instruction places more emphasis on the __________ in
producing a piece of writing.
a) stages that writers go through
b) knowledge that writers employ
c) experience that writers have
d) time that writers spend
146- Good pronunciation requires the ability to
correctly produce and use __________ .
a) Sounds, stress, and intonation.
b) Sounds, stress, and meanings.
c) Sound, words, and meanings.
d) Sound, words and production.
147- A crossword puzzle helps students develop ________
knowledge.
a) reading
b) orthography
c) lexical
d) writing
148- Teaching words in isolation is not recommended
because _______ .
a) some words have different meanings
b) context helps to clarify the meanings of the
word
c) the function of the word in a sentence helps
to determine its meaning
d) all the above
149- Techniques for guessing meanings of the words
from context include :
a) activating background knowledge.
b) Obtaining clues from structure and surrounding
words.
c) Understanding pronunciation and punctuation.
d) All the above.
150- Using technology in teaching helps teachers
_________.
a) present demonstrations
b) enhance course content
c) provide additional illustrations
d) all the above
151- Using multimedia software helps ____________
students to increase their learning ability.
a) disabled
b) shy
c) weak
d) all the above
152- Road maps are generally used in the teaching of
___________ .
a) grammatical structures
b) reading comprehension
c) listening practice
d) A & B
153- In effective language teaching, computers are
best used as ________________ .
a) substitutes for teachers
b) aids to teachers
c) means of entertainment
d) substitutes for textbooks
154- In preparing material for language lab
practice, it is best to _____________ .
a) read from the textbook directly
b) use transcripts for the purpose
c) dictate to the recording person
d) memorize the material first
155- A good language
teacher uses magazine pictures to __________ .
a) teach language skills and elements
b) decorate the classroom
c) make teaching more enjoyable
d) teach good pronunciation.
156- Flash cards are more commonly used to teach
__________ .
a) listening
b) vocabulary items
c) writing exercises
d) reading aloud
157- We can use both flannel boards and magnetic
boards to display pictures and cards. However, _____________ .
a) flannel boards are more effective
b) magnetic boards are easier to use
c) they are similar
d) chalkboards are better than both
158-Composite
pictures may be effectively used in the teaching of ____________ .
a) speaking
and writing
b) reading
comprehension only
c) grammatical
structures mainly
d) young
learners only
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