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TASK 1
LISTENING (10 x 1 = 10 points)

You will hear a specialist talking about Aan Zee Wind farm project. Read the following
sentences then listen to the recording and complete each space with the missing words or
phrases.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/6826-building-the-future-oceanic-wind-turbines-
video.htm

Building the Future: Oceanic Wind Turbines

1.

Building a wind farm on one of the most stormy seas requires a _________________

platform.

2.

The ship “Sea Energy” is equipped with four legs that go down _________________ feet

to the sea-bed.

3.

The giant windmill is _________________ feet tall above sea level.

4.

Wind turbines are big because if the turbine is high it is _________________ and

powerful.

5.

The force of the wind hitting a turbine is as big as the force several semi

_________________.

6.

Electricity is produced in the generator by wires spinning at high speed in a magnetic

_________________.

7.

Each turbine can provide energy for _________________ homes.

8.

Wind turbines look quite simple outside. Inside, however, the engine is very

_________________.

9.

The speaker has been working on the project for _________________ years.

10.

The speaker is very _________________ of the result of his work.

TASK 2
READING COMPREHENSION (A: 5 x 1 = 5 points; B: 5 x 1 = 5 points)

Read the article and then complete tasks A and B following the instructions. Base your
answers on the text.

Wikipedia is a free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia
Foundation. Its name is a combination of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative
websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning 'fast') and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's 12 million
articles (2.77 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the
world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia
website. Launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the most
popular general reference work on the Internet.

Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia, a free online English-language
encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed under a formal process.
Nupedia was founded on March 9, 2000 and owned by Bomis, Inc, a web portal company. Its
main figures were Jimmy Wales, Bomis CEO, and Larry Sanger, editor-in-chief for Nupedia and
later Wikipedia. In the beginning, Nupedia was licensed under its own Nupedia Open Content
License, switching to the GNU Free Documentation Licence before Wikipedia's founding.

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Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales are the founders of Wikipedia. On January 10, 2001, Larry
Sanger proposed on the Nupedia mailing list to create a wiki as a "feeder" project for Nupedia.
Wikipedia was formally launched on January 15, 2001, as a single English-language edition at
www.wikipedia.com, and announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list. Wikipedia's policy
of "neutral point-of-view" was codified in its initial months, and was similar to Nupedia's earlier
"nonbiased" policy. Otherwise, there were relatively few rules initially and Wikipedia operated
independently of Nupedia.
In addition to logic growth in the number of its articles, Wikipedia has steadily gained status as a
general reference website since its start in 2001. According to Alexa and comScore, Wikipedia is
among the ten most visited websites worldwide. Of the top ten, Wikipedia is the only non-profit
website. The growth of Wikipedia has been fuelled by its dominant position in Google search
results; about 50% of search engine traffic to Wikipedia comes from Google, a good portion of
which is related to academic research. In April 2007 the Pew Internet and American Life project
found that one third of US Internet users consulted Wikipedia. In October 2006, the site was
estimated to have a hypothetical market value of $580 million if it ran advertisements.

From:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Wikipedia_history

A.

Choose the best answer a, b or c according to the information presented in the

text.

1.

Wikipedia's articles have been created

a) on Hawaiian Islands
b) by many people working in cooperation
c) by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales

2.

Nupedia was set up by

a) Bomis Inc.
b) Wikipedia
c) a group of experts

3.

At the beginning there were

a) a great deal of principles in Wikipedia's policy
b) three basic services offered by Wikipedia
c) not many regulations concerning Wikipedia

4.

Wikipedia's policy was

a) in line with Nupedia's earlier policy
b) different from Nupedia's policy
c) as complex as Nupedia's one

5.

Since 2001 Wikipedia

a) has been the only non-profit website
b) has constantly strengthened its position as a general reference website
c) has run advertising campaigns to increase its market value

B.

Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F) or whether the piece of

information is not stated in the text (NS):

1.

You must pay a fee if you want to access Wikipedia.

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2.

You have to be logged in to the website if you want to edit an article.

3.

Originally, the service used to be available only in English.

4.

Wikipedia is one of the most frequently visited websites.

5.

The Internet user must use Google first to find a specific piece of information in
Wikipedia.

TASK 3
GRAMMAR (5 x 1 = 5 points)

Write questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences. Do not change the
tense.

1.

Wikipedia began as a complementary project for Nupedia.

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2.

Its articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world.

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3.

On January 10, 2001, Larry Sanger proposed on the Nupedia mailing list to create a wiki
as a "feeder" project for Nupedia.

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4.

The growth of Wikipedia has been fuelled by its dominant position in Google search
results.

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5.

Wikimedia is a non-profit foundation.

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TASK 4
WRITING (A: 6 x 0,5 = 3 points; B: 7 points)

A. Study the graph and complete the description with the expressions given below. There
are three extra expressions you do not need to use.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

fell

dramatic dropped

by

dropped
to

reached a
peak

rose
slightly

slight
rise

rising

stood at

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In 2000, the sales of MB cars (1) ...... 5 million in Poland. They then (2)..... to 3.5 million in 2001
before (3)...... to 4.5 million in 2002 again. There was a (4) ........ fall to 1.8 million in 2003 after
discovering some defects in MB Sharp models. In 2003 the number of sold cars (5) ........ . In
2004 the sales of MB cars increased considerably and (6) ........ of 5.2 million cars at the
beginning of 2005. From 2005 to 2006 the number of sold cars dropped to 3 million.

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B. Study carefully the two advertisements below. Choose ONLY ONE of them. If you
choose a), write a letter of application. If you choose b), write a letter of complaint.

a) A LETTER OF APPLICATION

Print-World Ltd. Company is seeking an office worker with experience of Microsoft Word and
Excel to support existing staff with daily office duties. Write a letter of application, pointing out
why you would like to take up this particular job and why you think you are suitable for the
position.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Immediate full time person needed for busy general
contractor's office.
Job requirements:

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Ability to work independently

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Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel

MB Car Sales

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Bachelor degree in administration

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Foreign languages

•

Team player

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Flexible

•

Interpersonal skills

We offer:

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Negotiable salary

•

Permanent job

Write to: Print-World Ltd., England, Oxford Road, London P2 4NN

b) A LETTER OF COMPLAINT

You have recently been on holiday. However, many of the promises made in the holiday brochure
did not match the holiday reality. There were a number of problems:

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there were to be up to four people in a room – but there were up to eight

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not as many facilities as advertised – no internet access, no cable TV, no swimming pool
and the fitness centre closed

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on-site restaurant – awful cold food

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The “splendid beaches” – full of dirt and rubbish

Write a letter of complaint to Fabulous Holiday travel agency, complaining about your holiday
and indicating what you expect them to do. Write to: Fabulous Holidays, England, Pine Road,
London N4 3SV.
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Writing
assessment
table

Content

0-3 points

Organization

0-1.5 point

Style

0-1 point

Grammar and
Vocabulary
0-1.5 point

Total

0-7 points

Score

TASK 5
MATHEMATICS (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)

Complete TASK A AND TASK B, and put the answers in the tables below.

TASK A. Read this mathematical equation and fill in the blanks

k

4-c

= x + ⅓ (m+x

2

)

K to the (1) _____ of 4 minus c is (2) _____ to the square (3) _____ of x plus one (4) _____ times
m + x (5) _____ in (6) ______.

TASK B. Complete the definitions

A) The mathematical constant pi (π) represents the ratio of a circle's (7) _____ to its diameter.
B) A line segment joining the centre to any point on the circle is called a (8) _____ .
C) A triangle having two sides of equal length is called (9) _____ .
D) A shape with four equal sides and right angles is a (10) _____ .

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2

3

4

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7

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10

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Exam Key:
TASK 1
LISTENING (10 x 1 = 10 points)
1.

stable

2.

70

3.

210

4.

efficient

5.

trucks

6.

field

7.

3000

8.

high-tech

9.

6

10.

proud

TASK 2
READING COMPREHENSION (10 x 1 = 10 points)
A.
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. a
5. b

B.
1. F
2.NS
3. T
4. T
5. F

TASK 3
GRAMMAR: QUESTION MAKING ( 5 x 1 = 5 points)
1. What did Wikipedia begin as?
2. What has been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world?
3. What did Larry Sanger propose to do on the Nupedia mailing list on January 10, 2001?
4. What has the growth of Wikipedia been fuelled by?
5. What/What kind of foundation is Wikimedia?
TASK 4
WRITING (A: 6 x 0,5 = 3 points; B: 7 points)
A.

1.

stood at (i)

2.

fell (a)

3.

rising (h)

4.

dramatic (b)

5.

rose slightly (f)

6.

reached a peak (e)

TASK 5
MATHEMATICS (10 x 0.5 = 5 points)

1

2

3

4

5

power

equal

root

third

squared

6

7

8

9

10

brackets/
parentheses

circumference

radius

isosceles

square