Ge1 Mid Retake
Ge1 Mid Retake
Ge1 Mid Retake
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EXAMINATION 70 minutes
DURATION:
• Use of any electronic device (Phone, iPod, iPad, laptop) is not allowed during the examination.
• Cheating, talking to fellow students, singing, and turning back are not allowed!
• You are NOT allowed to leave the exam room until you submit the exam papers.
Complete the conversation with was/wasn’t/were/weren’t. 2 points for each correct answer
Choose the best answers to complete the text. 2 points for each correct answer
An old friend
Last week, I received an email from my old friend Yang and I 11 very surprised. The last time we saw each
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other was twenty years ago because my family house when we were children. I remember he
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draw and paint very well, but there 14 so many things I don’t know about him now. Maybe
he has 15
children. What’s his job? I have so many questions for him!
I emailed him yesterday and said he could visit 16 . I hope he likes my house. It’s small but 17 .
It’s in the centre of my town and there are many things to do. I want to take him to my favourite restaurant
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my house. There’s also an interesting 19 about the history of the town. Maybe we can go
there. I’m 20
excited about his visit – I just can’t wait!
Part 2 Listening
▷ Listen to a conversation between Ryan and a shop assistant. Decide if sentences 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).
1 point for each correct answer.
31 The changing rooms are next to the shoe department.
32 The jacket costs $26.25.
33 Ryan wants to pay by cash.
34 Ryan doesn’t want a bag.
35 The bank is next to the bus station.
▷ Listen to a conversation between Ryan and Carla. For questions 1–5, circle the correct answer a, b or c.
1 point for each correct answer.
Multicultural families
People travel a lot more these days, so more and more people get married to someone from another country. Often
couples meet through working in different countries. They usually speak different languages, but communicate in a
common language. For example, Annika, from Denmark, is married to Pierre, from France. At home they speak
German as their common language. In these multicultural families, the children often learn two or three languages from
their mother and father. Annika and Pierre’s children speak Danish, French and German, but the family also sometimes
uses English and the children use it at school. In fact the children prefer speaking English because they say it is easy.
Nowadays, millions of people speak international languages such as Arabic and Spanish, but English has the most
speakers in the most countries around the world. It is a very important language for work, study and travel. There are
about 350 million native speakers and about 850 million people speak it as a second language. Multicultural families
use it for a number of reasons. Some families use English because it is easy for the children to learn just one main
language. Also, children around the world hear lots of English in their daily lives. English is the language of films, pop
music and many sports like football. Children are often interested in these things and speaking English makes it
possible for them to understand them more easily. In multicultural families, children are often able to use English
because the parents use it as a second language. Some people say that people use English too much, but it is difficult to
tell people what language they should speak. Multicultural families are an interesting example of this in real life.
Part 4 Writing
Choose ONE of the questions and write an email or a review in an appropriate style. 15 points.
OR
2) Write an email to your new boss, Jean Davis. Write 30–40 words.