γ GYMNASIUM ENTRANCE EXAMINATION Circle the letter of the correct answer among the four choices given. There is only one correct answer. PART I GRAMMAR 1. Why are you calling Maria? In case she to come to the movies with us. A. is wanting C. wants B. has wanted D. will want 2. The train to Manchester at 10 pm. We d better not miss it. A. departs C. does depart B. is departed D. is departing 3. I my summer holidays. A. haven t planned yet C. yet have to plan B. still haven t planned D. yet still to plan 4. They the table for dinner two hours before the guests. A. had lain. arrived C. lay... had arrived B. laid... would arrive D. had laid... arrived 5. Why are you out of breath?? A. Have you run C. Do you run B. Are you running D. Have you been running
6. Before he left his office, he made sure that his computer. A. will shut down C. had been shut down B. is being shutted down D. has been shutted down 7. While he in the garden, it started to rain. A. is working C. had worked B. worked D. was working 8. No matter where the exhibition, it will attract a lot of people. A. is held C. will be holding B. is going to hold D. has been held 9. This book into seven languages. A. be translated C. will translate B. is going to be translated D. was translate 10. I haven t seen my American cousins three years their last visit to Greece. A. for since C. for... for B. since... for D. since... since 11. Jane left apple on table by window. A. an a. a C. the... a... an B. an... the... the D. a... a... the 12. The shop assistant asked me to Monastiraki before. A. whether did I ever go C. whether have I ever been B. whether had I ever been D. whether I had ever been 2
13. Are you sure you re the top shelf? A. enough tall to reach C. tall enough to reach B. tall to reach enough D. too tall to reach 14. This is suburb that I would like to buy an apartment one day. A. so beautiful C. most beautiful B. more beautiful D. such a beautiful 15. I was made my pockets in front of the policeman. A. to empty C. empty B. emptying D. to have emptied 16. She stopped when she was 35 years old. A. to work C. working B. worked D. be working 17. I wish the children when my parents came to visit. A. weren t sleeping C. didn t sleep B. haven t been sleeping D. hadn t been sleeping 18. I would rather John so much during every lesson. A. not talked C. doesn t talk B. didn t talk D. haven t talked 19. Paul Quest is considered one of the best actors in his country. A. to be C. being B. to have been D. be 20. You can t go out in the snow unless you your coat. A. would wear C. will wear B. don t wear D. wear 3
21. Martha if she asked you to? A. Would you help C. Had you helped B. Have you helped D. Help you 22. The older I get, musical performances. A. more interested I am in C. I find more interested in B. more I am interested in D. the more interested I am in 23. Richard not come with us to Barcelona this summer. He will let us know tomorrow. A. might C. has to B. should D. could 24. You ought to study a little harder,? A. hadn t you C. oughtn t you B. should you D. ought you 25. The students asked the teacher first. A. which exercise they should do C. at which exercise to do B. which exercise should do D. which exercise should they do 26. My two cousins, are at the university, visit me regularly. A. both of who C. that both B. who they both D. both of whom PART II VOCABULARY 27. Alexander Graham Bell the telephone in the late 19 th century. A. discovered C. thought B. invented D. observed 4
28. There was a(n) last night which killed ten people. A. explosive C. explosion B. pressure D. threat 29. As soon as the contest winner appeared on the stage, the started to clap. A. contests C. combatants B. audience D. performance 30. You don t look too well today. Maybe I should take your with this thermometer. A. temperature C. medication B. fever D. vitamin 31. This machine no longer works. It is not any more. A. useless C. unused B. usable D. using 32. Many places in Africa have long periods of as there is no rain for months. A. flood C. earthquakes B. hurricanes D. drought 33. Mark and Tom are. They are both teachers. A. enemies C. colleagues B. students D. classmates 34. The bridge was designed by the famous Spanish Santiago Calatrava. A. mechanic C. plumber B. engineer D. scientist 5
35. Penny sprained her while playing in the school volleyball tournament and now she can t write. A. fist C. ankle B. knee D. wrist 36. The story was set in a small peaceful area in Scotland. A. urban C. crowded B. city D. rural 37. The villagers us not to walk alone at night as wolves often came into the village to find food. A. exclaimed C. warned B. said D. suggested 38. The fire department was called to the fire at the department store. A. experience C. extract B. extinguish D. exhale 39. Lions by nature are animals. A. gentle C. obedient B. tamed D. ferocious 40. Jason is very. He always gives a lot of money to the poor. A. generous C. stingy B. worthless D. valuable 6
PART III WRITING Write between 150 180 words on the following topic: 1. Video games are a waste of time. Write an article expressing your opinion about this subject. 7