Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
A. PRONUNCIATION
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. blood B. pool C. food D. tool
2. A. university B. unique C. unit D. undo
3. A. mouse B. could C. would D. put
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary
stress in each of the following questions.
4. A. arrest B. purchase C. accept D. forget
5. A. expertise B. cinema C. recipe D. similar
B. GRAMMAR
I. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of ‘will’ or ‘be going to’.
II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct future tense.
1. My grandmother is very old. She ...will be... (be) ninety next month.
2. I’m afraid I ………………………… (fail) my exams this year.
3. This time next week, they ………………………… (lie) on a sandy beach.
4. Jenny………………………… (see) Paul at work, so she can give him the letter.
5. Tom expects he………………………… (get) a pay rise soon.
6. I ………………………… (help) you carry your shopping.
7. Mother………………………… (go) to the supermarket tonight. She has already made her shopping list.
8. The play………………………… (start) at 6 o'clock.
IV. Make one sentence from two. Use Who / that / which.
1. A girl was injured in the accident. She is now in hospital.
…The girl who was injured in the accident is now in hospital…
2. A waitress served us. She was impolite and impatient.
The …………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. A building was destroyed in the fire. It has now been rebuilt.
The …………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Some people were arrested. They have now been released.
The …………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. A bus goes to the airport. It runs every half hour.
The …………………………………………………………………………………………..
C. VOCABULARY
I. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same
line.
From one language to another
Finding an accurate (1) …………………………. from one language to another is not TRANSLATE
always easy and the job of an interpreter can be (2) …………………………. PREDICT
Many (3) …………………………. in one language don’t work in another language and EXPRESS
trying to give a good idea of what a (4) …………………………. wants to say can be SPEAK
difficult. The most important thing is that no (5) …………………………. should be lost. INFORM
The interpreter has to have complete (6) …………………………. that they understand CERTAIN
the message and their (7) …………………………. language has to be very good. SPEAK
Interpreters can provide a real (8) …………………………. for people who speak CONNECT
different languages. They are (9) …………………………. an important part of CERTAIN
international (10) …………………………. COMMUNICATE
D. READING
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Books and reading are a very important part of education. If you go into someone’s house in the modern
world, they will usually have some sort of bookshelf full of books that they like to read. Some very educated or book-
loving people have large rooms full of books.
Nowadays, you can have many books without needing a room to store them. The Internet is making it more
efficient for people to read. Web sites now make it easy for people to buy books. Thousands of books are available
online. You can buy used books or new books. Now you can even buy electronic books. The Kindle, released by
the web site Amazon, allows people to download books online and read them on the device. People can download
hundreds of books at a time and put them on this small, hand-held e-book reader.
The personal libraries of the past still look good and many people still like to have paper books, but e-book
readers like the Kindle are changing things fast. Now people can carry huge libraries with them anywhere. People
can read books for a lot cheaper as well. Books bought electronically are inexpensive because they do not have
to be printed. They are stored in files and sold straight to the device. The Kindle and other reading devices are
going to change book-buying and reading forever.
1. What would be the best title for the passage? 5. In line 12, the word inexpensive is closest in
a. A New Age of Writing meaning to:
b. Libraries Lost and Forgotten a. cheap
c. Changes in the Reading Culture b. difficult
d. Electronics Replacing Written Literature c. high-priced
d. in high demand