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Teste - Engleza Examination Book
Teste - Engleza Examination Book
Part I
TESTS FOR INTENSIVE CLASSES ..............................................................7
Written Examination......................................................................................74
TEST I ................................................................................................75
TEST II ..............................................................................................79
TEST III ..............................................................................................83
TEST IV ..............................................................................................87
TEST V ..............................................................................................91
TEST Vl ..............................................................................................95
TEST Vll ............................................................................................99
TEST Vlll ..........................................................................................103
TEST lX ............................................................................................107
TEST X..............................................................................................111
Answer Key ................................................................................................115
Appendix ....................................................................................................120
Part I
TESTS FOR
INTENSIVE CLASSES
Oral Examination
TICKET 1
I. Read the text and answer the following questions (20 points):
I remember watching TV many hours a day when I was a child. One of the
programmes that I liked very much was “Candid Camera”. There, ordinary
people were tricked into doing ridiculous things and sometimes they were very
funny. But as I grew up, things changed. The European television introduced
what we call today “reality shows”. They turn common people into “stars” by
putting them in unusual situations. Some of them are locked in a small house
with cameras running twenty four hours a day. Others are filmed in a hostile
environment where they have to find food and shelter or they have to face the
thing that they are most afraid of. In all these cases the viewers are those who
decide who should leave or stay. The TV companies like this kind of shows
because they are cheap to produce and attract young viewers. But even if many
people are attracted to watch or participate, there are critics who believe that
programmes like these are humiliating and they can be dangerous for society.
II. Some people say that you shouldn’t “put off till tomorrow what you
can do today”. Do you agree? (10 points)
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Written Examination
TEST 1
I. Read the sentences and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
space (10 points):
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence (10 points):
1. The last time they saw their grandson was when he was ten.
They ...
2. “Why don’t we send him an e-mail?”
Carla suggested ...
3. “I always feel guilty after I fight with my classmates.”
She said ...
4. The thieves stole the painting despite the improved security system.
The painting ...
5. I don’t want to study Spanish- Italian would be better.
I’d ...
III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only one word in each space (10 points):
Music
Music helps your mind develop (0) and grow, my parents (1) … say, and I
have found this to be very true. It is a very well-known (2) … that participating
in a music program in school (3) ... help your brain develop to a higher level and
faster than other students. Music actually improves communication (4) … the
right and left sides of the brain, allowing you to gain better comprehension and
memorization skills.
Some people say that (5) ... is good to have music in schools. They claim that
music is everything.
If you listen carefully you can hear the music of Math, History, of a foreign
language and even of Physical Education.
How can music (6) ... associated with all these disciplines? Everybody knows
that music is based (7) … the rhythmic subdivisions of time. On the other (8) ...
the music you hear or play is usually an indication of the time and environment
in which it (9) … created. Music is a very important part of our life, and if we
take it (10) ... who knows what the world would be like.
IV. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines
are correct but others contain an unnecessary word. If a line is correct
9) at the end of the line. If the line has a word which should
put a tick (9
not be there, write the word at the end of the line. There are two
examples done for you at the beginning (0) and (00) (10 points).
V. Read the text below and decide which word best fits each numbered
space (10 points):
VI. Read the text below and use the word given in capitals at the end of
each line to form a word that fits in the space (10 points).
Manners
Manners are constantly changing from one century or one generation to the
next. For 0 GENERATE
example a … was originally meant to show that the man was not carrying
1 HAND
a sword or dagger in his hands. The … of certain manners from one decade to
the 2 SURVIVE
next finds its answer in that they make life … for everybody. Home is where
3 EASY
you learn to get along with people, to respect the rights and ... of the others.
4 FEEL
Try to listen when others in the family have ... to say. Even a little brother
5 SOME
who can’t yet read or an … grandmother who seems quite old has the right to
an 6 PATIENCE
opinion. It is important for the members of a family to consider each other’s …
7 PRIVATE
Another important part of family good manners is … You share the TV set and
8 SHARE
the telephone. You share the work. This means … up after yourself and
9 CLEAN
sharing the responsibility for the … of everyone in the house.
10 SAFE
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Part II
TESTS FOR
BILINGUAL CLASSES
Oral Examination
TICKET 1
I. Read (in silence) the text below and express your opinion about the
ideas it contains. Support your opinion with examples and arguments.
(20 points)
Gullibility
Nowadays people look down on gullible persons, laugh at them and don’t
even take them seriously. They are defined as both stupid and lacking common
sense. Gullible people believe everything they are told. For example if
somebody tells him “Hey, did you notice gullible is written on the ceiling?”,
the gullible person would immediately look upwards, to the joy of the others
who know there is nothing there.
Still, there is another matter to be brought up. Are gullible people really
stupid or their only problem is that they trust the others too much? Each of us
can be at least once in the situation of taking a piece of information for granted
when facing circumstances we know nothing about.
Each of us has been at least once gullible, that is the source of cheap laugh
for others. Does it mean that we are all stupid?
People should be given the opportunity to trust their friends without being
taken advantage of and labeled accordingly. Our society should promote trust
and not make fun of it. Thus, gullible persons’ view on life may just be better
than that of most of our fellows.
II. Do you consider that teenagers today have become more and more
addicted to telephones? Explain and expand. (10 points)
TEST YOUR ENGLISH FOR INTENSIVE AND BILINGUAL CLASSES 9
Written Examination
TEST I
I. Read the following text. Five sentences have been removed from the
text. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (1-5).
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. (5 points)
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was the leader of Nirvana band, the one to reshape the
sound of the nineties.
Born on February, 20 1967, near Seattle, Cobain was a sickly bronchitic
child. His mother was a waitress, his father an auto mechanic and their divorce
made things worse for Cobain. (1) …
He was fascinated by the British band Sex Pistols and he tried several times
to form his own band. In 1989 Nirvana was able to record the first album and
step by step they grew more and more successful, until they became overnight
millionaires.
Cobain became a victim of heroin in the early 90’s. (2) … . He soon found
out that he and the term “control” had very little in common. He also worried
that his band had lost the moral principles and it was attracting the wrong kind
of fans.
In February 1992 Cobain married Courtney Love, already pregnant and in
August he received medical treatment for heroine abuse. (3) ….
During the winter of 1993-1994 Nirvana set off a European tour, which
caused him throat problems. Few months later he was rushed to hospital in a
coma. (4) … .
On the 5th of April he put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger,
leaving a suicide note to his wife and the 19 month-old daughter. (5) … . His
death also brought about teenagers committing suicide in US & Australia.
II. Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals below the text to
form a word that fits in the space. The words are given in the order
they should be used. There is an example at the beginning. (10 points)
III. Read the following sentences. Choose the alternative which suits the
meaning best. (15 points)
IV. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning. (10 points)
Perfumes
The word “perfume” (0) B from Latin, “per” meaning “through” and
“fumus” meaning “smoke”, that is nice smell that (1) … through the air from
burning incense.
Incense was the first form of perfume, discovered (2) … the Mesopotamians
about 4,000 years ago. It had many uses, embalming the dead with perfume
being only one of them.
Perfumes were also (3) … in the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs and they are
(4) … mentioned in the Bible.
(5) …of the perfumes were so (6) … that 3300 years after Tutankhamen’s
death some (7) ... of fragrance could be detected the moment the tomb was
opened. It is (8) … that the embalming lasted between 40 to 70 days to complete.
Romans celebrated perfumes, (9) … . They came to apply perfume three
times a day. They perfumed their pet dogs, horses and birds (10) … released to
(11) …perfumes from their wings, too. Tables, candlesticks, draperies and
cushions were also perfumed.
Nefertiti surrounded (12) ... with containers with myrrh, flacons filled with
sweet oils and jars of unguents. Cleopatra experimented a lot the power of scent.
She (13) … Mark Anthony on a ship with perfume sails and her (14) … was
announced by clouds of (15) ... .
V. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE word in each space. There is an example at the
beginning (0). (10 points)
Titanic
On April 10, 1912, (0) the Titanic, world’s largest ship, left England (1) …
her way to New York City. Her passengers were (2) … blend of the world’s
richest people. She was thought (3) … as the safest ship ever built, so safe (4)
… she carried only 20 lifeboats– enough (5) … carry only half of her 2,200
passengers and crew. The reason for carrying this number of lifeboats was that
(6) … was considered an unsinkable ship, so they would take them only to save
the survivors of other sinking ships, if any.
In the fourth day of her journey, on the night of April 14, Titanic struck (7)
… iceberg. The impact was fatal (8) … the water four degrees below freezing
soon poured through the ship. It was plain that there weren’t (9) … lifeboats for
all the passengers and even though all of them were provided life jackets it was
clear that some of them wouldn’t make it. The biggest ship (10) … made slowly
slid under the water two hours and forty minutes after the collision.
VI. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines
are correct, and some have a word which shouldn’t be there. If a line
is correct, put a tick ( ) by the number. If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word in the space. There is an example
at the beginning (0). (10 points)