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Firma della candidata / del candidato: Luogo / Data:
Inglese | Durata: I – III 60 minuti, IV 15 minuti | |
Massimo punti: | 140 | |
I Structures: | 80 | |
II Reading/Comprehension: | 22 | |
III Writing: | 20 | |
IV Listening | 18 |
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1a Correzione | data: | visto: | punti: |
I Structures | 80 | ||
II Reading/Comprehension | 22 | ||
III Writing | 20 | ||
IV Listening | 18 | ||
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Controllo | data: | visto: | punti: |
I Structures | 80 | ||
II Reading/Comprehension | 22 | ||
III Writing | 20 | ||
IV Listening | 18 | ||
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2a Correzione | data: | visto: | punti: |
I Structures | 80 | ||
II Reading/Comprehension | 22 | ||
III Writing | 20 | ||
IV Listening | 18 | ||
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Part I: Structures
A Tenses
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and form (present simple, present continuous, past simple, positive, negative or question form).
[10 points, ½ point each]
– Hi Sajmir! Are you waiting (1 you / wait) for the bus?
Don’t you usually go (2 you / go / not / usually) home on foot?
– True. But I am going (to go) (3 go) to the dentist’s today.
– I see. Why didn’t you come (4 you / come / not) to school last week? I heard (5 hear) you weren’t (6 be / not) there.
–We went sister’s wedding.
– What?! But you
(7 go) to Albania for three days for my
can’t (8 can / not) be out of school for
three days for your sister’s wedding!
– At first the school didn’t agree (9 agree / not), and it
made (10 make) me so angry. But then my father
spoke (11 speak) to the head of school. It’s a cultural thing really. A brother must (12 must) be there when his sister
gets married/is getting married (13 get married).
– Does your father speak (14 your father / speak) good English?
– Of course! He grew (15 grow) up in Albania, but he’s lived in England for twenty years.
– And did you enjoy (16 you / enjoy) the wedding?
– Oh yes! All my cousins and I enjoyed (17 enjoy) ourselves tremendously. But sadly, one of them fell
(18 fall) on the floor while dancing and spent (19 spend)
the rest of the night in hospital with a broken arm. Breakdancing, hahaha!
– What a shame! But look, your bus is coming (20 come). Bye!
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B Questions
These are answers. Write the questions and ask for the underlined part. [18 points, 2 points each]
Example: | He likes spaghetti. → What does he like? |
1 It took ten years to construct this building.
How long did it take to construct this building?
2 Our teacher lost her smartphone in Edinburgh.
Where did your/our teacher/she lose her smartphone?
3 We had lunch with Santa Claus.
Who did you have lunch with?
4 It looks really strange.
What does it look like?
5 Accidents happen all the time.
What happens all the time?
6 I’m going away tomorrow.
When are you going (to go) away?
7 Last year I saw my Australian relatives twice.
How often/How many times did you see your Australian relatives last year?
8 She often listens to classical music, when she wants to relax.
What kind of music does she often listen to, when she wants to relax?
9 My boyfriend is going to Canada to find a job.
Why is your boyfriend going to Canada? / What’s your boyfriend going to Canada for?
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C Jumbled words
Put the words in the correct order and write complete sentences in the correct tense. Write positive or negative sentences or questions (?).
[8 points, 1 point for correct subject and verb form, 1 point for correct word order]
Examples: | earn / she / babysitting / week / £15 / from / a → She earns £15 a week from babysitting. famous / year / about / they / reading / people / not / enjoy / books / last → They didn’t enjoy reading books about famous people last year. |
1 do / really / homework / we / now / must / the (?) Must we really do the homework now?
2 end / right / for / we / in the / not / present / mum / the / find In the end we didn’t find the right present for mum (in the end).
3 located / a beautiful / river / lake / and / town / be / a fast-flowing / the historic / between
The historic town was/is located between a beautiful lake and a fast-flowing river.
4 apprenticeship / nearby / as / she / fishing / hairdresser / do / an / a / in / a / village / right now
(Right now) She is doing an apprenticeship as a hairdresser in a nearby fishing village right now.
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D Open Cloze
Complete the text with a suitable word. [10 points, 1 point each]
Example: | After they’d lived for some time Switzerland. → After they’d lived for some time in Switzerland. |
Computer games and TV
In the UK (1) today/nowadays/(now) fewer and fewer teenagers are playing games outside with their friends; 85% prefer playing computer games on their own. In fact, playing computer games is one of the
(2) most/really popular leisure activities in the UK. In 2016,
British shoppers spent £1,152 million on computer games! In general, boys are more interested in computer games (3) than girls.
Teenagers also love (4) watching TV, especially Netflix. Netflix is more popular (5) with/among boys and girls in the UK than in most (6) other European countries. In British homes, the
TV or laptop is often (7) _on/running/offline_ all day, and teenagers watch series, films and shows before and (8) after school. More
than ninety percent (9) of the teenagers have a
smartphone, and about a third (10) also/even/now have a tablet or computer.
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E C-Test
Fill in the gaps. The gaps are always the second half of a word. In words with an uneven number of letters (3,5,7,9, etc.) it is the second half of a word plus one letter. [9 points, ½ point each]
Example: | They are eat in t city centre. → They are eating in the city centre. |
In 1620 a group of 102 men, women and children landed at a place | 2 |
in present-day Massachusetts which was called Plimoth. They were | 1 |
known as the Pilgrims. They found a land of rolling hills, rocky coasts | 1 |
and thick forests. Not far from where they landed they discovered an | 1 |
abandoned Indian village. They made this village their home. | 2 |
Today, close to the original site, visitors can walk around in a reproduction | |
of the original Pilgrims’ village. At Plimoth Plantation, one hour south | 1 |
of Boston, houses have been constructed from original material(s) and | 1 |
the land is farmed just as it used to be almost 400 years ago. Actors who | |
are wearing costumes play the parts of the settlers. The actors have taken | |
over the names and identities of the men and women who actually | 1 |
lived there. They live and work just as the Pilgrims did and speak | 2 |
a variety/iant of old English and Dutch dialects. Visitors can meet and | 2 |
talk to Captain Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Master Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Mistress Xxxxxxxxx | |
Xxxxxx and many others. | |
Visitors are encouraged to walk into the houses and join in the daily life of | |
the community. | 1 |
The Plimoth actors are very well trained and expect visitors to imagine | 1 |
they have travelled back in time and that they, too, live in that long | 1 |
forgotten century. | 1 |
A visit to Plimoth Plantation
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F Word formation
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits (goes) into the gap in the same line.
[10 points, 1 point each]
Example: | I am going to tell you an story. → I am going to tell you an impressive story. | IMPRESS |
Chimpanzees – Masters of communication!
Chimpanzees are very sociable and like being in contact with each other. A chimpanzee uses its face to express different feelings. It raises its arms or hits the ground to show it is frightened . People who are watching chimpanzees are often surprised how these apes communicate in ways that are unusual for us. Chimpanzees playing together often make a sound like laughter when they are enthusiastic . Chimpanzees have an open smile when they play together. Family life is very important for chimpanzees and the babies stay with their mother for many months after they are born. They are very passionate about body contact and they groom each other often. Scientists have developed hand signals to communicate with apes and one professor said for her it was unforgettable to see that a chimpanzee understood what she wanted to say. But not all apes are equally talented. For example, there is a big difference between chimpanzees and orang-utans. For the professor, the chimpanzees are her favourite animals to work and communicate with and she really thinks that they are simply fantastic animals. | EXPRESSION FRIGHT SURPRISE USUALLY ENTHUSIASM SMILING PASSION FORGET DIFFERENT FANTASY |
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G Translation
Translate into English. [15 points]
1 – Cosa succede? Perché sei così impaurito? – Quell’animale xxxxxxxxx mi sta fissando. (6 points)
– What’s up/happening/the matter (1)? Why (0.5) are you (0.5) so (0.5)
scared (0.5)? – That (0.5) wild (0.5) animal is staring (1) at (0.5) me (0.5).
2 Il nostro ultimo viaggio in Scozia è stato molto bello. C’erano persone gradevoli, con i capelli rossi, tante xxxxxx e mucche scozzesi. (9 points)
Our (0.5) last (0.5) trip/journey (0.5) to/in (0.5) Scotland (0.5) was (0.5)
very (0.5) beautiful/nice (0.5). There (0.5) were (0.5) lovely (0.5) people (0.5)
with red (0.5) hair (0.5), a lot of/(so) many (0.5) sheep (0.5) and Scottish (0.5)
cows (0.5).
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Total Structures:
80
Part II: Reading / Comprehension
H Reading
Read the text and answer according to the instructions. [22 points]
1 Put the following sentences in the right place in the text, using the letters A - G. There is one letter you do not need to use. (12 points, 2 points each)
A This knowledge about coffee soon spread all over the world.
B Coffee growing is a global industry.
C Coffee producers and drinkers are concerned about the Fair-Trade movement.
D Coffee trees can grow up to nine metres high, but they are cut short for production.
E Coffee roasters combine beans from different areas to make coffees with different tastes and qualities.
F Before long, coffee was in high demand all over the Middle East.
G It can also be found in parts of Southeast Asia and Brazil.
Coffee
Many people enjoy a cup of coffee at their local coffee shop, but few people know the story of coffee and how it is produced. B Research shows that as many as a third of the world’s population are coffee drinkers. Some people enjoy drinking coffee for its rich smell and taste. Others like the awakening effect of caffeine, a chemical in coffee.
Coffee trees are native to eastern Africa and areas of the Arabian Peninsula. Coffee was first grown and traded in the 15th century. Back then, most coffee came from the country we now know as Yemen. F By the seventeenth century coffee had been introduced to Europe. European traders started bringing coffee plants to other parts of the world. The Dutch brought coffee to the islands of Indonesia. By the 20th century, most of the world’s production came from Central and South America. Today Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world.
Most people know what a coffee bean looks like, but what about the plant?
D The trees have shiny dark green leaves that grow on opposite sides of each other on a xxxxx. The plant produces a fruit that is called a coffee cherry.
When the coffee cherries are ripe and ready to pick, they are bright, red and firm. Inside the fruits are the green coffee beans. After these beans are roasted at high temperatures, they are ready to be made into a drink.
The two most important kinds of coffee plants are arabica and robusta. Arabica coffee makes up around 70% of the world’s production. These trees produce a fine and mild coffee with a rich smell.
Robusta has more caffeine than arabica. It is usually mixed with other coffee beans or used for instant coffee. Most of the world’s robusta is grown in Central and Western Africa. G__ Robusta is less costly to grow because it is more resistant to diseases than the arabica plant. Also, robusta plants can survive in a warmer climate.
There may only be two main kinds of coffee plants, but geography and climate differences have a big effect on how coffee tastes. For example, coffee grown in Ethiopia is known for its lively, sharp taste and its flowery smell. Coffee from the island of Sumatra is full bodied, with an earthy and intense taste. E__
One popular story about the discovery of coffee long ago is about Xxxxx, a goat keeper. Xxxxx was looking after his goats in the highlands of Ethiopia where coffee trees have grown for centuries. He noticed that his goats became very excited and active after eating small fruits from a tree. Xxxxx reported this discovery to a group of religious workers. When they made a drink out of the fruit, the religious workers realized they could stay awake for long hours of prayer. A
So, the next time you enjoy a coffee, you can think about its rich history and wide popularity. And you can imagine the long distances it travelled to end up in your cup.
2 Answer the questions according to the instructions (10 points)
2.1 Coffee trees are originally from which two regions?
a) Africa
b) Central America
c) South America
d) The Arabian Peninsula
e) Southeast Asia
2.2 Which is, according to the text, not a reason why people drink coffee?
a) rich smell
b) taste
c) awakening effect
d) its popularity
2.3 What is special about arabica compared to robusta?
a) It is cheaper to produce.
b) It is more widely produced.
c) It has more caffeine.
d) It can survive in a warmer climate.
2.4 Coffee from Ethiopia is known for
a) its full body.
b) its earthy taste.
c) its flowery smell.
d) its intense taste.
Total Reading / Comprehension:
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Part III: Writing
I Writing
[20 points]
Task 1: Describe the picture. (40 – 50 words)
Task 2: The woman made a date with a friend who didn’t show up. Write about why her friend couldn’t make it. (40-50 words)
You have to do both tasks!
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Total Writing:
20
Part IV: Listening
Instructions
→ Do not turn this page before the speaker tells you.
→ Only remove the sticker when the speaker tells you.
How does the listening work?
1 You have 60 seconds to read the instructions.
2 You hear a beep.
3 The speaker tells you to remove the sticker and turn the page. You have 60 seconds to read the questions.
4 You hear a beep.
5 Listen to the recording and complete the task.
6 You hear a beep.
7 You hear the recording a second time.
8 You have 60 seconds to finish your answers.
9 You hear a double beep.
10 Close the brochure when the speaker tells you.
J Listening
Listen to the radio interview about theme parks. While listening, complete the statements with the letter (A,B,C,D,E) corresponding to the theme park for which the statement is true. There is an example at the beginning. [18 points, 2 points each]
Example: | Which park has shops that sell magic sweets? C |
A Magic Kingdom, Florida B Cedar Point, Ohio C Wizarding World, Orlando D Lotte World, South Korea E Ocean Kingdom, South China |
1) Which park will have the longest roller coaster?
2) Which park has the biggest indoor theme park?
3) Which park has the most famous theme park?
E
D
A_
4) Which park has a night-time zoo? E
5) Which park has the most visitors?
6) Which park has dinosaurs?
7) Which park has a wing coaster?
8) Which park has a tour of a school?
9) Which park has the most roller coasters in one park?
A_
B_
B_
C
B
Total Listening:
18
Overall total: 140