Instituto Springfield

4th Juniors Term exam 1 May 2018

Prepare Units 1-4

Student’s name: ……………………………………………………………

A1. Read the article and answer the questions. 10

The Trapeze Artist

‘You only live once so why stay in a boring job?’

Linda Spelman was a lawyer who found a new career in a circus. She now works as a
trapeze artist, travelling with circuses throughout Canada, Europe, and East Asia.
How did you get the job? That's quite a long story. My father’s a lawyer, so I thought I’d
become one, too. Studying law was really, really hard work, so I took up gymnastics in
the evenings to help me relax. When I finally passed my exams, I thought, ‘I need a
break. I want to travel and learn a language.’ I’d heard of the École Nationale du Cirque
in Montreal, so I thought, ‘I’ll join the circus.’ I went to Canada and did a trapeze course
and, amazingly, I was good at it.

What do you like most about it? The excitement and the travel. I always wanted to travel
and learn languages and I’ve done all of that. Also, I get on really well with circus people.
They’re all nationalities. I’ve learned so much about life from them.

What’s an average day like? Everyone has to help in the circus, so you begin the day in a
new town handing out flyers. In the afternoon, you work in the box office and rehearse.
Then you do the act in the evening. At the end of a week, I’m so tired I spend a day in
bed. Last month I twisted my shoulder and couldn’t work for a week.

Have you made any sacrifices to do this job? No, I haven’t, not really. I gave up doing
something that I hated and I’m doing something that I love. I do miss my family
sometimes, but that’s all. And of course I earn a lot less than a lawyer.

What would you like to do next? I’m 34 now. I’d like to carry on doing this until I’m at
least 50. There are Russian trapeze artists still going strong in their fifties.

What advice would you give to someone who wanted to do your job? You need to be fit
and strong and have a good head for heights. But generally. I’d say to anyone with a
dream, ‘Go for it! You only live once, so why stay in a boring job?’

1. What did she do before she became a trapeze artist?

___________________________________________________________
2. Did she give up working as a lawyer to follow her dreams?
___________________________________________________________
3. What did she learn working in the circus?
___________________________________________________________
4. What places did she visit while working in the circus?
___________________________________________________________
5. What are her plans for the future?
___________________________________________________________
A2. Read the article and say True/False/Doesn’t say. 10

Esports

Playing computer games is fun. It’s also a serious business with competitions,
champions, fans and big money prizes. Read all about esports!

Last summer over 12,000 fans were at Wembley Arena in London, shouting and
cheering. Thousands more were watching online. But this wasn’t a football, basketball or
tennis match. It was esports, or competitive computer gaming. The prize money for the
winners: £3 million.

Millions of people in the UK play games for fun. Some of them have become professional
gamers, playing games as their full-time job. Did you know that football teams such as
West Ham and Manchester City employ esports players? They send them around the
world to compete in football video game competitions. It’s not easy being a professional
gamer, though. They practise for ten or more hours a day, five or six days a week. They
do exercises like typing something and trying to type it faster and faster. They also study
videos of other players and plan ways to beat them.

As well as playing games, many people like watching them too. You can watch games on
video sites like Twitch and YouTube and in the UK there’s a TV channel showing esports
24 hours a day. They can be exciting to watch: just like other sports, there are close
games, last-minute victories and amazing performances. Sometimes online viewers can
interact with the game. For example, some games rename characters in the game with
the names of online viewers!

But are esports really sports? Are players athletes? Some say no. Esports players don’t
need to run, jump, throw or do big physical actions. At the moment, the UK government
classifies esports as kinds of games, not as sports.

But others say yes: esports are sports. Players do need some physical skills, especially
hand–eye coordination, reflexes, accuracy and timing. If darts, snooker and shooting are
classified as sports, then perhaps esports should be too. In fact, the governments of
China and South Korea do classify esports as sports, and they will be an official medal
sport in the Asian Games starting from 2022. Next step: the Olympics?

For many esports fans and players, though, the most important thing is that esports are
growing in popularity and importance. If esports are not as important as sports at the
moment, they definitely will be in the near future.

1. There were 12,000 esports players in London last summer.

2. Gaming is a popular activity in the UK.
3. Football teams are taking esports competitions seriously.
4. Esports are boring to watch.
5. All governments around the world consider esports as sports.
6. Esports players need to have some physical skills.
7. Some of the best esports players in the world are from Asia.
8. You can watch esports online but not on TV.
9. Esports players need to practise daily, as any other sport player.
10. According to the text, esports companies hire players at university and high
school.
B- Vocabulary.
B1-Complete the sentences. The first letter is given. 12

1. A wedding is a formal event, so you should wear S_______ clothes.

2. James is pretty cheerful, isn’t he? He’s never M___________.
3. Every day she puts on her T____________ and a pair of trainers and goes
for a walk in the forest. She’s very energetic.
4. I didn’t buy those trainers because they were too U______________. It was
difficult to walk with them.
5. I don’t like narrow jeans; I prefer L________ ones.
6. Older G____________ do not usually like the music we listen to nowadays.
7. When I first met your mother, I couldn’t believe how A___________
beautiful she was.
8. When I G________ a J_________, I’ll have E________ money to L_______
H________.
9. The football match was amazing. I couldn’t believe there was enough room
for 100,000 S_____________.
10. For F_________ T_________, athletes do one type of exercise but they
change the speed a lot.

B2-Use too and enough to complete the sentences. 6

1. I didn’t think about it until it was _________ late.

2. That coffee was __________ strong for me.
3. I haven’t got ___________ money to pay the rent this month.
4. Elaine couldn’t go to the disco because she wasn’t old ________.
5. It isn’t sunny ___________ to sunbathe.
6. Will you ever stop worrying _______ much?
7. Is the water warm ______________?
8. There is __________ much noise here.
9. Have you got ___________ players in your team?
10. I can’t believe I didn’t bring _________ sweets for everybody.
11. Is our father tall _________ to reach that shelf?
12. I wouldn’t like to do bungee jumping. It’s ________ dangerous.

C- Use of English

C1- Make comparative and superlative sentences.

Exciting Fashionable

Loose jeans/ narrow jeans

Game of Thrones / The walking dead