UNIVERZITET U NIŠU ŠIFRA:

FILOZOFSKI FAKULTET
DEPARTMAN ZA ANGLISTIKU Broj poena:

KLASIFIKACIONI ISPIT
Jun 2008
vreme izrade: 120 minuta
maksimalni broj poena: 60

PART A - MULTIPLE CHOICE TASKS

I For each numbered gap choose ONE of the four answers given below to make
the sentence both grammatically correct and logical. JUST CIRCLE A, B, C or D.
DO NOT fill in the numbered gaps. The first one (0) has been done for you.

Summer in Madrid

Although it may seem trivial to some people, for me it is a miracle that I

managed ...... (0) outside my home today! It ………… (1) to drive around for half an
hour – this time, it …………. (2) ten minutes! Amazing! Almost a year ………… (3)
since this last happened – and this is a sure sign that August, the month Madrid shuts
down, is ………… (4).
The buildings are ………… (5). Over this whole week, my neighbours
………… (6) their cars and ………… (7) to their apartments by the beach or villages
in the countryside. The streets are not nearly as crowded .................. (8); on every other
bar or restaurant door you can see signs that say: “Away on holiday! See you
…………. (9) four ………… (10).” And for fresh bread or ………… (11) you have to
take a longer walk to one of the few places left functioning.
Visitors to the city ………… (12) because they expect a busy midsummer, but
they ………… (13) silence, heat and just a few foreign backpackers strolling the
vacant streets. Those of us who live here, ………… (14), are delighted – to us Madrid
becomes a secret paradise in August, and not only because of the .................... (15). As
if ………… (16) agreement had been signed by all of us, the usual rules of behaviour
no longer apply: dress codes are ………… (17), but regular shaving is soon skipped,
too, and work becomes leisure. ………… (18) to do cannot be done anyway, because
everyone else is away. “………… (19) your call. Please call back in September,”
comes the reply from ………… (20). So, even though you may honestly intend to do
some serious work, you are .................... (21) sooner or later, take a cool drink, sit back
and relax. That's all you can do in Madrid in the summer.

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0 A) to park C) in parking
B) to have parked D) in having parked
1 A) wasn’t necessary C) didn’t need
B) wasn’t neccessary D) needn’t have
2 A) was lasting less than C) took me less than
B) was lasting less then D) took me less then
3 A) passed C) past
B) has passed D) has past
4 A) in the middle of nowhere C) just around the corner
B) in a vicious circle D) just off the hook
5 A) curious silence C) hardly silence
B) curiously silent D) hardly silent
6 A) were packing C) had packed
B) packed D) have been packing
7 A) disappeared C) dissappearing
B) dissappeared D) disappearing
8 A) as they are tipically C) as they are typical
B) as they typically are D) as they are
9 A) on C) by
B) for D) in
10 A) weeks’s time C) weeks time
B) week’s time D) weeks’ time
11 A) coffee brakes C) coffe brakes
B) coffee breaks D) coffe breaks
12 A) may be disappointed C) may be disappointing
B) maybe disappointed D) maybe disappointing
13 A) are met by C) are met with
B) are meet by D) are meet with
14 A) moreover C) therefore
B) furthermore D) however
15 A) piece and quiet C) piece and quite
B) peace and quiet D) peace and quite
16 A) an unwriten C) unwritten
B) an unwritten D) unwriten
17 A) first going C) first to go

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 B) the first going
18 A) Much you want
B) Much of what you want
19 A) “There’s nobody hear to take
B) “There’s nobody here to take
20 A) the answering machine
B) answering machine
21 A) bound to give up
B) bound giving up
D) the first to go
C) As much as you may want
D) As much of what you want
C) “There’s nobody hear to make
D) “There’s nobody here to make
C) the answerring machine
D) answerring machine
C) bounded to give up
D) abound giving up
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II For each numbered gap choose ONE of the four answers given below to make
the sentence both grammatically correct and logical. JUST CIRCLE A, B, C or D.
DO NOT fill in the numbered gaps. The first one (0) has been done for you. The
sign Ø means that no word is needed.

Traffic Jams

In the age before …… (0) motor car, ………… (1) like? Photographs
………… (2) 100 years ago, ………… (3) packed streets, indicate that traffic was
much the same ………… (4). Commuters ……… (5) choose the car to get to work
travel at an average speed of 17kph from their homes ………… (6) to offices in the
centre. That is virtually the same speed that they ………… (7) at in a horse and
carriage ………… (8).
As towns and cities grow, ………… (9) - whether in the form of the horse and
carriage or the modern motor car. It would seem that, wherever there are people who
need to go somewhere, they ………… (10) than walk or pedal. The photographs show
that, in terms of traffic jams and speed, traffic in London ………… (11) over the last
100 years. London has had traffic jams ………… (12) a huge city. ………… (13) that
have changed.
Although London had had heavy traffic long before the car ………… (14), the
age of the horse produced little unpleasantness ………… (15) traffic jams. But today
the problem is much more serious. Exhaust fumes create dangerous smog that causes
breathing problems for a great many people. ………… (16) problems could be reduced
if we avoided jams by using bicycles or ………… (17) a brisk walk to school or work.

0 A) an C) the
B) a D) / Ø
1 A) what was travelling to London C) how was travelling to London
B) what travelling to London was D) how travelling was to London
2 A) were taken C) taken
B) which taken D) took
3 A) shown C) showing
B) showed D) which showing
4 A) like now is C) as now is
B) as it is now D) like it is now
5 A) who C) what
B) which D) Ø

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 6 A) on suburbs C) on periphery
B) in the suburbs D) in outskirts
7 A) will have travelled C) might have travelled
B) will had travelled D) might had travelled
8 A) a century before C) before a century
B) a century ago D) for century's
9 A) as traffic does C) so traffic does
B) as does traffic D) so does traffic
10 A) had better be carried C) would rather be carried
B) had better carry D) would rather carry
11 A) didn’t change C) hadn’t changed
B) wouldn’t change D) hasn’t changed
12 A) ever since it has become C) even though it had become
B) ever since it became D) even though it became
13 A) The vehicles alone C) It is only the vehicles
B) Only the vehicles D) Nothing but the vehicles
14 A) came along C) came out
B) came away D) came forward
15 A) besides of C) apart of
B) beneath D) apart from
16 A) Such C) This
B) Such a D) That
17 A) make C) taking
B) making D) take

III For each numbered gap choose ONE of the four answers given below to make
the sentence both grammatically correct and logical. Just circle A, B, C or D.

1. Tina’s mother ………… a lot of difficult decisions lately.

A) had had to make C) has had to make
B) had had to bring D) has had to bring

2. The drama students first watched the famous theatre company ………… their
performance of Macbeth and then talked to the director and the actors.
A) give C) gave
B) giving D) having given

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3. We can go ………… unless you finish your part of the project.
A) further C) farther
B) no more further D) no further

4. It's a pity that .................. art students can hope to become famous artists.
A) little C) a little
B) a few D) few

5. That's not the Smiths' car. ………… is the new blue Ford parked in the alley. You
can't miss it!
A) Theirs' C) There's
B) Their's D) Theirs

6. Harrison Ford lives …………

A) at Broadway Rd 47 C) in 47 Broadway Rd
B) at 47 Broadway Rd D) on Broadway Rd 47

7. A: My brother didn’t remember to bring the travellers’ cheques with him!

B: If only he …………!
A) did C) didn't
B) had D) hadn't

8. She was ………… the test again because the teacher thought she had cheated.
A) made do C) got to do
B) made to do D) let do

9. Will you be able to lift this parcel? ………….

A) Its 28 kilos heavy. C) It's heavy 28 kilos.
B) It weighs 28 kilos. D) Its weight 28 kilos.

10. The ice-cream …………! What have you put in it?

A) is tasting delicious C) tastes deliciously
B) is tasting deliciously D) tastes delicious

11. When Pete was a student, he………… stay up all night to read.
A) use to C) used
B) would D) was used to

12. Joe asked Maria …………

A) does she know where is the new C) if she knows where is the new Italian
Italian restaurant. restaurant.
B) did she know where the new Italian D) if she knew where the new Italian
restaurant was. restaurant was.

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 PART B - FILL-IN TASKS

I Put the VERBS in the brackets in the CORRECT VERB FORMS, ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE. MODAL verbs are also given in the brackets when necessary. In some
sentences, the subject is in the brackets, too, because you need to decide WHERE
to put it. The first gap (0) has been done for you.
18 pts

Noisier and Noisier

For a couple of years, engineers (0) . . have been measuring ….. (measure)
noise levels in Britain's cities because more and more people (1)
……………………………….…. (drive) mad by the sounds of the city. Last year,
almost 300,000 complaints (2) ……………………….…. (make), and this June a
member of the research group said noise (3) .............……………….…. (still/increase).
We are all familiar with noise issues: how is it that a car alarm (4)
……………………………….…. (can/hear) by everyone except the owner of the car?
Why (5)……………………….…. ……………… (electric drills/ have to /use) early
on Sunday mornings? Why (6) ……………………................. (arguments/ carry) on
with the windows wide open?
It seems that, day by day, our neighbours (7)……………………....….…. (get)
more and more reckless. Let me give you an example. Last August, a neighbour of
mine went on one of those last-minute package holidays. He just (8)
…………………………….…. (throw) a few things into his backpack and happily (9)
……………………………….…. (fly) off to Majorca. What he (10)
……………………………….…. (not think) about was his golden retriever Duke, (11)
……………………………….…. (leave) behind in his locked apartment. That night,
while I (12)……………………………….…. (enjoy) my evening newspaper, I (13)
……………………………….…. (hear) Duke go wild, and he (14)
……………………………….…. (keep on) barking the whole night, more and more
loudly as hours went by. When my neighbour's sister came to pick Duke up the next
morning, we were all grumpy as we (15)………………………….…. (not have) any
sleep at all.
The problem of noise (16) ……………………………….…. (must/deal with);
however, up to now the government (17)……………………………….…. (pay) little
attention to it. But maybe it's not just the government, maybe it's up to us? So, why
(18)……………………………….…. (we/not do) something about it ourselves?

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II Put the VERBS in the brackets in the CORRECT VERB FORMS, ACTIVE
OR PASSIVE. Some phrases may contain MODAL verbs. In some sentences, the
subject is in the brackets, too, because you need to decide WHERE to put it.
14 pts
1. If she ………………………………………………. (not break) her leg last
week, she ………………………………………………. (ski) in Switzerland
now.
2. I ………………………………………………. (hand in) my resignation
tomorrow unless the manager ……………………………………………….
(apologize) for her rudeness.
3. How long ……………………………………………………………………….
(the construction company, work) on the sports complex by next summer?
4. Jack is exhausted! He ………………………………………………. (dig) in the
garden since breakfast. He ………………………………………………. (dig)
seven holes for rose bushes.
5. Since you obviously cannot do it yourself, you need
………………………………………………. (the alarm system, install) by the
superintendent.
6. They ………………………………………………. (modal, not understand) my
directions – they’ve turned right instead of left!
7. She seems ………………………………………………. (lose) a lot of weight
recently, but otherwise I think she’s all right.
8. When his third wife died under suspicious circumstances, everybody
…………………………………………. (convince) that he
…………………………………………. (kill) his previous two wives as well.
9. Have you heard the news? Jane started working as the main BCE PR manager
last week. If she …………………………………………. (not, speak) five
languages, she …………………………………………. (not, get) that job.

III Fill in the gaps with ONLY ONE WORD to make a correct and logical
sentence.
10 pts
1. The Board of the Company ……………………… that he get promoted before
anyone else.
2. ……………………… he is lying or telling the truth, it’s a wonderful story!

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3. She said she couldn’t help …………………… how wonderful my new haircut was.
4. Don't forget to bring the wine, ……………………… you?
5. I really ……………………… a hand with these boxes. Could you come over
tomorrow morning and help me?
6. None of her friends realized how ……………………… ill she was.
7. Did you happen to come ................................... my glasses while you were looking
for the keys in the drawers?
8. You ……………………… better not tell Mom about my exam results!
9. Now I really want you to pay close attention ……………………… my instructions.
This is difficult.
10. How did you manage to get used to ……………………… all these essays in this
course?

IV Fill in the blanks in the text below with the CORRECT FORMS OF THE
WORDS IN BRACKETS to make logical and grammatically correct sentences.
Use only one word in each space.
10 pts

The police have reported that a (1) …………………………….. (BURGLE) took place
at the home of Mrs Jean Dunn, in Oxford Street yesterday afternoon. (2)
…………………………….. (UNDERSTAND), Mrs Dunn was very upset. She said,
“A lot of what the burglar took was (3)…………………………….. (WORTH) - just
cheap jewellery and a faulty TV. But he also took a box of letters that friends have
written over the years and those are (4)…………………………….. (REPLACE). “
A spokesman for the local police force said, “(5)……………………………..
(FORTUNE), (6)…………………………….. (THIEF) in this area is on the increase,
and so is mugging; therefore, people need to be extremely (7)
…………………………….. (CAUTION). They need alarms and extra locks fitted by
a reliable (8)…………………………….. (PROFESSION).” Mrs Dunn was
unimpressed by his advice. “. In my opinion, the police are
extremely (9)…………………………….. (EFFICIENT). What we need is more
police (10) …………………………….. (PRESENT) on the street,” she said.

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V Fill in each blank with an ARTICLE ( a, an, the or ø ) or a PREPOSITION.
Each gap is worth ½ a point.
8 pts

e.g. New York is .....the.... largest city ....in..... the USA.

Situated on (1) ............... northern end of (2) ............... Manhattan is

(3) ............... neighborhood rich (4) ............... history and culture – Harlem. Named
after (5) ............... city of Haarlem in (6) ............... Netherlands, it has been a center of
African American identity for well over (7) ............... century. It is also the home of
modern American music: the rhythm of (8) ............... jazz was nurtured here. Harlem
showcased such (9) ............... great musicians as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong,
and Cab Calloway at the famous Cotton Club and singers Billie Holiday, Ella
Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and Aretha Franklin at (10) ............... Apollo Theater.
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s saw the rise of black writers,
artists, and musicians that would have (11) ............... profound and lasting effect
(12) ............... American culture. In (13) ............... years that followed, Harlem
declined and decayed. By the 1960s, Harlem had become a dangerous neighborhood
plagued with (14) ............... crime and drugs. This trend was reversed (15) ...............
the late 1990s with an infusion of public funds and neighborhood pride. Harlem is now
developing (16) ............... an attractive area of streets lined with historic homes and
thriving businesses.

VI Turn these statements into questions, so that the answer is the part that is
underlined. Each question is worth 2 points.
10 pts

1. She will have to stay in until she has finished her homework.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Sam would have chosen the other one.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. One of my brother’s classmates runs the yoga classes in our gym.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Jim complained to his boss about the salary.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. All the people who happened to be passing by were staggered by the sight of a tiger
climbing the highest tree in the city park.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

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 KEY
Part A - Multiple Choice Tasks

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1. A 8. B 15. B
2. C 9. D 16. B
3. B 10. D 17. D
4. C 11. B 18. B
5. B 12. A 19. B
6. D 13. A 20. A
7. D 14. D 21. A

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1. A 7. C 13. C
2. C 8. B 14. A
3. C 9. D 15. D
4. B 10. C 16. A
5. A 11. D 17. C
6. B 12. B

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1. C 5. D 9. B
2. A 6. B 10. D
3. D 7. B 11. B
4. D 8. B 12. D

Part B - Fill-in Tasks

I
1. are being driven/ are driven/ have been driven
2. were made
3. was still increasing/ would still increase
4. can be heard
5. do electric drills have to be used
6. are arguments being carried/ are arguments carried
7. are getting
8. threw
9. flew
10. hadn’t thought/ didn’t think/ wasn’t thinking
11. left
12. was enjoying
13. heard
14. kept on
15. hadn’t had
16. must be dealt with/ will have to be dealt with
17. have (has) paid/ have (has) been paying
18. don’t we do/ aren’t we doing/ haven’t we done

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II
1. hadn’t broken, would be skiing
2. am handing in/ will hand in/ am going to hand in/ will be handing in,
apologizes
3. will the construction company have been working, will the construction
company have worked
4. has been digging, has dug
5. to have (get) the alarm system installed/ the alarm system installed
6. can’t have understood/ couldn’t have understood/ might not have understood
7. to have lost
8. was convinced, had killed
9. didn’t speak/ wouldn’t have got

III
1. insisted/ suggested/ ordered/ demanded
2. whether
3. noticing/ saying
4. will
5. need
6. seriously/ very/ terribly
7. across/ upon
8. had
9. to
10. writing/ reading/ submitting

IV
1. burglary 6. theft
2. understandably 7. cautious
3. worthless 8. professional
4. irreplaceable 9. inefficient
5. unfortunately 10. presence

V
1. the 7. a 13. the
2. ø 8. ø 14. ø
3. a 9. ø 15. in/ during/ by
4. in 10. the 16. into/ as
5. the 11. a
6. the 12. on

VI
1. How long will she have to stay in?
2. Which one would Sam have chosen?
3. What does one of my brother’s classmates do?
4. Who did Jim complain to about the salary?
5. What were all the people who happened to be passing by staggered by?

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