a1b*h mock test 2012 summer

Print this and bring it to WRITE ON /DO IN the lesson.Not at home!On Monday 30th April in H62 at 18:00

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Task 1 Reading – read the following interview with Professor Jake Mclear and choose the best possible multiple choice answer (a,b,c or d) below. (12 points)

Professor Jake K. McLear is a leading light in the Open Source Movement. He devotes his life to the crusade against software giants: he travels the world from conference to conference arguing for Linux, Openoffice.org and other open source initiatives as the only sensible and cost-effective alternative to products like Microsoft Office. ‘There is no answer to the Open Source Movement,’ he says, ‘Microsoft is a giant which needs to be killed. It is least innovative in those areas it dominates – like Office and Explorer – and most innovative in new areas like gaming. It’s too big, too fat and lazy.’

Professor McLear is an unlikely champion for open source software as his background was as an engineer for a large software company which sells very expensive network solutions to corporate clients. He worked there for ten years before he was made redundant in a takeover of the company. ‘It was the best thing which has ever happened to me,’ he now says. ‘I went out to teach in Asia and found myself coming into contact with people who, incredibly, were contributing to software projects for free. They were part of a huge worldwide network of committed and highly-skilled software writers who were willing to spend their time doing something they believed in.  Even at that time, they had great contacts with people in Silicon Valley.’

Professor McLear’s experience in Asia was a turning-point in his life. Since then, he has given hundreds of presentations and written many papers on what he calls the ‘this living breathing collective of cool people.’ At the moment he is writing a book about his experiences and achievements. He has written about half of it and has had offers from interested publishers. ‘Open source has been the best experience of my life and, at the moment, this book is the second best,’ he laughs, as he packs his bags for another flight to another city and another conference.

1. Professor Jake McLear believes in open source as an alternative to Microsoft because it is:

a)      Simple and economical.

b)      Cheap and accessible.

c)      Complicated and expensive.

d)     Practical and costly.

2. Microsoft “needs to be killed” because:

a)      It is monopolizing the market.

b)      It is making too many computer games.

c)      It hasn’t done anything new in its main areas of business.

d)     It has been around for a long time.

3. The best thing to happen in Professor Mclear’s life was:

a)      Teaching in Asia

b)      Meeting people who were passionate about free software.

c)      Becoming a champion of open source software.

d)     Being made redundant from his job of ten years.

4. The people working on free software projects:

a)      Are part of a worldwide network.

b)      Have usually been made redundant.

c)      Get their information from Silicon valley.

d)     Believe in being highly skilled.

5. Professor Mclear has given hundreds of presentations on:

a)      His experience in Asia.

b)      The people involved in the open source movement.

c)      Technical aspects of open source software.

d)     His experiences and achievements.

6. Professor Mclear is not currently:

a)      writing a book.

b)      travelling to other conferences.

c)      receiving offers from publishers.

d)     living in Asia.

Task 2 Grammar (Articles) – Complete the following text with: a, an, the or / for no article. (10 points)
Sustainable Packaging Requirements
There are 1.         large number of different factors driving packaging requirements. These can be grouped into social, economic, environmental and technological requirements that create 2.___ need for different packaging features.

Environmental Drivers

Now, more than ever before, 3.      consumers are concerned about the wellbeing of 4.___ planet. We want minimized packaging, the opportunity to recycle after use, mono material and packages produced from renewable resources. Also, it is often required that 5.___ environmental data is displayed on 6.        packaging.

Economic Drivers

Packaging has to be optimized. 7.       Brand owners require lighter packaging in order to reduce transport costs. Dealing with waste is also 8.         issue that demands that the right packaging materials are selected, which can be recycled or recovered effectively. When 9.____ cost of oil increases the cost of production and plastics increases with it, leading to brand owners looking for alternatives. Another key economic driver is the need to protect brands with 10.       anti-counterfeiting measures.

Task 3 Grammar (Present Tenses) - Complete the sentences using the best present form of the verb in brackets. (10 points)

1. He ________________ (deal) with the financial aspects of the company.
2. We ________________ (work) on this project for 6 months.
3. I ________________ (not write) the proposal for the new project yet.
4. Julia ________________ (work) in her office right now.
5. I _________________ (make) on average $70,000 a year.
6. She _______________ (leave) the company next month.
7. My cousin _______________ (think) of going to University.
8. I _______________ (visit) 5 different countries so far this year!
9. We ________________ (demand) an answer for weeks.
10. Zdenek is at the pub but he ___________ (not drink) beer.

Task 4 Grammar- Join the two sentences using relative clauses: (8 points)

Eg. Here is a package. We designed it last week.

Here is the package which we designed last week.

1. Here are the minutes of the meeting. We had the meeting last week.

_____________________________________________________________

2. Pavel is a pioneer of integrated management systems. Pavel comes from Poland.

_____________________________________________________________

3. I was sent an email last week. Mr Kopal sent me the email.

_____________________________________________________________

4. Jana did an economics test. She failed it

_____________________________________________________________

5. Petra is a manager. She has the best ideas in the company.

_____________________________________________________________

6. Skoda is a company. We use them for our company cars.

_____________________________________________________________

7. Katka will show you around. She is the HR manager’s assistant.

_____________________________________________________________

8. Vodafone is a mobile operator. They have many satisfied customers.

_____________________________________________________________

Task 5 Vocabulary- Match the words to their definitions. (10 points)                                                       

a_____swap    b_____stakeholder     c_____calling d_____resent  e_____relevant

f_____seduce g_____trigger            h_____pitch    i_____rage      j_____device 

1. someone who has an interest in the success of a project or organisation

2. to try to sell something by saying how good it is

3. to persuade someone to do something by making it seem easy and exciting

4. to give something to someone in exchange for something else

5. a very strong feeling of anger

6. to make something happen

7. a profession, especially one you consider to be important

8. to experience angry or unhappy feelings because you think you have been treated unfairly

9. directly connected to what is being discussed or considered

10. a machine or piece of equipment

Task 6 Vocabulary- Complete the sentences by making collocations using the correct form of the following words. (10 points)

Build            Take on       Take    Work    Make       Put down            Go over           Sort Hide       See

1. Chris is really good at ____________ initiative during project work.
2. It is important to _______________ good relationships when you start a new job.
3. It’s difficult to ______________ a busy workload when you’re already stressed.
4. In our job we  _______________  to very strict deadlines.
5. Anna always ______________ valuable contributions to the projects.
6. Next week we will ___________ out the details of the contract.
7. We ________________ the proposal but it didn’t meet our demands.
8. Why are there so many _____________ fees when banking?
9. I just ______________ deposit on a new flat.
10.  I don’t think you are ______________ the benefits of this proposal at the moment.

Task 7 Listening- Listen to 5 extracts from job interviews and complete the sentences using 1 or 2 words. (Cd2 tracks 14-18) (10 points)

1. The man sees himself as being a ____________________ employee in 5 years.
2. As well as experience he plans to gain ___________________.
3. The 2^nd speaker is able to deal with being ___________________.
4. Her colleague felt __________________ about working with her.
5. According to the 3^rd speaker, a positive atmosphere is one which is _____________ and ______________
6. Giving _______________ is important when someone has done a good job.
7. The 4^th woman doesn’t feel that she has any _____________________
8. The woman did a ________________________ course to improve her organization.
9. Speaker 5 was on a _______________________ when his supervisor got sick.
10. He found it useful to sit down and __________________ a daily routine for the next 3 weeks.

Task 8 writing- Write a brief product description of your mobile phone. 100 words (approx) (10 points)

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