Date:

End of year exam B1(1) Time: 90 minutes

A. Listening

Listen to a play twice. Tick: Are the sentences true (T) or false (F) and answer the questions in
full sentences.

Scene 1

1. Olivia enjoyed the film very much. T F

Scene 2

2. Daniel’s looking forward to the audition. T F

Scene 3

3. Olivia and Daniel are doing very well at the audition. T F

Scene 4

4. After a few weeks Jake and Olivia meet Ben and Hannah. T F

5. Ben and Hannah think that Daniel feels like being someone better now. T F

Scene 5

6. How does Daniel behave when he’s back at school?

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Scene 6

7. What does the teacher ask Daniel for?

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Scene 7

8. Why do Ben and Hannah behave rudely towards Daniel?

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9. How does Daniel feel after that?

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Scene 8

10. What happens with Daniel and the others in the end?

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Points: ____ / 20

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B. Reading

1. Read the text. Tick: Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

STUDENTS AND TECHNOLOGY

When my dad was at school, there weren’t any computers, and the internet didn’t exist. He didn’t
communicate with his friends by email and he didn’t make new friends in chat rooms online.
These days the answer to almost every question is on your computer. How has this influenced the way we
study? Firstly, we can find information much more easily than we could in the past. You don’t need to
search through books and encyclopaedias. You can enter your key words in a search engine and then
choose from the many websites which can give you the information you need.
Secondly, there are also websites which give advice and practical help with essays and other homework.
Sometimes you have to pay for this, but there are a lot which are free. Some people think this is cheating,
but if you write the essay yourself, you won’t just copy text. You will also learn.
All in all, I think we’re lucky today. Studying is a lot more fun!

1. The writer’s dad often used electronic mail. T F

2. In the past it wasn’t possible to find information as easy as today. T F

3. You can’t search through books and encyclopaedias nowadays. T F

4. Some people think homework websites shouldn’t be used. T F

5. The writer thinks you can learn if you copy the text for your essay. T F

2. Tick () the true sentences and correct the false sentences.

6. The writer’s dad didn’t make new friends.

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_ 7. We can get a lot of information through our computers.

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8. The writer thinks homework websites are cheating.

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9. Students today are luckier than before.

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10. You can also learn using information from the Internet.

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Points: ____ / 20
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C. Grammar / Vocabulary

Read the text and tick the right answer for each gap: a, b or c?

My life

Hello my dear friends. Now that I’m old and grey, I (1)______ like to tell you about my life. I
(2)_____ in 1932 in East London, and the deepest memories of my childhood are all
connected (3)_______ World War II. It was a horrible time. My father (4) _____ join the Royal
Air Force as a mechanic, so thankfully he didn’t have to go to France or Germany and fight in
(5) _____ against the Germans or their Allies. But nevertheless the times were very (6)
_____ for me and my family, not to mention the danger for our lives by the German
bombings. My mother (7) _____ by the circumstances to take care of me and my 5 siblings
all alone. She managed somehow to do so, but of course her life (8) _____ much easier if
war (9) _____.

After the war everybody was (10) _____ and afraid of the future. Our beloved hometown was
partly destroyed, there was no work for my father, and many people were very (11) _____.
The factory (12) _____ my father had worked before war didn’t exist anymore, and I thought
by (13) _____: “What if he (14) _____ find a new place to work? We need money to buy food
to survive.” I told him about my worries, but he asked me (15) _____ - everything would be all
right, he said.
So the years went by, and our situation got (16) _____. Our family became (17) _____, and
we could afford to build a house in a small village close to London. After (18) _____ the
secondary school exams, I decided to study at the London School Of Economics, even
though I knew I (19) _____ a lot if I wanted to get by there. But my parents were very helpful.
Whenever I was feeling down and asked (20) _____ help, they stood by my side and did the
best they could to support me.
After my studies…

1) a- had b- will c- would

2) a- was birth b- was born c- had birth

3) a- to b- from c- with

4) a- was able to b- had to c- was to

5) a- wars b- battles c- conflicts

6) a- tough b- cough c- lough

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7) a- forced b- had forced c- was forced

8) a- would be b- had been c- would have been

9) a- wouldn’t happen b- wasn’t happening c- hadn’t happened

10) a- excited b- exhausted c- estimated

11) a- pour b- poor c- pure

12) a- where b- whose c- which

13) a- me b- my c- myself

14) a- could b- couldn’t c- can’t

15) a- calming down b- to calm down c- not to calm down

16) a- worse and worse b- higher and higher c- better and better

17) a- healthier b- wealthier c- stealthier

18) a- passing b- being passed c- passed

19) a- worked b- would have to work c- had to work

20) a- to b- with c- for

Points: ____ / 20

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D. Writing

For almost two years now we’ve had to live with the COVID pandemic. Write an essay about how
you’ve been feeling during these extraordinary times, what was difficult (or maybe even positive)
for you, and what consequences you had to face. Write also about your predictions referring to
the pandemic. Write about 100 words.

My experiences with the pandemic

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Points: ______ / 20

E. Speaking
Points: ______ / 20

Total points: ______ / 100