A. LISTENING
PART
I: NOTE TAKING (LISTENING COMPREHENSION)
(Underlined
words / phrases are the key ones that will be graded)
1. Why did she leave her secure job as a travel agent and go to Africa?
-
She
had been / was FEELING
RESTLESS.
-
She
wanted to SEE THE REAL
WORLD / NOT ONLY TOURISTIC PLACES.
2. What kind of things did she do after
she applied for volunteer work in Africa?
- She had an INTERVIEW locally
- She did some aptitude TESTS.
-
She
took a TRAINING WEEKEND
in London.
3. How was her relationship with the local people?
-
The
men were VERY POLITE BUT
KEPT THEIR DISTANCE.
-
The
women INVITED HER TO
MEALS.
-
They
showed her HOW THEY
WOVE.
-
They
showed her how they DYED
MATERIAL TO MAKE CLOTHES.
-
They
READ MAGAZINES
together.
4. What kind of differences did she find when she returned to England?
-
She
found SUPERMARKETS
OVERWHELMING.
-
There
was ENORMOUS CHOICE OF
FOOD.
-
The
TRAFFIC
disturbed her.
-
She
had to MOVE FROM CITY TO
COUNTRY.
-
She
had to MOVE FROM FLAT TO
A SMALL COTTAGE.
5. What kind of work is she doing at the moment?
-
She
didn’t want to work in SOMEONE
ELSE’S OFFICE.
-
She
set up her OWN BUSINESS.
-
She
RUNS IT FROM HOME.
-
She
deals in AFRICAN
FURNITURE.
-
She
brought SOME SOUVENIRS.
6. How does she contribute to the organization that sent her to Africa?
-
She
ORGANIZES EVENTS.
-
She
RAISES FUNDS.
-
She
GIVES TALKS about her experience.
-
She
ENCOURAGES OTHER PEOPLE to go.
PART II: WHILE LISTENING.
1) Studying geography helps us to understand:
•
the
effects of different processes on the _SURFACE_ of the Earth
•
the
dynamic between _ENVIRONMENT_
and population
2) Two main branches of study are
•
physical
features
•
human
lifestyles and their IMPACT
3) Specific study areas of geography are
biophysical, topographic, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, HISTORICAL and URBAN, HISTORICAL
(Write only two)
4) Key point of geography helps is to help us understand our surroundings and the _PROBLEMS_ related.
5) What do geographers do?
•
find
data – e.g conduct censuses, collect information in the form of IMAGES using computer
and satellite technology
•
analyse
data – identify patterns e.g CAUSE AND EFFECT
6) Geographers publish findings in form of
maps, which
•
are
easy to carry
•
provide
a great REFERENCE
when collected into an atlas
•
show
physical features of large and small areas
7) A two-dimensional (2D) map will always
have some ____ and it is hard to avoid.
a) description
b) direction
c) distortion
8) Aerial photos, which are taken from
very high above ground, do not show____.
a) widespread
diseases
b) traffic density
c) sea and ocean beds
B. READING. Text I. BILINGUALISM IN
CHILDREN
PART I:
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS.
1) For more than _A HUNDRED YEARS_,
books and articles were wrong about the intelligence of bilingual children.
2) For approximately 40 years, there was a
mistaken belief that children who spoke two languages were _MENTALLY CONFUSED / BEHIND
MONOLINGUAL CHILDREN_.
3) It was commonly thought that people
with a single _(WELL-DEVELOPED)
LANGUAGE were more effective thinkers.
4) The word ‘this’ Paragraph 3, Line 4
refers to SHOWING A
SLIGHT SUPERIORITY IN IQ TESTS (COMPARED WITH MONOLINGUALS) __.
5) The word ‘pour out’ in Paragraph 6,
Line 5 probably means ____.
a) deny instantly
b) say accidentally
c)
give so many
d) hurt purposefully
6) Which of the following summarizes the
text best?
a)
IQ
tests need to be redesigned for more accurate conclusions.
b)
The belief that monolinguals are superior
to bilinguals has been proved wrong.
c)
Social
class is a significant factor in comparing monolinguals and bilinguals.
d)
People
have recently become more aware of the advantages of being bilingual.
7) Which of the following is not mentioned
in the text?
a)
Bilinguals
tend to answer open ended questions in various ways.
b)
People
with two well-developed languages focus on meaning more than sound.
c)
Imagination is believed to improve language
abilites at early ages.
d)
A
monolingual is likely to be slower in learning to read.