Exam 3
Reading
Reading part 1
Reading part 2
2- Decide which museum would be the most suitable for the people below
Reading part 3
I’ve always been interested in photography. When I was a child, I used to borrow my parents’ camera. This annoyed them, so, when I was about ten years old, they bought me my own camera. After that, I spent my free time going around taking pictures. I enjoyed taking pictures of flowers, trees and animals, but most of all, I liked taking pictures of people. I still have my childhood photo albums. Most pictures weren’t that great, but I like looking at them. They remind me of what I first felt when I started taking pictures.
When I finished school, I did a photography course and then I got a job working for my local paper. I liked the people I worked with, but I found it quite boring after a while. I used to have to take dull pictures of local buildings and new types of cars; that kind of thing. After a couple of years, I trained in digital photography and portraits with another photographer. Then, I moved to a national newspaper and that was more interesting, but I finally decided to work for myself taking pictures of famous people. I like exploring how settings and people interact. Many famous people got to know me and liked my artistic talent. I have been working as a portrait photographer for many years now.
When I tell people what I do for a living, they imagine that I’m an unpleasant person who follows famous people, takes embarrassing pictures of them and makes a lot of money. Actually, I don’t do that. Usually the people I photograph want me to photograph them. We create an atmosphere in their own garden or outdoors where they can feel comfortable. The only thing that can happen is that sometimes they suddenly decide they don’t want to be photographed. That can be annoying, especially if they’ve asked you there in the first place. But that doesn’t happen very often.
I find my job exciting and challenging. It has a creative side and also a technical side. I have to imagine and shoot the best photo and I also have to use different accessories to get different effects.
Reading part 4
Two years ago, I went on holiday to Rome with my family. It was a four-hour train journey from our home, and we all helped to plan the trip. We were looking forward to seeing the famous sights! Everything went really well and we had a great time visiting the amazing tourist attractions. I was in charge of taking all the photos with my brand new phone, which had an excellent camera. We stayed in Rome for two weeks, and it was really incredible.
On the train journey back home, I decided to open my backpack, but I couldn’t find it. 16______ I was very upset because I’d packed my phone in that backpack, along with my travel journal. 17_________. Weeks passed, and then months. At first, I contacted the train company every week, but after some time, it was clear that my backpack was never going to be found. After a while, I forgot all about it.
Last month, I took the train to Florence on a school trip. Incredibly, my backpack went missing again! 18________ After Rome, I always kept my phone and other important items in my pockets.
Two weeks after the Florence trip, I received a phone call from the train company. They told me they had my backpack, and they would send it to my local station. I assumed it was my backpack from the school trip. 19_______. Someone from the train company had found the backpack from Rome in a dusty old storeroom! Everything inside it was safe, and I finally got to share the photos with my family. 20________. I decided we should all go back to Rome for another holiday … but this time, I would be much more careful with my things!
Reading part 5
Going away, even for a short time, is very important for everybody. Whether it’s for work, study or fun, travel gives you the opportunity to relax. Even if it’s a short (21)_____ , it allows you time to think about something else. It provides you with a break from your daily (22)_____.
If you’re (23)_____the chance to go on a work trip, you should always take it. If you’re going away for fun, you (24)_____choose the right person to travel with. Make sure it’s (25)_____you get on with.
Sometimes it’s a good idea to go alone because then you’ll be (26)_____to do what you want. Whatever you decide, there’s no doubt you’ll come home feeling happy and with many new stories about the places you’ve visited on the way.
Reading part 6
Writing
Writing part 1
1- Read this email from your English-speaking friend Tom and the notes you have made. Write you answer in about 100 words.
Writing part 2
a) Write your article
b) Write your story
Listening
Listening part 1
Listening part 2
Listening part 3
Listening part 4
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Speaking
Speaking part 1
- What’s your name?
- What’s your surname?
- How do you spell it?
- How old are you?
- Where do you live
- Who do you live with?
- What food do you like?
- What clothes do you usually wear?
- What things do you use most?
- What things are most important to you?
- What do you like to do in the evenings?
- What did you do yesterday evening?
- How do you usually spend your weekends?
Speaking part 2
Speaking part 3
Two young people are planning a night out for themselves and their friends. They want to choose an activity which will be suitable for a group of people to do and will help their friends to have fun.
Talk together about the different activities, then decide which one would be best of a group of young people who want to have fun
Speaking part 4
- Do you prefer to see your friends at night or during the day? Why?
- What can people do on a night out in your area?
- Do you prefer indoor or outdoor activities?
- Who would you most like to invite on a night out? Why?