PROFICIENCY MATERIAL

BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6

School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

SECTION I – VOCABULARY
Questions 1-10: Choose the best answer to make meaningful sentences.

1. Using a computer has ___________ me to do my work much more quickly and efficiently.
a. exposed b. confirmed c. enabled d. substituted

2. He has been able to ___________ his business through advertising on the Internet.
a. expand b. demand c. reject d. consult

3. Applicants to the fire department must ___________ medical tests before their interviews.
a. target b. monitor c. confine d. undergo

4. The company places great importance on graduate ___________ and training.

a. marketing b. constitution c. mission d. recruitment

5. Sometimes central banks ___________ to smooth out price fluctuations.

a. intervene b. strike c. generate d. vary

6. ___________ in your business dealings means that you consider the needs of your
customers before you think about the profit.
a. Integrity b. Theory c. Influence d. Foundation

7. I believe that the knowledge you have ___________ will enable you to be successful in
any field you choose.
a. acquired b. altered c. responded d. encouraged

8. One of the ___________ restrictions to communication is the lack of a universally

spoken, common language.
a. fundamental b. neutral c. ambiguous d. demanding

9. One of the most important ___________ of the fall of communism in the 1980s was the
destruction of the Berlin Wall.
a. norms b. assumptions c. images d. rumours
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

10. The ___________ of young people in our population is decreasing as our population
ages and people have fewer children.
a. emergence b. ratio c. estimation d. acceleration

SECTION II – USE OF ENGLISH

Questions 11-20: Circle the best option to fill in the blanks accordingly.

In the early 19th century Sir Henry Morton made his fortune __(11)__ tea and coffee. He
used his money to build up a magnificent private art collection. __(12)__ he died, in 1842, he
__(13)__ all his paintings and sculptures in a small museum which was open to the public. In
his last will and testament, he left money for the maintenance of the museum. __(14)__ the
terms of the will, things in the museum must __(15)__ be sold and entrance to the museum
must be free.

11. a) to import b) by importing c) imports d) imported

12. a) Just before b) When c) After d) While

13. a) puts b) was putting c) is putting d) put

14. a) Despite b) Thus c) Although d) According to

15. a) ever b) yet c) never d) until

Experts believe that, with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), depression __ (16) __ by the
brain's response to decreased daylight exposure. No one really __ (17) __ how and why this
happens. Current theories __ (18) __ what causes SAD focus on the role that sunlight might
play in the brain's production of key hormones. Experts think that two specific chemicals in
the brain, melatonin and serotonin, may __ (19) __ in SAD. These two hormones __ (20) __
regulate a person's sleep-wake cycles, energy, and mood. Shorter days and longer hours of
darkness in fall and winter may cause increased levels of melatonin and decreased levels of
serotonin, creating the biological conditions for depression.

16. a) was triggered b) is triggered c) was being triggered d) has triggered

17. a) understand b) understands c) understood d) is understanding

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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

18. a) onto b) from c) on d) about

19. a) involve b) involving c) being involved d) be involved

20. a) helping b) helps c) help d) that are helped to

Questions 21-25: Choose the alternative which best rewrites each sentence.

21. Don’t take any notice of all his complaints about his health; there’s nothing wrong with him.
a) Try to avoid the subject on his health as I am tired of hearing all about his complaints.
b) Don’t listen to him talking about his health; it’s his favourite subject.
c) If you let him, he would talk only about his ill health though actually he is quite healthy.
d) You can ignore all his talk of being ill; he’s actually perfectly healthy.

22. We planned to walk right round the lake, but the heavy rain made this impossible.
a) If it hadn’t rained so heavily, we would have walked right round the lake.
b) In spite of the heavy rain, we managed to walk half way round the lake as planned.
c) The heavy rain nearly prevented us from walking right round the lake.
d) We would have walked right round the lake even if it had rained heavily.

23. I can’t remember when I last saw him, but it is certainly a long time ago.
a) I shall never forget meeting him even though it’s long time ago and that was the last time I
saw him.
b) I only know it is ages since I saw him and I can’t remember when that was.
c) We’ve only met once and that was too long ago for me to remember him.
d) I haven’t thought about him for a long time, in fact not since I met him.

24. As the traffic is so heavy, it will take us at least an hour to get there.
a) Let’s wait an hour before we go as there is so much traffic on the roads.
b) Since the roads are full of traffic at this hour, we will be able to get there hours later.
c) Since the roads are so busy, we won’t be able to get there in under an hour.
d) There are so many cars on the roads that we can’t get there for hours.
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

25. There were no poor performances; but the Russian dancers were certainly the best.
a) The best performances were those of the Russians; some of the others were poor.
b) The standard of dancing was low particularly among the Russians although generally they
were the best.
c) The Russian dancers were well worth watching but the others weren’t as their
performances were poor.
d) They all danced well, but the Russian dancers were far better than the others.

SECTION III – READING

Questions 26-37: Choose the best answer according to the passages below.

(I)
The beauty of bread is its simplicity. Flour and liquid are the main ingredients, along with
yeast and sometimes salt and from these basics we get a nourishing and tasty food that
gives us carbohydrate, protein, and B vitamins, and comes in a wide variety of shapes,
textures, and flavours. Practically every culture has its own type of bread and many have
more than one. For centuries it was the white breads that were popular; but nowadays more
and more people, rightly prefer the brown village type of bread which contains far more
vitamins and is also much tastier.

26. As it is pointed out in the passage, the ingredients of bread _____.

a) don’t allow for much originality in the manner of cooking
b) vary greatly in different parts of the world
c) are few and simple but there is much variety in the type of bread produced
d) are low in nutrition but contain vitamins and carbohydrates so people like to add different
ones.

27. The Passage stresses that bread is a useful item in our diet _____.
a) even though most people don’t really like the taste
b) but should only be eaten in small quantities and white one should better be preferred
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School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

c) especially if we confine ourselves to the white varieties

d) because of both its flavour and the nourishment it provides

28. According to the passage, the present-day trend in favour of brown bread _____.
a) is understandable and to be encouraged
b) is not a healthy trend since people don’t like it much
c) cannot be expected to continue
d) is to be found only in the villages and small towns rather than the city

(II)
Some of us enjoy a visit to a zoo, and for those who see lions and tigers for the first time, it is
surely a most thrilling experience. But how many people stop to wonder how the animals are
feeling in their often unsuitable surroundings? Most zoos cannot afford to provide all the
separate species with the right environment. The animals in zoos may be well fed, but a
hunting animal wants to hunt for its own food. Also, all animals want to be free. In fact, there
should be no zoos and animals should live in their own environments.

29. It is pointed out in the passage that coming close to see wild animals as tigers and lions___.
a) can only be possible in large zoos where animals are caged
b) gives some people a strong sense of excitement
c) can make them very aggressive towards people and this is understandable
d) is not something good for young children

30. The writer feels that few people _____.

a) visit a zoo in order to see the animals there or to understand how they feel in those
conditions
b) are uninterested with the feelings of zoo animals and most of them want to free the
animals.
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

c) are interested in any of the animal species

d) are sufficiently sensitive to the conditions of animals kept in zoos

31. It is emphasized in the passage that, the living conditions of most animals in zoos _____.
a) are carefully monitored to make the animals happy
b) have recently improved greatly and the writer is happy about this issue
c) could easily be improved at little cost and maybe the animals won’t want to leave the zoo
then.
d) are very different from those in their natural environment

(III)
Phil Collins, who was born on January 30th 1951, seemed destined for a life on the stage.
While his father was in charge of an insurance office, his mother managed a theatre school
in London. All three of her children had parts in films. When Phil got a part in the London
production of “Oliver”, he left school for a career in acting. Meanwhile, he was already
playing drums at parties and clubs and writing his own songs, secretly hoping that one day
this would be his full-time job. Then, in 1975, something happened that changed his life. He
became the drummer of the Genesis group.

32. As the passage points out, the pop music singer Phil Collins _____.
a) originally wanted to work alongside his father as he loved him very much
b) was introduced early in his life to the world of entertainment
c) got little encouragement from his family, especially from his siblings
d) was the first in his family to go on stage and this encouraged his siblings

33. According to the passage although Phil Collins began his career in the theatre, _____.
a) his real interest lay in music
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

b) he always dreamed of being a successful businessman like his father

c) his real talent was in filmmaking
d) he did so very unwillingly

34. The passage tells us that the year 1975 _____.

a) was when Phil Collins first had a song which was accepted by Genesis
b) was the year in which Phil Collins left the Genesis group
c) was a turning point in Phil Collins’s life
d) was one of great disappointments for Phil Collins

(IV)
British towns suffer from the same traffic congestion, noise and polluting fumes as all towns
in the western world, but as yet only London, Newcastle, Glasgow and to a small extent
Liverpool, have useful railways going underground through the central areas. Elsewhere
there are plans for building underground railways, but they have little hope of making any
progress with since public investment is restricted. In general, the north has better public
transport than the south, with cheap and frequent bus services using better roads shared
with fewer cars.

35. As it is pointed out in the passage, most British towns have no underground railway
system _____.

a) as the system is expected to cause a great deal of pollution

b) since the majority of people have their own private means of transport
c) as this is not felt to be a practical system outside London
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY B2 4 V/R/G Proficiency 6
School of Foreign Languages LEVEL CODE
MODULE SKILL CODE
COURSEBOO
K & UNIT / WEEK
THEME
2021-2022
SOURCE (s) Proficiency in English

TEACHER’S COPY Adapted by Serhat Uzun-Tuğba Barlas

d) because there is not sufficient public money available for such projects

36. We can understand from the passage that _____.

a) Liverpool has the most developed underground train system in Britain
b) more people drive their own cars in the north than in the south which is very costly
c) the north of Britain suffers less from traffic problems than the south does
d) the south of Britain enjoys cheap and highly efficient bus services

37. The author suggests that underground railways are an excellent means of transport
because _____.

a) they are a much cheaper means of transport than buses and people should prefer them
more.
b) they do not pollute the streets of a city with noise and petrol fumes
c) the construction and maintenance of them is comparatively cheap
d) the number of people who use them can easily be restricted