SANTA MONICA

School of Languages
Examinations and Assessment
Argentina
Department
THE SANTA MONICA EXAMINATIONS
IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

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Preliminary English Language Course 4th /B1

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2021 2022

Centre Time: 100 minutes

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Paper
reference 9428 2021

Final Mark

a. 1. Read and answer. 16 marks

Hi, there! This is part of my of the Commonwealth, and quite a lot of volcanic activity.
project on New Zealand that my therefore, the official head of South Island is cooler and has a
social studies teacher did not state is the queen of Englana, higher rainfall. In the South
like at all. I would like to share s Island there are the Southern
Scotland
believed
and
that
Wales.
the
It
Queen Alps with Mount Cook whichis
this information with you so you
can tell me if you like it or not. actually owns many hectares of the highest mountain in the
land on one of the islands. country.
Aotearoa is NeW Zealand's HIstorians say that New
Maori name, meaning the land Zealand was the first country in New Zealand has recently
of the long white cloud. It is the world to give the right of become known as Middle
likely that early Maori explorers vote to women in 1893, to have arth since the release of "The
searching for new lands where old age pensions and the eight- Lord of the Rings' and The
to settle gave the islands this hour working day. Hobbit" movies. ne Qiverse
name
presence
as cloud
of land
meant the
in t h e New Zealand, which is located
and spectacular scenery seen in
the films attracts thousands of
in the South Pacific, consists of
distance.
two large islands plus other
visitors from all over the world
who want to enjoy the sites for
New zealand is a democratic smaller islands with an area of themselves. Many people are
Country with its 0wn 270,000 sq km. North Island eager to discover more of the
parliament. However, it is part has a warm climate and theree is films locations.

1 Who is the real head of state in New Zealand?

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2 In what way was New Zealand advanced in the area of human rights?
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3 Where is New Zealand located?

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Why are there so many people interested in visiting New Zealand?

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a. 2. Match these words or phrases from the text with some of the definitions
4 markss
Word/phrase definition
share the amount of rain that falls
a.
Own b . is in a particular place
3 located C.within a short time
4 rainfall d. have or use something at the same time as someone else
e . belonging to

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 b. Nick is talking to Sam. Complete the conversation. 10 markss

Nick
Sam My project? No, the teacher told me it was incomplete.
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Sam Well, it took me almost a week to gather the information and write the
project
Nick
Sam
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Pictures? No, I didn't include any. I had no time to look for pictures.
Nick
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Sam Well, the teacher told me to redo some parts and include information on
wildlife
Nick
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Sam No, thanks. I don't need any help.

C. Choose the correct alternative. 10 marks

New Zealand was

cut off from the rest of (1).. . land on Earth for 80 million
years1,
and has (2) unique animals and plants. One of animals (3). tuatara, a
unique to New Zealand, (4).. . is a reptile from the era of the dinosaurs. Tuataras
known (5) Preferring cool climatic conditions not exceeding
are .
25 degrees 3. .
Celsius. They (6)... on various offshore islands.

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Another animal is the weta, the largest and heavier insect ( 7 ) . the world.
Some of the weta species are (8).. .endangered.

The kiwi - the symbol of New Zealand - is a large bird which (9).. . fly. This bird

can live up to 50 years, has hair-likefeathers and has strong legs (10)... notail.
This bird is continuously being protected from extinction.

10. .

1. an the these
2. Some any neither
. SCOver is the are the
wno which
where SO
or
are founded are found
was found
7. at n on
8. Considered taken done
shouldn't
9. cannot WOuldn't
10 but_ because since

d. Rewrite these sentences without changing their meaning. 10 marks

The teacher usually reads the results of the tests on Monday morning.

he results of the tests. .

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is still working here.

Our teacher started working in this school in 2015. She

The train to Brighton left at 8.50. We got to the station at 9 sharp.

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When we got to the station, the train. . sasaasenan**sssseeseens***s**ssasm******senas********
When I leave school at the age of 17 I want to become a teacher, sald Sophie.
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5 They will give the best student a gold medal.

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The best student.

e. Put the verbs in their correct place and form. 20 markss

be * travel
* choose know
* find out *be back
be * think
* compete
make
Oliver Grant, the writer of A Survival Guide
for Life in the Wild,
(1).. on TV next .

month with a new series on wild life. He (2). . . to New Zealand's South Island with a 2
crew of 20
people. These
people have been chosen (3)... in pairs and
the winning 3
pair is
going to win a fantastic prize of $300,000! The contestants are
going to have
(4).fires and a shelter, go through obstacles, keep safe and dry at night and, of | *
course, find food. Everybody (5)... that the contestants will have to
eat very unusual5
things to survive snakes, scorpions and insects of all types. (6). .you...that
everybody in this sort of expeditions (7). . ready to face the difficulties
.

easily? Well, |
let's watch the
series and (8) .who is really fit.
. .

Oliver Grant (9). . . New Zealand's South Island because of its forests, mountains and
rivers. The weather can (10). . .

very story and extreme, too. So, all in all

for the 9
contestants it is going to be a difficult test, both physically and emotionally.
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f.Listen and tick True, False Not mentioned.

or
10 marks

1 Oliver Grant is going to see the competition from the comforts of his house.
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2 Oliver wants to choose the winners in the competition.
3 Oliver wants his wife to be one of the competitors.

4 Oliver Grant is not a single man.

5 He has never done parachuting in his life.

9. Creative writing. 30 marks

Write about 130 words on the following:

Fortunately, when the teacher saw my project she said

Now you go on withthe story.

luckl
good
We wish you

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