Placement Test: English
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Test 1 – Written Comprehension
Cette épreuve comprend vingt 'phrases de bases' numérotées de 1 à 20. Chacune de ces
phrases est suivie de quatre autres, classées a, b, c et d. Vous cocherez la case située à côté de
la lettre qui vous semblera correspondre à la phrase base, comme indiqué dans l'exemple cidessous:
Example: If you ask me for some money I will give it to you.
a
He will give you some money.
b
He will give you some money if you ask him to.
c
He likes money.
d
He would give you some money if he had any.
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La lettre indiquée est b, car c'est la phrase b qui se rapproche le plus de la phrase de base.
1/5
1
Chris is English, but Scott isn't; he's American.
a
Scott is English.
b
Chris isn't American.
c
Chris isn't English.
d
Scott and Chris aren't English.
2
London is more expensive than Paris.
a
London is very cheap.
b
London is cheaper than Paris.
c
Paris is the most expensive.
d
Paris is cheaper than London.
3
We are looking for new customers.
a
We're trying to find new customers.
b
We can see new customers.
c
We are looking at our new customers.
d
We're interviewing new customers.
4
Jesse and Sandra are eating in a restaurant.
a
They always eat in a restaurant.
b
They ate in a restaurant.
c
They will eat in a restaurant.
d
They are in the restaurant now.
5
Kevin can't go to the meeting.
a
He can only go to the meeting.
b
He mustn't go to the meeting.
c
He won't be able to go to the meeting.
d
He may not go to the meeting.
2/5
6
My boss wants me to go to Chicago.
a
I want my boss to go to Chicago.
b
My boss wants me to stay here.
c
He asked me to go to Chicago.
d
My boss wants me to leave Chicago.
7
Pamela may arrive soon, but I don't know when.
a
She has permission to come.
b
She can come soon.
c
It's possible that she'll come soon.
d
She's arriving late.
8
The manager was told not to recruit any sales reps.
a
He didn't want to recruit.
b
The manager had said not to recruit.
c
He received instructions not to recruit.
d
The manager spoke about not recruiting.
9
Jack and Toby e-mail each other every Sunday.
a
They e-mail themselves every Sunday.
b
Jack e-mails Toby and Toby e-mails Jack every Sunday.
c
Each one writes the other's messages every Sunday.
d
Both of them e-mail all their messages on Sunday.
10
Mr Johnson should get more exercise.
a
He would like to get more exercise.
b
He ought to get more exercise.
c
He would get more exercise if he could.
d
He might get more exercise.
3/5
11
Her brother hardly works at all.
a
He works very hard.
b
He pratically never works.
c
All his work is very difficult.
d
He does hard work all day.
12
I was supposed to see the director this morning.
a
I had an appointment to see him, but didn't go.
b
People thought I saw the director this morning.
c
I supposed the director would see me this morning.
d
The director wanted to see me this morning.
13
Ms West has worked here for about 25 years.
a
She is retired.
b
She has lots of experience here.
c
She left the company 25 years ago.
d
She has a lot of time.
14
Shall I ask him to come in?
a
May I ask him to come in?
b
Will I ask him to come in?
c
Can I ask him to come in?
d
Do you want me to ask him to come in?
15
Mr and Mrs Hart remembered to lock their door before leaving.
a
They remembered locking the door.
b
They remembered that the door was locked.
c
They didn't forget to lock the door.
d
They left locking the door.
4/5
16
Joanna had her dress cleaned yesterday.
a
Her dress was clean yesterday morning.
b
She had to clean her dress yesterday.
c
Her dress was cleaned for her yesterday.
d
She cleaned her dress yesterday.
17
She’d rather drive than take the train.
a
She'd better drive.
b
She'd prefer to drive.
c
She'd driven enough.
d
She drives more often than she takes the train.
18
Either bus goes to the Techno Center.
a
Both buses go there.
b
All the buses go there.
c
No buses go there.
d
Any bus goes there.
19
If it had been sunny yesterday, I'd have played tennis.
a
When it was sunny, I would play tennis.
b
If it weren't raining, I'd play tennis.
c
I didn't play tennis because of the weather.
d
It wasn't sunny yesterday, but I played tennis.
20
My Campbell doesn't have to work today.
a
He mustn't work today.
b
He can't work today.
c
He can choose not to work today.
d
He has no work to do today.
Total:
/20
5/5