[转载]Oxford Placement Test 1 ---Grammar Test Part 1
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备注：这是英国教育部为留学该国的外国学生准备的测试卷。该卷旨在考察外国学生掌握英语的水平，以便为他们以后读哪个层次的预科班做出正确的选择。我花了大约90分钟的时间，将它一字一字地打出来，因为这是一份很好的试卷。
中国的高考卷更注重学生阅读理解能力的检测，对语言基础知识的考察只占约一半的比例。但是这份试卷考查的内容却详尽广泛真实，100道考题几乎涵盖了英语所有的基础知识。学生如果不懂某点知识，是绝对蒙混不了的。它能一针见血地告诉我们是哪点知识没掌握，没掌握到哪个层次。看似全部是基础的东西，中国高三学生能考到70分的，就算不错了的。
这就给我们一个思考的话题：为何中国孩子花6年甚至8年的时间，却没有真正掌握英语的基本用法？我们应该怎样教才能自己又省力，孩子学习效果又好。
第一是要让孩子自己对这门语言有所感悟，有所激动，有所参与，有所思考。毕竟这是一门语言，没有大量的时间投入就没有完整的理念。
第二是从最本源的东西直接教起。不讲花哨，不搞噱头，不走弯路，实实在在，扎扎实实，循序渐进，往复循环。
第三是家长要有细水长流，铁棒磨成针的毅力。孩子的成功需要你的参与。检测一门你们也不懂的语言真是难为你们了。但是你要相信，我好比是赶车的人，你们就是推车的人。我们要齐心协力，我们的孩子就会事半功倍，他们的英语水平就会飞速前行，达到高三学生不能企及的境地。
Total Listening---100
Total Grammar ---100
Grand Total
---200
Look at these wxamples. The correct answer is
ticked.
a In warm climates people
(like/likes/are liking) sitting outside in the
sun.
b If it is very hot, they sit
(at /in /under) the shade.
Now the test will begin. Tick the correct
answers.
1 Water ( is to boil /is
boiling /boils)at a temperature of 100.
2 In some countries ( there is / is /it is ) very
hot all the time.
3 In cold countried people wear thick clothes (
for keeping /to keep / for to keep )warm.
4 In England people are always talking about (a
weather /the weather /weather).
5 In some places (it rains/ there rains /it
raining) almost all day.
6 In deserts there isn't (the /some /any)
grass.
7 Places neart the Equator have (a warm/the
warm/warm) weather even in the cold season.
8 In England (coldest/the coldest/colder) time of
year is usually from December to February.
9 (The most/Most of/Most) people don't know what
it's really like in other countries.
10 Very (less/little/few )people can travel
abroad.
11 Mohammed Ali (has won/won/is winning)
his first world title fight in 1960.
12 After he (had won?have won/was winning) an
Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer.
13 His religious beliefs (have made him/made him
to/made him) changehisname when he became champion.
14 If he (has/would have/had) lost first sight
with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.
15 He has travellwed a lot(both/and/or) as a boxer
and as a world-famous personality.
16 He is very well known (all in/all over/in all)
the world.
17 Many people ( is believing/ are
believing/believe) he was the greaest boxer of all time.
18 To be the best (from/in/of) the world is not
easy.
19 Like any top sprtsman Ali (had to/must/should)
train very hard.
20 Such is his fame that people (would /will /did)
always remember him as a champion.
The history of (aeroplane /the aeroplane /an aeroplane) is
(quite a /a quite /quite)short one. For many centuries men
(are trying /try /had tried) to fly, but with
(little /few /a little) xuccess. In the 19th century that
anybody
(were /is /was) able to fly in a machine
(who /which /what) we now call a 'plane'.The first people to
achieve
'powered flight' were the Wright brothers. (His /Their
/Theirs)
was the machine which was the forerunner of the jumbo jets
that are (such /such a /so) common sight today.
They (could /should /couldn't) hardly have imagined that in
1969,
(not much/not many /no much) more than half a century later,
a man ( will be /had been /would be) walking on the moon.
Already ( a man /man /the man) is taking the first steps towards
the stars.
Space satellites have now existed (since /during/ for) around
hald a century and we are dependent (from /of /on) them for
all
kinds of (informations /information /an information). Not
only
(are they /they are /there are) being used for scientific research
in
space, but also to see what kind of weather ( is coming /
comes /coming).
By 2008 there (would /must /will) have been satellites in space for
fifty
years and the 'space superpowers' will be (having /making
/letting)
massive space stations built. When these (will be /are /will have
been)
completed it will be the first time (when /where /that) astronauts
will be
able to work in space in large numbers. (Apart /For /Except)all
that,
inmany ways the most remarkble flight (of /above /at) all was
(it /that /that one)of the flying bicylce, which the world saw on
television,
(flying /to fly /fly ) across the Channel from England to France,
with nothing
(apart /but /than)a man to power it. As the bicylce-flyer
said,
'It's the first time(I realize/I've realized/I am realizing)what
hard work it is to be a bird!'
Grammar Test Part 2
51 Many teachers (say to /say /tell) their
students should a foreign language.
52 Learning a second language is not the same (as
/like /than) learning a first language.
53 It takes (long time/ long /a long time) to
learn any language.
54 It is said that Chinese is perhaps the world's
(harder/hardest/more hard) language to master.
55 English is quite difficult bacause of all the
exceptions (who /which/what) have tobe learnt.
56 You can learn the basic structures of a
language quite quickly, but only if you (are wanting /will to /are
willing to) make an effort.
57 A lot of people aren't used (to the study /to
study /to studying )grammar in their own language.
58 Many adult students of English wish they (would
start /would have started/had started) their language studies
earlier.
59 In some countries students have to spend a lot
of time working (on /by /in) their own.
60 There aren't (no /any /some)easy ways of
learning a foreign language in your own country.
61 Some people try to improve their English by
(hearing /listening/listening to) the BBC World Service.
62 (Live /Life/Living) with a foreign family can
be a good way to learn a language.
63 It's no use (to try /trying/ in trying
) to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.
64 Many students of English (would rather not
/would rather prefer to/would rather not to ) take tests.
65 Some people think it's time we all (learn
/should learn /learnt) a single international language.
Charles Walker is ateacher at a comprehensive school in Norwich. He
(has joined/joined/joins)
the staff of the school in 1998 and (has been working/worked/works)
there ever since.
Beofre (move /to move/moving) to Norwich, he taught in Italy and in
Wales,
and beofre that he (has been /was /was being) a student at
Cambridge
University. So far he (isn't /wasn't /hasn't been) in Norwich for
as long
as he was in WAles, but he likes the city a lot and (should /would/
could)
like to stay there for at least another two years, or ,(how /which
/as) he
puts it, until his two children (have /will have /will be ) grown
up a bit.
He met his wife, Kate, in 1992 while he (was to live /was living
/had been living )
abroade for a while, and they got married in 1996.
Their two children, Mark and Susan, (are /were /have been) both
born in Norwich.
The Waler's boy, (who /which /he)is five, has just started
at school, but (his /their /her) sister
(shall stay /stays/will be staying) at home for another couple of
years,
because she is nearly two years (younger /more young /the
younger)
than him. Charles and Kate Walker (are used /use/ used) to live in
the
country, but now that they have children, they ( have moved /move
/moved)
into the city. Charles wanted a house (next /near /close) the
school (in order/ for /to ) get to work easily. Unfortunately
(the /a /that) one the two of them really wanted was too
expensive,
so they (must /should /had to ) buy one a bit further away. By the
time the
children (go /will go /will have gone) to secondary school,
(that /which /what )Charles and Kate hope will be in Norwich,
the
Walkers (will have been /have been /will be )living there for at
least fifteen years.
They can't be sure if they (stay / do stay /will stay),but if
they
(don't /didn't /won't), their firends won't be too surprised.
Look at the following examples of question tags in English.
The correct form of the tag is
ticked.
a He's getting the 9.15 trian, (isn't he /hasn't he /wasn't he)?
b She works in a library,( isn't she
/doesn't she /doesn't he)?
c Tom didn't tell you, (has't he /didn't he
/did he )?
d Someome's forgotten to switch off the gas,
(didn't one /didn't they /haven't they )?
Now tick the correxct question tag in the following 10
items:
91 John's coming to see you, (hasn't he /wasn't he
/isn't he)?
92 It's been a long time since you've seen him, (hasn't it /isn't
it /haven't you)?
93 He's due to arrive tomorrow, (won't he /isn't he /will
he)?
94 He won't be getting in till about 10.30, ( isn't he /is he /will
he)?
95 You met him while you were on holiday, (didn't you /weren't you
/haven't you)?
96 I think I'm expected to pick him up, (aren't I /don't I /are you
)?
97 No doubt you'd rather he stayed in England now, (didn't you
/wouldn't you /shouldn't you)?
98 Nobody else has been told he's coming , (is he /has he/have
they)?
99 We'd better not stay up too late tonight, (didn't we /have
we/had we)?
100 I suppose it's time we called it a day, (didn't we /isn't it
/don't)?
