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o. de inscrio:_____ Part I READING COMPREHENSION Read the following text and answer questions 1 to 10. Introduction to Education in the United Kingdom Education is important in the UK. It is England, compulsory schooling ends on the last Friday compulsory for children under sixteen 20 in June during the academic year. years old, but school is not children At the age of 16, students in England, Wales and do not need to go to school. It is Northern Ireland take an examination the GCSE 5 possible to educate them at home. (General Certificate of Secondary Education). They Education is free for all children from 5 begin to study GSCE subjects at the start of Year 10 to 16. 25 (age 14-15), and then they take the final examinations at the end of Year 11 (age 15-16). In Scotland, the About 94 per cent of the students in England, and the equivalent of the GCSE is the Standard Grade. rest of the UK, receive free education. All state schools 10 follow the National Curriculum, except in Wales In state schools students study English, Mathematics, students need to study Welsh there. The school year is Science, Religious Education and Physical Education from September to June and is 39 weeks long. The local 30 during Key Stage 4 (the GCSE years of school). authority or the governing body of a school decides the After they complete the GCSE, some students leave dates for school periods and holidays. school, some go to technical college, and some continue 15 Children normally start primary school at the age of four at high school for two more years and take one more set or five, but some schools now have a reception year for of standardized exams in three or four subjects. They call four year olds. Children normally leave at the age of 11 35 them A-levels. These exams determine the students and move on to secondary school (High School). In admission to university.
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I UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 1. The main idea of the text above is to: a) describe basic and secondary education in the UK. b) discuss the importance of schooling in England. 2. The text above says that: a) school is not an obligation for children under 16. b) A-levels are not very important to enter university. 3. Choose the CORRECT alternative according to the text. a) Secondary school is for a child from 9 to 11 years old. b) Children pay for education in the UK.

c) describe the British Curriculum in state schools. d) show the GCSE as the standard exam in the UK. c) education is essential to get a job in the UK. d) pupils stop their studies when they are 11. c) After the GCSE they study for one more year. d) For Scottish students the GCSE has a different name.

4. Choose the INCORRECT alternative according to the text. a) The A-levels are standardized exams. c) The Standard Grade is the Scottish version of GCSE. b) Students usually go on holiday at the beginning of June. d) Children at 4 or 5 years old go to primary school. II REFERENCE 5. The pronoun They (line 23) refers to: a) examinations b) Scottish students 6. The pronoun them (line 35) refers to: a) exams b) subjects III VOCABULARY 7. In the text, the word free (line 9) means: a) you do not control it b) it is not formal 8. In the text, the word subjects (line 24) means: a) tests b) students 9. The word but (line 3) states in the sentence the idea of: a) addition b) contrast

c) students c) years

d) subjects d) students

c) you do not pay for it c) teachers c) consequence

d) it is not busy d) disciplines d) condition

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10. The word set (line 33) means: a) group b) position c) period d) semester

PART II USE OF ENGLISH For questions 11 to 20, choose the option that CORRECTLY completes the sentences. (X = no word) 11. Our new teacher is good and ______ pronunciation is great. ______ gives ______ homework every day. a) your / He / they b) her / She / us c) her / Him / you d) shes / She / your 12. Paola's boyfriend is a _____ man. He has ______ hair and ______ eyes. a) beautiful / dark / cheap b) tall / fair / beautiful c) young / small / big 13. A: Are you English? a) Yes, I'm. B: ______. b) No, I not. c) Yes, we are. d) handsome / very / blue d) No, you aren't. d) often d) these / They d) the Netherlands / Dutch d) How

14. Leah ______ goes to the cinema because she doesnt like films. a) never b) usually c) always 15. A: What are ______? a) they / This B: ______ are my keys. b) this / This c) that / That c) Poland / Polanese

16. Martin is from ______. He is ______. a) Sweden / Swiss b) Slovakia / Slovakish

17. A: ______ do you exercise? B: I exercise on weekdays. a) How long b) How often c) What time 18. A: Who are they? a) nephew / wife

B: He's Roberto, my ______, and she's Roberto's ______. b) niece / mother c) aunt / brother d) uncle / son

19. Jennifer lives in _____ house. _____ house has _____ white door and _____ some trees in _____ front garden. a) the / The / the / the / a b) a / The / the / X / X c) a / The / a / X / the d) a / The / the / a / a 20. A: ______ any letters for me? a) There aren't / There are / is there b) Are there / Are there / X 21. a) Her father is forty years old. b) Jefferson is only twelve years old. 22. a) Where is she from? b) Where does he lives? 23. a) 6,256 = six thousand two hundred fifty-six b) 487 = four hundred eighty-seven 24. a) There aren't some buses on Sundays. b) The students did all the exams. 25. a) What does his grandfather do? b) Samantha goes to school by car. 26. Carla's father is a pilot. a) The pilots mother is Carla. b) Carla is a pilots daughter. 27. It's a quarter to eight. a) seven forty-five b) eight forty-five B: ______ any today but ______ a strange man waiting for you. c) There are / There aren't / there are d) Are there / There aren't / there is c) My mother is fifty-five years. d) Martha and James are seventeen. c) What is her name? d) When do you go to work? c) 843 = eight hundreds and forty-three d) 47 = forty-seven c) Susan doesn't have any books. d) I like some pop songs. c) Does the meeting start at 8 o'clock? d) The child watch TV after school.

For questions 21 to 25, choose the INCORRECT option.

For questions 26 to 30, choose the option which has the same meaning and idea as the phrases in italics. c) Carla and her father work as pilots. d) Carla is not a pilot, but her father is. c) eight fifteen c) never works d) seven thirty d) doesn't usually work

28. She hardly ever works on Saturdays. a) always works b) doesn't work 29. Don't be late for your English classes. a) Don't study at night. b) Be the first for your English classes.

c) Come to your English classes at the right time. d) Don't do your activities after the class.

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30. Would you like some orange juice? a) Do you like b) Do you usually drink Answer questions 31 to 40 according to the instructions. 31. Choose the option where the spelling of all the verbs in the simple present 3rd person singular is CORRECT. a) calls / staies / is / travelles c) starts / forgets / fixes / worries b) writes / haves / cries / pushs d) plays / pass / studys / finishes 32. Choose the option with the CORRECT definition. a) My father's brother is my mother's brother. b) My sister's or my brother's daughter is my niece. c) My cousins son is my brother-in-law. d) My daughter's son is my nephew. c) Do you look at some d) Do you want some

33. Choose the CORRECT option in relation to the singularplural form of the nouns. a) wife wives b) tooth tooths c) church churchs d) piano pianoes 34. Choose the option where all the words are in the same vocabulary group. a) draw / listen / aunt / stop c) fair / dark / tall / fat b) lawyer / child / nurse / pilot d) yellow / green / gray / writer 35. Choose the option where the spelling of all the words is CORRECT. a) after / undestand / houswork c) pencil / lipstik / teassues b) umbrela /confortable / airplane d) usually / tourist / square 36. Choose the option where all the underlined vowels have the same pronunciation as the vowels in friend. b) yes / bread / break c) very / euro / she d) great / any / egg a) breakfast / said / red 37. Choose the option where all the underlined consonants have the same pronunciation as in think. a) they / them / their b) these / sixth / brother c) thin / tenth / three d) mother / this / thirty 38. Choose the option where the underlined letters s/es have the same pronunciation as in matches. a) tries / loves / writes b) kisses / fixes / dances c) goes / flies / sees d) brushes / cries / lives 39. Choose the option that answers the question: Would you like to come to the party? a) Yes, I would. b) Yes, I do. c) Yes, I'd like. d) Yes, I like. 40. Choose the option in which the words/phrases underlined are CORRECT in the sentence. a) After that they complete the GSCE, students leave school. b) In the winter, people don't go to the beach then it is cold. c) He gets up early then he has more time for breakfast. d) After breakfast, I leave home and go to work. For questions 41 to 50, fill in the blanks with the appropriate word(s) and mark the CORRECT alternative. (Note: X= no word) Do you know _____41 girl _____42 that gate? She works _____43 an international company in New York. She is a _____44 smart person but she _____45 go to university _____46 she _____47 at a hotel all day. She is my friend and _____48 walk together _____49 the park on weekends. I want to invite _____50 for dinner on Saturday. 41. a) these 42. a) about 43. a) from 44. a) very 45. a) X 46. a) also 47. a) works 48. a) me 49. a) of 50. a) her b) the b) next b) to b) not b) don't b) because b) work b) she b) without b) she c) X c) near c) on c) not very c) doesn't c) why c) is works c) we c) under c) hers d) an d) to d) for d) not quite d) isn't d) how d) dont work d) X d) at d) shes

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