Ukka testu (Sample Exam Paper) na bakalrsky tudijn program uitestvo anglickho jazyka a literatry v kombincii

1. CLOZE TEST - WRITE ONE WORD ONLY FOR EACH GAP Growing or Going? Africas forests are disappearing at an alarming rate; a fact that (1) environmentalist you care to name will confirm. The reason, some will assert, is population growth: people are bad news (2) trees. Yet the picture that emerges (3) a growing body of fieldwork in Africa is more complex and considerably (4) glum. It now appears that far fewer trees have been cut down than (5) previously suspected to be the case, the reason (6) that earlier estimates of tree numbers were inaccurate. The loss (7) forests has indeed been rapid but (8) so, the rate of loss is only about 40% of (9) commonly supposed. Moreover, (10) of the forest of West Africas past is neither as ancient nor as undisturbed (11) people generally thought. Some environmentalists maintain that large tracts of supposedly undisturbed forest were actually regrown on areas which had (12) been intensively cultivated. More intriguingly, researchers have drawn (13) evidence that forests are actually on (14) increase in some parts of Africa. Their fieldwork indicates that farmers often (15) with the bush fires that would otherwise destroy vegetation whilst deliberately preserving or transplanting trees that provide fruit, shelter or medicine.

2. G R A M M A R A. WRITE THE COMPLETE FORM OF THE VERB Example: Answer: What (YOU/WANT) for breakfast? ..... do you want .....

TWO FRIENDS MEET WHO HAVENT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR SIX MONTHS. A. So youre moving to Bratislava next B. Yes, I (1. FIND) a job with a big company there. A. What (2. YOU/DO) with them? B. I (3. WORK) in the foreign department. And what about you? A. I wish I (4. HAVE) your luck. I (5. LOOK) for a job since January. B. Thats a pity. What (6. YOU/DO) before January? A. I (7. HAVE) a temporary job with my fathers company. B. If I (8. BE) you, I (9. WRITE) to the company I work with. They may have something. A. Thats a good idea! I (10. TRY) it.

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B. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER AND WRITE IT ON THE ANSWER SHEET What makes a good souvenir? On my desk at home, I have a collection of souvenirs; objects that remind me of places Ive visited and important events in my life. These objects include a model boat that I saw being (1) from a piece of wood on a Caribbean island, a piece of lava that (2) hot from a volcano in the year I was born, and a shell (3) on my favourite childhood beach. (4) everything else, from which memory and detail fades, it is as if the longer you hold on to certain objects, the (5) their associations with the past become, and the sharper the recollections that gather around them. They are, (6) real souvenirs, encapsulations not only of the place, but of your time in the place. But these days, the term real souvenirs sounds like a contradiction in (7) , and this is because the objects sold to tourists as souvenirs are often cheap mass-produced imports that have nothing to do with the place at all. Its often the (8) that the best souvenirs, like my shell, are found rather than purchased, but (9) for souvenirs can also be a fun holiday activity. But if you are buying souvenirs on holiday this summer, make sure they (10) the reality test. A good souvenir is not just made in the area where it is bought, it also says something about the culture of that area. It is something made by local people using sustainable local materials, and because you are effectively supporting the local economy, it shouldnt (11) too cheap, either. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 A sketched A developed A found out A Opposite A wider A albeit A terms A point A browsing A win A come B carved B appeared B bumped into B Dissimilar B greater B otherwise B meanings B fact B seeking B take B charge C thrown C emerged C come across C Unlike C larger C whereas C words C case C surfing C beat C go D scratched D arrived D picked up D Different D harder D therefore D names D truth D pursuing D pass D cost

3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION You will hear a passage THREE times. Complete the text below with the exact words you hear. At one time education was considered a luxury 1. ______________________ necessity. In this 2. ______________________discoveries and advanced technology 3. ______________________ the young people of today 4. ______________________good education, and the necessity 5. ______________________ . Education is essential 6. ______________________, to
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enable 7. ______________________lifestyle, and to show 8. ______________________ welldeveloped mind. There are people 9. ______________________advantage of 10. ______________________ free education and make the best 11. ______________________lives. 12. ______________________ write or even spell the simplest of words 13. ______________________healthy meal. Feed 14. ______________________ feed your mind: by this I mean that you 15. ______________________ school and get a good education. If you dont 16. ______________________realise later what 17. ______________________ missed.

K k rieeniu testu 1. CLOZE TEST (All possibilities here are correct)

1. ANY 2. FOR 3. FROM 4. LESS 5. WAS 6. BEING 7. OF 8. EVEN 9. THAT 10. MUCH 11. AS 12. ONCE/PREVIOUSLY 13. TOGETHER 14. THE 15. DEAL 2. GRAMMAR A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. HAVE FOUND ..... FOUND ARE YOU GOING TO DO ..... WILL YOU DO ..... WILL YOU BE DOING AM GOING TO WORK ..... WILL WORK ..... WILL BE WORKING HAD ..... HAD HAD HAVE BEEN LOOKING DID YOU DO ..... WERE YOU DOING ..... HAD YOU BEEN DOING HAD WERE ..... WAS WOULD WRITE WILL TRY

B. 1. B CARVED 2. C EMERGED
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3. D PICKED UP 4. C UNLIKE 5. B GREATER 6. D THEREFORE 7. A TERMS 8. C CASE 9. A BROWSING 10. D PASS 11. A - COME

3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION At one time education was considered a luxury 1. more than a necessity. In this 2. world of new discoveries and advanced technology 3. it is important to show the young people of today 4. the importance of a good education, and the necessity 5. of obtaining one. Education is essential 6. to success, to enable 7. people to have a comfortable lifestyle, and to show 8. the intelligence of a well development mind. There are people 9. who will not take advantage of 10. the opportunity for a free education and make the best 11. of their lives. 12. But to learn to read and write or even spell the simplest of words 13. is as important as a healthy meal. Feed 14. yourself and you feed your mind by this I mean that you 15. should stay at school and get a good education. If you dont 16. you will only realise later what 17. a chance you have missed.

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