ESAME DI LINGUA INGLESE I (WRITTEN TEST)

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1 Political Science-agliari NME ND SURNME: ENROLMENT NUMER: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GLIRI FOLTÀ DI SIENZE POLITIHE (orsi SP (v.o.), SP, EPE, GSL, SSS) ESME DI LINGU INGLESE I (WRITTEN TEST) 1) ISTRUZIONI PER I NDIDTI a) La presente prova d esame si articola in due sezioni: Section 1 sul Modulo di General English, sulle strutture grammaticali, lessicali, sintattiche e funzionali della lingua (Grammar e Use of English) Modalità: Multiple hoice, Reading omprehension, Gap Filling, /, Matching Section 2 sul Modulo di Specific English: Modalità: Multiple hoice, Reading omprehension, Gap Filling, /, Matching b) LE RISPOSTE vanno riportate sull NSWER SHEET o foglio delle risposte, ossia l ultimo foglio del presente fascicolo. Sia il fascicolo delle domande che l answer sheet vanno riconsegnati alla fine dell esame. c) L answer sheet deve riportare NOME E OGNOME DEL/L NDIDTO/, NUMERO DI MTRIOL, SIGL DEL ORSO DI STUDI (SP (v.o.), SP, EPE, GSL, SSS) E DT. d) Rispondere a tutte le domande: sia la risposta errata che la risposta non data valgono 0 (zero) punti. Per rispondere sull answer sheet (ultimo foglio di questo fascicolo) si riempie il pallino nella casella relativa alla lettera (,,, D) della risposta che si ritiene corretta. e) L ESME DUR 1 OR E MEZZ. f) Durante lo svolgimento della prova NON è ONSENTITO l utilizzo di dizionari, libri di testo o appunti di alcun genere. Per le risposte è obbligatorio l utilizzo di una penna blu o nera (non è consentito l uso della matita). 2) INFORMZIONI SULL VLUTZIONE Section 1 GENERL ENGLISH Section 2 SPEIFI ENGLISH MULTIPLE HOIE, REDING OMPREHENSION, TRUE/FLSE, GP FILLING, MTHING MULTIPLE HOIE, REDING OMPREHENSION, TRUE/FLSE, GP FILLING, MTHING 1 punto ciascuna 1 punto ciascuna VLUTZIONE FINLE * (è necessario ottenere almeno 18/30 in ognuna delle due sezioni) 30 punti (Voto minimo 18/30)* 30 punti (Voto minimo 18/30)* Media matematica fra voto di General English e voto di Specific English 1

2 Political Science-agliari SETION 1: GENERL ENGLISH - GRMMR & USE OF ENGLISH a) MULTIPLE HOIE: hoose the right answer. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 1) : Would you like to eat before leaving? : Yes, I d like toast and marmalade, please. something / some anything / one any / some 2) Who when I you? were you talking to / saw are you talking / have seen did you talk / was seeing 3) : What would you like to start with? : Ehm, yes, the soup of the day and bread and butter. I ll have / some I want / little I like / some 4) If I you, I tell him the truth! were / wouldn t am / won t was / will not 5) Elephants are than tigers, but tigers are animals in the jungle. heavier / the fastest more heavy / most fast heavyer / the most faster 6) : She to do her. has / homework has / homeworks must / homework 7) you seen a zebra? Have / ever Did / just Has / already 8) When I was younger I played volleyball; now, I prefer playing guitar. X / the at / the a / X 2

3 Political Science-agliari 9) John in Sidney has lived / since had lived / for lived / from 10) While he the newspaper one of his neighbours the door bell. was reading / rang is reading / was ringing read / is ringing 11) If he Japanese he get that interesting job. spoke / could speak / can is speaking / can 12) I think people come to work in jeans! It s not elegant! shouldn t don t have to must 13) I ve won a lot of money! I to buy a new and more comfortable house. will be able can will can 14) I m staying at home tonight. I finish my report. have to must to need 15) : Hi John! Why are you taking the underground today? : Ehm my car last night. was stolen has been stolen had stolen 16) I was so late that when we arrived at the theatre the play. had already finished had already been finished was already finished b) REDING OMPREHENSION: Read the text and answer the questions below. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Paparazzi The term paparazzi comes from a character called Paparazzo in the Fellini film La dolce vita, who 3

4 Political Science-agliari rode around on a scooter taking photographs of the rich and famous. Modern day paparazzi take photographs of famous people, hoping to get them in an unflattering or compromising pose. The photograph is then sold for an enormous sum of money, sometimes close to a million dollars, to the tabloid press. Some people say that celebrities and highly paid film stars are public property and that this invasion of privacy is to be expected- that s show business they say. I think that this is true up to a point, but celebrities are being followed, harassed, chased, provoked and spied on in their own homes. That s not show business, that s criminal. Some people blamed paparazzi for the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, who were killed in 1997 in a high-speed car accident in Paris, France, while being pursued by paparazzi. lthough several paparazzi were briefly taken into custody, no one was ever convicted. Tom ruise was pursued at high speed through the tunnel in Paris where Princess Diana was killed. lec aldwin gave a paparazzo a black eye when he filmed him and his wife, Kim asinger, returning to their Hollywood home with their new baby. indy rawford was filmed in her bathroom from over a kilometre away with a huge telephoto lens. The paparazzi go out of their way to make people angry so that they can get a better picture. The paparazzi are out of control. Some papers have recognised what is happening and have refused to buy pictures when it is obvious that a person s privacy has been invaded. Other papers must follow their example. 17) Tabloid newspapers buy photographs of stars and celebrities from paparazzi for huge sums of money. 18) Some people believe that celebrities should expect the invasion of their privacy because they are public property. 19) The Mercedes driver who was driving Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed is French. 20) Princess Diana was killed in a car accident while some paparazzi were trying to reach her to get some good photographs. 21) ll newspapers think that paparazzi invade people s privacy so they don t buy the photographs anymore. 22) The term paparazzi was the name of a character in a famous Italian movie. 4

5 Political Science-agliari c) GP FILLING: Read the text and fill in the gaps. Write your answers on the answer sheet. The blend of English Most Europeans who start learning English as a foreign language often wonder why several words look or sound like those in their (23) languages. Modern English (24) from Middle English, which was the result of a gradual combination of the three main languages that (25) in medieval England. fter William of Normandy conquered the country in 1066, his courts and his barons carried on speaking their native language, French. t the same time the conquered Saxons (26) Old English. This was the Germanic language of the nglo- Saxons, which had been strongly influenced (27) Viking dialects in the 9 th and 10 th centuries. In time, Norman French and Old English mingled with the Latin of the clergy and scholars to form Middle English. The language still bears the marks of its composite origins. Of course, that holds true for other languages, but English offers (28) interesting example: in a number of cases, the names of animals and meats are quite different from each other. When the Norman lords (29) meat for their banquets they did so in French. That is why the French word is now used for the meat. On the other hand, the Saxon serfs looked (30) the animals and hardly ever ate meat, so they used the Germanic words. 23) own proper second D natives 24) is derived is deriving will derive D should derive 25) were used was using used to D used 26) spoke was speaking is spoken D will speak 27) by from for D since 28) the most more the more D most 29) ordered will order were ordering D want to order 30) after at for D like SETION 2: SPEIFI ENGLISH a) GP FILLING: Read the text and fill in the gaps. Write your answers on the answer sheet. The merican onstitution is the world's oldest (31) constitution in force, one that has served as the model for a number of other constitutions around the world. The onstitution of the United States is a document that outlines the basis of the (32) of the US. The 13 colonies declared their independence from (33) in 1776 and the War of Independence lasted for six bitter years. The onstitution was completed September 17, 1787, and was officially adopted March 4, It (34) at the "onstitutional onvention," held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in what we now call Independence Hall. The (35) men at the convention are called the "Founding Fathers" of the US, and are also known as the "Framers of the onstitution." The onstitution sets up the United States with a federal or national government plus state governments. It also specifies that the US will be a republic, with an (36) President, a (37) congress, which consists of two legislative branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate, and a system of courts headed by (38). The onstitution is composed of a Preamble, an introduction, the main body, which consists of seven articles, and amendments or additions to the onstitution made (39) the onstitution was created. The handwritten, original document is on display at the National rchives and Records dministration in Washington, D.. 31) written short unwritten D best 32) Federal absolute power onstitutional D government government monarchy 5

6 Political Science-agliari 33) England Philadelphia Queen D the US 34) was written is written is writing D was wrote 35) fifty-five fifteen fifty D two for each state 36) elected absolute ruler powerful D appointed 37) bicameral weak strong D powerful 38) the Supreme a judge the President D the ongress ourt 39) after before during D because b) MULTIPLE HOIE: hoose the right answer. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 40) Great ritain is split up into with their own local government. counties constituencies islands 41) ounty councils. run education, housing, town planning and rubbish disposal participate in Parliament have a different education system from the national government 42) The tribes in Scotland. never surrendered to the Romans were defeated by the Romans had to escape because the Romans invaded Scotland 43) When the nglo-saxons invaded ritain the elts escaped to Wales and Scotland. taking their ancient languages with them leaving their languages in ritain to fight the new enemy 44) Nowadays, the importance of, invented in merica, has spread the English language worldwide. computer software the ible the mother tongue 45) Life peers in the House of Lords. keep their titles for their lifetime only inherit their titles are elected by the Prime Minister 46) In the House of ommons you find. the Prime Minister, the Members of Parliament and the Opposition only the Prime Minister and his abinet of Ministers only the winning party and the Queen 6

7 Political Science-agliari 47) The Queen to sign a bill which has been passed by Parliament. would never refuse would like to refuse is not allowed 48) Some people in ritain blame on immigrants. unemployment and poor housing natural disasters famine 49) Scotland, Wales, the north and the south of England are. untouched by immigration inhabited by many ethnic minorities rich of businesses run by rabs, Greeks, Indians, Italians, Nigerians, Portuguese. 50) Most members of ethnic minorities live in. Greater London and the South East of England Ireland Scotland and Wales c) MTHING: Match a definition in olumn with an item in olumn. Write your answers on the answer sheet. olumn 51) When people say Downing Street they mean. 52) The country made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 53) Talks between the ritish and Irish government on the Irish problems between atholics and Protestants resulted in. 54) The first-past-the-post electoral system favours. olumn the Prime Minister and his or her abinet the Queen the hancellor of the Exchequer D Westminster The United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Great ritain D The ritish Isles the Good Friday agreement of pril, 1998 the Republic of Ireland the loody Sunday incident D a civil rights march the two major parties the Liberal democrats the Labour party D the onservative party d) TRUE/FLSE: hoose the right answer. Write your answers on the answer sheet. 55) Government in Scotland has invested a lot of money to develop the computer industry. 7

8 Political Science-agliari 56) Young couples in Scotland must have their parents consent to get married if they are under 18, like in England. 57) In the past, students were punished for speaking Welsh at school in Wales. 58) Wales is considered a principality and the eldest son of the English monarch is called the Prince of Wales. 59) atholics in Northern Ireland tried to obtain better political representation, jobs and housing through violent civil rights marches. 60) Most people in Northern Ireland don t want a peaceful solution to the Troubles. 8

9 Political Science-agliari Università degli Studi di agliari FOLTÀ DI SIENZE POLITIHE LINGU INGLESE I: WRITTEN TEST NSWER SHEET STUDENT : ENROLMENT NUMER: FIELD OF STUDY: DTE: TOTL SORE: /30 SETION 1: GENERL ENGLISH SETION 2: SPEIFI ENGLISH D D SORE /30 SORE /30 Score on General English section /30 Score on Specific English section /30 TOTL SORE /30 9