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MASTER IN ENGLISH 1

READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

There are 7 parts in this Paper to be covered in 1h 15.

PART 1

FOCUS FORMAT WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT TO STUDY

Context
What is the text about? General vocabulary
What is the general meaning?
Grammar:

Multiple Collocations (words that

Vocabulary come together, e.g.
choice
Specific meanings interested in, afraid of,
enroll in a course, escape
from, take up a hobby,
lose a game, miss a friend,
rob a house, steal a wallet,
call attention, etc.)

TIPS
1. Read the title carefully.
2. Read all the alternatives and think of their specific meaning.
3. Usually, two alternatives can be discarded.
4. From the two alternatives left, which one can be directly associated to the idea in the
sentence?
5. If you are still in doubt, read the sentence with the alternatives left and see which one
sounds better, or more natural.

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Reading & Use of English
Below is an example of a typical Part 1 question. Read the text below and decide which answer
(A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

A revolutionary genius

Steven Paul Jobs was a bright and (1)....................... American thinker who revolutionized the
computer (2) .................... He was born in San Francisco, California on 24 th February, 1955 and
was (3) ................... up for adoption upon his birth. At the age of 27 he (4) .......................... to
discover that his biological father was a Syrian political science professor and his m other a
speech (5) .................... In his childhood, Steven and his adoptive father (6)......................... to
work together on electronics in the family’s garage. (7) ................... Jobs was a lazy student, he
always did very well in the tests and was considered for skipping grades (8) ................. to high
school. However, that was not (9) ................... by his adopting parents.

While attending high school Jobs met his future (10) ...................... , Steve Wozniak, a Berkeley
university student. After only six months in college, Steve (11).......................... out and spent
eighteen months in and out of creative classes. He worked as a game designer for about two
years and in 1976 (12) ..................... Apple Computer with Wozniak. Their company was soon
(13) ................... as having democratized technology and made machines smaller, cheaper,
intuitive and (14) .................. to everyday consumers. Jobs left Apple in 1985 and began a new
company.

In 2003, Steve Jobs discovered he had a pancreatic tumor. He (15) .................. cancer for years
and died on 5th October, 2011 at 56.

1 A suggestive B innovative C inductive D confused

2 A department B nation C industry D America
3 A given B thrown C received D accepted
4 A managed B could C decided D went
5 A nurse B doctor C teacher D therapist
6 A imagined B used C could D invented
7 A but B however C because D although
8 A in front B off C ahead D up
9 A adopted B accepted C clear D natural
10 A partner B wife C teacher D scientist
11 A gave B dropped C stood D hung
12 A invented B accessed C founded D funded
13 A recognised B seen C imagined D spread
14 A used B easy C new D accessible
15 A cured B healed C feared D fought

If time allows, write a short paragraph, remove some words, prepare the alternatives and ask a
partner to answer.

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