2009- 2010 FALL TERM

ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

STARTER GROUPS WEEKLY MATERIALS (WEEK 4)

PART A: READING
Text 1

Before Reading: Discuss these questions

*What do you know about Atakule?
*Where is it?
*What is its function?
*Who is Atakule’s architect?
*What are the names of other famous shopping centres in Turkey?
*Which one is your favourite? Why?
ATAKULE

Atakule Tower is a shopping center in the capital

of Turkey, Ankara. It is famous for its special restaurant
and viewing platform on the top floor. When the
restaurant turns around itself, visitors enjoy the beautiful
panoramic view of Ankara and have their delicious
meals at the same time. Atakule is the first shopping
center in Ankara and it is the second in Turkey.
The inside of the building includes a shopping center and a tower. The shopping center has
five floors. The tower is 125 meters high. There is a revolving restaurant at the top of the tower. The
restaurant makes a full 360 degree rotation in one hour and under the restaurant there is also a café. Its
name is UFO.
Atakule is 28,530 square meters in area with its
shopping center, car park and garden. Overall the building
has eight floors and the shopping center is 17,297 square
meters in area. It is the first building in Turkey with a
revolving restaurant and a viewing platform. Therefore, it
symbolizes an architectural change in Turkey.
Ragıp Buluç is the architect of Atakule’s plan and
project. All the engineers and builders are Turkish. You can
see the tower from almost anywhere in the city on any clear day.
Adapted from [Link]/gallery

Read the sentences and write (T) for true and write (F) for false sentences according to the text.
1. ( ) Atakule is famous for its special meeting hall on its top floor.
2. ( ) Atakule is the second shopping centre in Ankara after Karum.

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3. ( ) The restaurant makes a complete 360-degree rotation every 60 minutes.

Read the sentences and answer the questions

1. How many floors does the shopping centre have?

2. What is there at the top of the tower?

3. How tall is Atakule?

4. How big in area is Atakule with its shopping centre, car park and garden?

5. What makes Atakule an important building in Turkey?

6. Who is the architect of Atakule?

7. What does “its” refer to in paragraph 1?

8. What does “it” refer to in paragraph 3?

After Reading: Write a paragraph of 60 words on your favourite shopping

centre.

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Text 2

Before Reading: Discuss the questions

1. Where do people go on holiday in Turkey?

2. What place do you prefer for holidays? The
seaside or historical places?
3. What historical places do you know in
Turkey?

WELCOME TO SELÇUK

Selcuk is a beautiful and modern town 74

kilometers south of İzmir. People from all around
the world visit Selçuk. It is a favorite place for
tourists because there are many historical buildings
in and around the town.

Bill Clinton was in Ephesus with his wife and

daughter

Selçuk is also famous for Şirince. Şirince is

a small village near Selçuk. Its traditional houses
have beautiful architecture. Tourists can stay in
these houses and have a wonderful village breakfast
in the morning. The village is also very famous for
its wine.
Altar in the House of the Virgin

Selçuk has a very long history but it is

especially famous for Ephesus. It is also a very
important center for Christians. Many Christians
travel from far places because they want to visit the
Church of the Virgin Mary. It is 260 m in length.
Today people all around the world still come to visit
Ephesus to see the historical ruins.

Read the text and answer the questions. The traditional Şirince village

1. How far is Selçuk from İzmir? Adapted from [Link]

4. What is Şirince famous for?

2. Why is Selçuk a popular place?

5. What does “wonderful” mean in paragraph

2?
3. Why is Ephesus an important city for
Christians?

6. What does “it” refer to in paragraph 3?

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Text 3

Before Reading: 1) Which place do you prefer to live? Big cities or small towns? Why?
2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a big city?

MONSTER CITIES

Are big cities wonderful places? Are they terrible? There are different ideas about this.
Some people like big cities but some people don’t. William H. Whyte writes books about cities. He is
happy in a crowded city. He loves busy streets with many stores and many people. He likes the life in
city parks and restaurants. He does not feel alone in a city because he has a lot of friends there.

Many people don't like big cities. People call these cities
"monster" cities because the cities are very crowded and they grow very
fast. (A monster is a big, dangerous thing.) In some countries, people go
to big cities and work there because there aren't many jobs in small
towns. For example, 300,000 people go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, every year.
These cities are megalopolises. A megalopolis is a very large city. But
now there is a new word in English—megacity. A megacity is a very, very large city. Mexico City is a
megacity with a population of more than 20,000,000 people. Tokyo-Yokohama is another megacity,
with almost 30,000,000 people. Los Angeles is another megacity.

Population is a very important problem in megacities. For example,

Seoul in South Korea, Tehran in Iran and Jakarta in Indonesia are very
crowded megacities. There are other problems in megacities. In U.S. cities,
many people don’t have jobs and homes. In megacities, the air is dirty.
There are a lot of cars and buildings. So there is a lot of smoke and
chemical gas. Another terrible problem is crime. Jobless people may easily
become criminals because they have no job, no money, no food, or no home.

a) Answer the following questions:

1. Is William H. Whyte happy in a big city? Why/not?

2. Why do some people go to cities from their towns?

3. How many people go to Sao Paulo every year?

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 4. What is the population of Tokyo-Yokohoma?

5. What are the problems in megacities?

b) Match Column A with Column B

Column A Column B
1. different (p.1) a. jobless people
2. alone (p.1) b. not clean
3. dirty (p.3) c. not same
4. they (p. 3) d. lonely

c) Circle the correct alternative:

1. "Monster Cities" is about _____.

a) small cities’ problems
b) US cities’ problems
c) megacities’ problems

2. Mexico City, Tehran, and Los Angeles are three _____. .

a) small cities
b) crowded cities
c) clean cities

3. The word monster is in the title ("Monster Cities") because _____.

a) the writer is happy in big cities
b) some cities are crowded and grow fast
c) the writer has a lot of friends in big cities

After Reading: Choose a famous megacity and write a paragraph of 60 words about the life
there. Give information about:

Where is it?
Describe the famous places
What do people do?
What kind of problems are there in this megacity?

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PART B: GRAMMAR

A) Read the letter below and complete the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in
paranthesis.

Dear Tosi,

Thank you for your letter. It is interesting. And your photographs 1) __________ (be) really nice.
Your vilage 2) _________ (look) very nice and beautiful.
Now, I 3) _________ (want) to tell you a little about myself and my family. I 4) __________ (be) 18
years old and a student at university. I 5) ___________ (have) 2 sisters but I 6) __________ (not have)
any brother. We 7) _________ (live) in a town 4 miles from London. My father 8) _________(work)
for a big company. He 9) ____________ (be) a computer programmer. My mother 10) _________
(not work) and she is a housewife. My sisters 11) __________ (be) students too.

I have a very busy life. I 12) ________ (go) school every weekday. In the evenings, I 13) ________
(not go out) because I study and do my homework. I play in the school team day. At weekends, I 14)
__________ (meet) with my friends and go out together. I also take guitar lessons. Sometimes,my
younger sisters, Jane and I 15) __________ (go) to swimming pool. My other sister Julie and my
parents 16) ________ (not/enjoy) swimming. Sometimes we 17) _________ (organize) picnics and
enjoy time all together. I love my family.

I look forward to your next letter.

Best wishes

Kevin

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B) Fill in the blanks in the text with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.

Storms

When does a storm happen? How (1)

_________________________ (meteorologists/ guess)
storms? Well, they (2) ______________ (have) many
good methods for that. For example, in Florida, when a
storm gets near the coast, winds get strong and
dangerous, or trees (3) _____________ (fall) down.
Meteorologists at the National Storm Center (4)
_______________ (check) the storm very carefully
and they (5) ______________ (warn) people about the
storm. Schools and businesses (6) ______________
(close) early and some parents even (7) __________________ (not/ let) their children go to school.
Some people (8) ________________ (go) shopping for food and emergency materials. But sometimes
there (9) ________________ (not/be) enough materials (candles, flashlights or batteries) in the shops
for people. Some people (10) _________________ (move) to safe places away from the ocean.

After the storm, everything (11) _____________ (be) normal again and people (12)
_________________ (continue) their lives. Because storms happen a lot in Florida, people (13)
___________________ (always/be) ready for them. They (14) _______________ (build) very strong
houses and they (15) ___________________ (often/watch) meteorology reports on TV.
(Adapted from: [Link]

C) Put the words into the correct order

1. work/ early/ at/ Sue/ arrives/ always

2. do/ watch/ TV/ everyday/ you?

3. be not/ my friend and I/ shopping/ interested in

4. they/ eat/ breakfast/ never

5. Tom/ does/ computer games/ like?

6. your/ do/ speak/ parents/ English?

7. doesn’t/ Tina/ tea/ like/ very much

8. travel/ do/ your/ where/ friends?

9. this/ mean/ word/ what/ does?

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 10. be/ museums/ a lot of/ there/ New York/ in

11. Tim/ what/ usually/ in/ his/ does/ do/ free time?

12. my/ wears/ uniform/ father/ weekdays/ on/ a

13. be/ a/ table/ there/ on/ pen/ the

14. sister/ be/ music/ good at/ my/ not

15. a/ student/ be/ you?

PART C: VOCABULARY
1. Choose the correct alternative.

I have a brother and a sister, Hakan and Hülya. They are twins but they are very (1) ________.
Hakan likes swimming, but Hülya does not like swimming. Hakan likes playing football, but Hülya
(2) __________ football. But she is (3) ___________ other sports. For example, she plays tennis very
well. She likes writing letters to her (4) ___________ tennis players.

For Hülya the daily routine starts (5) _________–at around 6 o’clock in the morning. She
wakes up and reads the newspaper in bed and drinks tea. And then she gets up and (6) ___________.
She spends lots of time choosing her clothes, but she usually (7) ___________only jeans and a t-shirt.
In the afternoon she goes (8) ___________. She likes buying new clothes for herself. She is a perfect
(9)________ because she spends lots of money. In the evening, she goes to bed at about 11. She
reads in bed, but not for very long. She is usually tired, so she goes to sleep (10) .

1. a) excellent b) boring c) different d) similar

2. a) hates b) enjoys c) interested in d) notices
3. a) straight b) good at c) wonderful to d) dangerous
4. a) popular b) famous c) good-looking d) favorite
5. a) late b) unusual c) early d) finally
6. a) gets dressed b) follows c) decorates d) calls
7. a) looks b) wears c) means d) flies
8. a) shopping b) free time c) business d) neighbor
9. a) owner b) store c) classmate d) customer
10. a) together b) quickly c) dream d) relax

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2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. There are extra words. Use each word only
ONCE.

comfortable wear free time daily rest

together unusual tidy impossible

competitions prize outdoors dangers stay

dangerous spend takes care of works hurry

1. He has a/an __________________ name and I don’t remember it easily.

2. That sofa is very ___________________. I sometimes sleep on it.
3. My husband __________________ for an international company and he is very successful.
4. I am very tired and I want to __________________ and do nothing.
5. Many students go __________________ and play in the garden after their classes.
6. My mother ___________________ my two children everyday. She feeds them and plays with them.
7. The council organizes surfing ____________________ and gives a medal to the winner.
8. Let’s do the exercise ___________________.
9. Doctors repeat the ___________________ of smoking, but people still continue to smoke.
10. I like cooking in my _______________________.
11. My sister’s room is very ______________________ and she finds everything easily.
12. We always __________________ a lot of money on parties.
13. She is a very hardworking student and she does her homework ____________________.
14. I go to Paris every year and I __________________ at Hotel Concorde La Fayette
15. Climbing is a very __________________ sport.

Put the words into the correct box.

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb

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