OSTIM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

2020-2021 MODULE 1 FINAL EXAM

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Full Name: ____________________________________________

Student ID number: ____________________________________
Student Email: _________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________

Exam Structure:
1. Listening (Part A & Part B) 15 questions 20 points
2. Reading (Part A & Part B) 15 questions 20 points
3. Use of English (Part A & Part B) 20 questions 20 points
4. Writing 1 questions 20 points
TOTAL: 51 questions 80 points

Total time: 2 HOURS (120 MINUTES)

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LISTENING

A. Listen to an interview with Alex, who did a tightrope walk, and answer the questions. You will hear the
recording TWICE. (5x2=10 pts)

1 Why did he do the walk?

A. He wanted to raise money for charity.
B. He wanted to get publicity and become famous.
C. He wanted to earn money.

2 What activity did Alex do when he was a

teenager?
A. He used to train for swimming competitions.
B. He was a gymnast.
C. He did tightrope walking.

3 How high up was the tightrope walk?

A. 12 meters
B. 40 meters
C. 20 meters

4 Alex was…
A. very calm when he started to walk.
B. nervous until he finished the walk.
C. completely scared to step onto the rope.

5 What does Alex say about doing a second tightrope walk?

A. He is too nervous to do it again.
B. He is thinking about doing another one.
C. He has already planned one.

B. Listen to an interview. Choose the best answer to the questions. You will hear the recording TWICE.
(10x1=10 pts)

1. Why does Kura speak to Dr. Drake’s class?

A. to teach about an endangered language
B. to talk about the problems of a native language
C. to explain why some cultures have two languages
D. to compare an official language to an endangered language

2. Who were the first people to live in New Zealand?

A. the te reo
B. the Maori
C. the British
D. the Americans

3. What important event occurred in 1847?

A. Maori became an official language.
B. Maori became an endangered language.
C. The government said only English could be spoken at schools.

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D. The Maori could speak only English to preschool-aged children.

4. Why does Dr. Drake say, “So Maori became an endangered language?”
A. He wants to teach the class that Maori no longer exists.
B. He doesn’t know that Maori became an endangered language.
C. He doesn’t think the class knows that Kura’s language is Maori.
D. He wants to point out what happened when Maori spoke only English.

5. In 1987, most people in New Zealand spoke ____.

A. only Maori
B. only English
C. both English and Maori
D. neither English nor Maori

6. If the government plan works, the Maori language will no longer be ____.
A. extinct in the twenty-first century
B. an official language in the twenty-first century
C. an endangered language in the twenty-first century
D. the native language of the Maori in the twenty-first century

7. According to the text, is the following statement true?: “Kura would agree with the statement that
native languages are important.”
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

8. According to the text, is the following statement true?: “Dr. Drake has Kura speak to the class because
he thinks Kura can give the students
more information.”
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

9. According to the text, is the following statement true?: “All of the Maori literature has disappeared in
New Zealand.”
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

10. According to the text, is the following statement true?: “Language classes are an example of how the
Maori are trying to save their culture.”
A. TRUE
B. FALSE

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READING

A. Read the text and answer the questions. (5x2=10 pts)

Big Schools, Big Imaginations

1 What do top science and technology schools have in common? They want students with big imaginations.
That might sound odd at first, but it makes sense when you think about it. Look at great inventors in
history, such as Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. They were very logical and knew many more facts than
the average person. However, they also had a strong desire to create something original and different. They
were curious and wanted to solve problems they saw in the world around them.

2 Colleges today are looking for the next Einstein or Edison. Having good grades in science and math are
expected, but schools are also interested in how students think. What do they focus on when trying to
solve a problem? How do they combine pieces of information, and in what ways? Are they willing to take
risks
with their experiments and try new things that haven’t been done before?

3 The answers to these questions can mean the difference between being accepted to a top school or not.
Students need to do more than just prove that they know facts. Colleges want them to be able to measure
these facts in different ways to come up with new conclusions. That is why schools encourage creative
thinking so much—because it is an important part of every study that students will complete. And that is
why students must be creative thinkers long before they send in their college applications!

A. Choose the best answer.

1. This article is mostly about ____.

A. students who go to creative colleges
B. technology colleges that want creative students
C. students who are not creative enough for college
D. technology colleges that have creative thinking classes

2. College students should look at facts in different ways to ____.

A. be more exciting
B. show they are brave
C. prove they know facts
D. make new conclusions

3. The author includes the examples of Einstein and Edison to help show ____.
A. how to become an inventor
B. the importance of going to college
C. the type of student that colleges want
D. why some people are more successful

4. According to the article, college students should not be afraid to ____.

A. take risks
B. study history
C. get bad grades
D. prove what they know

5. The best technology schools do not want…

A. students who just have good grades in math and science
B. students who can think in new and original ways
C. students who can solve problems
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D. students who want to take risks

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B. Read the article and decide if the statements are TRUE (A), FALSE (B) or the article DOESN’T SAY (C).
(10x1=10 pts)

Many people are like their siblings in some ways, but twins are often even more alike. If you are born at the
same time as another baby and grow up with them, it is likely you will be similar to each other. But what
would happen if you didn’t know you had a twin? How alike would you be?

In the USA, a pair of identical twins was split up when they were adopted as four-month-old babies. Their
new parents decided on their names and without knowing it, both called their son ‘Jim’. These two boys
spent all of their childhood and teenage years living separate lives in different places. And it wasn’t until
they were thirty-nine years old that they got to meet each other for the first time. They were quite
surprised to find how similar they were.

Although they didn’t look exactly the same, they were both six feet tall and weighed 180 pounds. They
discovered that during their childhood they had both had a dog named ‘Toy’ and as adults they had both
married twice. Even more strangely, both of their first wives were called ‘Linda’ and their second wives
were called ‘Betty’. The Jims had each had a son. One of them had called theirs ‘James Allan’ while the
other named theirs ‘James Alan’.

The similarities didn’t end there. They discovered that they had both worked as sheriffs, owned the same
type of car, smoked the same cigarettes and drank the same beer. They also suffered from the same health
problems, like severe headaches. In later research on the pair, a psychologist* noticed that they both bit
their nails. This was rather unusual behaviour among identical twins. However, while they were very
similar, there were also some clear differences. For example, one Jim preferred to express himself through
writing while the other preferred speaking. They also had different hairstyles and one Jim had married a
third time while the other hadn’t. Continued research on the Jim twins has proven to be very interesting
and along with other research findings has led to the discovery that the personality and identity of twins
who have grown up apart is as alike as those that haven’t.

1. The Jim twins were adopted at birth by two sets of American couples. ____
2. The two Jims grew up in the same area unaware of the other’s existence until they were almost forty.
____
3. The two sets of parents also met each other when the twins met. ____
4. They expected to have a lot in common when they first met in their thirties. ____
5. The two Jims were as tall and as heavy as each other. ____
6. They had both married a ‘Betty’ and then a ‘Linda’. ____
7. Even though they both had similar habits they’d never had the same job. ____
8. Psychologists thought it unusual that both twins bit their fingernails. ____
9. One of the key differences between the twins was how they enjoyed communicating with others. ____
10. Research shows that twins who live apart as children behave very differently from each other. ____

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LANGUAGE USE

A. Rewrite the sentences, keeping the meaning as much as possible. Include the prompts. (5x1=5 pts)

Example : I saw the boy in the park. He stole my bike→(who) I saw the boy who stole my bike in the park.

1. A shopping mall is a place and people go to the malls to buy clothes, shoes, electronic devices, and many
other supplies → (where) A shopping mall is ____________________________________________

2. Mohammad is a student from Somalia and he usually comes late to my online classes pretty much
everyday → (who) Muhammad is ____________________________________________

3. By going home too late you will make dad angry→ If _________________________________________

4. There is no place better than High Park to go on a picnic with family→ High Park…

5. It is possible to hurt yourself by doing an exercise too much→ You can ....

B. Correct grammatical errors and rewrite the sentences. (5x1=5 pts)

1. You don’t take out the trash, I will be very angry. →_________________________________________

2. Technology has become life more enjoyable but people lazier. →_________________________________

3. Each person needed to perform their best if we want to succeed.→ ______________________________

4. Anyone who assembles comic book collections probably enjoy superheros. →_____________________

5. Because it is not provided at the testing center, a pencil and an eraser are two things you should take
with you. →________________________________________________

C. Choose the correct option. (10x0,5=5 pts)

1. (A.Your) or (B.You’re) actions speak louder than words as you know very well.
2. Three (A.boy’s) or (B.boys) were attacked by the wolf on their hike to the top of the mountain.
3. (A.Oranges’) or (B.Oranges) are a delicious fruit for juice with lots of Vitamin C.
4. Ali had no trouble in fixing (A.the computer’s) or (B.the computers’) screen.
5. The (A.children’s) or (B.childrens’) playground had some enormous slides and swings in the recent
upgrade.
6. My (A.cats) or (B.cat’s) nails need to be trimmed.
7. (A.Who’s) or (B.Whose) responsible for telling me who is coming to the robotics club meeting on
Sunday?
8. (A. Between) or (B. Among) all the people in our college, she was chosen to speak at the ceremony.
9. (A.Its) or (B.It’s) a great afternoon to read a good book in my backyard.
10. Getting vaccinated is both safe and (A.relaxing) or (B.relaxed).

VOCABULARY

D. Fill in the blank with the best word. (10x0,5=5 pts)

11. Flu cases ___________________ substantially despite the worries that the flu season will cause much
more pain than usual with the Covid-19 epidemic in full force.

E. discussed B. declined C. destroyed D. demonstrated E. demanded

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2. As Gandhi says, the truth must be given with love; otherwise, they will __________________ both the
message and the messenger no matter how clear the truth is.

A. renew B. reuse C. reject D. rebuild E. rearrange

3. Have you got enough measures in place for you and your students to ___________________ booming
Covid-19 infection cases?

F. deal with B. demolish C. go wrong D. attempt E. transform

4. EVs (Electric Vehicles) need less ________________ than ICE (internal combustion engines) cars because
there are far fewer parts in EVs than other cars.

G. maintenance B. employment C. attempt D. failure E. success

5. People need a sense of ________________ to find comfort in life. This sense helps one to find happiness
in life.

H. suspicion B. literacy C. nervousness D. satisfaction E. childhood

6. Coronavirus is ___________ to be an epidemic with a natural origin while some speculate that it can
have a lab origin from a lab in Wuhan China.

I. theory B. puts in C. believed D. treated E. no doubt that

7. Mohammed did not know what to do so he decided to go to school and _______________ advice from
his advisor for his classes for semester.
J. seek B. result C. put in D. believe E. shift

8. After the earthquake in Izmir, it is __________________ that there are still many buildings still to be
checked.

K. unknown B. apparent C. limited D. achievement E. satisfaction

9. I was taken to the hospital after the accident but I was not aware of how badly I ________________
myself.
L. fell B. injured C. encountered D. minimized E. had

10. Last week, the Central Bank _________________ the interest rate accordingly after a recent run on
dollar value due to depreciation in Turkish Lira.

M. adjusted B. suffered from C. scared D. responded E. prepared

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 WRITING

Please choose ONE topic from below and write an

1-2 paragraphs consisting of no less than 200 words:

1. “If I get good grades at Ostim Technical University, I will be successful in life.” Is there a cause and
effect relationship between good grades and success? What do you think?” To what extend do you agree
with this statement? Do you agree? Why/why not?

2. “Success has costs. Fear of failure is one of these costs that one needs to pay.” To what extent do you
agree with this statement? Talk about the pros (advantages) and cons (disadvantages) of the costs that
one pays for any success. For example, what are some of the costs that you pay for success at the
university?