English

FMS Aarau , Wettingen
Aufnahmeprüfung 2013
English
Name, Vorname:
Zuletzt besuchte Schule:
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Hinweis:
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Eintragungen mit Bleistift sind ungültig!
Part A: listening
25
Part B: reading
25
Part C: use of English
25
Part D: writing
25
Erreichte
Punktzahl
Total 100
Note
Datum:
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Visum 1:
Visum 2:
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Part A Listening 1
1 Complete the missing information.
a) The City Film festival opens on _________________________ and ends
on _________________________.
b) The prize-winning categories are short film, _________________________
and cartoons.
c) The locations showing festival films are Gifford Road Cinema,
_________________________ and for _________________________
screening West Park.
d) The guest speaker talks about the _________________________ of
Marco Rossi who was a _________________________.
e) The talk is followed by the film “_________________________”.
f) For tickets you can call the number _________________________ or go
online at _________________________.
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2 Answer the questions in a full sentence.
a) Why is there going to be a special programme at the City Film Festival this
year?
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b) When does the box office open and close?
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Part A Listening 2
1 Read the sentences, and choose the best option: A, B or C, to complete
the statements.
a) This broadcast is about
A the joys of swimming with sharks. O
B the danger that sharks are to humans. O
C the risk that sharks face. O
b) The picture that the radio presenter talks about shows
A a man or a woman with a shark. O
B a man holding up a shark. O
C the biggest shark that has ever been caught. O
c) Faith Lapidus says
A sharks are more dangerous for humans than
humans for sharks.
B more sharks have been killed by people than
the other way round .
C some people think it’s a good idea to catch
dangerous sharks.
O
O
O
d) Activists for sharks think that these fish are valuable because
A they clean the ocean from unhealthy fish. O
B they help to increase the number of other fish. O
C they show injured people the way to dry land. O
e) The most shocking thing about “finning” is that
A the fishermen make soup from the sharks. O
B the sharks are killed before their fins are cut off. O
C the fishermen cut off parts of the shark’s body
while it is still alive.
O
f) The number of sharks that die as a result of “finning” is
A 37 million. O
B nearly 70 million. O
C 30 to 70 million. O
g) Shark fin soup is especially popular
A at weddings in China. O
B in the nation of Guam. O
C at demonstrations in different parts of the world. O
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Part A Listening 2
2 Tick the word that is used in each sentence.
a) That person won a
o fight o battle o conflict
with what has been called one of the nature’s fiercest creatures.
b) They know that studies show lightning and snakebites
o kill o hurt o harm
more people than do shark attacks.
c) This protects other
o beasts o creatures o beings
and plants in the ocean.
d) Wildlife activists
o worry o fear o are afraid
that some kinds of sharks are in danger of disappearing.
e) Sharks grow and develop slowly and do not
o turn out o produce o create
many young.
3 Label (beschrifte) the part of this shark which is called “fin”.
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shark :
approve:
large sea fish with very sharp teeth
think or say that sth. is good
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Total part A
/ 25
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Part B Reading 1
1 Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), or the
text doesn’t say (D).
a) Surfboards are almost always made of wood. _________
b) Surfing recently became a professional sport. _________
c) Captain Cook went surfing in Hawaii in 1778. _________
e) Most surfboards in the 1950s and 60s were lighter than they are
today.
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f) Most surfboards today are 2 meters long. _________
g) Wax is essential for surfers. _________
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2 Answer the questions about the text in full sentences.
a) In what part of the world did surfing probably begin?
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b) What part of their body do surfers attach the cord to?
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c) Why do most beginners find it difficult to stand up on the board?
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d) What do surfers use wax for?
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e) What is a wetsuit?
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f) What does Kelly Slater mean by “There’s no getting out?” Explain.
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Part B Reading 2
1 Read the article about the British tabloid press.
Seven parts have been removed from the text.
Put the parts A – H back into the right gap 1-7 to complete the text.
There is one extract you will not need (8).
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
When criticised for their actions, the tabloids state that the public has a right to
know about anything and everything, but celebrities have no rights to privacy
at all.
You won’t find anything on changes in the stock market (Börse), but you can
be sure to read if the prime minister’s wife has a lover.
Tabloid papers were smaller and handier than normal newspapers, known as
broadsheet.
Maybe the reason is that we have enough news on the television, the radio
and in the quality newspapers.
But the content is only half the story. The real key to the tabloid newspaper is
the style.
When, in 1896, a new newspaper was produced in large numbers and at such
low prices that ordinary people could buy it on every street corner, it was an
instant success.
And it’s enough to take a quick look trough a tabloid to see that many of these
accusations are justified.
This involves photographing them in embarrassing situations, gossiping about
their private lives and generally making them look a bit silly.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(not needed)
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Part B Reading 2
2 Read the following extract carefully, and decide which sentence a-c fits
logically in the gap.
The United Kingdom is the country with the biggest number of daily papers in
Europe. ___________ Over 60% of all titles are tabloids.
a) That’s why the tabloids are so popular there.
b) One in two Britons buys a newspaper every morning.
c) That means that an enormous number of trees are cut down.
Answer: ______
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3 Summarize (fasse zusammen) in one sentence what each paragraph 1-4
is about.
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(2) ______________________________________________________________
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(4) ______________________________________________________________
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Total part B
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Part C
Lexical items and use of English
1 Complete the chart with an opposite adjective.
a) easy ________________________
b) better ________________________
c) empty ________________________
d) tall ________________________
e) expensive ________________________
f) dangerous ________________________
g) wetter ________________________
h) high ________________________
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2 Order the words to make a sentence.
a) American / similar / very / are / English / British / and
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b) can / pronunciation / English / quite / difficult / be
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c) cause / some / in / differences / vocabulary / can / misunderstandings
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d) understanding / or / British / travelers / problems / don’t / American / have /
English / however
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e) Reading / is / vocabulary / a / to / way / really / useful / learn
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Part C
Lexical items and use of English
3 Read the text below and underline the correct word for each space.
Great inventions are ideas that can sometimes change the world. The invention of
the radio has brought a) ___ places closer together, and the car had made it possible
to b) ___ a long way. An invention might also be a better way of doing something – c)
___ example, a tool to make a job easier or a new farming method. Many inventions,
like musical instruments or sports equipment, have made life more comfortable or
enjoyable. The range of inventions is enormous. Not d) ___ good idea leads to
immediate e) ___, however. f) ___ the 15 th century, Leonardo da Vinci wrote down
his idea for chains g) ___ were able to drive machines – but technology to produce
these chains did not exist then. This shows that a great invention may be unworkable
h) ___ a future development makes it possible.
a) A far B absent C other D distant
b) A reach B travel C transport D arrive
c) A to B with C for D of
d) A every B any C all D a
e) A prize B success C win D victory
f) A Between B At C During D Since
g) A what B who C which D where
h) A if B while C until D when
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4 For the verb in brackets use the past simple or the past continuous form.
a) We (find) _________________ an old box in the garden while we (dig)
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b) I (break) _________________ my pen while I (write) _________________.
c) Pat (turn on) _________________ the radio, but nothing (happen)
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d) When she (come) _________________ into the room, two boys (play)
_________________ football.
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Part C
Lexical items and use of English
5 Complete with some or any, much or many.
a) Let’s buy ____________ sandwiches.
b) How ____________ sandwiches would you like?
c) I’m vegetarian, so I don’t want ____________ meat.
d) Can I have ____________ cheese?
e) How ____________ cheese do you want?
f) Is there ____________ brown bread left?
g) Would you like ____________ salad?
h) Have you got ____________ tomatoes?
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6 Find the mistake in each sentence. Underline it and rewrite the sentence
correctly.
a) The love makes the world go round. __________________________
b) Everything he wrote were wrong. __________________________
c) Help! Call police! __________________________
d) Jim enjoyed the holiday at Turkey. __________________________
e) No one of the questions was easy. __________________________
f) Those bags are there’s. __________________________
g) Have you met mine brother? __________________________
h) It’s quicker to go there by foot. __________________________
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Total part C
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Part D
Writing
A book review
Write a review about a book you have enjoyed reading.
Your text must include the following information about the book.
- a short outline of what happens
- what you think is interesting about it
- what you think the best aspects are
- who you would recommend it to and why
Write 130 - 150 words.
Please count your words.
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Part D
Writing
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Total part D
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