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PRACTICAL EXAM 1

1. You will hear part of a programme. Read through the sentences before listening. According
to what you hear, write the option (A, B or C) which best completes them in the corresponfing
white box. Sentence 0 has been completed as an example. Now read the sentences.

LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AT TOP UNIVERSITIES

Caroline Hoxby talks about college opportunities for low-income students

0. Caroline Hoxby intended to find out why

a) high-achieving students often have low incomes.
b) high-income students apply to top colleges more often.
c) Top universities often select high-income students.

1. Caroline created a tool kit to demonstrate that low-income children

a) can attend good schools anywhere in the country
b) can get help from guidance counsellors.
c) cannot afford selective schools.

2. Caroline talked to the students to know the reason why they

a) choose neighbouring universities.
b) decide to go to whatever college.
c) feel frightened to live on their own.

3. A lot of the students didn’t really know

a) how to find out available colleges.
b) the real cost of the best universities.
c) why colleges choose different students.

4. The interviewer would like to know

a) how Caroline worked.
b) how the tool kit helps the students.
c) what information the students were missing.

5. Caroline says the tool kits offer information

a) just about selective universities in Oklahoma.
b) similar to what we find in university brochures.
c) that helps each student individually.

6. The students can use the tool kit to know

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a) how to get a student loan.

b) their own marks when they graduate.
c) universities throughout the country.

7. The kits caused more students to apply to colleges which

a) had a higher number of students.
b) matched their own capacities.
c) offered them a higher number of degrees.

8. They found that the students enrolling more selective universities

a) did as well as any other students.
b) did not manage to do well.
c) got better grades.

9. Some very selective universities such as Princeton or Stanford may be

a) fully free for low-income students.
b) too expensive for low-income students.
c) without charge for high-achieving students.

2. Explain the following words in italics from the recording:

1. One key to reaching these students was dispelling some myths about why many don’t apply
to highly selective schools.
2. Unlike your typical college brochure, they [the kits] are customized.
3. If a low-income family looks at the so-called “sticker price” of a selective college or
university, I think the family is often intimidated.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets:

1. He’s a property _______________: he buys lands or buildings in order to build new houses,
shops, etc, or to improve the old ones, and makes a profit from doing this. (DEVELOP)
2. Government ministers met yesterday to discuss _______________ policy. (ECONOMY)
3. At the end of the 19th century, Britain was the most _______________ (INDUSTRY) society
in the world.
4. Ben is very sensitive. He just can’t take _______________ (CRITICISE).
5. _______________ loved the film. (CRITICISE)
6. My time spent in the library was very _______________ (PRODUCE).
7. Faulty goods should be returned to the _______________ (MANUFACTURE)
8. The average citizen in the _______________ world uses 155 kg. of paper per year
(DEVELOP / INDUSTRY)
9. This new oven is highly _______________. (ECONOMY)
10. A stable economy is more likely to attract potential _______________ (INVEST)
11. An ecologist or an _______________ is someone who is concerned about the natural
environment and wants to improve it and protect it. (ENVIRONMENT)
12. Environmental factors can accelerate the _______________ of certain cancers. (DEVELOP)

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13. Japan has gone through a rapid _______________. (INDUSTRY)

14. It would be more _______________ to buy the bigger size. (ECONOMY)
15. I don’t really like modern art but I bought it as an _______________. (INVEST)
16. She married a wealthy _______________. (INDUSTRY)
17. The minister was accused of being very _______________ with the truth. (ECONOMY)
18. Mass-produced goods or _______________ goods are made in large quantities, using
machinery. (MANUFACTURE)
19. People in many _______________ countries are free of forms of cancer that are common in
the West. (DEVELOP)
20. The novel Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, is set in an imaginary _______________ town
named Coketown. (INDUSTRY)
21. The company has established its first _______________ base in Europe. (MANUFACTURE)

4. Underline the correct words or phrases. In some sentences, two answers are correct.

1. Some friends of ours had / had got / have had a nasty car accident last night.
2. She can’t call her husband because she doesn’t have / hasn’t got her mobile.
3. Did you have / Had you / Have you got a good time at your nephew’s wedding?
4. Why are you going to be late? Have you / Do you have / Have you got to go to the doctor’s?
5. We had / had got / got our TV repaired last week, but it still doesn’t work.
6. If she had / have / had had a coffee, she wouldn’t have fallen asleep in the meeting!
7. I didn’t have to / hadn’t got to / hadn’t to wear a uniform when I went to school.
8. The boss didn’t have / hadn’t / won’t have heard the news yet, because he’s off sick.

5. Provide examples of activities to work on pronunciation with songs.

6. What are the key competences? Number them.

PRACTICAL EXAM 2

1. You will hear part of a programme. Read through the sentences before listening. According
to what you hear, write the option (A, B or C) which best completes them in the corresponfing
white box. Sentence 0 has been completed as an example. Now read the sentences.

LIFE AFTER MURDER. A STORY OF FIVE CONVICTED MURDERERS

Journalist Nancy Mullane asks herself: Can a murderer ever be redeemed?

0. Journalist Nancy Mullane has

a) done documentaries for “This American Life”.
b) made more than 12 trips to San Quentin’s prison.
c) visited all the Californian prisons.

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1. In her book, she collected interviews with

a) Californian serial killers.
b) long time
c) murderer Jesse Reed in San Francisco.

2. Mullane’s book discusses

a) reintegration programmes for convicted murderers.
b) the type of life murderers had.
c) What options murderers can have in the future.

3. Nancy Mullane
a) had assumed that killing is a natural impulse.
b) had questioned her idea of redemption.
c) was attacked in a prison room.

4. Jesse Reed admitted that he

a) didn’t want to kill Mr. Bates.
b) dhot Mr. Bates with Bates’ own gun.
c) wanted Mr. Bates’ drugs.

5. According to Reed, you can commit a crime when you are

a) dominated by fear.
b) mentally sick
c) under pressure.

6. In California, from 1990 to 2011, out of 1,000 paroled murderers,

a) 57 of them committed a murder within a decade.
b) many of them stab someone in a month.
c) none of them murdered again.

7. Mullane believes that the case of Jack Henry Abbott

a) cannot be used to judge the prisoners she interviewed.
b) is an example of what murderers can become.
c) proves that people shouldn’t believe in the statistics.

8. According to Reed, what made him a productive member again is his

a) ability to having a new attitude.
b) faith in the Bible.
c) wish to be a better person.

9. Journalist Mullane believes that redemption for a murder is

a) a life-long experience.
b) shouldn’t be considered.
c) the same as for any crime.

2. Explain the following words from the recording:

1. A heinous crime

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2. parole
3. to take someone’s life
4. recidivism rate

3. Complete with a phrasal verb in the correct form.

1. The start of the game was pushed _______________ from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
2. She’s an intellectual snob who looks _______________ on people who haven't been to college.
3. We've had to put _______________ our wedding until September.
4. If you paid attention, you might be able to _______ ________ with the lesson.
5. The traffic begins to b___________ up at around 7 o’clock on weekdays.
6. The speaker went to fast, so it was impossible to take ________ all the information.
7. Did you manage to ________ up any Portuguese when you were in Lisbon?
8. How will you get ________ in Moscow if you don’t speak any Russian?
9. She needs to ________ up on her French before she takes up her new job in Paris.
10. Are you having an affair? Are you _________________ on me?
11. Some parents complain that it’s difficult to __________ up children. (= raise)
12. The teacher asked us to ____________ up a story. (= invent)
13. One of the boxers was _________________ out in a fight, but he managed to ______________
round quickly.
14. On 11 March 2004 several bombs ____________ off in commuter trains in Madrid.
15. The criminals got ____________ with the crime and they didn’t go to prison.
16. He was accused of ___________ over an old lady and killing her. He was driving under the
influence.
4. Right or wrong? Correct any mistakes in narrative tenses in the phrases in bold.

1 As a child, Tom was always knocking off my glasses when my parents weren’t looking. ✓

2 My brother climbed a tree when he slipped and fell.

3 My dad had been forgetting to turn off the oven, so there was a terrible smell of gas in the

kitchen.

4 Most days we rode our bikes to school, but sometimes we were catching the bus.

5 One day, our car used to break down in the fast lane of the motorway.

6 When we were kids, our dad would give us a packed lunch and send us out to play for the day.

7 Emily’s grandparents would live in an old farmhouse in the heart of the countryside.

8 I’d hidden in the buses for over an hour before I realized that everyone else had gone home.

9 When we got home from school that evening, our parents still worked.

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10 I burst into tears when I saw what my brother had done to my favourite doll.

5. What are the characteristics of first graders in Primary Education?

6. Designing listening activities for kids.

PRACTICAL EXAM 3

1. You will hear part of a programme. Read through the sentences before listening. According
to what you hear, write the option (A, B or C) which best completes them in the corresponfing
white box. Sentence 0 has been completed as an example. Now read the sentences.

JOHN GRISHAM
Best-selling author John Grisham tells us the way he writes

0. When John Grisham writes, he hopes

a) to make justice
b) to entertain people
c) to make people see the reality of things.

1. He defines his writing as

a) literature
b) non-fiction
c) popular fiction

2. The inspiration for his first book came when he was

a) a lawyer
b) defending a criminal
c) twenty-five years old.

3. It took him
a) more than he can remember to finish the book.
b) six months to finish the book.
c) three years to finish the book.

4. The novel The Appeal is about

a) a criminal case.
b) a topic similar to his previous books.
c) politics

5. During the campaign of 2006, he

a) decided to involve himself in politics.
b) read a story about corruption.
c) was involved in judicial elections.

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6. He says that he is a creature of habit and he writes in

a) a separate building.
b) his bedroom.
c) the kitchen.

7. His time working is

a) no longer enjoyable.
b) not very structured.
c) strict and with few breaks.

8. In order to write his books, John Grisham uses

a) a legal pad.
b) a new laptop.
c) an old word processor.

2. Explain the following words and expressions from the recording:

1. A light bulb goes off and you say ‘that might be a story, there might be a novel’.
2. If there’s one thing I hope readers come away with when they read my books… you are
going to take away a new appreciation for a certain issue…
3. It became overwhelming, I wanted to capture that on paper.

3. Complete the gaps with a word or phrase connected to family.

1. A family that consists of father, mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society.
Example: Not everybody nowadays lives in the conventional n _ _ _ _ _ _ family.
2. The daughter from an earlier marriage of your stepmother / stepfather is your s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
However, a girl who has either the same mother or the same father as you is your h _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _
_.
3. A family in which the parents are divorced or separated is described as ‘a b _ _ _ _ _ home’.
4. A d _ _ _ _ is one of a couple who have a lot of money to spend because both partners work and
they have no children. The word was formed from the first letters of ‘double income, no kids’.
5. A b _ _ _ _ _ _ family consists of two people and their children from their own relationship and
from previous ones.
6. The person who promises at a Christian baptism ceremony to be responsible for a child (= his / her
godchild) and to teach them about the Christian religion is the g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
7. Some people consider that family relationships are stronger than any others, and as the saying
goes, ‘Blood _______________________________.’
8. A b _ _ _ m _ _ is a male friend or relative of the bridegroom at a wedding, who helps him during
the wedding ceremony. Opposite: bridesmaid OR maid of honour (AmE).
9. S _ _ _ - _ _ _ families consist of two fathers or two mothers.
10. A family group with a close relationship among the members that includes not only parents and
children but also uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc. is your e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ family.
11. A s _ _ _ _ _ - parent family is one in in which the children live with one parent rather than two.
They are also called one-parent families or lone-parent families.

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12. A c _ _ _ _ - k _ _ _ family is one family having strong relationships with each other and taking a
close, friendly interest in each other's activities and problems. They g_ _ on really well.

4. Cross out the linker that is NOT possible in the sentences.

1 We set off at dawn owing to / in order to / so as to avoid the rush-hour traffic.

2 Laila’s mother-in-law was a very difficult woman. However / Nevertheless / Consequently Laila
couldn’t help liking her.
3 In spite of / Even though / Despite being the better player, Richard lost the match.
4 Sales figures have fallen drastically due to / because / owing to the recession.
5 The workers covered the furniture with sheets so as not to / not to / in order not to splash it with
paint.
6 After his accident, my brother sold his car as / since / due to he couldn’t afford the insurance.
7 We accept full responsibility for the error and nevertheless / consequently / therefore wish to offer
you a full refund.
8 I agreed to help although / in case / even though I didn’t feel like it.

5. Stories are a good resource to provide a lot of input to develop listening comprehension
skills. How would you plan and lead listening lessons in a purposeful way?

6. What is the role of continuous assessment and how can the teacher register its outcomes?

PRACTICAL EXAM 4

1. Listen to a BBC programme in which Fiona Roberts and Dr Andrea Manica are interviewed
on the sequencing of the first African genome and complete the missing information with a
short phrase (UP TO FOUR WORDS). Gap 0 has been completed as an example.

0. The ability to sequence ancient genomes has revolutionised our understanding of human
evolution (0)
1. Some researchers have been able to find and analyse the full genome from the
____________________________(1) found in the Southern Ethiopian highlands...
2. Fiona Roberts says that people with common ancestors share similar
____________________________(2) in their genetic material.
3. Doctor Andrea Manica suggests that the so-called Mota Cave which they have found has perfect
conditions for ____________________________(3)
4. This special bone they have found works very well at ____________________________(4)
getting in and degrading the genetic information.
5. Fiona states that in order to explain the importance of this genome, we have to locate Mota man
historically using ____________________________(5) about human activity in Europe, Asia and
Africa.
6. According to Andrea Manica, thousands of years ago humans came to Africa and

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____________________________(6), and remained hunter-gatherers for a long time.

7. He goes on to say that it is not until 3,000 years ago that we see more
____________________________(7) and ____________________________(8).
9. Fiona finally says that Neolithic farmers returned to Africa bringing with them their agriculture,
which is known as the ____________________________(9)

2. Complete the text with the words from senior doctor Andrea Manica:

Then approximately 8,000 years ago farming was invented, farming and ____________________
(1) and, some people that we call early ____________________ (2) farmers came out to the Near
East and Anatolia and colonized effectively the whole of Europe and part of Asia. In the meantime,
we actually know very little of what happened in Africa, we know that people there were
____________________ (3), we see the beginning of pastoralism a little bit after Mota, so Mota was
4,500 years ago, he was definitely a hunter-gatherer.

3. Rewrite the sentences using the word(s) in brackets.

1 We have not received payment for your last bill. Consequently, you are being sent a reminder.
(since) You are being sent a reminder _______________________________________________
2 She wrote down the appointment so that she wouldn’t forget the time. (so as)
She wrote down the appointment ___________________________________________________
3 The motorway is being resurfaced and so it will be closed until further notice. (result)
The motorway is being resurfaced, and ______________________________________________
4 The flight is delayed because the incoming plane arrived late. (due)
The flight is delayed _____________________________________________________________
5 He decided to apply for the job although he didn’t meet all the requirements. (despite)
He decided to apply for the job _____________________________________________________
6 They had an early night in order to be ready for the exam the next day. (so that)
They had an early night ___________________________________________________________
7 She was offered a job even though she wasn’t able to go to the interview. (spite)
She was offered the job __________________________________________________________
8 He was unable to attend the conference because he was ill. (owing)
He was unable to attend the conference ______________________________________________

4. Correct the mistakes connected to pronouns in the phrases in bold.

1 One need to listen to both sides of the story in order to find out the truth.
2 Two of my friends aren’t talking to themselves because they’ve had a big argument.
3 As soon as he woke up, Brad shaved himself and washed himself.
4 The receptionist accompanied us to the meeting room and said we should help us to tea and
coffee.
5 When a guest leaves his room, we recommend locking the door.
6 I prefer travelling by my own.
7 She felt dizzy when she looked out of the window and saw the land so far below herself.
8 This is a delicious cake. Did you make it you?

5. Using DVD in language learning at Primary level.

6. How accurate must young learners’ pronunciation be? Propose practical ideas that help
improve pronunciation in Primary School learners.

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