MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT
ENGLISH PREP MODULE A (SPRING TERM)
WORKSHEET NO: 5 05 MARCH, 2010

PART A: GRAMMAR & USE OF ENGLISH

TASK 1: Read the story and fill in each gap with ONE WORD.

MY AUNT NANCY
My Aunt Nancy ________ (1) born in England, __________
(2) now she lives in Perth, Australia. She went to Australia in 1985
when ________ (3) husband, my Uncle Jack, died.
She _______ (4) 80 years old now, but she still _________ (5).
She is an artist. She paints pictures of cats for birthday cards. She
________ (6) cats - she has twenty-five!
She __________ (7) painting in 1986. At first she painted just
for a hobby, but then in 1989 ________ (8) began making and
selling birthday cards. A lot of ________ (9) liked them and
bought them.
She usually starts work at 7.00 in the morning and _________ (10) at 5.00 in the evening.
Then she __________ (11) swimming.
__________ (12) year I visited Australia and I stayed _______(13) her for two weeks. I
had a very good ________ (14).

TASK 2: Read the text and correct the mistakes

I graduate from high school in 1995. My high school years are very difficult. For one thing,
my school were very far from my house, so I didnt went out with my friends very often. In
addition, my parents didnt like my friends. They worried about me, and they always ask me
lots of questions. Where you went last night? Who you with? What time did you get home?
I hated all of these questions. Sometimes I didnt told the truth. To be honest, I feeled bad
about lying.

TASK 2: Polite Requests. Complete the sentences

Could you tell me?
1. Do you speak English?
2. Where are you from?
3. How does your brother go to school?
4. Where were you born?
5. How often do you visit museums?
6. What did you do last night?

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PART B: READING COMPREHENSION
TASK1: READ THE TEXT

THE TEMPLES OF EGYPT

The ancient Egyptians were great builders. Their temples and pyramids still stand today, and
thousands of people visit them every year. However, in ancient Egypt, the temples and pyramids
were not for ordinary people. The pyramids were tombs for the pharaohs, the kings of ancient
Egypt. The Egyptian temples were very special places, too. But an Egyptian temple was not a tomb.
For the ancient Egyptians, a temple was the home of a god.
The six parts of a temple were the gate, the courtyard, the first hall, the second hall, the sanctuary,
and the sacred lake.
The gate was the entrance at the front of the temple.
The courtyard was a large open room with no roof. Many pictures of the pharaoh and the gods
were on the walls of the courtyard. The temple courtyard was open to ordinary people only on
special days.
The first hall was a large, dark room. It was light only in the center aisle. This hall was full of
columns in the shape of water plants.
The second hall was full of columns, too. It was very dark. It was open only to priests and the
pharaoh.
The sanctuary was the most special and important part of the temple. It was a dark and
mysterious place. Like the second hall, this room was open only to priests and the pharaoh. A
statue of the god
was in the middle
of the sanctuary.
The sacred lake
was a pool of
water next to the
temple. The water
from the sacred
lake was
important for
special rituals.

1A: Match
each part of the temple with its description.

1. _____Gate a) A special room with a statue of a god.

2. _____Courtyard b) A pool of holy water outside the temple.
3. _____First hall c) An open room with pictures of the
4. _____Second hall pharaoh.
d) An entrance at the front of the temple.
5. _____Sanctuary
e) A dark room with light in the center aisle.
6. _____Sacred lake f) A very dark room open only to the priests
and the pharaoh.

1B: Match the definition with the underlined words.

1. ____________Strange and unknown.
2. ____________Usual.
3. ____________From a long time ago.
4. _______A large stone structure or underground room where an important person, is buried.
5. ____________A person who performs religious duties
TASK 2: READ THE TEXT
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THE WILLIAMS SISTERS TENNIS CHAMPIONS

Venus and Serena Williams are the youngest of five

daughters in the Williams family.
_________________________________ (1) By
the age of four, they were already playing tennis. They
practiced with their father in their hometown of
Compton, California. ______________________ (2)
They played in and won many junior tournaments in
southern California. Then, in 1991, their father made two
important decisions. He decided that his daughters
should not play in junior tournaments. They should play
in adult tournaments. _____________________ (3).
This was the beginning of their tennis career.

Venus and Serena became famous tennis players when they were still teenagers. During
those years, they worked hard on their tennis skills. In 1993, the Williams family moved to
Florida so they could be closer to their daughters. That year, the girls began to earn
money for their tennis playing. A sports clothing company paid the girls to wear certain
clothes. They became professional tennis players in 1995.
__________________________ (4) By 1998, both Venus and Serena were among the
top ten tennis players in the world. In 1999, they had to play each other in an Australian
tournament. Venus won, but the sisters were still friends. They practiced together and
often played together in doubles tournaments.

The years 1999 and 2000 were very good years for the Williams sisters.
__________________ (5) The prize for winning the tournament was $750,000. Even
more important, she was the first African-American woman to win since 1958. The next
day, Serena played with Venus as a team and they won the doubles tournament. Then, in
July 2000, Serena and Venus competed against one another at Wimbledon, England, the
most famous tennis tournament in the world. __________________ (6) At Wimbledon,
they also played doubles together, and again they won the doubles tournament.

2A: Complete the text with the sentences below

a) Venus was fifteen and Serena only thirteen.
b) They were born in 1980 and 1982.
c) When they were still very young, Venus and Serena began to play in tennis tournaments.
d) This time Venus won the game and went on to win the tournament.
e) On September 11, 1999, Serena won the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament.
f) He also decided to send the girls to work with a tennis teacher in Florida.

2B: Who or what do the underlined words refer to?

1. They (paragraph 1) _____________. 2. He (paragraph 1) _____________.
3. That year (paragraph 2) __________. 4. The sisters (paragraph 2) _________.
5. She (paragraph 3) __________.

TASK 3: READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISE

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COMPLETE THE SHORT PARAGRAPHS WITH a, b, or c

1. It was a hot, sunny day in Miami. The beach was crowded with happy tourists.
a. No one was swimming because the water was so cold.
b. Many people were wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas.
c. Swimmers enjoyed the warm ocean water.

2. There was nothing good to watch on TV last night. The Ruiz family did not want to
go out.
a. They decided to go visit their friends.
b. They decided to play a game of cards.
c. They went shopping.

3. Simon finished college in May and he moved to Queens, New York, in July. He found
a new job and a nice apartment to share with two friends.
a. In September he will go back to college.
b. His friends have also found new jobs in New York.
c. He likes living alone.

4. Bianca is a medical student in Chicago. She comes from a small town in the country,
so she doesnt know much about big cities.
a. Her sister lives in New York and her brother lives in Los Angeles.
b. She has lived in Chicago all of her life and she hopes to leave soon.
c. Many things about Chicago were surprising to her at first.

5. Sam loves Italian music, and yesterday he went to a concert given by a famous
Italian singer.
a. He had never heard Italian music before.
b. The concert was in Symphony Hall.
c. Sam could not get a ticket for the concert.

6. Lee is planning another trip to Hawaii. She loves the beaches and palm trees on the
islands.
a. She wants to do a lot of ice-skating while she is there.
b. Lee has never been to Hawaii before, so she plans to take many pictures.
c. She also likes to eat the delicious pineapples and other Hawaiian fruit.

7. Travel by train is very pleasant. The seats are comfortable and you can walk around
if you get tire d of sitting.
a. Many trains have dining cars for meals.
b. Tickets for train travel are expensive and hard to find.
c. When you get off the train it is easy to get lost in the station.

8. Travel by plane is sometimes unpleasant these days. You may have to wait a long
time to take off. The seats in many planes are small and uncomfortable.
a. The movie is of ten boring.
b. The food is usually very good.
c. You can meet interesting people on the plane.

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PART C: VOCABULARY
TASK 1: Look at the list of the words from units 8-9. Put them into correct boxes.
Dont forget to use a dictionary!
entrance ladder trade average special goddess through change
community fast-growing could afford strict disappear skill focus
invent notice exhibition dive skin bone false opinion
marvellous medical scalpel civilisation history heart equipment treatment

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

TASK 2: Complete the sentences with the words from the box above.
1. Annie's decided to write a ____________________ of electronic music
2. My mom cooks some ________________ food for her guests.
3. Aphrodite was the ancient Greek _____________ of love.
4. My father takes a walk ________________ the park every morning.
5. The new president will make a lot of radical __________ in the government.
6. Many people cannot ____________to buy houses because of economic crisis.
7. When I was younger I ______________ stay up all night and not get tired.
8. The sun _______________ behind a cloud.
9. Unit nine _______________ on simple past tense.
10. My parents were very ______________ with me when I was young.
11. King C. Gillette __________________ the first safety razor in 1903.
12. There was a large _________________ on the wall saying 'No Parking'.
13. There's a new ____________________of sculpture on at the city gallery.
14. My grandmother is a _______________ storyteller.
15. The children ran to the pool, ________________in, and swam to the other side.
16. I want to see the doctor to get some ________________ advice.
17. There are various ________________ for cancer.

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 18. My sister sunbathes for ours in summer to get a tanned _________________.
19. Have you ever broken a ___________________?
20. My grandfather is very old so he wears ______________ teeth.
21. What's your _________________ about traffic problem in Istanbul?

TASK 3: Word formation

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms (verb, noun, adjective, adverb) of the words
in parentheses.

1. Leonardo da Vinci is a very famous _____________. He __________ a lot of items. His

_________________ are still important for us. (INVENT, INVENTOR, INVENTION))

2. The sun ____________ in the morning and ______________ in the evening.

My friends physical ____________ didnt change much. She is still fit.
(APPEAR, DISAPPEAR, APPEARANCE)

3. My nephew is studying ____________ at university. I can ask him for some

____________ advice. (MEDICAL,MEDICINE)

4. My niece is interested in __________________ a lot. She likes watching ___________

movies. (HISTORICAL, HISTORY)

5. My friend is studying modern Japanese language and __________. So she reads a lot
about ____________ differences between Turkish and Japanese people. (CULTURE,
CULTURAL)

TASK 4: Put the words in the right order to make sentences.

1. increasing / of / The / fast / the / world / very / is / population

2. to/ do / dentist / How / go / the / often / you / ?
3. my / The / stopped / home / on / way / police / last / me/ night.
4. concert / what / Could / the / you / me / time / starts / tell / ?

TASK 5: Rewrite the sentence using the word(s) in the brackets .

My parents live in a very small flat.

1. _______________________________________________________

__ (My brother)

2. _______________________________________________________

____ (last year)

3. _______________________________________________________

_____ (house)

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________ (not)

5. ______________________________________________________

(at the moment)

PART D: WRITING

Use the information below to write a short biography.

Madam CJ Walker (Sarah Breedlove) the first

African-American woman millionaire
1867 born Sarah Breedlove in Louisiana, USA
1874 parents died / she went to work in cotton fields
1881 married Moses McWilliam
1885 only daughter Lelia born
1887 husband died / she got a job washing clothes
1890s lost some of her hair
1905 developed new hair care products / changed her name to Madam CJ Walker
1908 opened a training college in Pittsburgh
1910 built a factory in Indianapolis
1916 gave money to help African-Americans
1919 died in New York State / richest African-American woman

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