SG za anglistiku ŠIFRA:

Filozofski fakultet

Univerzitet u Nišu Broj poena:

KLASIFIKACIONI ISPIT
Jun 2004
vreme izrade 120 minuta
PART A - MULTIPLE CHOICE TASKS

I For each numbered gap choose ONE of the four offered answers to make the
sentence both grammatically correct and logical. JUST CIRCLE A, B, C or D.
DO NOT fill in the numbered gaps. The first one (0) has been done for you.
The sign / offered as an option in some sentences means that no word is missing.

Berti Felstaed, the last survivor of (0)______ First World War Christmas Day truce
when British and German troops played football together, has died (1)______ 106.
Mr Felstaed, (2)______ person in Britain, was by his own account (3)_______
average man (4)______ experienced an extraordinary event. His whole life (5)______ by
that moment in history in 1915 when the guns went silent and British and German troops
emerged from the trenches (6)______ football in the snow.
He was even included in the book Centurians, a list of the (7)______ figures of the
20th century.
Born in Highgate, north London, (8)______ Oct 28, 1894, Mr Felstaed was a novice
in the army when he and his colleagues put down the rifles and climbed out of (9)______
icy trenches to greet the enemy.
Soldiers who (10) ______ at each other for months stopped the killing for
(11)______ hours.
He (12)______ his first Christmas Eve in Northern France (13)______ he and his
comrades, shivering in a trench near the village of Laventie, (14)______ the carol Silent
Night wafting over from the German lines 100 yards or so away but were told by the
superiors that it (15)______, most probably, yet another provocation from the Germans.
''It (16)______ before we were singing as well. Good King Wenclas, I think it was,''
he said in an interview two years ago. ''You couldn't hear each other sing like that without it
affecting your feelings for the other side. Remembering that event, my good friend who I
was together with in the trenches told me many years later that he (17)______ more deeply
moved in his life than at that very moment back in 1915.
''(18)______ next morning, Christmas Day, there was some shouting between the
trenches. 'Hello Tommy, Hello Fritz,' that sort of thing, and that (19)______ a lot more ice.
(20)______ I can remember, a few of the Germans came out first and started walking over.
I do remember a whole mass of us just (21)______ up and going out to meet them. Nothing
(22)______ . It was spontaneous.''
If Mr. Felstaed (23)______ to Paris on Nov 11 to be present at the central ceremony
marking the end of the First World War, to which President Chirac invited him last month.
Berti Felstaed (24)______ next (25)______ in Highgate.

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 London Mayor has just announced that a monument in honour of this great man
(26)______ by Remembrance Day next year.

0 A) a C) /
B) an D) the
1 A) at age of C) aged
B) aging D) ageing
2 A) a second oldest C) a second most old
B) the second oldest D) the second most old
3 A) / C) an
B) a D) the
4 A) which C) witch
B) who D) wich
5 A) dominated C) was dominated
B) dominating D) was dominating
6 A) to play C) to having been playing
B) play D) to have played
7 A) culturaly biggest C) culturally bigest
B) culturally biggest D) culturaly bigest
8 A) by C) in
B) on D) at
9 A) thier C) their
B) there D) thear
10 A) have been shooting C) had been shooting
B) shoot D) were shooting
11 A) few C) little
B) a few D) a little
12 A) was spending C) is spending
B) has spent D) has been spending
13 A) although C) even if
B) despite D) when
14 A) heard C) herd
B) heared D) hurd
15 A) is C) will be
B) was D) could to be
16 A) didn't pass much time C) passed no much time
B) didn't take no time D) didn't take much time
17 A) has never been C) is never
B) had never been D) was never
18 A) / C) an
B) a D) the
19 A) broked C) breaken
B) broken D) broke
20 A) As distant as C) As far as
B) As much D) As long
21 A) geting C) have got up
B) getting D) have gotten up
22 A) hadn't been planed C) wasn't planned
B) was planned D) has been planed
23 A) lives two months more, he certainly goes
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 B) lived two months more, he would certainly go
C) had lived two months more, he would certainly have gone
D) lives two months more, he will certainly go
24 A) will have been buried C) will be berryed
B) will be berried D) will be buried
25 A) Wednesday C) Wensday
B) Wendesday D) Wendsday
26 A) will be completing C) is completed
B) will has been completed D) will have been completed

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II For each numbered gap choose ONE of the four offered answers to make the
sentence both grammatically correct and logical. Just circle A, B, C or D.
DO NOT fill in the numbered gaps. The first one (0) has been done for you.

For centuries foreigners have been baffled by (0) _____. It has always been difficult
for them to come to terms with the Englishman’s cold formality and his bizarre sense of
humour. When (1) _____ in England, visitors have never understood (2) _____ display
such good (3) _____ when the food tastes so (4) _____.
Many sociological theories have been put forward to (5) _____ for these
phenomena. In my opinion, (6) _____ explanation can be found in the English education
system. In the first place, the English (7) _____ to children is different: while an Italian guy
can (8) ____ his mother’s ironing and cooking until he is well into (9) _____, an
Englishman is left to (10) _____ shortly after birth.
In order to (11) _____ the spirit of tough independence, English children are sent to
Public Schools. The name in itself is something of a paradox (12) _____ these schools are,
in fact, private. (13) _____ in these institutions are deliberately Spartan: sport is plentiful,
food appalling and heating non-existent. Such character building costs money: Britain is
one of the few countries in the world where parents (14) _____ pay for their children to live
in poverty.
(15) _____ in a Public School (16) _____ to leave a permanent mark on (17) _____
character. Life in a highly disciplined all-male community tends to produce an emotionally
repressed individual who, however, is usually quite (18)_____ later on in life. Men brought
up at Public Schools are obsessed (19) _____ being honest and decent because at school
(20) _____ were the cardinal sins (murder was far more acceptable). In addition, they are
terribly (21) _____ by any display of emotion because when they left home, the last thing
they could do was cry in front of their schoolmates. On the whole, though, the typical
English male turns out to be really quite a good chap once you get to know him.

0 A) the British C) Briton

B) British D) Britishmen
1 A) you eat C) you are eating
B) eating D) eat
2 A) why they had had to C) why must they
B) why do they have to D) why they have to
3 A) food practice C) meal behaviour
B) table manners D) eating manners
4 A) awfully C) bad
B) horribly D) bed
5 A)explain C) interpret
B) account D) clarify
6 A) the most satisfactory C) the most believing
B) strong D) most competent
7 A) attitude C) view
B) manner D) standpoint
8 A) delight C) benefit in
B) enjoy in D) enjoy

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 9 A) the thirties C) the thirtyes
B) his thirties D) his thirtys
10 A) look about himself C) take care about himself
B) lead an account of himself D) take care of himself
11 A) take C) realise
B) give D) promote
12 A) as C) despite
B) although D) however
13 A) Conditions C) Conditionals
B) Situations D) Standard of living
14 A) actualy C) truely
B) actually D) truly
15 A) Bringing up C) Being brought up
B) Having brought up D) Having been bringing up
16 A) looks like C) seem
B) tend D) appears
17 A) ones’ C) pupil’s
B) one’s D) a pupils’
18 A) succesfull C) sucessfull
B) sucessful D) successful
19 A) for C) at
B) about D) with
20 A) lying and cheating C) lying and cheatting
B) lieing and cheating D) lieing and cheatting
21 A) shy C) uncomfortable
B) embarrassed D) ashamed

III For each numbered gap(s) choose ONE of the four offered answers to make the
sentence both grammatically correct and logical. Just circle A, B, C or D:

1. Most people are scared ______.

A) to have pulled out their teeth C) to having their teeth pulled out
B) of having pulled out their teeth D) of having their teeth pulled out

2. It’s high time you ______ such stupid books.

A) stop reading C) stopped to read
B) stop to read D) stopped reading

3. The manager warned Robert that if he ______.

A) goes on being late, he will be fired C) had gone on being late, he would have
been fired
B) went on being late, he would be fired D) goes on being late, he would be fired

4. Although his spelling is quite good, his speaks English much ______ I do.
A) worst than C) worse then
B) worst then D) worse than
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5. How long ______ when the bus finally came?
A) have you been waiting C) you waited
B) had you been waiting D) did you wait

6. I wish I ______ Ann was ill. I would have gone to see her.
A) knew C) had known
B) have known D) would know

7. You’ll be in big trouble unless you ______ the truth.

A) tell C) don’t tell
B) say D) don’t say

8. They asked me if I ______ high heels.

A) am used to wearing C) used to wearing
B) was used to wearing D) was used to wear

9. We had ______ while we were on holiday.

A) a very nice weather C) very nice weather
B) a very nice whether D) very nice whether

10. She is known ______ at least five husbands.

A) to have C) to have had
B) to be having D) to having had

11. He ______ his way. He knows the town quite well.

A) mustn’t have lost C) mustn’t had lost
B) can’t have lost D) can’t had lost

12. The ______ escaped over the ______ of the near-by houses.
A) thiefs/ roofs C) thieves/ roofs
B) thiefs/ rooves D) thieves/ rooves

13. She jumped up and her voice ______ sharply.

A) raised C) risen
B) rose D) arose

14. The wanted man ______ to be living in NY.

A) is believed C) has believed
B) doesn’t believe D) is believing

15. She ______ with her sister at the moment until she finds somewhere else to live.
A) is staying C) will be staying
B) has been staying D) stays
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16. He’d rather move to another city than look for a different job, ______?
A) wouldn’t he C) would he
B) hadn’t he D) had he

17. I always get nervous on a plane before it ______.

A) lifts off C) lifts up
B) takes off D) takes up

18. No sooner ______ her hair than she regretted it.

A) had she dyed C) she had dyed
B) did she die D) she died

19. Tin rhymes with bin and enough rhymes with ______.
A) stuff C) laugh
B) although D) half

20. Cry rhymes with fly and met rhymes with _______.
A) hat C) hurt
B) wet D) that

PART B - FILL-IN TASKS

I TENSES AND VERB FORMS

Put the VERBS in brackets in the CORRECT VERB FORMS, ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE. In some cases an additional word (a noun, pronoun or an adverb) is also
given in the brackets – you have to put it in the right place. The first one (0) has been
done for you.
In the afternoon it (0)______was_______ (be) the custom of Miss Jane Marple to
read her second newspaper. (Two newspapers (1)___________________ (deliver) at her
house every morning.) Several minutes later, she (2)___________________ (lay) it down,
glanced idly through an article on fashion while (3)___________________ (do) her best
(4)____________________ (remember) why the name Rafiel she
(5)____________________ (just, read) was so familiar to her. It could almost
(6)______________________ (describe) as a crossword puzzle with no clues (7)
___________________ (give).
(8)____________________ (glance) out of the window towards the garden, she
(9)___________________ (withdraw) her gaze and (10)__________________ (try) to put

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the garden out of her mind. Her garden (11)___________________ (be) the source of great
pleasure and also a great deal of hard work to Miss Marple for many, many years. But, at
that time, owing to the fussiness of doctors, working in the garden
(12)___________________ (forbid) to her. Actually, after (13)___________________ (try)
once to fight this ban, she (14)___________________ (come) to the conclusion that she
had, after all, better (15)___________________ (do) as she was told. Sighing, she picked
up her knitting bag and (16)___________________ (take out) a small pink child's woolly
jacket in the process of (17)___________________ (come) to a conclusion ... ''Pink wool!
Now, wait a minute! Where (18)_____________________ (that, fit in)?'', she asked herself
and answered right away: ''Yes – yes – it fits in with that name from the paper!'' Pink wool.
A blue sea. A sandy beach. Sunshine. Herself knitting and, of course, Mr. Rafiel. That trip
she (19)___________________ (make) several years before in the Caribbean. The island of
St Honore. A treat from her nephew Raymond. And she remembered Joan, her niece-in-
law, Raymond's wife, (20)__________________ (say):
''(21)_____________________ (not get mixed up) in any more murders, Aunt Jane!
It isn't good for you.''

II Read the following text carefully and fill each of the gaps with a suitable
WORD or a GROUP OF WORDS, relying on the context.

Last summer I went to Britain and was absolutely impressed by everything I saw
but it is two things in particular that I would like to single out here. First of all, it was
fascinating to be able to see Big Ben, (1)________________________,
(2)________________________ and other well-known London sights. And secondly, the
thing I actually liked most about my stay there is the visit I paid to Stratford-upon-Avon –
the birthplace of (3)________________________, the famous author of ‘Hamlet’, ‘Romeo
and Juliet’, and other great (4)______________________ and comedies admired all over
the world. The only thing I didn’t like there was the impression (wrong maybe) I got that
the British tend to eat vegetables very much – especially potato, tomato, carrots,(5)
_______________________, (6) ______________________, (7) ____________________,
whereas it is eating meat that I prefer. However, that tiny detail has certainly not prevented
me from wishing to go back there at least once again and visit not only London and
England but also the three other parts of the (8)_____________________ Kingdom:
Scotland, (9)_____________________ and Northern (10) ________________________
and explore further their people and culture.

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III Fill in the blanks in the text below with the CORRECT FORMS OF THE
WORDS IN BRACKETS to make logical and grammatically correct sentences. The
first one (0) has been done for you.

It seems that (0) __exposure (EXPOSE) to too much television is slowing down
the process of children’s (1) _______________ (SPEAK) acquisition. Dr Sally Ward, who
is considered to be the country’s (2) ________________ (LEAD) authority on the verbal
(3) __________________ (DEVELOP) of young children, believes babies under two years
old should not watch TV or videos at all. Her research showed that background noise,
flashing lights and (4) ________________ (SPECTACLE) colours from TV can be very (5)
_____________________ (HARM). She has proved that all this causes (6)
______________ (CONFUSE) and stops children learning to speak as early as they should.
At fifteen months some are even (7) ________________ (ABLE) to recognize either their
names or (8) _________________ (BASE) words like ‘cheese’ or ‘bread’. Dr Ward’s (9)
________________ (ADVISE) to parents is to turn off the TV and start talking to their
children. Any damage done can be (10) ________________ (QUICK) repaired and
children can be helped to reach the desirable language standard.

IV Make a question for each of the given sentences, so that the answer is the part
that is underlined. There is an example (0) at the beginning.

(0) She bought a new dress yesterday.

What did she buy yesterday?

1. It’s my turn next on the computer.

_______________________________________________ ?
2. This message must be forwarded to John at once.
_______________________________________________ ?
3. My friends and I are going to travel to Greece this summer.
_______________________________________________ ?
4. The wind broke the window.
________________________________________________ ?
5. She had her old brown boots mended.
________________________________________________ ?
6. The film we saw last night was so exciting.
________________________________________________ ?
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 KEY
Part I

I
0. D 10. C 20. C
1. C 11. B 21. B
2. B 12. A 22. B
3. C 13. D 23. C
4. B 14. A 24. D
5. C 15. B 25. A
6. A 16. D 26. D
7. B 17. B
8. B 18. D
9. C 19. D

II III
0. A 11. D 1. D 12. C
1. B 12. A 2. D 13. B
2. D 13. A 3. B 14. A
3. B 14. B 4. D 15. A
4. C 15. C 5. B 16. A
5. B 16. D 6. C 17. B
6. A 17. B 7. A 18. A
7. A 18. D 8. B 19. A
8. D 19. D 9. C 20. B
9. B 20. A 10. C
10. D 21. B 11. B

Part II
I
1. were delivered 12. was forbidden/had been forbidden
2. laid 13. trying
3. doing 14. came
4. to remember 15. do
5. had just read 16. took out
6. be described 17. coming
7. given 18. does that fit in
8. Having glanced 19. had made
9. withdrew 20. saying
10. tried 21. Don’t get mixed up
11. had been

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1. and 2. any London sight (e.g. Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, London Eye,
Trafalgar Square, Victoria and Albert Museum, etc.)
3. (William) Shakespeare
4. tragedies/dramas/plays/works of art
5., 6., and 7. any vegetable (e.g. cabbage, beans, peas, onions, garlic, etc.)
8. United
9. Wales
10. Ireland

III
1. speech 6. confusion
2. leading 7. unable
3. development 8. basic
4. spectacular 9. advice
5. harmful 10. quickly

IV
1. Whose turn is it next on the computer?
2. Who must this message be forwarded to at once?/To whom must this message be
forwarded at once?
3. Who is going to travel to Greece this summer?
4. What happened?
5. Which boots (of hers) did she have mended?
6. What was the film we saw last night like?

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