DATE: _________
DOĞUŞ UNIVERSITY
ENGLISH PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
SKILL: WEEKEND STUDY 4
LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE
STUDENT`S NAME: ___________________ STUDENT`S NUMBER: ____________
SECTION 1: READING
Instructions- Read the passages below. Choose the best answer for the questions.
Passage 1:
GOOGLE
Google is now the most dominant search tool on the web, setting the standards that
others try to follow and better, as yet unsuccessfully. It was founded in 1998 - relatively late
compared to many of the popular search engines - by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were
graduate students from Stanford University. Page and Brin had been working together on a
search engine they called "BackRub" since early 1996. Google, Inc. was established on
September 7, 1998. The founders hired Craig Silverstein - who was later to become Director
of Technology - as their first employee, and started the business in a friend's garage.
Google was still in an alpha stage, with an index of just 25 million pages, but it was
handling 10,000 search queries every day. The search engine and the company grew
quickly through word of mouth, initially with regular web users coming across the tool and
finding the results to their liking.
Usage spread rapidly through press coverage, awards and recommendations, whilst
Google's effectiveness and relevance, its speed and reliability, plus clean visual effects and
'quirky' nature all contributed to a rapid increase in the number of new advocates.
Google has become synonymous with search and has entered the dictionary as a verb 'to google' something. The expansion and integration of all Google's different services is
making it a dominant player in the online market, but to many websites, Google is also the
ultimate ranking target that will make a significant difference between the volumes of traffic
received from prospective customer searching the web.
1. Which statement is true according to the article?
a) Google could grow quickly through satisfied users’ recommendations.
b) Other search engines follow Google successfully.
c) The founders of Google were a part of Stanford University’s academic staff.
d) Google was formed in nearly the same time as the other popular search engines.
2. What does “queries” ( par.2) mean?
a) request to retrieve information from a database.
b) number of people who visit Google everyday.
c) results of a search done on the internet.
d) act of finding something unknown.
3. What does “effectiveness’”( par.3) refer to?
a) press coverage
b) awards
c) its speed and reliability
d) recommendation
4. What makes Google dominant in the online market?
a) entering the dictionary with search.
b) its ranking target.
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c) its clean visual effects.
d) its different services.
5. Google shows us that “being first” is not important, _________________ .
a) if you are effective, reliable, and fast enough, you can achieve
being the best
b) it’s about how you present yourself
c) advertising can make you dominant in the online market
d) if you don’t treat your rivals like enemies, you will be the top priority for everyone
else
Passage 2:
Feng Shui – What is it?
Over 3,000 years ago, Chinese farmers established a religious science that developed out of
Taoism called Feng Shui (Fung Shui), meaning wind water. Feng Shui is a belief that by
living in harmony with nature and adjusting our homes, businesses, and yards to adapt to
geological alignments to physical elements, we will be healthy, wealthy, and wise. It is also
called geomancy, a form of divination.
Feng Shui teaches that there is an energy called Qi (or Chi) flowing throughout the universe
in lines, 5 sometimes called meridians or channels. It claims to balance the Yin and Yang in
the environment. It resembles astrology in some aspects.
While it is very sensible to live and respect the laws of nature, Feng Shui takes it further.
Good fortune and quality of life are enhanced by surrounding ourselves with things of
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beauty. Dish fountains with trickling water soothing to your ears,are just one of the
characteristics of decorating 10 according to Feng Shui. These types of items will enable us
to be more peace-loving and kind. If we envelop ourselves with symbols of death, contempt,
and indifference towards nature and other people, we will corrupt ourselves.
The experts of Feng Shui decorating call themselves masters. They search out your land
for the supposed five elements and two energies, such as chi and sha. Claiming to detect
15 metaphysical energies, they give direction for the optimal flow of power and liveliness.
Architectural elements of your home are designed according to the master’s planning and
design. A considerable monetary fee is expected for the rendering of this service. People
who have money to burn are attracted to this phenomenon to enhance their lifestyle and 20
social status.
1. What does “resembles” in line 8 mean?
a) copies
b) contradicts
c) offers
d) looks like
2. What is important in Feng-Shui?
a) Having pouring water fountains.
b) It’s close ties with astrology.
c) Surrounding ourselves with beautiful things brings good fortune and life.
d) While surrounding yourself with things of beauty, don’t forget death elements as well.
3. What does “we” in line 13 refer to?
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a) People
b) Types of items
c) Feng-Shui masters
d) One of the characteristics of decorating
4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
a) The masters give optimal flow of power and liveliness.
b) Decorating your home using certain types of items will make you more peaceful.
c) Architectural elements are taken into consideration in Feng Shui.
d) Payment should be made in order to benefit from the service.
5. What could be another title for this passage?
a) Sooth Yourself with the Far East.
b) The Good and the Bad
c) Flow of Energy in our Lives
d) Feng-Shui and Astrology
Passage 3:
SHACKLETON
Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer of the South Pole who is best remembered for
leading his crew to safety after the failed expedition of the Endurance (1914-16). Shackleton
had been a junior officer on Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery expedition (1902-03), and his
expedition with the Nimrod (1907-09) had taken him closer to the South Pole than anyone
before. After Roald Amundsen reached the Pole in 1911, Shackleton and a crew of 28 men
set out in his ship Endurance in 1914, in the hopes of being the first to cross the polar
continent. The ship was frozen in ice, then crushed, and Shackleton and his men set out in
lifeboats after nearly a year and a half on the ice. Shackleton, known as "The Boss," took
five men and sailed 800 miles in an open boat from Elephant Island to the island of South
Georgia, then went back and saved the rest of his crew, all of whom survived. Almost two
years after starting out,they reached safety in South America in September of 1916. In spite
of 10 his heroics, Shackleton had a hard time back in England with finances and alcohol. He
eventually managed to get financing for another voyage to Antarctica in 1921, but he had a
fatal heart attack at South Georgia Island and never made it.
1.Which one of the following statements is true?
a) Shackleton reached the South Pole before Amundsen.
b) Shackleton couldn’t return back to Elephant Island.
c) Endurance couldn’t become the first to cross the polar continent.
d) Shackleton couldn’t save his crew.
2.What does “set out” in line 6 mean?
a) live
b) make
c) depart
d) get together
3.What does “made it” in line 15 mean?
a) left
b) survived
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c) saw
d) covered
4. We understand from the text that__________________________________
a) Shackleton worked with Roald Amundsen.
b) Shackleton came closer to the South Pole than anyone else.
c) Shackleton had alcohol problem all his life.
d) Shackleton acted very bravely under difficult situations.
5. Between 1907 and 1921 Shackleton made_________ expeditions.
a) 3
b) 5
c) 6
d) 4
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SECTION 2: USE OF ENGLISH
Part A: Rewrite. Instructions- Complete the second sentence using between two
and five words so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given.
Example: I didn`t have the money so I didn`t buy a new suit. (would)
If I had had the money, _____I would have bought_____ a new suit.
1. I am not tall enough to reach the shelf. (taller)
I would be able to reach the shelf __________________________________.
2. Tina and Joe don`t know all of the people here, but they pretends to. (act)
Tina and Joe _________________________________ all of the people here.
3. I would love to be sitting on a beach in Antalya right now! (wish)
I _________________________________ on a beach in Antalya right now!
4. The storm destroyed many houses. (were)
____________________________________________ the storm.
5. It`s a pity you are not coming to Jennifer`s party. (wish)
______________________________________________ to Jennifer`s party.
6. I should really be going class now. If I am late, my teacher will mark me absent.
(time)
_______________________________ to class. I am late, my teacher will mark
me absent.
7. I don`t want Carol to bring her children to the party (rather)
_____________________________________________ her children to the party.
8. Your face is so white! You look like you have seen a ghost. (though)
Your face is so white! You look ________________________________ a ghost.
9. I`d sooner you visited your grandparents more often. (would)
____________________________________ your grandparents more often.
10. Let`s ask George. He looks like he knows the answer. (as)
George ____________________________________ the answer.
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Part B: Fill-in-the-blank. Instructions- Put each verb in brackets into a suitable
active or passive verb form.
Dear Mrs. Patel,
We are delighted to inform you that you 0) ____have been selected___ (select) for a
free holiday. According to our information, you 1) ___________________ (answer) a
telephone survey last month, as a result of which your name 2) _________________
(enter) in the holiday drawing. Our computer 3) ______________________ (chose) your
name, so you and your family 4) _______________________ (invite) to spend a week in
the European destination of your choice. This offer 5) _____________________ (make)
on the condition that you attend a special promotions day with other lucky families in
your region who 6) ______________________ (offer) a similar deal. You
7) ____________________ (ask) to attend on any Saturday next month at Royal Hotel,
Manchester. If you 8) ______________________ (interest) in attending and taking up
this offer, please 9)_______________________ (return) the information below to us as
soon as possible.
Best Regards,
Publishers Clearinghouse
SECTION 3: VOCABULARY
Part A: Matching. Match the words with their definitions.
1. ____ sophisticated
a. being full of energy
2. ____ enthusiastic
b. mysterious, strange or unusual
3. ____ talented
c. not severe, rough, or violent
4. ____ lively
d. having or showing great excitement and interest
5. ____ intriguing
e. being worthy of trust; reliable
6. ____ flexible
f. fully developed in body or mind, as a person
7. ____ mature
g. has experience in life and knows about things like art,
8. ____ gentle
fashion, etc.
9. ____ dependable
h. being easily annoyed
10. ____ irritable
i. responding easily to change and differences
j. having a special ability or skill
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Part B: Sentence writing. Use the vocabulary words below to make new
sentences.
0. memorise
__In order to memorise new vocabulary words, I make flash cards.___
1. autograph
_________________________________________________________________
2. suspicious
_________________________________________________________________
3. opportunity
_________________________________________________________________
4. (be) up to the task
_________________________________________________________________
5. determined
_________________________________________________________________
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