EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL

EPS A2 PROGRESS TEST SPECIMEN

Time allowed: 90 minutes

BOOKLET A
Student No: __________ PLEASE COUNT
Name & Surname: ________________________________ THE PAGES
Group: __________ IN YOUR
Exam room number: __________ TEST BOOKLET
( 10 pages)
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE.

1. Leave your ID card on the desk at all times.

2. Turn off and hand-in your mobile phone(s) to the invigilator(s).

3. Write your student number, your name, your group number and the exam
room number on the optic answer sheet.

4. Blacken the booklet type (A / B) and your student number in pencil.

5. Blacken your answers on the optic answer sheet in pencil. ANY ANSWERS
ON THETEST BOOKLET WILL NOT BE SCORED.

6. For the listening section Part 1, write your answers on the question booklet.

7. Use an eraser (rubber) to change your answers on the optic answer sheet.

8. Do not tear or separate the pages of the Test Booklet.

9. Do not use a dictionary or any other material.

10. Do not ask the invigilator(s) any questions about the content of the test.

11. You are not allowed to leave the examination room during the first 30 minutes.

12. On your way out, give all the test materials back to the invigilator(s).

13. Do not talk in the corridors while leaving the building.

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SECTION 1 – LISTENING (ABOUT 13 MINUTES)
Two tasks; (10 questions 0.4 point each)
Part1; gap fill (5 questions)
Part2; multiple-choice (5 questions)

Part 1

 You will hear a telephone conversation about booking a taxi.

 Listen and complete questions 1- 5 with one or two words or a number only.
 You will hear the information twice.
 Now, you have one minute to look at Part I.

ABC TAXI COMPANY

Name of customer: E.g., Harry Todd

Wants to go to: (1) ______________.

Time and day: (2) at ______________ on Saturday.

Customer’s address: (3) 39 ______________ Road.

Phone number: (4) ______________.

Cost of travel: (5) £ ______________.

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Part 2

 You will hear a conversation about a video shop.

 For questions 1-5, listen and choose the correct answers; a, b, or c.
 You will hear the information twice.
 Now, you have one minute to look at Part 2.

E.g., The video shop is _____________________.

a) near a bus station

b) next to a train station
c) opposite a petrol station

1. Each video costs £ _____________________.

a) 1.50
b) 2.00
c) 5.00

2. The video club has a meeting once a _____________________.

a) week
b) month
c) year

3. …

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SECTION 2 – LANGUAGE IN USE (2 points) (12 MINUTES)
(10 questions 0.2 point each)

Instructions: Read the following text and fill in each blank with the correct
alternative

Sally is a mother and a professor at university. Every day she wakes up very early and
she __6__ working. She has got a very busy day. She never has time for her needs but she
has got __7__ exciting hobby. She is very happy with her hobby. Sally is a photographer
and she loves __8__ photos when she has time. She has got a son and a daughter and she
teaches __9__ to take photos. Her children also enjoy this activity very much. It is not
__10__ to do everything at the same time but she works really hard. At the weekend, she
gets ready for her students in her study room.

6. a) employs b) requires c) starts d) chooses

7. a) a b) an c) the d) ---

8. a) take b) takes c) taking d) to taking

9. a) them b) their c) they d) they’re

10. a) rare b) easy c) difficult d) dangerous

11. …

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SECTION 3 – READING (2 points) (30 MINUTES)
(2 texts; multiple choice 10 questions 0.2 point each)

Instructions: Read Text 1 and do the task on the next page.

Text 1

I. Adriana is a famous pop star’s manager. She is from Italy but she lives in Miami,
with her parents. She is 29 years old. She has got one sister and one brother. Her sister,
Carolina, is an Italian teacher and her brother, Enzo, is a musician. Enzo and Carolina
live in Colombia.
II. Adriana gets up very early in the morning. Before breakfast she goes to her
beautiful garden. Her garden is very big. Then she takes a shower and watches the
morning news. Then she meets the singer, James West. She always makes a daily plan
for him. Together, they plan his day. Then she goes to her office. Every day, she meets
with different people. In the meetings they plan the times and places of his concerts. Of
course, they talk about money. After the meetings, she visits his website. He doesn’t
have time to do this. She writes e-mail messages to his listeners and sometimes even
chats with them on the Internet.
III. She comes home in the evening. She never has dinner. She thinks it makes her
fat. She usually has some biscuits and a cup of tea. In the evening, her friends come to
her house. She goes to bed late.
IV. Adriana has a lot of hobbies. She goes jogging three or four evenings a week.
Every weekend, she goes to old people’s home with her friends. They stay there for three
hours. She also likes painting. It relaxes her. In the evenings, she always reads. She
likes books about people and science.

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Instructions: Choose the best alternative according to the information in Text 1.

16. Paragraph II is about Adriana’s ________________.

a) family b) routine
c) the concerts d) hobbies

17. The best title for the text is________________.

a) The Manager of a pop star
b) A Pop star’s life
c) A Pop Star and his manager
d) Who is James West?

18. …

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Instructions: Read Text 2 and do the task on the next page.
Text 2
Computers and the Internet

I. You can do many things on a computer these days. You can calculate very big
numbers very quickly. You can write things and the computer checks them for you. You
can add pictures to texts. You can watch movies, listen to music, and save photographs.
If you have an Internet connection, you can also send mail to people all over the world.
You can shop and find information for your school or job.
II. Millions of people now have e-mail. With e-mail, you can write to people from
all over the world. It is cheap and fast. You can contact anyone you want in a few
minutes. E-mail helps many people with their work. Other people use e-mail for fun.
They write to their family, or they meet people with the same interests.
III. When you use e-mail, you don’t use the telephone, but you need a telephone line.
You write your letter on the computer. Then you tell the computer to send it to an
address. Your computer sends it by telephone line to a big computer. The big computer
then sends it to the small computer at that address.
IV. E-mail is not the only thing you can do on the Internet. You can use the Internet
to find something in a library in any country in the world. Your computer connects to the
computer at the library. Then you can ask the library to send you information about their
books and newspapers. The information travels by Internet to your computer. Then you
can read it whenever you want.
V. Another way to use the Internet is through the World Wide Web (WWW).
Companies, universities, and cities have sites on the WWW so you can learn about them.
There is a lot of information, and often, there are pictures, too. You can use the WWW
before you travel: Ask your computer to find sites about hotels or museums in a city. Or
you can ask about the sites for companies: you need information before you do business
with them.

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Instructions: Read Text 2 and match each paragraph (I-V) with the correct
question (a-f). The first one is an example (e.g., I – b). There is one extra question.
* Sometimes you may match the paragraphs with headings.

e.g. Paragraph I b_ a) How can you find information about companies?

21. Paragraph II ____ b) What can you do with computers?
22. Paragraph III ____ c) How can you check libraries in another country?
23. Paragraph IV ____ d) How does a telephone work?
24. Paragraph V ____ e) Why do people use e-mail?
25. … f) How does e-mail work?

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SECTION 4 - WRITING (2 points) (35 MINUTES)

Instructions: Choose ONE of the topics below and write a paragraph of about 100-
120 words. Your paragraph will be graded according to content, communication,
use of vocabulary and grammar. Use linkers when necessary.

TOPICS
1) This is a part of an e-mail you received from your friend. Now write an
e-mail and give some information about the things s/he wants to know.

Hi dear… In your next e-mail can you tell me about your

favourite teacher? Please write me all the details about him/her.
Appearance, personality, hobbies, etc…

OR

2) This is a part of an e-mail you received from your friend. Now write an
e-mail to your friend and answer his/her questions.

Hi dear… In your next e-mail can you tell me about the EMU
library? Write me all the details about it. Location, staff,
facilities, etc…