Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Centro Linguistico d’Ateneo

Corso Docenti Ambito 10_Level B1

Preparatore linguistico: dottoressaElisabetta Soro

Mock exam2

Name______Date______Mark______

Part 2 – USE OF ENGLISH ...... /20

A) Gap Filling

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form/tense. Write your answers in the table below.

Example. Sarah likes pizza. (like)

1.Galileo was persecuted because he _____1 (believe) that the earth ____ 2 (be) round.

2.It_____ 3(stop)raining since yesterday.

3.Where_____ 4(do)the sun rise?

4.I _____ 5(see) Susie Monday.

5.‘The doorbell’s sounding.’ ‘I_____’6 (go)

6.She ____7(spend) half of her time traveling.

7.My sister ____ 8(work) as a waitress.

8.I_____9(listen)to a great radio show on the way to work.

9.She ____10(be) living here for 2 years.

Write your answers here:

1.BELIEVED / 6.WILL GO
2.WAS/IS / 7.SPENDS
3.HASN’T STOPPED / 8.WORKS
4.DOES / 9.WAS LISTENING
5.AM SEEING / 10.HAS BEEN

1 point for each correct answer …… / 10

B) Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer; mark your answer with a cross (X). DO NOT WRITE IN THE SPACES. The first has been done for you:

Example

00. What do you like …… in your free time?

A) doB)doingC) to doing 00. A) B×) C)

1. / The children were in their class when the fire alarm ______off.
(A) / goes
(B) / was going
(C) / went
2. / Every child ______to attend the graduation ceremony the following week.
(A) / are
(B) / have
(C) / has
3. / While Terry ______the road, he heard someone call out to him.
(A) / crossed
(B) / has crossed
(C) / was crossing
4. / The boys, together with their teacher, ______going to Sentosa this week.
(A) / is
(B) / are
(C) / were
5. / A number of stray dogs ______caught by the officers yesterday.
(A) / is
(B) / are
(C) / were
6. / Greg says that the earth ______round the sun.
(A) / go
(B) / goes
(C) / went
7. / Look at that pretty girl. She ______so well.
(A) / dance
(B) / dances
(C) / dancing
8. / My mother ______the floor while ______to the radio.
(A) / sweep ... listen
(B) / sweeps ... listening
(C) / swept ... listened
9. / The twins ______their mother's eyes and their father's hair.
(A) / look after
(B) / take down
(C) / take after

10. We ___ a lot of volunteer work.

(A) do

(B) doing

(C) are do

1 point for each correct answer …… / 10

Part 3 – READINGCOMPREHENSION ...... /20

Read the text carefully and then answer the questions.

Eight Year Old Boy Rescued by Crocodile!
Thomas Hanson, a little boy who fell down from a high rock into a River in Florida yesterday, is
alive! Workers of a rescue team who came to the place where the accident happened said that this was
a real miracle.
Thomas had gone on a trip with his parentsand his older sister Janet in the woods near the River.
While the parents were having a picnic on a sunny field, the two children were playing on some rocks.
They wanted to see who could climb higher when suddenly Thomas slipped on some wet leaves and
fell into the river.
“The rock was very high, and Tommy hit his head on a big stone before he finally disappeared in the
water,” said his sister. “I was terrified and quickly ran to our mom and dad!”
When the parents heard what had happened, they quickly ran to the rocks where the children had
played. In a tourist guide, their mother had read that the river was full of dangerous crocodiles, and so
she feared that nobody could help her son any more.
While they were waiting for the rescue team which they had phoned, they were calling their son’s
name, but they got no answer.
“We both started to cry, because we were so afraid,” explained Ron, the boy’s father. “But then,
suddenly, Janet shouted that she had seen something!” So they quickly ran to their daughter, who was
standing next to the river at the bottom of the rocks. They couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw
what was happening.
“A young crocodile was swimming to us. On its back, we saw Thomas, who was looking a bit afraid,
but well off. The crocodile had rescued our son!”
Rescue workers said that they had never before seen something like that. Usually crocodiles bite
people who enter the river. But they think that probably, the young crocodile wasn’t hungry, and so it
brought the boy back to his family safely.
“We’re all very happy that nothing bad happened!” said Thomas’ mother. And Thomas promised: “I
will never climb on such a high rock again!”

TRUE/FALSE

T F

1. Thomas Hanson, who fell down from a tree, is alive. [x] [ ]

2. Thomas was on a trip in Florida with his parents and his sister. [x] [ ]

3. The boy was climbing on the rock alone. [ ] [x]

4. He jumped into the river because he wanted to go swimming. [ ] [x]

5. Janet quickly ran to her parents after the accident had happened. [x] [ ]

6. They didn’t know that there were crocodiles in the river. [ ] [x]

7. Thomas’ parents were crying because they were afraid. [x] [ ]

8. They were surprised when they saw the crocodile with Thomas. [x] [ ]

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION

1. Who did Thomas go with in the woods near the River?

HIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTER

2. Why Thomas slipped down the river?

BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING ON THE ROCKS AND HE CLIMBED VERY HIGH

3. Who knew that the river was full of crocodiles?

THOMAS’ MOTHER READ IT IN A TOURIST GUIDE

4. What did Thomas’ parents do first?

THEY CALLED THE RESCUE TEAM

5. What strange scene did Thomas’ parents see when looking down the river?

THEY SAW A YOUNG CROCODILE SWIMMING WITH THEIR SON ON ITS BACK

6. What did the rescue team think happens to the crocodile?

IT WAS NOT HUNGRY

Part 4 – WRITING

Choose ONE of the following tasks:

1. You are on holiday in a foreign country. Write a short letter to your best friend. Tell him / her about:

-where you are and what the weather is like there;

-something you are often doing and something you did yesterday;

-something you are going to do tomorrow or you would like to do;

-how the food is like there and what you liked eating.

1. Write about your best friend. Provide the following information:

-Who she/he is, where she/he is from, where she/he lives;

-The family she/he comes from;

-What she/he does (works/studies?) and what she/he likes in life;

-What you do when you are together.

▪Write the composition here, using between 80 and 100 words.

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Total ……/100

Total ...... /60