ALL ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN IN THE ANSWER BOOK. Choose a topic and write ONE composition of about words

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1 ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΠΑΙ ΕΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΑΝΩΤΕΡΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΩΤΑΤΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙ ΕΥΣΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΓΡΑΠΤΗ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΙΑΠΙΣΤΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ ΓΝΩΣΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ Θέµα: Αγγλικά Ηµεροµηνία: 10 Noεµβρίου 2010 ιάρκεια: 2 ώρες και 15 λεπτά ΤΟ ΟΚΙΜΙΟ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΙΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΠΕΝΤΕ (5) ΣΕΛΙ ΕΣ ALL ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN IN THE ANSWER BOOK PART I: COMPOSITION (40 MARKS) Choose a topic and write ONE composition of about words 1. You are working for an international company. Your manager has told you that there is a sum of money available for making improvements to the office. Recommend three changes. 2. Have you read a book about art or artists recently? If so, write a review of the book. Include information on what kind of book it is, what it is about, and say whether you would recommend the book to other people. 3. You work for a local tourist office and your manager has asked you to write a report on health facilities in the area. The report will be used to produce a leaflet for tourists coming to your area. PART II: READING COMPREHENSION (30 MARKS) Read the text below and do ALL the exercises that follow it: Teenage self-portraits When The Times invited anyone aged 11 to 18 to submit a self-portrait, the response was phenomenal. You were interested in how your face and hair looked. We were interested in honesty, courage and lack of self-consciousness. And on Monday our mutual concerns met. A panel of judges that included a professor of drawing, Stephen Farthing; the Turner prizewinning artist Grayson Perry; and myself, an art critic, assembled to assess the entries for the Tate Times Drawing Challenge. The competition invited anyone from 11 to 18 to pick

2 2 up their pencils and submit a self-portrait, the best of which would be displayed in the Tate. There were more than 1,000 entries. A self-portrait can be about ruthless honesty. But, equally, it can be all about ways of deceiving. Artists can rival actors when it comes to obscuring or making themselves look better. Think of the difference between that public face that you practise in the mirror and that embarrassing grimace in the camera snap. The construction of an image involves dozens of decisions. To study a self-portrait is to understand how an artist wants to be seen. In the case of young people it would seem that for every pretty-faced teenager who would seem that for every pretty-faced teenager who would like to imagine themselves as some soft-focus fashion model there is another who is keen for the world to know that they are lurking alone and misunderstood in their rooms. Despite all the worst intentions, a selfportrait reveals how its sitter sees the world. The judges were looking for a vision that seemed enlivening or truthful, courageous or unselfconsciously fresh. Sometimes the panel burst out laughing at the sheer exuberance though that was mostly in the work of the younger entrants before the toothy grins gave way to grimacing teenage angst. There were pictures of young people doing anything from brushing their teeth, to donning funny hats to listening to ipods. But the most interesting images were less self-consciously presented: it was as if the sitters had been caught unprepared. The judges tended to prefer the pictures in which the artist had really tried to look in a mirror rather than copy the surface of a photograph. The best images, says Stephen Farthing, professor of drawing at University of the Arts, London, are those done by someone who has spent time drawing from life, not just trying to make pictures that look as if they are finished. Most of the most obviously perfect images were passed over by the panel. The distortions and quirks are where the subconscious leaks out, Grayson Perry says. It was notable how many entrants mapped out the spots on their faces. Clearly this matters a lot to a teenager. Hair was another obsession, though several got so caught up that their images were more like advertisements for L Oréal. They weren t worth it. Most judges preferred the bad-hair days of entrants such as 13-year-old Daniel Adkins, in whose self-portrait the hair took on a character all of its own. Drawing may be unfashionable and not least in our art colleges but it was heartening to see not only how naturally talented so many of the entrants were, but also how naturally drawing could be taught. Three of the self-portraits were by pupils of the English Martyrs Sixth Form College, Hartlepool. Where some schools submitted work that arrived in cloned clumps, here, it seems, is a teacher who knows how to tease out and develop innate talent. And that matters. Drawing is a means of expression as much as writing and mathematics. It s a tool to be sharpened so that you can take it out when you need it and do whatever you want. But what does this competition tell us about the entrants? It offered a portrait of young people who are engaged, enthusiastic and eager. Once, young people aspired to be bankers and doctors and lawyers. But who wants to go to the office when they could be an artist?

3 3 A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D according to the text. (7x3=21 marks) 1. When the panel of judges met, they discovered that... A. they shared the same objectives as the competitors. B. both entrants and judges were equally satisfied with the results. C. the entrants and the judges differing objectives were achieved. D. the winning entries combined good looks with other positive qualities. 2. According to the writer, what do all self-portraits have in common? They A. reflect exactly what the artist sees. B. are used to improve the artist s image. C. deceive both the artist and the viewer. D. reflect the artist s attitudes and concerns. 3. How did the children s work generally differ from that of the adolescents? It A. was livelier. B. was more honest. C. was more humorous. D. showed more self-awareness. 4. The judges were least interested in the self-portraits which A. showed spontaneity. B. concentrated on excellent drawing technique. C. produced unintended results. D. were incomplete.. 5. How does the writer feel about the way competitors drew their hair? It A. was better when it was untidy. B. deserved more attention from the artists. C. was more attractive than their sports. D. took up too much time for some artists. 6. The English Martyrs Sixth Form College is an example of A. how schools can help pupils to develop their natural abilities. B. why schools should teach unfashionable subjects. C. how some schools teach all their pupils to draw in the same style. D. why only naturally gifted pupils should be taught how to draw. 7. What impression does the writer have of those who took part in the competition? They A. suffer from the typical anxieties of teenagers. B. are extremely interested in what they are doing. C. generally prefer drawing to writing or mathematics. D. are more artistically talented than previous generations.

4 B. Answer the following questions. (3x1=3 marks) 4 1. How was the response to the invitation made by the Times characterized? 2. What did the panel of judges have in common? 3. Why did the judges prefer pictures that the artist had tried to look in a mirror than copy a photo? C. Explain the following words, in bold in the text, using only ONE word. (6x1=6 marks) 1. assembled 2. construction 3. exuberance 4. obviously 5. notable 6. aspired PART III: USE OF ENGLISH (30 MARKS) A. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. (5x2=10 marks) 1. There needs to be tighter control than there is at present over what happens in reality TV programmes. (tightly) Reality TV programmes should be than they are at present. 2. I do not intend to stay in my present job very much longer. (no) I have in my present job very much longer. 3. I ve never been at all interested in learning to play a musical instrument. (slightest) I ve never learning to play a musical instrument. 4. To me, he looks exactly the same in the photo as he does in the portrait. (difference) I can t see way he looks in the photo and in the portrait. 5. I can t wait to start my new job. (forward) I m really my new job.

5 5 B. Fill in the gaps in the following text with the correct form of the words given in capitals. (10x1=10 marks) Barack Obama During Obama s speech what stuck in many viewers minds was his theme of unity at a time of partisan (1) (DIVIDE). There s not a liberal America and a (2) (CONSERVE) America, there s the United States of America, Obama said. And there was room, he said, for a (3) (SKIN) kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. The reaction was (4) (STARTLE). The New York Times dubbed him the Democratic Pary s new rock star and CNN talked of Obamamania. Those watching his (5) (SPEAK) in Boston in 2004 expected John Kerry to be elected president, and his defeat by George Bush sent many Democrats into deep (6) (DEPRESS). The memory of Obama s resounding victory in the Illinois senate race was one of the (7) (BRIGHT) spots in a dismal election year. But almost no one in the audience expected that soon he would be a candidate for the Democratic (8) (PRESIDENT) nomination. More of his attraction comes from his (9) (PERSON) history. He was brought up by his grandparents and attended a (10) (PROMINENCE) private school. C. Fill in the gaps in the following text with only ONE word. Barack Obama (10x1=10 marks) The moment Barack Obama became a contender for the U.S. presidency can be pinpointed quite precisely at just after 9 pm (1) July 27, Although political junkies already knew he would (2) running for senator in Illinois until then he was just (3) local politician from Chicago. Twenty minutes later, after a barnstorming, nationally televised speech to (4) Democratic party convention in Boston, Obama was catapulted (5) the front ranks of his party. Let s face it, my presence on (6) stage is pretty unlikely, Obama began, outlining his unusual background: a father (7) grew up herding goats in Kenya and a mother from Kansas. My parents shared not (8) an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith (9) the possibilities of this nation. They (10) give me an African name, Barak or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. Copyright Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισµού. ***************************************************** Απαγορεύεται η αναδηµοσίευση µε οποιοδήποτε µέσο όλου ή µέρους του περιεχοµένου χωρίς τη συγκατάθεση του εκδότη.