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NAME: ____________________________SURNAME:________________________________
SENIOR THREE FINAL EXAM Paper 1
Time allowed: 1h.15’ (+ List: 1h. 30’)
SECTION A: Reading Comprehension
Read the text and choose the correct option, true (T) or false (F).
Bear
Bear Grylls is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He was born on June 7th,
1974. His real name is Edward but his sister, Lara, decided to call him Bear. Bear and Lara grew up on
the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Bear’s love of adventure started when he was
about eight years old and it’s still his passion today. Bear spent a lot of time with his father. They went
climbing on the cliffs on the Isle of Wight and did lots of other outdoor activities together.
After leaving school, Bear spent some time in Africa. His life was always full of adventure, but
while he was working there, he had a parachute accident. His parachute didn’t open properly and he
broke his back in three places when he fell to the ground. Bear spent nine months in hospital, but he is a
very determined person - if he decides to do something, he does it! After his accident, he still had one
big dream: to climb Mount Everest. He reached the summit of Everest on 26th May, 1998.
In 2006, he made a very successful series of TV programmes about surviving in the outdoors
called Man Vs. Wild. More than 1.2 billion people watched the series in more than 200 countries! Bear
lives on a small Welsh island with his wife, Shara, and three sons. Between adventures, he works for the
Scout Association. There are 28 million scouts all over the world and Bear enjoys this new challenge. He
is interested in encouraging young people to make the most of life and its opportunities, especially in the
great outdoors. If you want adventure in your life, go and find it!
(Adapted from “Life is one great big adventure!” in Sure Pre-Intermediate, Helbling languages 2014)
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1) Edward didn’t choose the nickname “Bear”. T/F
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2) Bear was not an adventurous child. T/F
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3) Bear was in hospital for a long time. T/F
4) Bear decided to climb Mount Everest before going to Africa. T/F 2nd
5) Only the British watched Man Vs. Wild. T/F
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I - Choose the word that best fits the blank.
So, you think you’d like to be a film extra? Well, read this description of Chris Maitlan’s last job and then decide!
“I have been a film extra 1) ___ a long time. I retired ten years ago but I’ll never forget when I worked in a
film called Day of Disaster. My agent Caroline phoned to ask if I was interested 2) ___ working on that film the next
day. 3) ___ my schedule was full that week, I said I would cancel my plans for the next day. I was worried that if I
didn’t accept, she 4) ___ me a job again. 5) ___, I needed the money.
“I arrived at the film set on time, at 5 a.m., still half asleep. The assistant director told me to go to the
costume department, where they put 6) ___ awful, sticky make-up on me to make it look like I had been in an
accident. Then, for the next few hours, we just had to wait. There were no mobile phones in those days and we
were 7) ___ far away to watch the filming, so we passed the morning talking and joking together.
“Finally, the assistant director 8) ___ me I was going to play a blind man and put a bandage over my eyes.
During the filming, the other extras had to look after me. After lunch, I 9) ___ my bandage and threw it away. The
assistant director asked me what I had done with it, but I told him I’d lost it.
“At 7 p.m., the director said we could leave, but we had to wait until our make-up 10) ___ by the make-up
artist. I wanted to get home quickly so I got straight into my car still covered in blood and dirt. You can imagine what
the garage staff thought when I stopped to fill up with petrol…”
(Adapted from “They said it would be fun!” in Target PET, Richmond Publishing, 2009)
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3 a) Although b) However c) When
4 a) won’t offer b) wouldn’t offer c) didn’t offer 1st
5 a) Too b) More c) Also
6 a) a lot b) lot of c) lots of
7 a) too b) enough c) much 2nd
8 a) asked b) said c) told
9 a) took off b) gave up c) took back
10 a) removed b) was removed c) is removed 3rd
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II - Read the passage below and put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
My name’s Ingrid McFarlane and I’m twenty-three years old. When I 1) _______________ (leave) school at
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eighteen, I got a job at a zoo as a student keeper. Things 2) _______________ (change) a lot since then: I only
have passed my exams and I am a full animal keeper. The money is not good. I only get £9,000 a year. You 1st
have 3) _______________ (be) outside in rain and snow, which is hard work, and you get very dirty. But this
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doesn’t matter to me, because animals are the most important thing in my life! There are a hundred monkeys
and fifty deer in my part of the zoo, and I give them their food and clean their houses. When I was at school I
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used 4) _______________ (think) rhinos were disgusting, but now they are my favourite animals. Last year,
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while I 5) _______________ (feed) some rhinos at the zoo the manager asked me if I wanted to go to Africa
for a month to study them. It was a great experience and now I love them!
(Adapted from “Ingrid McFarlane Zoo Keeper” in Key English Test Handbook for teachers UCLES 2008)
III - Complete the dialogue. Use the word(s) in brackets.
Olga and Grace are leaving their workplace.
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Olga: Oh, dear! I have to buy Sue’s birthday present. 1)____________________________? (YET)
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Grace: No, I haven’t bought her anything. Let’s buy her something from both of us.
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Olga: Great! If I had my credit card, 2) ___________________________________now. (WOULD)
Grace: Don’t worry. I’ve got my card with me. 3) _______________________________? (THERE) 3rd
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Grace: Yes, I know… Look at this shop! They sell headphones. Sue lost her headphones last week.
Olga: Good! We can buy her some headphones then. 5) __________________________? (HOW)
Grace: Let me see… They’re £60.
SECTION C: Writing
Write about 70 words on ONE of the following:
1) Imagine you went shopping last Saturday and you had an argument with a shop assistant. Write an
email to a friend telling him / her about this. Say what kind of shop it was, what you argued about with
the assistant and why you recommend / don’t recommend going to this shop.
2) A popular blog is asking readers to write about a three-day weekend. Write a short article for the blog
about the last long weekend. Say what you did, what you couldn’t do and why you think it’s a good /
bad idea to have a three-day weekend.
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