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Pre-advanced 2 - Midterm test
a. Which of these did the woman imply?
 She hated the new windows. 
 She was fi red from her job.
 She would have liked to help choose
the windows.
 She was disappointed with the
 man’s job.
b. Which of these did the man imply?
 He did not care about her opinion, so he 
bought the windows by himself.
 He wanted to do something nice.
 He thought the woman didn’t care about 
the windows.
 � e installation is even easier than he 
thought it would be.
c. Which of the following can be implied about 
the job the man is doing?
 He’s just as good as a professional.
 It’s very easy.
 It was harder than it had initially appeared 
to be.
 It was completed just in time to surprise 
his wife.
d. What happened to the man?
 He accidentally hit the carpenter with a 
hammer.
 He broke the new windows.
 He hurt himself.
 He broke his hand.
e. Why is the woman angry?
 Because he could have been seriously 
injured.
 Because they can’t a� ord a carpenter.
 Because she preferred the old windows.
 Because he wants to have dinner.
1.
 LISTENING
Listen and check the best option. 
(Total: 5 points - 0.5 each correct answer)
SCORE
1. Listening 
2. Reading 
3. Language Use 
4. Writing 
TOTAL 
Name: ____________________________________________
Teacher’s name: _____________________________________
Group: __________________ Date: _____________________
f. What did the woman suggest?
 � at they work together.
 � at he uses better tools.
 � at they hire a professional to do the job.
 � at he takes a carpentry course fi rst.
g. What is the man’s point?
 He cannot pay a professional. 
 He can do the job himself.
 He is a trained carpenter.
 He does not trust carpenters.
h. Which of the following is NOT true about the 
woman?
 She has full confi dence in the man’s ability.
 She’s mad because he does not listen to 
her.
 She’s afraid he’ll hurt himself again.
 She knows the man can do lots of things 
around the house.
i. Based on this conversation, which of the 
following is true about the man?
 He would not have been hurt if he had 
listened to his wife.
 He would have fi nished the job by now if 
his wife hadn’t hurt him.
 He is very fl exible and always listens to his 
wife.
 He is very fl exible and open to ideas.
j. What are they probably going to do later on?
 Hire a carpenter.
 Spend the carpenter money on a nice 
meal.
 Finish the job together.
 Get new windows.
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Michael Faraday: electricity’s true father
� ink of every electric and electronic device you have. 
� ey were only possible because a brilliant man discovered 
how we can use, produce, and manipulate electricity and 
magnetism back in the 19th century. Michael Faraday was 
born on September 22, 1791 in South London. As a child, 
he received only the most basic formal education, since 
his family was very poor. When he was 14, he became the 
apprentice of a bookbinder. During the next seven years, he 
made books as a job during the day, and educated himself 
by reading the same in his spare time. He was particularly 
passionate about science. In 1812, Faraday attended 
lectures by a chemist named Humphry Davy and was 
absolutely amazed. Faraday took notes furiously during 
these lectures and compiled them in a book he later gave 
Davy. Faraday wanted to be a scientist and saw in Humphry 
Davy someone who could help him. In 1813, when Davy 
damaged his eyesight in an accident, he remembered the 
young man who had given him a book, and decided to 
employ Faraday to help him for a short period. Later that 
year, Davy appointed him to the o� cial job of chemical 
assistant at the Royal Institution.
Faraday’s main responsibility as an assistant was to help 
Davy and other scientists with their experiments. Davy 
was never very supportive of Faraday’s ideas, and he was 
also target of prejudice because of his simple origins. 
In the 19th century, most scientists came from rich and 
noble families. One day Davy was trying to re-create 
a famous electromagnetism experiment with fellow 
chemist William Wollaston, wondering why applying an 
electric current to a wire caused that wire to behave like a 
magnet. Clearly the forces were connected. Davy wanted 
to fi nd a way to exploit this temporary e� ect to create 
mechanical motion for practical applications, but nobody 
had fi gured out how to make it happen continuously, as 
a kind of motor. As a joke, he told Faraday to try to make 
it work after he was done cleaning the lab.
� e joke was on Davy: Faraday fi gured it out and 
completed the experiment. � e result was the fi rst (still 
primitive) electric motor. Faraday became an instant 
celebrity in the science community, and Davy became 
quite jealous of him. As a way to keep Faraday distant from 
the public eye, and also to humiliate him, Davy assigned 
Faraday an impossible task. At that time, Bavarian glass 
was the best one in the world, and it was largely used 
in microscopes and telescopes. Davy asked Faraday to 
discover the secret glass-making process invented by 
Josel Frauenhaufer, a brilliant Bavarian scientist. Faraday 
never learned the secret, despite four years of e� ort and 
repeated failures. In this time, he did almost no research 
on electricity.
In 1929, fate intervened on Faraday’s behalf. Humphry 
Davy died and Faraday stepped up to take his place. He 
was fi nally free to choose the projects he wanted to 
work on. Two years after Davy’s death, in 1831, he began 
a great series of experiments in which he discovered 
electromagnetic induction. � is discovery was the 
breakthrough that years later would fi nally enable the 
creation of generators and large-scale use of electricity.
What’s truly amazing is that Faraday did all this for the 
simple need of satiating his scientifi c curiosity. He didn’t 
have electric appliances in mind at all. One time Faraday 
was visited by a delegation of government dignitaries. 
He showed them his electric motors and other demos, 
and one person said “� is is all very interesting, but of 
what possible use are these toys?” Faraday responded: “I 
cannot say what use they may be, but I can confi dently 
predict that one day you will be able to tax them.”
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2. READING
Read this short biography of Michael Faraday and decide if the statements 
are true (T) or false (F). (Total: 5 points - 0.5 each correct answer)
had fi gured out how to make it happen continuously, as had fi gured out how to make it happen continuously, as 
a. If Michael Faraday hadn’t been curious about Science, he wouldn’t have been so successful.
b. Michael Faraday was home schooled.
c. Michael Faraday attended lectures by Humphry Davy.
d. When Davy decided to hire Faraday, he had already received the book he compiled.
e. Humphry Davy became Faraday’s greatest supporter.
f. By reading the text, we can assume that Faraday was never quite sure about the applications of 
electricity.
g. Davy forced Faraday to work on glass making for years.
h. Faraday managed to fi nd out Frauenhaufer’s secret.
i. By reading the text, we can assume that if Faraday had better formal education he would have been a 
professional bookbinder.
j. Davy intended to make fun of Faraday but everybody ended up making fun of him.
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3. LANGUAGE USE
Choose the option that best completes each space. 
(Total: 5 points - 0.5 each correct answer)
a. If Michael Faraday hadn’t been such a 
brilliant man, his humble background 
________ one of the greatest scientifi c 
minds of his time.
 might make him
 could have transformed him into
 will certainly prevent him from 
becoming
 might have prevented him from 
becoming
b. Whenever there’s some problem withthe 
electrical installation at your place, the best 
thing to do is to ________ by a specialist.
 check it have checked it
 get it painted get it checked
c. � e fi rst time I had to live ________, I 
realized I had been very ungrateful with my 
parents. 
 myself with myself
 to myself by myself 
d. ________ electric light was fi rst used in 
houses, Michael Faraday had been long 
dead.
 At the time 
 By the time
 Just in time 
 Once upon a time
e. Be careful with those tools. You may 
_______.
 hurt ourselves hurt yourself
 hurt herself hurt myself
DIALOG 1
A: What are you doing?
B: I’m trying to fi x my computer.
A: Are you sure this is a good idea?
B: Yeah, why?
A: � is looks complicated. Why don’t you 
have it checked [f]?
B: Nonsense. It’s not as di� cult as it looks. [g]
A: And do you know what the problem is?
B: Almost. I think something [h] inside the 
power supply. It’s this little box at the back. 
� at’s why it won’t turn on.
A: And can you fi x the power supply?
B: It’s not worth it, these things are cheap. I’ll 
just get a new one to replace this.
f. by a professional yourself
 by yourself by you
g. I can get it done.
 I can do it with myself.
 I can’t do it.
 I can do this myself.
h. must have burned
 must burn
 could burn
 had burned
DIALOG 2
A: Where’s Mike?
B: I thought he was with you. He hasn’t 
arrived yet.
A: Strange… he’s always so punctual. 
Something [i].
B: I don’t think so. If something had 
happened, he [j] us.
A: Maybe he couldn’t.
B: Alright. So let’s give him a call and see if 
everything’s fi ne.
i. must have happened
 had happened
 should have happened
 will happen
j. will call
 should call
 would have called
 should have called
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4.
 WRITING
Write about a turning point in your life.
(Total: 5 points)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remember to include these elements in your piece of writing:
• what it was
• what happened
• how it happened (detail the sequence of events)
• when it happened
• how you were like at the time (if relevant)
• what you did and how you did it
• how your life would be if this had never happened
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