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1) Read the text.

Clay Marzo is a 20-year-old surfing champion, and other pro surfers admit that he is really special. But
when Marzo leaves the waves, he doesn’t look confident or relaxed -in fact, he often seems rude.

Marzo has Asperger 's syndrome. The condition makes it difficult to communicate in normal social
situations. However, the condition sometimes brings special abilities and Marzo has an amazing memory.
He uses this to help his surfing: when he sees a wave, he compares it with all the other waves that he
remembers.

Marzo learned to lie on a surfboard and paddle when he was two. He could surf at four and entered his first
tournament at five. He had professional contracts when he was eleven and won his first national
championship at fifteen. But his strange behaviour made it difficult for him to be part of the surfing “scene”,
so he left. Nobody knew about his condition at that time.

Later, a film director called Jamie Tierney was making a documentary about Clay Marzo when he realised
that the boy had Asperger’s syndrome. (Tierney’s parents are psychologists) Marzo began treatment for his
condition and now he can compete in tournaments again.

2) Read the text and answer these sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. (12 points. 2 points
each)

a) Clay Marzo doesn’t not look relaxed when he is surfing. TRUE

b) Marzo finds it difficult to talk to people because he has Asperger’s syndrome. TRUE

c) Marzo has a very good memory. TRUE

d) Marzo became a professional surfer when he was fifteen years old. FALSE

Marzo became a professional surfer when he was twenty years old

e) Marzo found the life of a professional surfer difficult because he has Asperger’s syndrome. FALSE

Marzo has an amazing memory. He uses this to help his surfing: when he sees a wave, he compares it
with all the other waves that he remembers.

f) A film director’s parents were the first people to realise that Marzo had Asperger’s syndrome. TRUE

3) Number the event in Clay Marzo’s life in the correct order. (16 points. 2 points each)

a) He won his first national surfing tournament.

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b) He learned to surf.

c) A film maker made a documentary about him.

d) He started surfing again.

e) He learned to paddle on a surfboard.

f) He began having treatment for Asperger’s syndrome.

g) He left the surfing scene because he found it difficult to get on with other surfers.

h) He got his professional contract.

Order: B E H A G C F D

4) Look at the cartoon story and use the prompts to write the story. (16 points. 2 points each)

1) The sun / shine. It / hot.

1) The cyclist / compete in a race. He / lose

2) The cyclist / go to a bus stop

2) The cyclist / get on the bus

3) The cyclist / get off the bus / drop the ticket

3) A girl / see him

4) the cheater / finish the course first

5) The man / get a medal / the girl from the bus / give him the bus ticket
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The sun was shining. It was hotted

The cyclist was competed in a race. He lost.

The cyclist was going to a bus stop

The cyclist got on the bus

The cyclist got off the bus when dropped the ticket

A girl saw him

The cheater finished the course first

The man got a medal. The girl from the bus was giving him the bus ticket

5) Listen to the audio and complete the sentences with the past continuous or past simple form of the verbs
in brackets. (20 points. 1,33 points each)

Still under water, he ___swam___ (swim) close to the boat, then __came___ (come) up silently. Three
people ___argued__ (argue) loudly.

While he ___was listening___ (listen) to their argument the boat’s engines ___started___ (start). Before it
____started___(start) moving Harry quickly ___climbed___ (climb) on to the back of the boat and __hid___
(hide). The boat ___begined___ (begin) to move away. As he __was deciding__ (decide) what to do, he
___heard___ (hear) a scream.

Someone __falled__ (fall) into the water. Harry __realised__ (realise) who it __was__ (be) and __jumped__
(jump) in, too.

6) Find and correct 8 errors in this text. (16 points. 2 points each)

In 1980, a 23-year-old athlete from New York called Rosie Ruiz , she was the first woman to cross the finish
line in the Boston Marathon. Her time were very fast -just over two and half hours- but almost immediately,
the officials begin thinking something was wrong. Nobody remembered seeing Rosie during the race and
she not appear on videos of the runners while they were running. While the officials were investigating, two
students were giving them important information.

The students were watching the runners from the side of the road when Rosie suddenly appeared from the
crowd. In fact, Rosie didn’t win the race. She only crossed the finish line first because she didn’t ran the
course.
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7) Put the verbs in the correct form (past continuous or simple past) (20 points. 1,66 points each)

I __were walking___(walk) into town last Saturday when I __saw__ (see) a strange man next to a car. He
__was trying__ (try) to open the car door. When I __came__ (come) back, he was next to a different car.
This time, the door __was__ (be) open and he __looked__ (look) inside.

While he __was did__ (do) this, a police car __stoped__ (stop). Then two police officers got out. While they
__were walking__ (walk) towards the man, he___jumped__ (jump) out of the car and ___ran__ (run) away.

Later, I __were watching___ (watch) TV when I saw the man on the news. The police were taking him to
the police station in their car. He wasn’t very happy.