Reading and

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Final Test

Name: ______________________________________ Date: _____________

Final Test Purposes

 Comprehend the main idea and details in a reading passage
 Understand and use target vocabulary from Units 5-8
 Identify claims and provide support for claims; Identify the author’s purpose (Reading
Skills)
 Understand grammatical information in a dictionary; Identify the correct meaning of a
word in the dictionary; Use collocations (Vocabulary Skills)
 Use transition words to connect ideas (Writing Skills)
 Recognize and correct errors in grammar from Units 5-8 (Grammar)
 Explain things you can do to stay healthy

I. Reading Comprehension

A. Read the article about your health. Then read the questions. Choose A, B, or C.

1 Have you ever heard the saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? It is one of the most
famous proverbs in the English language. It promises that eating an apple every day will keep
you from getting sick. It would be wonderful if that were true, but, of course, it is not. Apples are
good for you, yes, but you can live a healthy life without apples in your diet. There is only one
thing that is truly essential, only one thing we cannot live without eating or drinking, and that is
water.

2 We need water for many reasons, but basically, we have to keep up a healthy amount of H2O in
our bodies. Your adult body is about 60 percent water. When you were born, you were about 78
percent water. Water makes up about 73 percent of your heart and your brain, and even your
bones are watery (but only 31 percent).

3 The amount of water we need to drink varies. It is different for men and women, and it also
depends on your age and where you live. On average, a man needs about 3.2 quarts (about 3
liters) of water a day, and a woman needs about 2.3 quarts (about 2.2 liters). Does that seem like
a lot to you? You can get some of it from your food, so it does not all have to come from
drinking water. But it is a good idea to get in the habit of drinking water, and you should not wait
until you are thirsty. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated1, and it is best to
avoid that.

4 What does all that water do for us? Here are just a few of its functions.

5 • Water helps your joints work smoothly. Joints let us bend and move at the 360
places in the body where bones come together. Your knees, for example, are the joints

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that let you bend your legs. Each joint has cartilage2 between the bones, protecting them
from each other, and cartilage is 80 percent water.
6 • Water helps the oxygen from the air you breathe travel to all the parts of your
body. It is your blood that carries the oxygen, and blood is more than 90 percent water. If
you get dehydrated, then your blood becomes thicker, and that increases your blood
pressure, which is not healthy.
7 • Water helps your body stay at the right temperature. When our bodies get hot,
water stored in the skin comes out as sweat. As the sweat evaporates3 into the air, it cools
us down.
8 • Remember that about 73 percent of your brain is water. From that, you can guess
that water plays an important part in how the brain works. If someone is dehydrated for
too long, that will lead to problems with thinking.

9 The list does not end there! There are many more ways that our bodies depend on water, both
so that they work well and so that we look our best. (Yes, water is a beauty treatment, too—it
does good things for your skin.) For all these reasons, when you think about how to stay healthy,
do not forget that water is your friend.
1
dehydrated: having lost too much water from your body
2
cartilage: strong white tissue that can bend and is especially important in joints to prevent the
bones rubbing against each other
3
evaporate: if a liquid evaporates, it changes into a gas, especially steam

1. What does the author believe about eating an apple a day?

A. It’s how the author stays healthy.
B. It’s something we all should do.
C. It’s a fine idea but unnecessary.

2. How much of your body is water?

A. about 31%
B. about 60%
C. about 73%

3. What does the author recommend about how much water to drink in a day?
A. You should have at least three quarts.
B. You should consider several factors.
C. You should drink when you’re thirsty.

4. What is the author’s purpose?

A. to make the reader laugh
B. to inform the reader

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C. to express an opinion

5. Which of the following would be the best title for the reading passage?
A. An Apple a Day
B. Our Amazing Bodies
C. A Key to Good Health

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B. Match each sentence beginning with the correct ending.

6. ____ Water helps keep your body . . . F

7. ____ Water helps your blood carry oxygen . . . G
8. ____ You can bend your arms because of water . . . D
9. ____ You get dehydrated from a lack of water . . . E A
10. ____ You look better with the right amount of water . . . A C

a. in your body.
b. in your blood.
c. in your skin.
d. in your joints.
e. from your blood pressure.
f. from getting too hot.
g. to all the different areas of your body.

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II. Reading Skills: Identifying Claims and Support for Claims; Identifying the Author’s
Purpose

A. Match each claim with the support given in the reading in Section I. Write the letter of
the support. Choose g (No support), if the claim is not supported in the text.

11. The amount of water we need to drink varies. (Paragraph 3) ____ D

12. How much water you need depends on where you live. (Paragraph 3) ____ G
13. You should drink water before you feel the need to. (Paragraph 3) ____ E
14. Drinking water is good for your blood. (Paragraph 6) ____ B
15. You need water for your joints. (Paragraph 5) ____ A
16. Water is important for the brain. (Paragraph 8) ____ F

a. Cartilage is 80 percent water

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b. It can get too thick if you don’t drink enough.

c. Water evaporates through our skin in the form of sweat.
d. The average man needs about three liters and the average woman about two.
e. Being thirsty is a sign that you are dehydrated.
f. It is 73 percent water.
g. No support

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B. Match each title with the author’s purpose.

17. “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” ____ E

18. “How to Pack Your Clothes for Travel” ____ B
19. “My Most Embarrassing Memories of High School” ____ A
20. “Every Student Should Take a Gap Year Before College” ____ C

a. to make someone laugh

b. to explain a specific process
c. to express a personal opinion
d. to give information
e. to tell the reader a story

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III. Vocabulary

A. Match each word with the correct definition.

21. automatically ____ a. very

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22. contaminated ____ E b. after a long time
23. eventually ____ B c. to give a disease to someone
24. frustrated ____ I d. to be all around somebody or something
25. infect ____ C e. containing something dirty, harmful, or dangerous
26. surround ____ D f. having a link between two things
g. to become bigger, or make something become bigger
h. done in a way (like a machine) that does not require human
control
i. angry or impatient because you cannot do or achieve what you
want to do

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B. Complete the sentences with the correct word from the word bank.

attitude challenge concept expand respond skip

source treat

27. He was so focused on his phone that when I asked him a question, he didn’t RESPOND.
28. Hundreds of people with the disease were brought to the hospital so
doctors could TREAT them.
29. Establishing a business is always a big CHALLENGE, so you’ll need a good business plan.
30. The company has restaurants in three cities now but will EXPAND this year to another five.
31. Unfortunately, many people don’t have a good SOURCE of clean water, so they get sick.
32. When our professor first explained the CONCEPT, the idea was really hard to understand,
but in time, we got it.

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IV. Vocabulary Skill: Understanding grammatical information in a dictionary; Identifying

the correct meaning of a word in the dictionary; Using collocations

A. Read the dictionary entry for freeze. Then write your answers to the questions.

freeze verb
BrE /friːz/; NAmE /friːz/
past simple: froze; past participle: frozen

1 [intransitive, transitive] to become or make hard, often turn to ice, as a result of extreme
cold: Water freezes at 0° C.
2 [intransitive] if a pipe, lock, or machine freezes (up), it becomes blocked with frozen liquid
so it cannot be used:
Put antifreeze in your car radiator to keep it from freezing up.
3 [intransitive] when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° C:
Farmers are worried it’ll freeze tonight.
4 [intransitive, transitive] to be very cold; to be so cold that you die:
Don’t go out without a coat—you’ll freeze!
5 [intransitive] to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc.:
The smile froze on her lips.
6 [intransitive] when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it

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because there is a problem with the system

freeze somebody out (of something) (informal) to be deliberately unfriendly to somebody,
creating difficulties, etc., in order to stop them from doing something or from taking part in
something

33. FROZE What is the simple past form of the verb?

34. 6 Which meaning does freeze have in this sentence? (Write the number.)
My laptop screen has frozen—what should I do?

35. 6 5 Which meaning does freeze have in this sentence? (Write the number.)
The police officer shouted, “Freeze!”

36. 4 Which meaning does freeze have in this sentence? (Write the number.)
Every time she opens the window, we all freeze.
37. OUT What word is missing from this sentence? They’re all freezing me _____ of the
decision-making.

38. UP What word is missing from this sentence? I worry that the pipes will freeze _____.

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B. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition from the word bank.

at in of on to

39. When a company can get people talking about a product, that buzz will contribute TO the
product’s popularity.
40. He had little to say to his new roommate because they had little IN common.
41. Some employees disliked the idea; others were in favor OF it.
42. The TV talk show host always begins the show by commenting ON the news of the day.

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V. Writing Skills: Using Transition Words to Connect Ideas

Complete the paragraphs with words from the word banks. Use capital letters as needed.

as soon as before first for example in addition while

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Sleep research has shown how sleep affects learning. (43) FOR EXAMPLE, one study showed
how sleep helped college students perform better on a test. The study involved 102 students who
had never studied economics. (44) FIRST, the students were divided into four groups. One group
watched an economics lecture and took a test on it (45) AS SOON AS they finished. The second
group watched the lecture but did not take the test right away. A whole week passed (46)
BEFORE they took it.

after before definitely second then when

The most interesting results came from the third and fourth groups. The group 3 students
watched the lecture in the morning. (47) THEN they took the test that evening (12 hours later).
The group 4 students watched the lecture in the evening and took the test the next morning (also
12 hours later), so they were able to sleep (48) AFTER they watched the lecture. The researchers
then compared this “sleep group” to the other “12-hour group.” They say that, based on how
students performed on the test, the study showed two benefits of sleep. First, the students could
remember more information when they got a good night’s sleep (49) BEFORE they took the test.
(50) SECOND, students could better understand and apply the information.

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VI. Grammar

Correct the error in each sentence.

51. I was more lucky LUCKIER than he was.

52. The Eiffel Tower is one of THE most famous buildings in the world.

53. It’s the worse WORST movie I have ever seen!

54. Turn off your phone when you study for avoiding TO AVOID interruptions.

55. Drink enough water so to keep from getting dehydrated.

56. Of course, everyone wants TO BE in order to stay healthy.

57. Your text message came while I WAS studYING.

58. They got off the plane, FOUND were finding their bags at Baggage Claim, and took a taxi to
their hotel.

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59. The morning was cloudy, but when we were having lunch in the park, the sun was suddenly
CAME out.

60. That was a real REALLY generous thing OF them to do.

61. Everyone on the team worked hardly to make the project a success.

62. She manages very REALLY well the family business VERY WELL.

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Total points Sections I – VI 70

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