Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Listening
1 Listen to an interview with environmentalist
and author Joel Kuder talking about his book on
ecovillages. Tick () three characteristics of an
ecovillage that Joel mentions. (3 marks)
Ecovillage residents:
1 want to live in harmony with the natural world.
2 try to live independently of the government.
3 use the fossil fuels that are available to them.
4 do not allow anyone to use a car.
5 follow different rules depending on the village.
2 Listen again. Answer the questions. Write
complete sentences. (7 marks)
1 What did Joel do when he got home from his first
trip to Italy?
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2 Other than running out of deodorant, what
everyday things did Joel have to do without
when staying at some ecovillages?
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Vocabulary
3 Read the definitions and write the words.
(5 marks)
1 provide food or drink, often in a restaurant:
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2 feeling a need to drink: __________
3 ship destroyed at sea: __________
4 substance capable of causing illness or death:
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5 single part of a TV series: __________
Practical English
6 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
Esther
Ali
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Esther
End-of-year Test
Grammar
Consolidation
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B
End-of-year Test
Reading
11 Read the text. Which job made Phoebe mentally
stronger? Why? (2 marks)
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www.nottingham.ac.gb
Careers Students Taking a year out
Read about what our students have done
Name: Phoebe Coulson
From: York, England
Age: 24
End-of-year Test
Writing
13 Write an autobiographical article about your life
so far. Use the prompts to help you. Remember
to use a variety of grammatical structures and
vocabulary that you have learnt over the year.
Write about 150 words. (10 marks)
Paragraph 1: Introduce yourself. Give your name,
age, where you live and the school you go to. Say
what it is like. Briefly mention the activities you like
doing in your free time.
Paragraph 2: Describe your life when you were
younger. Say what you remember about life then.
Describe the best and worst things about life at that
time. Describe your past habits at that time.
Paragraph 3: Describe what you have and havent
done in your life so far. Compare life now to life
then. End by describing your hopes, plans and
intentions for the future.
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Grammar _____ / 30
Writing _____ / 10
Vocabulary _____ / 20
Consolidation _____ /10