The document contains a passage about a wanderer who finds a magic candle that can grant wishes. It then provides 20 multiple choice questions about the passage and topics related to English tenses. The questions test comprehension of the passage, identifying details, and knowledge of verb tenses in English.

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The following text is for questions no 1 -4
One day, a young wanderer got lost on a wood. Suddenly he saw a light from an old hut. He
knocked on the door, and an old woman opened it. She was crying. She said that the devil had stolen her
magic candle. The candle could grant anything she asked. The wanderer asked her where the devil lived.
“In a castle not far from here”, said the old woman.
The wanderer went to the castle. There she found the devil but he was old and weak. Therefore
when the wanderer grabbed the magic candle to the old woman, but he kept if for himself. He lit the
candle and made a wish, “I want to go far away from here.”
Suddenly the genies appeared and took him to a beautiful palace. There was a party in the
palace. The wanderer wanted to make some money. So he lit the candle again and wished for some
jewelry. He sold them to the guests and was soon making a lot of money. Then the Princess came to buy
the jewelry, but there was nothing left. The wanderer felt in love with her and asked her to marry him.
The kind Princess said yes, and they got married the next day.
In his happiness, the wanderer told the Princess about his adventure and the magic candle.
Hearing that, the Princess got very angry. At night she lit the candle and wished that the wanderer
disappeared.
In the morning, the wanderer awoke and found himself back in his ugly house in the village.
1. What should special did the candle have?
(A) It wouldn’t fulfill whatever we needed
(B) It had to refuse whatever we asked
(C) It could grant anything we wished
(D) It might not accept someone’s wish
(E) It couldn’t grant anything we wished
2. From the story we learn that ….
(A) We must easily believe someone
(B) We mustn’t trust someone easily
(C) We can tell our secret to anyone
(D) We won’t believe whatever someone says
(E) We believe whatever someone says
3. …… but he kept it for himself. (Paragraph 2). Conjunction ‘but’ can be replaced by ….
(A) however
(B) moreover
(C) hence
(D) therefore
(E) furthermore
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4. The word ‘therefore’ can be replaced by ….
(A) consequently
(B) moreover
(C) furthermore
(D) nevertheless
(E) besides
The questions no. 5 – 10 are not based on the text
5. A person who comes to live in America for a few years usually …… that lifestyles seem to change very
fast.
(A) to notice
(B) notice
(C) notices
(D) noticing
(E) was noticed
6. “When did Alfian fall?”
“When he……….the ceiling in his bedroom.”
(A) was painting
(B) was being painted
(C) is painting
(D) had painted
(E) had been painted
7. If you keep forgetting to water the plants, there won’t be any by the end of this week. They ….
(A) will all die
(B) will all be dying
(C) will all have been died
(D) will all have died
(E) will all have to be died
8. She …… her second novel for three months by the end of December this year.
(A) will write
(B) is going to write
(C) will have been writing
(D) has written
(E) will have been written
9. “Why didn’t you join Radizga to Cinema two days ago?”
“Because I …… prepare my English test.”
(A) had to
(B) must
(C) will
(D) can
(E) have to

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10. “You started working here in 2004, didn’t you?”
“Yes, sir.”
“So, by the end of 2012, you …… for this company for more than eight years .”
(A) are going to work
(B) will be working
(C) had been working
(D) will have been working
(E) will have worked
Choose the correct answer
The following text is for questions 11 to 14
One day, In Arabian city, a woman went to the market and bought a beautiful hen.
A few days later to her surprise the hen she bought laid a silver egg. If the hen could only be
persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to work again.
So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only
result was the hen died of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all.
11. Paragraph 3 mostly discusses about ….
(A) the hen’s eggs’
(B) what the woman did to her hen
(C) what the hen did for the woman
(D) what the hen ate to lay more eggs
(E) why the woman wanted to get more eggs
12. The hen died because it ….
(A) ate nothing
(B) ate too much
(C) laid more eggs
(D) was badly injured
(E) was forced to lay eggs
13. From the text we may conclude that the woman was ….
(A) active
(B) miserly
(C) greedy
(D) furious
(E) dangerous
14. “If the hen could be persuaded ……” (paragraph 2). The underlined word means ….
(A) influenced
(B) brought
(C) dangerous
(D) told
(E) commanded

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The questions 15 to 20 are not based on the text
15. I gradually forgot all the French I …… at school.
(A) am ever learning
(B) would ever learnt
(C) have ever been learnt
(D) had ever learnt
(E) ever learnt
16. I thought he needed some fresh air, he …… there reading all morning.
(A) had been sitting
(B) was sitting
(C) would be sitting
(D) has been sitting
(E) will be sitting
17. By the time the manager returns from abroad, he …... the new contract.
(A) will be signed
(B) will sign
(C) will have signed
(D) will have been signed
(E) will have been signing
18. X : “Why are you crying ?”
Y : “ I …… up onions for the last ten minutes.”
(A) have been cutting
(B) have been cut
(C) had been cut
(D) had been cutting
(E) was cutting
19. “My father …….his own car to his office every day.”
“So does my mother.”
(A) is driving (D) drives
(B) was driving (E) drive
(C) has been driving
20. Do you think they …… for us when we get there?
(A) will still wait (D) will still be waiting
(B) are still waiting (E) would still be waiting
(C) were still waiting