Faculty of Philology

SECOND YEAR EXAM

IN PRACTICAL ENGLISH
USE OF ENGLISH
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
PART B
JANUARY 2022

THE ANSWER SHEET IS IN THE APPLICATION FORMS

PART A IS IN THE APPLICATION FORMS

Marking scheme
The final Practical Examination in English Exam grade is based on the total score gained by the student
in all the parts of the examination.
Grade boundaries:
% Grade
100-90 5
89-85 4+
84-75 4
74- 70 3+
69-60 3
59- 2
 Part B

Task 1
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
space. There is an example at the beginning (0).Write the appropriate letter in the column
provided .

THE LONDON TEA TRADE

The London Tea Trade Centre is on the north (0) ..... of the River Thames. It is the centre of an
industry of (1) ..... importance in the (2) ..... lives of the British. Tea is without (3) ..... the British
national drink: every man, woman and child over ten years of age has (4) ..... average over four
cups a day or some 1500 cups annually. Some thirty per cent of the world’s exports of tea makes its
(5) ..... to London. Britain is (6) ..... the largest importer of tea in the world.
Samples of the vast amounts of tea brought into the country to (7) ..... the national thirst go to the
London Tea Trade Centre, where they are tasted by (8) ..... professional tea tasters before being
sold at each week’s tea sale. It is fascinating to see them at (9) ..... . Over a hundred samples are
(10) ..... in a line on long tables. Teas are generally tasted with milk, (11) ..... that is how the
majority in Britain drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising (12) ..... , tasting
each sample from a spoon and deciding what is a (13) ..... price for each tea.
The types of tea that are popular in Britain are (14) ..... inexpensive but they are of a very high
quality. The best are delicate (15) ..... of numerous teas from different sources and countries of
origin.

0 A A bank B border C shore D coast

1 A high B wide C great D large
2 A common B typical C everyday D usual
3 A doubt B dispute C disbelief D uncertainty
4 A for B by C at D on
5 A route B way C direction D journey
6 A considerably B by far C largely D by much
7 A satisfy B match C answer D serve
8 A effective B skilled C developed D handy
9 A action B operation C practice D work
10 A composed B put up C settled D laid out
11 A out of B since C so D owing to
12 A speed B hurry C rush D dash
13 A fine B right C fair D deserved
14 A roughly B comparatively C slightly D approximately
15 A mixtures B associations C unions D gatherings
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Task 2

For questions 16–30, complete the following article by writing each

missing word in the correct box on your answer sheet, which is in the application FORMS.
Use only one word for each space. The exercise begins with an example (0).

Mosquitoes
According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, affects
millions (0) .…. people every year. Everyone knows how irritating
the noise made by a mosquito, (16) ….. by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It
is astonishing that so (17) ….. is known about why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven
away from people, given (18) .…. level of distress and disease caused by these
insects. We know that the most effective chemical (19) ….. protecting people
against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened (20) ….. deet. (21) .….
deet works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some
people are allergic to it.
Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others,
but they do not know (22) .…. this should be. They also know that people vary in
(23) ….. reactions to mosquito bites. One person has a painful swelling while (24)
….. , who is bitten by the same mosquito, (25) .…. hardly notice. Scientists have
(26) .…. discovered the reason for this, but they have carried (27) .…. experiments
to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or put (28) .…. by, certain smells.
In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell that mosquitoes cannot resist.
This could be used in a trap (29) ….. that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes
would fly into the trap and be destroyed. For the time (30) ….., however, we have
to continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting
bitten.

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Task 3
In most lines of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically
incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 31–46, find this
word and then write it in the box on your answer sheet, which is in the application FORMS.
Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with (OK) in the box. The exercise begins with two
examples (0).

Sumo wrestling

Japanese sumo wrestling is generally considered to be one of the 0 OK

oldest organised sports on earth. Men have been made fighting each 0 made

other in the wrestling ring for more over a thousand years, and four 31

hundred years ago, wrestlers were to be found throughout Japan. The 32

organisational and structure of the sport began in the 1680s, with 33

most of the basic rules remaining largely unchanged ever since. The 34

ring itself is considered a sacred place, and even for this reason, 35

wrestlers must throw a handful of some salt into it before they may start 36

fighting. When they are in the ring, which is five metres in its diameter, 37

the men must fight between each other until one of them is knocked 38

down or push out of the ring. Slapping, tripping, and judo-style moves 39

are all allowed, whereas punching him with a fist is not. There is no 40

upper weight in limit, which is why many sumo wrestlers spend years 41

long trying to make themselves put on weight. The Sumo Association 42

runs six major tournaments a year. A tournament lasts during fifteen 43

days and each wrestler fights every other wrestler. The tournament is a 44

gruelling test of strength and stamina, and the man who has the far best 45

record all over the two-week period is judged to have won the championship. 46