ESCUELAS OFICIALES

DE IDIOMAS DE
CANTABRIA

PRUEBA DE CERTIFICACIÓN DE
NIVEL BÁSICO
INGLÉS
2008
CONVOCATORIA ORDINARIA

DESTREZA:
COMPRENSIÓN ORAL
Datos del candidato
Apellidos:
Nombre: Nº Orden:

EOI de: Modalidad:
Oficial
Libre

No abra el cuadernillo de examen hasta que se lo indique su profesor.

Escuchará la audición de cada tarea dos veces. Tendrá dos minutos al principio de
cada tarea para leer las instrucciones y las preguntas, y unos instantes al final para
considerar sus respuestas.

Las respuestas deben escribirse con bolígrafo negro o azul (no con lápiz), y en el
espacio indicado. No escriba en las zonas sombreadas.

Haga todas las tareas. Al principio de cada tarea hay un ejemplo ilustrativo con el
número cero.

Entregue todo el papel de borrador utilizado dentro del cuadernillo al final de la
prueba.

Permanezca en su asiento hasta que el profesor indique el final de la prueba.

Puntuación en la destreza por tareas:

Tarea 1: _______ puntos
Tarea 2: _______ puntos ____ / 25
Apto [15] – No Apto
Tarea 3: _______ puntos
 Task 1

You will hear a man interviewing a famous dancer. According to what you
hear, write the option (a, b or c) which best answers each question in the
corresponding box on the right-hand side. Question 0 has been answered as
an example. You will hear the interview twice. (Marking: 10 x 1 = 10 points)

INTERVIEW WITH A FAMOUS DANCER

O. Where does the interviewer believe she’s from? O B 

a) America b) Eastern Europe c) Western Europe
1. How long did she live in Hungary? 1
a) 32 years b) 42 years c) 22 years
2. She was born in Hungary, but where exactly? 2
a) At home b) On a boat c) In a hospital
3. Where did her family live? 3
a) Near a river b) Near a lake c) Near a park
4. What day is her birthday? 4
a) April 21st, b) April 1st, around1930 c) April 21st, around
around1913 1930
5. What did her father do? 5
a) He was a pianist b) He was a dancer c) He was a history
professor
6. Were her parents famous? 6
a) Yes, both of them b) Only her mother c) No, they weren’t
7. Who had to travel a lot? 7
a) Her father b) Her mother c) Her parents
8. When did she begin to dance? 8
a) When her mother b) At school because it c) When her father sent
played the piano was a compulsory her to a dancing
subject school
9. Where did she study dance? 9
a) In Budapest b) In America c) In Canada
10. Where was her third husband from? 10
a) Canada b) America c) France

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 Task 2
You will hear John who is calling about an advertisement he saw in the
newspaper to rent a house. You will hear the conversation twice. Complete
the information below. Question 0 has been answered as an example.
(Marking: 10 x 1 = 10 points)

RENTING A HOUSE

O. Phone number: 744987 

1. Distance to the station:

2. Frequency of train from city centre:

3. Types of shops nearby:

4. Mention the two rooms which are combined:

5. Rooms upstairs:

6. Equipment:

7. Kind of heating:

8. How to get to the garage:

9. Problem with the garage:

10. What the owner would like the renter to do about the problem:

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 Task 3

You will hear a news bulletin twice. Read through sentences 1-5 and find a
mistake in each sentence according to what you hear. Underline the
incorrect word or short phrase. Write the correct information in the box
provided on the right. Sentence 0 has been corrected as an example. Now
read the sentences. (Marking: 5 x 1 = 5 points)

NEWS BULLETIN

CORRECT
SENTENCES
INFORMATION

0. Pupils at a city centre school are going on

holiday to Nice this week.
On an exchange 

1. A TV documentary is to take place in the city,

in which the lives of young students in the
area are followed.

2. Nurses in the local hospital will go on strike

next Monday to protest against low salaries.

3. One school has found that behavioural

problems have increased with corporal
punishment.

4. On the wedding day of the Prime Minister’s

daughter, people are invited to line the streets
in the afternoon.

5. It will rain tomorrow.

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