ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE WINTERTHUR VORDIPLOMPRÜFUNG ENGLISCH 2000

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1 ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE WINTERTHUR VORDIPLOMPRÜFUNG ENGLISCH 2000 PART 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION In this part of the examination you will hear three different listening comprehension tasks. There will e pauses efore and after each task to give you time to read the questions and to check your answers. After each pause there will e a special signal efore the text continues. You will hear each task twice. TASK 1: In task 1 you will hear Roert talking to his parents aout an adventure holiday. For questions 1 8, answer the questions with a word or a short phrase. 1 How old is Roert s friend, John? Where did Roert and his family stay when 2... on holiday last year? 3 What sort of holiday does Roert s father suggest? Who enjoys playing on the each? Name one thing that worries Roert s mother Name three activities apart from sailing and climing that people can do at the adventure centre Roert is interested in Page 2

2 TASK 2: You will hear a news report on footall hooliganism. For questions 9 18 tick (... ) whether you think the statements are true or false. True False 9 The footall match was held in England The English fans travelled y train and oat The English supporters started the troule in the ars efore the match The French police used tear gas in the ars Parts of the seats were used to fight with The French won the match Police cars were overturned Twenty-five supporters were detained y the police The fans caused a lot of damage on the oat going home The mayor of Paris intends to stop footall violence Page 3

3 TASK 3: In this task you will hear five short extracts in which people are talking aout pulications they read. For questions 19 23, match the extracts as you hear them with the pulications the speakers read, listed A G. There are two extra letters which you do not need to use. A a local newspaper B a children s comic C a music magazine D a trade or professional journal E a TV guide F a satirical magazine G a Sunday newspaper Page 4

4 PART 2: READING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Read the newspaper article elow and then answer questions 1-7. For each question choose the most appropriate answer a,, c, or d, marking the appropriate ox with a tick (). Dome that rose to the day Janet Hardy-Gould and a group of students found plenty to learn on a day trip to Britain s much-criticised visitor attraction. him for making the floor dirty. After apologising in his est English, Olivier realised that this woman was in fact one of the many live entertainers who interact with visitors. It was clear that when three students, Yuko Adachi, a 20-year-old administrator from Japan, Olivier Diaz, a Swiss anker aged 21 and Waseem Ahmed, 18, from Denmark, and I met up for our trip to London s Millennium Dome, none of them had een put off y the ad pulicity that Britain s celeration of the new millennium has attracted since it opened on January 1. Their excitement was ovious. Our aim was to find out how much out-of-class language practice we could get from this multifaceted visitor attraction housed under a huge purpose-uilt dome on the south ank of the Thames. Our first task was to study the right yellow Dome rochure as we travelled on the new Underground link to southeast London. This revealed how the Dome had een conceived as an international showcase for the est in new British style, design and architecture. Visitors will explore the possiilities of their own personal futures in the next millennium through a spectacular array of attractions and events, the rochure trumpeted. So as we emerged from North Greenwich station we felt ready for anything, ut not, as it turned out, for the overwhelming size of the structure that loomed efore us. The Dome is very ig, and as we stood at the top of the escalator we had the perfect opportunity to practise the only fitting exclamation in English, Wow. I wanted the group to decide what we were going to see - which would give them plenty of scope to practise expressing opinions and, once inside, our initial task was to choose which of the 14 zones to visit first. As soon as we entered our first choice, the Work And Learning Zone, Olivier was attacked y a fierce cleaner with a large rush, who scolded We were impressed y the range of activities on offer, such as the games designed to test various work skills. We focused on the Communication Skills section where we each had a telephone and were required to listen to a simple dialogue and then answer a question y pressing a numer utton on the phone. Yuko found this activity very helpful: It s useful for my English ecause the people speak fast and have different accents. We then entered the Learning part of the zone and watched a silent film portraying the story of a girl who is given the seed of learning. Not much practice of listening skills here ut an excellent chance for a lively discussion. What was that film aout? Yuko s conclusion was that it was an expression of English people s lively and optimistic attitude to learning. Such a film, she assured me, wouldn t e made in Japan ecause there there are different attitudes to education. Next we went to the towering Body Zone, housed inside a huge reclining figure that is entered at the ase of a crooked elow. Here, however, we were greeted y a long queue. Undaunted, we decided to take this chance to practise our conversational skills and joined the queue. Waseem, Olivier and Yuko introduced themselves to the family in front. We were in luck. Not only were the family extremely friendly ut we soon discovered that they were truly representative of Britain: mother from Scotland, father from Northern Ireland and the children rought up in Sheffield, all with accents to match. Page 5

5 1. According to the article London s Millennium Dome a has een celerated since its opening in January. a has only attracted three visitors from foreign countries. c has come in for a great deal of criticism in the media. c d has caused great excitement in the media. d 2. Janet s group a wanted to practise their English as much as possile. a had to study their rochure carefully to find their way to the Dome. c were great admirers of British architecture. c d wanted to see into their own future. d 3. When the memers of the group saw the Dome for the first time a they suddenly did not feel enthusiastic aout their visit anymore. a they felt threatened ecause it was so ig. c they were ale to speak perfect English. c d they were extremely impressed as they had not expected it to e so ig. d 4. The Work And Learning Zone a was chosen y the group ecause Janet did not know what to see first. a had Olivier respond spontaneously in English. c turned out to e a negative experience for Olivier. c d was full of strange people attacking visitors. d 5. The activities on offer a included making phone calls in English. a included listening carefully to conversations etween native speakers. c ranged from games to examinations. c d was only felt y Yuko to e useful. d Page 6

6 6. The silent film the group saw a showed a girl who learnt how to grow plants from seeds. a was considered useless as far as language learning was concerned. c was considered useless as far as its message was concerned. c d inspired the group to have an interesting discussion aout learning cultures. d 7. Outside the Body Zone uilding the group a was welcomed y many people, all waiting to e let in. a was lucky to find at least a few agreeale people to talk to. c could not only practise their English, ut also learnt something aout Britain. c d got to know a family whose difficult accents they could hardly understand. d Page 7

7 TASK 2: In the rest of the article, choose the most suitale word A, B, C, or D for each numered gap. Note down your choice in the grid elow. The first answer has een given as an example. After a long conversation with our new British friends, we finally entered and found ourselves on a voyage of (0) inside the human ody. Where are we? asked Waseem worriedly looking up at an enormous red pulsating lump that turned out to e the (1). This gave (2) to a quick vocaulary lesson on anatomical features. Our next stop was the Self-Portrait Zone where memers of the pulic had een asked to nominate one good thing aout Britain. Olivier (3) liked a comment on the British weather. What would the British talk aout if it wasn t (4) the weather? The images in this zone prompted many spontaneous discussions aout aspects of British culture. Why are British people so (5) on dogs? Do people still eat (6) and eggs for reakfast? The students also (7) what a self-portrait of their own country might contain. With time running out, we (8) and visited different zones that reflected our own personal interests. When the three returned they all had pages of new vocaulary and tales of further interactions with British people. After furiously swapping information aout our various experiences it was time to go. Had they (9) anything from their visit? Yes, plenty of conversation practice with native speakers, lots of reading and listening, and even the chance to practise writing messages for the future. With so much on offer, we agreed that it was a (10) that this millennium attraction must close at the end of the year. A B C D ANSWER 0 interest adventure action discovery D 1 lungs heart liver kidneys 2 rise reason asis impulse 3 hardly almost particularly possily 4 for on to of 5 interested keen fond pleased 6 tomatoes scramled eans acon 7 attempted claimed considered admitted 8 set up gave up split up got away 9 achieved earned enjoyed gained 10 shame shock loss waste Page 8

8 PART 3: TASK 1: LANGUAGE IN USE Complete the text elow, using one word to fill each space. Don t lame me, says McCartney as Beatles set record straight The three surviving Beatles have written a candid ook (1) confirms that it was John Lennon, not Paul McCartney, who triggered the and s split. The Beatles Anthology will (2) pulished this autumn. Pulishers are hoping (3) gloal sales of 20m copies, and plan to translate it into many languages, (4) Chinese. Sir Paul McCartney, 57, George Harrison, 57, and Ringo Starr, 59, have decided that Lennon s widow, Yoko Ono, will receive a quarter share of the profits (5) though she had little involvement in the project. The 50 ook will contain 1,200 photographs, (6) of them previously unpulished. The reuniting of the group as hardack rather (7) paperack writers follows their frustration at inaccuracies in the hundreds of ooks aout (8). They have (9) six years on the 360-page ook. (10) is elieved to detail the group s drug-taking, sexual exploits and rivalries. Lennon s part in the ook will come from hundreds of statements discovered (11) researchers and knitted into the story. Insiders say the ook will reveal that the three survivors (12) offered 113m to re-form in 1996 for a series of international gigs. The part that will most interest fans is the account of (13) lay ehind the group s split in April Although it was McCartney who announced the reak-up, he (14) een most keen to continue. He says he suggested that the Beatles (15) go ack to playing small gigs. He really thought they (16) a great little and and only needed to find (17) asic roots. Then (18) knows what will happen we may want to stop after that, or we may really think we ve (19) got it. But John looked at him and said: Well I think you re daft. I wasn t (20) to tell you until we signed the Capitol deal [the group had een thinking aout switching record laels], ut I m leaving the group. Page 9

9 TASK 2: Complete the second sentence in such a way that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. You must use the word given in old print and one to four other words to complete each sentence. Your answer must consist of two to five words. Do not change the word given. 1. Susan learns languages very easily. good Susan languages. 2. We haven t played tennis for ages. last It s tennis. 3. Are you joining us tonight? Eileen asked me last week. I Last week Eileen asked if night. 4. I don t think it was a good idea to leave early. ought I early. 5. In spite of his serious injury he managed to call the amulance. was Although he managed to call the amulance. 6. The train was not on time. So we missed our connection. not If the train, we wouldn t have missed our connection. 7. They have een living in Paris for the past 5 years. moved 5 years Paris. 8. The doctors had to operate on her immediately. operated She immediately. 9. Make sure you don t wake me up when you come in. etter You me up when you come in. 10. Most people today know that smoking is a serious health hazard. to Today smoking a serious health hazard. 11. Luckily Peter did not pay a fine. avoided Luckily Peter a fine. 12. The hairdresser had cut her hair very short. had She very short. Page 10

10 TASK 3: Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, a memorandum from Michael Turner to Jean Close. Do not change the order of the elements given. From: Michael Turner, Personnel Manager To: Jean Close, Division Sales Manager 28 August 2000 Suject: New Sales Representative 1. I e sorry / you e unale / come / last staff meeting. 2. One / important points / raise / that meeting / e / following. 3. We all agree / it e / high time / we take on / new sales representative / autumn. 4. As sales / our new video games / increase / so rapid / past 6 months / they can expect / go on / rise / coming year. 5. I e anxious / have / your opinion / whether / we appoint / someone / experience / or / trainee. Page 11

11 6. If / we employ / trainee / then / it e / necessary / promote / someone / your department. 7. I like / you let / know / names / possile candidates / soon / possile. 8. I go away / Aug 31 / and not e / ack / Sep Please call / if / e / points / you wish / talk / efore I leave / Thursday. Ende der Prüfung Page 12