Fundaţia Sapientia - Universitatea Sapientia din Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice şi Umaniste din Miercurea-Ciuc - Gazdaság- és
Humántudományok Kar
Angol nyelv – nyelvtani és szókincs-ellenőrző teszt
Varianta 2
2-es tételsor
I. READING AND WRITING
1. Read the text below and identify two effects of using motor cars
(4 points)
Since the introduction of the motor car at the beginning of the 20th century, our roads
have become more and more congested and our cities increasingly polluted. In Mexico City, for
example, where there are over two million cars, children are quite used to smog alerts. It is said
that the damage caused to children’s lungs is the same as that from smoking two packets of
cigarettes a day.
Seen from the air, cities such as London and Los Angeles appear to be covered in a
blanket of clouds, that is, in fact, the haze of pollution. Car manufacturers and city planners are
now working to try and control the number of vehicles and improve the way they run to make
them less polluting. One major advance has been the development of the electronic car. Using
batteries, these vehicles are able to move quietly around cities creating little pollution.
2. Read the text again and decide if the following sentences are true or false. (5 points)
a) Motor cars have recently been introduced.
b) Smog alerts are quite common in big cities.
c) Pollution seiously damages the lungs.
d) Nobody tries to control the number of vehicles.
e) Electric cars could be an alternative to motor cars.
3. Write the questions to which the underlined words are the answers.
(6 points)
a) The motor car was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.
b) In Mexico City, children are quite used to smog alerts.
c) These vehicles are able to move quietly around the cities.
II. TRANSLATION
Translate into English:
(10 points)
a) Zburam de 30 de minute când mi-am dat seama că am plecat de acasă fără să închid
ferestrele.
b) Intrasem deja în clădire cînd mi-am adus aminte să urma să-mi dai un telefon la ora aceea.
c) Până m-am căsătorit n-am ştiut nici măcar cum să-mi fac curăţenie în cameră.
d) Dacă nu mă găseşte acasă, va reveni pe la 9.
e) A venit acum câteva minute.
III. WORD FORMATION
Use the words in capitals at the end of each sentence to form another word that fits in
each blank space.
(20 Points)
a) This pop singer has gained huge ……….. in Europe lately.
POPULAR
b) He proved to be a ………. soldier.
COURAGE
c) We were very much impressed by the ………. of that building. ARCHITECT
d) Unfortunately, this time your composition lacks ……….
ORIGINAL
e) Her illnesses are usually ……….
IMAGINE
f) Education can help ………. your horizons.
BROAD
g) We will be going ………. on a business trip overseas.
SHORT
h) The police made an ………. about the arrest this morning.
ANNOUNCE
i) It is his ………. to run for office next year.
INTEND
j) The children were very …… about their trip to the zoo. ENTHUSIASM
IV. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive voice. (20 points)
Mount Everest and K2 (1)___________ (believe) to be the two highest mountains in
the world, but they (2) __________ (be) very different. Everest (3) _________ (climb) for the
first time in 1953, and since then thousands of people (4) __________ (stand) on the summit.
You (5) __________ (not need) to be a professional climber – every year many people (6)
_________ (take) to the top by guides. But in recent years this popularity
(7) __________ (begin) to cause problems. Since 1953 thousands of tons of rubbish (8)
___________ (leave) at the foot of the mountain, and a lot of people (9) ___________ (think)
that the ‘Everest experience’ (10) __________ (ruin) by the number of visitors.
K2, deep in the Himalayas, (11) _________ (not measured) until 1859, seven years after
Everest. It (12) __________ (say) to be the most dangerous mountain in the world, and it (13)
_________ (not climb) as often as Everest has. Every year small numbers of mountaineers (14)
_________ (try) to reach the top, but not many (15) _________ (succeed) – some of the worst
Himalayan accidents in the last twenty years (16) _________ (happen) on the mountain, and
many lives (17) __________ (lose). Tourist expeditions (18) ________ (start) going to Everest
in the 1980s, and the number of visitors (19) __________ (rise) since then, but they (20)
__________ (not go) to K2.
V. LETTER WRITING
(25 points)
A friend is coming to visit you in your town for the first time. Unfortunately, you have an
important interview, and will not be able to meet him/her at the station; so you have asked your
sister/brother to go in your place. Write a letter to your friend explaining the situation and
describing your sister/brother so your friend will recognise him or her at the station.
(150-200 words)
BONUS: 10 POINTS
Şef catedră—Tanszékvezető
Dr. Tapodi Zsuzsa