Vergleichsarbeiten 2012 8. Jahrgangsstufe (VERA-8)

Englisch

TESTHEFT III

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Anweisungen

Liebe Schülerin, lieber Schüler, in diesem Testheft findest du Aufgaben zum Hör- und

Leseverstehen im Fach Englisch.

Du wirst verschiedene Aufgaben bearbeiten. Einige davon sind leicht, andere sind schwer.

Gib bitte für alle Aufgaben eine Lösung an, auch wenn du dir nicht ganz sicher bist. Es

können z. B. folgende Arten von Aufgaben vorkommen: 1.) Aufgaben mit Mehrfachauswahl / Multiple-Choice-Tas ks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp werden verschiedene Antwortmöglichkeiten angeboten. Setze bei

diesen Aufgaben ein Häkchen in das Kästchen, das vor der richtigen Antwort steht. Es ist

immer nur eine der Antwortmöglichkeiten richtig.

Wenn du deine Antwort auf eine Frage ändern möchtest, streiche das Kästchen mit deiner

ersten Antwort aus und setze ein Häkchen in das richtige Kästchen, so wie es in dem

Beispiel gezeigt wird.

Beispiel:

Read the mini saga. Then tick ���� the correct answer (a, b, c or d).

The Airport

He was running late. Very late! That was the last flight and he didn’t want to spend the

night at the airport. He ran as fast as he could. There were only thirty minutes left.

When he reached the gate his panic turned to a smile – his flight was delayed.

How did the man feel when he found out that his flight was late?

���� a) tired

���� b) happy

���� c) nervous

���� d) funny

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2.) Zuordnungsaufgaben / Multiple-Matching-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp ordnest du verschiedene Informationen einander zu und trägst

deine Antworten in eine Tabelle ein. Es ist immer nur eine der Antwortmöglichkeiten

richtig. Bitte schreibe die Buchstaben deutlich und gut erkennbar.

Beispiel:

Match each country (0 to 2) with one of the capital s (a to d). You may use each

letter only once. There is one more capital than yo u need. There is an example

at the beginning (0).

0. France a) Rome

1. Germany b) Berlin

2. Italy c) Madrid

d) Paris

0 1 2

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3.) Aufgaben mit Kurzantwort / Short-Answer-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp schreibst du deine Antwort auf. Halte dich dabei an die

angegebene Anzahl der Wörter, die du für deine Antwort verwenden darfst.

Beispiel:

Read the text. Then answer the question below using 1 to 5 words.

What do you think about the story?

� strange, but interesting

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4.) Aufgaben mit Satzvervollständigung / Sentence-Comp letion-Tasks

Hier liest du dir den vorgegebenen Satzanfang durch und vervollständigst ihn mit

mehreren Wörtern.

Beispiel:

Complete the sentence in 1 to 5 words.

When people think of Irish culture they probably think of Irish

� music

5.) Aufgaben mit Tabellenvervollständigung / Table-Com pletion-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp ist eine unvollständige Tabelle abgebildet, die du anhand der

Informationen aus dem Text vervollständigen sollst.

Beispiel:

Read the text. Then complete the table below in 1 t o 5 words/numbers. There is an

example at the beginning (0).

Age group /

gender Money spent per week Money spent on

0. all age groups 7% books and magazines

all age groups 1. food

2. ₤ 30.40 everything

7 to 9 3. everything

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6.) Anordnungsaufgaben / Sequencing-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp bringst du durcheinandergewürfelte Textteile in die richtige

Reihenfolge und trägst die Lösung in eine Tabelle ein. Es wird immer mindestens ein

Beispiel angegeben. Bitte schreibe die Buchstaben deutlich und gut erkennbar.

Beispiel:

Read the paragraphs (a to e) from a short story. Th en put them in the correct

order by completing the table below. There is an ex ample at the beginning (0).

0 1 2 3 4

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7.) Richtig-/Falsch-/Nicht im Text-Aufgaben / True-/Fal se-/Not given-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp entscheidest du für einzelne Aussagen, ob sie entsprechend den

Informationen im Text richtig („true“) oder falsch („false“) sind oder ob dazu im Text keine

Informationen gegeben werden („not given“). Setze ein Häkchen in das entsprechende

Kästchen.

Beispiel:

Read the text. Then decide if the statements are tr ue, false, or not given in the text. Tick � the correct box. There is an example at the beginn ing (0).

Joe Brown loves hunting bears, but he is getting old, and his eyes are not very good

any more. Many times he almost shot a person instead of a bear.

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8.) Textbelegaufgaben / Citing-Tasks

Bei diesem Aufgabentyp gibst du eine Stelle im Text an, die eine vorgegebene Aussage

belegt. Halte dich dabei an die angegebene Anzahl der Wörter, die du für deine Antwort

verwenden darfst.

Beispiel:

Read the text. Then copy 1 to 10 words from the tex t to show that the

statements below are correct. There is an example a t the beginning (0).

Words from the text

0. The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual marathon in the world.

Boasting of the world’s first yearly road race…

1. Women have been allowed to run in the Boston Marathon for about 40 years.

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Hören

Es folgen jetzt Aufgaben zum Hörverstehen. Auf der CD sind die Arbeitsanweisungen und Hörtexte zu den Aufgaben im Testheft. Lies die Anweisungen und den Aufgabentext sehr genau. Falls Bilder vorhanden sind, schaue dir auch diese genau an. Bearbeite die Aufgaben während des Hörens. Wird ein Text zweimal abgespielt, so hast du nach dem ersten Hören noch 5 bis 20 Sekunden Zeit für die Bearbeitung. Vor dem zweiten Abspielen hörst du dann einen Piepton. Schreibe deine Lösung nur in die dafür vorgesehenen Felder. Gib bitte immer eine Lösung an, auch wenn du dir nicht ganz sicher bist. Nutze die Zeit nach dem Hören, um deine Lösungen zu vervollständigen und zu prüfen.

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1 Communication

womanman

How they communicate (1)(0) letters

What is good about it (2)

(3)sends postcardsHow people can see

where someone has

been

handwriting,

more personal

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2 First Job

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3 Green Tips

a) Travel green!

b) Save electricity!

c) Use eco-friendly energy!

d) Use less water!

e) Drive less!

Tip 1 Tip 2 Tip 3

e

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4 The Ashes

0. Why are many British people more worn out at this time of year?

have spent nights watching TV

1. What are the Ashes?

2. How long can the Ashes last?

3. What is said about the Australian team? (Name one characteristic.)

4. Which team won?

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5 India

Choose the best heading for the programme:

a) Plans for space exploration and travelling to the moon

b) The fast development of the entertainment industry

c) Building a hi-tech centre for education and entertainment

d) Applying to educational institutes in the city of Pune

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6 Interview

0. When did Anton go on a class trip?

beginning of spring

1. Where did they go?

2. What was the weather like?

3. Who went there?

4. When did they get up?

5. What did Anton do during the class trip? (Name two examples.)

a)

6. What advice does he give?

b)

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7 Britishness

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Lesen

Es folgen jetzt Aufgaben zum Leseverstehen. Im Testheft findest du verschiedene Texte. Lies die Arbeitsanweisungen zu jedem Text genau durch. Dann lies die Texte so, wie es die jeweilige Aufgabenstellung erfordert, und bearbeite die Aufgaben. Schreibe deine Antworten nur in die dafür vorgesehenen Felder. Gib bitte immer eine Lösung an, auch wenn du dir nicht ganz sicher bist. Wenn du noch Zeit hast, überprüfe deine Lösungen. Du hast für die folgenden Leseaufgaben 20 Minuten Zeit.

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8 Mobile Phone Ownership

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9 Boom

Read the text about cell phone use among American teenagers. Then

decide if the statements are true, false or not given in the text. Tick

the correct box. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Boom in texts among US teenagers

Texting has become the most popular form of communication among young

people in the US, research indicates.

The study, by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, suggests that texting

has eclipsed mobile phone calls among teenagers for the first time.

More than 30% of teens send more than 100 texts a day, it shows.

Researchers say more payment plans offering unlimited texts have helped to

create the surge in the US, which used to lag other parts of the world.

The study found that two-thirds of teenagers are now more likely to text their

friends than call them on the phone.

Girls on average send or receive more texts than boys – 80 messages per day

compared to 30.

"Texting is now the central hub of communication in the lives of teens today,

and it has really skyrocketed in the last 18 months," said Amanda Lenhart, a co-

author of the report.

The study's authors said teenagers preferred texting to phone calls because it

could be carried out under the noses of parents, teachers or other authority

figures.

However, the study found that phone calls are still teenagers' preferred method

for contacting their parents.

source: 'Texting eclipses calling' among US teenagers. (20.04.2010)

3. Teens love the multimedia

applications their phones provide.

true false not given

0. The study shows that 75% of 12-to

17-year-olds have cell phones.

2. Boys are more active texters than

their female counterparts.

1. Most US teens prefer phoning to

texting.

4. Teens like texting because it can

be done secretively.

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10 Golden Gate Bridge

Read the text. Then complete the table below using numbers and feet,

kilos, miles, years, minutes, etc. when needed. There is an example at the

beginning (0).

The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge

began on January 5, 1933. The bridge

opened to pedestrian traffic four and one

half years later on May 27, 1937. It opened

with a grand celebration and vehicles were

allowed on the roadway the following day.

The cost of building the bridge was 35.5

million dollars. It is constructed with two

towers, 746 feet (227m) tall, from which two

main cables, 36½ inches (.92 m) in

diameter, are strung. At 50 foot intervals

steel rope hangs from the two cables to

support the concrete roadway and

sidewalks below. The Golden Gate Bridge

is a connecting link on U.S. Highway 101

stretching from Mexico to Canada along the

Pacific Coast. The bridge connects the City

and County of San Francisco to the south

and Marin County and other California

destinations to the north.

source: http://www.gids.nl/travel/day19.html; picture:http://www.visitingdc.com/san-francisco/golden-gate-

bridge-picture.asp (10.03.2006)

19330. Year construction started

1. Year of opening to pedestrian traffic

2. Building costs

3. Number of towers

4. Height of towers

5. Number of main cables

6. Intervals between steel ropes

7. Connecting link on U.S. Highway

Facts about the Golden Gate Bridge

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11 Northwick Park

Read the sign from a golf club. Then tick the correct answer (a, b, c or

d).

source: http://www.londonleben.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c7d2053ef010536c37cee970b-pi (18.03.2010)

Dear Walker

Public Right of Way No. 37 (PROW 37)

The definitive route of PROW 37 crosses the golf driving range.

You are absolutely entitled to walk this route.

We are offering (and would strongly recommend) an alternative route which is safer for walkers as it crosses only one fairway whereas the definitive route crosses two fairways (and the golf driving range). You have our permission to walk this alternative route.

The alternative route is 125m longer than the definitive route. At an average walking speed of 3mph this will add 1½ minutes to your journey.

(At average reading speed it will have taken you 1 minute to read this notice. Please accept our apologies for delaying you on your journey.)

Golf Club (Westwick Park)

If you have any comments or questions or would like further information please call 090 123456 or call in at reception.

The sign says that

a) there is a footpath around the golf course.

b) you are not allowed to walk in this area.

c) there is a less dangerous footpath.

d) you are not allowed to cross the golf course.

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12 TV Journal

Read Dana's journal to find out what she has learned during TV Turnoff

Week. Match each day (0 to 6) with one of her statements (a to i). You may

use each statement only once. There are two more statements than you

need. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0. Tuesday, 4:30 pm: I go over to the house of my "little sister" Alejandre,

whom I mentor. But Alejandre wants to watch her favorite show. I am saved

when her mom tells her we won't have time to go to the mall unless her

homework is done first.

3. Friday, 9:05 am: My first class is biology. The teacher has set up a

television, and turns on a program on the Learning Channel. At first I think

this is breaking my TV turnoff pledge. I discuss it with a friend, and we agree

this does not count.

4. Saturday, 10:00 pm: I'm on a date, and we are not hitting it off. It's still early,

but there is no way I'm going to ask him over to my house for fear of the

painful conversation and horrible silences without TV. The date ends early.

2. Thursday, 10:20 pm: The war in Iraq has started, and I'm in the living room

as my mom turns on the news. I remind her I won't watch TV and I leave the

room. It feels silly to keep my TV turnoff plan when there is breaking news.

But I know that there are other sources for news.

1. Wednesday, 6:45 pm: I'm at home with my brother Aaron and my mom.

Aaron always has the TV on during dinner, and it takes convincing to get

him to do otherwise. But I stay strong.

5. Sunday, 11:46 pm: I try to finish the last pages of A Prayer for Owen Meany.

It feels good to finish this 617-page book, especially since I'd written three

essays on it a month ago.

6. Monday, 6:35 pm: It is already my last day without TV and I barely notice the

time. It wasn't that bad after all!

source: Isenberg, Dana: Turning off the tube. A report from the trenches. Young People’s Press, April 17, 2003.

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a) Information isn't only on TV.

b) Educational TV is allowed.

c) No TV means no more junk food.

d) There's more time to read.

e) It is possible to live without TV.

f) Parents can help to keep you away from TV.

g) Even meals can be TV-free.

h) Boys can be boring without TV.

i) There's more time for class papers.

1 2 3 4 5 60

f

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Hören

Es folgen jetzt Aufgaben zum Hörverstehen. Auf der CD sind die Arbeitsanweisungen und Hörtexte zu den Aufgaben im Testheft. Lies die Anweisungen und den Aufgabentext sehr genau. Falls Bilder vorhanden sind, schaue dir auch diese genau an. Bearbeite die Aufgaben während des Hörens. Wird ein Text zweimal abgespielt, so hast du nach dem ersten Hören noch 5 bis 20 Sekunden Zeit für die Bearbeitung. Vor dem zweiten Abspielen hörst du dann einen Piepton. Schreibe deine Lösung nur in die dafür vorgesehenen Felder. Gib bitte immer eine Lösung an, auch wenn du dir nicht ganz sicher bist. Nutze die Zeit nach dem Hören, um deine Lösungen zu vervollständigen und zu prüfen.

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13 Kimane Maruge

Listen to a radio report about schools in Kenya. While listening, answer

the questions below using 1 to 5 words. There is an example at the

beginning (0).

You will hear the recording twice.

You will have 15 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your

answers.

You now have 10 seconds to look at the questions.source: http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/radio.nsf/c765605ca630d1da87256dbf00644274/

102c5aeb95ab451788256f51007c1483 (02.10.2010)

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14 School Project

Listen to a broadcast about a school project. While listening, answer the

questions below using 1 to 5 words/numbers. There is an example at the

beginning (0).

You will hear the recording only once.

You will have 30 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your

answers.

You now have 20 seconds to look at the task.audio: © BBC News at bbc.co.uk/news

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15 Traffic Light

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16 Sailing

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17 Data Centres

0. The data centres that Chris discusses are used to

power the Internet.

1. Data centres might soon produce more greenhouse gases than

2. Reasons: They need lots of energy to run and

3. The surplus heat could be used to

4. The best solution would be to

5. Online banking and shopping are still better than

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Lesen

Es folgen jetzt Aufgaben zum Leseverstehen. Im Testheft findest du verschiedene Texte. Lies die Arbeitsanweisungen zu jedem Text genau durch. Dann lies die Texte so, wie es die jeweilige Aufgabenstellung erfordert, und bearbeite die Aufgaben. Schreibe deine Antworten nur in die dafür vorgesehenen Felder. Gib bitte immer eine Lösung an, auch wenn du dir nicht ganz sicher bist. Wenn du noch Zeit hast, überprüfe deine Lösungen. Du hast für die folgenden Leseaufgaben 20 Minuten Zeit.

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18 Books

It is an advertisement for

a) a private library.

b) an ecological book club.

c) a second-hand bookshop.

d) a book about trees.

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19 Lucky

Read the text. Then decide if the statements are true, false or not given in

the text. Tick the correct box. There is an example at the beginning (0).

When Adam Potter slipped and fell over the edge of one of the steepest

mountain ridges in the Scottish Highlands, his climbing partners feared the

worst. Within seconds, the 36-year-old had plunged about 1,000ft down the

eastern slope of Sgurr Choinnich Mor, tumbling over three 100ft sheer cliffs on

the way, before landing in a heap beside a boulder. A Sea King helicopter

rescue crew was immediately dispatched, but they too feared the “worst-case

scenario”, so when they arrived on the scene to see only a man standing up

and studying a map, the pilot flew on, assuming he was in the wrong place.

Incredibly, however, he was not – Potter had survived the fall, and was busy

trying to establish where he had ended up. The rescuers soon returned – after

following the trail of equipment down the ridge – and flew him to hospital,

where he was treated for minor injuries. Potter, an experienced climber, put his

survival down to his rucksack, which cushioned the impact as he bounced over

rocks and scree. Admitting that he was “lucky to be alive”, he insisted he would

still go ahead with an expedition to scale Mount Everest in two months’ time.

text: © The Week Issue 803, 5 February 2011, p.2

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20 Cartoon

Look at the cartoon and tick the answer (a, b, c or d) which expresses

the message of the cartoon.

cartoon: © Royston Robertson. All rights reserved.

„Must dash … I want to spend some time on my social-networking websites.“

The cartoon illustrates that people

a) are always in a hurry.

b) spend too much time in pubs.

c) prefer virtual friends to real ones.

d) are careless when using the internet.

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21 True Story

Read the text. Then copy 1 to 10 words from the text that show that the

statements below are correct. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Shappi Khorsandi: A Beginner’s Guide to Acting English – The true story of a

family on the run in a foreign country

It wasn’t just Maman and Baba’s accent that made them different to our

friends’ parents. Maman kissed Rebecca and Susie when they came to play at

Madeley Road. ‘Don’t kiss them, Maman!’ I hissed at her. ‘English people don’t

kiss!’

When I went to tea at Rebecca’s, they had English food. Her mother asked if

we wanted cheese sandwiches. ‘Yes, please!’ Rebecca answered for both of us.

It was fine by me; I loved cheese. But when Mrs Thompson brought in our

plate of neatly cut triangles of white bread, what lay in the middle was not what I

knew as cheese. It was yellow. Cheese was white at my house, white and

crumbly, and we had it with strips of pitta bread or whatever Persian bread Baba

could get his hands on. These yellow blocks of cheese were horrible. They were

thick and rubbery and sat between two slices of bread so white and spongy it

was more like foam. I learned to swallow without tasting.

‘Thank you for the smashing tea!’ I always said to Mrs Thompson, who

thought I was very polite. I learned to say things like ‘smashing tea’ from my

Enid Blyton books. [R]

Maman was still better than Baba at being English. At least she tried. For

Baba, living in a country that wasn’t Iran didn’t make him think he had to act

differently. He spoke to everyone as though he already knew them, he haggled

in normal shops and haggled too much at our school car boot sales and he took

very little notice of signs that said ‘no parking’ or ‘out of bounds’ and things like,

always waving his hands up and tossing his head saying, ‘Don’t worry, no one

will mind.’

Maman on the other hand, smiled a lot before she spoke, and she spoke

quietly. She was still like Baba in some ways, of course. In Safeways, she went

to the ‘nine items or fewer’ checkout even if she had at least fifteen items. Old

ladies were always tutting at Maman and muttering, ‘Bloody foreigner.’

Maman wore a headscarf sometimes if her hair wouldn’t sit right that day.

She didn’t realise that it was okay if English mums wore headscarves, but on

Iranian mums, they just looked really religious and everyone would stare and

think she was a fanatic and I would die of embarrassment and pray that no one

from school saw us.

Rebecca and Susie’s dad said she was very ‘charming’ and Maman said, ‘I

just smile when I don’t know what they are saying.’ [R]

text: © from A Beginner's Guide to Acting English by Shappi Khorsandi, published by Ebury Press. Reprinted

by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.

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