AKADEMIA ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA IM. JANA KOCHANOWSKIEGO W KIELCACH
ZAKŁAD NEOFILOLOGII
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ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
6th September 2006
This examination consists of the following parts:
written part SCORING
1. Definitions .................................................................... 10 points
2. Multiple Choice Questions............................................... 10 points
3. Cloze............................................................................. 20 points
4. Paraphrasing.................................................................. 10 points
5. Word Building ............................................................... 20 points
6. Translation (Polish to English).......................................... 10 points
7. Reading Comprehension ................................................. 10 points
8. Error Recognition............................................................ 10 points
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100 points
Total: 100 points
TIMING: 3 hours. .
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Do not write on these pages.
Write only on the answer sheets you are provided with.
1. DEFINITIONS
Choose the correct definition of each word in bold. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
NOTE: Only one answer is correct in each case.
EXAMPLE:
0. The computer is.
a piece of equipment that you speak into to record your voice or make it louder when you are speaking
a piece of electronic equipment which you use to listen to programmes that are broadcast, such as music and news
an electronic machine that can store information and do things with it according to a set of instructions called a programme
1 “She is far too sensible to believe these ridiculous lies” means that
a) she is not sure whether or not it is the right thing to do
b) she makes good decisions, judgments based on reason rather than emotion
c) she is easily upset by other people's remarks
2 If somebody is embarrassed they
a) feel nervous or upset about something they have done
b) are deliberately trying to trick another person
c) are awake and able to know what is happening
3 Alert
a) a made-up game where wizards fly around on their brooms
b) a warning to someone or a group of people about something bad that will happen
c) a loud sound from a drum that you can nearly feel
4 I feel under the weather means
a) I feel better than other people and behave in an unpleasant way towards them
b) I don't feel well
c) I`ve just got very wet
5 Monkey business is something
a) essential but not very interesting
b) suspicious, probably dishonest
c) lively and noisy
6 A chain restaurant is:
a) an eating place where customers have to `chain, 'i.e. line-up in front of the check-out
b) a place where prisoners eat their meals
c) a number of eating places under one ownership
7 A painkiller is:
a) an alcoholic drink with parsley juice and vodka
b) medication to relieve pain
c) constant worry and anger about something;
8 “The new teacher told us to disregard everything we'd learned so far” means
a) to ignore
b) to appreciate
c) to revise
9 If people get on like a house on fire, they
a) like one another very much and become friends very quickly
b) start to argue angrily
c) are always in a hurry and you do not do things well
10 The radio, that most ubiquitous of consumer-electronic appliances, is about to enter a new age.
a) seeming to be in all places
b) something that is done before, and in preparation for something else
c) old-fashioned or unsuitable for modern society
2. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Four phrases are printed after each of these incomplete sentences. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
EXAMPLE:
0. The suspected murderer has been ... for three days now, but the police are doing their best to catch him.
a) on the level b) in the know c) at large d) the tip of the iceberg
1 This book is a real ………. . I paid only $3 for the first edition!
a) sale b) occasion c) bargain d) price
2 Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less, if he ……. more.
a) read b) had read c) might have read d) had had read
3 The new manager....…. an improvement in the UPS Department.
a) affected b) effected c) inflicted d) confessed
4 Why did you take ...… photos than the others?
a) fewer b) much less c) the least d) the fewest
5 Listen! You have never heard …. .
a) such beautiful clock tower b) such a beautiful tower clock c) so beautiful tower clock d) so a beautiful tower clock
6 Don't forget to call me later, ….?
a) do you b) won't you c) will you d) can't you
7 The Smiths introduced me to a friend …..
a) of them b) of their c) of themselves d) of theirs
8 It is ……………………… that 20 people were killed in the bus explosion.
a) assessed b) valued c) estimated d) approximated
9 I am well prepared for the exam. I think I ….. it with flying colours.
a) am passing b) will pass c) will be passing d) am being passed
10 …… lunch time when my parents finally turned up.
a) It was to be b) There was c) It was d) There being
11 I heard him …..the front door.
a) to close b) close c) closed d) to shut
12 I'd rather ……… the money today.
a) my grandmother will send b) my grandmother sends
c) my grandmother sent d) my grandmother had sent
13 The broken chair is…………… by my father now.
a) is mend b) is being mend c) is being mended d) is being ment
14 My niece will be back from her honeymoon …………… two weeks.
a) in b) for c) behind d) after
15 After he went out of prison, he decided to turn over a new ……….and became a community worker.
a) chapter b) leaf c) page d) start
16 I prefer reading newspapers …… the news on TV.
a) than watching b) to watching c) to watch d) rather watching
17 Our physics teacher always ………..…do mental arithmetic.
a) did us b) made us to c) made us d) had made
18 ….. his inexperience, he was not able to find a job easily.
a) Besides b) Owning to c) Although d) Whereas
19 One of his recent publications………………….the problem of welfare systems.
a) covers b) fulfills c) manages d) deals
20 Tom, come quickly! I need you …
a) badly b) bad c) really bad d) worse
3. CLOZE
Fill each gap with a suitable word. Write your answers on the answers sheet.
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The family is still the main unit in U.S. society; yet, in its traditional sense, the family is disappearing. The average American household is steadily 1) ____ smaller. One 2)____ five households now consists 3) ____one person living alone, while large families make 4) ______little over 5 percent of American households. Many Americans feel that the once-solid family is collapsing 5) _____ the weight of 6) _____destructive elements as mobility and the generation gap.7) _______ believe that the American family is 8)_______ transition. A growing 9) ____ of Americans contend that “family breakdown” is a myth and that the American family is as strong as10) _______.
II In a new book for teens, One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals, Deborah Noyes examines the ways our lives have overlapped 11) ____ animals and how the human-animal bond has affected our culture. Noyes begins 12) ___ explaining how early humans had 13) ____ a practical and spiritual bond with animals, depending 14) ___ them for their very survival 15) ___ sources of food, clothing, shelter and tools. The loss of this dependency and intimacy has resulted 16) ____ the separation of mankind from the rest of the animal kingdom. Our awe and fear of some animals coupled 17)____our sentimental affection for 18) ____ has shaped beliefs and myths in every culture. Deborah Noyes, a former zookeeper 19) _____, gives careful consideration to the ethics of keeping animals in captivity. The zoo presents a paradox, she says: It provides an opportunity to 20) ______ humans and animals together, but the meaningfulness of their interaction is suspect because of the artificial environment.
4. PARAPHRASING
Paraphrase each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. The beginning of the new sentence may not be changed in any way. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
EXAMPLE:
0. I'd like to make a few suggestions.
I`d like to put forward a few suggestions.
1 Practically no one came to Peter's party last Friday .
Hardly …………………… last Friday
2 Billy made a great mistake when he took that job.
Billy shouldn't …………… that job.
3 Two nurses were looking after the patient.
The patient…
4 How long is this river?
What ……………………………………?
5 Our stylist will dye your hair in a moment.
You ……………………………………….in a moment.
6 He is not a solicitor but he acts like one.
He acts ……………… a solicitor.
7 Everybody thinks that some politicians were elected MPs by mistake.
Some politicians …
8 She is very creative but she couldn't help me then.
In ……………………………………..creative she couldn't help me then.
9. It is a pity I was not invited to the reception.
I wish………………………………………..to the reception.
10 My ankle hurts me if I run longer.
The longer ………………………
5. WORD BUILDING
The underlined words in capitals can be used to form a word that completes suitably the meaning of each sentence. Give the form of the proper word. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
EXAMPLE:
0. Is there any ............ of hiring a boat? POSSIBLE ...........[possibility]
1 There are some more kids in the ________ who attend my school. NEIGHBOUR
2 The last time I saw Derek he made a number of ____________ remarks about my clothes. SCORN
3 Tim answered too many questions __________ to pass the test. CORRECT
4 There are lots of _________ in front of the cathedral. BEG
5 The cat is very thin, it looks ___________ . FEED
6 Gambling can be as __________________ as smoking is. ADDICT
7 __________of this project depends on how much money we have. COMPLETE
8 Dolores, the ____________is I don't love you anymore! TRUE
9 Plastic does not _______, so it is bad for the environment. COMPOSE
10 Old people are said to have life ______. WISE
11 This skirt is to short, you must ___ it. LONG
12 There is no need for ____________ here, we can use each other's first names. FORMAL
13 It was ________of you to leave the window open. No wonder the parrot flew away. CARE
14 The small island was lashed by _____rain and winds up to 320 kilometers per hour. TORRENT
15 I don't have much ________ in Don, he seems to be rather self-centered. CONFIDE
16 Helen is a ________. She works for a firm of accountants. TYPE
17 The ____________ are expected to win the elections. REPUBLIC
18 Nelly is an _____________ child. She always does what you tell her. OBEY
19 Your mum will be _______when she learns what you have done to her best coat. FURY
20 The town hall has installed wheelchair drives and other facilities for ________people. ABLE
6. TRANSLATION
Translate the following sentences into English. Write words only in the spaces given. Do not be misled by the amount of space in between prompted words. You may not change words already given. Write your answers on the answer sheet
EXAMPLE:
0. Gdzie mieszkasz?
Where do you live?
Patrz na te chmury - będzie padało. Lepiej weźmy parasol, żebyśmy nie zmokli.
Look ____________________________: it's going to rain. We ___________________ so ______________________ wet.
2. Rozgrzej oliwę z oliwek na patelni z grubym dnem. Połóż kawałki mięsa na patelni i usmaż je szybko.
Heat some olive oil _____________________________. Put __________________ and ____________________ them ____________________.
3. Nigdy nie widziałem, żeby Janek miał na sobie garnitur, ale pamiętam, jak mówił, że raz go do tego zmuszono. Szkoda, że tego nie widziałem.
I have never seen ____________________________________, but I remember __________________________________ that he ______________________ once.
I _____________________________.
4. Kiedy jako mały chłopiec chodziłem do szkoły, raz w semestrze przychodził wykładowca i wygłaszał wspaniałe wykłady na temat słynnych dawnych bitew.
When I was a small boy at school ___________________________ to come __________________ a _____________________ and ________________________ the past.
5. Nie tłumaczmy im, co się stało. I tak nie zrozumieją.
__________________________ bother _________________________ what happened. They __________________________________.
6. We wrześniu 1980 roku przedstawiciele 40 krajów spotkali się w Nowym Jorku i podpisali umowę będącą ważnym krokiem na drodze do rozwiązania poważnego międzynarodowego problemu.
____________________________________an agreement that ______________ an important step toward ________________________________.
7. Mówiłam ci już dawno, żebyś poszedł do dentysty. Gdybyś mnie wtedy posłuchał, nie bolałby cię teraz ząb.
I _________________________________ the dentist _________________________. If you _________________________, you __________________________________.
8. Pierwszy raz korzystam z Internetu. Nie wiedziałem, że jest tam tyle pożytecznych informacji.
This is __________________________. I had no idea __________________________.
9. Na razie nie ma powodu do niepokoju. Być może nie otrzymała twojej wiadomości.
There ______________________________. She _____________________________ .
10. Pewien stopień stresu jest w życiu nieunikniony!
A ___________________________ is __________________________________ in life!
7. READING
Read the text and answer the questions that follow it. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
There was a note on the desk informing me that Mr. Summer, journalist, would be arriving at night. I was to show him around the factory, allowing him to see anything and anyone.
“You'd think”, I said to Sid, who shared the room with me and who was resting his feet on the desk, “that I had nothing better to do”.
Mr. Summer turned out to be plump, and he wore an expensive grey suit. As soon as he was in the room he smiled charmingly at both of us and shook us by the hand. Sid, courteous, offered Summer his seat and himself sat on a tin can in the corner of the room. Summer immediately offered cigarettes.
“I hope”, Summer began, “that I am not putting you out at all”. He looked at both of us steadily, in turn. “My idea is to look at industry from the other side. One has the management's point of view, but I want to know how the worker feels about industry”.
“Exhausted”, said Sid. “Most of the time”, he added.
Summer laughed. His laugh was steady and soft, establishing mutual sympathy and understanding. He behaved and looked like a visitor from a distant place where elegance was not the mark of a traitor.
Above the noise of the cranes as they passed the window we could hear a wail. Summer jumped in his seat and dropped his cigarette. He was going to stamp on it but I picked it up and gave it to him and he put it back in his mouth. The door was kicked open and Lennie came in swearing. Summer could not hide his astonishment at Lennie's appearance, at the red hair to the shoulders, the lens-less spectacles, the red, long nose, the black, heavy moustache.
1. What was the purpose of Summer's visit?
A) to examine and repair some machinery at the factory.
B) to check how efficient the workers are.
C) to find out the attitude of the workers.
D) to share some information from the management.
2. How did the narrator react to the visit?
A) He thought it might cause trouble.
B) He was happy to have something different to do.
C) He was eager to assist the management.
D) He thought it would be a waste of his time.
3. When Summer arrived Sid's behaviour was
A) hostile.
B) polite.
C) nervous.
D) indifferent.
4. Summer's manner of speaking showed him to be
A) an experienced journalist.
B) a stranger to this environment.
C) a man who could not be trusted.
D) a reporter who showed prejudice.
5. When Summer saw Lennie he was
A) amazed.
B ) scared.
C) shocked. .
D) disgusted.
8. ERROR RECOGNITION
Some of the following sentences are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. If a sentence is correct put a tick by its number on the answer sheet. If a sentence has a word which should not be there, write the word on the answer sheet. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
EXAMPLE:
0. Thank you for the book which you had sent me for my birthday last week. 0. had
00. Coffee is made from the beans that grow in the coffee bush. 00. √
1. If you do live in certain parts of London there are chances that your house will be burgled in the next ten months.
2. If you leave your house empty for any much longer than two weeks, then you might have squatters.
3. The squatters are homeless and penniless and they take over empty houses.
4. They make life difficult for people who are away on their business.
5. They could also cause trouble to those who are selling their house and moving.
6. It is no surprise then that the profession of house sitter has so become popular.
7. This new job describes someone who is paid to live in a house while the owners are away.
8. He has to make certain sure no one squats in it.
9. He also feeds in the pets and waters the flowers.
10. Of course you need to be very careful indeed as to the character of whomever employ as a house sitter, otherwise…
THIS IS THE END OF THE TEST
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