“Vasil Karagyozov” Foreign Language School, Yambol; School Year: 2023/2024; Variant A

Entry Test – English – 11th grade; Name: ______________________________, Grade: ______, №: ______
Listening
Ex. 1 Listen and complete the sentences with a short word or phrase. _____/8p.
1. British illusionist Derren Brown didn’t think that luck was a _______________, but he wanted to test his theory.
2. Film-maker Dawn O’Porter helped him to create a _______________ about a lucky statue in a small English
town.
3. Most people said they’d heard about it because they didn’t want to seem _______________.
4. People began to visit the statue and they were _______________ for good luck.
5. Slowly, the _______________ of the town began to change.
6. Local butcher Wayne Stansfield strongly believed that he would always be _______________.
7. Derren Brown’s admission that the lucky dog was a hoax came _______________ to people who’d believed in
it.
8. Amazingly, the town’s _______________ continued, even after they knew the truth.
Reading
Ex. 2 Read texts A–C and match them with the statements _____/8p.
Global catastrophe is one of Hollywood’s best-loved themes, but how realistic are disaster film scenarios?
A A sudden climate change
In the film The Day after Tomorrow, a weather circulation system over the Atlantic referred to by scientists as
AMOC shuts down. This plunges Europe and North America into a sudden and severe ice age. The film was put
down as rubbish by scientists at the time of release in 2004, but a new study by the University of Southampton and
the Max Planck Institute is making people reconsider. Using sophisticated climate modelling programs, researchers
calculated that climate change caused by carbon emissions could indeed cause AMOC to shut down – cooling the
planet instead of warming it for a period of about 20 years. What is unrealistic in the film, however, is the speed
and severity with which this happens. However badly climate affects AMOC, it won’t happen in the way depicted
in the film.
B A zombie attack
Films such as Resident Evil and The Walking Dead portray embattled heroes fighting for their lives against a plague
of killer zombies. Whatever Hollywood says, it’s impossible for dead people to rise up from the grave. But could
some future disease infect people and control their minds, turning them violent? Worryingly, some biologists think
so. Some mind-controlling diseases already exist, such as the parasite toxoplasmosis. This makes mice lose their
fear of cats – the parasite needs the mouse to be eaten by the cat in order to complete its life cycle. Interestingly,
human studies show that whoever becomes infested with toxoplasmosis tends to become bolder and take more
risks. Another virus already exists which causes people to become violent, and even bite others: rabies. Luckily,
rabies is difficult to get, but viruses evolve over time and change. If one day rabies became as infectious as flu, it
would be time to arm yourself and lock the doors!
C A meteorite impact
Asteroid impacts are another favourite Hollywood theme – with blockbuster featuring planet-killing rocks that
hurtle towards Earth, only to meet their match in a heroic astronaut like Bruce Willis in Armageddon or Robert
Duvall in Deep Impact. Those tough-taking, good-looking heroes always manage to save us, only to die themselves
after a suitably moving farewell. The fact is that Earth has been hit by many big asteroids in the past – and will be
again. A huge asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, causing worldwide destruction. So the big
question is, when will this happen again? What astronomers know is that there are millions of asteroids out there. A
really big one could hit us at almost any time – but statistically it isn’t likely for thousands of years. By that time
scientists hope to have figured out a way to deal with them – either destroying the asteroid or changing its orbit so
it flies harmlessly past Earth.
Which text mentions …
1. something which can change people’s behaviour? _____
2. criticism of a film by scientists? _____
3. a huge disaster which took place a long time ago? _____
4. something which may become more dangerous one day? _____
5. the fact that a film has exaggerated something? _____
6. the typical ending of a plot? _____
7. new evidence that a theory may be correct?
8. the low probability that something will happen soon? _____
Grammar and Vocabulary
Ex. 3 Choose the correct words to complete the text. _____/8p.
Is it possible that there are intelligent aliens somewhere out there, on a distant planet far from Earth? 1_____ we’ve
learnt about the universe in the last few decades certainly suggests 2_____. The question is, will any of them ever
visit Earth? And what would happen if they did? SETI is a scientific organisation 3_____ searches for intelligent
alien life. A division of SETI 4_____ the Post Detection Task Force has plans in place for that to do in the event of
alien contact. These basically involve contacting the United Nations and scientific agencies, sharing data, and
working out how to respond. The military would be the last 5_____ involved. The thinking behind this is simple:
any aliens who actually manage to cross light-years of interstellar space and get here 6_____ developed technology
that is far more advanced than ours. 7_____ weapons they have will be incomparably better than ours, so
attempting to fight them would be futile. At the end of the day, 8_____ we can hope is that any aliens who do visit
us will turn out to be friendly – more like the gentle creatures in the film Arrival than the killers of Independence
Day.

1 A) Which B) That C) What D) It

2 A) they are B) such C) them D) so
3 A) it B) which C) for D) what
4 A) is named B) to be named C) named D) they named
5 A) we B) to C) to be D) as
6 A) will be B) must have C) had D) are
7 A) Whenever B) Whichever C) However D) Whatever
8 A) it B) all C) so D) that
Ex. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets._____/5p.
1. He gave us a detailed ___________ (describe) of how the accident happened.
2. We enjoyed the ___________ (warm) of the ski hut at night.
3. ___________ (luck), we didn’t get caught cheating.
4. There were a lot of ___________ (meaning) parts that she did not understand.
5. John never reads newspapers, only ___________ (medicine) literature.
Ex. 5 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. _____/7p.
1. He really wanted to avoid meeting his ex-girlfriend.
What ___________________________________________________________________________________
2. The newspapers said we shouldn’t drink tap water for at least three days.

The newspapers warned_____________________________________________________________________

3. They ran out of petrol because they didn’t stop during the journey.
If they ___________________________________________________________________________________
4. It was the first time I had gone without sleep for two days.
Never ____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Any holiday company you go with is going to charge over £200 for the journey.
Whichever ________________________________, they ___________________________________________
6. Scientists all round the world say that Professor Taylor is the top expert on global warming.
It is ______________________________________________________________________________________
7. I think your idea about getting a takeaway is better.
I’d ______________________________________________________________________________________
Ex. 6 Complete the sentences with the correct words._____/8p.
1 Kate _______ about how good she was and it was quite a let-down when she came third!
A) boasted B) claimed C) warned D) maintained
2 The _______ of the discussion was that we agreed to take turns doing the dishes.
A) due B) rise C) upshot D) charge
3 Simon always _______ me for things he knows full well are his own mistakes.
A) accuses B) suggests C) reports D) forgives
4 The Diploma is _______ as the best qualification in this particular field of study.
A) considered B) seen C) reported D) studied
5 We don’t _______ them to arrive any later than 11.00.
A) anticipate B) expect C) predict D) welcome
6 The beggar _______ all round the town in the freezing cold for two hours before being taken to hospital.
A) strolled B) strutted C) traipsed D) waltzed
7 There was no way I could eat the steak – it was practically _______ .
A) raw B) tough C) stale D) overripe
8 Jenny’s older brother seems to _______ pleasure in making her cry.
A) come B) do C) put D) take

Excellent (6) – 40p. – 44p.

Very Good (5) – 33p. – 39p.
Good (4) – 26p. – 32p.
Satisfactory (3) – 22p. – 25p.
Poor (2) – 0p. – 21p. Total score: _____/44p.; Mark: __________________________