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Test 1 Reading & Writing Part B Page 13

Time: 45 minutes

Answer all the questions

Write all your answers on the answer sheet

You must not speak to the other candidates

LEVEL C1OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

Test 1

Reading & Writing

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Test 1 Reading & Writing Part B

Task One: Three Reading Texts (15 minutes) Questions 1-6

Read the following texts about language.

Answer the questions that follow them.

Text 1

Konglish Replaes !ood "nglish

#ow bad an bad "nglish get$%er& bad indeed' in the iew ofa ommentar& published in theKorea #erald' in whih thewriter laments the state of

Konglish*' the h&brid of +a,,&Korean and mess& "nglish that'li-e hea& tra is anunpleasant but tolerable side oflife* in the "ast Asian apital.

/ell' ma&be not quite sotolerable these da&s. 0he reentopening of a beda,,ling newmultibillion dollar airport in2eoul' where as man& as 34signs were subsequentl&

disoered to hae fallen pre& towriters of Konglish' spo-eolumes about the state of thetranslation and proofreadingindustr& in Korea'* the paper

said. A few wee-s preiousl&' theernaular newspaper onga6lbo had reported on a stud&onduted b& 7ee 8e 2hi-' aprofessor of "nglish eduation at

K&ungpoo- 9ational :niersit&'that found hundreds of similarexamples of Konglish in four ;rst&ear +unior high shooltextboo-s.

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Text 2

How do you say, er, hrase !ook"#

2#A77 we go out together$*8es> 6 agree>* o &ou li-espaghetti westerns$* 9o'than- &ou>* Kabu-i theatre$#ot spas$* 2top it or 6 willsream>*

0here is nothing li-e aphrase boo- to ma-e &ou feeldiided b& a ommon language.0he agonising time lapses as

&ou thumb through to the rightsetion. 0he unsuitableexpressions on o?er when &ouget there. 0he sensation ofpani when someone repliesand &ou hae to begin thewhole proess again.

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C. =not as good as the& used to be.

D. =inonsistent about inluding the most useful phrases.

%. Aording to the author' what happens when somebod& sa&s 6 dontspea- Capanese$

A. Eeople start spea-ing "nglish.

B. Eeople dont beliee her.

C. Eeople dont spea- to her.

D. Eeople dont understand her.

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Text $

&anguage Ho'idays: The (ssentia's

Reort )'ed August 2**+

F6R20 things ;rst. A languagelearning holida& is no plae for ahone&moon' pleasingl& eentri though this ma& sound. 8ou will endup arguing about the use of the sub+untie when &ou should bearguing about more interesting things.

A language holida& is also no plae for absolute beginners'whateer the aderts sa&. 2impl& being in a foreign ountr& no moregies &ou immediate aess to its language than being in a laborator&gies &ou immediate aess to astroph&sis.

6f &ou dont -now the basis 8es*' 9o*' 0a-e &our hand o? m&-nee* attend eening lasses in

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Task Two: Choie o/ Tasks (GH minutes)

/rite onl& I9" of the following tas-s. /rite 2+*J $**words.

A.A moie maga,ine has said that it needs new moie reiewers.

Would you like to work for Film World?Show us what you can do.Write a review of a new lm has been releaseddepicting some historical events.(It can be a real or an imaginary lmIf we like what we see ! we"ll take you onto thereviewing team.

/rite areiew.

B.

8ou hae been approahed b& the loal 0ransportAuthorit& who are researhing attitudes to publitransport. 8ou hae been as-ed to write a reportoutlining &our personal experienes of the strengthsand wea-nesses of publi transport in &our area'

ma-ing reommendations for hanges.

/rite areort.

C.

A uniersit& maga,ine from another ountr& is runninga series of artiles on 0hree best and three worst*.0he& hae as-ed &ou what the three best and the threeworst things are about &our town. 0he& are partiularl&interested to get information about things o? thenormal tourist tra- J the things that onl& loals notie.0he& hope to get an amusing artile that will entertainand inform their readers J it might also enourageisitors to ome to &our town (so dont ma-e it toonegatie>).

/rite an arti'e.

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