Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche, Università di Cagliari
MID-TERM EXAM, LINGUA INGLESE,STMM e EFPP
A.A. 2017-2018- Dott.ssa Loi A.
INSTRUCTIONS :
-Before you start doing the SIMULATION make sure you have already covered all the material related to the 5 UNITS of the course book.
-Reviseall the grammar tenses we’ve studied so far (the Passive and Reported speech included) and do some exercises (you’ll find plenty of them on dropbox).
-The audio files must be listened to only TWICE.
-TIMING : one hour for each section.
-Put all the notes, books and dictionaries aside.
-Send your summary of the article to my unica mail.
Happy working!
Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche, Università di Cagliari
MID-TERM EXAM, LINGUA INGLESE, STMM e EFPP
A.A. 2017-2018- Dott.ssa Loi A.
SECTION 1 - LISTENING COMPREHENSION / 15
PART 1.Listen to an interview with the mayor of Mali Brijun and representatives from the Croatian Tourist Board and the Croatian Wildlife Association. Complete the interviewer’s notes with the words and phrases in the box
Tourism development on Mali Brijun
•Board of Tourism planning to develop new 1______on Mali Brijun.
Arguments for
•Some interest from 2______.
•Island already popular with tourists and has first-class 3______.
•Plan is now to 4______and create a back-to-nature kind of tourism.
•Possible 5______on the island – over 200 footprints!
Arguments against
•Risk to plant and wildlife caused by 6______of roads and accommodation for tourists.
•Need to protect 7______on the island, e.g. wild cucumber.
•80% of park is under water – 8______may be at risk.
Issues for further discussion
•Possible to 9______tourism tax in order to fund local community projects.
•Have to balance protecting environment and benefiting from tourism 10______.
1 eco-resort / 2 international investors / 3 facilities / 4 diversify / 5 dinosaur park /6 construction / 7 endangered species / 8 marine life / 9 levy /
10 revenue
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PART 2.You will hear five different people talking about the reason why they became very successful. Choose from the list (A-F) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There is an extra letter you don't need to use.
A. natural abilityB. encouragement from others
C. careful planning
D. constant good luck
E. determination to improve
F. lack of competition / SPEAKER 1. D
SPEAKER 2. F
SPEAKER 3. A
SPEAKER 4. C
SPEAKER 5. E
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SECTION 2 - READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING /33
A) Read the text on BRIC countries and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1The BRIC countries are developed economies.T / F
2Both inbound and outbound tourism is increasing in BRIC countries.T / F
3Brazil is the fastest-growing travel and tourism economy in the world.T / F
4Eight million people work in tourism in Brazil.T / F
5Most western visitors to Russia in the past went to Moscow and St Petersburg.T / F
6Thirty-nine percent of the Russian population travelled abroad in 2010.T / F
7Most of India’s tourism is in the domestic market.T / F
8China has 43 World Heritage sites.T / F
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In with the BRICsThe BRIC countries, also known as the Big Four, are Brazil, Russia, India and China, whose emerging economies are considered to be at a similar stage of development. They are growing so fast that it is considered in some quarters that they will overtake the G7 economies within the next 15 years.
It is therefore not surprising that both inbound and outbound tourism in those countries is increasing exponentially. Brazil is the fastest-growing travel and tourism market in Latin America, with 7.7 million people working in the industry, around 8% of total employment in the country. A country that is so geographically and culturally diverse has much to offer the tourist, and pursuits of all kinds, from beach holidays to mountaineering, regional festivals to ecotourism, are catered for. The forthcoming World Cup in 2014, which will take place in various cities around the country, and 2016 Olympic Games in and around Rio de Janeiro, will both lead to large numbers of inbound tourists. Meanwhile, as Brazilians themselves become more affluent they are travelling more and finding themselves welcomed as high-spending visitors.
Covering over 17 million km2, Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area and has the distinction among the BRIC countries of being in two continents. For westerners, the ancient European cities of Moscow and St Petersburg were the traditional tourist destinations, but today visitors are heading for all parts of this vast country, with both the Golden Ring and Trans-Siberian Express being major attractions. The most recent figures show that inbound visitor numbers are increasing, with over 22 million visitors in 2010. Outbound travel meanwhile has been growing year on year, with over 39 million people travelling abroad in 2010, around 27% of the total population.
India currently has more outbound than inbound visitor numbers, with around 12.9 million Indians going abroad in 2010 compared to 5.8 million people visiting the country. Popular holiday destinations for Indian tourists include Singapore and Malaysia, with South Africa and Australia becoming more popular for those who wish to travel further afield. The largest tourism market by far is the domestic market: in 2010 over
740 million Indians visited other parts of their own country.
Although just over half the size of Russia, China has nine times its population and almost 20% of the world’s population. Its inbound and outbound tourist numbers are similar, with 57.3 million people travelling overseas in 2010 and 55.6 million visiting China the same year. China’s visitor attractions are well known: The Great Wall is a favourite, along with the Forbidden City, and with 43 World Heritage sites the visitor is spoilt for choice. The First Emperor’s Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974 and recently taken on a highly successful world tour, has helped encourage tourists to visit Xi’an to see it in its original setting.
reading
1 F / 2 T / 3 F / 4 F / 5 T / 6 F / 7 T / 8 T
B) LANGUAGE
Find words in the text which mean the same as:
a.Increasing most rapidly (adj.) = fastest-growing
b.Activities (n.) = pursuits
c.To be provided for (v.) = are catered for
d.To go towards (v.) = are heading
e.A long distance away (adv.)= further afield
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C) WRITING - A SUMMARY
What is this article about? In your own words and in about 80 words give a summary of the article
PLEASE SEND IT TO ME!
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D) WRITING - MAKING QUESTIONS
Choose a suitable question for the answers provided.
1What will the weather be like tomorrow ?
It’ll be sunny and warm.
2How long have they run their business?
They have run their business since 2001.
3 Why was he denied entry?
He was denied entry because his passport had expired.
4. What will probably be like the hotels of the future?
What might the hotels of the future be like?
What do you think the hotels of the future might be like?
I think they might be like zero gravity orbital hotels.
5 What have you been doing in these last years?
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GRAMMAR ( / 17)
A) The continuous tense and predictions. Circle the correct option.
1 The number of inbound visitors ______in recent years.
a) was risingb) is risingc) will be risingd) has been rising
2 The survey predicted that hotels ______develop an awareness of individual guest needs. a) must b) will need c) will have to d) would need
3. The traffic is very heavy so the ______is we’ll miss our plane.
a) chanceb) likelihood c) likey d) probable
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B) Past simple, past continuous, present perfect or past perfect? Fill in the gaps with a suitable verb form.
a) I met Ann and George yesterday as I 1. was walkingthrough the park. They 2. had just been to the Sports
Centre for a tennis match. They 3. were going to a café for a drink and 4. invited me to join them but I
5. had alreadyarrangedto meet a friend and 6. didn’t /did not have time.
b) This is a nice restaurant. Is it the first time 7. you have beenhere? No, I 8. came here three years ago.
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C) Passive -Transform the following sentences from active into passive voice.
1 –We must plan all our packages to minimize any disturbance to wildlife.
All our packages must be planned to minimize any disturbance to wildlife.
2 – Visitors in Florence have fully booked all the hotels in the area.
All the hotels in the area have been fully booked by visitors in Florence.
3 – They will tell us what to do tomorrow.
We’ll be told what to do tomorrow.
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D) Countable or uncountable? Circle the correct option
- Could you give me [a feedback / some feedback] on the new advertising campaign?
- The new website has been expensive, but we’re thinking of it as [an investment / investment] for the longer term.
- I don’t know whether to believe all the [hype / hypes] about social networking sites.
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E) Convert the following sentences in direct speech into reported speech.
1 –He said to me: ‘I’m very sorry that I didn’t meet you yesterday.’
He told me/ he said to methat he was very sorry he had not met/ he didn’t meet me the day before.
2–‘What about going out?’, Tyler suggested.
Tyler suggested going out. /Tyler suggested that we go out/ Tyler suggested that we should go out.
3– Our flight back home will arrive at 10 a.m., he replied.
He replied that our flight back home would arrive at 10 a-m.
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USE OF ENGLISH ( /20)
a) professional skills.
Complete the gaps (1–10) in the text below using the words in the box. You may need to change the form of the word.
bar breakdown chart image particularly portray statisticalVisual aids are a 1 particularlyuseful way of making your presentation interesting. It is said that audiences retain 10% of what they hear and 30% of what they see. Whatever the truth of that, it is certainly true that using 2images will help your audience to remember more than if the presentation is entirely oral. 3Statical information can be rather uninteresting, but illustrating it in a 4bar graph or pie 5chartmakes it more memorable. The language you use to refer to the visuals is also important, of course: expressions such as ‘Figure 1’ shows a
6breakdown of visitors by country of origin,’ or ‘The table 7portrays a sharp rise in profits during the summer high-season period.’
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B) vocabulary
Match the web words (1–10) with their definitions (a–j).
1networka)someone who signs up, usually for payment, to receive a service
2broadcastb)an audio or video file downloaded from the internet
3coveragec)group of people that are connected in order to share information
4subscriberd)manage a website, often for a company
5hoste)level of reporting of an event in social media
6podcastf)send out television or radio programme
vocabulary: web words
1 c / 2 f / 3 e / 4 a / 5 d/ 6 b
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C) WORD FORMATION
Use the words given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form aword that fits in the gap in the same line.
Tourist or traveller?People assume there is a (1)______between a tourist and a traveler, that a tourist is a negative term. ln general, a tourist goes to a new place to have a fun, (2)______time, and replace the energy used up by working in a (3)______job. A traveller wanders from place to place driven by a deep (4) ______about everything new and the desire to explore. A tourist goes somewhere, is amazed,
returns, with his everyday life (5) ______by
what he has experienced, while the traveller roams around, seeking anything that improves his (6) ______of the world.
The tourist escapes from the (7) ______routine of everyday life seeking relaxation, whereas all the traveller wants is
to be on the road.
The tourist goes home. The traveller moves on, perhaps because he doesn't want to stop anywhere (8) ______. But is it possible that the two are (9)______the same? They share a pleasure in the world and a 10) ______with
the wonders in it. / DIFFERENT
ENJOY
STRESS CURIOUS
CHANGE
UNDERSTAND
BORE
PERMANENT
ACTUAL
FASCINATE
1. DIFFERENCE
2. ENJOYABLE
3. STRESSFUL
4. CURIOSITY
5. UNCHANGED
6. UNDERSTANDING
7. BORING
8. PERMANENTLY
9. ACTUALLY
10. FASCINATION
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