INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGESENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST INTERMEDIATEV LEVEL

__________________________________NAMEPART ONE LISTENING (8 pts)

A. You will hear Ross reporting the news on Ice Bucket Challenge and explaining how charities could benefit from it.

a) For sentences 1-4, decide if each statement is true or false:1. The Ice Bucket Challenge is the last viral campaign for Facebook. ________________2. The campaign takes advantage of people's like for selfies_______________3. President Obama didn't take the challenge and donated $100 instead. _____________4. Most people die from ALS inside five years of contracting the disease. ______________b) Listen to the interview and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).1. What are the two abbreviations of the disease?a) SLA and NMDb) LSA and DMNc) ALS and MNDd) SAL and DNM

2. What two things is the campaign raising?a) awareness and moneyb) hope and optimismc) blood pressure and heart rated) investment and interest

3. What do people feel good about?a) helping charitiesb) using social mediac) themselvesd) the world

4. What What eventually kills most people with the disease?a) weight lossb) perspiration failurec) respiratory failured) brain damagePART TWO READING (11 pts)

A. READ THE PASSAGE AND DO THE EXERCISES BELOW. (6 pts)

Mother TongueFirst language, also known as mother tongue, is generally the language a person learns first. However, one can have two or more native languages thus being a native bilingual or indeed multilingual. The order in which these languages are learned is not necessarily the order of proficiency. Incomplete first language skills often make learning other languages difficult. Often a child learns the basics of his or her first language or languages from his or her family. The term mother tongue, however, should not be interpreted to mean that it is the language of one's mother. For instance, in some paternal societies, the wife moves in with the husband and thus may have a different first language or dialect than the local language of the husband. Yet their children usually only speak their local language.

1. According to the passage, first language skills ----.A) take a very long time to developB) play an important role in learning a new languageC) are not transferable to the second languageD) can also have negative effects in foreign language acquisition

2. We understand from the passage that ----.A) most bilinguals don't have a dominant languageB) the acquisition of a first language is the most complex skill anyone ever learnsC) most children have learning difficulties in acquiring their first languageD) one's mother tongue might not be the language of the parents

3. One can infer from the reading that ----.A) one cannot be a native speaker of more than two languagesB) very few children throughout the world learn to speak two languagesC) it is possible for a bilingual to become more competent in his second languageD) bilinguals use their two languages for different purposes and functions

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PART THREE GRAMMAR IN USE (55 pts)Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form (15 pts)1.Peter ____________ (work) for the Amnesty International. He ______________ (be) with the Amnesty International for three years now. Before the Amnesty International he _____________ (work) as an adviser for the European Union.He __________ (live) in Paris until he was nine. He also ___________ (live) in Madrid and Buenos Aires, as well as in Berlin and Tokyo, so that he _______________ (speak) several languages, which _______________ (be) very important for his job. However, he ___________________ (not speak) Japanese for over three years now and is likely _______________ (forget) a lot of it unless he _____________ (find) an opportunity to speak with someone or to go to Japan again to practice it. He __________(make) a lot of friends who claim that he is a very friendly and communicative person. His girlfriend, Mary, _________________ (agree) with them, although she ______________ (like) him to have more free time _________________ (spend) with her. Luckily, they both have great understanding for each other, which ____________ (make) their relationship strong and their love enduring.Rewrite the sentences using the appropriate modal verb + infinitive (5 pts)1. Im sure he tried to tell her what had happened._______________________________________________________2. Im sure she wasnt at the party._______________________________________________________3. I think I can hear somebody unlocking the door. Perhaps it`s John._______________________________________________________4. I think I have misunderstood you._______________________________________________________5. Im sure he hasnt come back yet._______________________________________________________

Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate conditional form (5 pts)1.If I could paint as well as you, I ____________ (paint) a portrait of my mother.2.Unless they stop this noise, I______________ (go) crazy.3.She _________________ (come) to the party if he had invited her.4.If you were talking a bit louder, I _________________ (be able to) hear you.5.Id explain it to you if only you _______________ (ask).

Put the verbs into the correct tense, Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous (put Present Perfect Continuous wherever it is possible). (5 pts)1. Since you gave me your number I _________________ (phone) you four times and I __________________ (not find) you at home.2. ______________ you ______________ (be) asleep all morning? I ________________ (ring) the bell for the last twenty minutes.3. You look sunburnt. _________________you ________________ (you, sit) in the sun?

Put the following sentences into Indirect Speech (5 pts)1.`Id like you to tell me the truth`, Susan said to Tim._______________________________________________________2.`Have you ever been in Israel?`, Bob asked._______________________________________________________3.`Did you ask Jenny to join us?`, George wanted to know._______________________________________________________4.`Do you believe me?`, he asked._______________________________________________________5. `Come and sit with us`, he said._______________________________________________________

Put in the missing prepositions (5 pts)She came ____________ five oclock ______________ Wednesday. She said shed stay only ___________ a few days but she stayed ____________ Christmas, too. However, we had great time together, although we were tired _____________ talking.

Choose and write in the appropriate form of the multi-word verb (5 pts)fall out came across set off take up pick up

1. Can you __________ me ________ at 8.00?2.She _________________ with her boyfriend again. They had a huge row last night.3.We have to _______________ early in the morning.4.Gardening _______________ a lot of time.5.I _______________ Amy last night. She looked so pretty.

TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. (10 pts)

1. Spremala sam sobu prije neki dan kada sam naila na neke stare fotografije.

_________________________________________________________________________2. Ona je veoma fina i ljubazna, za razliku od njenog brata koji je prilino neotesan (rude).

_________________________________________________________________________3. Ba se pitam zato Jovana jo uvijek nije stigla. Ona jo nikada nije zakasnila na posao.

_________________________________________________________________________4. Jelena se udaje idueg mjeseca. Morau da je pozovem da joj estitam.

_________________________________________________________________________5. Rekao sam joj da me saeka ispred bioskopa u 9, ali nje nije bilo kada sam stigao.

_________________________________________________________________________6. Podsjetila sam ga da je Suzie ve stigla i da bi trebalo da nas posjeti.

_________________________________________________________________________7. Rekla sam joj da sam zabrinuta za Julie, ali mi ona nije vjerovala.

_________________________________________________________________________8. elio je da zna koliko Barbra ima godina i da li je udata.

_________________________________________________________________________ 9. eljela je da zna koliko sam ispita poloio, ali ja nisam elio da razgovaram o tome.

_________________________________________________________________________ 10. Pitao sam se kada namjerava da mi saopti novosti.

_________________________________________________________________________PART FOUR VOCABULARY IN USEFill in the gaps using the words below (7 pts):former havefortune addict

dumped blew regrets

For some people, the easiest thing is to get rid of the money among as soon as possible. Jim Taylor, a sailor from Scotland, won $2 million, and _____________ the money in 77 days. He withdrew thousands of pounds a day from the bank and handed it to _______________ shipmates and strangers in the street. On one occasion, he handed out $150,000 to homeless people in a Glasgow park. Later he said he had no ______________ about his wasted _____________.Anita Cotton was the biggest lottery winner at the time when she won $ 12 million. It has taken her years to get used to the changes in her life. I couldnt ______________ done it without my family, she says. There were so many lies about me in the press. They said I had ______________ my husband and children, bought an island in the Indian Ocean, and become a drug ______________. All wrong. Her fortune has been divided among all the members of her family.

(6 pts) ________

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORDS. (3 pts)1 The president said that the economic/economical situation was very serious.2 She has wasted/invested all her money in government bonds.3 Whats the coin/currency of India?4 My uncles an accountant/a millionaire, he helps me look after my finances.5 My girlfriend came up with some great ideas foe economic/economical housekeeping.6 My salary was/wages were reduced to seventy pounds a week.

PART FIVE WRITING (10 pts)

A. MY FAVOURITE BOOK/FILM/ARTIST/TV SHOW/SONG/SINGERB. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 5 MILLION EUROS?C. THE MOST EXCITING DAY OF MY LIFE__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________GOOD LUCK!1