The document is an examination for English proficiency level A2 given on November 12, 2010. It contains sections on listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and use of English. The listening comprehension section includes multiple choice questions about conversations and short speeches. The reading comprehension section includes emails between friends discussing a new boyfriend and articles about millionaire homes. The use of English section includes fill-in-the-blank exercises using words from a word bank.

1. A.N.E.P.
CONSEJO DE EDUCACIÓN SECUNDARIA
INSPECCIÓN DE INGLÉS
PROGRAMA DE ACREDITACIÓN DE
INGLÉS (PAI)
Examination for Level A2
12 November, 2010
Student’s Name: ...............................................
High school /centre: ….................
I.D. number: …………………………
Telephone: ....................................
Final mark: / 70
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2. WRITE ONLY ON THE ANSWER SHEET
I. Listening Comprehension
A. Listen to a conversation between Jenny and Susan and choose the right
option. Copy the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
0. They are meeting at a) 8.15 b) 8.30 c) 8.00
1. They are going to the a) stadium b) beach c) park
2. They will eat a) bananas and hotdogs b) apples and sausages
c) oranges and hamburgers
3. They are returning for a party at a) 10 o’clock b) 11 o’clock c) 12 o’clock
4. Jim is Jenny’s a) friend b) brother c) boyfriend
5. The weather will probably be: a) hot b) cold c) rainy
6. They are wearing a) formal clothes b) casual clothes c) school uniforms
/ 6 marks
B. Listen to 5 speakers talking about special events, copy the information
required on the separate answer sheet.
speaker what where who with when
1 weekend trip 0) seaside house family the week before last
2 bonfire night in town with friends and 1)
boyfriend
3 girlfriend’s gig 2) last Saturday night
4 3) school team 4)
5 exams 5) 6)
/ 6 marks
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3. II. Reading Comprehension
A. Read these two emails from Anna and Sue and use 1 or 2 words to finish
these sentences. Copy them on the answer sheet.
Anna! How are you? How’s work? And what’s this I hear about a
new boyfriend? Tell me more!
What’s his name? What does he do?
Is he good-looking? When can I meet him?!! ;)
Write and tell me! Send me a photo if you’ve got one.
Bye for now,
Sue
Hi Sue! How are you? Here’s a photo of Tim.
He’s with my sister in the park. It’s her birthday party.
He is very good-looking isn’t he? Well, I think he is anyway! But
then, he is my boyfriend! :-) He works with my sister at the
newspaper. He’s a very good artist. Everybody says so.
He’s got an exhibition in the arts centre next month. Why don’t
you come and see it? Then you can meet Tim and you can stop
asking me so many questions about him! Anna
0. Anna and Sue are …friends…
1. They’re writing about…
2. Tim is in the picture with …
3. He works at …
4. He’s having an exhibition in …
5. Anna invites Sue to … / 5 marks
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4. B. Here are three more emails from Sue and Anna continuing their conversation.
Put them in chronological order writing the number on the answer sheet.
a)
Hi! Fine thanks. And you? Say hello to Tim from me and tell him I
think his pictures are great!
Love, Sue
b)
Thank you! Lovely photo. Yes, he is good looking – very good
looking! And yes, of course I want to come to the exhibition!
When is it? Phone me tonight!
Sue
c)
Hi! How are you? Great to see you last week. Tim says hi and
thanks for coming to the exhibition. I’m really busy here at
work… and I can see the boss coming!
Bye for now,
Anna
0. …b…..
1. …………
2. …………
/ 3 marks
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5. C. Read this article about millionaire homes and match each sentence with a
home. Copy your answers on the answer sheet.
Millionaires and their secret homes
Some millionaires like living in the centre of the world’s capital cities. Others prefer to
live somewhere quiet and private. Here are three special millionaire homes: one on the
beach, one in the mountains and one in the middle of a tropical forest.
1. The first home is a tree house, built high up in the trees of a tropical rain forest.
But it’s no ordinary tree house. It’s on two floors and there are two bathrooms
and three bedrooms. The top floor of the house is a roof-top terrace. This is the
“breakfast room”, where you can have your coffee and cornflakes with the
monkeys. They think the house is just another tree!
2. The second home is an old castle, built high on a rock. The only way to get
there is by helicopter. There’s a helicopter pad on the roof, next to the
swimming pool. It isn’t very big: only three bedrooms, a living room, two
bathrooms, a kitchen and a gym. And some very spectacular views.
3. The third home is my personal favourite. It’s a beach house, but a beach house
with a difference. It’s got a private beach, of course. In fact, it’s built on its own
private island. This home is actually a collection of small houses: a little village
actually. There are four swimming pools, eight tennis courts and twenty horses
in the riding stables.
0. You can go horse riding here. (house 3)
1. You need a helicopter to get to this house. _______
2. There isn’t a swimming pool. _______
3. There are several houses built next to each other. ________
4. There’s a beach near the house. ______
5. There are fantastic views from the roof. _______
6. Wild animals come onto the roof-top terrace. _______
7. You can swim on the roof. ______
8. There is a gym. ______
/ 8 marks
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6. D. Now, complete the chart below with words taken from the previous article.
Copy the words on the answer sheet.
Category
geographical areas 0. beach 1. 2.
rooms of a house 3. 4. 5.
animals 6. 7.
numbers 8. 9. 10.
/ 10 marks
III. Use of English
A. Fill in the blanks in the passage using words from the bubble. Be careful as
there are extra words. Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
of an his him and
the in how or a
A Brief History of Surfing
Surfing is not 0) ……….. new sport. Hundreds of years ago the princes and princesses of
Hawaii were famous surfers 1)……. surfing was a royal art.
The sailor James King was 2) ………… first European to see
the Hawaiians surfing. He wrote about 3)…………. travels to
Hawaii in 1778 and described 4) …………. the Hawaiians
played in the enormous waves off the beach in Waikiki.
In 1907 the writer Jack London visited Waikiki beach and
met George Freeth. Freeth was 5) ………… Irish Hawaiian
and he was one 6) ………… Hawaii’s best surfers. Jack London invited 7) …………. to visit
California. Freeth accepted the invitation became the first man to surf 8) ………..
California.
/ 8 marks
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7. B. Read the text below, choose the correct word (a, b or c) for each space and
write the corresponding letter on the separate answer sheet.
The Atacama desert
… the perfect place for people who are looking for adventure
The Atacama desert in Chile 0)...is… a spectacular place. There is very little vegetation,
and it looks like the moon - in fact NASA 1)……. their lunar vehicles here some years
ago. 2)………some very big volcanoes. Almost nobody 3) ……… there, but there are
some small villages on the edge of the desert. Life 4)….... hard and everything needs to
be imported – food, building materials, and of course water.
In 1971 it 5) …… in the Atacama. People were amazed because the last time it rained
there was 400 years earlier, in 1570! It is the 6) …….. place in the world. But now, in the
village of Chungungo they 7) …….water from the fog clouds which come in from the
sea. Daisy Sasmaya, a villager, says, “We are very happy because now we can 8) ……..a
shower every day, and we can water our plants every week.”
The sky over the Atacama desert is hardly ever cloudy, so it is one of the best places in
the world to see the stars. The biggest observatory in the world is being built on top of
a mountain. “Here the air is 9) …….. than in other areas of the world, “says journalist
Hugh O’Shaughnessy. At night the sky is incredibly clear - you 10) ……. that there is
nothing between you and Mars.”
0 are is am
1 tests tested is testing
2 there was there are there is
3 live lived lives
4 are is am
5 rains rained rain
6 driest drier the driest
7 are getting got are going to get
8 have has haven’t
9 the purest purer purest
10 felt feels feel
/ 10 marks
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8. IV. Writing ( you must do both tasks)
1. Write an email to a friend about your plans for the summer holidays.
(70 to 80 words) Use “going to”. Use the questions to help you.
What are you going to do? Who with? Where are you going to go?
When? What aren’t you going to do?
/ 8 marks
2. Write a paragraph (50 to 70 words) about a tourist place in Uruguay.
Include some of the following information.
 Location
 Possible activities
 Places to stay
 Food
 Entertainment
/6 marks
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