Egzamin z języka angielskiego dla kandydatów na studia
doktoranckie w CBMM PAN w Łodzi
Poziom wg Europejskiego Systemu Opisu Kształcenia Językowego (CEF) – B1-B2
Zakres materiału: gramatyka i słownictwo na poziomie średnio-zaawansowanym
(intermediate)
Struktura egzaminu:
test pisemny – 3 części –
1) use of English (test gramatyczny) 15 punktów
2) reading comprehension (czytanie ze zrozumieniem)
3) translation into Polish
Podstawowe zagadnienia gramatyczne:
- present, past, future tenses (czasy gramatyczne)
- modal verbs (czasowniki modalne)
- passive voice (strona bierna)
- conditionals (zdania warunkowe)
- reported speech (mowa zależna)
- question tags;
- quantity expressions (many, much, few, little…)
- relative clauses (who, whom, which, where, when, that)
- time clauses (as soon as, when, after, until, …)
- adjectives/adverbs (przymiotniki/przysłówki; stopniowanie)
egzamin ustny
- przedstawienie swojej motywacji odbywania studiów doktoranckich w CBMM PAN
- przedstawienie swoich planów na przyszłość
Przykłady formularzy egzaminu z języka angielskiego dla kandydatów na studia doktoranckie
znajdują się poniżej:
Przykład 1:
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CZĘŚĆ I – Use of English (20 p.)
Wybierz poprawną formę i zakreśl kółkiem.
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I’m very good _______ English
a) in
b) from
c) at
d) of
What _____________? Yoga.
a) are you doing b) do you do
c) you do
d) you are doing
It was a great _______ to win so many matches.
a) achieve
b) achievement
c) achieved
d) achieving
Our school is the same _____ it was 50 years ago
a) than
b) as
c) like
d) what
I’d _____ go for a meal
a) prefer
b) like
d) want
c) rather
We won’t have another holiday this year, _______?
a) will we
b) won’t we
c) do we
d) don’t we
While I _____, I saw a shark in the water.
a) swam
b) swim
c) was swimming
d) have swum
I think this restaurant is the best in town. So, _____
a) do I
b) am I
c) I think
d) do I think
I’m _____ to animal hair.
a) sneezing
b) allergic
d) cough
c) ill
10 Where’s Phil? He’s never late. There _____ be something wrong
a) must
b) can’t
c) will
d) may
11 I’ve _____ done this before, this is the first time.
a) yet
b) already
c) ever
d) never
12 _____ DVDs are good, the cinema is better.
a) Although
b) However
c) So
d) But
13 Please phone me as soon as you _____ home.
a) will get
b) are getting
c) get
d) got
14 What shall we do today? How about _____ to the cinema?
a) go
b) to go
c) going
d) let’s go
15 That’s the woman _____ children were so polite.
a) whose
b) who
c) which
d) that
16 You can _____ have a cake or an ice cream.
a) both
b) also
c) not only
d) either
17 If you _____ harder, you would be rich.
a) worked
b) would work
c) have worked
d) will work
18 Watching football is not … as playing it.
a) more
b) like
c) same
d) the same
19 This is the street _____ my friend lives.
a) which
b) where
c) that
d) who
20 _____ lose your mobile phone if you don’t put it in your pocket.
a) You’ll
b) You can
c) You won’t
d) You don’t
CZĘŚĆ II – Reading comprehension (10 p.)
Przeczytaj poniższy tekst i wykonaj podane pod nim polecenia.
Taming the tourists
The era of mass tourism in the mountain regions of industrialized countries began soon after World
War II. This new phenomenon was a result of many factors, including increases in urban populations,
income, vacation time, and mobility. Today, in the era of cheap, global air travel, almost no mountains
in any corner of the world are out of reach. Moreover, ‘adventure tourists’ and ‘ecotourists’ are willing
to pay well, and their money is very welcome to poor governments and communities.
Although stories about the problems caused by tourism have become increasingly frequent in recent
years, it is not necessarily a destructive force. The situation could be far better if tour operators and
legislators considered how best to integrate tourism into the existing culture, with a minimal impact on
the environment, and without host countries becoming too dependent on it. Merely restricting tourism
cannot be the solution, because people's desire to see new places will not just disappear.
But the real key to the problem lies in giving indigenous communities greater control over the rate at
which tourism grows, and the paths it takes. Encouragingly, more and more communities are
demonstrating that, with firm decision-making, this is possible.
1. Answer the following questions using your own words. (2 p.)
a) Why did mass tourism in the mountains begin?
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b) According to the text, what is the principal way to reduce the negative effects of ecotourism?
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2. Are the following statements true or false? (2 p.)
a) There are still a lot of inaccessible areas in the mountains.
b) Some people are controlling the growth of tourism in their communities.
T/F
T/F
3. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:
a) inexpensive - ...............................
b) increases -
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4. Choose a, b, or c, in each question below. Only one choice is correct. (4 p.)
1. Mass tourism in the mountains ...
a) was a result of World War II.
b) occurred partly because people had more money.
c) helped to improve income and mobility.
2. Nowadays, mountain communities ...
a) are happy to receive money from tourism.
b) see tourism as an impossible problem.
c) are willing to pay well to visit new destinations.
3. Tourism is not necessarily a problem if ...
a) it is integrated into the local culture.
b) it is not accepted by the community but integrated into its culture.
c) it can be avoided, causing minimal impact on the environment.
4. According to the text, we need to ...
a) reduce people's desire to see new places.
b) restrict tourism in rural areas.
c) control the growth of tourism and how it develops.
CZĘŚĆ III – Translation (10 p.)
Przetłumacz poniższy tekst.
Puzzling plastics
Plastic drinks bottles may seem uninspiring but they combine the strength needed to hold a drink, with
the flexibility required not to burst when stuffed into your bag. Behind the unique materials used for
such everyday objects lies the latest research from the very small scale of molecular physics right up to
the large scale of industrial processes. It is the behaviour of the individual molecules in a material that
determines how it behaves as it is processed and moulded', explains Tom McLeish, a physicist at the
University of Leeds. This in turn determines the final properties of the material'. (…)
Most plastics are formed in their molten form flowing into moulds and fibres as liquids. The giant
string-like molecules or polymers that make up these materials interact to form entangled networks as
they are processed, making the behaviour of these molten polymers very complex and hard to predict.
Observing and mapping how these polymers behave is time consuming and expensive', says Tom. A
key challenge is therefore to be able to accurately predict the final properties of a new material from
the basic physical properties of the molecules used to create it'.
(excerpts from the Royal Society materials for students)
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Przykład 2:
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CZĘŚĆ I – Use of English (20 p.)
Wybierz poprawną formę i zakreśl kółkiem.
1. Ann ___ shopping every day.
A is going
B goes
C go
D has gone
2. We haven’t got ___ apples.
A no
B some
C any
D much
3. Look at the clouds! I think it ___ soon.
A is raining
B was raining
C is going to rain
D has been raining
4. Heís an early bird and he ___ gets up late.
A always
B usually
C ever
D seldom
5. She wasn’t at home when the telephone ___
A is ringing
B rings
C has rung
D rang
6. Janet has bought ___ pine furniture for her bedroom.
A a few
B many
C a number of
D some
7. I ___ my dentist tomorrow.
A see
B have seen
D will have seen
C am seeing
8. “Why are you late?” “Because I ___ my bus.”
A lost
B spent
C missed
D escaped
9. ___ has ever treated me like that!
A Someone
B Everyone
D No one
C Anyone
10. Fred’s mother doesn’t let him ___ television for hours.
A to watch
B watch
C watching
D to watching
11. Why ___ you at work yesterday?
A aren’t
B wasn’t
D weren’t
C isn’t
12. Will you move to another country? No, I ___ .
A will
B don’t
C won’t move
D won’t
13. She can sing very ___ .
A more beautiful B beautiful
D more beautifully
C beautifully
14. The police asked if there were any ___ who had seen the crime.
A witnesses
B victims
C juries
D judges
15. As soon as I ___ home, I’ll phone you.
A will get
B got
D would get
C get
16. ‘We can go on holiday next week.’ He explained they could go on holiday ___.
A next week
B the following week
C the week before
D the previous week
17. ___ Liverpool and Manchester are in the north-west of England.
A Either
B Neither
C Each of
D Both
18. Can I ask you where ___ from?
A do you come
B are you
C you come
D did you come
19. The new girl is as quiet ___ a mouse.
A as
B than
C like
D from
20. If we ___ in Spain, I’d support Sevilla.
A live
B would live
C will live
D lived
CZĘŚĆ II – Reading comprehension (10 p.)
Przeczytaj poniższy tekst i wykonaj podane pod nim polecenia.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH
British or American, the language is basically the same, and its global stature is backed up by massive
English-language training programmes, an international business that in textbooks, language courses,
tape cassettes, video programmes and computerized instruction - is worth hundreds of millions of
pounds or dollars to the economies of the US and the UK. The English language is now one of
Britain’s most reliable exports. In the ironic words of the novelist Malcolm Bradbury, it is an ideal
British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts
and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We
call it the English language ...‘ Dr Robert Burchfield, former Chief Editor of the Oxford English
Dictionary, has remarked that ‘any literate, educated person on the face of the globe is deprived if he
does not know English’.
The first level of the global sway of English is to be found in those countries, formerly British
colonies, in which English as a second language has become accepted as a fact of cultural life that
cannot be wished away. In Nigeria, it is an official language; in Zambia, it is recognized as one of the
state languages; in Singapore, it is the major language of government, the legal system and education.
1. Answer the following questions in your own words. (2 p.)
a. Is the teaching of the English language worth a lot of money?
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b. According to the writer, what is the difference between the English language and traditional
industry?
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2. Are the following statements true or false? (2 p.)
a. Dr. R. Burchfield is not the Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
currently.
b. Malcom Bradbury is a novelist that works at an assembly line.
T/F
T/F
3. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to: (2 p.)
a. essentially -
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b. notice -
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4. Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct. (4 p)
1. The English Language
a. has not been accepted in the British colonies.
b. has been accepted in the British colonies.
c. has become obsolete in the British colonies.
2. The English language is an official language
a. in Zambia and Singapore.
b. in Nigeria.
c. in Nigeria and Zambia.
3. Dr. Robert Burchfield
a. is not a novelist.
b. works for the OED.
c. worked for the OED.
4. Who seems to be obliged to know English these days?
a. people who are able to read and write
b. people who are able to write books
c. people with higher education
CZĘŚĆ III – Translation (10 p.)
Przetłumacz poniższy tekst.
Water: A Natural Wonder
(based on excerpts from Chemistry - ACS general chemistry textbook)
“(…..) Before going on, check your understanding of the ideas in this chapter by reviewing these
expected outcomes of your study.
You should be able to:
Describe solids, liquids, and gases in terms of their macroscopic properties and write or draw
molecular-level descriptions that explain these properties. (…)
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Use the periodic table and the atomic shell model to predict trends in atomic size and
electronegativities.
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Describe the relationships among different molecular models and the information that each of
them provides. (...)
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Use intermolecular attractions to predict and/or explain trends in boiling points and energies
of vaporization for a series of compounds whose molecular structures you know or can
determine.
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Use drawings, physical models, and words to describe how the structure of the water
molecule is responsible for the densities of solid and liquid water, the temperature dependence
of the density of liquid water, and the consequences for life on Earth. (…)
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Describe and use energy diagrams to illustrate the direction of energy transfer from one
substance to another when phase changes occur. (…)”
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