Kangourou Italia Cambridge English Language Assessment Gara del 26 febbraio 2015

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1 Kangourou Italia ambridge English Language ssessment Gara del 26 febbraio 2015 ategoria GREY KNGROO Per studenti della classe seconda della Scuola Secondaria di Secondo Grado LISTENING TEST YOU NEED: This question paper n answer sheet black pen You may NOT use a dictionary. Do NOT start this test until you are told to do so. Try to answer LL the questions. INSTRUTIONS: Listen to each question carefully. Select the correct answer and then mark your selection on your answer sheet. Only mark one answer for each question. Questa parte è formata da 20 quesiti a scelta multipla. Il punteggio massimo ottenibile, relativamente a questa parte, è di 20 punti. Eseguire prima traccia (GREY) del disco GREY/RED KNGROO. pagina 36 ULES 2015

2 Part 1 5 questions You will hear people talking in different situations. For each question, listen and choose the correct answer. 1 What will en do this evening? GREY KNG. 2 Where will the woman go first? ULES 2015 pagina 37

3 3 Which instrument does the girl play? GREY KNG. 4 What time is the dance class today? 5 How are the couple travelling? pagina 38 ULES 2015

4 Part 2 5 questions Listen to an interview with a man called Jeffrey Martel, who works as a taster in a chocolate company. For each question, choose the correct answer. 6 Jeffrey s job is to help the company improve the flavour of its products. respond to feedback from consumers. guarantee that the products maintain their quality. 7 In Jeffrey s opinion, a good professional taster is someone who is willing to work at any time of the day. knows a lot about food preparation. eats slowly and carefully. GREY KNG. 8 What is Jeffrey s role in the development of a new chocolate bar? recognising problems at an early stage analysing the products of other companies making sure it s different from all the others 9 What does Jeffrey say about the people he is training to be tasters? They are learning the skills quickly. They have a natural ability for the job. They will be valuable assistants for him. 10 Jeffrey is glad that his company sometimes uses outside tasters because they can be trusted to give an honest opinion. he doesn t have time to do all the tests by himself. it s useful to have people with experience in other fields. ULES 2015 pagina 39

5 Part 3 5 questions Listen to a radio interview with a woman disc jockey called Hilary otton. For each question, choose the correct answer. 11 Hilary first worked as a disc jockey in a hospital. at university. at school. GREY KNG. 12 Hilary says that at the local radio station, she didn t get on with the new director. didn t attract enough listeners to her programme. didn t agree with the changes that were planned. 13 Why did Hilary go to work at national radio? She wanted to get more experience. She needed to earn more money. She was tired of living at home. 14 What does Hilary like about her current job? She knows listeners really enjoy her show. She can choose what music she plays. She finds working in the afternoons suits her best. 15 What would Hilary like to do next? stay at the radio station develop her acting career work on a TV music show pagina 40 ULES 2015

6 Part 4 5 questions You will hear people talking in different situations. For each question, listen and choose the correct answer. 16 You hear a teacher talking to a group of students. What is he talking about? a trip to a recycling plant a clean-up operation a scientific experiment 17 You overhear a woman talking to a friend about running. Why does the woman continue to find running motivating? It provides an outlet for surplus energy. There are many events she can enter. fixed route is not required. GREY KNG. 18 You hear a girl talking about going to a tennis match. What mistake did she make? She went at the wrong time of day. She went on the wrong date. She went to the wrong place. 19 You hear a girl telling her friend about a new shopping centre. What does she say about it? It can be difficult to get there. It s easy to find your way round. It s in a very attractive building. 20 You hear a man talking about his journey to work. How does he feel when he passes the lifeguards on the beach? irritated by their attitude to work determined to go and work as one envious of their working environment ULES 2015 pagina 41

7 Kangourou Italia ambridge English Language ssessment Gara del 26 febbraio 2015 ategoria GREY KNGROO Per studenti della classe seconda della Scuola Secondaria di Secondo Grado REDING TEST YOU NEED: This question paper n answer sheet black pen You may NOT use a dictionary. Do NOT start this test until you are told to do so. Try to answer LL the questions. INSTRUTIONS: Read each question carefully. Select the correct answer and then mark your selection on your answer sheet. Only mark one answer for each question. Questa seconda parte è formata da 35 quesiti a scelta multipla. Il punteggio massimo ottenibile, relativamente a questa parte, è di 35 punti. Il tempo massimo concesso per questa parte della prova è di 50 minuti. pagina 42 ULES 2015

8 Part 5 5 questions For each question, read and choose the correct answer. 21 Let s go and see that new film soon. Shall we go and watch it? an I see that too? How about on Friday? 22 She s asked me to go to the party. Is it alright? I ll ask her. Has she really? 23 How long are you here for? GREY KNG. Since last week. Till tomorrow. Ten days ago. 24 I hope you have a great day windsurfing. I m sure I will. I think so. It s fine, thanks. 25 That s my coat over there. Will you take it off? No, you haven t! Here you are. ULES 2015 pagina 43

9 Part 6 5 questions Read the text. For each question, choose the correct answer. Zoë s Story GREY KNG. I never believed we d leave the city. ut my mum was offered a job as a bank manager in a town five hundred kilometres away on the south coast. My dad had always wanted to live by the sea and so it was decided. t first, I was excited about moving to the seaside but as departure day got nearer, the idea seemed less attractive. s we drove south, I cried and cried. I was leaving behind the first 14 years of my life. I didn t like our new house and there weren t any neighbours of my age. The first day at my new school was like a bad dream. I had to stand up in front of the class and introduce myself, but no one could understand the way I spoke because of my northern accent. Luckily there was another new girl in the class so we sat together. ut it was more than a week before I had the courage to chat with the others. It s been a difficult six months. t first, I argued even more than usual with my mum and dad, but it hasn t all been bad. They ve learnt to trust me and they now give me much more independence than my old city friends have. I visited them during the holidays and I ve made many new friends here. So, a part of me has really enjoyed this fresh start. 26 What is Zoë trying to describe in this text? D life in a city and life in a small town her attitude to her parents her problems studying at school a big change in her life pagina 44 ULES 2015

10 27 What can the reader find out from this text? D information about moving house what it s like to be a young teenager the best way to make new friends how to choose a new school 28 t school, Zoë did not talk to the other girls at first because she was too shy. she didn t like them. she couldn t understand them. D she already had enough friends. 29 What does Zoë think about her parents? They don t approve of her friends. They don t try to understand her. They allow her quite a lot of freedom. D They should discuss things with her. GREY KNG. 30 Which of the following might Zoë say now? I miss the city terribly. s soon as I'm old enough I'm going back for a visit. I really enjoyed visiting my old friends but it was nice to come home again. D This school is awful. People are still unfriendly even after six months. I'd always wanted to live at the seaside so I didn't mind leaving the city. ULES 2015 pagina 45

11 Read the text. For each space, choose the correct answer. Part 7 5 questions rocodiles GREY KNG. ll crocodiles live near water, whether it is a swamp or marshy area, lake or river, and they spend a considerable amount of their time there. ll the same, on (31), crocodiles are able to move in a variety of ways. (32) being able to walk quite easily on their large flat feet, they can manage to run if necessary and sometimes slide on their stomachs. In the water, they are strong swimmers. They will often stay (33) still in the water for long (34) with their bodies below the surface of the water. Only their nose, ears and eyes are visible, as these are all on top of the head. lthough they need to breathe air, crocodiles have the ability to dive beneath the water and (35) there for some time. pagina 46 ULES 2015

12 31 earth ground beach D land 32 lso In addition esides D s well 33 wholly highly fully D perfectly 34 times periods spaces D terms GREY KNG. 35 keep remain last D extend ULES 2015 pagina 47

13 Read the text. For each space, choose the correct answer. Part 8 10 questions Games GREY KNG. Tennis may seem very different to championship chess but there is something they have in common they are both games. People play games for many different (36). Some games offer excitement and a (37), while others are popular because they are a (38) of relaxing. People first started using boards to play games about 4,000 years ago. In chess, the board (39) originally meant to be a battlefield and players would move (40) order to take their enemy s soldiers. Today, there are thousands of different games. Many games can be played with a (41) of cards. Some (42) skill and need a good memory. ut there are others (43) are quite simple and children can learn to play them easily. Some games, like chess, have the same (44) everywhere, but others, such as card games, change from (45) place to another. pagina 48 ULES 2015

14 36 designs results reasons D aims 37 challenge pain stress D difficulty 38 practice way style D plan 39 has is had D was GREY KNG. 40 at in by D on 41 store band group D pack 42 hold join involve D connect 43 whose which what D who 44 rules laws manners D orders 45 the a one D any ULES 2015 pagina 49

15 Part 9 10 questions Read the text. For each question, choose the correct answer. ccording to the article, which person GREY KNG. is involved with the administrative side of the sport? admits that sometimes the experience is unpleasant? is still gaining the necessary skills? finds the sport as suitable for beginners as for experts? 49 was introduced to the sport by another member of the family? 50 wants to become an expert? 51 is modest about their achievements in the sport? 52 thinks bad conditions are part of the fun? 53 found it boring to be just a spectator? 54 says the scenery is an enjoyable part of the sport? 55 pagina 50 ULES 2015

16 The Joys of Orienteering Orienteering, in which competitors follow a course marked on a map, typically through woodland or rough countryside, helped only by their map and a compass, is becoming increasingly popular in ritain. Helen Pickles talks to four people out in the cold one Sunday morning to find out what they think about it. nna Peirce, ten years old and out of breath, is lost. dmittedly her mother is standing only a metre away, but nna has the map and her mother is refusing to help. If she is to learn to orienteer, she must do it herself, she says. The Peirces took up orienteering three years ago at the suggestion of a friend. Now the family attends events each weekend, anything up to 150 kilometres away. It s such fun, says nna. Much better than being bored at home playing with other kids my age. Now I want to be as good as the top competitors. It is as much a competition against the course, yourself and your judgment, as it is against other people, says Jerry Newcombe, vice-chairman of Southampton Orienteering lub and organiser of the course which is currently challenging nna Peirce and her mother. The great thing about orienteering is that you can do it at any level. On the easiest routes, typically a couple of kilometres, the control points, where the organisers mark you off on their list as you go past, are often on paths and it can be a pleasant little walk. t the top level, around 10 to 12 kilometres, the course is hard and you ve got to map-read on the run! ccording to Jerry, family membership is the fastest growing area. Often the children learn at school and then persuade their parents to take them to events. Then mum and dad end up joining in. year ago, Julia Wigley had no intention of orienteering - I d never even heard of it - when she began taking her 11-year-old daughter to local events. ut I got fed up with simply watching, she says. Now Julia enjoys getting wet and muddy as much as her daughter. We do the compass work together. It s fresh air, exercise and it takes more skill than just going for a Sunday morning walk, gasps Julia as she runs under the finishing tape. D Ian Diamond, a tall, stronglooking professor at Southampton University, enjoys taking part in a sport in which a 50-year-old who is better at map-reading can beat a 21-year-old. It always amuses me that you get really fit people diving in and out of trees while you just keep jogging along and then end up beating them. Ian is not really fair to himself. He does not jog, he runs, competing at the top level in events most weekends. He denies that it is a loner s sport. You always meet up with friends and get together afterwards for a chat and a drink. He goes on, Sure, when it s pouring with rain and you re on a bare hillside and totally lost, you can get a bit miserable. ut you just swear at yourself, tell yourself the map is right and go back to where you know your position. nd this is such a beautiful forest, I can t think of anything else I d rather be doing on a Sunday. GREY KNG. ULES 2015 pagina 51