Global English Tests - Test Number 15

Exercises and Tests: Global English TEST Number 15

Global English Test: Test Number 15 — TEST NUMBER 15

Test Number 15: Please, Do the Following Test and Check Your Answers.

This global test assesses students’ reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary proficiency. It targets upper-intermediate to advanced learners and focuses on:

A reading passage.
Language knowledge.
Writing task

Test Information

Level: Beginner Learners
Skills Assessed: Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing
Language Focus: Tenses, Conjunctions, Reported Speech, Concession, Passive Voice, Vocabulary…

I. READING COMPREHENSION

Twenty years ago, many university students believed that once they had graduated, their education was complete. They would get a job, and all they had to do was work hard with the same employer until it was time to retire and rest after long years of work. Today, work isn’t like that. In the modern world, most young people must expect to change employers several times in their working lives. Many of them will possibly become self-employed, running their own businesses.

This means that throughout people’s lives, they will need to acquire new knowledge and skills from the time they leave full-time education until after they retire. This lifelong learning is necessary because the world of work is changing a lot faster than it used to. For example, nowadays, employers often hire staff only on short-term contracts to complete a certain job. This keeps their costs down. Once the job is over, the employees have to look for another organization to employ them on other jobs.

Aisha, who is married, has two teenage children. She has a BSc in Information Technology (IT) and would like to go back to work when her children leave home. She wants to catch up with the latest developments in IT and hopes to get a Master’s degree in the subject. She can’t leave her family and become a student at a university abroad. What can she do? The answer for Aisha is ‘distance learning.’

Aisha heard of an organization that offered distance learning to students all over the world. The teacher and student are in different places. She enrolled in one of its MSc courses and was delighted with the teaching methods. Aisha’s professors communicated with her regularly. In the next two years, Aisha hopes to get her Master’s degree via email and video conferencing.

Base All Your Answers on the Text.

A. Circle the main idea of the passage: (1 pt)

a. Full-time education.
b. Information Technology.
c. Lifelong learning.

B. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? Justify. (4 pts, 2 each)

People won’t have the same job all their life. ______
Employers save money by recruiting workers for a limited period of time. ______

C. Answer these questions. (4 pts, 2 each)

What is ‘distance learning’?
…
How does Aisha interact with her teachers?
…

D. Complete these sentences from the text. (2 pts)

Lifelong learning…
Aisha is studying again so as to… and…

E. What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (2 pts)

They (p.1) → ______
The subject (p.3) → ______

F. Find words in the text that mean the same as: (2 pts)

Think or believe something will happen (paragraph 1) ______
Be a member of a course, or college (paragraph 4) ______

II. LANGUAGE

A. Rewrite the following sentences starting with the words given. (4 pts, 1 each)

The school has organized three conferences.
Three conferences…
Many educational projects were realized in our area.
Some people…
They are giving him a distinction for all his work.
He…
Although the test was difficult, the students got very high marks.
In spite of…

B. Rewrite the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.(4 pts, 1 each)

Barbara and Tim avoid (speak) ______ while watching a film.
Would you like (come) ______ to our party.
In 20 years, life (change) ______ a lot.
Mahmud Darwich (live) ______ in Al Quds before he left for Paris.

C. Match the words with the appropriate meaning. (2 pts, ½ each)

Words	Definitions
a.sustainable	1. to know how to use a computer
b. computer literacy	2. obligatory
c. renewable	3. that lasts and continues for future generations
d. compulsory	4. that can be renewed

D . Complete the table with the appropriate information. (3 pts, 1 each)

WORD	NOUN FORM

Participate
Friend
Aware

E . Link the two sentences using the words given. (2 pts, 1 each)

Young people are courageous. They show a lot of imagination.
(along with) ….
Cities have grown so large. There is more pollution.
(consequently) ….

III. WRITING (10 pts)

‘The situation of women has developed a lot. What do you think about it? Write an article in which you make a comparison between the past and the present.’