INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – EXAMENES

2015

NAME:
1st Year
MOD
1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE BOXES. There are two extra words. 10 x 0.1 = 1 mark

JOBS ADJECTIVES  UNCOUNTABLE

NOUNS 

rice proud hairdresser

salesman orange juice pharmacy
lovely large accountant
law firm

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
number from B in the box. There is one extra phrase in column B.

A B B
a The little girl was very excited when 1 were there at the party last night?
b I always go 2 is there?
c How many people 3 she opened her Christmas presents.
d How old were you 4 when you could ride a bike?
5 swimming in the morning.

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUES WITH THE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS. There is

4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
one extra expression in each box.

At the bus station

 That’s $25.
A: Good morning. 1) _____________________________
 Can I have a ticket, please?
B: Sure. 2) __________________________________
A: Here you are. Thanks.
 How much is a ticket to London?

At the office

A: Hi Laura. How are you?

 Thank goodness!
B: Just OK, thanks. 3) _________________________________
 That’s a good idea.
A: Not bad. But, 4) _______________________ tomorrow’s Saturday.
 What about you?
B: Yes. Have a nice weekend.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c. TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

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 1- I don’t have any money. Can you lend me _____? a) any b) some c) a few
2- Charles is a great piano player _____ a great singer. a) or b) but c) and
3- She went out _____ a meal last night. a) on b) for c) in
4- I fell asleep because the film was _____ . a) boring b) bored c) interesting

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT ANA WITH THE CORRECT TENSE OF

10 x 0.2 =2 marks
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past

My name is Ana. I 1) (live) ________________ with my husband in the peaceful village of Kardiani. We
2) (have) _______________ our own restaurant. Our only daughter, Eleni, 3) (leave) ______________ the
island two years ago to find a job. Now she 4) (live) _____________ in Athens and 5) (rent) _______________ a
small flat in one of the suburbs. The flat is on the top floor and on a clear day she can see the Acropolis! She
6) (not have) ______________________ air conditioning, so it’s very hot in the summer. This is why she
7) (come) ______________ home when she can.
Last year we 8) (make) ______________ a family holiday. We 9) (visit) ______________ many countries in
South America, but unfortunately, we 10) (not have) ______________ time to visit Brazil. We’re going there
next year!

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THIS CONVERSATION Use the Simple

5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
Present or the Simple Past

Two friends talking about their favourite activities

Sandra: What 1) ________________________________ on holiday? (you/do)
Sally: Well, I like swimming, so I usually go to the beach.
Sandra: And, 2) ________________________________ swimming? (your boyfriend/like)
Sally: No, he doesn´t. He can´t swim.
Sandra: What 3) _______________________________ when you go to the beach? (he/do)
Sally: Well, he usually reads or takes photos.
Sandra: 4) ___________________________________ to the beach last summer? (you/go)
Sally: Yes! We visited Mexico.
Sandra: I´ve heard it´s great. What 5) _____________________________ like? (be/the weather)
Sally: It was great! Would you like to go with us next time?
Sandra: I´d love to!

READING. Read this text and circle T for true or F for false 5 x 0.4 = 2 marks

There´s no place like Brazil. It has beautiful beaches, exciting cities and a large area of unexplored rainforest. The
majority of the people live near the sea. The country is enormous. It covers half of South America and has borders with
every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. It has 19 big cities and more than 170 million people.
Brazil is a fascinating place to visit. The people are warm and friendly with tourists to their country. When we think of
Brazil, we think of football, music, dancing and beaches. Popular activities are also walking on the beach or just talking.
Family life is very important and eating together is always special. The most important meal of the day is at about
1 p.m. and the evening meal at about 10 p.m. Then, parties begin. Parties start late at night and finish early in the
morning. Brazilians have a great time!

1. The text is about different characteristics of Brazil. T F

2. Many people live in the rainforest. T F
3. Brazilian people are usually nice to people who visit the country. T F
4. People visit Brazil to dance Brazilian music. T F
5. Parties always start at 10 p.m. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Use 60 to 90 words to write about your last holidays.

Paragraph 1 When? three months ago

Where? Carlos Paz, Cordoba
Transport car
Who with? family: parents, brother, sister, grandma
Paragraph 2 Accommodation small house, large garden, satellite tv, air
conditioning.
Activities go to the lake, cycle around the city, take lots
of photographs, try local food, buy souvenirs.
Paragraph 3 Favourite activity take photographs
Opinion wonderful place, great weather

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CATEGORY: 1-salesman, hairdresser, accountant 2-lovely, proud, large 3-rice, orange juice. Dist: law firm,
pharmacy
MATCH: a-3 b-5 c-1 d-4
DIALOGUES: 1-Can I have a ticket, please? 2-That´s $25 3-What about you? 4-Thanks goodness!
CIRCLE: 1-b 2-c 3-b 4-a
TENSES: 1-live 2-have 3-left 4-lives 5-rents 6-doesn´t have 7-comes 8-made 9-visited 10-didn´t have
QUESTIONS: 1-do you do 2-does your boyfriend like 3-does he do 4-did you go 5-was the weather
READING : 1-T 2-F 3-T 4-F 5-F

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