Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık

IŞIK ÜNİVERSİTESİ PROFICIENCY SINAVI HAZIRLIK

Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık İçeriği

1 –  Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık ( Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık için Bireysel – Özel Ders )
2 –  Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık ( Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık  için 4 kişilik Gruplarla Ders )

Fill the gaps in the summary below with the best word from the box.

a. theorized
b. affection
c. discover
d. decisions
e. alternative
f. enhance

Animals have played a major role in human’s lives throughout history. Today, scientific research is trying to (21)____________________ the positive aspects of living with companion animals. Animals have been used as an (22)_____________________ form of treatment for many years. More recently it has been discovered that owning a pet can help lower people’s blood pressure, (23)_____________________ the chances of living after a heart attack, keep people more active and provide more satisfaction with life. It is (24)_______________________ that this happens because pets help people become more social, provide a means to give and receive (25) _____________________, and help connect us with the natural world. Now check your answers with the answer key on the next page. Go back to the text and try to find the correct answers for any questions you got wrong. To practice for this part of the exam you need to read, read, read and learn new vocabulary. Read everything you can, magazines, newspapers, internet
articles, novels, and make a note of the new words you find. Don’t stop reading
to look in your dictionary, underline the words and try to understand the main
ideas of the reading text and then when you are finished, you can write out the
words and use your dictionary to learn their meaning. Then try reading the text
again. Learning new vocabulary is essential for learning English and for
passing this exam.

Now check your answers with the answer key on the next page. Go back to the
text and try to find the correct answers for any questions you got wrong.
To practice for this part of the exam you need to read, read, read and learn new
vocabulary. Read everything you can, magazines, newspapers, internet
articles, novels, and make a note of the new words you find. Don’t stop reading
to look in your dictionary, underline the words and try to understand the main
ideas of the reading text and then when you are finished, you can write out the
words and use your dictionary to learn their meaning. Then try reading the text
again. Learning new vocabulary is essential for learning English and for
passing this exam.

PART 1: READING
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. F
13. C
14. E
15. A
16. F
17. E
18. D
19. A
20. C
21. C
22. E
23. F
24. A
25. B

Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık Part two of this exam is a listening exercise.
Normally for this part of the exam, someone would read a lecture and you
take notes as you listen. Then you can use these notes to answer questions
about the lecture. However, we cannot provide you with a recorded lecture
now, so we have given you the text of an example lecture.
Before reading the lecture, the reader will read a list of vocabulary that is
used in the lecture, giving you the meaning and an example of the word.
This is done to help you get used to the reader’s pronunciation.
A list of vocabulary words is included in this example. As you read it, try to
think about what information will be in the lecture.
You can read this text to get an idea of what you will hear on exam day.
Make notes as you quickly read it, and use these notes to answer the
questions that follow.

Vocabulary: Ayurveda

These words appear in the lecture:

1. Vedas (noun) – the Vedas are the name given the holy books of India.
2. Astrology (noun)- the study of the relationship of stars and their influence on people and
events. e.g. As he knows all about astrology, he can tell you about your future.
3. Equilibrium (noun)- a balance between opposing forces or influences. e.g. Setting-up a
home helped to re-establish some kind of equilibrium in her life.
4. Isolation (noun)- is a state of being completely separate from any other place, or from
people. e.g. Living in the highlands in Scotland was wonderful, but as we were in complete
isolation, we never saw another person for months.
5. Holistic (adjective)- looking at things or people as a whole rather than looking at small
parts. e.g. Nowadays, medicine looks at and treats the whole person rather than just the pain they are suffering from.
6. Individualized (verb) – to make someone or something different so that it fits the special
needs of a particular person or place. e.g. There are many individualized learning
programmes to suit everyone’s needs.
7. System (noun)- a group of related parts that work together as a whole for a particular
purpose. e.g. They have a really good alarm system in the house.
8. Generation (noun)- people of about the same age e.g. The teenage generation spends
most of their free time playing computer games.
9. Profound (adjective)- to have a strong influence or effect on someone or something.
e.g. The way we live has a profound impact on our health.
10. Starches (noun) – a white substance(material) that is found in food, such as; rice,
potatoes and grains.
e.g. When we eat beans we need to eat some kind of starches, like, rice, pasta or potatoes, in order to balance the meal.
11. Phlegmatic (adjective)- a person who is calm and is not easily excited, stressed or
worried.
e.g. She is an amazing phlegmatic person, she remains calm even in a crisis.
12. Heat rash(noun)- painful or itchy red spots on someone’s skin caused by heat.
e.g. The doctor gave me some special cream for the heat rash on my arms which
developed after spending the day sunbathing.
13. Heart-burn(noun)- an unpleasant burning feeling in your stomach or chest.
e.g. The woman in the restaurant had the most terrible heart-burn after eating far
too much and too quickly that everyone thought she was having a heart attack.

These names are mentioned in the lecture:
Charaka Samhita
Vid
Sushrut Samhita
Doshas
Ashtang Hrdyam
Ama
Sanskrit
Sages
Meditation
Yoga
Ayus

Işık Üniversitesi Proficiency Sınavı Hazırlık