G.O.E.S.

Institute Name:_______________________

1st Adult
Final Exam

Listening part
1) Listen to Tessa talking about her grandfather George. Read the statements below and mark them true
or false.

1. Tessa’s grandfather died when she was 12.

2. He didn’t have an interesting life.
3. He was born in Poland.
4. He lived there until 1920s.
5. He left Poland during the war.
6. He walked from Poland to India.
7. He walked for two months.
8. Her grandmother was Polish.
9. They spoke Polish at home.

2) Listen to Rene’s story and complete the gaps with a word or more.

René woke up as usual at ………………………….. He looked out of the window. It was another beautiful
day in …………………………….. He went downstairs and had his usual breakfast: ………………….and
………………………. Before he finished his meal, the telephone rang. He answered it. “Hello?”. Silence.
Then…”René?”. A woman’s voice: he knew it immediately. It was Sylvia, ……………………... “Yes”, he
answered. “Thank goodness it’s you René. I’ve got a problem, and I need your help. Meet me in one
hour”.
René left the apartment, got in his car and drove to …………………… of the Grand Casino. He arrived
at ……………………... She wasn’t there. René looked at his watch. Suddenly René saw
…………………, but it wasn’t Sylvia. It was a man, and he didn’t look ……………….. There was one
important question in René’s mind: “………………………………….” he asked.” Sylvia’s got it”, the tall
man answered. “……………………………………….”
René ……………………………………….. He followed him to the car. It was a very big black car. He got
into the back of the car and saw a woman. She had ……………………….. It was the money…
Wne twith the tall man
“Thank goodness it’s you, Sylvia. Are you OK?”
“Me? She answered slowly. “Oh yes, I’m fine. But you are not fine. You are in big trouble. This is
a…………………………… and you are going to ……………………….”
Use of English part

1) Complete the gaps with a/an, some, any or – (no word)

Well I often have _______ snacks at about eleven in the morning. I usually go to a kiosk near here and
buy _______ sausage, and then I eat it, standing up at a small table near the kiosk. Then at about four
o’clock we usually stop work and have ________ cup of coffee and _______ cakes.
I don’t usually have ________ food in the middle of the morning, but in the afternoon, at about five o’clock,
I sometimes have a coffee. Yesterday, for example, I had ________ bread roll and ________ cheese. I
get very hungry in the afternoons! Oh, yes, and I had ________ ice tea. You can eat it at the beach or on
the streets – it’s very popular in Brazil.
In Japan we eat food from all over the world, and young people like European snacks. Old people like
more traditional food. For example, every afternoon my grandfather has ________ Japanese sweets with
traditional green tea. At work, on weekdays we usually have a ‘three o’clock snack’. Today I had
_________ biscuits and tea, but no milk! I find it very strange that English people have milk in their tea!

2) Complete the text with the past simple form.

Many schoolchildren learn that the Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell (1) ___________ (invent) the
telephone in 1876. But the real inventor (2) _________ (be) Antonio Meucci, a poor Italian American. He
(3) __________ (share) a workshop with Bell in the 1860s, and (4) ____________ (make) a ‘talking
telegraph’ for his wife who was ill in bed, so that she (5) ____________ (can) call him when she (6)
____________ (want) something. But Meucci never (7) ___________ (take) his idea to the US Patent
Office, because he was too poor to pay the $250 that he (8) ___________ (need). So on February 14 th
1876 Alexander Graham Bell (9) __________ (take) the invention to the patent office instead. Just two
hours later another inventor, Elisha Gray (10) __________ (arrive) with the same idea – too late!
At the time, nobody (11) ___________ (believe) that the telephone was an important invention. Bell’s
father-in-law, also a scientist, (12) __________ (describe) the invention as ‘a beautiful toy’. And it was
2002 before the US Congress (13) ___________ (decide) that Meucci was the true inventor of the
telephone!
But everyone knows that the Italian Marconi (14) __________ (invent) the radio, right? Wrong. Actually,
Guglielmo Marconi (15) _________ (get) his great idea from Nikola Telsa, a Croatian scientist. Telsa (16)
___________ (write) an article in 1893 and in it he (17) ___________ (describe) his important new
invention – the radio.
But just two years later, Marconi (18) __________ (take) the idea to the US patent Office and soon (19)
___________ (begin) to sell it. In 1909 he even (20) ___________ (win) a Nobel Prize for his invention.
In 1943 Nikola Tesla (21) __________ (die) in New York, a poor man. That year, the US Congress (22)
____________ (decide) that Nikola Tesla was ‘the true father of the radio’.

3) Choose the correct option: present simple, present continuous or past simple.

Hi Jeff,
I write / am writing / wrote this e-mail from sunny Rome where I sit / am sitting / sat on a balcony in the city
centre and I’ve got some brilliant news! Last Saturday I get/ am getting/ got married!
My wife’s name is Laura and she comes / is coming / came from Sicily. She’s a photographer and she
works / is working / worked for ‘Amica’, a famous Italian magazine. We meet / are meeting / met at a party
in Milan about a month ago while she worked/was working/ works. One week later we decide / are
deciding / decided to get married!
We don’t have / weren’t having / didn’t have a big wedding – only her parents and a few Italian friends.
We come back / are coming back / came back to Rome in two days ago and at the moment we stay/
are staying / stayed in Laura’s apartment because it’s bigger than mine and nearer Laura’s workplace.
Come and visit us! I’m sure you’ll like Laura and she wants / is wanting / wanted to meet all my friends.
Our address is …

4) Choose the correct option to complete the gap.

 In Argentina Winter begins on _________

a. 21st May b. 21st June c. 21st December

 Our independence day is on __________

a. 9th July b. 25th May c. 4th july

 My brother’s wife is my ___________

a. niece b. sister c. sister in law

 Last year, Mary was twelve years old. This year, she is ________

a. thirteen b. thirty c. eleven

 Cakes are made of __________

a. eggs and flour b. cheese and meat c. chocolate and crisps

 I like ____________ in the river

a. swim b. to swim c. swimming

 How about ___________ to the movies?

a. to go b. going c. are we go

 A: ‘__________ do you go to English lessons?’ B: ‘Twice a week’

a. when b. how often c. How many

 My parents usually have lunch in the __________

a. bathroom b. bedroom c. dinning room

 In winter, we use the ____________ a lot!

a. microwave b. hi-fi c. central heating.

 London is __________ than Paris.

a. expensier b. most expensive c. more expensive

 Every weekend, we have breakfast at the _________

a. café b. theater c. Restaurant.

 Can you buy some __________ for the hot dogs?

a. cakes b. sweets c. sausages

 We went to the ___________ last summer. It was really hot!

a. cinema b. snowing c. beach.

 ________________________ in the river.

a. Does not swim b. Must not swim c. Do not swim

 My parents _____________________ really fast.

a. are always driving b. always are driving c. are driving always

 She _________________ eats chocolate. She doesn’t like sweets very much.

a. never b. hardly ever c. often

 My mother is always telling me that I _____________ clean my bedroom more often.

a. do b. must c. can

 My husband and I often 1)_______ the shopping together. We enjoy 2)__________ to the
supermarket every weekend.

1) a. do b. go c. buy

2) a. doing b. going c. buying

Reading Part

1) a- Read the text and complete the chart.

The world’s most famous markets

Do you want to buy a new pair of sunglasses? The latest CD? Or something for your dinner this evening?
Nowadays you can shop by telephone, by post or by internet; but for many people, the most exciting way
to shop is also the most traditional – at street market. You can find markets anywhere in the world. Here
are five of them…
The Grand Bazaar in Istambul, Turkey, is more than 500 years old and it has more than four thousand
shops under one roof! You can buy almost anything, but the most popular items for tourists are the
beautiful rugs and carpets.
There are many ‘floating markets’ in Asia. Perhaps the most famous is in Thailand, at a place called
Damnoen Saduak, 100 km from the capital city, Bangkok. From six in the morning to midday, every day,
people sell fresh tropical fruit and vegetables from their boats.
Many Italians say that the Campo De’Fiori, in the oldest part of Rome, is the most beautiful square (or
piazza) in the world. It’s the home of a colorful flower, fruit and vegetable market, open from seven o’clock
in the morning to midday every day except Sunday. In the evening the piazza becomes a lively place to
meet friends and to have a meal.
Every year, thousands of people from all over the world travel to Germany to visit the famous Christmas
markets. The old town of Nuremberg has the biggest market, open from the end of November until
Christmas. Here people can buy toys, hand-made gifts, Christmas decorations, and food and drink, or
they can just enjoy the wonderful atmosphere!
One of the world’s most unusual markets is in Mexico City: at the Sonora Market. As well as toys and
birds, you can buy birds and natural medicines which (they say) can help with anything – from problems at
work to problems with your marriage! It’s open every day from early in the morning till late at night.

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b- Read the text again and write true (T) or false (F) for the following statements.

1. The Grand Bazaar is more than five thousand years old.

2. In the Grand Bazaar, tourists usually buy beautiful rugs and carpets.

3. Damnoen Saduak is a floating market.

4. People sell their products from six in the morning.

5. The Campo de’ Fiori is in the newest part of Rome.

6. The Campo de’ Fiori is opened from Monday to Monday.

7. Every year people travel from Germany to all over the world to see the Christmas Market.

8. The Sonora Market is in Germany city.

2) a- Read the text and complete it with the missing sentences, put them in the best place: at the
beginning or the end.

a. Before that policemen had to use whistles to call for help!

b. Nobody knows who wrote the first letter, or when.
c. The letters are still in the same place on a modern computer keyboard!
d. But in the early 1990s, nobody had e-mail, and only one person in fifty knew what it was.
e. Unfortunately, the public weren’t very interested.
Getting in touch … through the ages.
 There are just so many ways communication has changed in the last five hundred years …
1. a) _________ But we know that 4,000 years ago in Ancient Egypt, people carried letters by hand over
hundreds of kilometers. In those days you didn’t need a stamp to send a letter: the first stamp didn’t
appear until 1840 – it cost one penny … nowadays one of these original stamps costs $ 225!
b)_________
2. a) __________ An American company – Remington and Sons – made the first typewriter in 1871. All
the letters in the word ‘typewrite’ were on the top of the line on the keyboard, so the salesmen could
demonstrate the machine easily. b) __________
3. a) __________ The inventor of the first telephone was a Scottish-American teacher called Alexander
Graham Bell. In 1876 he showed his new invention at an exhibition in Philadelphia. b) __________
4. a) ___________ a walkie-talkie is a small two-way radio. The United States army first used them in the
1930s, but they weighed 13.6kilos so talking was easier than walking! After World War II, they became
popular with policemen. b) ____________
5. a) __________ Nowadays, you can send messages, pictures and text around the world in a few
seconds via a computer using e-mail (or electronic mail). Millions of people send and receive e.mails
every day. b) _____________

b- What do the words in bold refer to? Te parece bien este o lo saco?

a. it cost one penny (paragraph 1)

b. he showed his new invention (paragraph 3)
c. the United Stets army first used them in the 1930s (paragraph 4)
d. but they weighed 13.6 kilos (paragraph 4)

Writing part

1- Choose one of the following options to write one or two paragraphs using up to 120 words.

a- Write an e-mail to a friend about your last holiday. Include destination, places you visited and activities
you did, how long you stayed, who did you go with and your opinion about the experience.

b- Write your sister or brother’s routine. Include activities she/he does, the time for each activity using
connectors such as first, after that, then, finally.

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