UPMC Language Department M1 BIP Placement test

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This test is meant to place you in the English tutorial group that will best suit your needs. The score will be used only for this purpose.
It is important for you to do it on your own, without any help and with a time limit (around an hour).
(Le résultat ne sera utilisé que pour vous répartir en groupes de niveau. Le test est à faire seul, sans aide, et en temps limité : une heure environ)
There is only one right answer per multiple choice question.
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I - LANGUAGE SKILLS

Give the term(s) or the right verb form that will best complete the following sentences, or click on the right answer.

1- (To consume) --- cannabis for therapeutic purposes has become legal in a few places. *

2- The number of poached animals has increased --- 20% in this area. *

a) of

b) from

c) by

d) at

3- This is --- project I've ever headed. *

a) the most good

b) the bestest

c) the better

d) the best

4- He says he (to finish) --- his experiments, that he is posting the results online, but I find it hard to believe! *

5- --- students who are enrolled in this program are likely to find a good job. *

a) Most of the

b) Most

c) Most of

d) The most of

6- We'll run our trials elsewhere --- about six months. *

a) since

b) while

c) during

d) for

7- We would like these trials --- completed before next March. *

a) be

b) to be

c) being

d) been

8- No paper --- without the peer-review commission's approval. *

a) will publish

b) will published

c) will have published

d) will be published

9- --- is a demanding science. *

a) The physic

b) Physics

c) Physic

d) These physics

10- The lab spent years (to search) --- for the right compound. *

11- --- your computer, please? *

a) Must I use

b) Do I have to use

c) May I use

d) Am I able to use

12- There (to be) --- momentous scientific breakthroughs this decade. *

13- I did not have --- idea how to solve this problem. *

a) none

b) no

c) any

d) some

14- We asked them (to publish) --- all their work online. *

15- --- he worked by her side, --- he became impressed by her abilities. *

a) More / more

b) The more / the more

c) Most / most

d) The most / the most

16- I (not to hear) --- anything regarding my application for a grant yet. *

17- The teachers do not let us (to do) --- whatever we want in the lab for safety reasons. *

18- I can't --- experimenting on animals. *

a) support

b) carry

c) stand

d) hold

19- I need to find a young geneticist with --- to work as a team. *

20- There is no point in (to mix) --- these chemicals. *

21- When he lived overseas, he (to work) --- in a nuclear plant. Now he teaches physics. *

22- I --- any junk food -- two years. *

a) haven't had / since

b) didn't have / during

c) haven't had / for

d) didn't have / ago

23- He had his team members (to work) --- through the week-end. *

a) to work

b) work

c) worked

d) to be worked

24- Why not (to quit) ---? This job has become too boring. *

25- --- of the technicians has the required skills for this project. *

a) Any

b) No

c) None

d) Not

26- He should make his lectures --- so that his students will pay more attention. *

a) the clearer

b) clearer

c) clearest

d) more clear

27- As the mechanism was broken, I --- for days before the process resumed. *

a) would have to wait

b) must wait

c) had to wait

d) should wait

28- --- we face further problems, the facility is ready for tomorrow's inspection, but the microscope needs -- tonight. *

a) Whereas / to repair

b) Unless / repairing

c) Whether / repair

d) However / repaired

29- Five --- individuals will have died from this condition --- 2050. *

a) millions of / until

b) million / until

c) millions of / by

d) million / by

30- They are said (to be) --- very reliable scientists. *

31- "I can't interpret these data." - --- *

a) "Neither can I!"

b) "So can I!"

c) "Me too!"

d) "Me either!"

32- The results are very different --- what I expected, but their reliability depends --- the process. *

a) of / of

b) from / from

c) from / on

d) to / upon

33- You --- your electronic devices --- the exam: it is strictly forbidden. *

a) don't have to use / while

b) don't have to use / during

c) mustn't use / while

d) mustn't use / during

34- Such potential is worth (to explore) ---. *

35- --- science needs is a clear vision of --- its advances are leading to. *

a) what / what

b) whose / which

c) which / which

d) what / that

36- If he hadn't had the surgery, he ---. *

a) will not have survived

b) will not survive

c) would not have survived

d) would not survive

37- There are very good findings to exploit in this study, ---? *

a) are they

b) aren't they

c) are there

d) aren't there

38- The researchers are satisfied because they --- the funding they needed. *

a) could get

b) can have got

c) were able to get

d) should have got

39- I think this is the kind of data --- researchers enjoy working with. *

a) than

b) that

c) who

d) what

40- We are looking for scientists skilled in various fields --- biology, chemistry, and also computer science. *

a) like

b) as

c) such

d) so

41- The trial is much too complex --- carry out. *

a) for to

b) for that they could

c) for them to

d) for them

42- Would you mind (to send) --- an e-mail to the lab workers to let them know about your decision? *

43- He said he --- for an internship in Singapore the week before. *

a) applied

b) had applied

c) was applied

d) has applied

44- "What ---?" - "I am a mechanical engineer." *

a) do you do

b) are you doing

c) you do

d) do you

45- I wish you --- about the proposal before declining! *

a) had let me know

b) have let me know

c) let me know

d) made me know

46- As soon as they --- drilling this well, they will explore another site. *

a) will finish

b) shall finish

c) finish

d) finished

47- Evidence --- promising since the beginning of the research, until the funding suddenly --- last month. *

a) had proved / stopped

b) had proved / has stopped

c) proved / stopped

d) proved / has stopped

48- Before the computer age, engineers --- their own reports; now they do. *

a) have not typed

b) weren't used to type

c) didn't used to type

d) didn't use to type

49- The trainee eventually stopped (to focus) --- on her supervisor's reactions and felt free to proceed. *

50- They --- the Nobel Prize last year. Dear student, you might be in a few decades! *

a) were awarded

b) have been awarded

c) awarded

d) have awarded

II - ORAL COMPREHENSION

Click on the links below and answer the multiple choice questions that follow. Listen to each section of the video only ONCE (UNE seule écoute). Each link is a section of the following motion picture: Romance of Radium, Director: Jacques Tourneur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937.

Part 1

Video n°1

51- When did Henri-Antoine Becquerel have his idea? *

52- His idea was that stones exposed to the sun would absorb light and... *

a) emit rays of photographic value

b) supply days of photographic value

c) show off in ways of photographic value

d) show up rays of photographic value

53- His experiment *

a) was successful

b) was unsuccessful

c) proved him a failure

d) avoided a failure

54- What prevented further sunlight experiments? *

a) a very rainy weather

b) heat

c) too much sunlight

d) sensitized plates

55- He discovered that the piece of pitchblende contained a mysterious element which *

a) was very light

b) emitted light

c) created shadows

d) reproduced itself

Part 2

Video n°2

56- Henri-Antoine Becquerel obtained more pitchblende from a place that *

a) had a sunlit surface

b) had always been exposed to sunlight

c) had occasionally been exposed to sunlight

d) had never been exposed to sunlight

57- Marie Curie was *

a) Becquerel's student

b) a student of physics

c) a student of chemical research

d) a professor of chemistry

58- Pierre Curie was *

a) a professor of physics

b) a professor of chemistry

c) a student of chemical research

d) a student of physics

59- Pierre and Marie Curie *

a) accepted to help Becquerel

b) refused to help Becquerel

c) postponed helping Becquerel

d) insisted on carrying out their own experiments

Part 3

Video n°3

60- The quantities of pitchblende used were *

a) enormous

b) average

c) modest

d) tiny

61- They finally succeeded on *

a) Christmas Day in 1888

b) Christmas Day in 1899

c) Christmas Day in 1998

d) Christmas Day in 1898

62- What did they obtain? *

a) a small quantity of rock

b) tons of rock

c) uranium salt

d) uranium solid

Part 4

Video n°4

63- Who smashed the glass containing the precious substance? *

a) an Eastern aristocrat

b) oriental historians

c) a scientific oddity

d) an evil spirit

64- What did the Curies do to recover the substance? *

a) they became superstitious

b) they condemned the silly superstition

c) they burnt the furniture and carpets

d) they sprayed the furniture and carpets with water

65- As a result, radium *

a) had lost all its concentration

b) was more concentrated than before

c) was less concentrated than before

d) had the same concentration as before

Part 5

Video n°5

66- Becquerel's health was threatened because *

a) the chemical was in a small tube

b) the chemical was the purest radium

c) he placed the radium vial in his pocket carelessly

d) his pocket happened to be torn

67- Becquerel's state of health *

a) was shared by physicians

b) was shared by physicists

c) was not improved by physicians

d) was not improved by physicists

68- Why did Becquerel eventually get well? *

a) because of a miracle

b) radium can turn malignant tissues into healthy ones

c) Curie experimented on himself

d) the news spread throughout the world

Part 6

Video n°6

69- The yield from the Colorado Rockies was *

a) 1 gram of radium / 400 tons of concentrated ore

b) 1 gram of radium / 4000 tons of concentrated ore

c) 1 gram of concentrated ore / 400 tons of yellow sandstone

d) 1 gram of concentrated ore / 4000 tons of yellow sandstone

70- In America, *

a) scientists did not manage to isolate radium

b) 5 radium scientists isolated radium and died

c) 4 radium scientists inhaled radium particles and died

d) 5 radium scientists inhaled radium particles and were cured

Part 7

Video n°7

71- A native boy in Belgian Congo had *

a) a leopard

b) germs

c) wounds

d) died

72- What was sent to Europe for analysis? *

a) a sample

b) a surplus

c) the ore found in Colorado

d) a drum

73- The radium deposit in Congo proved to be *

a) 60 times more concentrated than the radium found in Colorado.

b) 16 times more concentrated than the radium found in Colorado

c) 6 times more concentrated than the radium found in Colorado

d) 6 times less concentrated than the radium found in Colorado

Part 8

Video n°8

74- Where can the most highly concentrated radium ore be found? *

a) in a place of great hardship

b) along the Arctic circle

c) South of the Arctic circle

d) North of the Arctic circle

75- Forty years later, how much radium has been reduced? *

a) a kilogram

b) a pound and a half

c) a pound and three-quarters

d) 500 grams

Part 9

Video n°9

76- What protects from radium emanations? *

77- The technicians wear protection equipment *

a) to heal patients

b) to show radium to a movie star

c) to load it into a limousine

d) to be able to show radium safely in this movie

78- A gamma ray can *

a) penetrate a block of granite a foot thick

b) penetrate your sick foot as it would granite

c) shine through a window

d) smash windows

Part 10

Video n°10

79- What is the price of radium? *

a) a million dollars an ounce

b) a quarter of a million dollars an ounce

c) 750,000 dollars for 30 grams

d) 3 million dollars for 30 grams

80- In 1600 years, radium *

a) will have lost all its potency

b) will have kept all its potency

c) will still be half as powerful to heal people

d) will be reduced to half a gram

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