Alisher nava‘i tashkent state university of the uzbek language and literature

ALISHER NAVA‘I TASHKENT STATE UNIVERSITY OF THE UZBEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

Mid Term Exam on English

For the first year students

Variant 1

Date: __________________

Time: __________________

Student’s name
Group

To be filled by examiners.

Listening	30 points
Grammar & vocabulary	30 points
Reading	40 points
Total:	100 points

Listening:

Listen to parts from six conversations and match them to phrases a-f.

a) the baker’s d) return something to a shop

b) a discount e) the newsagent’s

c) the sales f) a shopping centre

1	2	3	4	5	6

Fill the gaps.

1. A)How much money do you earn?

B) Not much, so I try to spend it _______ .

2. A) What’s the matter? Why do you look so scared?

B) Because you are driving ____! Be careful!

3. A) Why are you talking so ___________ ?

B) Shhhh! Because we are in the library!

4. A) I always get up _____________ at weekends.

B) Me too, at about 10 oc’lock!

5. A) I can’t see the television _____________.

B) I think you need glasses.

6. A) Maria answers every question ___________.

B) I know. She’s the best student in the class.

7. A) Did you do ___________ in your exam?

B) I got an “A”.

Listen to a conversation and decide if the statements are true or false.

1. She explained her shopping habits in Spain and UK. _______

2. Products in UK are more expensive than in Spain. ________

2. Grammar and vocabulary.

Bring drink learn leave not drink not use smile

1. 
   Bring a sunhat. It’s very hot in Bali.
   

1. 
   _________ when you speak to people.
   
2. 
   _________ some words in the local language.
   
3. 
   _________ your left hand to give or pass things.
   
4. 
   _________ water from the tap. ____________ water from bottles.
   
5. 
   _________ your shoes at the door when you go into someone’s house.
   

Fill the gaps with the given verbs using appropriate prepositions.



Reading : Book review

Touching the Void

By Joe Simpson: a true story

The year is 1985 and Joe is a 25-year –old climber. He is fit and strong. With his climbing partner, Simon Yates, he is looking for a new adventure. They find it in Peru. They want to climb a mountain called the Siula Grande.

Their climb to the top is successful, but then there is an accident. Joe falls. He breaks his leg badly. There is a rope between the two climbers. Simon holds on to the rope. It is very cold and the men are tired. Joe is hanging at the end of the rope, over an enormous empty space. How long can they survive like this?

A snowstorm begins. Soon it’s snowing hard. Simon has a difficult decision to take. He thinks his partner is dead. He cannot hold the rope, and he doesn’t want to die too. So, he cuts the rope. Joe falls into a deep crevasse in the ice. The story has a happy ending. Joe survives because he climbs out of crevasse. He has a broken leg, but he crawls slowly across the snow and ice. He gets to their camp and the rescuers find him.

Joe Simpson’s true story, Touching the Void, is a great book. It is an international bestseller and it is also an award-winning film. Joe lives in his hometown of Sheffield in the UK. He still climbs and he also writes, makes films and gives talks.

Read the text. Are the sentences true T or false F?

1. Joe and Simon climb Siula Grande in 1985. _______

2. Simon breaks his leg when he climbs down. _______

3. Joe hangs on the end of the rope with a broken leg. ______

4. It is easy for Simon to cut the rope. _______

5. It is very difficult for Simon to get to the camp. _______

6. Joe’s book is very popular. _______

Match the definitions with the underlined words in the text.

1. an exciting, unusual, sometimes dangerous thing to do ______________

2. to move along the ground on your hands and knees ______________

3. a very deep crack in snow or ice ______________

4. a book that many people buy ______________

5. fixed at the top, but the end is free to move _______________

6. very thick string for pulling or joining things together ____________

7. you get the result you want ________________

8. very large _______________