I du english Entrance Examination October 30th, 2021 idu english Entrance Examination October 30

I DU English Entrance Examination
October 30th, 2021

IDU English Entrance Examination
October 30^th, 2021

Version 30.10.21.E

No dictionaries are allowed
There are 9 pages in this paper
All questions are compulsory


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USE of ENGLISH
Read the following texts and fill in the blanks by choosing correct answers.

When people live in the countryside, they can grow their own food, but in the city food has to be brought from (1) …, meaning a greater need for fuel-burning trucks and trains.

1. 
   A) out of B) into C) inside D) outside
   

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of overweight children in recent years, leading to many health problems (2) … usually affect older people. To improve the health of children, it is (3) …. to find out the reasons for this increase.

2. 
   A) that B) this C) those D) these
   
3. 
   A) efficient B) expansive C) important D) imported
   

Architecture is something that exists in (4) … country in the world. Buildings that manage to survive from the past tell people in the present a great deal of information (5) … the people who used them.

4. 
   A) every B) many C) all D) another
   
5. 
   A) of B) on C) by D) about
   

The Lake District is a mountainous area in the north-west of England, and it has some of England’s most beautiful scenery. Some admiring visitors called it “A paradise of mountain scenery and magical light”. Picturesque lakes lie in deep hollows dug out by the glacier which (6) … Britain during the Ice Age. Green hills, herds of sheep, and solitary farms scattered here and there are typical of this remote and (7) … beautiful part of England.
The Lake District is a National Park, which means that special care is taken to make sure that the beauty of the countryside is not spoiled. The people who are (8) … for preserving the Lake District’s natural beauty are members of National Trust. It is a public organization, which is financed by (9) … ordinary people. The Trust was set up in 1895 by three people (10) … thought that industrialization could spoil the countryside and ancient buildings of England and Wales. The National Trust members constantly keep an eye on famous gardens, whole villages, farms, windmills and watermills, lakes and hills, abbeys, prehistoric and Roman antiques.

6. 
   A) covers B) covered C) has covered D) is covered
   
7. 
   A) surprising B) surprise C) surprisingly D) surprised
   
8. 
   A) responsible B) responsive C) restricted D) removing
   
9. 
   A) the B) --- C) these D) an
   
10. 
    A) who B) whose C) which D) whom
    

There are two significant influences of American education which give it its present character, its size and its great variety at (11) …levels. The first influence is legal, or governmental. The second is cultural. The United States does not have a national system of education. Education is considered to be a matter for the people of each state. Although there is a federal Department of Education, its function is merely to gather information, to advise, and to help (12) … certain educational programs. As a result, each of the 50 state legislatures is free to determine its own system for its own public schools. Each state sets whatever basic, minimal (13) … for teaching and teachers it judges to be appropriate.
The major result of this unusual situation is that there is an enormous amount of variety and flexibility in elementary, secondary, and higher education throughout the nation. For example, in about two-thirds of the states, (14) … schools are free to choose any teaching materials or textbooks, which they think are appropriate. In the remaining states, only such teaching materials may be used in public schools which (15) … by the state boards of education.

11. 
    A) every B) little C) all D) much
    
12. 
    A) finance B) financing C) financed D) finances
    
13. 
    A) requirements’ B) requirements C) requirement’s D) requirement
    
14. 
    A) locality B) locate C) locally D) local
    
15. 
    A) have been approved B) had approved C) have approved D) was being approved