AKADEMIA ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKA IM. JANA KOCHANOWSKIEGO W KIELCACH
ZAKŁAD NEOFILOLOGII
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ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
FULL-TIME COURSE
8thSeptember 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
--------------------150 points
- oral part: .............................................................................. 50 points
--------------------Total:
200 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. She had been moody and difficult all day.
a) feeling worried and annoyed because you do not like what is happening in a situation
b) easily becoming annoyed or unhappy when there is no good reason to feel that way
c) behaving in a way that is very strange
2. She saw him frown as he read the letter.
a) to make an angry, unhappy, or confused expression, moving your eyebrows together
b) to cry, especially because you feel very sad
c) to smile widely
3. When I told him about leaving my suitcase on the train, he was unsympathetic and just said I should
have been insured.
a) useful in making a situation better or easier
b) not willing to try to understand someone else’s problems and give them any help they need
c) cruel and deliberately trying to hurt someone’s feelings or make their character seem bad
4. We try to make interviewees feel as relaxed as possible.
a) someone from a university, college, or professional institution who tests students’ knowledge or ability
b) a person who asks the questions during an interview
c) a person who is asked the questions during an interview
5. Members of Parliament and well-known celebrities were at the launch of the campaign.
a) a famous person, especially someone in the entertainment business
b) a member of a government or law-making organisation
c) someone who is in a position of authority in the army
6. Patrick rushed to the door, his heart pounding with excitement.
a) making movements that are strong and regular
b) beating irregularly
c) beating very quickly
7. According to English legend Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the forest and stole from the rich
to give to the poor.
a) someone who has done something illegal, and who is not protected by the law
b) someone who has murdered an important person
c) the person who has been officially accused of a crime or offence in a court of law
8. If Anne was troubled by the publicity or the paparazzi that followed her during her New York stay, she
certainly didn’t show it.
a) beggars asking people for food and money
b) newspaper writers or photographers who follow famous people
c) a group of people who attack travellers
9. The rocking motion of the boat made Sylvia feel sick.
a) the process of moving or the way that someone or something moves
b) low warning sounds
c) the appearance of something
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10. She gave her daughter an affectionate kiss and put her to bed.
a) done unwillingly and with effort
b) not noticing other people’s feelings, and not realising when they are upset
c) showing in a gentle way that you love someone
2. MULTIPLE CHOICE
CHOOSE THE ONE IDIOM THAT BEST COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.
EXAMPLE:
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 was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Jenny came in and
................................ .
a) beat the band
b) cleared the air
c) caught me in the act
d) made both ends meet
2.He spent ten years ................................ after being convicted for armed robbery.
a) behind the wheel
b) behind bars
c) behind the times
d) behind the scenes
3.Her parents never referred to the shoplifting incident again. I suppose they thought it best to
................................ .
a) let the genie out of the bottle
b) let it all hang out
c) let sleeping dogs lie
d) let off steam
4.I don’t know if it had anything to do with the wine we drank but I slept like ................................. .
a) a log
b) a dog
c) a lord
d) a clog
5.I’m feeling a little ................................ . I think I may have caught a cold.
a) under a cloud
b) under sail
c) under wraps
d) under the weather
6.She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she’s saving for ................................ .
a) day and night
b) a rainy day
c) late in the day
d) day after day
7.It’s very hard ................................ with the fact that you’ll never have children.
a) coming to terms
b) coming up against a brick wall
c) coming out of the ark
d) coming to an end
8.I didn’t tell her my husband had left, but she’d noticed his car was missing and ................................ .
a) put on airs and graces
b) put two and two together
c) put in an appearance
d) put heat on me
9.Their chocolate cake is just ................................ .
a) for anything in the world
b) not a care in the world
c) not for all the world
d) out of this world
10. One of the problems with relationships is that after a while you begin to take each other
................................. .
a) for granted
b) for the best
c) for the better
d) for all
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3. CLOZE
FILL EACH GAP WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD ONLY.
Welcome to another edition of Police File, the programme 1) ................... you the listeners are asked to
help us, the police, in solving recently 2) ................... crimes.
This week we report 3) ................... a burglary which occurred in the Central London area earlier this
week.
On the night 4) ................... Tuesday 13th March a house in Wellington Mews, Mayfair was broken
5) ................... and several valuable items 6) ................... stolen. Among these items were two
unusual pieces 7) ................... antique silver and the police 8) ................... issued the following
descriptions.
The first is 9) ................... large bowl, hallmarked and engraved with 10) ................... maker's name
in 1797. The bowl is 30 cms in diameter and about 22 cms deep, it has two ornate handles and a very
distinctive floral design round the side.
The 11) ................... item is a silver tray 12) ................... has been in the owners family
13) ................... over 200 years. It's easily recognized 14) ................... of its unusual six-sided shape
and the initials WM which appear in the centre. The edge of the tray also bears a fine pattern.
The thief was disturbed 15) ................... the return of the owner's housekeeper 16) ................... saw
a man escaping through the garden 17) ................... the back of the house. The man is described as tall
and slim, 18) ................... his twenties and is thought to have a beard. At the time he was wearing jeans
and a dark jacket and was carrying what looked 19) ................... a shopping bag. The police are
particularly interested in hearing 20) ................... anyone who may have seen the man answering this
description in the vicinity at the time.
4. PARAPHRASING
PARAPHRASE EACH OF THE SENTENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEANS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SENTENCE PRINTED BEFORE IT,
USING THE GIVEN WORD. THE FORM OF THE WORD MAY NOT BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY.
EXAMPLE:
0. I’d like to make a few suggestions.
FORWARD
I‘d like to put forward a few suggestions.
1.He believed he was helping people when he did that.
BELIEF
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2. The cinema was practically empty.
HARDLY
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3. The accusation that he had stolen the money was unfounded.
WRONGLY
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4. ‘Do not answer the phone, Rebecca!’ said Mrs Miniver.
TO
.......................................................................................................
5. There were more students in school in 2002 than in 2001.
AS
......................................................................................................
6. The motor in this machine needs cleaning once a week.
HAS
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7. My watch was so badly damaged that it wasn’t worth keeping.
POINT
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8. I haven’t seen my brother since he left for Australia.
LAST
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9. You ought to get your bicycle brakes repaired immediately.
BETTER
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10. Karen felt very depressed but she still went to the party.
EVEN
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5. WORD BUILDING
THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN CAPITALS CAN BE USED TO FORM A WORD THAT COMPLETES SUITABLY THE MEANING OF EACH
SENTENCE. GIVE THE PROPER FORM OF THE WORD.
EXAMPLE:
0. Is there any ............ of hiring a boat? POSSIBLE [possibility]
1. This type of computer jargon is barely _________________ to most people. COMPREHEND
2. She is _________________ in thinking that the report was written last year. I’m sure we received it at
least 3 years ago. TAKE
3. Their decision seems to have been motivated by greed and _________________ . SELF
4. They have extended the _________________ to take larger jets. RUN
5. It is _________________ to drive a car that is not taxed and insured. LEGAL
6. Add £5 to your order to pay for _________________ (posting) and packing. POST
7. When I was at school, we had to _________________ Rudyard Kipling’s poem If. MEMORY
8. The technology is still _________________ new. COMPARE
9. They were greeted with suspicion and _________________ at first. HOSTILE
10. Dangerously high levels of _________________ chemicals were found in the river. POISON
11. If you’re short of time, I’ll _________________ take you to the station. HAPPY
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12. She is the sort of _________________ young professional that any company would be glad to have
her on its staff. AMBITION
13. Our boss has a remarkable _________________ to summarise an argument in a few words. ABLE
14. He was born in 1907 to a fabulously _________________ family whose fortune had been made in
mining and railways. WEALTH
15. Thirty demonstrators were killed in clashes with the _________________ forces over the weekend.
SECURE
16. She kept the buttons in an old ice-cream _________________. CONTAIN
17. She is well known in the _________________ for her charity work. NEIGHBOUR
18. The car park was full, and the nearest _________________ alternative was two miles away. SUIT
19. It is still too soon to form a _________________ about the whole situation. JUDGE
20. There were no new suspects in the murder but the _________________ is continuing.
INVESTIGATE
6. TRANSLATION
ENGLISH. WRITE WORDS ONLY IN THE SPACES GIVEN. DO NOT BE MISLED BY THE
YOU MAY NOT CHANGE WORDS ALREADY GIVEN.
NOTE: THE AMOUNT OF SPACE PROVIDED IS NO INDICATION OF HOW MANY WORDS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN.
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO
AMOUNT OF SPACE IN BETWEEN PROMPTED WORDS.
EXAMPLE:
0. Gdzie mieszkasz?
Where do you live?
1. Po chwili zauważył, jak wąż się poruszył.
After......................................... noticed............................................................ .
2. Nalegam, abyśmy natychmiast poszli.
I ................................................................................... immediately.
3. Zatańczmy dobrze ?
............ dance, ............................... ?
4. Odwiedzał ją dwa razy w tygodniu. [ used to ]
He........................ visit................................... a week.
5. Wolałbym raczej iść całą drogę do Londynu, niż prosić o podwiezienie.
I ................................... walk ........................... to London than ............................................ a lift.
6. Kiedy był w Cambridge, był aktywny w towarzystwie dramatycznym. [was, been]
........................................ Cambridge,..................................................... the dramatic society.
7. Zaledwie skończyła śniadanie przyszedł listonosz.
........................... had she ...................................................................... the postman ................ .
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8. Miejmy nadzieję, że to ostatni kandydat.
This .................................................................................. the last ..................... .
9. Ona nie powinna była otwierać tego listu; nie był do niej zaadresowany.
She ........................................................ the letter; ........................................................ to her.
10. To niewiarygodne, że nikt z was nie czytał tej książki.
....................................... that .........................you ....................................................... this book.
7. READING
CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION ACCORDING TO THE TEXT YOU WILL READ.
Charlie Stowe waited until he heard his mother snore before he got out of bed. Even then he moved with
caution and tiptoed to the window. The front of the house was irregular, so that it was possible to see a
light burning in his mother's room. But now all the windows were dark. . . . Charlie Stowe was frightened.
But the thought of the tobacconist's shop which his father kept down a dozen wooden stairs drew him on.
He was twelve years old, and already boys at the County School laughed at him because he had never
smoked a cigarette. The packets were piled twelve deep below, and the little shop lay under a thin layer
of stale smoke which would completely cover up his crime. That it was a crime to steal some of his
father's stock Charlie Stowe had no doubt, but he did not love his father; his father was unreal to him, a
shadowy figure, pale, thin, indefinite, who noticed him only occasionally and left even punishment to his
mother. For his mother he felt a strong love; . . . from her speech he judged her the friend of everyone. .
. . But his father's affection and dislike were as indefinite as his movements. Tonight he had said he would
be in Norwich, and yet you never knew. Charlie Stowe had no sense of safety as he crept down the
wooden stairs. . . .
At the bottom of the stairs he came out quite suddenly into the little shop. It was too dark to see his
way, and he did not dare touch the switch. For half a minute he sat in despair on the bottom step with his
chin in his hands. Then the regular movement of the searchlight was reflected through an upper window
and the boy had time to fix in memory the pile of cigarettes, the counter, and the small hole under it. The
footsteps of a policeman on the pavement made him grab the first packet to his hand and dive for the
hole. A light shone along the floor and a hand tried the door, then the footsteps passed on, and Charlie
hid in the darkness.
At last he got his courage back by telling himself in his strangely adult way that if he were caught now
there was nothing to be done about it and he might as well have his smoke. He put a cigarette in his
mouth and then remembered that he had no matches.
1. How could Charlie see that his mother's window was dark?
A) He was standing on tiptoe.
B) He had moved to the front of the house.
C) He had gone downstairs to see.
D) He could see her window from his room.
2. Charlie was frightened because
A) he was going to steal a cigarette.
B) the boys at school might laugh at him.
C) he had never smoked a cigarette before.
D) his father was waiting downstairs.
3. How did Charlie feel about his father?
A) He liked him very much.
B) He thought he was unpredictable.
C) He was jealous of him.
D) He felt safe with him.
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4. As soon as he went into the shop Charlie
A) switched the light on.
B) felt safer.
C) sat down on the stairs.
D) could see the cigarettes.
5. What did Charlie do when he heard the policeman?
A) He hid under the counter.
B) He tried to get out of the door.
C) He ran back upstairs.
D) He put the cigarettes down.
8. ERROR CORRECTION
SOME OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE CORRECT, BUT SOME HAVE A WORD WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THERE. IF A SENTENCE IS
CORRECT PUT A TICK ON THE ANSWER SHEET. IF A SENTENCE HAS A WORD WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THERE, WRITE THE WORD ON
THE ANSWER SHEET.
EXAMPLE:
0. Thank you for the book which you had sent me for my birthday last week.
00. Coffee is made from the beans that grow in the coffee bush.
00. √
0. had
1. I had difficulty of finding a good language course.
2. I’d like to return the encyclopaedia which one I bought from your bookshop last week.
3. I’d love to come with you, but with all the work I have to do it’s away out of the question.
4. The landlord is being responsible for keeping the apartment in good condition.
5. Dad was laid off redundant after 32 years in the steelworks.
6. I remember being given up a rocking horse for my fourth birthday.
7. It’s about time we started the test.
8. If you should happen to meet John, tell him we’d like to talk to him.
9. I’d rather starve rather than ask my parents for a loan.
10. Most people feel nervous about speaking in the public.
9. TRANSLATION (AMERICAN ENGLISH TO BRITISH ENGLISH)
IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF AMERICAN ENGLISH. WRITE THE BRITISH ENGLISH
EQUIVALENTS ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET.
EXAMPLE:
0. Open the drapes. [Am.E.]
Open the curtains. [Br.E.]
1. We took the subway uptown to Yankee Stadium.
2. There were lots of kids in my neighborhood when I was growing up.
3. I met Tim when I was traveling around.
4. The food at the restaurant was great but it took them forever to bring us a check.
5. It’s a normal two-storied house.
6. A drugstore sells both medicines and a range of other goods, such as cigarettes and newspapers.
7. She works Monday through Friday most weeks.
8. It’s no good trying to persuade me - I’m not going to the party, period.
9. There’s a cold draft every time that door is opened.
10. Apart from one previous offence for speeding, he has a clean driver’s license.
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10. PHRASAL VERBS
CHOOSE THE ONE PHRASAL VERB THAT BEST COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.
EXAMPLE:
0. He had a bad time in the army but he has ............... .
a) put it down
b) put it forth
c) put it behind
d) put it out
1. I’ll ............... the travel agency to collect our tickets.
a) call for
b) call up
c) call back
d) call at
2. Surely you can ............... sugar in your coffee for once?
a) do away
b) do without
c) do with
d) do down
3. They searched for the ball for a while, but eventually ............... and went home.
a) gave out
b) gave off
c) gave up
d) gave away
4. The children were ............... at the station by the entire family.
a) seen about
b) seen off
c) seen through
5. They ............... for the lake at 5 o’clock in the morning.
a) set off
b) set on
c) set up
d) seen over
d) set back
6. He had intended to ............... seeing Daisy until after he had seen Betty.
a) put down
b) put out
c) put through
d) put off
7. She decided to ............... medicine as a career.
a) take over
b) take down
c) take up
d) take aback
8. He consulted his dictionary to ............... the meaning of the word ‘apotheosis’.
a) look in
b) look out
c) look into
d) look up
9. We’ve ............... coffee. Could you go and buy some?
a) run away with
b) run out of
c) run up against
d) run behind
10. As I couldn’t ............... the rest of the class, I transferred to a lower class.
a) keep under
b) keep on at
c) keep up with
d) keep to
11. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE COMPONENT
FOUR PHRASES ARE PRINTED AFTER EACH OF THESE INCOMPLETE SENTENCES. CHOOSE THE ONE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST
COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.
EXAMPLE:
0. ........................ is the capital of Great Britain.
a) Edinburgh
b) Cardiff
c) London
d) Belfast
1. Great Britain is made up of three countries:
a)
b)
c)
d)
England,
England,
England,
England,
Northern Ireland and Wales
Scotland and Wales
Ireland and Scotland
Ireland and Wales
2. ........................ is the official London residence of the Queen and the Royal Family.
a) Balmoral Castle
b) Sandringham House
c) Windsor Castle
d) Buckingham Palace
3. Ale, bitter, stout or lager are types of ........................ drunk in Britain.
a) mineral water
b) beer
c) wine
d) whisky
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4. ............................... (1835-1910) was the leading US humorous writer of the 19th century. His real
name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He is best known for the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1876) and The Adventues of Huckelberry Finn (1885).
a) Mark Twain
b) Jack London
c) John Updike
d) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
5. ......................... is one of the greatest forms of music originating in the US. It was begun in the
South by African Americans. Many of its rhythms came from the work songs and spirituals (religious
songs) of black slaves.
a) country and western
b) reggae
c) jazz
d) rockabilly
6. ......................... was a US film actor and later Republican politician who became the 40 th US
President..
a) Bill Clinton
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Ronald Raegan
d) Jimmy Carter
7. ......................... is the oldest US university and usually the best.
a) Columbia University
b) Cornell University
c) the University of Pennsylvania
d) Harvard University
8.George W. Bush is the ......................... US president.
a) 43rd
b) 41st
c) 44th
d) 45th
9.NASA is the US government organisation responsible for:.
a)
b)
c)
d)
gathering information and research on foreign governments and operations
investigating national crimes
decisions about communications (the use of TV, radio, wires and satellites)
research into space and space travel
10. ............................... is the home and office of the US President at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in
Washington DC.
a) Capitol
b) The White House
c) The Pentagon
d) The Kennedy Center
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