I. Part 1: (1.0 point) You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is talking about the shows she puts on for children. ⇱
II. Part 2: (1.0 point) You will hear a radio program about some historic places to visit. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces. ⇱
HISTORIC PLACES TO VISIT
Black Rock Caves
® Over 2 million years old.
® For half a million years, people and animals, especially (1)______________lived here.
® Special evening tours during the month of (2)_______________Salter House.
® Built in the year (3)_______________.
® Made famous by the television series called Aunt Dorothy.
® All visitors want to see Dorothy's kitchen.
The Old Port
® Have a ride on an old tram to the (4)_______________village.
® In the factory, find out how people used to make (5)__________________.
III. Pronunciation: (1.0 point) Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by circling the letter (A, B, C, or D). ⇱
IV. Stress: (1.0 point) Choose the letter (A, B, C or D) next to the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. ⇱
SECTION THREE. LEXICO-GRAMMAR V. Multiple choice: (4.0 points) Choose the letter (A, B, C, or D) as the best answer to complete the following sentences. There can be some more than one correct answer ⇱
VI. Error identification: (1.0 point) From four underlined parts, choose the one that needs correction ⇱
1. You’re tired as you got up late too late to watch TV last night.
A B C D
2. These exercises look easy, but they are very relatively difficult for us.
A B C D
3. John’s parents are very glad that he has done lots of progress this school year.
A B C D
4. It is much better that she learns English at her school.
A B C D
5. Jim’s grandfather left him 50,000 dollars, this was too big a sum to him.
A B C D
VII. Word form: (1.0 point) Give the correct form of the words in CAPITAL to complete the following sentences. ⇱
VIII. Verb form: (1.0 point) Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. ⇱
X. Exercise 2: (1.0 point) Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D in the numbered space. ⇱
The latest addiction to trap thousands of people is the Internet, which has been blamed for broken relationships, job losses, financial ruin and even one suicide. Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as a new illness that could cause serious problems and ruin many lives, special help groups have been set up to offer suffers help and support. Psychologists have described many worrying examples, including one man who took his own life after borrowing more than 14.000 dollars to feed his addiction, and a teenager also had to receive psychiatric treatment for his 12-hour-a-day habit. “This illness is not a fake, and it must be taken seriously,) said an expert in behavioral addiction at Nottingham Trent University. “These are not bad people with serious personality defects; they are people who were fine before they found the Internet.”
IAS is similar to other problems like gambling, smoking and drinking: addicts have dreamed about the Internet; they need to use it first thing in the morning; they lied to their partners about how much time they spend online; they wish they could cut down, but are unable to do so. A recent study found that many users spend up to 40 hours a week on the Internet. Although they felt guilty, they became depressed if they were made to stop using it.
Almost anyone can be at risk. Some of the addicts are teenagers who are already hooked on computer games and who find it very difficult to resist the games on the Internet. Surprisingly, however, psychologists said that most victims are middle-aged housewives who have never used a computer before.
XI. Exercise 3: Gap-filling. (2.0 points) Read the text below and think of ONE word which best fits each space. ⇱
On the night of March 8th, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (61) _____________ off from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. More than nine months later, their fate remains a mystery.
A frantic search for the Boeing 777 began in the Gulf (62) _____________ Thailand, not far from where the (63) _____________ fell off radar screens about an hour into the flight to Beijing. Days (64) _______________, after investigators had analyzed satellite transmissions, the search expanded by thousands of miles.
(65) _______________believe the plane was deliberately diverted by someone with deep technical knowledge of the aircraft. No suspects or suspected motives have emerged.
As investigators continued to refine their analysis of the so-called digital handshakes (66) ______________ the plane and an Inmarsat PLC satellite, they narrowed the search area to a vast stretch of sea far off the coast of western Australia, (67) _____________ they suspect the plane crashed after (68) _____________ out of fuel.
Repeated scans of the water’s surface and seabed have yielded nothing. It is a void that haunts the loved ones of the passengers and crew, many of (69) _______________are skeptical of the official investigation and feel unable to fully mourn their losses.
In October, a rebooted deep-sea search began, raising hopes for some resolution to one of the most confounding tragedies in the (70) ______________ of aviation.
SECTION FIVE. WRITING XII. Sentence transformation: (2.0 point) Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. ⇱
XIII. Sentence building: 2.0 points Use the prompts provided to write full sentences to make a complete letter. ⇱
Dear Sir,
1. I/ write/ complain/ condition/ cassette recorder/ which/ I buy/ shop/ 2nd February.
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2. Although/ outer box/ be/ perfect condition/ I find/ when / arrive home/ that / player/ itself/ obviously/ use/ before.
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3. Headphone cable/ badly twist/ and/ I not think/ it/ be/ long.
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4. Addition/ neither/ two free cassettes/ which/ come/ machine/ be/ the beginning.
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5. I/ sure/ they/ must/ play/ before/ by/ previous customer,
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6. or/ perhaps/ machine/ be use/ demonstration purposes.
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7. There / be/ nothing/ wrong/ sound quality/ player,
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8. but/ as/ I/ pay/ full price/ have/ right/ expect/ receive/ brand new equipment.
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9. I/ therefore/ grateful/ if/ you/ replace/ player/ new model/ same type.
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10. I/ look forward/ hear/ you/ soon.
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Yours faithfully,