INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMME

JUNE 2012 FINAL EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: INTERMEDIATE 1 READING
SUBJECT CODE: LEP 0020
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
DATE: 1 JUNE 2012
TIME: 3.00 PM - 5.00 PM

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. There are TEN (10) pages in this paper, including the cover page.
2. Answer ALL questions in the ANSWER BOOKLET.
3. Dictionaries are NOT ALLOWED.

SECTION A
Vocabulary
Part 1: Select words from the box and write them beside the correct picture. The first
one has been done for you as an example. (20 marks)
Skating
Going to the
gym

Going for a
run
Football

Snowboarding

Skiing

Clubbing

Swimming

Playing the
guitar

Yoga

Surfing the
internet

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9. ______________________

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10. ________________________

Part 2: Write the words in the correct categories. The first one has been done for you
as an example. (20 marks)
Easter
Athletic-looking
Singer
Priest
Banker
May Day
Special Occasion

Blond hair
Halloween
American Independence Day
Bellman
Fashionable
Appearances

Ambition

Easter

(Total: 40 marks)

SECTION B
Reading Comprehension
Q2: Complete the sentences with words or phrases from the box. (20 marks)
twice a day

look for

a phone call

feel

a cup of tea

the day before

yesterday

one day

angry

made a loss

good looking

1. You need to take this medicine __________________________ - first thing in the

morning and before going to bed.
2. Im sure they will get married ____________________.
3. Its Thursday today, and we arrived here ____________________- on Tuesday.
4. Will you help me _____________________ my keys? I cant find them anywhere.
5. Richard is a very __________________ young man and all the girls like him.
6. Wait a minute I need to make ________________ before we go out. Have you got Jons
number?
7. Andrew really makes me ___________. Why is he always, always late!!!
8. You look very tired. Sit down and Ill make you ________________________.
9. I hate flying. It makes me _____________________ really ill.
10. The company _________________ last year.
(Total: 20 marks)

SECTION C
True/False
Q4: Read the following passage.

Harmful history
Three centuries ago, peoples lives were shorter. In 1700, insurance companies put
the average life expectancy of a new-born baby at only thirteen years! The average life
expectancy in the world today is sixty-six years, and in some countries it is much higher: in
Japan or France, for example, the average is more than eighty. This is mainly because of
better diet, better hygiene and better healthcare. Even in the olden days through, it is
interesting that if people survived to be an adult they often lived to be sixty or seventy.
Having children was much more dangerous
in those days: one in every nine women died in
childbirth. Even so, women used to have many more
children than they do today: in 1800 the average
American family had seven children today the
average is less than two. Perhaps the reason for this
was that so many babies died: even a hundred years
ago, 20% of children died before they were five.
One reason that there were so many diseases was that people knew much less about
hygiene: even rich people didnt use to wash much many people thought that it was
dangerous to take bath, so they often bathed only once or twice a year. Instead they used
perfume to cover body odours. Poor people didnt even have toilets or clean water and most
had lice in their hair, bodies, clothes and beds.
Part 1: Write T if the sentence is true, F if the sentence if false. The first one has been
done for you as an example. (10 marks)
0. In France today the average life expectancy is sixty.
1. If people survived childhood they will probably live for another twenty
years.
2. Having children in those days was not dangerous.
3. 10% of the women died due to childbirth.
4. Both rich and poor people had bad hygiene.
5. Rich people used to wear perfume to cover bad smell.

Part 2: What do the following words refer to in the passage? (10 marks)

1. Paragraph 2:

It

2. Paragraph 2:

they

3. Paragraph 2:

they

4. Paragraph 3:

it

5. Paragraph 3:

they

________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________
________________________________________________

(Total: 20 marks)

SECTION D
Reading Comprehension
Q4: Read the following passage.

Alex Karlsson - nanny

Alex was an engineering student in
Sweden until 3 years ago. But he found it
boring and decided to change careers.
He has always loved children and now he
is a qualified male nanny to 18 month old Jack. But he has had some problems.
A lot of people dont think that a man can
look after a child as well as a woman.
Some agencies didnt want me at all, he
said. Some parents didnt want a man
looking after their children. I had to wait
nearly a year for my first job.
But does he like his new career? I love
it! says Alex. Jack was 10 weeks old
when I started looking after him. I dont think its strange to feed him and change his
nappy- its my profession. Its wonderful to be part of his development. I love playing with
him, and teaching him things as well.
What is his advice for other men who want to work in childcare? You should go for it! He
says. Ignore the problems. Just show them you can do it!
Part 1: Read and answer the questions. (10 marks)
1. What did Alex study? (1 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
2. What is Alex doing now? (2 mark)
________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did Alex choose a career as a nanny? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
4. Did he have problems looking for a job? Why? (3 marks)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
5. What advice does he give to other people who want to do the same thing? (2 marks)
__________________________________________________________________________
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Part 2: Give the meaning of words/ phrases taken from the passage. (10 marks)
1. boring: ________________________________________
2. careers: _________________________________________
3. qualified: _________________________________
4. strange: _______________________________
5. ignore: ___________________________________

(Total: 20 marks)
Grand Total: 100 marks

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