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KN ADV.

EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH

Name Book no. Department Teacher Date

I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word given. (5 pts)

1. Dangers of working too much are often ______________________________________. It can lead to headaches, neck pain, lower back pain and depression. ESTIMATE

2. Being polite is ________________________________ because when people see the result, they want to do the same. CONTAGION

3. What exactly is your _______________________________ to this project? CONTRIBUTE 4. The bus was _________________________________. I couldn’t breathe! CROWD 5. The media praised the ____________________________ dress she wore. TASTE

II. Fill in the gap with ONE word. (5 pts)

1. You should stem the ___________________________ of unnecessary things into your life.

2. These TV sets sell like hot ____________________________.

3. She raised her concerns in the meeting in order to ________________________ the boat.

4. His unacceptable behaviour in the meeting totally ________________________ my mind!

5. During discussion everyone is expected to come ________________________ with ideas.

III. Match the sentence halves. Put the correct letter (a-l) in the middle column. There are two extra endings.(10pts) 1. Remember to always look at a) about serious consequences.

2. He suggested b) in with the team.

3. My ancestors emigrated c) over me and everyone in the room.

4. You need to strive d) going to the cinema in the evening.

5. The peace agreement is still vulnerable e) about their tiredness.

6. He isn’t afraid of swimming f) for the boss and his ideas.

7. It’s important to hire people who fit g) from their native country years ago.

8. A feeling of anxiety came h) to being destroyed.

9. People have voiced their concern i) against the tide if he knows he’s right.

10. It can bring j) with everyone against the idea.

k) for your privacy. Be assertive.

l) the bright side of life.

IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word given in bold. (10 pts) 1. I don't want to take part in the project. RATHER

________________________________________________________________ part in the project.

2. She couldn't go away for the weekend because she didn't have enough money. PREVENTED

She ______________________________________________________________ for the weekend by lack of money.

3. Staying another night would have meant paying more. IF

I would have had ________________________________________________________________ another night.

4. I made the decision to go to university after all. DECIDED

What I ________________________________________________________________ to university after all.

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5. Sally regrets not being able to visit her aunt more often. WISHES

Sally ________________________________________________________________ visit her aunt more often.

V. Choose the correct answer: a, b, c, or d. (10 pts) 1. How long ________ for your appointment?

a) do you wait b) are you waiting c) have you waited d) have you been waiting 2. By Friday next week we ________ redecorating our house.

a) will finish b) will have finished c) will finished d) will be finishing 3. The vast majority of the Spanish ________ two foreign languages.

a) are speaking b) is speaking c) speak d) speaks 4. She sometimes sends ________ 35 text messages a day!

a) as many as b) as much as c) so many as d) so much as 5. It's about time I ________ a job where I can use my degree.

a) find b) found c) have found d) had found

6. She left her phone number ________ Andy to call her later.

a) to b) from c) for d) in

7. We had twice as ________ theft as we had last year.

a) many b) much c) same d) lot

8. They wish they ________ a bigger house. This one is just not enough.

a) have b) have had c) had d) had had

9. He ________ to class late. It's really annoying.

a) always comes b) always is coming c) comes always d) is always coming 10. Earning decent salary ________ the feeling of well-being.

a) contributes to b) makes for c) results from d) stems from

VI. Choose the correct answer: a, b, c, or d. (10pts)

1. You hurt his feelings with your mistaken ____________________.

a) assumptions b) precision c) identity d) approaches 2. Their quarrel ____________________ into a full-scale argument.

a) started b) ended c) billowed d) finished

3. Six months earlier I was still __________________ by the book and the idea.

a) spelled b) mesmerized c) engross d) given

4. Union officials were trying to ___________________ a vote for next week.

a) put away b) re-organized c) put out d) reschedule 5. It was a moment of personal __________________: I can be different.

a) epiphany b) illuminate c) enlighten d) phenomenon

6. This is the best and safest way to check the ___________________ of a visa.

a) originality b) authenticity c) reality d) possibility 7. His cool blue eyes took in each detail of her _________________ clothes.

a) careful b) delicate c) noisy d) well-cut

8. Something happened one __________________ day that changed everything for me.

a) changing b) shifting c) fateful d) different

9. Only in the past few months had the situation become _________________.

a) disstable b) ilstable c) irstable d) unstable

10.There is no __________________ between faith and science - true science.

a) resurrection b) contradictionc) objectification d) inspiration

VII. Complete the gaps with the correct word from the box. (10pts)

extraneous / crowdsource / genuineness / fraud/ urge / turmoil / vulnerable / collaboration / ingenious / parable

1. Doubts about the _________________________________________ of his own faith troubled him for many years.

2. I couldn't resist the ___________________________________________ to steal that video camera from the shop.

3. People really get rid of the ________________________________________ issues and focus on what's important.

4. I heard some awful __________________________________________through the window. It was so loud!

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5. He thanked his co-workers for a fruitful _______________________________________________.

6. They always ___________________________________ the product to a community of testers before launching.

7. Her way of telling a(n) ____________________________________is different from my father's.

8. She looked small and _______________________________________ but her voice was hard.

9. I invested in your business and you took my money. You're a(n)________________ _______________________.

10. My boss wanted me to put my _____________________________________ techniques to good use.

VIII. Write questions for the underlined part. (5 pts)

1. Mr Pitt had been trying to call them every five minutes since 11 a.m.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

2. I spilt Peter's coffee on my dad's suit.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

3. Steven was down on his right knee.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

4. Only six per cent of men work as teachers.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. Predators depend on other animals.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

IX. Read the text and choose the correct answer: a, b, c or d. (7 pts) The Beauties of the Stone Age Jane Howard views some works of ancient art

I have just come home after viewing some astonishing works of art that were recently discovered in Church Hole cave in Nottinghamshire. They are not drawings, as one would expect, but etchings, and they depict a huge range of wild animals.

The artists who created them lived around 13,000 years ago, and the images are remarkable on a variety of counts. First of all, their sheer number is staggering: there are ninety all told. Moreover, fifty-eight of them are on the ceiling. This is extremely rare in cave art, according to a leading expert, Dr Wilbur Samson of Central Midlands University. 'Wall pictures are the norm', he says. 'But more importantly, the Church Hole etchings are an incredible artistic achievement. They can hold their own in comparison with the best found in continental Europe.' I am not a student of the subject, so I have to take his word for it.

However, you do not have to be an expert to appreciate their beauty.

In fact, it is the wider significance of the etchings that is likely to attract most attention in academic circles, since they radically alter our view of life in Britain during this epoch. It had previously been thought that ice-age hunters in this country were isolated from people in more central areas of Europe, but the Church Hole images prove that ancient Britons were part of a culture that had spread right across the continent. And they were at least as sophisticated culturally as their counterparts on the mainland.

News of such exciting discoveries spreads rapidly, and thanks to the Internet and mobile phones, a great many people probably knew about this discovery within hours of the initial expedition returning. As a result, some etchings may already have been damaged, albeit inadvertently, by eager visitors. In a regrettably late response, the site has been cordoned of with a high, rather intimidating fence, and warning notices have been posted.

An initial survey of the site last year failed to reveal the presence of the etchings. The reason lies in the expectations of the researchers. They had been looking for the usual type of cave drawing or painting, which shows up best under direct light. Consequently, they used powerful torches, shining them straight onto the rock face. However, the Church Hole images are modifications of the rock itself, and show up best when seen from a certain angle in the natural light of early morning.

Having been fortunate to see them at this hour, I can only say that I was deeply - and unexpectedly - moved. While most cave art often seems to have been created in a shadowy past very remote from us, these somehow convey the impression that they were made yesterday.

Dr Samson feels that the lighting factor provides important information about the likely function of these works of art. 'I think the artists knew very well that the etchings would hardly be visible except early in the morning. We can therefore deduce that the chamber was used for rituals involving animal worship, and that they were conducted just after dawn, as a preliminary to the day's hunting.'

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However, such ideas are controversial in the world of archaeology and human origins. Dr Olivia Caruthers of the Reardon Institute remains unconvinced that the function of the etchings at Church Hole can be determined with any certainty. 'When we know so little about the social life of early humans, it would be foolish to insist on any rigid interpretation.

We should, in my view, begin by tentatively assuming that their creators were motivated in part by aesthetic considerations - while of course being prepared to modify this verdict at a later date, if and when new evidence emerges.'

To which I can only add that I felt deeply privileged to have been able to view Church Hole. It is a site of tremendous importance culturally and is part of the heritage, not only of this country, but the world as a whole.

Taken from: Charles Osborne, CAE Practical Tests, Heinle Cengage Learning, 2006

1. According to the text, the images in Church Hole cave are:

a. unique examples of ceiling art.

b. particularly beautiful cave paintings.

c. superior in quality to other cave art in Britain.

d. aesthetically exceptional.

2. What is the cultural significance of these images?

a. They indicate that people from central Europe had settled in Britain.

b. They prove that ancient Britons hunted over large areas.

c. They reveal the existence of a single ice-age culture in Europe.

d. They suggest that people in Europe were more sophisticated than Britons.

3. According to the text:

a. the discovery of the images should not have been made public.

b. the images in the cave are vulnerable to damage.

c. many people visited the cave within hours of its discovery.

d. the measures taken to protect the images have proved ineffective.

4. Why were the images not discovered during the initial survey?

a. They were not viewed from the right angle.

b. People were not expecting to find any images.

c. Artificial light was used to explore the cave.

d. The torches used were too powerful.

5. What conclusions does Dr Samson draw from the lighting factor?

a. Rituals are common in animal worship.

b. The artists never intended to make the images visible.

c. The images were intended to be visible at a certain time of day.

d. Ice-age hunters worshipped animals in the cave.

6. According to Dr Caruthers,

a. we cannot make inferences from cave art.

b. the images in Church Hole do not serve any particular function.

c. experts know nothing about life 13,000 years ago.

d. the function of such images is open to question.

7. It seems that the writer:

a. can now envisage the life of ice-age hunters more vividly.

b. was profoundly impressed by the images in the cave.

c. has now realised the true significance of cave art.

d. thinks the images should receive more publicity.

X. Match the words in bold from the text with the given definitions. (8 pts) 1. etchings ________ a. closed to people and vehicles 2. staggering ________ b. great in amount, scale or intensity 3. counterparts ________ c. an introductory event

4. albeit ________ d. engraved pictures / inscriptions 5. cordoned off ________ e. a match, an identical part or thing 6. preliminary ________ f. fixed, not to be changed

7. rigid ________ g. although

8. tremendous ________ h. shocking and surprising

Score: 0-47 NDST 48-54 DST 55-61 +DST 62-67 DB 68-74 +DB 75-80 BDB

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