Fakulta humanitních studií

Zpráva o průběhu přijímacího řízení pro akademický rok 2004/05

 

studijní program B7310– Filologie, obor 7310R189 Anglický jazyk pro hospodářskou praxi

 

 

A)    Kritéria pro vyhodnocení výsledků přijímacího řízení:

 

Uchazeči o studium musí úspěšně absolvovat přijímací zkoušku skládající se ze dvou částí: písemné a ústní. Písemná část je zaměřena na testování řečových dovedností: poslechu, čtení, psaní a znalosti lexikálně gramatických struktur.

Na základě bodového hodnocení písemné části bude 80 nejúspěšnějších  uchazečů v každém oboru pozváno k ústní zkoušce, jež má prokázat relevantní komunikativní kompetenci, kulturní a politicko-hospodářský přehled dané jazykové oblasti a zájem o zvolený obor uchazečů.

Kriteriem pro přijetí uchazečů ke studiu je pořadí, jehož dosáhli součtem bodového ohodnocení  obou částí přijímací zkoušky. Do každého z oborů bude přijato 40 uchazečů s nejvyšším počtem bodů.

 

počet variant  testu                        -                     1

doba na vypracování                     -                  80 min.

nejlepší možný výsledek               -                100 bodů

 

B. Test k přijímacím zkouškám

(1) Reading

Read the texts below carefully and answer the questions on the following page

Two Book Reviews

“We Are Lincoln Men”: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends by David Herbert Donald                              (Simon & Schuster; $25)

 

Following up on his well-received 1995 biography, Lincoln, Pulitzer Prize winner David Herbert Donald offers an intriguing but sometimes dry look at a little-known side of the 16th president.

 

It’s remarkable that Donald found any material at all on this topic, since he admits at the outset that Abraham Lincoln had “difficulty in making, and in holding, intimate friends.” Yet he manages to tell the stories of six men—former roommate Joshua Speed, law partner William Herndon, Illinois senator Orville Browning, Secretary of State William Seward, and personal secretaries John Nicolay and John Hay. All served as sounding boards, encouragement, and confidants at some point in Lincoln’s life, each touching on different parts of his personality.

 

Speed’s smooth sophistication revealed Lincoln’s social inadequacies. When Lincoln passed over his buddy Browning three times for Supreme Court appointments, he showed himself to be, in Illinois governor Richard Oglesby’s words, “the warm friend of few men, but . . . the true friend of Mankind.”

 

Lincoln tended to be self-contained, Donald writes, and his failure to reciprocate affection cut off the possibility of long-lasting relationships. Herndon said he could “read [Lincoln’s] secrets and his ambitions,” but even after 25 years, the man was still a “profound mystery.”

 

The book adds a more-human dimension to the president we thought we knew. But for an exploration into friendship, its digressions into his romantic interests and sexual orientation seem little more than attempts to liven up a bland narrative. Nevertheless, Donald’s research will encourage readers to consider the importance of a president’s friends—not just advisers—during his most difficult days.

 

—Juliana Chan

 

 

 

The Unburdened Heart: Five Keys to Forgiveness and Freedom by Mariah Burton Nelson (HarperSanFrancisco, $22).

 

Washington author Nelson has moved far afield from her identity as a sportswriter with this well-researched, honest, and inspiring book. Whether the grudges we carry are the result of violence, infidelity, or the smaller missteps of daily life, Nelson believes the way to an open heart is to forgive those who have wronged us—and here’s the rub: to do it whether they ask us to or not. “As a forgiver,” she writes, “you add goodness to the world and can in turn enjoy that feeling of generosity. In that state of mind, you’re likely to feel not only healthier but also more forgiving of other human mistakes, including your own.”

 

Nelson is no Pollyanna advocating denial or turning the other cheek. The victim of sexual abuse by a coach when she was a teenager, she explains that the first key to forgiving is awareness that an offense occurred and had consequences. Each of the other keys—validation, compassion, humility, and self-forgiveness—is likewise grounded in the knowledge that there was reason to be hurt; otherwise, there’d be no reason to forgive.

 

“Forgivers release themselves from the victim identity,” Nelson writes, “from forever being tied to the offender. Rather than staying defeated, they start thinking of themselves as powerful, effective, creative.” Nelson, a former college and pro athlete, knows something about defeat and victory. Her book gives self-help a good name.

 

—William O’Sullivan    

    

Questions:

True or False (each is worth 2 points):

 

1.)  ___F__   For a quarter of a century, Lincoln was a profound mystery to his friends.

 

2.)  ___T__   For Nelson, the principal key to forgiveness is to understand the implications of

  a harmful event that occurred to you.

 

3.)  ___T__  Partly given of her sporting and sport-writing career, Nelson has a good

  understanding of the harmfulness of holding grudges.

 

4.)  ___F__   Though often self-contained, Lincoln assisted his friends with career moves.

 

5.)  ___F__   Lincoln was always a friend of Mankind in general, but never a warm friend to

  individuals.

 

6.)  ___F__  After years of research, Lincoln’s biographer feels that he can now grasp

  Lincoln’s secrets and ambitions.

 

 

Multiple-Choice (each is worth 2 points):

 

7.)  ___B__   Lincoln was described in Donald’s biography as all of the following except:

                          a.)  Lincoln had difficulty making intimate friends

                          b.)  Lincoln had a dry sense of humor

                          c.)  Lincoln’s lack of reciprocity in friendship made his friendships shortlived

                          d.)  Lincoln might have had homosexual tendencies

 

8.)  ___D__   Which of the following is a true statement (according to Nelson):

                          a.)  The victim’s identity should be kept private

                          b.)  Nelson’s five keys are described as profoundly mysterious

                          c.)  Generosity is a quality that all victims possess

                          d.)  Forgiveness can also bring physical benefits

 

9.) ___C__  Which of the following is a true statement (according to Donald):

                          a.)  Lincoln’s self contained a more human dimension which is not displayed

  in this book

                          b.)  Lincoln’s ambitions were a profound mystery

                          c.)  Lincoln used his more intimate friends as people to share his ideas with,

  to gain encouragement from, and to tell his more intimate emotions

  and ideas

                          d.)  Despite his smooth sophistication, Lincoln revealed social inadequacies

 

10.) ___C__  In O’Sullivan’s review, “rub” in the phrase “and here’s the rub” means:

  a.) consideration

  b.) caress

  c.) difficulty

  d.) relief

 

 

(2) Vocabulary

 

Part 1

Underline the word which is closest in meaning to the first three words in each line.

 

1) ESCORT, LEAD, GUIDE                           exalt, steer, extend, acclaim

 

2) ANALYSIS, INVESTIGATION, PROBE   enquiry, situation, caution, speculation

 

3) CONFINED, IMPRISONED, JAILED        sparing, despotic, stifling, captive

 

4) PLEASE, SATISFY, GRATIFY                  hinder, gladden, vex, mingle

 

 

Part 2

Choose and circle the correct word in each of the following sentences.

 

5) Only few owners are (indifferent / disattached) to the problems of their beloved pets.

 

6) In the heart of Antarctica, nothing (sounds / stirs) as up on this great white plateau, life has no foothold.

 

7) Peter gave us an interesting (account / outline) of his trip when he returned.

 

8) Wherever there is a flu (breakout / outbreak), doctors are kept very busy.

 

9) The painting bears a (striking / comparable) resemblance to El Greco’s early works.

 

 

Part 3

Choose the word which best completes the sentence. Circle a, b, c or d.

 

10) The __________ state exists in order to provide free education and health care to the less well-off.

a) social          

b) benefit        

c) welfare      

d) nanny

 

11) I don’t think there’s a __________ of truth in what either defendant said.

a) gust             

b) grain          

c) shred          

d) touch

 

12) In a multiple-choice exercise it’s sometimes easier to __________ the wrong answers before choosing the correct one.

a) dismiss        

b) obliterate    

c) eliminate   

d) omit

 

13) The children  __________ round the fire to keep warm.

a) cloistered    

b) grouped      

c) huddled      

d) tucked

 

14) It is very easy for the undereducated to be __________ by slick-talking salesmen.

a) put aside     

b) put up         

c) taken away             

d) taken in

 

 

Part 4

Underline an incorrectly used word in each sentence. Then write the correct words in the spaces on the right.

 

Here is the remote control, see what is on the other programme.          15) ___channel______

 

I must visit your new house sometimes when I am in York.      16) __sometime_____

 

I’d better be happy than rich.                                                              17) ____rather______

 

 

Part 5

For each of the numbered gaps, suggest a word the meanings of which are listed below.

 

18) _crack___ (can be a verb or a noun)       

1. line where something breaks                                    

2. narrow opening                                           

3. short loud noise                                                       

4. to solve a problem                                       

5. to hit a part of body hard                  

 

19) __ring___ (can be a verb or a noun)                   

1. jewellery item

2. to make a loud sound

3. to phone somebody

4. to surround somebody

5. a group involved in some activity

 

20) __end_____ (can be a verb or a noun)

1. opposite place

2. reason/aim

3. place furthest out

4. to reach a final point

5. final part

 

 

(3) Grammar Structures

 

A.     Key word transformation

For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible to the original sentence, but using the word given. This word cannot be altered in any way.

 

1.  I really must go to the dentist.                                                                                          time

 

2.  I applied for the job because my father encouraged me.                                                      if

 

3.  „If I were you, Tom, I´d look for a new job,“ said Bill.                                            adviced

 

4.  Anne wished she hadn´t spent so much money.                                                       regretted

 

5.  It is forbidden to smoke in cinema.                                                                                   you

 

6.  John had his eyes tested last week.                                                                               John´s

 

7.  It is believed that the actor walked out because of the director.                                          to

 

 

B.     Multiple choice – verb forms

Read the text below and decide which verb form A, B, C or D, best fits each space. Circle it.

 

Garry Weare needs no introduction to backpackers who go trekking in northern India. He has been organising adventure holidays there for 25 years and …1… one of the leading guidebooks.

Unlike neighbouring Nepal, no-one was doing treks of more than a few days in the Indian Himalayas. Garry thought it …2… nice to organise something a bit longer. His efforts …3… by an ability to get on with some key local people, and in 1981 when, quite by chance, he met Tony Wheeler, the founder of the Lonely Planet series of guidebooks, he …4… trekking trips in Northern India for six years.Tony had already published a book on trekking in Nepal. He thought there …5… a possibility of doing something similar on northern India. As Garry recalls: “We seemed to get on quite well and six months later we were talking about the book. It took something like six years before the first edition …6… out though!“

 

1. A) wrote                  B) had written              C) writes                                 D) has written

2. A) was                    B) would be                C) had been                            D) will be

3. A) are aided B) would be aided       C) would have been aided       D) were aided

4. A) has run                B) has been running      C) had been running  D) ran

5. A) might be