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~_._-' ". "ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF .OREIGN
LANGU~GES2008-1009 PROFIClENCY EXAM /Cheose the correet answer.1.
Can you help me? My phone is out of _a) working b) place2. He'svery
. and never thinks of anyone else.a) tolerant b) selfish3. Do you
ifl smoke?a) mind b) wonder c) matter4. The police asked if there
were any who had seen the erime,a) witnesses b) victims c) juries5.
ihope TIl be able to this fear of spiders.a) overeome b) overreact
c) overtake6. My father started going in his twenties and now he
has no hair at all.a) shaved b) bald c) bare7. Problems with water
cou1d to a new world war.a) come b) face c) bring8. Come on, it's
time to the plane.a) board b) climb9. Can Lexchange this shirt
something else?a) to b) with c) from10. One the students in my
class had an accident yesterday ..a) from b) in c) ofll. ithink is
the best invention ever.a) a computer b) the computer12. What about
my idea for the holidays?a) do you think b) you think c) are you
thinking. More and more young people our c1ub these days.a)join
b)don'tjoin c)arejoiriing14. We always on time for school on
Monday.a) are b) arrive c) come
15. We have to try and understand if we want to liye together
..a) us b) together c) ourselves16. You not tell anyone where you
were.a) 'd better b) might17. How Iong that book?a) you have been
reading b) 'you have read c) have you read18. He wanted to avoid
the same mistake again.a) to rnake b) to making . c) mak:e19. We've
had this car since---a) a long time b) at least 3 years c) rnore
than 6 months20. The thing you are looking fo r is made plastic.a)
for b) of c) up of21. Neither John iare going to the wedding ..a)
nor b) or22. i along the road when isaw the card.a) was walking b)
walked23. When they arrived, we the game.a) have already finished
b) already finished24. 'What do you think?' She asked me what _a)
ithought b) ithink
c) orderc) balaneed
e) get into
e) computers
c) ought
c) have walkedc) had already finishedc) did ithink
d) timed)decisived) tpsetd)judgesd) overseed) crazyd) leadd)
take aifd) of"d) outd) computerd) you are thinkingd)
aren'tjoiningd) getd) each other .d) bestd) have you been
readingd)makingd) myamt died d) ond) notd) had walkedd) were
already finishedd) do ithink
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25. to playtennis when you were younger?a) Would you b) You used
c) Did you26. 'Don't ta1k with your mouth full.' He told me talk
with my mouth full.a) don't b) to not c) not to27. ithink you to go
to bed.a) ought b) should28. What time get up yesterday?a) didyou
have b) must you29. Lthirk your idea probably work.
a) might have b) must have . c} will30. Do you think we
will.still be aliye the end o f the century?a) in b) by c) for31.
A: I'm cold. Are you?B: No , I'm not. the fre on if you l ike.a) 1
' 1 1 put b) I'm putting c) I'm going to put,32. Be quick! The next
train to London .:__ in ten minutes.a) leave b) is left c)
leaves33. if something __ wrong, ialways get the blame.a) will go
b) isgoing34. i surprised if Sue is Iate this afternoon,a) am not
b) won't be.35. 'I wasn't there.' He said there ..a) iwasn't b) he
wasn't being36. Ifwe in Spain, I'd support Real Madrid.a) live b)
wou1d liye c) willlive. 37. She win this year. She's much better
than anyone else.a) musthave b) probably won't c) will
definitely38. Do you know what last year?a) did he b) did he do .
c) he did39. iwon't help you you promise to help me too.a) if b)
unless c)provided40. As soon as i home, 1 ' 1 1 phone you .. a)
will get . b) get c) got41. Look at all the hroken glass. There an
accident.a) might be b) must be c) must have been42. What would you
have done if you the lottery last year?a) won b) would have won c)
had won43. My mum is her hair eut at the moment.
a) being b) eutting44. If i you, I'd apologize.a) am b)were45.
iwishI so much work to do today .. a) didn't have .b) don't have46.
They to hospital in an ambulance,a) took b) had taken47. iexpect
from you soon.a) to hear b) hearing .c) hear48. The others
something to eat by the kitcl:en staff at the moment.a) are being
given b) ar~ giving c) were giving49. 'I'm not going to lie.' She
said she lie.a) was going not to b) isn't going to
c) must;. .:i
c) did you have to
c) would goc) wouldn't becj.he hadn't been
c) havinge) had beenc) wouldn't havec) were taken
c) wasn't going to
d) Did you use."d) notd) cand) were you having tod) is going
tod) on
d) iputd) was goirg to leave .d) goes
. .
d) wasn'td) he hasn't beend) livedd) is certaind) he did do. d)
on conditiond) would getd) might have beend) would win
d) makingd) would bed) haven'tgotd) have takend) to hearingd)
gived) is going not to
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50. 'We can go on holiday next week.' He explained they could go
on holiday _a) next week b) the following week c) the week before5
1. 'Have you finished?' He asked us finished.a) had we b) havewe c)
ifwe have52. He have got lost. He's got a map.a) may b) cou1d c)
can't53. we met on holidayare coming to see us soon.a) A person
bjPeople c) The people
54. We had our photos at schoollast week.a) take b) took c)
taking55 . Can iask you where from?a) do you come b) are you. c)
you come56. Liverpool and Manchester are in the north-west of
England., a) Either .b) Neither . c) Each of57. my friends want to
work abroad after university.. a) Every b) Mostc) Anyof58. lt was
the fault. They were being silly.a) boys . b) boy c) boys'59. ilook
forward . from you.a) hear b) to hearing c) to hear60. He let us
after five ninutes.a) to go, b) go c) to going
d) the previous weekdj ifwe hadd) mustn'td) The persond) takend)
did you c?med) Bothd) All ofd) boy'sd)hearingd) going
Answer the questlons 61 through 70 accordlng to the text
below.Few people can represent the spirit of early America as much
as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through alma st thewhole of the
eighteenth century, being Bom sXyears after it began, and dying ten
years before !!ended. in this timehe saw the American colonies grow
from tin_'_vsettlements into a nation, and he also contributed much
to thedevelopment of the new state.. At the age of 17 Franklin ran
away to Philadelphia. He had already received same trainirig as a
printer"apprentice, and this helped him seven years later, with his
first publication, the Pennsylvania Gazette. He alsreceived a
contract to do government printing work, which helpedhim torise
from his poor background to become [-successful entrepreneur.He was
deeply interested in science and natural history, and his
experiments with electricity and lightning lec-directly to the
invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving
the conditions of his fellow menHe was involved in anunber of
projects in his native Philadelphia, inCuding the setting up of a
library, auniversity,a philosophical society, and a fre prevention
service. in 53' he became Postmaster-General of the
colories.Through this experience he began to devetop the idea that
the colonies of North America should be a single nation.Later, he
went to London to try to persuadethe British government to change
th~ conditions, especially the taxes,that later led the American
eolonists into rebel1ion. "Whatever Benjamin Franklin's personal
feelings about the rebeIlion of the American states, he worked hard
.~.make it sueceed. As ambassador to France, he eneouraged the
French to help George Washington. After the war, h-attended the
American constitutional congress. This was his last contribution,
for he died later that year. He is stil.fondly remembered by
Americans as one of the creators of the United States.61. Which of
the following is the best deseription for this text?a) An
autobiography of Benjamin Franklin .. b) The life of Benjamin
Franklinc) The works of Benjamin Franklin d) Frank1in and American
Independence
. "?2.: Wh~I2_2Y!!.S_enjamin Franklin bom?a) 1806 b) 179463.
What does the underlined word "if' refer to?a) America
bjthe-eighteenth century"64. Which ofthese happened first?a)
Franklin trains as a printer. .c) The American colonies rebel.65.
The underlined word "tiny" is closest in meaning to _a) large b)
remarkable
e) 1717 cl)06... c) Beniamin Franklin d) the spirit of early
Americab) Franklin runs away to Pbilade1philLd) 'Franklin starts
his first publication..c) essential d) small
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66. The underlined word "entrepreneur' is closest in meaning
to---) journalist b) painter e) businessman d) merehant67. Benjamin
Franklin helped to ereate the foliowing EXCEPT _'__a) The lightning
rod b) British eoloniesc) A university d) The American
Constitution68. How did Franklin feel about the British
government?a) it should change its policies. b) it should help the
French.c) it shouldn't reduce the taxes on the eolonies. d) it
should make the colonies into a nation.69. in which eountries did
Franklin live?a) England and France. b) Philadelphia andEngland.c)
London and Ameriea. d) England, Ameriea and Franee.70. We
understand from the passage that shortly after Franklin attended
the American constitutional congress, he_.a) beeame the US
ambassador to France b) started to work voluntarily for British
governmentc) wed d) beeame Postmaster-General of the coloniesAnswer
the questions 71 through 80 according to the text below.Sylvia
Earle, a marine botanist and one of the most important deep-sea
explorers, has spent over 6.000 hours,more than seven months,
underwater. From her earliest years, Earle had been interested in
marine life, and she tookher frst di ve into the open sea as a
teenager. in the years since then, she has taken part in a number
of importantunderwater projects, from exploratory expeditionsaround
the world to herfamous "Jim dive" in 1978, which.wasthe deepest
s010 diye ever made without cable connecting the diver to a support
vessel at the surface of the sea.Clothed in a Jim suit, a
futuristic suit of plastie ad metal arnor, which was secured to a
marmed submarine,Sylvia Earle plunged vertical1y into the Pacific
Ocean, at times at the speed of 0 feet per minute. on reaehingthe
ocean floor, she was released from the submarine and from that
point her only eonneetion to the sub was an18-foot tether. For the
next 2Yz hours, Earle roamed the seabed taking notes, colleeting
specimens, and plantinga U.S. flag. Consumed by a desire to deseend
deeper .still, in 1981 she became involved in the design
andrnanufacture of deep-sea .submersibles, one of which took her to
a depth of 3,000 feet. This did not end SylviaEarle's
accomplishments, .71. When did Sylvia Earle diseoverher love of the
sea?. a) in childhood c) After she made her deepest
8010diye.b}Puring her 6,000 hours underwater d) Well into her
adulthood72. ,It can be inferred from the passage that Sylvia Earle
_a) is not interested in the scientific aspects of marine
researchb) is uncomfortable in:tight spacesc) does not have
technical expertised) has devoted her life to ocean exploration73.
The author's opinion of Sylvia Earle is _~_a) critical s b)
.supporti ve c) humorous d) disrespeetful, . " ' , ' . : ' , , ' -
, , ' - / ' , ' .74. According to the passage, the Jim suit was
made of _a) extra tough fabric . b) rubber and plastic c) plastie
and metal d) ehain mail75. The underlined word "consumed" means
---a) driven b) defeated c) exhausted d) overwhelmed76. What will
the paragraph following this passage probably be about?a) Sylvia
Earle's ehildhood c) Earle's aehievements after 1981b) More
information on the Jim suit d) How deep-sea submersibles are
manufactured77. The main-purpose of this passage is _. a) to
explore the botany of the oeean floor e) to provide an introduetion
to oeeanography.... -. ..,)"topresent 'a short biography of Sylvia
Earle d) to show the historica1 importance of the Jim diye78. Whieh
of the following is NOT true about the Jim diye?a) it took
plaeein1981. . .b) Sylvia Earle took rotes while on the ocean
floor.c) it was performed in the Pacific Oeean. d) The submarine
that Sylvia Earle was eonneeted to was manned.79. The underlined
word "specimens" is closest in meaning to .,-- __a) fish b) diving
equiprnent c) samples . .d) subrnarines80. The underlined word
"secured is closest n meaning to .,'a) connected b) weakened c)
painted d) rnanufactured
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