Nota: Test campione in vigore dalla sessione d'esami giugno- luglio 2012 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI URBINO CARLO BO Centro Linguistico d'ateneo Facoltà di Scienze Motorie Test Campione N 1 Accertamento Linguistico di livello A2 Part I Reading Comprehension Daily exercise improves sleep It has long been said that regular physical activity and better sleep go hand in hand. But it is only recently that scientists have tried to find out precisely to what extent. One extensive study published this year looked for answers by having healthy children wear actigraphs devices that measure movement and then seeing whether more movement or activity during the day meant improved sleep at night. The study found that 'sleep onset latency' the time it takes to fall asleep once in bed ranged from as little as roughly ten minutes for some children to more than 40 minutes for others. But physical activity during the day and sleep onset at night were closely linked: every hour of sedentary activity during the day resulted in an additional three minutes in the time it took to fall asleep at night. And the children who fell asleep faster, ultimately slept longer, getting an extra hour of sleep for every ten minute reduction in the the time it took them to drift off. Studies on adults have reached generally similar results, showing that an increase in physical activity improves sleep onset and increases sleep duration, particularly in people who have trouble sleeping. Studies suggest that being more physically active can lead to better sleep. Leggere il testo e scegliere tra A (vero), B (falso), or C (non menzionato nel testo) 1. Scientists have been studying the relationship between physical activity and good sleep habits for the past 50 years. 2. In a recent study, researchers examined the relationship between physical activity and sleep habits of children. 3. According to the article, most children watch TV before going to bed. 4. All children fall asleep about 10 minutes after going to bed. 1
5. According to a recent study, when children weren't physically active during the day, it was more difficult for them to fall asleep at night. 6. Adults who are more active during the day, sleep better at night. Abbinare le parole o espressioni evidenziate in neretto nel testo con la loro corretta definizione 1. = to make something better 2. = to discover a fact or piece of information 3. = physically strong and not ill 4. = to happen or exist together 5. = involved in a lot of sitting and not much exercise 6. = to offer and idea for someone to consider 7. = machines or pieces of equipment that do a particular thing 8. = related to each other in some way = connected 1. La parola them (line 13) si riferisce a (a) children (b) minutes (c) adults 2
PART II Completare le frasi con il verbo al Present continuous o al Present simple. 1. Be careful! The baby... that pencil in her mouth. (put) 2. He... alcohol. ( not / drink) 3. We... swimming because it s fun and good exercise. (like) 4. Marco... in Britain for a few months. (live) Completare le frasi con il verbo al Past continuous o Past simple. 5. Where... you yesterday? (be) 6. I... out the rubbish out when the door closed behind me. (take) 7. They... for us when we arrived. (wait) 8. He... to Munich last month. (go) 9. I... my e-mail yesterday. ( not/ check) Completare le frasi con will, going to o present continuous. 10. I can t play chess. I you if you like. (teach) 11. I think that in the future everyone an electric car. (have) 12. I. to the dentist tomorrow. I have an appointment at 9 o'clock. (go) 13. We football this afternoon. Do you want to play too? (play) 14. I promise I. your birthday again. (not / forget) Completare le frasi con : who, which, where, 15. A pharmacy is a shop... you can buy medicine. 16. Las Vegas is a place... you can spend a lot of money. 17. A person... doesn't have a mobile phone is very hard to contact. 18. The film... we saw last week was much better than this one. 3
Completare le frasi con la forma comparativa dell'aggetivo tra parentesi. 19. Children learn languages.. than adults. (fast) 20. Gold is.. than silver. (valuable) Completare con la forma superlativa dell'aggetivo tra parentesi. 21. This is the.. time to drive through the city. (bad) 22. It's the.. city in the world. (polluted) Completare le frase con should, shouldn't, have to, don't have to, must, mustn't 23. You... turn left here. It's forbidden. 24. Remember that when you're in Britain you... drive on the left. 25. You... be there before 9 o'clock. You can go later. 26. Where do you think we... go for our summer holiday this year? 27. There is a uniform in this school and all students... wear it. Completare le frasi con some, any, much, many, a lot of 28. We haven t got. time. 29. How. kilometres do you run each week? 30. There aren't.. dinosaurs in the world today because they died out millions of years ago. 31. I need.. advice about which subjects to do next year. Completare le frasi con in, on, at, by, to, from, with 32. It s our anniversary next month. We were married 1966. 33. I usually go to work car. 34. Let s meet 7.30 tomorrow evening. 35. We met Valentine s Day. 4
Tradurre in Italiano head leg arm brain forehead hand finger heart liver foot 5
Part I Reading Comprehension Key 1. B False 2. A True 3. C Doesn't say 4. B False 5. A True 6. A True Vocabulary Part II 1. improve 2. (to) find out 3. healthy 4. (go) hand in hand 5. sedentary 6. suggest 7. devices 8. linked 1. La parola them (line 13) si riferisce a (a) children 1. is putting 2. doesn't drink 3. like 4. is living 5. were 6. was taking 7. were waiting 8. went 9. didn't check 10. I'll teach 11. will have 12. I'm going 13. We're going to play 14. I won't forget 15. where 16. where 17. who 18. which 19. faster 20. more valuable 21. worst 22. most polluted 23. mustn't 24. must / have to 25. don't have to 26. should 27. must / have to 28. any/ much/ a lot of 29. many 30. any 31. some 32. in 33. by 34. at 35. on 36. head = testa 37. leg = gamba 38. arm = braccio 39. brain = cervello 40. forehead = fronte 41. hand = mano 42. finger = dito (della mano) 43. heart = cuore 44. liver = fegato 45. foot = piede 6