Entry examination to terza OS
August 2011
Liceo Lugano 2 / Savosa
Agosto 2011
ENTRY EXAMINATION
TO TERZA OS
Name :
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Surname :
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Date :
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USE OF ENGLISH
1. Report the statements and questions. There is an example.
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0) “I’ll miss you very much”, he said to her. He told her he would miss her very much.
1) “This film will be interesting.”
She said _______________________________________________________
2) “I can’t help you because I have too much to do.”
She said __________________________________________
3) “We had a terrible weather on holiday.” He complained _____________________________________________
4) “My car was stolen a few weeks ago.”
He said _________________________________________________
5) “We’ve never been to Hong Kong,” they said to me They told _________________________________________
6) “Can I borrow your car?”
He asked me __________________________________________________________
7) “Will you be back early?”
She asked us __________________________________________________________
8) “Where have you come from?”
He asked me ___________________________________________________
2. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate relative pronoun. Add comas if necessary and
indicate where there is more than one possibility.
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1) I don’t like people __________ are big-headed.
2) Have you ever seen the awful jacket __________ Sophie’s bought?
3) She wanted to know the reason __________ I had turned down her invitation.
4) They have designed a microwave __________ can defrost a frozen chicken in just ten seconds.
5) We went back to look at the house __________ we used to live.
6) Nicole Kidman __________ latest film was shot in LA has said she’d like to work in the theatre again.
7) The book was returned to the person __________ name was inside.
8) I prefer to go to Greece in winter __________ there are fewer tourists about.
3. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate verb into the correct form.
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1) If I _________________ the bus this afternoon, I’ll get a taxi instead.
2) We’ll have to go without John if he _________________ soon.
3) They _________________ your money if you haven’t kept your receipt.
4) Will you send me a postcard when you _________________ in Mexico?
5) _________________ harder if you were better paid?
6) If Marco _________________ Sandra, he would marry her.
4. Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form.
cause
damage
hold
include
invite
make
overtake
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show
1)
Many accidents ___________________ by dangerous driving.
2)
Cheese ___________________ from milk.
3)
The roof of the building ___________________ in a storm a few days ago.
4)
There is no need to leave a tip. Service ___________________ in the bill.
5)
You ___________________ to the wedding. Why didn’t you come?
6)
A cinema is place where films ___________________.
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In the United States, elections for President ___________________ every four years.
8)
Originally the book ___________________ in Spanish and few years ago it __________________
into English.
9)
We were driving along quite fast but we ___________________ by lots of other cars.
5. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form: present simple or past simple, active or passive.
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1) It’s a big factory. Five hundred people are ___________________ (employ) there.
2) Water ___________________ (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.
3) The park gates ___________________ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.
4) I was born in London but I ___________________ (grow) up in Lugano.
5) While I was on holiday, my camera ___________________ (steal) from my hotel room.
6) The boat ___________________ (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ___________________ (rescue).
7) The letter ___________________ (post) a week ago and it ___________________ (arrive) yesterday.
8) While I was on holiday, my camera ___________________ (disappear) from my hotel room.
6. Rewrite these sentences in the passive form.
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1) I didn’t realise that somebody was recording our conversation.
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2) They have built a new hospital near the airport.
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3) They are building a new road round the city.
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4) Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
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5) How do people learn languages?
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6) Somebody accused me of stealing money.
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7. Complete the conversation with the correct verb and the correct form. You may need to use will or
would.
Tommy
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I haven’t forgotten your birthday, you know. If you like, I _________________ a table for
Thursday at our favourite restaurant.
Sophie
My birthday is on Wednesday, Tommy! You’re playing basketball then, aren’t you? If you
cared for me, you _________________ on my birthday.
Tommy
What’s the difference? If we _________________ out on Thursday, it’ll just be the same.
If I _________________, I would be letting the team down.
Sophie
Yes, I suppose it _________________ disaster if you missed one game. Well, if you
_________________ more of your friends than you do of me, you can forget the whole thing!
Tommy
I just don’t understand you sometimes, Sophie.
Sophie
If you __________________ about it, you would understand. And I think it _________________
better if we forgot all about my birthday.
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Tommy
Don’t be silly, Sophie. If you get into one of your bad moods, it _________________ good for us.
Sophie
If you were interested in my feelings, I _________________ into a bad mood!!!
8. Complete the conversation with might / might not or will/ won’t.
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Sam
Hi Mel. It’s me Sam.
Mel
Hi Sam.
Sam
Listen Mel. It’s about the party tonight.
Mel
You are going, aren’t you?
Sam
I don’t know. I’m not sure. I _____________ go but I _____________ go. I can’t decide.
Mel
Oh come on. You _____________ love it! And you _____________ meet somebody new.
Sam
Ok. I _____________ go then.
Mel
Good! What are you going to wear?
Sam
That’s the other problem. I’m not sure what to wear. I _____________ wear my new
black trousers. Or perhaps the red dress – what do you think?
Mel
If I were you, I would wear the red dress!
Sam
But I put on weight and the red dress _____________ fit me anymore!
Mel
Well, wear the black trousers then.
Sam
Ok. I _____________ wear the black trousers.
9. Complete the newspaper story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use Present Perfect Simple
or Continuous, and Past Simple, the active or passive.
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David Davidson, 79, and his wife, Jean, 70, ________________ (1.live) in Travelodge hotels for
over 22 years. The couple , ________________ (2.spend) more than £100,000 staying at hotels
even though they own a flat in Sheffield. They say it is cheaper than living in their own
home.
The couple’s love for motel life began in the 1980s when they , ________________
(3.stay) in a Travelodge on the A1 at Newark, Nottinghamshire, while visiting an elderly
aunt. They enjoyed their stay so much that when the aunt , ________________ (4.die) they
decided to move permanently. However, by 1997, they felt like a change so they moved to a
newly-built Travelodge, only 15 minutes away, and still on the A1. They , ________________
(5.stay) there ever since. They return to their flat once a fortnight to pick up their post.
Mr Davidson, a retired banker, says “We have everything we need here and the staff
are like family nw.” Mrs Davidson, who ________________ (6. suffer) from a bone disease for
many years and now uses a wheelchair, said “Our room here is on the ground floor, so that’s
good for me and we ________________ (7.bring) lots of framed photos with us so it feels like a
home. Friends and family come to visit us here and we even get birthday and Christmas
cards from the staff.”
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The couple, who ________________ (8.marry) since 1953 and have a son also called David,
even uses Travelodges when they go on holiday. “We ________________ (9.just /return) from
three weeks in Savannah, Georgia, USA and, although the American Travelodges aren’t the
same company, we still feel it is the only place to stay,” said Mr Davidson.
Travelodge’s director for the north of England, Paul Anstey, said:” We are delighted that
the Davidsons ________________ (10.make) Travelodge their home. To recognize their loyalty,
their room ________________ (11.name) “The Davidsons’ Suite” and a plaque ________________
(12.put up) in their honour in Reception.”
10. Here are some answers to questions about the Davidsons. Write the questions.
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1) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
22 years.
2) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
£100,00.
3) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
In the 1980s.
4) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
Because they felt like a change.
5) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
Once every two weeks.
6) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
For many years. She now uses a wheelchair.
7) ______________________________________________________________________________________________?
Since 1953.
8)______________________________________________________________________________________________?
To recognize their loyalty.
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COMPREHENSION
11. Read the article and answer the following questions. (Use complete sentences.)
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1) What makes families especially suited to long-distance space travel?
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2) Why will more ordinary people probably go on space flights in the future?
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3) Why is it better for the first crews of space flights to be childless couples?
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4) Why is it difficult to design morals for space travellers?
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5) What does the article suggest about long-distance space travel?
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12. Read the following extract from If I Can Make It Anybody Can by Victoria Rothesay.
After I left Debrecen I walked for days and put up my tent at night. An old couple driving a
horse and a cart stopped and spoke to me. I tried out my broken Hungarian and they laughed.
But it was obvious they were offering me a lift, so I got up on the cart, with my backpack and
my tent. The offered me some fiery apricot liqueur, home-made by the look of it. We drank it
from the bottle.
The land was flat. You could see forever. You could see as far as the future. At first we
could still see the Hortobagy river, brown in the weak sunshine, and carpets of sunflowers. But
then, as we jolted along a track in the cart, there was just the puszta – the dry Great Plain of
Hungary. It’s where the Hungarians grow their wheat and catch their wild horses.
A Hungarian poet once said that the earth and the sky are one in the puszta. I
understand what he means. As far as you can see in every direction, the sky comes down and
touches the land. The dry yellow land is not beautiful in the usual sense, but being part of it, I
felt a great sense of peace. I have always hated mountains and skyscrapers because they are
bigger then I am. But this ... When I lay down and watched the puszta from the back of the
cart, it was like being in a great flat bed that had no sides but just went on forever. It was then,
at that moment, that I felt I could do anything in the worlds that I wanted. I was eighteen years
old.
Then, in the distance, we saw the horses. At first there was just a cloud of dust. Then
suddenly, about then small, wiry, brown Hungarian wild horses charged across the
Great Plain. They got near enough for me to see them tossing their heads. Two csikos,
Hungarian cowboys, were chasing them. The cowboys saw the cart and shouted
something. The old man shouted something back and he and the old woman laughed.
They said something to me in Hungarian, probably trying to explain what the cowboys
had said.
I fell asleep. When I woke up, the horses and the two csikos, had gone but
nothing about the scenery had changed. We were still moving forwards but it was as if
we had stopped.
I didn’t want us ever to arrive anywhere. I wanted to stay on the cart in the Great Plain
forever. But at the same time I knew that when the journey was over, everything was
going to be just fine. And it was.
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A)Are the following sentences TRUE or FALSE?
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1) Debrecen is a town in Hungary.
TRUE
FALSE
2) The writer speaks no Hungarian at all.
TRUE
FALSE
3) The writer saw the Hortobagy river.
TRUE
FALSE
4) The writer felt a sense of peace because nothing in the scenery was bigger than her. TRUE
5) The writer likes flat scenery better than mountains.
TRUE
FALSE
6) The Hungarian cowboys didn’t see the cart.
TRUE
FALSE
7) The scenery on the Great Plain doesn’t change very much. TRUE
FALSE
8) The writer describes a moment when she knew that everything in her life would be fine. TRUE
B) Match the describing words and phrases (1-6) with what they describe (a-f).
1) broken
a) an alcoholic drink
2) fiery
b) flat scenery
3) carpets
c) horses
4) weak
d) flowers
5) the sky and the earth are one
e) sunshine
6) tossing their heads
f) the writer’s Hungarian
FALSE
FALSE
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WRITTEN EXPRESSION
13. Write about your dreams for the future. Write about:
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Definite plans
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Not sure about
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Hope, ambitions
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Dreams
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Use the correct tenses and expressions for each paragraph. Write between 200 and 250 words.
You’ll be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Form:
- your ideas are clearly expressed
3 points
- you use correct structures and grammar
6 points
- your vocabulary is wide and varied
5 points
- your spelling is correct
2 points
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