PADEREWSKI PRIVATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL PRE-DP ENTRANCE EXAM 2014 NAME: Good luck! Test result: points out of 70 Examiner's signature: Date:
Part I Grammar and Vocabulary Score: / 32 I. Choose the best answer. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. 1 More and more young people our club these days. Can you believe it? a) join b) have joined c) are joining d) aren t joining 2 I don t know how you put with those people. a) on b) out c) off d) up 3 Some people live in conditions I can t help feeling sorry for them. a) such bad / that b) better / than c) as bad / as d) worse / than 4 My neighbours doors during the night. It s so irritating! a) are always slamming and shouting b) always slam and shout c) always slammed and shouted d) were always slamming and shouting 5 We ve had this car since. a) a long time b) at least 3 years c) more than 6 months d) my aunt died 6 When they arrived, we the game. a) have already finished b) were already finished c) had already finished d) already finished 7 I remember he always fall asleep on the sofa. a) had b) used c) would d) did 8 He s so relaxed. The most laid- person I know. a) out b) down c) over d) back 9 This is the friend I was telling you about. a) about who b) who c) about whom d) which 10 Don t be. You ve eaten enough for one day. a) stubborn b) greedy c) gloomy d) cheeky
11 Oh! Thank you but you any food. We ve got plenty. a) needn t have brought b) didn t need to bring c) needn t bring d) didn t need to have brought 12 I m not accustomed up so early. a) to get b) getting c) to getting d) for getting 13 A: Joanna started to cry when she heard her mother s voice on the phone. B: She missed her a lot then. a) can t have b) should be c) must have been d) mustn t have 14 Would you mind me your bike today? a) lending b) lend c) to lend d) borrowing 15 Just think, this time tomorrow we our English exam and will still have another hour to go. a) will have written b) will be writing c) will write d) are writing 16 we are careful, we sometimes make mistakes. a) However b) Although c) In spite of d) Nevertheless 17 We ll do it now. She promised that they would do it. a) now b) then c) that day d) that time 18 I wasn t there. He said there. a) I wasn t b) he wasn t c) he hadn t been d) he hasn t been 19 I think your idea probably work. a) might b) won t c) will d) is going to 20 Nobody here speaks Swahili,? a) don t they b) does they c) do they d) does he 21 Did you remember the door? a) lock b) to lock c) locking d) for locking
22 As long as she to study hard, she no problems with the exam. a) continues / will experience b) continued / has experienced c) will continue / experienced d) continues / had 23 You with me now if you had listened to me more carefully. a) wouldn t argue b) aren t arguing c) wouldn t be arguing d) wouldn t have been arguing 24 After he had left city, he bought country house and lived there for years. a) a / the b) the / the c) a / a d) the / a 25 Nobody knows why she to work with us. Our offer was really very satisfying. a) denied b) chose c) refused d) approved 26 I sometimes because of an accident I had when I was a child. a) stroll b) limp c) stumble d) wander 27 The others something to eat by the kitchen staff at the moment. a) are being given b) are giving c) were giving d) give 28 She win this year. She s much better than anyone else. a) must have b) probably won t c) will definitely d) is certain 29 Have you finished? He asked us finished. a) had we b) have we c) if we have d) if we had 30 There are laws against truant from school. a) making b) playing c) going d) being 31 He out of university because it was too difficult. a) fell b) walked c) jumped d) dropped 32 He at his watch very quickly. a) stared b) glanced c) frowned d) gazed
Part II Reading Comprehension Score: / 22 II. Four sentences have been removed from the text. Choose the most suitable sentence from the list below and put it in the correct place. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use. You will receive two points for each correct answer. TIME MANAGEMENT A Cambridge University tutor once said he was looking for two things in prospective students. What he wanted was intellect and besides that an ability to manage time. This coupling of intellect and time management may strike you as an odd pairing of the old and the new. 1. The hours and minutes ticked away and you could either spend them wisely in the library, where they sometimes dragged a bit, or less wisely with friends, and then they skipped ahead. But now we are hypnotized by time. 2. We live longer, we work fewer hours than we did a hundred years ago, and thanks to hoovers and microwaves, we can carry out our chores very quickly. We should have plenty of time left to enjoy a slow, peaceful life. Yet, like most people, rather than have a quiet breakfast with the family, I eat my sandwiches over the keyboard while I check my e-mails. According to a number of new books on time management, the answer is to slow down. Dr Edward Hallowell argues that we are now running so fast on our hamster wheels that we have lost sight of the things that really matter. But would slowing down really make things better? In my view, the pressure of time is usually a force for good. 3. Though I often complain about being too busy, the truth is that I find it quite exciting. Man has always worried about life being too fast, even when it was going at a speed that we would now regard as a snail s pace. So what is our problem with time? The answer isn t to go on a time management course and be taught how to make lists of priorities. 4. In his bestseller Time: A User s Guide, Stefan Klein suggests something different, that we develop a new culture of time, that we work in a rhythm that suits us. adapted from www.bbc.co.uk A. What is so odd is that we actually have more time than we ve ever had before. B. After a day or two of best behaviour we go back to our old ways only worse, as we feel like failures. C. As a first step to regaining control over time he suggests we should take off our watches and sit for half an hour doing nothing. D. When I was a student, it didn t occur to me that time was something that I could manage. E. After what seemed like an eternity, I cracked and asked myself: Do I really need to be doing this? F. It encourages us to get things done and getting things done is surely satisfying.
III. Read the passage and then choose the correct answer for each question. You will receive two points for each correct answer. SIMON S STORY Malaria has been in the media a lot recently. After leaving hospital a few days ago Cheryl Cole gave an interview about catching the disease on her holiday trip to Africa and the weeks she spent in intensive care. And she is not the only star who has suffered from this disease. The same thing happened to Simon Reeve, the face of popular BBC programmes and a travel writer. The difference is that Cheryl Cole took antimalarial tablets, just like medical textbooks say you should, and Simon was simply careless. When we visit Simon to listen to his story about malaria, he is still embarrassed to admit that catching the disease was totally his own fault. Simon has gone around the world three times visiting far-off exotic locations so he was well aware of the health risks when he travelled to Gabon, West Africa, a malaria hotspot, in 2006. Although he knew how dangerous the disease is, he still risked his life. It happened while I was filming Equator, recalls Simon. I was told I should start taking antimalarial tablets the day before I got to Africa and then every day while I was there. I bought them well in advance, but foolishly, in all the excitement, I didn t pack them. Of course it was stupid of me, but I thought everything would be all right so I didn t worry about it. I think I was bitten by a mosquito on the first day but I realized something was wrong several days later. We had finished our journey through Gabon and were going to the Democratic Republic of Congo the following day. Sophie, the director, Sam, the cameraman, and I went to have a pizza in a restaurant near our hotel with a couple of doctors from Germany who were working at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, one of the main malaria hospitals in Africa. Suddenly, during the meal I started to get muscle ache and felt sleepy so I went back to my room and went straight to bed. I woke up at 3 a.m. feeling very sick. But malaria didn t come to my mind. We d come from an area where lots of gorillas had the deadly Ebola virus and that was my biggest fear. The hospital was far away so I wanted to contact one of the German doctors but I didn t have their phone numbers. I decided to wait until morning but I was really terrified. In the morning Simon managed to get up and perhaps rather optimistically tried to continue filming. Sophie and Sam took one look at me and told me to sit down, he says. They checked my temperature which was 39.8 C a high fever. They gave me some water and some medicine and called for a local doctor who examined me and said he suspected I had malaria. Sophie contacted one of the specialists we had met the day before and after giving me a blood test he said the diagnosis was correct. I felt really embarrassed but the experience has taught me a lot. Now, I am a wiser traveller. I travel with a medical kit and I always check where I can get medical help. When everything is fine I go to the doctor only once every two or three years. But if I start to suffer from symptoms similar to flu, I go to my doctor straightaway to make sure the malaria hasn t come back. It s a huge change. Before I had malaria I didn t even have my own doctor, I just took an aspirin when I had a cold. Simon really wants to reduce the number of malaria infections each year, that s why he agreed to have his story published. With modern medicine there is no reason so many British travellers should catch this horrible disease, he says. adapted from www.dailymail.co.uk
1. Both Cheryl Cole and Simon Reeve A. fell ill because they were careless. B. worked on the same TV programme. C. caught malaria while doing their job. D. decided to talk about their illness in public. 2. Simon blames himself for catching malaria because he A. didn t buy the tablets he needed. B. took the tablets too late. C. forgot to take the tablets. D. packed the wrong tablets. 3. Simon thinks he got infected A. after his visit to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital. B. in the Democratic Republic of Congo. C. while having a pizza in a restaurant. D. during his stay in Gabon. 4. When Simon felt ill in his hotel room, he A. thought he had caught a different disease. B. asked German doctors for advice. C. went to hospital right away. D. was sure he had malaria. 5. Who first took care of Simon in the morning? A. a local doctor B. his work colleagues C. an unknown specialist D. doctors from Germany 6. Because of the fact that he once had malaria, Simon A. consults a malaria specialist every year. B. takes malaria medicines regularly. C. cares about his health more. D. gets the flu more often. 7. In the article, the author A. makes people more aware of a dangerous disease. B. encourages readers to go to exotic countries. C. tells the story of Simon s successful career. D. advertises a new BBC travel programme.
Part III Writing Score: / 16 IV. Write 150-200 words. Choose one topic only. 1. You are spending one week at the Survival Camp for teenagers WildWise. Write a letter to your friend in which you describe the programme and the camp activities, your typical day there, the skills that are taught, the most exciting adventure/experience, the people, and your feelings about the camp. 2. You are spending one week as part of the International Youth Exchange Programme in an English-speaking country. You are staying with a host family. Write a letter to your friend in which you describe your observations and feelings about the culture of the country, the people there, the activities, your free time etc. Assessment Criteria: Message and organisation: / 8 Accuracy and lexical range: / 8