NAME: _________________ GRADE: __________/ 52 PTS

SECTION 1- VOCABULARY

Questions 1-10: Choose the best answer to make meaningful sentences.

1. Management is meeting with ________ to begin discussions on a new contract.

a) policy b) labour c) concept d) factor
2. He is a well-known ________ on the language used by bees to communicate the location of
food.
a) role b) sector c) authority d) issue
3. Could you please ________ the answer sheets while I hand out the tests?
a) assume b) interpret c) distribute d) legislate
4. The amount of rain we receive ________ from year to year of course, but this year has been
very dry.
a) occurs b) benefits c) involves d) varies
5. Vocabulary is generally easier to understand if you look at it in ________.
a) context b) method c) theory d) principle
6. This airline seat-sale ________ you to book your ticket at least a month in advance.
a) derives b) identifies c) requires d) consists
7. We have noticed a ________ improvement in Teddy's attitude since you had a talk with him.
a) available b) legal c) similar d) significant
8. I think that the ________ of students that have to repeat a level in this program is usually
about 25% or less.
a) percentage b) formula c) process d) specific
9. In the future, Canada will be under great pressure to ________ fresh water to the United
States.
a) structure b) indicate c) analyze d) export
10. It is generally quite difficult to raise a family on a single ________ in Canada today, so very
often both parents work full-time.
a) income b) finance c) individual d) approach

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SECTION 2- READING

Questions 11-29: Choose the best answer according to the passages below.

TEXT I
CULTURE SHOCK
1 Many of us have read the story of the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a
wolf. The story mainly focuses on how these brothers built the city of Rome but have you ever imagined
the culture shock they experienced when they went back to the world of human beings after being raised
by a wolf. Similarly, Tarzan's culture shock came when he discovered that he was not a "white ape" but a
human being. Emily Carr, Canadian artist and writer preferred the culture of the First Nations people,
which did not include school or even business activity, people spent most of their time in nature or around
the fire of their home talking, telling stories and making the things they needed to survive.

2 Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they
enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our
brain and our personality reacts to the strange new things we encounter when we move from one culture
to another. If our culture involves bowing when we greet someone, we may feel very uncomfortable in a
culture that does not involve bowing. If the language we use when talking to someone in our own culture
is influenced by levels of formality based on the other person's age and status, it may be difficult for us to
feel comfortable communicating with people in the new culture.

3 Culture begins with the "honeymoon stage". This is the period of time when we first arrive in which
everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from "jet lag" but we are
thrilled to be in the new environment, seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new
kinds of food. This can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great
adventure.

4 Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have settled down
into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or living with a home-stay family,
we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, girlfriend/boyfriend, pets. All
the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face
them in a foreign culture. This period of cultural adjustment can be very difficult and lead to the new
arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new culture. This "rejection stage" can be quite dangerous
because the visitor may develop unhealthy habits (smoking and drinking too much, being too concerned
over food or contact with people from the new culture). This can, unfortunately lead to the person getting
sick or developing skin infections or rashes which then make the person feel even more scared and
confused and helpless. This stage is considered a crisis in the process of cultural adjustment and many
people choose to go back to their homeland or spend all their time with people from their own culture
speaking their native language.

5 The third stage of culture shock is called the "adjustment stage". This is when you begin to realize
that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and you
realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are
still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

6 The fourth stage can be called "at ease at last". Now you feel quite comfortable in your new
surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have problems with the
language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. If you meet someone from your
country who has just arrived, you can be the expert on life in the new culture and help them to deal with
their culture shock.

7 There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don't know about. This is called
"reverse culture shock". Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to your native culture and find that

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you have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little
uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!

11. What does “this process” in parag. 2 refer to?

a) the way our brain reacts to strange new things
b) feeling uncomfortable in a new culture
c) entering and living in a new culture
c) communicating with people.

12. What does “this” in parag.3 refer to?

a) culture
b) honeymoon stage
c) seeing new sites and hearing new sounds
d) getting involved in adventure

13. What does the word “encounter” in parag. 2 mean?

a) retreat
b) resist
c) yield
d) come across

14. What does the word “adjustment” in parag. 4 mean?

a) adaptation
b) disagreement
c) negotiation
d) confrontation

15. The writer gives Romulus & Remus, and Tarzan as examples because___________.
a) They were all important individuals in the cultural life of the societies they lived in.
b) They exemplify how people may experience culture shock when they are introduced into a new
culture.
c) They rejected the new culture to which they were forced to adapt.
d) They are good examples to people who could easily adapt themselves to the new culture they were
introduced to.

16. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the second stage of culture shock?
a) People who can not adapt themselves to the new culture experience various problems.
b) People who can not adapt themselves to the new culture may have psychological problems.
c) People who can not adjust themselves to the new culture may experience physical problems.
d) Facing difficulties in adapting themselves to a new culture, people have the urge to put more
effort.

17. How do you feel during the fourth stage of culture shock?
a) tense but positive
b) relaxed
c) negative and stressed
d) afraid

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18. Why might reverse culture shock be a problem?
a) It hardly ever happens.
b) It is extremely stressful.
c) Most people do not expect it.
d) It only happens to young people.

19. Which of the following is a good example to "reverse culture shock" explained in paragraph 7?
a) Many Turkish families living abroad have difficulty in adapting themselves to Turkey when they
come back.
b) Many families who migrate to Istanbul from small cities find it difficult to adapt themselves to life in
Istanbul.
c) Many Turkish families who move abroad have difficulties in adapting themselves to the culture of these
countries.
d) The longer people live abroad the more indifferent they become towards their native culture.

20. We can infer from the passage that_____________.

a) The most difficult stage of cultural adaptation is when one is first introduced into a new culture, a new
environment
b) The longer one lives in a new culture, the more they feel exhausted and despaired.
c) Time you spend in a new culture and how much you feel integrated in this new environment are
directly proportional
d) Reverse culture shock is more difficult to cope with.

TEXT II

Life on a submarine may, to many people, sound fascinating. However, it is, in fact, horribly boring.
Except for the commanding officers, a day aboard a submarine consists of six hours on duty, six hours
off, day after day, for months. This being the case, every effort is made to ensure that the lives of the
men are as pleasant as possible. The meals are exceptionally good, and there is a daily film, shown at a
specific time, on television around the submarine. In return, the crew is always expected to perform
perfectly all the time. A mistake is quite unforgivable. In fact, a favourite saying is “There’s room for
everything on a submarine except for a mistake”.

21. We learn from the passage that, contrary to what a lot of people expect, ----.
a) life on a submarine is extremely rewarding for the crew
b) submarines have every imaginable facility for entertaining the crew
c) boredom is a major problem for the crew of a submarine
d) there is comparatively little work to be done on a submarine

22. The writer of the passage emphasises that, on a submarine, ----.

a) there is every opportunity for officers to have a pleasant life
b) every member of the crew helps to prepare the meals
c) everyone works six hours a day
d) everything is to be done faultlessly

23. It is clear from the passage that it is almost impossible ----.

a) to make life aboard a submarine fully fascinating
b) for officers to establish a friendship with other members of the crew
c) for everyone to be aware of night and day
d) for the commanding officers to make a mistake

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TEXT II

As Orson Welles said: “to practise his art, a poet needs a pen, and a painter a brush. But a film-maker
needs an army of actors, actresses and support staff”. Orson Welles learned the hard way that all this
costs a fortune. Few film directors are rich enough to finance their own films, and even fewer have the
desire to take such a risk. Therefore, directors are dependent on film studios for the financing of their
films. This has caused a certain tension between directors and film studios because film studios use their
money to try to control the films they finance. If a film, while it is being made, starts to become too
expensive, the studio has to make a choice: it must either cancel the making of the film and lose all the
money already invested in it, or go on investing heavily and hope the film will really be a great success.

24. 'Their' refers to ___.

a) Orson Welles’ b) film-makers’ c) directors’ d) film studios’

25. 'it' refers to ___.

a) the studio b) the film c) the director d) the money

26. It is suggested in the passage that film-making ___.

a) involves a series of problems, one of which is the casting of actors and actresses
b) is extremely expensive when compared with other forms of art
c) is a business which depends more on finance than on talent
d) is an industry which is almost always financially successful

27. According to the passage, film studios and directors often disagree ___.
a) over the choice and number of actors, actresses and support-staff for each film
b) over whether a film is likely to succeed and make a profit
c) since each is always dependent upon the other for success
d) because a studio won’t always allow a director to do what he wants to do

28. It is pointed out in the passage that, so long as there is a chance for a film to be truly successful, ___.
a) directors and studios will have no excuse for any disagreements
b) some directors may choose to finance their films themselves
c) other studios will gladly pour in more money in the hope of making very high profits
d) the studio will often be prepared to put more money into the making of it

Questions 29-38: Circle the correct alternative.

The history of molecular biology began in the 1930s with the convergence of various, previously distinct
biological disciplines. With the hope of (29) ____ life at its most fundamental level, numerous physicists
and chemists also (30) ____ an interest in what would become molecular biology.
In its modern sense, molecular biology attempts to explain the phenomena of life starting from the
macromolecular properties that generate them. (31) ____, one definition of the scope of molecular
biology is to characterize the structure, function and relationships between two of macromolecules.
In its earliest forms, molecular biology, (32) ____ name (33) ____ by Warren Weaver of the
Rockefeller Foundation in 1938, was an ideal of physical and chemical explanations of life, rather than a

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coherent discipline. Following the advent of the Mendelian-chromosome theory of heredity in the 1910s
and the maturation of atomic theory and quantum mechanics in the 1920s, such explanations (34) ____
within reach. Weaver and others encouraged and funded research at the intersection of biology,
chemistry and physics, while prominent physicists (35) ____ Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger turned
their attention to biological speculation.
In 1940, George Beadle and Edward Tatum demonstrated the existence of a precise relationship
between genes and proteins. In the course of their experiments connecting genetics with biochemistry,
they switched from the genetics mainstay Drosophila to a/an (36) ____ model organism. In 1944, Oswald
Avery, (37) ____ at the Rockefeller Institute of New York, demonstrated (38) ____ genes are made up of
DNA.
29. A) to understand B) seemed
B) understanding C) seeming
C) understand D) had seemed
D) understood
35. A) such as
30. A) have taken B) except that
B) take C) rather than
C) took D) as well
D) were taken
36. A) as appropriately as
31. A) On the other hand B) least appropriate
B) Therefore C) less appropriately
C) Despite D) more appropriate
D) In contrast
32. A) which 37. A) that worked
B) whom B) worked
C) whose C) works
D) that D) working

33. A) coined 38. A) what

B) coining B) wherever
C) was coined C) that
D) is coined D) whoever

34. A) were seeming

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Questions 39-42: Choose the alternative which best rewrites each sentence.

39. Sally made her own costume for the school play, but she was the only one to do so.
a) Sally was the only one who helped to make the costumes for the school play.
b) Sally helped to make the costumes for the school play, but no one else did.
c) Sally made the costume she wore in the school play herself, but none of the others made
theirs.
d) Except for Sally, no one helped to make the costumes for the school play.

40. Most of the students had worked hard and so they did quite well in the examination.
a) Most students work hard before an examination and so do well.
b) A majority of the students got good grades in the examination as they had prepared well for it.
c) The students who do best in an examination are the ones who work hardest.
d) Quite a lot of the students did very well indeed in the examination.

41. The last time I saw my cousin he was only five years old.
a) I haven’t seen my cousin for five years.
b) It’s five years since I last saw my cousin.
c) The last time I saw my cousin was five years ago.
d) I haven’t seen my cousin since he was a 5-year-old child.

42. I used to play basketball several times a week while I was at university.
a) When I was a university student, it was my habit to play basketball a few times a week, but now
I don’t.
b) It was during my university years that I got used to playing basketball at least three times a week.
c) I don’t play basketball now as often as I did when I was at university.
d) During my university years, I started to play basketball two or three times a week, but I don’t any
longer.

SECTION 3- LISTENING

WHILE LISTENING
You are going to listen to a conversation between friends at a video store. You have TWO minutes
to read the questions, and then choose the correct answer for each question. You will hear the
audio TWICE.

43. March of the Penguins is about how

penguins ____. 45. What type of movie is March of the
a) learn to hunt for fish Penguins?
b) learn to find the place where they were born a) a family movie
c) find a mate and reproduce b) a war movie
d) learn to fight c) an action movie
d) a horror movie
44. What kind of movie does the man want to
watch? 46. What is a blizzard?
a) a funny movie a) a kind of penguin
b) an exciting movie b) a place in Antarctica
c) a romantic movie c) a snow storm with strong winds
d) a documentary d) a different type of penguin
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47. Where do the adult penguins travel to every
winter? 50. What is a baby penguin called?
a) Antarctica a) a mate
b) The North Pole b) a chick
c) The South Pole c) a biologist
d) the place where they were born d) Luc

51. Who is Luc Jacquet?

48. Who stays with the egg when it has been a) a cameraman
laid? b) an actor
a) the film crew c) the director
b) the female d) a baby penguin
c) the chick
d) the male 52. How long did the film crew stay in
Antarctica?
49. Why does the other adult penguin go to the a) one year
ocean? b) 120 hours
a) to find food c) three years
b) to keep warm d) 120 weeks
c) to choose another mate