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KING ABDUL-AZIZ UNIVERSITY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER
April, 2008
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ELCA 101 QUIZ 1
Version A
Total mark: 40 Duration: 90 Minutes
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Student’s Name:_________________________________________
University ID#: _________________________________________
Section #: _________________________________________
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Section 1: Listening (5 Points, each question is worth one point)
You will hear three conversations. Listen to each conversation and circle the best answer.
Conversation (1)
1. What is the largest city in the world according to Alicia?
a. Seoul b. Mexico City
c. Cairo d. Tokyo
Conversation (2)
2. Where is Lee from?
a. Mexico City b. Tokyo
c. Seoul d. New York
3. Why isn’t Lee going home for New Year’s?
a. He’s a student
b. There’re no flights to Seoul at that time of the year
c. He doesn’t have enough money to pay for the ticket
d. He has a part-time job
Conversation (3)
4. Who is the man talking to?
a. a passer by b. a bus driver
c. a friend d. a police officer
5. How will the man go to Central Avenue?
a. by bus b. on foot
c. by the subway d. by air
Section 2 A: Reading (6 points, each question is worth one point)
Read the following passage and answer the following questions.
Twenty five years ago, very few people used the Internet. Only scientists and people in the government knew about the Internet and how to use it. This is changing very fast. Now almost every knows about the Internet (on the Internet), and many people are online every day. When people think about the Internet, they often think about information. But now, more and more, when people think about the Internet, they think about shopping.
At the Supermall.com site, people can search for a book about a subject, find many different books about that subject, read what other people think about the books, order them by credit card, and get them in the mail in two days. This kind of bookstore was a new idea, but the business grew. In a few years, Supermall.com had 10 million customers and sold 18 million different items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home improvement products (things to use to fix up a house), software, and video games. Today at a “virtual shopping mall” – a group of online stores-you can buy anything from gourmet food-special, usually expensive food-to vacations.
Questions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
Circle the best answer.
a. Very few people used the Internet.
b. People think about information.
c. People think about shopping.
d. The Internet services have developed a lot.
2. People need home improvement goods to fix their homes. One of the items of home improvement goods is ….. .
a. gourmet food b. video
c. paint d. TV
3. How was the Internet used at first?
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4. How does Supermall.com help people who are interested in reading?
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5. What categories of items can customers order online?
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6. Is it possible for shoppers to visit a virtual shopping mall in person? Give one reason
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Section 2 B. Scanning (6 points, each question is worth one point)
Check the following table and answer the questions below.
Morton’s Department Store
Big Sale
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Items
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Original Price
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Sale Price
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Made
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Sun Ban Sunglasses
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$ 29.99
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$ 12.99
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USA
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Wild West Blue Jeans
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$ 39.99
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$ 21.99
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England
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Spring Step Aerobic Shoes
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$ 49.99
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$ 31.99
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France
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Casual Cotton T-Shirt
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$ 21.99
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$ 13.99
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China
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Woolen Sweater
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$ 32.99
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$ 24.99
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Kashmir
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Questions.
1. What does a department store sell?
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2. Why do customers prefer to buy on sale items?
________________________________________________________________________3. What is the sale price for the Spring Step Aerobic Shoes?
________________________________________________________________________4. How much do Woolen Sweater originally cost?
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5. How much do customers save on buying the Sun Ban Sunglasses?
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6. What item of clothes is made in China?
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Section 3. Vocabulary (5 points, each question is worth .5 point)
A. Circle the correct answer.
1. The __________ density in some areas in the city of Tokyo is very high. As a result, it is hard for most people to find an apartment at a reasonable rent.
a. crime b. monster
b. population d. neighbor
2. People don’t socialize with their __________ as much as they used to. They scarcely spend time together in a friendly way.
a. shop b. grow
b. neighbors d. quit
3. It is easy to do business online. The services in most business companies have become available through the _________.
a. gourmet b. huge
c. Internet d. favorite
4. Ahmed: “Where did you __________ your beautiful car?”
Usama: “At Toyota Motors downtown.”
a. deliver b. browse
c. predict d. buy
5. Salem: “ How much is the air __________ for a round trip to Cairo in the summer?”
Airline clerk: “ 2000 SR.”
a. pass b. ticket
c. zone d. entertainment
B. Match the words with their definitions. Write the letters on the lines.
6. ___ pass a. an official piece of paper which shows
that you are allowed to travel on
something without paying
7. ___ gym b. a business deal or action, such as buying
or selling something
8. ___ monster c. relating to very good food and drink
9. ____ transaction d. an imaginary creature that is large, ugly
and frightening
10. ___ gourmet e. a special building or room that has
equipment for doing physical exercise
Section 4. Grammar (10 points, each question is worth one point)
A. Write the correct forms of the underlined words on the lines. The correct form of the first word is written to you as an example.
Ahmed be a student at King Fahd University. is_
She study English and other subjects of major. 1. _____
Ahmed and his brother (Faisal) is doctors. 2. _____
Ahmed and I be close friends. 3. _____
His parents are proud of me. 4. _____
They bought Faten these beautiful car when she 5. _____
finished his education. 6. _____
B. Circle the correct answers.
7. Mother always cooks the meat ___________ the stove so that it goes soft.
a. on b. in
c. above d. next to
8. My little sister’s birth date is __________ July 28th, 1990. Family members and friends celebrate the occasion and have a lot of fun.
a. on b. in
c. at d. from
9. A doctor is a man ____________ a woman.
a. some b. an
c. or d. any
10. Teacher: “Is Omar absent today?”
Student: “No, __________________.
a. he is b. he’s
c. he is not d. he isn’t
Section 5. Writing (8 points, each question is worth one point)
A. Punctuate the following sentences.
1. zaid and tom study english at the english language center (elc)
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2. the capital of kingdom of saudi arabia is riyad
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B. Jumbled sentences. Write the words in the correct order to make simple sentences.
3. London / population / of / the / huge / is
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4. live / house / building / an / I / in
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5. my / car / in / a / I / keep / garage
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C. You have 5 words in brackets below. Use 3 of such words to make 3 simple sentences of your own (a simple sentence contains a subject, a main verb and an object and/or additional information).
1 2 3 4 5
( crowded - mall - quit - predict - gift - favorite )
Example
Streets are very crowded in Jeddah.
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7. ______________________________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________________________
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