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Examen Acosta Ingreso 2016

This document appears to be an exam from an English school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It tests students on their reading comprehension of two passages about famous monuments, Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty. It also includes multiple choice questions, filling in blanks, listening comprehension, and a composition question about a famous local monument. The exam is out of a total of 100 marks.

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Examen Acosta Ingreso 2016

This document appears to be an exam from an English school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It tests students on their reading comprehension of two passages about famous monuments, Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty. It also includes multiple choice questions, filling in blanks, listening comprehension, and a composition question about a famous local monument. The exam is out of a total of 100 marks.

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FINAL
Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires MARK:
Ministerio de Educación
Escuela Normal Superior Nº 2 en Lenguas Vivas
“MARIANO ACOSTA” ________
Departamento de Inglés – Examen de Ingreso 2016

Nombre y Apellido: ______________________________ Total: 100


marks
DNI: __________________________________________

1- Read and answer. (10 marks)


FAMOUS MONUMENTS

BIG BEN
You probably recognise Big Ben, the clock tower at one end of the
Houses of Parliament in London. It’s London’s most famous
monument. But perhaps you don’t know Big Ben’s real name – The
Elizabeth Tower. Big Ben dates from 1859. The tower is 96 metres
high. There are 334 stairs in it, but tourists can’t go inside the
tower or climb to the top. There are four clock faces and each face
is seven metres in diameter. The minute hands are 4.2 metres long
and weigh about 100 kilos. The bell weighs about 13, 760 kilos. Big
Ben looks amazing at night because there are lights on the clock
faces. On 31st December every year – New Year’s Eve – TV stations
in the UK show pictures of Big Ben at midnight. And all over the
country people listen to the twelve chimes of the bell when the old
year ends.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY


The Statue of Liberty in New York harbour is the work of the French
designer, Frédéric Auguste Bartholidi. This present from the people
of France to the USA in 1886 is the most famous monument in the
USA. Every year millions of tourists take a boat trip to Liberty
Island to see it. It’s the only way to get there, This huge statue
weighs 204,000 kilos. Twelve people can stand in the torch and
forty can stand in the head!

1. Where is Big Ben?


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2. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
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_

2- Choose True or False. Draw a circle in each case . (4


marks)

1. Big Ben’s other name is the Queen’s Tower. TRUE /

FALSE

2. The Statue of Liberty stands on an island. TRUE / FALSE

3. You can drive to the Statue of Liberty.

TRUE / FALSE

4. People can stand in the Statue of Liberty’s torch.

TRUE / FALSE
3- Complete with only one work from the box. There are
three extra words.
(16 marks)
DELICIOUS – ‘M – VERY – MOST – OLDER –
FULL - FROM – OLDEST – EXPENSIVE –
SHINING - IS

Hello from London!


The weather’s quite good for February. The sun’s __________ and it isn’t
__________ old. I__________sitting in a café in Covent Garden. It’s a bit
__________, but the chocolate cake is really __________. The Transport
Museum is __________ of old buses and underground trains and it’s very
interesting. You can also see old tickets. The __________ bus ticket is
__________ 1860!
See you soon
Piers

4- Read the text and circle the correct option in the box .
(15 marks)

A B C
1. decide decided is deciding
2. take took taken
3. am is are
4. are was were
5. am is are
6. tell told Is telling
7. look looks are looking
8. are ‘re going ‘s going
9. waiting waits wait
10. be were ‘m

Hello from Bath!


Yesterday we 1)__________ to visit this beautiful city. So, in the morning, we
2)__________ a train, and here we 3)__________ now! The Roman Baths
4)__________ about 1,700 years old. So this is a very old city. The water in the
bath is warm. It’s about 46 C. There 5)__________ actors in Roman costumes
and they 6)__________ visitors about life in Roman times. It’s very interesting
to listen to them, but some of the costumes 7)__________ a bit silly! It’s quite
sunny here and we 8)__________ to have a picnic lunch in the park soon. I
can’t 9)__________. I 10)__________ very hungry!
Love Teresa
5- Read the following conversation between Piers and a
friend called Mario on the phone. Complete the dialogue
with the bubbles. There are two extra ones. (15 marks)

When did the When are you going


How many photographs to
people did you Did you meet

What did you

Where did you Why did you


stay

MARIO: _______________________________________________________________ take?

PIERS: More than one hundred.

MARIO: And __________________________________________________________ in

Bath?

PIERS: We stayed in a very nice hostel.

MARIO: __________________________________________________________ new

people?

PIERS: Yes, we did. We met a group of French students.

MARIO: ___________________________________________________________ do?

PIERS: We visited some landmarks, parks and rivers.

MARIO: One last question. ________________________________________ return

home?

PIERS: We are planning to arrive at the City of Buenos Aires next Friday.

6- Listen and fill in the gaps. (20 marks)


The Flatiron Building
It is on the __________ Avenue.
It is __________ years older than the Empire State Building
The building is almost __________ metres high
At the front, it is only __________ metres wide.
The __________ at this end have great views of the city and the Empire State
Building.
Most visitors just look at the __________ and visit the __________ on the ground
floor.
It is __________to get to the building.
The nearest __________ station is Twenty-Third Street
There are also a lot of __________.
Next time you are in New York City, come and see it!

7- Composition: Write information for a leaflet about a


famous monument or building in your town. Answer some
of the questions and give other information. (20 marks)

- Where is it?
- What’s it called?
- What’s the date of it?
- What’s the name of the designer?
- How high/long is it?
- How many visitors visit it every year?
- When is it open?

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