Universidad Nacional de La Pampa Facultad de Ciencias Humanas Servicio Externo de Lenguas Extranjeras Examen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa Año 2013 NIVEL INICIAL Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. Nivel: INICIAL Paper: READING (45 min) A. Read the text. Three prisoners escaped from Dingley Prison yesterday. Vic Fletcher was one of them. Read the text and mark Vic’s route on the map. Also, put an X at the place where the police caught him. (Use pencil first and mark it with ink when you are sure of the rou te). Vic climbed out of a window on the east side of the prison and jumped down to the ground, ran across the prison yard, and climbed over the wall. He ran down the hill, and when he got to the bottom of the hill he turned south through the park. He went through the park gate and past the tennis courts. He walked across the playing fields. He walked between the factory and the school to Lake Road. He turned west and walked along Lake Road towards the beach. He was walking past the boating lake when a police car arrived. The police caught Vic and took him back to the prison. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. B. This is an interview with the bungee-jumping instructor Brenda Smith. She is talking to Peter Gordon about the exciting world of bungee-jumping. Read the dialogue and write the correct number to complete Brenda’s part with the sentences below (1-6). Write the sentence number in the space provided as in the example. Peter: Hello Brenda. How are you? Brenda: _5_ Peter: So, Brenda, what does a bungee-jumping instructor usually do each day? Brenda: ______ Peter: And what are you doing these days? Brenda: ______ Peter: Well, I’m standing here, on this bridge with you now, but I don’t feel very safe. Brenda: ______ Peter: Brenda, what are you doing? Brenda: ______ Peter: I’m sorry, but I really have to go… Brenda: ______ 1- We are showing a group of teenagers that bungee-jumping is a safe sport. I’m also asking their parents to join us and help with the preparations. 2- I’m showing you how to jump. 3- It’s OK to be afraid, but that changes after the first jump. 4- Oh, no. Come here, please. 5- Fine, thanks. 6- I get up early in the morning and make sure that the weather is good. Then, I make all the necessary preparations. C. Read the story about a girl at a final exam. The exam room was quiet except for the ticking of the large clock, and the scratching of a thousand pens. The students were all taking their final examinations. The head teacher looked at his watch. He looked around the classroom. It was exactly one o’clock. He pushed the button on his table and a loud electric bell sounded through the room. Everybody looked up in surprise. “Could you all stop writing now? That is the end of the examination. Could you all stop writing immediately, please?” The students sat back in their chairs, and some other teache rs began collecting the answer papers. The teachers put the papers in a huge pile in front of the head teacher. The students got up and left the room. Suddenly, the head teacher looked up. There was a girl in the middle of the room, and she was still Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. writing. The man’s face went red. “Stop writing immediately!” he said, “The examination ended five minutes ago. You must stop!” The girl stopped writing and stood up slowly. She picked up her paper, and walked to the front of the room. Standing in front of the angry head teacher and she asked, “Do you know my name?” “No, I don’t,” he said, “but I’m…” She smiled. “That’s all right then,” she said. Then she put the paper into the middle of the huge pile on the table, and ran out of the room. C.1. Match each word with the correct definition. a) ticking - an irritating noise b) scratching - collected c) loud - extremely large d) huge - a short, repeated sound e) picked up - strong C.2. Read the text again and explain … 1) … what the students were doing in the room. _____________________________________________________________ 2) … why the students stopped writing. _____________________________________________________________ 3) … who collected the papers. _____________________________________________________________ 4) … when the head teacher became furious. _____________________________________________________________ 5) … why the girl left her paper in the middle of the pile. _____________________________________________________________ Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. Nivel: INICIAL Paper: ENGLISH IN USE (60 min) A. Read Muriel’s descriptions of her friends and fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the box. W EAR IN G FR I EN DS G EN E R O US ’S GOT TH IN W EAR S B UI L D V ER Y EY E S H AIR T EA M These are pictures of my best (0) _ FRIENDS _ -Carla, Judy and Larry. I think Carla is really pretty. She’s also (1) __________ helpful. She is medium height and has got wavy blond (2) __________. In this picture she is (3) __________ blue jeans and a white t -shirt. Judy is quite tall and (4) __________. She’s beautiful. S he (5) __________ long, straight brown hair and brown (6) __________. In the picture she’s wearing a jacket and a skirt, but she usually (7) __________ jeans. She plays basketball for the school (8) __________. She’s very hardworking and (9) __________. Larry is short and medium (10) __________. He’s really handsome. He’s got short, curly black hair. He’s very friendly and funny. B. Circle the correct option. Car-racing fans all know Ralph Pattel, the famous (0) cyclist / driver in the Lotus team. The (1) British / Britain sportsman was in the Grand Prix in 2007, won first prize, and broke (2) a / an record. He nearly died in 2009 when (3) their / his car hit a barrier. He survived (4) and / or began racing again a year (5) later / before. He (6) get / got married in 2006, (7) because / but his wife died in 2008. He has one (8) son / daughter, Martin. (9) In / At his spare time, he goes hiking in the mountains. Every (10) summer / winter he spends three weeks at the beach, in Miami. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. C. Match the following questions with the corresponding answers. 1- Would you like to go out after dinner? 2- What do you want for breakfast? 3- Is there a shopping centre near here? 4- How much fruit do you eat? 5- Can I give these bananas to the monkeys? 6- Are these your new CDs? 7- Does your brother watch eight hours of TV every day? 8- Do you have a hobby? 9- Did you say that the building exploded? 10-When is Paula travelling to Miami? a) No, you mustn’t feed the animals. b) Of course. I like collecting calendars. c) Cereal and orange juice, please. d) I always tell him that he shouldn’t sit all day. e) No, I’m tired. Why don’t we watch a film? f) At the weekend. On Sunday morning, I think. g) Yes. It was really frightening. h) Yes. Go past the disco. It’s on the right. i) No. The new ones are in my room. j) A lot, because I love it. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. Nivel: INICIAL Paper: LISTENING (25 min) A. Listen to these people talking about the weather and match the conversations with the weather conditions. There may be more than one possibility for each conversation. R AIN Y Conversation 1 SN OWY Conversation 2 SUN N Y Conversation 3 COLD Conversation 4 L OV E LY ST OR MY B. Listen to a text about London and choose the correct alternative. London has many surprises, but no one will believe that right in the middle of /in between this East London district, there is a forest / farm . It’s called Hackney City farm and it has sheep, pigs and many other animals. The manager says, “It really is amazing to walk around a corner in a busy / bossy London street and see a farmyard. So, what is a farm doing in the middle of London? It all started about 25 years ago when Hackney Council offered a group of local / foreign volunteers to start a society / community farm. Today it is a working farm with pigs, horses / cows, rabbits and small animal s like guinea pigs. The farm is a great event / success: over 50 volunteers come each week / month to help with the animals and work in the yard / gardens. We run educational courses and local com panies / schools make regular day visits, too.” The farm has over 60,000 a year, but entrance is free / fake, so how does it survive? It sells the produce of the farm, from meat and eggs / meat and cheese to vegetables and fruit. There is a busy garden with a fruit orchard, plus vegetable and herb gardens. The farm is also famous / popular with TV companies as a convenient film location. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. Nivel: INICIAL Paper: WRITING (60 min) A. Paul is a new friend of yours who lives in Australia and doesn’ t know much about you. Write an e -mail to Paul in which you tell him about you and your family. (About 80 - 100 words) From: Date: To: Subject: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………..………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………..… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………..………………… Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Facultad de Ciencias HumanasExamen de Acreditación de Niveles de Lengua Inglesa 2013 SEREX Candidate’s Name .………...……………………………… DNI ………………………………………. B. Your teacher asked you to write about the best holidays you have had. Last year you went on holidays with a group of friends and you had a wonderful time. Write a narrative text of about 80 – 100 words on one (1) of the following: You spent 10 days on the beach in Hawaii. You visited different islands and enjoyed extraordinary attractions. You spent a week in Orlando. You went to theme parks and shopping malls. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………… ………………………..………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………..