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AKADEMIA ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA IM. JANA KOCHANOWSKIEGO W KIELCACH
ZAKŁAD NEOFILOLOGII
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12thSeptember 2003
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.................................................................. 20 points
5. Word Building ............................................................... 20 points
6. Translation (Polish to English).......................................... 20 points
7. Reading Comprehension ................................................. 10 points
8. Error Recognition............................................................ 10 points
9. Translation (American English to British English)................ 10 points
10. Phrasal Verbs .............................................................. 10 points
11. General Knowledge Component...................................... 10 points
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150 points
- oral part: ............................................................................... 50 points
TIMING: 3 hours. .
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1. DEFINITIONS
Choose the correct definition of the words in bold.
NOTE: Only one answer is correct in each case.
EXAMPLE:
0.The doctor has all the patient’s details on computer.
a) a piece of equipment that you speak into to record your voice or make it louder when you are speaking
b) a piece of electronic equipment which you use to listen to programmes that are broadcast, such as music and news
c) an electronic machine that can store information and do things with it according to a set of instructions called a program
1. I was browsing through the newspaper when I spotted your name.
a) looking through the pages of a magazine, book without a particular purpose, just reading the most interesting parts
b) reading quickly to find the main facts, ideas in it
c) reading quickly in order to understand its main meaning or to find some particular information
2. People with an extrovert personality are more likely to enjoy sports.
a) someone behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way
b) someone who is active and confident, and who enjoys spending time with other people
c) someone who thinks mainly about their own thoughts and personal life and does not enjoy spending time with other people
3. Gangs of pickpockets had rushed through the carnival crowds, stealing wallets and purses.
a) someone who gets into houses, shops etc. to steal things
b) someone who steals things from people’s pockets, especially in a crowd
c) a thief who gets into a building by climbing up walls, pipes etc.
4. He’s a ruthless dictator, responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent people.
a) so determined to get what you want that you do not care if you have to hurt other people in order to do it
b) rude or disrespectful especially towards someone older
c) very pleasing or attractive
5. He unfortunately has a xenophobic mistrust of everything that isn’t British.
a) showing eagerness to meet and talk to new people
b) having or expressing a great love of your country
c) showing a strong dislike or fear of people from other countries
6. He made a half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.
a) showing a lack of enthusiasm and interest
b) extremely enthusiastic about something that you believe in very strongly
c) done unwillingly and with effort
7. The goods have been sitting in a warehouse for months because a strike has prevented distribution.
a) a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities
b) a large building for storing large quantities of goods
c) a place where people buy and sell goods, especially in an open area
8. They have been building the new by-pass since 1997 – I don’t think they’ll ever finish it.
a) a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances, especially between cities
b) a track that people walk along over an area of ground
c) a road that goes around a town or other busy area rather than through it
9. They have a system of boarding cards so they know exactly how many people are on board the ferry.
a) a printed piece of paper which shows that you have paid to enter a cinema, travel on bus, plane etc.
b) an official document that states that a fact or facts are true
c) a card which a passenger must have when boarding an aeroplane or boat before a journey
10. Octopuses are found at the bottom of the sea.
a) animals without legs which live in water, using their tail to help it swim
b) sea creatures with soft oval bodies and eight tentacles
c) sea animals with soft oval almost transparent bodies
2. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the one idiom that best completes the sentence.
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. I’ve seen her perform on television, but never ................................ .
a) in arrears b) in the flesh c) in a body d) in bud
2. I’d like a cup of coffee, please – actually, ................................ , I’ll have a beer.
a) on second thoughts b) on no account c) on consignment d) on cue
3. You can’t fool me with your ................................ . I know you’re not really upset.
a) seeing-eye dog b) charley horse c) sabre-toothed tiger d) crocodile tears
4. I wouldn’t have believed him capable of fraud, but there it was, ................................ .
a) in the air b) in the blink of an eye c) in black and white d) in the can
5. It’s risky to buy goods on ................................ .
a) the black market b) the labour market c) a free market d) the Common Market
6. We got such a ................................ when we arrived at the party that we almost wished we hadn’t gone.
a) warm welcome b) hero’s welcome c) cordial welcome d) frosty welcome
7. When he was at school he always ................................ on Fridays to play football instead.
a) played cat and mouse b) played truant c) played chicken d) played gooseberry
8. I wouldn’t like to be in Mike’s ................................ when the boss hears what he’s done!
a) shoes b) slippers c) loafers d) boots
9. Paul is such a ................................; I don’t think he ever goes to bed before three or four in the morning.
a) dolly bird b) early bird c) night owl d) rare bird
10. Is it really your car or are you ................................ ?
a) pulling the rug from under my feet b) pulling a fast one c) pulling my leg d) pulling rank
3. CLOZE
fill each gap with one suitable word only.
The story of a word begins 1) ................... the story of its creation. Like a baby, however, a new word is only 2) ................... the beginning of its life story. The rest of that story lies in 3) ................... the word changes in appearance, where it has come 4) ..................., where it goes in the world, and what it becomes.
For 5) ..................., let us look at the life story of a word that every English-speaking person uses. As the story unfolds, suppose you see 6) ................... what point in the word's development you recognize it as one of 7) ................... own.
Many centuries ago, when Latin was spoken in what is now Italy, a merchant was sailing the seas in search 8) ................... new goods to take to the Roman markets. The merchant stopped 9) ................... a Persian port. There he found a delicious fruit and brought samples of it 10) ................... Rome.
Now, the merchant 11) ................... very little Persian and did not stop long enough to ask for the Persian name of the fruit. When he arrived in Rome, he was asked 12) ................... Roman buyers 13) ................... the fruit was called. "Oh, it's just a Persian apple," he said, "a persicum malum."
Later on, when the customers came back for more of the fruit, they dropped the ending. Soon the fruit became known all 14) ................... the Empire as persicum. In Germanic it became persoc. In this form it was carried to Britain by the early Anglo-Saxons.
In Italy, people speaking quickly often left 15) ................... the r before the s (in much the same way that some English speakers say hoss instead of horse). After a few more changes the the word became pesca which is what the Italians 16) ................... the fruit to this day.
From Italy, this form moved to France. So persicum, with its Latin, Italian, and French changes, 17) ................... become pesche. Then it went to Britain, 18) ................... it found itself face-to-face with its cousin persoc used by the Saxons. The English people now had 19) ................... words for the same fruit. So they tossed out the old persoc in 20) ................... of the new pesche. Another change turned it into peach, which is the word we use today.
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