Teacher Professional Development
Department
Summer Term
FCE FINAL EXAM
June 22, 2012
Teacher Professional Development Department 2012 ©
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Full Name:
____________________________
School: ____________________________
FEZALAR EDUCATIONAL
Teacher Professional
Development Department
2011/-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR
City: ______________________________
Summer Term
FCE FINAL EXAM
June 22, 2012
Duration: 90 min.
Total:____________/70
A.
WHILE LISTENING
(8x2=16) _________
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, A, B or C.
1) You are in a supermarket when you hear this announcement about a lost child. He last saw his mother
A. in the butcher's area.
B. in the pet food area.
C. in the fruit and vegetable area.
2) You are in an electrical shop when you overhear this woman speaking to the shop assistant.
She is complaining because
A. she was charged the wrong amount.
B. the same item is cheaper elsewhere.
C. the item was damaged.
3) You overhear a woman talking on the telephone. Next Thursday the woman is going to
A. travel by coach.
B. travel by plane.
C. travel by train.
4)
Listen to a policeman talking to a householder. He wants to
A. speak to another member of the household.
B. speak to the householder.
C. speak to a neighbour.
5) You are listening to the host of a radio phone-in programme speaking. Mary, the first caller, is
A. a married woman with a child.
B. a single woman with a child.
C. a regular listener.
6) You have joined a four-day sailing course in Britain. Listen to your instructor giving some important
information. He is talking about
A. drinking water.
B. salt water.
C. running out of water.
7) You overhear two people talking at a bus stop. The two speakers
A. are both familiar with the war memorial.
B. are taking different buses.
C. are going to the same place.
8) You overhear a man chatting on the telephone about a form he has to fill in. The man is speaking to
A. his wife.
B. his mother.
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C. his daughter.
B.
READING
You are going to read an article about an unusual artist. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which
you think fits best according to the text.
(8x2=16) _________
WHAT IS ART?
What is art? And what is an artist? These are common questions in the world of modern art, where a pile of
bricks or a pool of oil can become works of art when they're placed in a gallery Traditional sculpture, for example,
refers to images, often of people, frequently made from stone or metal; but modern sculpture can be a very different
thing. The British artist, Andy Goldsworthy makes sculptures in the open air out of sticks, stones, leaves and even ice.
Currently, Goldsworthy is setting up the largest exhibition he has ever produced in a special sculpture park in
Yorkshire, in the north of England. The show features some important new and previously unseen works and some
reworkings of sculptures he first created some years ago. Outdoors there are sculptures made from fallen oak trees,
enclosed by neat stone walls. Inside there are enormous egg-shaped sculptures made from tree branches and a
curtain made from more than 10,000 chestnut leaves pinned together.
The sculptures are designed for people to get close to them. They are quite unlike works of art in a traditional
gallery where the public are obliged to keep a respectful distance. Here people are encouraged to touch the
sculptures, climb inside them, and even lie on them. For this particular artist, art is something very physical and one
of the things he enjoys most is getting his hands dirty.
From the age of 13 Goldsworthy lived and worked on a farm, so he's no stranger to tough, and messy,
outdoor work. He always wanted to be an artist, but the farm work had a significant effect on the type of art he chose
to produce. The stone walls, the lines of the ploughed fields, huge bales of straw stacked high - all these shapes and
textures figure prominently in his sculptures. And in everything he produces there is a close connection to the land
and to nature.
In the 1970s, Goldsworthy left art college to make sculptures on a windswept sandy beach. He describes this
as a new awakening: 'I splashed in water, covered myself in mud, went barefoot and woke with the dawn.' His early
works involved arranging piles of stones into neat towers and bringing huge snowballs down to London from Scotland
and letting them melt. In the years that followed he made sculptures from human hair and mud, from ice and sand,
from practically anything he found.
The use of colour and light is an interesting feature of the artist’s work. Rather than squeezing colours out of
a tube, as a painter does, Goldsworthy collects his colours directly from the natural materials he finds around him.
The effect can be very striking, as for example when he filled a rock pool with bright red leaves. In another case he
built a three-kilometre path through a forest, using white limestone. During the day it looked quite ordinary but at
night under the moonlight it suddenly became brightly illuminated.
The choice of working tools is another area which makes Goldsworthy unusual. Whereas some sculptors use
heavy machinery to work stone or metal, Goldsworthy mostly uses his bare hands, his teeth, or sometimes a stick
that he finds lying nearby.
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the work, and one which makes it quite unlike the work of traditional
sculptors, is that it can be extremely temporary. Some pieces made from leaves or other soft materials last until they
rot away, unless they are blown away first. Others made from frozen ice may only last for a few minutes. Often they
are created wherever Goldsworthy finds the materials - out in a field, on a beach or up a mountain. The only lasting
record of many of these works is the photographs he takes of them.
Art galleries have shown increasing interest in Goldsworthy's work, but most of his sculptures have been
made specifically for the great outdoors. He has created artworks in places as varied as the Australian outback, the
Northern Territories of Canada, New York, Japan and the North Pole. But for now het come home to Yorkshire; back
to the place where he grew up, a landscape he really deeply understands, and a place where his unique sculptures
are truly at home.
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1) According to the text, modem sculpture
a) is often made from metal or stone.
b) always uses natural materials like stones or leaves.
c) is often nothing like traditional sculpture.
d) is never found in an art gallery
2) The exhibition in Yorkshire
a) is a special outdoor event in a former park.
b) includes items that have never been displayed before.
c) features sculptures made from stone, cloth and food.
d) is the largest ever shown in a sculpture park.
3) What is different about this type of exhibition?
a) The public can talk to artists about their work.
b) The public are encouraged to get their hands dirty.
c) The public are allowed to handle the works of art.
d) The public have to get close in order to see the sculptures.
4) How did working on a farm affect Goldsworthy later in life?
a) He disliked the tough work and so he decided to become an artist.
b) His art was influenced by the physical features of the landscape.
c) He chose to produce a series of sculptures made from straw.
d) The messy work made him realize he should take up painting.
5) How does Goldsworthy view the time he spent working on a beach?
a) He didn't enjoy it because he got so wet and dirty.
b) It was a new experience because he stayed awake all night.
c) It wasn't a good idea to leave art college early.
d) It was the start of something completely different in his life.
6) How does Goldsworthy work with colour and light?
a) He gets all his colours out of a paint tube.
b) He shines bright lights on the sculptures to illuminate them.
c) He works with what nature provides.
d) He avoids using bright colours like red or orange.
7) According to the write a very significant aspect of Goldsworthy work is that
a) it often doesn’t last for a long time.
b) it always gets blown away by the wind.
c) it is made of ice and snow.
d) it is preserved in the form of a photograph.
8) Why does the writer suggest that Goldsworthy’s sculptures are 'truly at home' in Yorkshire?
a) because the artist has brought the sculptures back to his home town
b) because the artist has always lived and worked in Yorkshire
c) because the sculptures have a strong connection with the environment of Yorkshire
d) because the sculptures aren’t suitable for exhibition in other countries
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C.
USE of ENGLISH
1. For questions 1–15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
(15x1=15)_________
Most adults in the UK now 0 __C__ a mobile phone. Mobile phones have given us the ability to communicate with
friends, family and colleagues anytime and anywhere, and as a 1 _____ they have changed our social behaviour.
While some people believe that they are reducing human contact and have a negative impact 2_____ our lives,
others feel that they are an indispensable part of daily life and that they encourage people to 3 _____ in touch and
communicate more frequently with each other. There are many obvious advantages to mobile phones. They 4 _____
us to chat to people anywhere in the world. If you are travelling in the middle of nowhere you can call home and 5
_____your loved ones know where you are. They can also help to save lives as they enable users who 6 _____be in
7_____ to make calls to the emergency services 8_____ of where they might be. Many people depend on text
messaging or SMS texting, which is a quick and fairly inexpensive 9_____ to relay messages to other people without
having to get into long conversations. 10 , texting does have its downsides. Too much texting can 11 _____ repetitive
strain injury. 12 _____ to a recent report that looks into the effects of mobile phone use on children’s health and
social development, the number of children suffering from muscle strain as a result of frequent texting is increasing
rapidly. The report also 13_____ that there has been a 14_____ in the use of mobile phones for bullying – so called
‘cyber bullying’. So while mobile phones are a very useful invention with many benefits, our increasing reliance on
them 15 _____ be seen as a cause for some concern.
0.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
A are
A effect
A on
A keep
A do
A let
A should
A risk
A in case
A mean
A Because
A make
A As
A writes
A raise
A would
B having
B result
B with
B be
B make
B allow
B might
B difficult
B in spite
B type
B So
B cause
B In
B insists
B increasing
B need
C own
C use
C at
C remain
C give
C should
C can
C accident
C although
C way
C However
C create
C According
C recommends
C rise
C must
D buy
D such
D in
D try
D allow
D leave
D will
D danger
D despite
D path
D While
D develop
D About
D suggests
D rising
D could
2. Complete the compound adjectives 1–5 with the words a–e.
a. nail
b. fun
c. hard
d. kind
e. second
1. ______________ -hearted
2. ______________ -hand
3. ______________ -biting
4. ______________ -loving
5. ______________ -working
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D.
WORD FORMATION
1. For questions 1–10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word
that fits in the space in the same line.
(10x1=10)_________
PERFECT – EXPENSE – DISAPPOINT – LUXURY –WILLING – DETERMINE – LIKE – FORGET – FORTUNATE – SATISFY ENTHUSIASM
It’s hard to find a place to eat which satisfies the whole family. _ Perfection _ 0 is not an easy thing to find when it
comes to restaurants. I remember my parents taking me as a child to the most 1________________ restaurant they
could find. They didn’t think it was worth spending a lot of money on someone who had no table manners! Today the
choice of restaurants is so great, however, that total 2 ________________ is rare. It’s difficult to explain exactly what
I’m looking for in a restaurant. It’s certainly not 3 ________________ surroundings, although I must admit that I’m
usually 4________________ to go into a place which looks dirty or dingy. In these days of fast food, it takes a lot of 5
________________ to persuade my own children that a bowl of salad is every bit as tasty as a burger and chips!
Some parents I know 6 ________________ taking their children to fast food restaurants, but I’ve always made an
effort to go and see just what’s available in those places. I can’t honestly say that some of the experiences were so
good that they were 7 ________________ , but at least I feel I have given the fast food chains a try. I would like to be
able to say that we go out to dinner once a week. 8________________ , this is not the case. We either seem to be
too busy, or decide that it’s more 9________________ to have a family meal at home, which is probably for the best!
But one thing is certain, I am still as 10 ________________ about food as I ever was, and intend to remain so!
2. Replace the words in bold in 1–6 with the words in a–e. There is one extra word. (5x1=5)_________
a. postponed
b. annoyed
c. terrific
d. keen on
e. work out
f. mind
1. The film was great and the special effects were amazing. ______________
2. I’ve always been interested in new technology. ______________
3. I was very angry when someone stole my mobile phone. ______________
4. None of the students could understand the final question in the exam. ______________
5. My sister and her boyfriend have delayed their wedding for a few months. ______________
3. Write link words which mean the same as those in 1–5. The first letter of each word is given. (5x1=5)_____
1. because
s ______________
2. nevertheless
h ______________
3. in order to
s ______________ t ______________
4. during the time when w______________
5. moreover
I ______________ a______________
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E.
WRITING
(8 points)_________
Formal letter
Read the exam question, then write your answer in 120-150 words in an appropriate style in the text
box on the right. Your college is organizing a variety show to raise money to buy more books for its
library. Read the letter sent out to students who might be interested in taking part in the show and
the notes you have made.
Dear students,
I am writing to inform you about an interesting event
which will take place this term.
(Need to know when)
The college is organizing a variety show to raise money to buy more books for its library.
The show will be performed entirely by college students.
If you would like to audition to take part in the show,
(Say yes)
let us know what you can do by completing the reply
(Explain what)
slip and handing it in to the college secretary. In addition, please send
in your ideas for what might be included in the show. If you have any
questions, (Make suggestions) please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Sutherland
College Principal
Exam Question: Write your letter. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate
spelling and punctuation in a style appropriate for the situation.
Evaluation Criteria
Total: ______/8
1. Organization (logical and well ordered information)
2. Language (vocabulary usage, grammatically correct sentences, accurate spelling)
3. Content ( notes covered, style appropriate for the given situation)
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ANSWER KEY
A.
LISTENING
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. A
B. READING
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
C
B
C
B
D
C
A
C
C. USE OF ENGLISH (1)
1
2
3
4
5
B
A
A
D
A
6
7
8
9
10
B
D
B
C
C
11
12
13
14
15
B
C
D
C
D
2. Compound Adjective
1d2e3a4b5c
D. WORD FORMATION (1)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
inexpensive
disappointment
luxurious
unwilling
determination
dislike
unforgettable
Unfortunately
satisfying
enthusiastic
2. Word Matching
1 c terrific
2 e keen on
3 b annoyed
4 f work out
5 a postponed
3. Linking Words
1 since
2 however
3 so that
4 while
5 in addition
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