I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION (2.5 points)
Listen to the following two recordings and answer the questions 1-10. Each recording will be played twice consecutively.
A. Recording 1: Short Conversation
Listen to the conversation and check if each of the statements 1-5 is TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN. Circle T if the statement is true, F if the statement is false, or N if the information is not stated on the recording.
1) Martin’s wife is a writer. T F N
2) She works for a TV station. T F N
3) Martin gets up at about five every morning. T F N
4) He always skips breakfast. T F N
5) Kay usually gets up at about nine. T F N
B. Recording 2: Short talk
Listen to the talk and complete the sentences 6-10 below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
6) Hyperpolyglots can remember __________ and sounds easily.
7) They aren’t always interested in languages when they are __________ .
8) When you are good at three or four languages, you can learn other languages __________ .
9) Hyperpolyglots learn languages for many __________ .
10) Alexander Anders , an American, can speak __________ languages.
II. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 points)
Read the following text and answer the questions 1-10:
Laura, social worker
Laura Perez usually feels good in the morning when she gets up at 7:00a.m. She takes a shower. Then she has breakfast with her family. She’s 24 and single and, in Mexico, single women often live with their parents.
The traffic in Mexico City is very bad, so Laura never drives to work. So how does she get to work? It takes an hour, but she usually walks with her neighbor. They sometimes go by bus, but the buses are always crowded and slow. She gets to work at about 8:45 a.m. and starts at 9 a.m.
Laura is a social worker. There is a great need for social workers in Mexico and Laura is one of the leaders in this job. She works for an organization for homeless children. Usually the children she helps don’t have parents and they don’t have a place to live. Sometimes the children have learning disabilities.
Laura’s job is to help these children. She works at a social service center. The children usually need food and basic care first. Then she can help them find a family and a home. These children hardly ever go to school, so they usually don’t read or write.
Laura works hard and she loves her job, but she sometimes sees very sad things. The children are often angry and scared and she’s often very tired after work. But she says. “I’m happy because I know that I help children.”
Questions 1-5: Read each of the following questions carefully and circle a correct answer A, B, or C based on the information given in the text.
1) Who does Laura live with?
A. her friends B. her husband C. her parents
2) How is the traffic in Mexico city?
A. good B. very bad C. crowded
3) How long does it take her to get to work?
A. by bus B. an hour C. slow
4) What’s her job?
A. a social worker B. a teacher C. helps children
5) Why does she feel good?
A. because children often help her
B. because she works hard
C. because she helps children
Questions 6-10: Read the text again and give brief answers to the following questions with NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.
6) Where does Laura live?
7) What time does she start work?
8) Who does she usually walk to work with?
9) What does she work for?
10) How does she feel after work?
III. EXCHANGE (2.5 points)
Answer the following questions in full sentences with AT LEAST 3 WORDS. For YES/NO questions, make sure to include a corresponding pronoun subject and an auxiliary. Look at the example carefully.
Examples:
1) What do you study in Kuala Lumpur?
→ I study modern languages there.
2) Can you speak English with foreigners?
→ Yes, I can. I speak English with my friends, too.
1) How many rooms are there in your house?
2) What did you have for dinner?
3) Was it hot and sunny yesterday?
4) What are you wearing now?
5) Do you eat many vegetables?
6) What’s the best movie you have ever seen?
7) Is there a library in your hometown?
8) What would you like to do?
9) Have you ever run out of gas?
10) Where did you go last night?
IV. WRITING (2.5 points)
Write a paragraph of about 70 words on your FITNESS ACTIVITIES.
