Entrance test PRE-MYP
This test consists of three parts:
Part 1 – Vocabulary
Part 2 - Grammar
Part 3 – Reading comprehension
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PART1: VOCABULARY
TASK 1: Match the meanings of 1-8 with the words/phrases in bold/underlined in the
adverts.
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1. (example) If you go, your friend can come for free! : two-for-one deal
2. An afternoon show :________________
3. You need to pay part of the cost now, but this money can’t be returned ______________
4. You can’t book a place, just get there early! ________________
5. Put your name on a list for a course:________________
6. It’s only for a short time: ________________
7. Write your name, etc. on a form: ________________
8. There’s a maximum number for this course: ________________
TASK 2: Complete questions 1-10 with a word from the box
ate
believe
cereal
healthy
lower
need
contain
prove
depends
reduce
have
skip
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Perhaps, but they are much (1) ______________________ in vitamin C than, say, oranges or even
bananas. However, apples are fat-free and they (2) ________________________ things which
support the action of vitamins and (3) _______________________ the chances of heart disease.
Carrots help you see at night.
It (4) ___________________ . If you already (5) ___________________ a problem with seeing at
night, eating carrots may help. Eyes (6) ___________________ vitamin A to see in the dark, and
carrots contain something called beta carotene, which the body turns into vitamin A.
Oranges stop you getting colds.
People (7) ___________________ this because oranges contain vitamin C, but there is nothing to
(8) ___________________ that vitamin C stops people getting colds. But it’s very important to
get enough vitamin C – we need about 30mg a day to be (9) ___________________.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
This may well be true. A recent survey of 500 schoolchildren showed that those who had (10)
___________________ for breakfast before an exam got better results than those who (11)
___________________ nothing. Another survey showed that people who (12)
___________________breakfast are more likely to be overweight.
PART 2: GRAMMAR
TASK1: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. After Jessica _____ her degree, she wants to work in her father's company.
A. will finish
B. will have finished
C. finishes
D. is finishing
2. When my parents _____ for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time.
A. will arrive
B. arrived
C. will have arrived
D. arrive
3. Anna looked down to discover a snake at her feet. When she saw it, she______
A. was screaming
B. had screamed
C. screamed
D. screams
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4. After ancient Greek athletes ______ a race in the Olympics, they received a crown of
olive leaves.
A. won
B. had won
C. were winning
D. win
5. A small stone got struck the windshield while we ____ down the gravel road.
A. drive
B. were driving
C. had driven
D. had been driving
TASK2: Correct the mistakes, if necessary. If the sentence is OK, write OK.
1. I finished to read Harry Potter.
______________________________________________________________________________
2. My problem is to pay for something I didn’t order.
______________________________________________________________________________
3. I don’t mind to help you.
______________________________________________________________________________
4. She stopped to smoke.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. She is used to speak to people.
______________________________________________________________________________
6. I prefer don’t go.
______________________________________________________________________________
7. She recommended to take the aspirin.
______________________________________________________________________________
8. The police decided questioning the suspect.
______________________________________________________________________________
9. I plan to travel a lot this summer.
______________________________________________________________________________
10.My husband saw the burglar to enter the building.
______________________________________________________________________________
PART3: READING COMPREHENSION
TASK1: Read the article below and answer the questions.
I had always wanted to learn to fly, but learning in England is a lengthy business. The relative shortage
of good flying days means it will probably take a year. The solution appeared in the shape of European
Fliers, a British flying school, which also has schools in France. A British private pilot`s licence
requires a minimum of 40 hours in the air, though most people do slightly more. But the first obstacle
to be negotiated is the Civil Aviation Authority`s medical, designed to weed out those with potentially
tricky complaints such as heart conditions, serious asthma or inner-ear problems.
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The aircraft I was to fly was a two-seater Cessna 152, a type bounced down countless runways by
countless students all over the world and, I was assured, virtually indestructible, though it looked as if
it had been made by my son out of cardboard.
After half a dozen hour-long lessons at Blackbushe, with instructor Ken Coke at my side, I had a grasp
of take-off and the main moves. The basic business of keeping an aircraft in the air and pointing in
roughly the right direction is relatively simple. Landing is a little trickier. At my first attempt, we hit
the runway with such force that a filling fell out of my tooth. Finally we got it down to a sort of
bumbling controlled crash, which seemed to satisfy Ken and left me glowing with pride.
After 10 hours in the air spread over a couple of months, I was ready to head for France. I had also
scraped through five written exams ranging from Aviation Law to Meteorology. Most students tend to
work through the manuals on their own. They are not particularly intellectually demanding but there
are certainly a lot of them – some 1,500 pages in all. Each exam consists of about 20 questions with
multiple-choice answers.
On my first morning in France, I set off with my new instructor, Barry Maidment. After our first
flight, Barry climbed out and casually turned to me, `Want to take her up on your own?` I had
expected to be a little apprehensive, to say the least, but the south of France had already begun to work
its magic. I found I was relaxed and confident. As the little aircraft lifted into the warm air, I felt
nothing but elation. I landed with a silly grin on my face. I could fly.
1. The disadvantage of learning to fly in Britain is that
(A) the course costs a great deal of money.
(B) a pilot`s licence requires so many hours of flying.
(C) the weather is not reliable.
2. The plane the writer flew
(A) was very old.
(B) was of a very common type.
(C) appeared to have been damaged.
3. How did he get on during his first six lessons?
(A) He made satisfactory progress.
(B) He couldn`t manage to land the plane safely.
(C) He found all the basic techniques easy to master.
4. The main difficulty with the written exams was that
(A) there were so many subjects.
(B) there was so much reading to do.
(C) he didn`t receive any help with studying for them.
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5. How did he react to his first flight?
(A) He was terribly nervous at the beginning.
(B) He thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
(C) He was concentrating too hard to feel anything.
TASK 2: Read the article below and answer the questions.
An experiment involving identical twins has provided further evidence of the effect food additives
have on children`s behaviour.
Michael and Christopher Parker, aged five, were put on separate diets to test whether additives that
were routinely added to popular children`s foods caused mood changes and hyperactivity. After two
weeks, Michael, who was banned from eating snacks with additives, became calmer and chattier than
his brother, whose diet was unchanged.
Professor Jim Stevenson, a child psychologist, devised tests to measure the twins` concentration and
IQ. Before the experiment, they achieved identical scores, but later Michael outperformed his brother
by 15 per cent. Ian Tokelove, from the Food Commission which campaigns for safer and healthier
food, called on the Government to investigate the `cocktail` of additives that are added to popular
children`s foods.
1. How old were the twins at the time of the experiment?
2. What did they not allow Michael to eat?
3. How long did the experiment last?
4. To what extent did Michael outperform his brother after the experiment?
5. As a result of the experiment, what was the government challenged to do?
The End of the Test