LANGUAGE TEST
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4. Take 1 minute to read the guidelines on the answer sheet.
5. PLT has only 1 part : 50 mn
6. You will be notified about 5 mn before the end.
7. One right answer is +3, one wrong answer is -1, so be careful if you are not sure about the
answer and about guessing answers.
8. There is only ONE good answer for each question.
9. The answer sheet is personal, hence if you are caught cheating, you can be removed from
the exam centre without warning.
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A. Grammar exercises (fill in the blank)
Instructions: Complete each of the following sentences with the one proposed answer that is
grammatically correct in context.
Q 1. Following the audit, the company …
of conditions needed for certification.
A. informs
B. was informing
C. information
D. was informed
Q 2. I have travelled … world but the most
beautiful place I have ever seen is
right here at home.
A. Inside the
B. all over the
C. on the
D. surrounding the
Q 3. The new laptop has a 64 gigabyte
solid state hard drive, … for most
people.
A. also
B. sufficiently
C. enough
D. ability
Q 4. The manufacturer is not responsible
for damage caused … the user.
A. off
B. by
C. about
D. for
Q 5. The science of robotics has made
incredible strides in the recent past,
… in almost human like machines.
A. result
B. resulting
C. for resulting
D. results
Q 6. The boy was a programming prodigy.
He had created his first web page
before … a bike.
A. He can
B. To ride
C. he was riding
D. he could ride
Q 7. The president … for an hour about
his new economic policy.
A. told
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B. said
C. talk
D. spoke
Q 8. The success of the project depended
on its execution … its timing.
A. more than
B. rather for
C. more over
D. more that
Q 9. I have signed the contract but the
manager hasn’t approved it … .
A. already
B. not
C. yet
D. since
Q 10. If we … the package by special
courier, will that be ok?
A. send you
B. delivery you
C. deliver on you
D. sending you
Q 11. The commissioner
… to hear
complaints from the representatives
of the Citizens Group for Reform.
A. agreed
B. agree
C. is agreed
D. was agreed
Q 12. Training
programs
…
job
performance are an important part
the employee experience in this
company.
A. for to improve
B. to improve
C. Improve the
D. for improving
Q 13. Whatever solution we choose, it will
have to be ….
A. an European one.
B. the Europe’s one.
C. a Europe’s one.
D. a European one.
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B. Sentence construction exercises (identify the error)
Instructions: In each of the following sentences, identify the one underlined word or phrase that
must be modified in order to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Q 14. The plan will clearly not work. For
one thing it’s short sighted. Nor does
it account on people’s changing
opinions.
A. will simply not work
B. short sighted
C. account on
D. changing opinions.
Q 15. The trip across the country seemed
very long although the travel director
did everything in his power to keep
the youngs entertained.
A. across the country
B. although
C. did everything
D. the youngs
Q 16. Next summer I’m going work for my
uncle to do an environmental impact
study for a proposed construction
project in the mountains.
A. I’m going work
B. to do
C. environmental impact study
D. in the mountains
Q 17. Five years ago he was an
anonymous employee with an
unusual idea. Now he is the head of
a rapid developing R&D section.
A. Five years ago
B. employee
C. an unusual idea
D. a rapid developing
Q 18. “Houston, we’ve had a problem” is
one of the most recognizable quotes
in modern day history. But a few of
remember it’s exact context.
A. one of the most
B. in modern day history
C. A few of
D. it’s exact context
Q 19. The hotel has a fantastic range of
amenities but the great service is the
thing which makes people came
back.
A. The hotel has
B. range of amenities
C. the great service
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D. people came back.
Q 20. Virtual reality have progressed to the
point where the experience provokes
true physiological reactions for those
who enter a “virtual” world.
A. have progressed
B. where
C. provokes
D. those
Q 21. While out walking I noticed that
some trees had been affected by the
recent cold moreover some others
had not been.
A. While
B. noticed that
C. moreover
D. had not been
Q 22. The HR Director spoke that due to
difficult conditions pay raises would
be postponed until next year.
A. spoke
B. due to
C. pay raises
D. until
Q 23. The directions were not clear.
Otherwise I will have found your flat
sooner.
A. were not clear.
B. Otherwise
C. will have found
D. sooner
Q 24. Simple logical dictates an immediate
response. The customers need us to
take action right away.
A. Simple logical
B. an immediate response.
C. need us
D. right away
Q 25. Technology is not always the
answer.
Sometimes
being
resourceful and have a good attitude
can get the job done.
A. always
B. being resourceful
C. have a good attitude
D. get the job done
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C. Vocabulary exercises – Part 1 (identify the synonym)
Instructions: For each of the following sentences, select the one proposed word or phrase whose
meaning is closest to that of the underlined term, as used in the sentence.
Q 26. His negotiating counterpart had very
different ideas about culture.
A. adversary
B. team mate
C. supervisor
D. mentor
Q 27. It was unusual that the streets were
congested at that time of day
A. open
B. clogged
C. dark
D. deserted
Q 28. There was an abrupt change in his
behavior.
A. sudden
B. disappointing
C. gradual
D. encouraging
Q 29. The man was said to have been
involved in subversive activities.
A. charitable
B. questionable
C. rebellious
D. inspirational
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Q 30. An allusion was made to the long,
peaceful relationship of the two
countries.
A. Criticism
B. comparison
C. false image
D. reference
Q 31. Global warming may be wholly
responsible for the rise in the earth's
temperature
A. in part
B. completely
C. indirectly
D. to a certain degree
Q 32. The president hit the roof when he
saw the group's results.
A. was very happy
B. stopped talking
C. made an action plan
D. was very upset
Q 33. Companies should conduct surveys
before taking marketing actions
A. drive
B. lead
C. respect
D. carry out
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C. Vocabulary exercises – Part 2 (complete the analogy)
Instructions: Select the one answer choice that fills in the blanks in each analogy such that the
first word has the same relationship to the second as the third word has to the fourth.
Q 34. _____ : mystery :: decipher : _____
A. make … system
B. end … story
C. feel … sign
D. solve … code
Q 37. ______ : scent :: siren : ______
A. flower … fly
B. perfume … blast
C. animal … run
D. mail … swim
Q 35. _____ : student :: cheer : _____
Q 38. ______ :soaked :: desert : ______
A. shoe … sand
B. dry … ocean
C. wet : hot
D. humid … oasis
A. encourage … player
B. fail … substitute
C. watch … speaker
D. study … actor
Q 39. _____ :wages :: entrepreneur: _____
A. shareholder … stock option
B. worker … expenses
C. manager … overtime
D. employee … profits
Q 36. ______ : atlas :: poem : ______
A. plan … book
B. picture … album
C. friend … facebook
D. map … anthology
Q 40. ______ :symphony :: writer : ______
A. instrument … song
B. music … pen
C. composer … manuscript
D. Mozart … classical
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D. Reading comprehension exercises
Instructions: After reading the following
text, answer each of the questions by
selecting the one correct response.
They are an unlikely couple -- a former London
debutante and an Indian peasant farmer turned
taxi driver. Their worlds collided 13 years ago
when Jill Lowe came to India on holiday, fell in
love and married him.
Now she has written a best selling book,
"Yadav: A Roadside Love Story", about how
love can conquer all -- including having to
sleep above a cowshed at her husband's farm
in northern India, eat on mud floors and use
the fields for a toilet.
Lowe and Yadav are a study in opposites. She
was a baronet's granddaughter and had a
silver-spoon upbringing. Yadav got a barebones education at a village school in the
remote reaches of dusty Haryana state in
northern India.
She likes fine wines and smoked salmon while
his favourite meal is roti -- Indian bread -- and
yoghurt and he has a fondness for cheap
Indian whisky. His best friends are tea-sellers
and mechanics while hers are distinctly upper
crust. Despite the huge social and cultural gulf
and 13-year age gap -- he's 52 and she's 65 -their relationship has survived. They now have
left the farm and live in a small flat in a Delhi
suburb out of which they run a city tour
agency.
Lowe was 52 when she came to India after
raising five children and seeing her fortunes
plummet when her barrister husband lost all
their money, including her inheritance. The end
to their wealth and eventually their marriage
left her working as a London tour guide,
scrambling to make ends meet for her children.
During the first year of the family's troubles,
she contemplated suicide but was saved by
"not knowing precisely how many pills to take
and being too tired to find out".
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Lowe, who looks far too young to draw a
pension, says she came to India looking for a
mid-life escape. "I'd had my children young, my
youngest had her degree, and for the first time
I was free. I was 52. I needed a change."
In New Delhi, Lowe set off with driver Yadav
whose services she obtained through a travel
agent. The book, which is partly a travel story,
describes her first trip around the country with
Yadav in an old, ancient Ambassador
automobile, the bulky workhorse of Indian
roads.
Yadav, then a widower whose children were
grown, was told by his boss that Lowe was a
tour guide and should be given first class
treatment. He recalled how he told her: "You
are very, very VIP. I will give you a very special
stamp on your heart." Three years later they
wed. While frank about their relationship, she
is reticent about how her offspring viewed her
going off to India and marrying, except to say:
"I think they'd like me to be at home knitting."
But she does talk about the shock the
relationship evoked in India, where crossing
such social divides is rare in a deeply classand caste-conscious society. They were turned
away from hotels when proprietors realised
they would be sharing a room and waiters
were taken askance to see them at the same
table. New Delhi hostesses were reluctant to
invite them for dinner although Lowe's new
author status has now given them social
aplomb.
With all the snubs and second glances, would
she do it again? Absolutely. "After years of
heartbreak and scrambling up brick walls
without anything to hang on to, I've had the
most wonderful 13 years."
Adapted from Reuters Press, 2013
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Q 41. This article deals mainly with:
A. Jill Lowe's new book
B. The difference between Indian and
English cultures
C. the respective paths of Jill and Yadav
D. Jill's travels in India
Q 48. According to the article, Jill and
Yadav:
A. are now living on a farm
B. are in business together in India
C. Have started a new family
D. Will go back to England soon
Q 42. In the first paragraph, the word
"unlikely" means:
A. Not in love
B. improbablr
C. obvious
D. married
Q 49. In the last paragraph, "snubs and
second glances" probably means
A. obstacles
B. difficult road conditions
C. injuries
D. unfriendly treatment
Q 43.
Q 50. After Lowe's first marriage ended
For the most part, the book:
"Yadav: A roadside Story:
A. describes Jill Lowe's new career
B. describes
Jill
Lowe's
travel
experiences
C. describes the roads to India
D. describes life on Yadav's farm
A. she had to rely on her inheritance
B. she became a tour guide in India
C. she attempted suicide
D. she gave tours in London
Q 44. From the article, Jill Lowe's
background can be considered:
A. aristocratic
B. working class
C. middle class
D. rags to riches
Q 45. The expression " to draw a pension"
probably means
A. to receive retirement benefits
B. to be an artist
C. to be free
D. to be in a retirement home
Q 46. Based on the article, Jill Lowe's
children in England probably:
A. think she is good at knitting
B. Are proud of their mother
C. think she is a bit eccentric
D. want to join her in India
Q 47. During her first trip to India, Lowe
travelled
A. by horseback
B. with an ambassador
C. in an old car
D. by train
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Answers
1d
2b
3c
4b
5b
6d
7d
8a
9c
10 a
11 a
12 b
13 d
14 c
15 d
16 a
17 d
18 c
19 d
20 a
21 c
22 a
23 c
24 a
25 c
26 a
27 b
28 a
29 c
30 d
31 b
32 d
33 d
34 d
35 a
36 d
37 b
38 b
39 d
40 c
41 c
42 b
43 b
44 a
45 a
46 c
47 c
48 b
49 d
50 d
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