Final test on Discourse Analysis and Vocabulary for the nd year students English language the first faculty Total score: Name Group Date test discourse analysis

Task 3. Read contexts 1-5 and underline lexical cohesive devices.
Match the lexical cohesive devices with an appropriate context they occur in.

1.	We were in town today shopping for furniture. We saw a lovely table.	a.	synonyms
2.	A conference will be held on national environmental policy. At this conference the issue of salivation will play an important role.	b.	repetition
3.	A conference will be held on national environmental policy. This environmental symposium will primarily deal with water.	c.	hyponymy
4.	The old movies just don’t do it anymore. The new ones are more appealing.	d.	meronyms
5.	At its six-month checkup, the brakes had to be repaired. In general, however, the car was in good condition.	e.	antonym

1.	2.	3.	4.	5

Write your matched answers in the table below.

Task 4. Choose the appropriate version of the text to be coherent.

4. (1) He was not the first to have the idea of the horseless coach. (2) Henry Ford was a car builder. (3) His Model-T car was the first to be produced on the assembly line. (4)The new system cut the time in which the car was put together from 14 hours to 1 hour and 33 minutes.(5) The Germans Daimler and Benz had invented it, but he was the first to use the assembly line for mass production

1. 
   2,1,5,3,4
   
2. 
   1,2,3,4,5
   
3. 
   5,4,3,2,1
   
4. 
   2,3,1,4,5
   

Vocabulary
Task 5. Choose an appropriate option to complete the context.
1. Deforestation is the destruction of forests and the cutting down the trees on a large scale. As forests are cut down, it affects the atmosphere and _________ as trees play a large part in the water cycle.

1. 
   biodiversity
   
2. 
   ecosystem
   
3. 
   ozone layer
   
4. 
   greenhouse gazes
   

2. Tigers, whales and panda bears are all ________ species due to global warming.

1. 
   endangered
   
2. 
   dangerous
   
3. 
   wild
   
4. 
   extinct
   

3. The two people were very happy at first but recently their marriage appears to be__________________.

1. 
   getting serious
   
2. 
   on the rocks
   
3. 
   a match made in heaven
   
4. 
   puppy love
   

4. As for the future, he says he plans to do what he's doing until he dies, and will know when the right person comes along who can …………… and take table even further. 

1. 
   step into his shoes 
   
2. 
   make a killing
   
3. 
   give a free hand
   
4. 
   headhunted
   

5. Allowing opium traffickers to operate with impunity _........._ them .........to raise money to pay for the arms and fighters battling the afghan army and NATO forces.

1. 
   steps into their shoes 
   
2. 
   makes a killing
   
3. 
   gives a free hand
   
4. 
   rubs shoulders
   

6. After the death of his first wife, mr. Berlind met brook wheeler on a…… date arranged by mutual friends.

1. 
   blind
   
2. 
   deaf
   
3. 
   bold
   
4. 
   private
   

7. Jane was delighted when Matt eventually ………………… .

1. 
   tied the knot
   
2. 
   popped the question.
   
3. 
   played hard to get
   
4. 
   got on like a house on fire
   

8. Similarly, Alabama power company offers financial incentives to private landowners to plant trees …… carbon emissions.

1. 
   to offset
   
2. 
   to produce
   
3. 
   to emit
   
4. 
   to release
   

9. Chose expressions or idioms that mean good relationship.

Select one or more:
󠄀 be on the rocks
󠄀 be on good terms with
󠄀 get on like a house on fire
󠄀 a match made in heaven
󠄀 stormy relationship
Task 6. Read the context and choose an appropriate option (A, B,C or D) to fill the gaps(1-15).


A letter to the editor
Dear Sir,
We are writing to propose that all vehicles should be (1) B from the centre of the city as soon as possible. The amount of (2) from car exhaust fumes is now (3) and we believe that the public must be (4) Apart from this, the streets are crowded (5) cars, and our lives are at (6) when we try to cross the road! There has been a huge (7) in the amount of traffic recently, and the government just seems to put (8) the problem, instead of (9) it. Unless we (10) the traffic problem, and seriously consider some of the (11) , life in our city will become (12) Our organization, Cities for People, has been (13) to make the government do something! We are holding a (14) next week in the city centre, and hope that many people will (15) us.
Yours faithfully,
Abdu Nezire, Secretary, Cities for People
1. A) banned B) stopped C) altered D) removed
2. A) this B) problem C) driving D) pollution
3. A) much B) unbearable C) exceeded D) overcrowded
4 A). saved B) preserved C) protected D) exhausted
5. A) from B) in C) with D) between
6. A) risk B) danger C) urgent D problem
7. A) number B) size C) increased D) growing
8. A) away B) out C) up D) off
9 A) going through B) dealing with C) closing down D) keeping up with
10 A) look for B) make out C) face up to D) come round to
11. A) errors B) solutions C) matters D) suggestions
12 A) uninhabitable B) lifeless C) destruction D) impossible
13 A) set up B) taken after C) looked into D) carried out
14 A) piled up B) riot C) organization D) demonstration
15 A) agree B) join C) increase D) bear

Transfer your answers to the table.

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