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SINGLE ENGLISH TEST OF IBS

10 TEST BOOKLET
 IMPORTANT
 In this test your competence in Listening, Writing and
Accuracy and in Reading and Lexis will be examined.
 Please do as much of each section as you can.
5  You have 120 minutes to do this test including the
Listening Task.
 You may NOT use any printed or electronic dictionaries
or other resources.
 Write your answers on
10 the Listening Comprehension Sheet,
the Answer Sheet and
the Writing Sheet only.
You may write on the tests sheets, but these will not be
marked.
15  If you finish the test early, put your hand up and tell one
of the teachers. You may leave the room only with a
teacher’s permission.
 When you finish, all papers will be collected, including
all Answer Sheets and the Test Booklet.
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 SECTION L: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
You will hear a 6-minute talk by Lisa Bu, a Chinese-American woman, who started a new life in the US. Answer the
first 7 questions (1-7) below with not more than 5 words and choose the correct answer for the last 6 questions (8-13).
5You can listen to the recording twice. Write your answers on this sheet. (25 points)

You have ONE minute to read the questions first. You will also have ONE minute between and after the recordings.

Markers’ area.

1. Lisa Bu’s parents wanted her to become a(n) …

M1 M2
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2. Her parents thought that she would be happy with a job that is … /2 pts
__________________and____________________________________
/4
3. Lisa dreamt of becoming a Chinese…
____________________________________________________________
/2

4. Her dream didn’t come true, so she found comfort in …

/2
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/4
5. What are the titles of the two books she read after moving to the US?
___________________and_________________________________________
/2
6. Her relationship with her parents was based on obedience. What is it based on now?
____________________________________________________________

7. What does comparative reading mean for her? /2

It means that she reads books ____________________________________

Choose the correct answer in the following sentences.

/1
8. For example, Lisa Bu compares …

A) two books from the same authors.

B) two authors about the same experience.
C) two authors of the same genre.

9. When she is comparing Christ and Buddha, Lisa is saying that one similarity is that

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 they both had to …

A) face temptations.
B) solve political challenges.
C) perform a social duty.

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10. According to Lisa what does ’happiness’ actually mean in Chinese?

A) Much gain.
B) Much joy.
C) Fast joy.
/1
11. According to Lisa what does ’bride’ actually mean in Chinese?

A) New wife.
B) New woman.
C) New mother.

/1
12. Lisa says that with books …

A) she never feels lonely.

B) she almost feels magical.
C) her dreams can come true.
/1

13. The aim of Lisa’s talk is to …

A) sell books. /2
B) encourage reading.
C) tell us about an anecdote.

You have ONE minute to finalise your answers.

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 W1: Paragraph writing
Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the topic below (20 points).

The cheap airlines are enabling an increasing number of people to travel to foreign countries. What
5advantages might there be to society in general?

Do not write Write your paragraph here. Marker 2

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 G1: Grammar Sentences
Choose the correct answer. Only ONE answer is correct. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)

Example: This is ….. very easy exercise.

5A. an
B. a
C. the
D. Ø
The correct answer is: / A helyes válasz: B.
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 6. Who made Ann ..... for all the tickets?
1. Peter and Mary ..... chocolate. 35 A. pay
A. likes B. to pay
B. are liking C. paying
5 C. like D. into paying
D. is like
407. I wish I ..... you dressed up as Snow White
2. 'Where do you live?' - '..... a big house in last night!
Solymár.' A. saw
10 A. We do B. would have seen
B. We've got C. have seen
C. We are having 45 D. had seen
D. We live
8. ..... home, I noticed a burglar in a shop.
153. Before entering the building everybody A. Walking
has to show ..... ID cards. B. Being walked
A. the one's 50 C. To walk
B. hers D. While walked
C. theirs
20 D. their 9. He committed a serious crime and ..... he
ought to go to prison.
4. There was only one cow ….. the horses. 55 A. hereafter
A. nearly B. therefore
B. at C. instead
25 C. among D. since then
D. through
6010. ..... did he cook dinner but he also
5. Tom is ..... his brother. prepared dessert.
A. taller A. Never
30 B. tall as B. Once
C. looks like C. Not only
D. like 65 D. No sooner

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 V1: Vocabulary sentences
Choose the correct answer. Only ONE answer is correct. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. (15 points)
Example: What ….. is it? Small, medium or large?
A. size B. make
5C. colour D. flavour
The correct answer is: / A helyes válasz: A.

11. I went with my mother to the ..... to buy some C. take

grapes. D. have
10 A. butcher's 60
B. hairdresser's 19. I have ..... our brochure and price list.
C. grocer's A. enveloped
D. chemist's B. put into
C. enclosed
1512. At the weekend I love to …. into the country 65 D. wrapped in
on my bike.
A. take 20. The incredibly wide ... is only one reason why
B. drive our store has grown so popular.
C. run A. perspective
20 D. ride 70 B. product range
C. customer support
13. I lost my …. with all kinds of important papers D. product portfolio
in it.
A. briefcase 21. Bob's mother was ..... when she saw the mess
25 B. printer 75 after the party.
C. mobile phone A. serious
D. computer B. furious
C. hilarious
14. I'd like to ..... about the coffee machine I D. gorgeous
30 bought here yesterday. 80
A. listen 22. People playing money games at the Casino are
B. complain called ..... .
C. say A. riskers
D. tell B. gamblers
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85 C. luck-hunters
15. If you want to return the goods to the shop, D. fortune-players
please bring the ... as well.
A. bill 23. How could we ….. cooperation between the
B. receipt two departments?
40 C. recipe 90 A. fend for
D. cheque B. tend to
C. facilitate
16. ‘Where shall I ..... ?’ – ‘At the church.’ D. supply
A. drop you down
45 B. let you down 9524. I did some ….. work in the summer, but I don't
C. lift you up have any formal work experience.
D. pick you up A. volatile
B. voluntary
17. I am ..... on excursions. C. vulnerable
50 A. interested 100 D. voluminous
B. involved
C. engaged 25. Genetic engineering remains a ..... issue, over
D. keen which debate never ceases.
A. smoking
5518. Could you please ..... a photo of us? 105 B. heating
A. make C. flaming
B. do D. burning

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 V2: Word formation
Complete the sentence with the appropriate form of the word in capitals. Mark your answer on the Answer
Sheet. Only CORRECT SPELLING is acceptable. Write each letter in a separate box. (10 points)

5Example: All ……………………. must be received before 20 July.

APPLY ►APPLICATIONS

26. The weather is really ……… today. (WIND)

1027. Don't be so ……… ! There is no such thing as a ghost! (FOOL)

28. If you had been more ……… , this accident wouldn't have happened. (CARE)

29. Why don't you go to a ……… hair-dresser this time? (DIFFER)

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30. With her efforts she made a major ……… to the charity event. (CONTRIBUTE)

31. She's good at sports and her school results are really ……… . (IMPRESS)

2032. The judge sentenced the criminal to five years' ……… . (PRISON)

33. The queue in front of the palace is very long despite the fact that the ……… fee is very high.
(ADMIT)

2534. The bank decided it would not risk investing in such a ……… venture. (SPECULATE)

35. I can't tell you with ……… when she will be home, I'm afraid. (CERTAIN)
 W2: Gap-fill
Fill in the gaps with ONE suitable word. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. Do not leave the gap blank. (15 points)

5Example:
The correct answer is: / A helyes megoldás: of

STUNNING GOLDEN MASKED MUMMY

10 Egypt: the land (e.g.)…of… mystery, tradition and history. You (36)……… see pyramids,
beautiful sunsets and the desert sand. And dream (37)……… treasure.
Almost everybody has seen (38)……… “Indiana Jones” trilogy at least once during (39)
……… childhood years and wished to search for ancient relics inside Egypt’s beautiful pyramids. It
sounds exciting and there (40)……… always the promise of finding gold or treasure that will make
15you rich for the rest (41)……… your life. It may seem exciting but (42)……… fact, the job of
archeologists is often painstakingly slow and boring, and there is no guarantee that you will find
anything at (43)………, even if you keep searching for a lifetime.
However, amazing discoveries do sometimes happen, just like recently, (44)………
archeologists discovered the most beautiful mummy ever found. The 2300-year-old mummy is
20wearing a golden mask and its body is covered (45)……… highly coloured burial material. The
mummy (46)……… found within King Teti’s necropolis in Saqqara, around 129 km south of Cairo. It
was in a wooden sarcophagus buried in sand at the bottom of a six-metre shaft.
The necropolis contains many burial chambers, false doors (so that the souls of the dead (47)
……… leave their tombs) and temples. World-famous Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass lead the team
25responsible for the find. When the sarcophagus lid was removed, Hawass said: “We have revealed (48)
……… may be the most beautiful mummy ever found in Egypt.” But as (49)………, little is known
about the mummy. Hawass says it dates (50)……… to the 30th pharaonic dynasty (380-343 BC) and it
is hoped that CT scanning will reveal more about its identity and background. The mummy will then
go on display at Saqqara’s museum.
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Adapted from: Focus Magazine, July 2005
 R1: Reading comprehension
Read the following text and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. (15 points)

“Tulipomania”
51. Tulips have long held a significant role in Dutch history and culture ever since they were
5 introduced to the Netherlands from the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1500s. So strong was the
Dutch love affair with tulips during the Dutch Golden Age of the mid-1600s that a tulip bulb
bubble or "Tulip Mania" even occurred. Generally considered to be the first recorded financial
bubble, the Tulip Mania of 1636-1637 was an episode in which tulip bulb prices were
propelled by speculators to incredible heights before collapsing and plunging the Dutch
10 economy into a severe crisis that lasted for many years.

52. The Golden Century is the name of the period in Dutch history between 1600 and 1700 when
the port city of Amsterdam was one of the richest of all cities in Western Europe due to its
strong role in international trade. Dutch trade with foreign lands led to the importation of
15 exotic goods that were never seen before by Europeans. Tulips were first introduced to Europe
from Turkey when a sultan sent bulbs and seeds to Vienna. Shortly after 1554, these seeds
were sent to Amsterdam, where their popularity began to rise. With their intensely colorful
petals, tulips were unlike any other flower popular in Europe at that time and having tulips
growing in one’s garden became an important status symbol. As the Dutch tulip market
20 became increasingly sophisticated, tulips were classified into groups and priced according to
their rarity. In general, solid-colored tulips were worth less than those with multiple colors.
Tulips that were infected with the benign mosaic virus, which caused "flames" of color to
appear upon the petals, sold at a premium due to their unique beauty and rarity.

2553. Tulip prices steadily rose with their growing popularity and bulbs were purchased at higher
and higher prices by speculators who planned to turn around and sell them for a profit. From
1634 to 1637, an index of Dutch tulip prices soared from approximately one guilder per bulb
to a lofty sixty guilders per bulb. As the tulip bulb bubble peaked, already pricey tulip bulbs
experienced a twentyfold price explosion in just a single month. At the height of tulipomania
30 in February of 1637, a single tulip bulb was worth about ten times a craftsman’s annual
income.

54. Astronomically-high tulip bulb prices resulted in some equally astonishing anecdotes such as
the sailor who mistakenly ate an extremely rare Semper Augustus tulip bulb thinking it was an
35 onion. This "onion" was so valuable that it could have fed his whole ship’s crew for an entire
year. The hapless sailor was jailed for several months for his innocent but costly mistake.

55. Like all bubbles, the Dutch tulip bulb bubble continued to inflate beyond people’s wildest
expectations until it abruptly "popped" in the winter of 1636-37. A default on a tulip bulb
40 contract by a buyer in Haarlem was the main bubble-popping catalyst and caused the tulip
bulb market to violently implode as sellers overwhelmed the market and buyers virtually
disappeared altogether. Within just a few days, tulip bulbs were worth only a hundredth of
their former prices, resulting in a full-blown panic throughout Holland. The brutal popping of
the tulip bulb bubble ended the Dutch Golden Age and hurled the country into a mild
45 economic depression that lasted for several years.
 Match the headings with the paragraphs of the text. There are two extra headings (1 point per
item). Put the letter of the correct headings in the second column on the Answer Sheet.

Paragraph A, B, C Heading
…?
51. A. An interesting story
52. B. Ties with the Netherlands and the Ottoman
empire
53. C. The Crash
54. D. The importance of tulip mania
55. E. The Mania Phase
F. The life cycle of tulips
G. Events Leading Up to the Tulip Bulb Bubble

5Provide very short answers to the following questions (1 point per item):

56. When were tulips introduced to the Netherlands?

57. Where do tulips originate from?
58. Which European city was the first to have tulips?
10 59. Which are the most expensive tulips?
60. When was the peak of the tulip bubble?
Say whether the following statements are true or false (1 point per item):

61. Tulips with one colour were more expensive than tulips with many colours.
15 62. One tulip bulb was worth 10 years’ salary of a skilled worker.
63. A sailor’s wife ate a tulip bulb because she thought it was an onion.
64. The tulip bubble crashed at the beginning of 1636.
65. The tulip crash resulted in a severe economic depression.
Do not forget to copy your answers on the Answer Sheet.
 R2: Summary
Read the following article and fill in the gaps of the summary below with ONE appropriate word. (15
points).
5 Green Business: Jet Republic aiming to be carbon neutral
The aviation industry is often
perceived as one of the bad guys in the
climate change debate. As a mode of
10transport, flying is regarded as being
particularly polluting because of the amount of
fuel used at high altitude. And, it is estimated
to be responsible for around 3.5 percent of
global greenhouse emissions.
15 The sector's reputation was damaged
further when it was excluded from the targets
outlined in the Kyoto agreement, which was
interpreted by some as an example of its
disregard for the climate change issue. This is
20unfair because the industry has taken great
strides to reduce its environmental impact. For
example, over the last 30 years, it has achieved
a 60 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.
There is a great deal of research being
25undertaken by manufacturers into more
efficient technologies and alternative fuels,
while the Single European Sky initiative aims
to improve flight planning across Europe to
rationalise the amount of time an aircraft is in
30the sky. Practically everything we do in our
everyday lives has a carbon cost attached to it,
but aviation is an element that has come in for
an undue level of criticism, when in fact it is
arguably working harder than most industries
35to address the issue of climate change.
The reaction to this criticism from
governments has been taxation. But making a
special case of aviation fails to address the
wider issues. Aviation fuel is carbon taxed, but
40why is this tax not applied on other types of
fuel such as electricity and gas?
Punitive taxation, which is driving up
the cost of air travel, will ultimately end up
being absorbed by the operator or by
45passengers. This, coupled with the current
economic downturn, represents a significant
threat to progress in the aviation industry as it
could lead to a stifling of innovation and
development.
50 Meeting the challenge of climate
change costs money. As an industry which has
been hit hard by the downturn, some of these
initiatives could fall by the wayside. To allow
this to happen would be a grave mistake.
55 Jet Republic identified climate change
as one area where they wanted to set the
standard in the industry, and as a new entrant
to the market they have been able to build a
commitment to carbon neutrality into the heart
60of their business operations. It was a
consideration in their choice of the Learjet 60
XR as the model of aircraft in their 110 strong
fleet. The 60 XR is the most fuel-efficient
midsize aircraft in the world, something it
65achieves by being built with light and strong
modern materials, and flying higher and faster
than other aircraft.
Positioning is another important
consideration that has an impact on the amount
70of fuel consumed; Jet Republic’s fleet is based
all across Europe, and the positions of their
aircraft are carefully planned and managed so
that the number of "over flights" is kept to an
absolute minimum.
75 Jet Republic wanted to be 100 percent
carbon neutral from launch so the company
partnered with ClimateCare, one of Europe's
most experienced providers of carbon offsets,
where each project is rigorously audited and
80monitored for quality.
With the impact of aviation on climate
change being widely reported, people care
more than ever about their carbon footprint
when using air travel. While the overwhelming
85majority have not changed the amount they
travel because of it, it is certainly becoming a
more important consideration and people are
asking more questions before travelling.
Jet Republic’s attitude towards
90mitigating the effect their business has on the
environment has actually become a business
benefit. By acknowledging responsibilities in
the area of climate control and putting tangible
measures in place, they have received
95considerable positive feedback from clients
and business partners.
Adapted from cnn.com
 Summary

The aviation industry is said to (e.g.) contribute 3.5% to global greenhouse emissions and the

5sector is still considered as being (66) ……………………… to climate change issues.

However, the industry has taken enormous (67) …………………… to improve fuel

efficiency. Manufacturers have (68) ……………………. in research for new technologies and

alternative solutions and there have been attempts to (69)………………………… flight

planning.

10Governments have made a special case of aviation by imposing tax on aviation fuel, which is

a(n) (70)………………………… issue. This, combined with the (71) ………………………

of the economic downturn, makes it extremely difficult for the industry to (72)

……………………… such issues as climate change.

Jet Republic, a relatively new (73) …………………… on the market, is fully committed to

15addressing the issue and has been 100% carbon neutral from the (74) …………………. The

company is operating in (75)……………………… with ClimateCare, an organisation

monitoring and auditing environmental projects. The most (76) ………………… aircraft in

their fleet is Learjet 60XR, which flies higher and faster than other midsize aircraft. In

addition, in order to (77) ……………………… “over flights”, they pay special attention to

20aircraft (78) ………………………. .

Jet Republic’s attitude and environmental consciousness has been (79) ………………………

for the company since people are more and more (80) ………………………. of their carbon

footprint and are beginning to ask more questions before travelling.

25 REMEMBER TO WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET.