DOĞUŞ UNIVERSITY
ENGLISH PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
WEEKEND STUDY
WEEK 1
STUDENT’S NAME: _____________
LEVEL: PRE FACULTY
SECTION A: You are going to read an article about emotional intelligence. Choose
from the list A-I the sentence which best summarize each part (1-7) of the
article. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an
example at the beginning. (0)
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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Imagine three children. The first is top of the class at maths but has few social graces and
even fewer friends. The second is artistic and does well enough in her other lessons but
easily loses interest and is rather lazy. The third child puts in twice as much work to get the
same results, but has a sunny personality and works brilliantly in groups. Which child do you
think has the best chance of succeeding in life?
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Most of us would automatically choose the third child. We know that to do well in the adult
world you must work hard-but you must also be a pleasure to work hard with. Academic
intelligence alone is not going to get you very far. Character matters, too. But until recently
most experts studying intelligence believed that it was impossible to measure, and so
ignored it.
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Now, however, psychologists have identified several types of emotional intelligence. One is
‘emotional management’, or being in charge of your own emotions. This includes the ability
to cheer yourself up after a big setback, pull yourself out of a depression, or even to stop,
relax and go out for a walk when you’ve lost your temper. Although we like to think of anger
as a way of getting rid of strong emotions, psychologists have found that expressing anger
increases it. If, by contrast, you have a cooling-off period, that’s exactly what happens.
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Another kind of emotional intelligence is how good you are at delaying rewards. A
remarkable experiment to show the links between this skill and life success was carried out
by a psychologist at Stanford University in California. In stage one he put a series of fouryear-olds in a room with a researcher. The researcher would say he was leaving the room
and tell the children that they could have two sweets if they could wait until he came back,
but only one if they couldn’t wait the required 20 minutes. Some couldn’t, while others could.
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Twelve to fourteen years later, the team tracked the children down. It found that the ones
who had been able to wait were far more socially skilled and independent than the ones who
has settled for an instant reward: as adolescents, the latter still had trouble postponing
pleasures. They tended to be more argumentative, had low opinions of themselves and dealt
badly with stress.
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The last two kinds of emotional intelligence involve other people. The first of these ‘people
skills’ is empathy- the ability to imagine and share another person’s feelings as if they were
your own. If you are good at reading your own feelings, then you are likely to be good at
reading other people’s.
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If you can’t, your chances of success in life are limited. You won’t do well in politics or
business if you’re not sensitive to other people’s emotions. You won’t get very far as a
parent if you can’t imagine what children might be feeling. You can best appreciate the
importance of empathy if you consider the types of people who lack it. These include violent
criminals and murderers.
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The last type of emotional intelligence builds on self-management skills as well as empathy.
It’s about handling relationships without being taken over by them. People who are highly
intelligent emotionally make personal connections easily and are good at taking the heat out
of explosive situations. These are hard skills to measure, but if you have ever talked your
way out of a difficult situation, you’ll know how important they are.
A. They studied them again in their teens.
B. You can understand other people’s emotions.
C. They know how to calm other people down.
D. You are likely to fail at work and at home if you do not have this ability.
E. It is not enough just to get good marks.
F. You can change the way you are feeling if you want to.
G. They tested them at a very early age.
H. People without emotional intelligence have no feelings.
I. Different people have different characters.
SECTION B: REWRITE
Instructions: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given in parenthesis. Do not change the
word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word
given.
e.g. She started studying up when Jane had left. (before)
She waited _until Jane had left before_________ she started tidying up.
1. We haven’t redecorated the flat for years. (last)
It’s been____________________________________________ the flat.
2. We haven’t baked as many cakes as last time. (than)
We _______________________________________________ last time.
3. Mediterranean people smoke more than northern Europeans. (such)
Northern Europeans are not _____________________ Mediterranean people.
4. The increase in petrol prices has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. (brought)
The increase in petrol prices ____________________ a lot of dissatisfaction.
5. I know all about his personal problems. (familiar)
I _______________________________________ his personal problems.
6. When did you last phone Susan? (time)
When was the _________________________________________ Susan?
7. If by chance you find that book, buy it. (come)
If you ________________________________________ that book, buy it.
8. She spent ages learning basic Norwegian. (took)
It ___________________________________________ basic Norwegian.
9. Ken always admired people who did volunteer work. (looked)
Ken always __________________________ people who did volunteer work.
SECTION C: ERROR CORRECTION
Instructions: Read the following text and look carefully at each line. Some of
the lines are correct and some have a word which makes it wrong. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided. If a line is
correct, put a tick() in the space on the right.
THE SURPRISE
0 My grandmother had just come out of hospital and was feeling so rather down. ___so___
00 She had had an operation and thought she only had a few months to live,
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1 despite of the fact that the doctors had told her she was fine. Nothing
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2 seemed to interest her although. So, I decided to surprise her with a
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3 present, as to cheer her up. I was not sure if she would like a puppy,
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4 but I decided to take up my chances anyway. One Sunday morning
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5 I dropped in for to see her, carrying a large box. When she opened the
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6 door, she greeted me, but she did not even though look at the box. I placed it ________
7 on the kitchen table and so we went to sit outside in the garden. It was not
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8 long before we heard a noise which coming from the kitchen. Of course
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9 it was the puppy. It had escaped out from the box and had knocked
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10 over a vase. I stared, shocked at what had happened, because of it was
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11 her favourite vase. I felt terrible, since I was to blame on for this disaster
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12 I was clearing up the mess when I noticed that my grandmother
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13 had not taken her eyes off the puppy. Then she started smiling. It
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14 was so surprising to see her smile that I laughed. From that day
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15 on, my grandmother and Naughty, as we named the pup, they became
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16 the best friends and my grandmother was no longer such depressed.
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SECTION D: OPEN CLOZE
Instructions: For questions 1 – 21, read the text below and write the word which
best fits in each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (0) is an example.
SWEEDEN- A WONDERFUL PLACE
Sweden is a beautiful country, which is much admired (0) ____because________ of its
organisation and high standards of living. The country has got so (1) _______________
resources that very few products are imported from other countries. On the contrary, the
goods exported range (2) ______________ paper and wood to iron and steel and from
dairy and meat products to cars.
Sweden boasts a very good social welfare and education system, (3) _____________ to the
country’s healthy economy. The government (4) ________________
care of people in
need, such as the elderly, the sick and the unemployed. High quality education is also
provided free to everyone.
The Swedes (5) ______________ a more comfortable lifestyle than their European
counterparts and the reason (6) _____________ this is the high standard of living they
enjoy. (7) _______________homes are well designed in order (8) ______________ keep
out the cold, which lasts for about eight months every year. (9)__________ many of us just
dream (10) _____________ owning a luxury car, this is a reality for most Swedes. Even
(11) _____________ they can afford to buy almost any car, Swedish made cars (12)
____________ the Saab and Volvo are very popular (13) _____________ the Swedes.
With the average temperature of -15° C and (14) _________________snow for most of the
year, it is no wonder that Swedes have learnt to make the most of the long winter. They
have created various activities and sports (15) ___________ that they can enjoy the snow.
Not surprisingly (16) ____________________, many Swedes like to _______________(17)
a holiday in the warm countries around the Mediterranean during the summer.
(18) ______________ the services, comforts and luxuries, Sweden still cannot escape (19)
____________ the serious social problems of our age. One may be shocked (20) _______
statistics that place Sweden (21) __________ the top of the suicide list and wonder why
this is so.
SECTION E: WORD BUILDING
Instructions: Read the text below and use the word given in capitals at the end of
some lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write in the
space given below the text.
HEALTHY TEETH FOR LIFE
With the latest (0) ______________ advances and a little
technology
(1)______________ care there is no reason why you shouldn’t
love
have (2)______________, healthy teeth for life. In fact, figures
attract
show that children now have healthier teeth than ever before.
All you need to do is follow these simple guidelines (3)________.
care
Remove plague by brushing your teeth twice (4)_____________.
day
It is (5)______________ important to clean them before you
particular
go to sleep as (6)______________ against acid damage, since the
protect
(7)______________ of saliva declines during sleep. Have your
produce
teeth checked (8)______________ by your dentist, and take
regular
extra care of your teeth during (9)______________. Some
pregnant
dental (10)______________ are free if you are pregnant- so
treat
make the most of it!
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