Equivalency TestTeacher: ______________Student:
______________
Task 1. Read the following text from which the four sentences
have been removed. Place the missing sentences (A to F ) in the
text so as to obtain a logical and coherent passage. In each gap (
1. - 4. ) , write the letters of the missing sentences. Two
sentences are given in addition and they do not fit into the text.
You receive 2 points for each correct answer.Henry Fords motto when
he established his Motor Company at the beginning
of the 20th century was to build a car for the great multitude.
1. __________ One invention
that made it possible was a conveyor belt. Its introduction into
the manufacturing process
helped reduce the assembly time of a car from over 12 to less
than 2 worker-hours. 2. __________ Consequently, his Model T got
cheaper and cheaper. From the original price
of $825, it went down to $290 in 1924, a sum that did not exceed
the average family budget.
3. __________ He did not actively seek to upgrade the comfort
and appearance of
his Model T. Its design changed very little over the 19 years
during which it was produced.
In the meantime competitors spared no efforts to beautify and
modernize their vehicles.
In 1927, having sold more than 15 million cars and having
revolutionized the market,
the Model T was discontinued.
If the Model T was not exactly a ladys car, the Cadillac could
well be. Designed and made
by General Motors, the Cadillac was addressed to a different
clientele: those who could
and wanted to pay much more for an elegant product that could
satisfy even the most
demanding and sophisticated tastes. The designers were free to
do as they pleased.
4. __________ They were also in a variety of colors, from
flamboyant hues of pink
to highly elegant shades of white and black. Additionally, the
leather furbishing of the interior
made the car one of the most luxurious in the world.
A. However, this forward looking and ingenious businessman did
not foresee one thing.
B. As a result of the protest he raised the wages of his
employees and reduced
the length of the workday.
C. The company is cutting expenses so it can compete better
against lower-cost rivals
from overseas.
D. Long hoods, trunks with tailfins, wraparound windshields,
chrome grilles
and bumpers were the embodiment of wealth.
E. Ford also discovered that producing spare parts and shipping
them to market areas
where they were put together helped lower production costs.
F. He went about achieving this goal by producing and selling
cars cheaply at a time
when they were affordable only for the very rich.
Task 2 Fill in the following text. Write the proper words formed
from the words in parentheses into the gaps ( 1. - 6. ) , so that
the text becomes logical and grammatically correct. . You receive 1
point for each correct answer.
TAKE YOUR MIND TO THE GYM
Your brain is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger
it gets. For those who believe
that claim, there are dozens of brain-boosting games now on the
market. What makes them
special is that the 1. (IMPROVE) ________________ does not only
manifest itself within
the context of the game but in the real world as well.
On the face of it, this makes a lot of sense. It is well known
that older people who stay
mentally active are more 2. (RESIST) __________________ to
mental decline according
to the popular use it or lose it hypothesis. If it works for
older people, shouldnt it work
for everybody else?
3. (FORTUNATE) __________________for the wannabe genius, there
are no simple
answers. While there is no 4. (SHORT) __________________ of
studies suggesting that
some mental functions can be trained, most companies offering
brain-training games do not
specify how their product will change your brain.
Although these games may or may not turn intellectual zeros into
heroes, many
5. (PSYCHIATRY) _____________________ use them as a miracle cure
for their patients.
This, perhaps, is where brain training will have its greatest
impact not as a brain gym, but as
an effective 6. (TREAT) ___________________ for people with
serious mental health
problems or brain injury.
adaptedTask 3 Using the given words, complete each sentence (1
to 4 ) so as its meaning remains the same as the original one. .
You receive 1 point for each correct answer.
1. If only you hadnt brought your pet snake with you!
BROUGHT
You should _____________________________________________ your
pet snake with you!
2. We were on the point of leaving the office when the phone
rang.
ABOUT
We ______________________________________________ the office
when the phone rang.
3. I sent her a present to compensate for my bad behaviour.
MAKE
I sent her a present to
_________________________________________ my bad behaviour.
4. I wouldnt have finished it without his help.
FOR
If it __________________________________ his help, I wouldnt
have finished it.Task 4 True or False - Reading comprehension
exercise + synonym matchPlease circle your answer. You receive 2
points for each correct answer.
Authorities in India's Bihar state have expelled around 600 high
school students for cheating in their 10th grade examinations. The
pupils used a novel but somewhat dangerous way to get help with
their exam papers their parents scaled the walls of the school
building and provided the answers to questions through the windows.
Photographs and video footage of this illegitimate technique have
gone viral. They show dozens of parents clinging on to whatever
they can on the walls to feed information to their children. Some
of the parents were three stories up. Teachers found many cheat
sheets inside the classroom. Some had been folded up into paper
airplanes and thrown through the window.
Over 1.4 million 10th graders are taking the tests this week at
more than 1,200 high schools across the state. Bihar's education
minister P.K. Shahi told reporters that schools faced a difficult
job to ensure exams took place under the strictest of conditions.
He said: "It's virtually impossible to conduct fair examinations
without the cooperation of parents." He added that it was not
possible to monitor all parents who accompany their children to
schools and other test centres. The situation regarding parents
helping their children cheat has become so prevalent that police
officers are posted to each school. However, an official said, "we
can't use force to drive away the parents". 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read
the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.Over 600 university students in India were expelled for
cheating.T / F
b.The students used a technique using novels to help them
cheat.T / F
c.Dozens of parents climbed up to classroom windows to help kids
cheat.T / F
d.Some of the cheat sheets were folded into origami paper
cranes.T / F
e.The education minister said it was easy to keep exams secure.T
/ F
f.The minister said parental cooperation was pretty much
essential.T / F
g.Police officers are posted at many schools to try and reduce
cheating.T / F
h.A school official said the schools could not use force to rid
the parents.T / F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the
article.
1.expelleda.slightly
2somewhatb.make certain
3.providedc.unlawful
4.illegitimated.observe
5.clinginge.almost
6.ensuref.thrown out
7.conditionsg.coercion
8.virtuallyh.supplied
9.monitori.circumstances
10.forcej.holding
