Module Test

Variant I

for "English as First Foreign Language"

Major: 6.020303"Translation"

for the students of the first year

Part I Listening

Listen to the interview with Mr Ian Beer, the Headmaster of Harrow School. This is the pubic school that Winston Churchill attended. Then read the statements and decide whether they are true (T) or false (F). You get 1 point for every correct answer.

1. Harrow School is an “independent” school.

2. The majority of the independent schools were founded at the end of the 20^th century.

3. All private schools give free education.

4. Public schools are independent of government control.

5. Harrow School is situated in the High Street.

6. The students of Harrow School are dressed in tails during the week and they can wear jeans and T- shirts on Sundays.

7. All the teachers and students of Harrow School raise their hats to greet each other.

8. Harrow School has changed greatly recently.

9. In Harrow School chemistry was one of the main subjects in the last century.

10. Today there are various subjects on the curriculum: Latin, Greek, Russian, computer sciences and a lot of others.

Total: 10 points.

Part II Reading

Read the text. It is about doing up a derelict house. Decide whether the statements following the text are true (T) or false (F). You get 1 point for every correct answer.

Doing up a derelict house

John and Mary King dreamed of escaping from their poky inner-city flat and setting up home in the country. They longed for fresh air, green fields and the sound of birds. Seven years ago they saw a chance of making their dream come true. ‘We were driving along a narrow country lane’, says John, ‘when we spotted three houses in a short terrace which must have been farm labourers’ cottages in the past. There was a FOR SALE notice outside. No one lived there, of course, because they were in such a terrible condition, virtually derelict, in fact. Even without getting out of the car we could see that tiles had slipped off the roof, so rain was getting into the houses. The gutters were hanging down and almost every window was broken. Inside, things were even worse. Doors were hanging off their hinges, several floorboards were rotten, birds had made their nests everywhere and there was even a tree growing inside one of the houses. Obviously, they had been deserted for years. The houses were quite uninhabitable, but the position was idyllic, with uninterrupted views over the surrounding countryside, so we contacted the estate agent and made the owner an offer which was accepted immediately – I think he was glad to get rid of them’.

It has taken the Kings seven years of hard work to create the beautiful home that they live in now. They knocked the three cottages into one in order to create spacious rooms. ‘The inside has been transformed’, says Mary. ‘We started from scratch and changed things to suit our own taste but the outside hasn’t changed much and still retains the character of the original buildings. The worst problem was with one of the end walls. The surveyor advised us to knock it down and build it up again on new foundations.

Fortunately, we were able to re-use the old stones so you can’t tell the difference. We did most of the work ourselves because we prefer to do it that way, and it’s cheaper, but occasionally we had to call in professional help’. At first, the houses had no water and no power and because of its isolated position it was necessary to dig long trenches for the pipes and cables that link the house to the mains. ‘It was like living on a building site,’ says John,’ and it cost a fortune. In fact, we spent much more on repairing and restoring the house than we did on buying it. It’s definitely been worth it, though, in every way. I’d much rather live here than in a city’.

However, the Kings cannot enjoy the fruits of their labours yet. They have devoted all their energy to transforming a ruin into a dream home, but the garden, still a tangled wilderness, needs their attention.

1. The Kings didn’t want to leave the city.

2. The houses they saw while driving along a country road were in good condition and not for sale.

3. No one lived in the houses for a long time.

4. The Kings didn’t want to buy the houses.

5. It was very easy to buy the houses.

6. Now the Kings live in three separate houses.

7. Both the inside and the outside of the houses have been changed.

8. The surveyor advised the Kings to break one of the end walls and build up a new one.

9. The Kings did most of the work themselves but sometimes they had to ask for professional help.

10. The Kings enjoy the fruits that grow in their garden.

Total: 10 points.

Part III Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

Task 1. Divide the sentences into syntagms, put stress-tone marks. Mind the intonation of adverbials and enumeration. You get 2 points for every correct answer.

1. The house faces the park in front of the building.

2. In front of the house there is a green lawn and a flowerbed.

3. Behind the house there is an orchard with a few fruit-trees in it.

4. On the ground floor there is a kitchen, a large dining-room, and a cosy sitting-room.

Total: 8 points.

Task 2. Transcribe the following words and phrases. Underline all cases of reduction and define their type.You get 3 points for every correct answer.

1. a 'crystal chandelier

2. a 'rocking chair

3. a 'shower curtain

4. to 'meet the de'mands of the time

5. com'pulsory attendance

Total: 15 points.

Task 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form. You get 1 point for every correct answer.

A. She 1) … (lie) in bed when she 2) … (hear) a sudden noise. She 3) … (open) her eyes in horror. Someone 4) … (open) a downstairs window; they 5) … (try) to get into her house. She 6) … (climb) slowly out of bed and 7) … (creep) to the door. She 8) … (stand) very still and listening carefully when she 9) … (see) a light downstairs.

B. Last month, Julie 1) … (go) on holiday to France with her husband Rob. They 2) … (stay) in a small hotel. They 3) … (have) such a wonderful time that they 4) … (already/decide) to go back again next year. Julie 5) … (look forward) to it now.

C. Yesterday, while I 1) … (shop), I 2) … (leave) my purse in the supermarket. I really thought I 3) … (put) it in my bag because I have always been careful. Luckily, a man 4) … (find) my purse while he was doing his shopping and 5) … (give) it back to me.

Total: 19 points.

Task 4. Choose the correct answer. You get 1 point for every correct answer.

1. I _________at University for 4 months by the end of this term.

a) will study b) will be studying c) will have been studying

2. By the end of the term I ___________ all twelve volumes.

a) will have been reading

b) will have read

c) will read

3. If my application ___________refused, I ___________ for entry to another college.

a) will be	b) is	c) will have been
a) will apply	b) am going to apply	c) will be applying

4. ___________ these notes? I’d like to make some copies of them.

a) Will you use

b) Are you going to use

c) Will you be using

5. When ___________ the results? I don’t know if I ___________ them by the end of the week.

a) will they announce a) will have heard

b) will they have announced b) have heard

c) are they going to announce c) will hear

6. I’m going on holiday tomorrow. This time next week I ___________ on the beach in Spain.

a) will lie

b) will be lying

c) am lying

7. He ___________ you leave till you ___________ your homework.

a) won’t let	b) doesn’t let	c) won’t have let
a) will do	b) have done	c) do

8. I believe life ________ in the 21^st century.

a) will change b) will be changing c) is changing

9. James _________ his studies by the end of the year.

a) will complete b) will have completed c) will have been completing

Total: 12 points.

Task 5. Give the words to the following definitions. You get 1 point for every correct answer.

1. Nuns live in this building.

2. A windows in the roof of a building.

3. These protect your windows outside and can be closed in bad weather.

4. Put this over if you are cold in bed.

5. A machine for grinding coffee.

6. A special container like a bottle, that keeps drinks hot or cold.

Total: 6 points.

Task 6. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below. You get 1 point for every correct answer.

Landing, double glazing, household chores, terraced, converted, lounge, gadget, suburbs, blinds, separate

1. When my mother came to live with us I had the garage ………… into a bed-sitting room.

2. Fitting ……… has made the room warmer and reduced noise.

3. Let’s have supper in the ………. and watch the late-night news.

4. His kitchen is fitted with every kind of ………… from a coffee grinder to an electric tin-opener.

5. We live in a ………house so we get noise from the neighbours on both sides.

6. It is advisable to pull down the ……….. when the sun is very hot.

7. I really hate dusting, ironing and all the other ………. .

8. She left a pile of clothes on the second-floor ………… .

9. We live in a three-room flat, and all the rooms are ………… .

10. They live outside the town centre in a little house in the ………. .

Total: 10 points.

Task 7. Complete each sentence with a word from the list. Use each word once only. You get 1 point for every correct answer.

course, pass, graduate, degree, admitted, research, cheat, failed, marks, major

1. The teacher saw Jerry trying to … on the test.

2. The main subject that a student takes at college is his\her …

3. When people study one subject in great detail, we say they are conducting …

4. When you complete your first degree, you are a …

5. Jack decided to take a … in hotel management.

6. Aged only 15, he was … to the University of London.

7. Edward has a … in French from Leeds University.

8. Pauline tried her hardest to … her English exam with flying colours.

9. Sheila always got good … in algebra.

10. Martin … his Maths exam and had to re-sit it.

Total: 10 points.

Part IV. Mediation

Translate into English

1. Моя бабуся живе у окремому будиночку на околиці міста. Це добре спланований, у гарному стані, доглянутий, оснащений всіма сучасними зручностями, двоповерховий будинок. Він розташований на тихій вулиці, на зручному транспортному маршруті, зовсім близько від озера, в десяти хвилинах ходи від лісу. Тому з вікон будинку відкривається чарівний краєвид. Будинок зроблений з цегли, а дах – з черепиці. Будинок огороджений парканом з воротами. Перед будинком є невеликий зелений лужок та квітник з безліччю різноманітних квітів. Біля будинку є також собача будка, невеличкий фруктовий садок, теплиця, курник і комора.

2. Я вирішила вибрати кар'єру перекладача, бо я завжди мала здібності до мов. Крім того, я цікавилась гуманітарними науками і в мене був дар до них. Я не ладила з математикою, але я працювала послідовно й наполегливо. Я закінчила школу з відзнакою і подала заяву про вступ до КНЛУ. Вимоги до прийому були досить високі, тому я гнула спину над книжками, багато читала, витрачала весь свій час на відпрацювання і ніколи не зубрила. На іспиті я не списувала, та хоча я нервувала і спочатку розгубилась, я взяла себе в руки, зібралась з думками і задовольнила екзаменатора своєю відповіддю. Він був досить прихильною, але вимогливою людиною. Я склала іспит та одержала „5” і незважаючи на те, що була виснажена, знесилена та ледве не падала від втоми, ладна була стрибати й танцювати від радощів.

Total: 5 points.

Part VI Writing

1. You have moved to a new house/flat. Write an informal invitation (120 – 150 words) to your friend asking him/her to your house-warming party. Describe the location of the house/flat, the outside of the house and boast of your sumptuously furnished house/flat.

2. Write an essay (120 - 180 words) about your life at school describing your teachers and friends, uniform and discipline, homework and punishment, exams and school rules as well as other relevant details you remember;

Total: 5 points.

System of Rating Points (Part I, II, III )

The number of correct answers	Level of Performance	Rating points
100 - 90 89 - 80 79 - 70 69 - 60 59 - 50 <50	100% - 90% 89% - 80% 79% - 70% 69% - 60% 59% - 50% <50%	10 8 6 4 1 0

The total rating for test is comprised of:

Part I, II, III Part, IV (Mediation) Part V І (Writing)

Max. 10 points Max. 5 points Max. 5 points

System of Rating Points and Assessment Criteria

Rating point	Level of Performance	Module Test Point	Traditional Grade
20 - 18	90 – 100%	20	”5”
17 - 15	75 – 89%	16	”4”
14 - 12	60 – 74%	12	”3”
11 - 1	1 – 59%	8	”2”

Author: senior lecturer O.S. Martynyuk

Module Test № 2 is approved at the sitting of the English Language Chair.

Protocol № 5 of 25.11.2010

Head of the Chair L.M.Yatsenko