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JUAN RAMN FERNNDEZ

Name: .

July 2012

SEVENTH YEAR

MID YEAR EXAM

Paper 2

A-Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use modals, if necessary
(15)

Clare Hall (1) (bring up) _____________ on a small farm. Her father (2) (not afford)
_____________ to hire any farm workers so Clare was expected to take her share of the
workload. `One of my earliest jobs was to carry the lamp for my father when he went to
feed the pigs at night. I remember (3) (feel) _____________ really grown up the day I (4)
(allow) _____________ to feed them on my own.

Sometimes Clare accompanied her father to the fields on her pony. `I was little then and
not confident on a horse. My father used (5) (run) _____________ alongside shouting, Up
and down, up and down. As soon as she (6) (can) _____________, Clare got a weekend
job at the local racing stables to be with the horses. Then, after (7) (leave) _____________
school, she decided to work at the stables full-time.

Since then Clares career as a trainer (8) (become) _____________ legendary, and her
reputation (9) (increase) _____________ over the years. I have endless patience with
horses because they respond to kindness and (10) (prepare) _____________ to work just
as hard as you are.

B. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences that,
together, make a coherent whole.
(15)

Dear Dr Good,

1-I / secretary / Science Club / Erasmus College.

2- I / see / advertisement / St Aubrey Open Day and / like / organize / group visit.

3- However, there / few questions / I like / ask you beforehand.

4/5- Firstly, / since all members / interested / come / the observatory /and there / be
twenty/ us, / so many students / a problem?

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6- Could / also let / know / best time / us / visit / observatory?

7- I wonder / we / allow / look through / St Aubrey telescope.

8- We / hear so much / it and / love / try it out!

9- Finally, students want / know / possible / take photographs / inside / observatory.

10- I / thank / advance / look forward / hear / you soon.

C- Complete the following conversation (10)

A: My guest today is Mandy Pagham, who five years ago won a million-pound prize after
buying a lottery ticket. ..?

B: Well at the time I was wonderfully excited of course. Im not a regular gambler, so it
wasnt as if Id been building up my hopes or anything.

A: .?

B: No, I wasnt even watching. I was helping mum in the kitchen.

A: .?

B: My dad did. Id asked him to check the ticket for me a few minutes before. So there he
was, speechless when he heard my number. Later came the press, my photo appeared in
the paper and I was in the public eye!

A: .. . I mean
everyone knowing about your win!

B: It sure was a problem for me. If Id known it would be an endless chase,

but I was too thrilled to think straight so I

agreed to appear on the TV and on the radio.

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D- Read the passage and answer the following questions in your own words (25)

The best kind of know-it-all

There is an art to being a good tour guide and Martin Priestly knows what it is.

Its obvious that the best way to explore a city is with a friend who is courteous, humorous,
intelligent and this is essential extremely well-informed. Failing that, and if it is London
you are visiting, then the next best thing may well be Martin Priestly, former university
lecturer, now a guide, who seems to bring together most of the necessary virtues and who
will probably become a friend as well.

Last spring, I took a trip around London with him, along with a party of Indian journalists.
Accustomed to guides who are occasionally excellent but who often turn out to be
arrogant, repetitive and sometimes bossy, I was so struck by Priestlys performance that I
sought him out again to see, if I could, just how the trick was done.

This time the tour was for a party of foreign students, aged anything between 20 and 60,
who were here to improve their English, which was already more than passable. As the
tourists gathered, Martin welcomed them with a kind of dazzled pleasure, as if he had
been waiting for them with excitement and a touch of anxiety, now thankfully relieved. I
have to say, all this seemed absolutely genuine.

Then we got on the coach and we were off. Martin sat in front, not in the low-level guides
seat, but up with the group, constantly turning round to make eye contact, to see if they
understood him. Soon were in a place called Bloomsbury, famous among writers in the
early 20th century. `Bloomsbury is famous for brains, says Martin, getting into his stride. `It
is a very clever place. Its not very fashionable but its very clever. Soon after, we pass the
British Museum and Bedford Square, `a great architectural showpiece, advises Martin.
The comment prompted questions which led to a conversation about building, the part
played by wealthy people and how big chunks of London still belonged to them an issue
which was to re-emerge later. This was how he liked to work: themes, introduced as if
spontaneously, were laid down for subsequent discussion.

Suddenly the coach stopped and it was over, two and a half hours of non-stop
performance, with information, observation and humour. Martin says encouragingly, `I do
hope you enjoy London.

We got to a nearby caf to talk . Why, I asked, had he become a guide? `Well, I used to
organize a lot of courses at the university I worked for. It was quite stressful. But I had
shown students around London and I enjoyed that. It seemed an obvious move to make. I
did the London Tourist Boards Blue Badge course two evenings a week for two years.
That was tough, especially the exam in what is known as coaching. Youre taught to
smile but everybody had difficulty with that in the exam, when you have other things to
worry about. You have to do it backwards in the coach, desperately casting your eyes
about to see what is coming next, and youre facing the tutors and the other trainees.

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`And you have to know so much to guide well, different places, all kinds of architecture,
agriculture. What if somebody asks a questions about a crop beside the road? But some of
it sticks, you know eventually. He also tells me he keeps himself up to date with radio,
TV and newspapers.

There are several hundred other guides out there, all looking for a share of the work. I
think, as we talk, that I am starting to understand why good guides are so rare. Its a great
deal harder than it looks, and it demands, for every stretch of road, and even longer
stretch of study and forethought.

1-What makes Martin stand out from the other tour guides?

....

2- Why did the writer decide to meet Martin again?

....

3- How does he show special consideration for the group of tourists while on the coach?

....

4- Why is the coaching exam difficult according to Martin?

....

5- What is the writers final conclusion about the job of a tour guide?

....

E- Find a word or expression in the passage that means the same as the following.
(The number of the paragraph is provided between brackets) (5)

1. Group (2)

2. Always telling other people what to do (2)

3. Find something very impressive,

noticeable or interesting (2)

4. Satisfactory (3)

5. Large areas (4)

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Paper 2

F- Composition (30)

Write an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 180 words in
an appropriate style.

1) You have seen this announcement in an international magazine:

Competition! Twentieth-century inventions

Aeroplane Computer Television

Which one of these three inventions of the 20th century do you think has changed our
lives the most? The best article will be published in next months magazine.

Write your article.

2) Your English teacher has asked you to write a story for the college magazine. The story
must begin with the following words:

Mark opened the envelope, read the letter and immediately started to pack his bag.

Write your story.

3) You have seen this advertisement in an international magazine:

WANT A SUMMER JOB WITH A DIFFERENCE?

A British film company working in your country has the following temporary job vacancies:

Actors for crowd scenes.

Make-up ad costume assistants.

Kitchen workers.

Write to Mrs. Simmons, saying which job you are interested in and why you would be suitable.

Write your letter of application.