ENG 101 – DT – 2016/2017 Academic Year
ENG 101 – DIAGNOSTIC TASK (10 pts) Section: ________
Name: ___________________________________ Grade: _________
PART 1. Read the sentences below and fill in the gaps by choosing an appropriate linking word
below. (0.5 pts each)
furthermore otherwise since due to inspite of
instead of although however unlike
1._________________ the huge crowd waiting to see the president, the police took very strict security
measures in the square. Even the newspaper reporters had difficulty in broadcasting their programs
and 2._________________ their repeated attempts, they failed to interview the president. Therefore,
the citizens expecting to hear an explanation about the recent terrorist attacks in the city center
couldn’t hear anything. 3.___________________, none of the representatives of the government
interviewed the media, which left the public with lots of questions in mind. 4.___________________
other countries, the policy of security for the politicians was exaggerated because in most countries,
this is not the case for most politicians as they even walk in public places without such strict measures.
therefore as well as furthermore as a result of
however otherwise despite although
It is so easy for scientific advances to cause problems. For instance, nuclear energy sounded wonderful
when it was first developed, because of its expected low cost 5.___________________ lack of
pollution. Safety was a concern and was taken seriously so careful precautions were usually taken.
6.______________, nothing is perfect, including safety systems, and when problems do happen, the
consequences are extremely serious. 7.__________________ actual operation of a nuclear reactor
produces little visible pollution, disposal of the radioactive materials that are produced is extremely
difficult and expensive. 8. ____________________, many governments have stopped planning to build
more nuclear reactors. This example clearly shows that the miracle of yesterday may become the
disaster of tomorrow. Not every scientific advance has the expected result.
Total: _________/4
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PART 2: Fill in the blanks with the best alternative from the box. Do not change the form of words.
There are more words than you need. (0.5 pts. each)
cognitive legitimate congruent grasp motive
drain exploit explicit ultimate
manipulate consent wisdom retrieve
1. Teachers cannot let their students join the school trips without their parent’s _____________
as they are responsible for any kind of problem or danger.
2. If a student doesn’t have a/an ____________ reason to his being late to the exam, he will not
be given a make-up exam.
3. In spite of all the efforts of the police and the detectives, the ____________ for the attack is still
unknown.
4. Mass media has the potential to _____________ public opinion by shaping everything people
read, hear and watch.
5. The new TV companies try to fully ____________ the potential of satellite transmission.
6. Some students don’t fully _____________ the importance of development and justification of
ideas in their essays, which causes them to have immature statements.
7. If _____________ instructions are not given in the exam, students might not fully understand
the tasks.
8. All of those societies had political and social ideologies that were _______________ with their
economic realities.
Total: _________/4
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PART 3: Read the paragraphs below and write (T) next to the true inferences, (F) next to the false
ones and (NI) next to the statements if there is no such information in the text. (0.25 pt each)
1. At his death in 1971, trumpeter Louis Armstrong was much loved as a celebrity. Yet as a musician, he
no longer commanded wide respect among the general public. To most people, he was the man with
the toothy smile who made occasional appearances in television and movies usually singing what had
become his signature songs "Hello, Dolly" and "It's a Wonderful World." Jazz enthusiasts, however, had
another take on the passing of Louis Armstrong. To them he was the New Orleans-born musician who
had, along with Bix Beiderbecke, introduced the solo to jazz. With records like "Struttin' with Some
Barbecue," "I'm not Rough," and "Potato Head Blues," Louis became the first great jazz influence. As
music critic Terry Teachout has written, Louis Armstrong was "the player other players copied." Still, at
his death, few really knew what Louis had accomplished. In his honor, radio and television broadcasts
played "Hello Dolly," not "West-End Blues," his 1928 recording that starts off with what may be the
most famous horn solo in jazz.
a. _____ Louis Armstrong was loved as a trumpeter but not as a musician.
b. _____ At his death, Louis Armstrong was a beloved celebrity whose spectacular achievements were
not even known by many people.
c. _____ Devoted jazz fans regarded him as a great jazz influence who contributed to solo jazz, as well
d. _____ Louis Armstrong was not seen frequently as a celebrity figure because he din’t like starring in
movies or appearing on TV.
2. During the great depression of the 1930s, unemployment affected as much as twenty-five percent of
the labor force. Today’s federal system of social welfare programs did not exist then, so the families of
the most unemployed went hungry. Since that time, we have progressed both in maintaining higher
levels of employment and in providing support service to the unemployed. However, unemployment is
still a threat in certain industries and for certain groups, especially among minority youth first entering
the labor force. Unemeployment is a waste of human resources, and represents a drain on public
budgets and on the life savings of individual families.
a. _____ Unemployment caused many hardships for families during the great depression
b. _____ Figures for today’s unemployment are higher than in the 1930s
c. _____ Unemployment is a special threat to the people working in the food industry
d. _____ Human resource is not exploited due to unemployment
Total: _________/2
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PART 4: Read the paragraphs below and identify the irrelevant sentence in each of them by circling
its number. (1 pt each)
A. (1) Getting through a day without being exposed to the media would be unthinkable. (2) Both
directly and indirectly the media have a deep effect on our daily lives. (3) What we eat, what we buy,
what we do, even what we think is influenced by the media. (4) Yet, the question is whether what the
media provides us with, can always be good and revealing. (5) According to one study, %64 of the
American public turns on television for most of its news.
B. (1) Poverty is not primarily hereditary. (2) While children born into poverty have higher than
average chance of ending up poor, there is still an enormous amount of economic mobility from one
generation to the next. (3) In this way many parents work to ensure that their children will enjoy easier
lives. (4) In fact, there is nearly as much economic inequality among brothers as in the general
population. (5) This means that inequality is recreated anew in each generation, even among those
who start life in essentially identical circumstances
C. (I) Modern Bergama is a sleepy agricultural market town in the midst of a well-watered plain. (II)
There has been a town here since Trojan times. (III) Of Bergama’s four main tourist attractions, only the
museum is in center of the town. (IV) However, it was during the period between Alexander the Great
and the Roman domination that Bergama, then called Pergamum, enjoyed its greatest prosperity. (V)
At that time, it became one of the Middle East’s richest and most powerful small kingdoms.
Total: _________/3
PART 5: Insert the right sentence in the following paragraphs to make them coherent. (1 pt each)
1. Archeologists have a duty, both to colleagues and to the general public, to explain what they are
doing and why. __________. Further, their work can also be enjoyed by the wider public which, after
all, has usually paid the bill for the work, however indirectly.
A. Up to 60% of modern excavations apparently remain unpublished.
B. They often prefer to dig new sites rather than devote time to laborious post excavations analysis.
C. Many projects depend upon the willing hands of amateur enthusiasts.
D. However, some archeologists hoard their finds and prevent colleagues from gaining access to them.
E. Basically, this means publishing the discoveries so that the results are available to other scholars.
2. Well into the 1860s the American West remained divided from the East by the harsh nature of the
country’s interior. __________. Their aim was to build a railroad across the formidable mountains
lands of Sierra Nevada. They were ridiculed on all sides, but the ambitious enterprise eventually
succeeded.
A. Their high-flying goal comes with similarly steep challenges.
B. Top engineers had agreed that the Sierra Nevada could not be crossed by road or rail
C. Naturally, politicians were not in favor of uniting East and West.
D. Then four merchants began raising money to fund a seemingly impossible project.
E. The high peaks of the Sierra Nevada were acknowledged as being impassable.
Total: _________/2
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PART 6: Write a well-organized reaction – response paragraph of 150-200 words on the given
quotation below. (5 pts )
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
Andy Warhol
Total: _________/5
