PRE UNIVERSITY ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE IN ENGLISH

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST 01

MAY 2021
Registration number: ………………………………….….. Duration: 1 Hour

Answer all questions (50 marks)

Task 01

Listen to each sentence in the recording carefully, indicate only the question numbers and write
down all the sentences. (20 Marks)

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Task 02

Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. (20 marks)

How to define success in life?

The only person that can answer the question above is you. I am neither able nor 1)
……………….. to prescribe the ultimate definition of success, as this is not possible. Every
person is thinking 2)………………… about being prosperous in life and is defining success in
another way, so there can’t exist a 3)…………………… that is suitable for all. It is very
important that you know exactly how to define success in life! Make yourself 4)
…………………. what accomplishment, success and 5)………………….. in general means to
you in your life. Some might define success as having 6)…………………… cars and a huge 7)
…………………….., whereas others consider a life full of joy and happiness with their family
as the true meaning of success. Once you have 8) ………………………..out what is important
for you 9)……………………… you are able to focus on your visions and 10)…………………..

The meaning of success

One of the most important key steps to 11)…………………. success in life is to know

the meaning of success for your personal life. The true 12)………………… of success goes far
13)…………………… the common definitions of success, such as having a lot of money, being
wealthy, having a lot of 14)…………………. and earned degrees. Quite the opposite: true
success in life cannot be 15)…………………………with the above named factors, but instead
with the amount of people who are able to live a better and more 16) ……………………….. life
because of what you created. This is the meaning of success. Not the 17)………………………
people are collecting in their lives. Media and society lets us often 18)……………………… that
living a successful life means to be 19)…………………… wealthy and have a lot of tangibles.

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But the meaning of success is to live a happily life and to make this 20)……………….. a better
and happy place for everyone.

Task 3

Answer the following questions by listening to the recording. (10 marks)

 State whether the following sentences are ‘True’ or ‘False’

1. Steve Jobs proceeded further towards establishing this biggest company which is
famously known as ‘Microsoft’ ……………..
2. Abraham Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth President of the USA in
1861……………..
3. Vincent Van Gogh won the Nobel Prize in 1921 ……………..
4. Van Gogh was 37 years when he committed suicide …………….
5. Steven Spielberg won two Oscar awards for movies ……………….
 Write the correct answer to the questions given below.
1. Whose admission to Zurich Polytechnic School was also not considered?
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2. Who had 4000 Employees?........................................
3. Abraham Lincoln failed the US presidential elections in the year………………
4. Name the personality who quoted that ‘success is a failure in progress and
someone who has never failed cannot truly be a successful person’
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5. Who was expelled from school for being unable to speak fluently?
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