SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER FOR ENTRY TEST DEL PROGRAM Department of English Program SECTION 01: Structure and Written Expression There are two types of questions in this section, with special direction for each type. Structure Direction: Question 1-10 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence, you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 1. They _______ since the beginning of this year. A. Are traveling C. had been traveling B. have been traveling D. had traveled 2. When they were working, they _______ the time or money to travel for pleasure. A. didn’t have C. haven’t had B. haven’t been having D. hadn’t been having 3. Oh, no! The printer still isn’t working! It ________ for two days! A. Didn’t work C. isn’t working B. Hadn’t worked D. hasn’t been working 4. Don’t worry. _______ the repairman. He’s on his way. A. I’d already called C. I’ve been calling B. I’ve already called D. I’d been calling 5. When a teacher runs out of patience, _______ should take a little break. A. You C. he or she B. They D. one 6. When my teacher ran out of patience, _________ took a break. A. One C. he or she B. They D. she 7. A construction kit consists of parts that can be __________. (A) Fitted together (C). that when fitted together (B) Together they are fitted (D). together are fitted 8. ___________ known as “Stonehenge” has never been determined. (A) Who built the stone circle (C) that the stone circle (B) The stone circle (D) there is the stone circle 9. ___________ before the stock chick moves even six inches in the nest. (A) That it takes just over five months (B) Just over five months is (C) It takes just over five months (D) When just five months are over 10. No matter _______, Mozart was as accomplished composer while still a child. (A) It seems remarkable how (B) How remarkable it seems (C) How it seems remarkable (D) How seems it remarkable Department of English Program Written Expression Direction: In sentences 11-20, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct. 11. Some of the students usually are at home because they are free. A B C D 12. By this time next year Ali will have completed his studies and has found a job. A B C D 13. Right now Ali and Ahmad are reading the newspaper and make dinner for their friends. A B C D 14. Mr. John was watching TV when Karim came and prepare lunch for his buddies. A B C D 15. Meena will have studied English by the time she will have written her homework. A B C D 16. Karim and Karima will eating lunch with their friends after they leave their class. A B C D 17. They will have attend the wedding party before they receive their invitation card. A B C D 18. She will has been waiting for her friends for two hours before they meet her. A B C D 19. He had been doing his homework for thirty minutes when she leaves the class. A B C D 20. When he come to party, we will have been waiting for her for ninety minutes. A B C D Directions: In the questions 21-25, there are scrambled words to be organized in order to make meaningful sentence. Organize the words in the possible order to construct meaningful sentences. 21. purse/ stole/ Arzoo’s/ yesterday/ Meena/. ______________________________________________________________________________________. 22. Ali/ girlfriend/ his/ loveable/ letter/ wrote/ a/ to/. ______________________________________________________________________________________. 23. Idea/ Farahnaz/ Zarifa’s/ with/ agreed/. ______________________________________________________________________________________________. Department of English Program 24. Only/ laboratory/ working/ the/ were/ us/ in/?/ five/ of ________________________________________________________________________. 25. Shakeel/ for/ will/ been/ have/ hours/ two/ working/ he/ before/ lunch/ eats/. ________________________________________________________________________. SECTION 2: Reading Comprehension Directions: In this section you will read a passage. The passage is followed by a number of questions about it. For questions 26-30, you are to choose the best answer among (A), (B), (C) and (D) to each question. The Alaska Pipeline The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly Line 800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely (5) complicated to operate. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It waves through crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky crags, makes its way through thick forests and passes over or (10) under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can be pumped through it daily. Resting o H-shaped steel racks called “bents”, long section of The pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth. (15) Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the pipeline’s up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the land and the varied compositions of soil, rock or permafrost (20) (permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and the properties of the soil. 26. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline’s A. Operating costs B. Employees C. Consumers D. Construction 27. A. B. C. D. The word “it” in line 4 refers to Pipeline Ocean State Village 28. A. B. C. D. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each Day Week Month Year 29. A. B. C. D. The phrase “Resting on” in line 13 is closest in meaning to Consisting of Supported by Passing under Protected with 30. A. B. C. D. The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline’s route EXCEPT the Climate Lay of the land itself Local vegetation Kind of soil and rock SECTION 03: Writing Skills Directions: Write a paragraph of 150 – 200 words about your educational and professional background. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------