Tweet Sample Proficiency Test 5    GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE 20 marks READING 20 marks 2 hours 15 minutes WRITING 20 marks LISTENING 20 marks, approximately 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS 1. GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE Read these texts and choose the right answer. Only one answer is correct. Mark your answers on your answer sheet with a cross (X). TEXT 1 [...]

Sample Proficiency Test 4
SECTION I. USE OF ENGLISH
Choose the most suitable alternatives to complete the following texts.
Text 1.
A report published by the Center for the Public Interest says Americans spend about half their food budgets _____ (1) meals eaten outside the home. Many restaurants, cafes and diners have increased the size of their servings. It is

Tweet Sample Proficiency Test 1      SECTION I. USE of ENGLISH / Choose the alternative that best fits in each blank to make the texts meaningful. Text 1. To Clone or Not! Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission (HGAC) have advised the government to let research on human [...]

Tweet Sample Proficiency Test 2   SECTION I. USE of ENGLISH / Questions Choose the alternative that best fits in each blank to make the texts meaningful.. Text 1.             Why Are Children Curious? Young children are always curious and attempting to discover and learn. They are curious 1_____ around them. Any child between the ages of [...]

Tweet Sample Proficiency Test 3      SECTION I. USE of ENGLISH Choose the alternative that best fits in each blank to make the texts meaningful. Text 1. The Great Wall Myth As science develops, recently collected evidence leads to radical changes in textbooks. One such example is the Great Wall myth. Chinese education officials have [...]

Tweet FCE Sample Proficiency 2      Reading FCE Paper 1 Part 1 Multiple matching You are going to read an magazine article about a local trading system. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A–I for each part (1–7) of the article. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. [...]

Tweet FCE Sample Proficiency 1     Reading FCE Paper 1 Part 1 Multiple matching You are going to read a magazine article about ice hockey in Northern Ireland. Choose from the list A–I the sentence which best summarizes each part (1–7) of the article. There is one summary sentence that you do not need [...]