INTERNATIONAL IT UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES
ENGLISH LANGUAGE (MASTER’S)
Fall 2021
MIDTERM
LISTENING TEST
Variant 1

Approved by Head of the Department

Date:____________________ Zh. Manapbayeva
Student:_________________ (Department Meeting, Minutes #3,
Group:__________________ 08.10.2021)

1. Listen to the first part of a EC report and complete the sentences:

(https://ec.europa.eu/avservices/audio/audioDetails.cfm?ref=I153641&sitelang=en&videolang=EN )

1. A common ___________ structure is one of the most significant ___________ of the

process.

2. Based on these achievements it is clear that the Bologna process remains highly
_________ although we know that the implementation of some of the ___________ is
still uneven across its 48 member countries.
3. This is the main factor __________ effective implementation of the Bologna
________.

4. Next month Ministerial Conference in Paris is viewed as an opportunity to stress

the need for more even implementation of the Bologna commitments and to
_________________________________________.

5. The Commission wishes to provide support to those Bologna countries, which

______________________________.

II. Listen to the second part of the report and define whether the statements are ‘True’
or ‘False’:

_______ 1. The issue of social inclusion is very important for the Commission, although to
monitor inclusion measures in the Bologna countries is very difficult.
_______ 2. The Commission easily monitors the qualification recognition.
_______ 3. Recently the Commission has launched an initiative on the creation of the
European Education Area.
_______ 4. According to the speaker the countries’ borders will create new problems for the
Bologna process.
_______ 5. Language learning is enhancing learning mobility.

Academic Research Vocabulary Test

Variant 1
 1. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box (one word is
extra):

safeguard enhance allocate impinge assign interpret

1. Biologists ___________ all organisms to a position in this system.

2. The company managers ___________ large sums of money to travel budgets.
3. Parents worried whether the incident would ___________ on the daughter’s life.
4. Low interest rates offer the opportunity to ___________ their financial futures.
5. Your refusal does nothing to ____________ your reputation.

2. Form NOUNS from the following verbs:

1. to confirm - confirmation
2. to identify - identification
3. to underline - underlines
4. to quantify – quantity/quantification
5. to discover - discovery

3. Match the word on the left with the word on the right to make a collocation:

mature score
application competition
first student
minimum degree
tough form

Application form
minimum score
tough competition
mature student
first degree

4. Fill in the prepositions:

1. The theme of the lecture is dealing on the main psychological challenges in modern
society.
2. The problem stems from the fact that there is a basic conflict of interests.
3. Your final evaluation total is calculated from the marks of assignments and tests
throughout the session.
4. Last decade the commission was working on the case of decreasing environmental
pollution.
5. The first lecture in the series was on the nature of human communication.

5. Give the words to the following definitions:

1. Connected with what is happening or being discussed relevant

2. Suitable or right for a particular situation or occasion appropriate
3. Important or noticeable signifucant
4. Existing as an idea, not as a material object abstract
5. Non-number-based methods (interviews, focus groups, etc.) qualitative