SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
27 th January, 2014
LISTENING PART
STUDENT SURNAME: ________________________________________________________
STUDENT NAME: ________________________________________________________
CLASS NUMBER: ________________________________________________________
STUDENT ID: ________________________________________________________
SCORING OF THE LISTENING PART
TOTAL SCORE OF THE LISTENING PART: 15 POINTS
PART 1: 1×7 = 7 POINTS
PART 2: 1×8 = 8 POINTS
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
You will hear a part of a radio phone-in programme with James talking about how he spends his free time. Look at the questions (1–7) and choose the best answer (A, B or C). (1x7=7 pts.)
1.
Why are James’s parents worried?
A) Because he spends more and more time with his ‘digital’ friends.
B) Because he doesn’t spend enough time with them.
C) Because his parents don’t like his behaviour.
2.
How much time does James spend checking his messages in the morning?
A) 2 minutes
B) 5 minutes
C) generally 2 to 5 minutes
3.
What do James’s parents think about texting at mealtimes?
A) It is unnecessary
B) It isn’t healthy
C) It is rude towards other people
4.
According to James why are his parents annoyed?
A) They don’t understand the young.
B) They don’t appreciate modern technology.
C) They don’t spend enough time with their son.
5.
How did James use to spend his free time with his father?
A) They went fishing.
B) They played tennis.
C) They went swimming.
6.
What is Evan’s advice for James? (1 st advice)
A) He thinks that James should only spend time with his parents.
B) He thinks that James should stop using MSN.
C) He thinks that in future James should spend less time with his ‘digital’ friends.
7.
What is Liz’s suggestion for James? (3 rd advice)
A) to slowly reduce the time he spends with his ‘digital’ friends
B) to accept the fact that one day he will get bored with ‘digital’ life
C) to go to a specialist
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
You will hear a man talking about his experiences of eating in other countries. Look at the questions
(1–8) and choose the best answer (A, B or C). (1x8=8 pts.)
1.
What does John Reginald do after serving many years as a diplomat?
A) He is retired and he writes books.
B) He works for the British government.
C) He is a politician.
2.
What did he discover at the beginning of his career?
A) Every country has different rules.
B) Diplomats have to eat anything.
C) Exotic food can cause stomachache.
3.
What was served to him in the Middle East?
A) sheep’s leg
B) sheep’s eyeball
C) sheep’s brain
4.
What is the worst food or drink he has eaten?
A) dried bat
B) sheep’s head
C) snake blood
5.
What makes something difficult to eat?
A) its taste
B) its look
C) its smell
6.
What advice does he give to people in similar situations?
A) To put a lot of sauce on served meals.
B) To close your eyes.
C) To imagine you’re eating something you like.
7.
What does the interviewer think about John’s book?
A) She finds it entertaining and surprising.
B) She thinks that it contains a lot of interesting facts.
C) She sees it as a good resource for people interested in medicine.
8.
What will be the topic of his next book?
A) the history of food consumption in different countries
B) his travelling experiences for globetrotters
C) Chinese history for high school students
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
27 th January, 2014
READING PART
SCORING OF THE READING PART
TOTAL SCORE OF THE READING PART: 20 POINTS
PART 1: 1×10 = 10 POINTS
PART 2: 1×10 = 10 POINTS
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
Read the text and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to the questions (1-10). (1x10= 10 pts.)
1.
Pandas are very important because they are
____.
A) in captivity
B) extremely rare
C) helpful for people
D) not cute
2.
In paragraph 2, “them” refers to ____.
A) tigers
B) gorillas
C) Asian elephants
D) giant pandas
3.
The cost of hosting a giant panda is ____ a year.
A) less than two million dollars
B) more than two and a half million dollars
C) more than four million dollars
D) about four million dollars
4.
Why is it too expensive to accommodate these pandas?
A) the pandas get the best of everything
B) people exaggerate the costs
C) the pandas are endangered
D) China is a very expensive country
5.
In paragraph 5, the word enormous means
____.
A) very light
B) very little
C) very high
D) very heavy
6.
What is the main idea of paragraph 5?
A) Successful captive panda births have increased.
B) The standard of care has improved in recent years.
C) The number of wild pandas has increased.
D) Training for carers has improved.
7.
In paragraph 6, the word boost means ____.
A) reduce
B) halve
C) double
D) increase
8.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to “many pandas born in captivity are being trained to be more self-sufficient and not to
rely on their human keepers” (Paragraph 6)?
A) Human keepers are training many pandas born in zoos to rely on them.
B) Pandas in the wild are self-sufficient.
C) A lot of pandas in zoos today are learning to be more independent of their human keepers.
D) A lot of pandas in zoos today rely on their human keepers to survive.
9.
What is this reading mainly about?
A) the reasons panda numbers are decreasing
B) the differences between wild and captive pandas
C) the problems faced by pandas are decreasing
D) the expense of caring for pandas in captivity is decreasing
10.
What is NOT stated in the reading as a way
China spends the money it receives in donations?
A) taking children to zoos for free
B) educating students about pandas
C) building up the bamboo forests in China
D) protection of pandas
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
Read the text and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to the questions (1-10). (1x10=10 pts.)
1.
In paragraph 1, “they” refers to ____.
A) early humans
B) colors
C) plants
D) animals
2.
The first non-natural colors were produced
____.
A) only recently
B) centuries ago
C) in the 19 th century
D) in the 20 th century
3.
Which color creates trust?
A) red
B) yellow
C) pink
D) blue
4.
Which color represents success in some cultures?
A) yellow
B) red
C) blue
D) pink
5.
Which color causes the heart rate to increase?
A) black
B) yellow
C) red
D) pink
6.
Which color has been used to help children study better?
A) red
B) yellow
C) blue
D) pink
7.
In paragraph 7, “this idea” refers to ____.
A) inhibiting hunger
B) blue food
C) relaxation
D) painting rooms
8.
In paragraph 7, “it” refers to ____.
A) blue color
B) blue light
C) refrigerator
D) the food
9.
Which color can cause you to be less hungry?
A) red
B) yellow
C) pink
D) blue
10.
What is this reading mainly about?
A) how color influences our lives
B) the sources of color
C) how views of color have changed
D) how color can have a calming effect
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
27 th January, 2014
USE OF ENGLISH PART
SCORING OF THE USE OF ENGLISH PART
PART 1: 1×10 = 10 POINTS
PART 2: 1×15 = 15 POINTS
PART 3: 1×10 = 10 POINTS
TOTAL SCORE OF THE USE OF ENGLISH PART: 35 POINTS
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
Choose the correct answer A,B, C or D. (1x10 = 10 pts.)
1. Sheila stopped ____ the medicine, as it wasn’t doing any good.
A) to take
A) must be
B) take
2.
Arthur: The scientists predicted five major storms for this season.
Ben: They ____ wrong, you know. Sometimes they make mistakes.
B) might be
C) have taken
C) are
3.
Jane: This drink doesn’t taste very good. What is the problem?
Benedict: Yes, it is too sweet. I ____ so much sugar in it.
D) taking
D) ought to be
A) shouldn’t have put B) must not have put C) may not have put D) can’t have put
4.
Ann hasn’t enrolled for the course ____. She is still waiting for her advisor’s permission.
A) until B) yet C) already D) still
5.
Matt was accused of ____ a bar of chocolate from the supermarket.
A) steal B) stolen C) stealing D) stole
6.
I wish Anthony ____ talk to me but he never does.
A) had B) would C) can
7.
Unless you ____ how to swim, you have to wear life jacket.
A) know B) will have known C) don’t know
8.
The house in ____ I grew up is in Brighton.
A) where B) that C) what
9.
If Emily behaved better, people ____ her a lot more.
A) will like B) would have liked C) would like
10.
I don’t know how to ____ people’s fortunes.
A) tell B) telling C) told
D) will
D) will know
D) which
D) like
D) have told
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
For questions 1-15, read the text and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits each gap.
(1x15=15 pts.)
Eccentric or Mad?
Traditionally, the British have always been very fond (1) ____ their eccentrics. Even today, British eccentrics are considered to be the strangest, (2) ____ to American psychologist David Weeks.
(3) ____ the Leopard Man, for example. He lives alone in a cave on the
Isle of Skye. He is tattooed from head to toe with leopard spots, and (4) ____ a living selling seafood. But is this bizarre (5) ____ a type of mental illness? It has long been believed that creativity and insanity are (6) ____. In the last 30 years or so, psychologists have tried to find evidence to
(7) ____ this belief. One study found that creative people have a lot (8) ____ common with eccentrics and also that they are more (9) ____ to suffer from extreme depression, which is often associated with mental illness. But during David Weeks’ detailed (10) ____ into the personalities of eccentrics, he found that they are (11) ____ the happiest and healthiest of people. Not (12) ____ do they visit their doctors much less often than the (13) ____of us, but they are also usually (14) ____in several things at one time, so they always have a (15) ____in life.
1) A) for B) about
2) A) concerning B) considering
3) A) Take
4) A) creates
B) See
B) makes
5) A) action
6) A) joined
7) A) bear
8) A) on
9) A) likely
10) A) search
11) A) by
B) treatment
B) connected
B) hold
B) from
B) probable
B) find
B) between
12) A) only
13) A) other
B) just
B) most
14) A) interesting B) involving
15) A) goal B) question
C) of
C) responding
C) Watch
C) gets
C) behaviour
C) same
C) give
C) in
C) possibly
C) check
C) among
C) simply
C) others
C) interested
C) score
D) with
D) according
D) Look
D) has
D) acting
D) attached
D) support
D) of
D) available
D) look
D) apart
D) purely
D) another
D) invested
D) want
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
(1x10=10 pts.)
Susan 1) ____ interior design part-time for three years and she 2) ____ her diploma on 23 rd June next month. 3) ____ she has been in the same company for over ten years she 4) ____ that she needs a change, 5) ____ she is planning to open her own design business. She hopes she 6) ____ an office in a good location and at a reasonable price. Her tutors 7) ____ her that she is very talented and 8) ____ a success of the business in the future. 9) ____ opening her own business, Susan wants to see several European capitals to learn about their cultures and architecture 10) ____ just learning from textbooks and courses.
1) A) has been studying B) was studying C) studied
2) A) will get B) is going to get C) would get
3) A) Until
4) A) felt
5) A) so
6) A) found
7) A) have told
8) A) makes
9)
10)
A) Moreover
A) in spite of
B) Despite
B) feels
B) because
B) will tell
B) made
C) Since
C) will feel
C) when
B) will have found C) finds
C) would tell
C) has made
D) will study
D) got
D) When
D) would feel
D) if
D) will find
D) could tell
D) will make
B) Only if C) In addition to D) However
B) even though C) in order to D) instead of
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
27 th January, 2014
WRITING PART
STUDENT SURNAME: ________________________________________________________
STUDENT NAME: ________________________________________________________
CLASS NUMBER: ________________________________________________________
STUDENT ID: ________________________________________________________
SCORING OF THE WRITING PART
TOTAL SCORE OF THE WRITING PART: 20 POINTS
TOTAL: _________ /20
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
Choose ONE of the topics below and write a well-organized problem-solution, persuasive, compare/contrast, or cause/effect essay. Write at least 300 words.
1.
Compare and /or contrast essay:
Compare and contrast an online class to a traditional class.
2.
Persuasive essay:
Should the Internet use be censored for people?
3.
Problem-solution essay:
How can we help homeless people in our country?
4.
Cause and/ or effect essay:
What are the causes and/or effects of divorce?
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SÜLEYMAN ŞAH UNIVERSITY / FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
PROFICIENCY EXAM
DATE: 27 th
JANUARY, 2014
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