Mustereinstufungstest Universität Passau Sprache: Englisch

Mustereinstufungstest Universität Passau
Sprache: Englisch
Studiengänge: B.A. Kulturwissenschaft
B.A. / M.A. European Studies
Lehramt
Magister
Arbeitszeit: 90 Minuten
Hilfsmittel: keine
Empfohlene Lektüre: jede gute einschlägige Grammatik aus der
Sekundarstufe!
Weitere Empfehlungen:
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
Freese, Holger. Englisch Vorsicht Fehler! 200 Typische Englisch-Fehler
Erkennen und Vermeiden. München: Mentor, 1996.
A) Tenses
Gezeichnet Charles Madsen / Paul Davies
12.09.2005

Each time only ONE answer is correct!
(1) ......... a car when you were living in Montreal?
A Did you have
B Had you
C Were you having
D Have you had
(2) While I ......... TV, the phone ........ .
A was watching ......... rang
B watched ......... was ringing
C was watching ......... was ringing
D watched ......... rang
(3) Can I get you some more wine or ..... enough?
A do you have
B have you had
C had you had
D had you
(4) If I ..... a million dollars, I ..... at least half of it to the poor.
A should win ..... could donate
B won ..... would donate
C would win ..... would donate
D won ..... donate
(5) Next year, Ted and Amy ......... for twenty-five years.
A would be married
B will have been married
C are married
D will be marrying
(6) You really ..... me when you ..... me you never wanted to eat ice cream again.
A surprised ..... have told
B have surprised ..... told
C surprised ..... told
D had surprised ..... have been telling

(7) —It was a great class this morning and you ......... . Why didn‘t you?—
A must have come
B ought to have come
C had to come
D will have come
(8) According to Christian belief, Christ ..... on the third day after his death.
A raised
B rise
C rose
D risen
(9) It wasn‘t my first game of tennis. I ......... many times before.
A had played
B did play
C have played
D was playing
(10) Cynthia didn‘t feel well so she ..... down on the bed and took a nap.
A lied
B lay
C lain
D laid
B) ”-ing‘ and the infinitive
Each time only ONE answer is correct!
(11) You can‘t stop us ......... what we want.
A to do
B that I do
C do
D from doing
(12) Although I gave up smoking five years ago, I don‘t think I‘ll ever get used ......... .
A to not smoke
B not smoking
C not smoke
D to not smoking

(13) Are you ..... forward ..... to Canada again?
A looking ..... to go
B looking ..... to going
C looking ..... going
D look ..... going
(14) I‘m sure you‘ll have no ..... a job after graduating
A difficulty to find
B difficulty finding
C difficulties find
D difficulties to find
(15) ..... for somewhere to stay the night for three hours, we just gave up.
A Looking
B Having looked
C We looked
D After we have looked
C) Prepositions
Each time only ONE answer is correct!
(16) Why didn‘t you listen ......... the soccer game ......... the radio?
A to ......... with
B through ......... over
C to ......... on
D on ......... in
(17) —Who‘s that woman ......... the front row of the cinema?“
A on the photograph at
B at the photograph in
C in the photograph at
D in the photograph in
(18) —Welcome ......... our country! When did you arrive ......... Britain?“
A in ......... to
B through ......... at
C to ......... in
D into ......... from

(19) There has been an increase ......... unemployment recently yet tax cuts for the rich are
definitely NOT a solution ......... the problem.
A in ......... to
B of ......... for
C from ......... to
D in ......... on
(20) —Have you read any books ......... Agatha Christie?— —Yes - in fact, I love to read them
......
a bus.“
A from ......... in
B by ......... on
C of ......... into
D by ......... in
(21) We live ......... a tower block, and our flat is ......... the fifteenth floor.
A on ......... in
B at ......... from
C by ......... into
D in ......... on
(22) If you‘re worried about your grades in Spanish, you really should do something ..... it.
A against
B towards
C about
D from
(23) —Does anyone have any more questions ……… the text we‘ve just read?“
A to
B at
C on
D through

(D) English in Use
Complete the following text by inserting ONE word of your choice (and only one word!) in
each of the gaps.
For the latest edition of AA Hotels and Restaurants in Britain and Ireland, the AA questioned
2,000 hotels about the way their guests behave. The survey proves, the AA says, that the
(24) ……… the hotel‘s star rating, the greater its bill for thieving guests. Brian Sack, partner
of the Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel on Unswater, noticing a guest with three ashtrays in
her handbag, deftly (25) ……… two of them with the gentle reproof that one should be
enough.
Thefts (26) ……… from the petty: TV remote control batteries, light
(27) ………,
room numbers and fire assembly notices, through the curious: a single strip of wallpaper and
a picture of Miss World 1988, to the major: grandfather clocks, a grand piano, two beds, a
stuffed bear, a dance floor carpet and a complete (28) ……… of onions taken from the garden
of the Longueville Manor hotel in Jersey. Things guests (29) ……… behind include false
teeth, glass eyes, wigs, a sack of snakes and a box of poisonous spiders.
Some hotels suffered quite serious (30) ……… . One had its front door kicked down
by three soldiers who had been (31) ……… out. At the Seckford Hall Hotel in Suffolk, a
sleepwalking guest wrenched a radiator off the wall, (32) ……… rooms. One manager
(33) ……… —my nose“ (34) ……… under items which had been broken. Room service (35)
……… included jam sandwiches and fillet steak for a dog, fried eggs and ice cream, and
chocolate sauce.
Hoteliers said that some guests‘ complaints were ridiculous. Bad weather (36) ………
offence though other natural phenomena that (37) ……… guests included birdsong and the
sound of the sea. One guest at the Seacrest Hotel in Hampshire complained to the tourist
board about a hurricane that had (38) ……… him awake. The roof of the hotel had blown off.
From The Times

E) Sentence Transformations
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do NOT change the word given! Here is an example:
—If I were you, Jane, I‘d take an umbrella and a raincoat“ said Annabel.
advised
Annabel ………………………………………………………. an umbrella and a raincoat.
correct = . . . advised Jane to take . . .
(39) You must do exactly what the manager tells you.
carry
You must ……………………………………………………… instructions exactly.
(40) The switchboard operator connected me to the manager.
put
I was …………………………………………………………………………. the manager.
(41) Maria said I had caused the accident.
blamed
Maria …………………………………………………………………………. the accident.
(42) This is the most amusing book I‘ve ever read.
amusing
I‘ve never read ………………………………………………………………… one before
(43) You‘re like another person I‘ve met here recently.
else
You remind …………………………………………………………… I‘ve met here recently.
(44) Ingrid has become confident as a result of her success.
turned
Ingrid‘s success has ……………………………………………………………….. person.

(45) Paul often gets angry for no reason.
lose
Paul tends ………………………………………………………………………for no reason.
G) Text Production
Please write ONE 100 word-essay on one of the following three topics:
i. How do you think President Bush and his administration have reacted to the hurricane
catastrophe in New Orleans?
ii. Who would you like to see win the next German federal election and why?
iii. Do you think Britain is a reliable member of the EU?
Note: The placement test might contain a further section consisting of a listening
comprehension test.