Straightforward upper intermediate placement test

1.If sharks do not have bones, whatkeeps them together?

a. cartilage b. teeth c. bones d. hands

2. This passage is written in . . .

a. no person at all b. first person c. second person d. third person

3. Where is the safest place to see a shark?

a. park b. circus c. aquarium d.lake

Albert Einstein

Have you ever wanted to know answers to things? For example, how do things work? What makes them work? Why do they work? Albert Einstein had this curiosity. He just wanted to know. He was born in 1879 in Germany. Albert did not like to talk. He just wanted to think. He loved to build houses out of cards. It would take him a long time. He did the job slowly, because the cards had to be just right. Albert loved science and as very good at it. He kept looking for why things did what they did. He found out how they worked. Albert worked on making a bomb in Germany. He worked hard to know how it worked. In 1933 he came to America. He got a job studying how things worked. He loved his job. He wrote to the president. Albert said we had to make the bomb first. The president listened. We will always think about the things he learned in science. He was a great man.

1. The word love is . . .

a. future tense. b. present tense. c. past tense

2.When did Albert come to America?

a. 1923 b. 1933 c. 1879 d. 2006

3. What one thing do we know about Albert?

a. He loved his cat. b. He was the president.

c. He was born in America. d. He always asked questions.

COLA

Do you like cola? Many people do. It is a soft drink that looks like syrup. It is brown and sweet. It can be in a can, or it can be in a glass. It can be in a tall thin bottle. One kind, called Coke®, was invented on May 8, 1886. The man who made it was John Pemberton. He was a man who made medicine for sick people. He was also an inventor. John made many kinds of syrup. He made pills and syrups to make people feel better. He sold them in a store. John also made a drink that people liked to sip for fun. It was made out of wine, coffee beans, and caffeine. Oneday a new law was made. No one could use wine. No one could drink it. John still wanted to make money. He still wanted to sell his drinks, but they could not have wine in the drink. He put sugar and fruit in the mix. It looked good, and it had a good taste. People loved it. It was called Coca-Cola®. John made the drink we have today.