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ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL ARGENTINO -BRITÁNICA DE SALTA

COURSE: Adults LEVEL: Elementary A2.0

NAME: ................................................................................................................................................................
TEACHER: .......................................................................................... City: .....................................................

A- READING COMPREHENSION.-
Read the text and circle TRUE (T) or FALSE (F): (5x 2 = 10)

A CHILD STAR
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756, with an extraordinary
musical talent. The son of a musician, at the age of three he started to play notes on the clavier (an early kind
of piano). He composed his first piece of music when he was five years old, and he first performed in public
at the age of six. The boy travelled around Europe with his father and sister, performing in many countries.
When he was 13 he went to Rome, where the Pope praised his wonderful talent. Wherever he performed as a
child, he was a great success. He started to work at the age of 15, as head of the Archbishop of Salzburg’s
Orchestra. But he didn’t like the Archbishop so he left Salzburg and went to Vienna – even though his father
didn’t want him to. He married Constanze Weber when he was 25. They had six children, but only two of
them survived beyond babyhood. For a time, Mozart worked for Emperor Joseph of Austria, but the Emperor
didn’t pay him very well. However, when Mozart performed in public, the Emperor gave him fine clothes
and jewellery to wear. The family had very little money, and it was difficult to buy food and clothes for the
children. Mozart was very hard-working. He composed an enormous amount of music. But some people in
his world didn’t like his talent, and towards the end of his life, he stopped public performances and earned
money teaching. Also, his friends gave him money. He was only 35 when he died, and he was never rich in
his lifetime. But nearly 250 years later, recordings of his music make millions of dollars each year.

This is an example
0- Mozart was from Austria. T - F
1- Mozart first wrote music when he was six. T - F
2- Mozart performed all over Europe in his childhood. T - F
3- Mozart’s father wanted him to move to Vienna. T - F
4- Four of Mozart’s children died when they were babies. T - F
5- Mozart was always poor in his lifetime. T - F

Read and answer the questions with NO MORE than THREE words: (5 x 2 =10)

A NEW LANGUAGE?
The language ‘Esperanto’ is about 120 years old. It doesn’t come from any country. People call it a ‘planned’
language, because someone created it – a Pole, Dr L. L. Zamenhof.
The word ‘Esperanto’ means ‘someone who hopes’. The idea is for Esperanto to be a language for international
communication. Everyone learns it as a foreign language, rather than learning a language from one particular
country, like French or English.
Esperanto isn’t a difficult language. The rules are simple, and every word is easy to pronounce and to spell.
There are Esperanto textbooks and dictionaries, as well as other books, and translations into Esperanto from
other languages. There are 30,000 books in the British Esperanto library.
There are other ‘planned languages’, but Esperanto is the biggest. Many countries have their own Esperanto
societies. There are over half a million Esperanto Internet sites, and you can even learn it by email! There are
also some very famous Esperanto speakers – for example, six Nobel Prize winners.
Sadly, the fact that Esperanto doesn’t have its own country or culture also causes some problems. For example,
no country uses Esperanto in schools, and no people learn it as their own language. Its speakers come from all
over the world, but they also have their own languages.
Although Esperanto speakers care very much about its future, it’s not always easy to make other people speak it
or teach it to their children. The future of Esperanto depends on new people learning it, but at the moment there
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are only around two million speakers of Esperanto in the world. But more than 700 million speakers of English!
This is an example:

0- How old is the language “Esperanto”? 120 years old

1- Why is it called a planned language? Because___________________

2- What does it mean? _________________________

3- What kind of materials can you use to learn it? _________________________

4- How many Internet Esperanto sites are there? _______________________

5- How many speakers of Esperanto are there? __________________________

B- VERB TENSES.-
Choose the correct options. (10 x 1 = 11)
This is an example:
0- DO / DOES you like computer games?

1- Lara SENDS / SENT her boyfriend a text message every day.

2- Maria can’t come to my party tonight. She HAD/IS HAVING a bad cold.
3- DID YOU EVER EAT/HAVE YOU EVER EATEN Chinese food?

4- She arrived when we HAD/ WERE HAVING dinner.

5- We often TALK/ TALKS about politics.

6- I’m sure they WILL LOSE/LOSE the match.

7- I AM WALKING/ WAS WALKING in the park when I saw an enormous dog.

8- I’ve never SAW/ SEEN him in a suit and tie.

9- They DIDN’T/ DON’T go to the cinema with us last week.

10- I’ll ring you this evening! I DON’T/ WON’T forget.

11- I STUDIED / STUDIES a lot yesterday, as I have an exam today!!

C- USE OF ENGLISH.-
Read and circle the correct options to complete the text. (7 x 2 = 14)

AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT
Last Friday (0) _____________ friend Sam gave ( 1)__________ one of his books to
help with a project I was doing. (2) _______ Saturday afternoon, I was at home alone. I
was doing my project and looking after our new puppy, when the phone rang. It was Sam –
he had tickets (3) _______ a pop concert that evening and he invited me to go with him.
He also asked me to bring (4)_________ book as he needed it for his project. I finished
my work, and went up stairs to take a shower. I left the puppy in my bedroom, as she
(5)________sleeping. When I finished my shower, I went back into my bedroom and
couldn’t believe my eyes! My beautiful project was lying all over the floor, and the puppy
was playing with pens and eating bits of paper. Worst of all, the paper was from Sam’s
book! When I (6)________ Sam about it, he wasn’t very pleased with (7) _________
puppy …
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This is an example:
0) a- I b- my c- this
1) a- mine b-me c-my
2) a- On b-At c-In
3) a- to b- by c-for
4) a- her b-his c-their
5) a- were b- is c- was
6) a- told b- tells c-was telling
7) a- a b- some c-the

Circle the correct alternative: a, b or c (10 x 1 = 10)

This is an example:
0. What kind ____________ films do you like watching?
a. for b. at c. of

1. I’ve lost my sunglasses, can you help me____________ them?

b. Look at b. look for c. Look after

2. I was so tired, I fell asleep while I was ___________the film.

a. watching b. looking c. seeing

3. Last week my teacher _______me that I needed to work harder at my maths.

a. tells b. says c. told

4. We ________about the environment, so we try and save water in the home.

a. care b. change c. practise

5. I met Antonio last night and we ________ about getting married.

a. talked b. told c. said

6. I never ______ with my dad. We have completely different views.

a. look b. think c. agree
7. Mike phoned. He’s going to _______ back in an hour.
a. call b. send c. look

8. Susie makes me laugh. She’s really _________

a. funny b. talkative c. Hard-working

9. I’m not ________ the washing up again! It’s your turn.

a. cleaning b. making c. doing

10. I usually drive to work because it ________ time.

a. saves b. gives c. makes

D- COMMUNICATION.-
Read and circle the correct answers: (5 x 2 = 10)
This is an example:
A Yes, I can
B No , I don´t
C Yes, I do
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0. Do you want to go running?

1. What does she do? A She is reading

B She is a secretary
C She is Italian

A To London
2. Where are you arriving from? B In London
C From London
3. What kind of books do you read?
A No, I don’t
B Novels
C In the summer
4. How long are you going to stay? A A month
B In Paris
C In a hotel
5. What did you buy? A In Brazil
B The black one
C A purple skirt

E- LISTENING COMPREHENSION.-

Listen and circle TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). (5 x 2 = 10)

1) The hotel was full of guests T - F

2) Their neighbours are having a party T - F

3) Jim is at a restaurant T - F
4) Maria doesn’t usually read in English T - F
5) The gallery closes at 4.00 on Sundays T - F

F- WRITING.-
Sentence Transformation: Rewrite these sentences using the words given: (2 each=8)
(Structures to be evaluated: passive voice – comparatives & superlatives – time clauses –
modals: can – can´t / must – mustn´t/ have to – do not have to – should / shouldn´t)
This is an example:
0- I have watched this film twice. (already)
I …… have already …… watched this film.
1- Mary is 1.55mts tall. Tanya is 144mts tall. (taller)
Mary is ............................................................................................

2- I have to finish my project for tomorrow. (yet)

I haven’t ................................................................................................

3- Brazil produces coffee. (is)

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Coffee ......................................................................by Brazil.

4- Please, do not talk in class. ( shouldn´t)

You ............................................................................... in class

Choose ONE of the topics below and write between 60 and 100 words. (17 marks)
1) “A Journey I enjoyed”

2) “The place where I live”

Writing 1 Max. Score Total Achieved

Lay out and 5
Accomp. of task
Coherence and 5
Content
Grammar and 7
Vocabulary
Total 17

CRASH 3 (FINAL EXAM- DECEMBER2010)

KEY
READING COMPREHENSION

TRUE OR FALSE

1- F 2- T 3-F 4-F 5-T

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1- ANY COUNTRY

2- SOMEONE WHO HOPES

3- TEXTBOOKS AND DICTIONARIES

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4- HALF A MILLION

5- TWO MILLION

1) VERB TENSES

1- SENDS

2- IS HAVING

3- HAVE YOU EVER EATEN

4- WERE HAVING

5- TALK

6- WILL LOSE

7- WAS WALKING

8- SEEN

9- DIDN’T

10- WON’T

2) USE OF ENGLISH

READ THE TEXT AND CIRCLE A, B, OR C.

1- B- me 2-A- on 3- C-for 4-B- his 5-C-was 6-A- told

CIRCLE A, B, OR C

1- B- look for 2- B- during 3-C- told 4-A- care 5-A- talked

6- C- agree 7- A- call 8-A- funny 9-C- doing 10-A- saves

3) COMMUNICATION

1- B 2-C 3- B 4-A 5- C

4) LISTENING COMPREHENSION

- LISTEN AND CHOOSE (CD 3 TRACK 5- N.E.F ELEM. BOOK)

 1- B 2-A 3-B 4-B 5-A

- TRUE OR FALSE (CD 3 TRACK 6- N.E.F ELEM BOOK)

 1- F 2-F 3-T 4-T 5-T

5) SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

1) I DON’T EAT MEAT BECAUSE I’m VEGETARIAN

2) WHO BROKE THE WINDOW YESTERDAY?

3) WHAT DID LUCY SEE?

4) TENNIS IS NOT AS POPULAR AS FOOTBALL.