SECTION I: LISTENING

LECTURE 1:

You are going to listen to a television news report

about STRESS twice. Answer the following questions
while you’re listening to the lecture, Now you have 2
minutes to look at the statements. (5x10= 50 pts)

1. Over 75 per cent of the Canadians and Americans sometimes or frequently

experience stress.

2. Which one of the following is NOT a source of stress?

a. jobs
b. money
c. loss of health
d. technology

3. The results of the survey revealed large differences between countries.

True / False / Not Mentioned

4. Technology makes our life easier. True / False / Not Mentioned

5. Which group of people in the society has more stress?

a. Poor people
b. Middle-class people
c. Rich people
d. All of the above

6. Which two problems of Mexico are mentioned in the lecture?

a. poverty b. high crime rate

7. Almost 50 per cent of the French think they have lost control over their lives.

8. The Germans know how to manage stress.

9. In which two countries terrorism is an important source of stress?

a. Canada b. The US

10. 44 people lost their lives because of the SARS disease in Canada in the
year 2003.

LECTURE 1 : ________ / 50 pts

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NAME: __________________________________

DEPARTMENT: ___________________________ NUMBER: _________________

LECTURE 2: You’ve listened to a lecture called ‘PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTIMISM AND

PESSIMISM’ twice. Now, you have 10 minutes to answer the questions stated below using your notes.
Your notes will not be marked.

1. Explain the meaning of pessimism and optimism. (3 pts each)

a. Optimism: THE ATTITUDE OF BELIEVING IN AND EXPECTING POSITIVE RESULTS //
SEEING THE GLASS HALF FULL // SEEING WHAT IS THERE
b. Pessimism: THE TENDENCY TO BELIVE IN NEGATIVE OUTCOMES // SEEING THE
GLASS HALF EMPTY
2. Pessimism and optimism play a big part in the OUTCOMES in a person’s life. (2 pts)
3. According to the results of studies carried out in medicine, give three characteristics of
pessimists and one characteristic of optimists.
Pessimists: (3 pts each)
a. THEY TAKE LONGER TO RECOVER FROM MAJOR SURGERY
b. THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS
c. THEY TEND NOT TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES IN GENERAL
Optimists: THEY TEND TO BE HEALTHIER (3 pts)
4. What is found about optimists and pessimists in research carried out among students in
stressful majors? (3 pts each)
a. Optimists: THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OVERCOMING /SURMOUNTING
DIFFICULTIES / OBSTACLES
b. Pessimists: THEY DO WORSE WHEN ATTEMPTING RETRY
5. Optimists deny the bad aspects of things. TRUE / FALSE / NO INFO (2 pts)
6. Give two advantages that optimists have in general: ( 3 pts each)
a. THEY ARE HOPEFUL ABOUT THE EVENTUAL RESULT OF THINGS
b. THEY’VE STRONG PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS // THEY DEAL WITH STRESSFUL
SITUATIONS SUCCESSFULLY
7. Give two ways in which it is determined if a person is an optimist or a pessimist: (4 pts each)
a. BY STUDYING ONE’S ANSWERS TO CERTAIN QUESTIONNARIES
b. BY LISTENING TO ONE’S SPEECH PATTERNS
8. What are the two things you can do to develop a more positive outlook? (4 pts each)
a. FORCE YOURSELF NOT TO THINK NEGATIVELY // FORCE YOURSELF TO THINK POSITIVELY
b. THINK ABOUT WHAT’S GOING RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE

LECTURE 2 : ________ / 50 pts

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SECTION II: READING
TEXT 1
1 The hot, dry climate of the Red Land of Egypt has
ensured that the huge monuments built for the
Egyptian dead have survived thousands of years with
effortless grace. They were usually built from stone in
the bare desert sands, away from the wetter farmland
which would have damaged the stone. An Arab
proverb sums up the situation very well: “The world
fears time, time fears the pyramids.” The hot, dry air prevents the growth of bacteria
and so creates ideal conditions for the conservation of the pyramids and their
contents. Egyptologists have discovered some very delicate items such as wood,
leather, cloth and even flowers preserved in Egyptian tombs.
2 But despite these advantages, Egypt has its own conservation problems. The
tomb sites are well-preserved, but the towns and cities that supplied them are not,
and much less is known about them. The reason for this is simple: Ancient Egyptians
had to live near their water supplies. They had to water their crops, get rid of their
rubbish and they travelled on the water so towns were usually built along the Nile.
3 Buildings were made from Nile mud. This made them easy and cheap to build,
and they could easily be pulled down and replaced. Added to this the Nile floods
regularly, so buildings were sometimes washed away. All this means that very little is
known about these sites. Also, it has been traditional to build new towns on top of the
ancient ones, thus burying valuable information. This problem is particularly bad in
the Nile delta so it was very tempting to use old buildings to create new ones. This
problem did not exist, however, in southern Egypt where there was plenty of stone.
This meant that new buildings could be built without having to destroy older buildings.
Because it is so fertile, the delta has always been home to the majority of Egyptians
and today the demand for building and farming land is beginning to threaten
archaeological sites.
4 Although the Egyptian government has brought in new measures to prevent
the destruction of ancient historical sites, it is too late to save some of them. Formerly
important sites such as the cities of Sais and Bubastis have been completely
destroyed. Threats to ancient sites have included the building of the Aswan Dam and
extensive flooding in the 1960’s, but these were overcome by an international rescue
project. Since 1992, however, the building of the el-Salaam Canal has presented a

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new threat to these ancient sites and this has resulted in the organisation of another
rescue project.

Answer the following questions according to Text One.

(Questions 1-9 = 2 pts each, Questions 10-11= 3 pts each)

1. What has enabled Egyptian monuments to last so long?

THE CLIMATE / THEY WERE BUILT FROM STONE
2. What does “this” in paragraph 2 refer to? NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE
TOWNS AND CITIES THAT SUPPLIED THE TOMB SITES
3. The pronoun “it” in paragraph 3 refers to USING OLD BUILDINGS TO
CREATE NEW ONES
4. Give two reasons why so little is known about the ancient towns and cities of
the Nile delta.
a. NEW ONES WERE BUILT ON OLD ONES
b. BUILDINGS WERE SOMETIMES WASHED AWAY
5. The Arab proverb suggests that people are not afraid of time. TRUE / FALSE / NO INFO
6. The pyramids were located in southern Egypt, far from the Nile delta which
wouldn’t be ideal for their conservation. TRUE / FALSE / NO INFO
7. The delta is so popular with Egyptians due to its mild climate. TRUE / FALSE / NO INFO
8. The Aswan Dam prevented the floods to wash away the ancient historic sites.
TRUE / FALSE / NO INFO
9. Three threats to ancient Egyptian sites are:
a THE BUILDING OF THE ASWAN DAM
b EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN THE 1960s
c THE BUILDING OF THE EL-SALAAM CANAL
EXTRA DEMAND FOR BUILDING AND FARMING LAND

10. Explain the following expressions in your own words.

a ensure (Par. 1): MAKE SURE, GUARANTEE
b mud (Par. 3): SOIL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER NILE
c measures (Par. 4): PREVENTION / PRECAUTION
d overcome (Par. 4): SOLVE

11. Find a word or phrase in the text that means the same as the following:

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TEXT 1
_________ / 45 pts
 a without vegetation, plants, trees etc. (Par. 1): BARE
b fruitful; productive (Par. 3): FERTILE
c introduce a new law (Par. 4): BRING IN / BROUGHT IN

TEXT 2
Some sentences have been removed from the following text. The missing sentences
are stated at the bottom of the page. Decide which numbered gap each one should
go. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Write your answers in
the space provided. (5x7=35 pts)

MUSCLE – POWERED FLIGHT

People have probably dreamed of flying through the
air like birds since the beginning of time. (1) __C__
As an aircraft flies, the drag, or air resistance,
grows bigger as the speed increases. After the speed
passes a certain point, the drag is so great that no
human could possibly make the machine fly. Making
the plane fly softly was the first priority. The low speed dictates the width and size of the
wings. (2) __D__Every component has to be as light as possible but also strong enough to
withstand the forces of flight. In 1959, a British industrialist named Kremer announced a
prize of about $ 10,000 for the first aircraft to fly around a 1-mile, figure-eight course using
muscle power alone. (3) __F__ When this plane won the Kremer prize in August, 1977, after
a flight of just over a mile, it weighed a mere 207 pounds, including the 137-pound pilot!
Incredibly, this 70-pound plane had a wing that was as long as a jet-liner’s. (4) __B__ The
journey was over 22 miles in two hours and forty-nine minutes.
A world champion cyclist can produce a steady 450 watts of power for at least an
hour. (5) __H__ Over five minutes, most of us could not even produce 250 watts, which is
not enough to keep Gossamer Albatross, the plane crossing the English Channel, flying.
In 1988, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) built and
flew a muscle-powered plane from Crete to the island of Santorini. (6) __A__
Perhaps, in the future, muscle-powered flight will become available to those who are
reasonably fit. (7) __G__ Ultra-lightweight planes, powered by a battery and electric motor,
could act as high-altitude reconnaissance platforms and carry out research into the upper
atmosphere.

A. That was a distance of 74 miles at an average speed of 19 miles per hour.

B. Two years later, an even lighter plane became the first muscle-powered aircraft to cross
the English Channel.

C. But strangely enough, it was only after the invention of the jet engine and rocketship to
the moon that sustained flight powered by human muscles became possible.

D. The weight of the aircraft is also important.

E. The crash of a muscle-powered plane was in 1964.

F. Almost twenty years later, Paul McCready and Peter Lissaman received the reward in
their lightweight plane, Gossamer Condor .

G. Pedal-driven planes may become more popular than hang-gliders or microlights.

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H. A healthy strong person can, in comparison, achieve a much higher point by pedalling
hard – but only for a few seconds.

TEXT 2
_________ / 35 pts
TEXT 3

For questions 1- 9, read the following passage and circle the correct answer.
(4 pts each)
John James Audubon, nineteenth-century artist and
naturalist, is known as one of the foremost authorities on North
American birds. Born in Les Cayes, Haiti, in 1785, Audubon was
raised in France and studied art under French artist Jacques-Louis
David. After settling on his father’s Pennsylvania estate at the age of
eighteen, he first began to study and paint birds.
In his young adulthood, Audubon undertook numerous
enterprises, generally without a tremendous amount of success; at
various times during his life he was involved in a mercantile
business, a lumber and grist mill, a taxidermy business, and a
school. His general mode of operating a business was to leave it
either unattended or in the hands of a partner and take off on
excursions through the wilds to paint the natural life that he saw. His
business career came to end in 1819 when he was jailed for debt and
forced to file for bankruptcy.
It was at that time that Audubon began seriously to pursue the
dream of publishing a collection of his paintings of birds. For the next
six years he painted birds in their natural habitats while his wife
worked as a teacher to support the family. His birds of America, which
included engravings of 435 of his colourful and lifelike water colours,
was published in parts during the period from 1826 to 1838 in England. After the
success of the English editions, American editions of his work were published in
1839, and his fame and fortune were ensured.

1. This passage is mainly about … 3. Audubon decided not to

a) north American birds continue to pursue business
b) Audubon’s route to success when …
as a painter of birds a) he was injured in an accident at
c) the works that Audubon a grist mill.
published b) he decided to study art in France.
d) Audubon’s preference for travel c) he was put in prison because
in natural habitats of debts.
d) he made enough money from
2. In the second paragraph, the his paintings.
author mainly discusses …
a) how Audubon developed his 4. According to the passage,
painting style Audubon’s paintings …
b) Audubon’s involvement in a a) were realistic portrayals.
mercantile business b) used only black, white, and gray.
c) where Audubon went on his c) were done in oils.
excursions d) depicted birds in cages.
d) Audubon’s unsuccessful
business practices 5. We can infer from the passage
that after 1839, Audubon …
a) unsuccessfully tried to develop
new businesses.

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 b) continued to be supported by his wife
c) travelled to Europe
d) became a wealthy man
TEXT 3
_________ / 20 pts
TEXT 3
_________ / 20 pts

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SECTION III: USE OF ENGLISH

PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE (2x17=34 pts)

Read the text below and circle the best alternative for each blank.

ART OF ATTENDING AN ART EXHIBITION

Unfortunately, art students usually go to parties (1) ____ the weekends. Although they’d like
(2) _____ to art exhibitions or museums, they would rather (3) _____ them because nowadays
they have (4) _____ their prices too much and students find it difficult to get by because their
school (5) _____ are too high. That’s why they cannot afford to go to art exhibitions frequently,
but if they can, there are some steps to follow. Once you get the invitation of the exhibition, you
should not forget to (6) _____ the person who is responsible for the organisation whether a
cocktail dress or a suit is a must. Otherwise, you’ll be in trouble. The first rule is to look smart.
Your shoes should (7) _____ the colour of your dress or suit. (8) _____ you shouldn’t go to the
exhibition (9) _____ . You should find a partner to accompany you. Another important point to
keep in mind is that you should avoid (10) _____ loudly. You should always adjust the tone of
your voice. Then you shouldn’t drink too much. If you’ve already drunk your second glass of
champagne and (11) _____ a third one, you shouldn’t hesitate to refuse. If you want to
(12) _____ friends, you should (13) _____ smiling around all the time although you don’t want to.
Otherwise you won’t have the chance to meet new people. A very important point to consider is to
get a plan of the exhibition hall before you get there. You shouldn’t wander around, not knowing
(14) _____ way to go and the last step to follow is to not forget (15) _______a note of the phone
numbers of the important people you meet at the exhibition before you (16) _____ . It’s always a
good idea to go to a pub (17) _____ your way home.

1. a. in b. at c. by d. of
2. a. to going b. going c. go d. to go
3. a. visit b. not visiting c. haven’t visited d. not visit
4. a. raised b. arisen c. risen d. lifted
5. a. fares b. fees c. bills d. fines
6. a. ask for b. insist c. ask d. demand
7. a. get along with b. get on with c. match d. fit
8. a. Besides b. Additional c. Beside d. Except
9. a. single b. alone c. lonely d. only
10. a. to talking b. to talk c. talk d. talking
11. a. offered b. have offered c. had been offered d. have been
offered
12. a. do b. make c. give d. put
13. a. used to b. are used to c. get used to d. got used to
14. a. what b. best c. how d. which
15. a. of making b. to make c. by making d. make
16. a. leave b. left c. will leave d. will have left
17. a. in b. on c. of d. at

PART A: ______ / 34 pts

PART B- REWRITE (2x15=34 pts)

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning with the first
sentence. You must use between two and five words.

1. If you don’t hurry up, you’ll miss the bus.

unless
You won’t CATCH THE BUS UNLESS you hurry up.

2. I prefer cooking to eating out.

rather
I would RATHER COOK RATHER THAN EAT out.

3. Sandra regrets applying for that job.

wishes
Sandra WISHES SHE HADN’T APPLIED for that job.

4. You should be getting dressed for the cocktail party.

time
It’s TIME YOU GOT DRESSED for the cocktail party.

5. People say that chewing is good for digestion.

said
Chewing IS SAID TO BE GOOD for digestion.

6. This project will take Jonathan three years to finish.

finished
In three years’ time JONATHAN WILL HAVE FINISHED this project.

7. Finally I was able to find someone to repair my Rolex.

repaired
Finally I managed to HAVE MY ROLEX REPAIRED.

8. Could you please help me with these files?

grateful
I would BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD help me with these files.

9. It’s a long time since our last meeting.

met
We HAVEN’T MET FOR a long time.

10. I think Susan has forgotten our appointment.

appears
Susan APPEARS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN our appointment.

11. I’m sure there were at least 20 mistakes in your paper.

have
There MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 20 mistakes in your paper.
12. ‘No, it’s not rue. I didn’t wear Sue’s skirt!’ said Peggy.
denied
Peggy DENIED WEARING / HAVING WORN Sue’s skirt.

13. The speech was so rude that we all felt insulted.

such
It was SUCH A RUDE REMARK THAT we all felt insulted.

14. He watched the film ‘Arachnophobia’ although he was afraid of spiders.

despite
He watched the film ‘Arachnophobia’ DESPITE HIS FEAR OF SPIDERS.

15. He has never disappointed his family.

down
He has never LET HIS FAMILY DOWN.

16. The film which won an award is being shown on TV tonight.

winning
An AWARD WINNING FILM IS BEING shown on TV tonight.

17. The owner established the company in 2001.

up
The company WAS ESTABLISHED BY the owner in 2001.

PART B: ______ / 34 pts

 PART C: WORD BUILDING (2x16=32 pts)

Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form
a word that fits in the space in the same line. No points will be given for the
misspelled words.

Nowadays, there is a (1) _______ of career opportunities in the media. VARY

Due to the (2) _______ in the media industry, the graduates have the DEVELOP
chance to find good jobs. There are (3) _______ good job opportunities INCREDIBLE
at TV or radio channels, advertising companies, newspapers or magazines.
However, the possibility of finding a good job (4) _______ on the DEPENDENCE
qualifications of the graduates. In order to work efficiently in such a
competitive market, one should be quite energetic, intelligent, punctual
and (5) _______. (No need to mention the post graduate degree, computer CONFIDENCE
and language skills that a candidate should have). All of these qualifications
might (6) _______ a new graduate to start a career in the field. ABLE

Although the low salaries, difficult working conditions and the (7) _______ COMPETE
in the market might (8) _______ them from staying in the sector at the COURAGEOUS
beginning of their career, in the long run, they might get (9) _______ SATISFY
salaries provided that they (10) _______ appropriately and work hard BEHAVIOUR
without considering the (11) _______ of the work hours. Everyone in the LONG
market is aware of the (12) _______ high salaries of the famous EXCEPT
anchormen and anchorwomen.

Some graduates might also want to work as (13) _______ journalists DEPENDENCE
i.e. they don’t work for a specific company but get paid in return for their
temporary service, i.e. the news they prepare (14) ______________ . INDIVIDUAL

On the other hand, (15) _______ not all graduates find work easily as there FORTUNATE
is still a lot of (16) _______ in the media industry, but things are improving. EMPLOYEEE

1 VARIETY 9 SATISFACTORY /
2 DEVELOPMENTS
SATISFYING
3 INCREDIBLY
10 BEHAVE
4 DEPENDS
11 LENGTH
5 (SELF)CONFIDENT
12 EXCEPTIONALLY
6 ENABLE
13 INDEPENDENT
7 COMPETITION
14 INDIVIDUALLY
8 DISCOURAGE
15 UNFORTUNATELY
16 UNEMPLOYMENT

PART C: ______ / 32 pts