PRACTICE TEST

UNIT 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION

I. Pick out the words that have the italicized letter is not pronounced /u/ or / :/.

1. commune rob condition follow ____________

2. organize money force for ____________

3. sport stalll talk shake ____________

4. sorrow employ organize work ____________

5. occupation opposition obligation obtain ____________

6. all computer water born ____________

II. Choose the correct words to complete the passage.

The New York Institution for the Blind was (1) _________ in 1831, about five years after Louis Braille had developed (2) _________ system of writing for the (3) ________. It was one of the first schools in the United States to provide an (4) _________ program for children who were blind or (5) _________ impaired. Early in the twentieth century the name was (6) ________ to The New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) to better reflect the (7) _________ expanded focus and commitment to children with a variety of (8) _________.

1. a. discovered b. founded c. located d. provided

2. a. the b. this c. his d. its

3. a. deaf b. blind c. mute d. disabled

4. a. educated b. educating c. education d. educational

5. a. visually b. mentally c. hearing d. badly

6. a. renamed b. adjusted c. changed d. developed

7. a. school’s b. program’s c. system’s d. founder’s

8. a. impairments b. injuries c. handicaps d.disabilities

III. Rewrite the sentences using a phrase with the and an adjective instead of the underlined phrases.

1. People who have lots of money have comfortable lives.

The rich have comfortable lives.

2. We live near a special school for people who can’t hear.

3. The old soldiers were holding a service for those who had died.

4. The government should do more for people who do not have enough money.

5. I’m doing a course on caring for people who are mentally handicapped.

6. We need to provide more shelters for people who are without place to live.

7. People with severe disabilities need full-time care.

8. Life must be hard for people who do not have a job in our society today.

9. What can we do to feed people who do not have enough to eat ?

10.  Braille is a reading system for people who are unable to see.

IV. Complete the sentences using the adjective in brackets. Put in e.g the hungry or the hungry people.

1. Rich nations can afford to feed    the hungry    .

2.    The homeless people   whose story appeared in this paper last week have now found a place to live.

3. _____ (sick) need to be looked after, so money must be spent on hospitals.

4. Some of _____ (young) at the youth club here are running in a marathon.

5. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for _____ (umemployed).

6. There was a fire at a nursing home in Charles Street, but none of _____ (old) who live there were hurt.

7. What is the government doing to help _____ (poor) ?

8. _____ (homeless) usually have great difficulty in getting a job.

9. There is a special television program for _____ (deaf) every Sunday morning.

10. _____ (disabled) of our party were let in free.

V. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to or didn’t use to.

1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago.

Dennis used to smoke a lot.

2. When Babara was in Italy, she stayed with an Italian family.

3. I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, althought I wasn’t keen on it when I was younger.

4. We seem to have lost interest in our work.

5. I don’t mind traveling by train now.

6. I went to the church when I was a child.

7. Since we’ve lived in the countryside, we’ve been much happier.

8. Mr Micheal grew tulips but he doesn’t any more.

9. I prefer listening to classical music now, although when I was young I couldn’t stand it.

10. My sister looked so fat when she returned from Paris.

VI. Choose the correct form of the verbs.

It is sometimes said that there is nothing new in the world of fashion. Annabelle was a well-known model during the seventies. When her children were in their early teens they (1) were enjoying/ used to enjoy looking at her old photo albums. They (2) were finding/ found it hard to believe that she (3) was wearing/ used to wear such strange clothes. (4) Did people really use to think/ Were people really thinking flared trousers looked good ? And those ugly platform shoes ! She (5) was admitting/ admitted that people (6) were often falling/ often used to fall over because the heels were so high. In the early ninieties, however, Annabelle noticed to her amusement that seventies styles (7) were/ used to be in fashion again. ‘I (8) planned/ was planning to throw all my old clothes away,’ she said, but my daughter went to a party last week, and guess what she (9) used to wear/ was wearing - that's right, some of my old clothes !’.

VII. Match the sentence pair and join them with which.

 A. B.

1. My phone is out of order. It means he can’t get about very easily.

2. Rachel’s mother paid for the meal. This was good for the garden.

3. My brother is disabled. It’s made her very depressed.

4. You left the key in the car. That was very kind of her.

5. Vicky didn’t get the job. This surprised everybody.

6. The police blocked off the road. That seemed to amuse everyone.

7. It rained all night. That was rather careless of you.

8. David helped me clear up. That caused a traffic jam.

9. Tom pushed Nick into the swimming pool It’s a real nuisance.

10. Jim passed his driving test. That was very kind of him.

VIII. Put the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

A: Do you enjoy (1) _____ (be) at university ?

B: Yes, I do, although I often miss (2) _____ (see) my old school friends.

A: Don’t you mind (3) _____ (travel) so far everyday ?

B: No, it only takes me an hour or so (4) _____ (get) there.

Sometimes I manage (5) _____ (work) on the bus.

A: Don’t you find all the noise and people prevent you from (6) _____ (concentrate) ?

B: Not really. I usually do a bit of reading. Are you still at school or have you got a job ?

A: I’m still at school. I hope (7) _____ (go) to the university next year, but I haven’t applied anywhere yet.

B: I suggest you (8) _____ (apply) soon - it's getting late.

A: Where would you advise me (9) _____ (apply) ?

B: What subjects are you studying ?

A: Physics, chemistry and biology. I want (10) _____ (study) physics at university.

B: I would recommend (11) _____ (apply) to Newton University first of all, but why don’t you apply to one or two other universities as well ?

IX. Read text carefully, then choose the correct answer.

Hearing-impaired people cannot hear sounds well. How do they “hear words and talk ?

Many hearing-impaired people use American Sign Language (ASL). They talk with their hands. Sometimes two hearing-impaired people talk to each other. They both use ASL. Sometimes a person who can hear interprets for hearing-impaired people. The person listens to somenone talking, and then he or she makes hand signs.

There are two kinds of sign language. One kind has a sign for every letter in the alphabet. The person spells words. This is finger spelling. The other kind has a sign for whole words. There are about five thousand of these signs. They are signs for verbs, things and ideas. Some of the signs are very easy, for example, eat, milk, and horse. You can see what they mean. Others are more difficult, for example, star, egg, or week.

People from any country can learn ASL. They don’t speak words. They use signs, so they can understand people from other countries.

ASL is almost like a dance. The whole body talks. American Sign Language is a beautiful language.

1. How do many hearing-impaired people “talk” ?

a. by eyes b. by signals c. by words d. by hands

2. How does a person interpret for hearing-impaired people ?

a. He listens to someone talking, and then makes hand signs.

b. He talks through a special equipment used for the deaf.

c. He listens to someone talking and writes down the words.

d. He uses hand signs to translate what hearing-impaired people say.

3. How many signs are there for finger spelling ?

a. 2 b. 24 c. 26 d. 32

4. Why can people from different countries talk to each other with ASL ?

a. Because they speak different languages.

b. Because they use signs instead of words.

c. Because they can not hear.

d. Because they understand each other.

5. Which of the following sentences is not true ?

a. Hearing-impaired people cannot hear sounds well.

b. There are more signs for words than for letters.

c. A person who interprets for hearing-impaired people can hear.

d. Africans cannot learn ASL because they don’t speak English.

6. What is the main idea of the text ?

a. ASL helps hearing-impaired people talk, but it is diffcult to learn.

b. There are two kinds of sign languge.

c. ASL is a beautiful languge that helps hearing-impaired people talk to others.

d. People in different countries can use American Sign Language to communicate with each other.

TEST FOR UNIT 4

I. PRONUNCIATION

A. Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the rest.

1. a. disabled b. forced c. believed d. realized

2. a. rubbish b. suburb c. lunch d. consume

3. a. deaf b. teach c. read d. sleep

4. a. pity b. children c. blind d. finger

5. a. proper b. course c. force d. talk

B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

1. a. photography b. determinated c. exhibition d. professional

2. a. disabled b. mentally c. retarded d. consuming

3. a. subtract b. suffer c. effort d. primary

4. a. gradually b. proper c. origin d. opposition

5. a. nationality b. disability c. activity d. demonstration

II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION

Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

1. Delegates expressed strong _____ to the scheme.

a. expression b. emotion c. opposition d. passion

2. Some of the more time-consuming jobs can now be done by machines.

a. taking much time b. taking little time 

c. odd d. not affected by time

3. I have been fascinated by _____ since I was at secondary school.

a. photograph b. photographic c. photographer d. photography

4. He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age. He’s _____ child.

a. mentally ill b. mentally retarded

c. mentally alert d. mentally restricted

5. The President expressed his deep sorrow over the bombing deaths.

a. regret b. anger c. sadness d. passion

6. He invented a new kind of wheelchair for the _____.

a. unemployed b. poor c. disabled d. unhappy

7. She dispayed some of her paintings at the local _____.

a. commune b. post office c. demonstration d. exhibition

8. He earns his living by taking photographs. He’s a/ an _____ photographer.

a. amateur b. professional c. talent d. determined

9. In spite of her deafness, she played the violin very well.

a. inability speak b. inability to see 

c. inability to hear d. mentally impairment

10. The aim of the LIVE project is to train students from developing _____.

a. nations b. nationals c. nationalities d. nationalism

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE

A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

1. _____ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboard instrument called the Hammond organ.

a. Although b. That c. Despite d. For

2. _____ the storm, I would have been home before eight.

a. Instead of b. But for c. During d. Because of

3. The government is doing nothing tohelp _____.

a. the poor people b. the poor ones c. the poor d. the poors

4. It rained all the time, _____ was a great pity.

a. that b. what c. which d. who

5. _____ you really need is a long holiday.

a. That b. What c. Which d. Who

6. I _____ like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.

a. would b. used to c. must d. could

7. Rick left the party early because he _____ a headache.

a. had b. has c. used to have d. was having

8. Claude didn’t _____ in Canada.

a. lived b. use to live c. used to live d. used to living

9. I remember you. You __________to school here.

a. were used to going b. have already gone

c. went d. used to go

10. One day last March, I _______ a very strange letter.

a. get b. got c. used to get d. was getting

11. Can you show me ________ the film in this camera ?

a. how to change b. how change c. how changing d. how you changed

12. I didn’t like the noise in the city at first. But now ___________ here.

a. I got used to living b. I’m used to living c. I used to live d. I used to living

13. Galileo __________ his first telescope in 1609.

a. builds b. built c. has built d. had built

14. Last summer, we had _________ holiday in Spain.

a. a two week’s b. a two-weeks c. two-week d. a two-week

15. _______ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.

a. Arrived b. We arrived c. Arriving d. We were arriving

B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

1. When I was a child, summers would be warmer and winters colder than now.

 A B C D

2. What do you use to do when you felt afraid ?

 A  B  C D

3. I’ve been studying French since I’ve started high school.

 A B C D

4. You have to buckle your seat belt now or you couldn’t drive. It’s the law.

 A B C D

5. She’s always annoying about something.

 A B C D

6. I can’t find my diary, that is a real nuisance.

 A B  C   D

7. None of the young in the village can find jobs here.

 A B C D

8. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words.

 A B C D

9. Helen Keller, who was both blind and deafness, overcame her inabilities with the help
  A B C  D

of her teacher, Ann Sullivan.

10. Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North

 A B C  D

America.

IV. SPEAKING

Choose the sentence or phrase that best completes the dialogue.

A : (1) _____________________________________________________________________

B : Oh, my weekend was terrific, thanks.

A : (2) _____________________________________________________________________

B : On Saturday, I participated in the local charity society to visit Nguyen Dinh Chieu Special School for the Blind.

A : (3) _____________________________________________________________________

B : Well, they were having a music lesson.

A : Really ? (4) _____________________________________________________________

B : They listened and used their fingers to touch the music notes in Braille and sang.

A : Great ! Next time (5) ______________________________________________________

1. a. What did you do on weekend ? b. How was your weekend ?

c. Did you have a good weekend ? d. How did you spend your weekend ?

2. a. What do you do ? b. Where did you go on Saturday ?

c. What did you do on Saturday ? d. What were you doing on Saturday ?

3. a. What were the visually impaired students doing when you came ?

 b. What did the visually impaired students do when you came ?

c. What were the visually impaired students doing before you came ?

d. What did the visually impaired students do after you had come ?

4. a. How they can learn music without seeing ?

b. How can they learn music if they not see ?

c. What do they do to learn music ?

d. How can they learn music without seeing ?

5. a. I’ll go b. I’d like to visit, too.

c. call me if you have such an activity. d. call me if you go.

V. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.

Louis Braille was born in 1809 (1) _________ Coupvray. He was a French (2) _______ of the blind. He (3) ________ was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute (4) ________ the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked (5) _______ in both science and music, he became famous in Paris (6) _______ an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the (7) ________. Braille is known for his idea of (8) ________ the Barbier “point writing” system, used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point writing (9) ________ of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system (10) _______ from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.

1. a. on b. at c. in d. of

2. a. designer b. doctor c. teacher d. lawyer

3. a. who b. whom c. himself d. for himself

4. a. for b. of c. to d. with

5. a. activity b. ability c. intelligence d. determination

6. a. like b. as c. such as d. for

7. a. academy b. organization c. school d. institute

8. a. expressing b. lcarning c. bringing d. modifying

9. a. contains b. combines c. consists d. comprises

10. a. made b. taken c. done d. derived

B. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer - a, b, c or d.

The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is designed to hold 200 students. It covers 20.000 square meters.

The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics training, physical education, arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses. At the celeration, the audience was touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language. Baiba Toinzhub, a 10-year-old blind child, can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and dancing. He told the visitors that life in the boarding school was comfortable.

1. What type of students attend the school ?

a. Children who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

b. Children with a variety of disabilities.

c. Children who cannot see, hear, or speak.

d. Children who are visually impaired.

2. The school is located in __________.

a. the capital of Tibet b. the suburb of the capital of Tibet

c. the eastern of Tibet d. 20.000 square meters

3. The school is ______________________.

a. able to hold 200 students b. the first boarding school in Tibet

c. 20,000 square meters in area d. a and c are correct

4. Which subject is taugh in the school ?

a. Physics b. Foreign languages c. Computers d. Braille

5. Which of the following is not true ?

a. Tibet’s first deaf-mute school celebrated its first birthday.

b. The visitors were welcomed with a beautiful song.

c. Life in the boarding school is comfortable.

d. Baiba Toinzhub can sing and dance very well.

VI. WRITING

Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

1. When did you last ride a bike ?

a. How often did you ride a bike ?

b. How long is it since you rode a bike ?

c. What time is it since you ride a bike ?

d. How much time did you ride a bike ?

2. The train was due to leave five minutes ago.

a. The train was supposed to leave five minutes ago.

b. The train is five minutes late in leaving.

c. The train left five minutes ago.

d. a and b are correct.

3. I didn’t use to like football.

a. I don’t like football.

b. When I was young I liked football, but now I don’t.

c. Once I didn’t like football, but now I do.

d. I wasn’t accustomed to football.

4. The police blocked off the road, which caused a traffic jam.

a. The road that caused a traffic jam was blocked off by the police.

b. The police blocked off a traffic jam on the road.

c. The police blocked off the road because it caused a traffic jam.

d. The fact that the police blocked off the road caused a traffic jam.

5. Henry should have done his homework last night, but he watched TV instead.

a. Henry didn’t watch TV last night because he had to do his homework.

b. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.

c. Henry did his homework while watching TV.

d. Henry had already done his homework before he watched TV.