lunes, 19 de enero de 2015

NI2 Intermediate 2 Preparation of Writings for the EOI Exams




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martes, 13 de enero de 2015

Básico 1 CD 1 Listening Answers


NB1
CD1

1 E
1) yellow 2) please 3) green 4) class 5) teacher 6) student 7) welcome
2 E
a) Stewart b) Claire c) Graeme d) Kathryn
3 E

a) 9:55 b) 7:15 c) 9:30 d) 8:40 e) 6:45 f) 12:05 g) 2:45 h) 3:10 i) 9:25 j) 7:50 k) 2:55
4 E

a) 2006 b) 1985 c) 1990 d) 1989 e) 1878 f) 1914 g) 1804 h) 1917 i) 2030
5 E

a) a police officer b) an engineer c) a businessman and a businesswoman d) a footballer
e) a doctor and a nurse f) a musician g) a lawyer h) an actor and an actress i) a PA (personal assistant) j) a shop assistant
k) a waiter and a waitress l) a singer m) an electrician
6 E
1) Yes 2) 26 3) a (rock) musician 4) single 5) 25 6 020 7535 3555
7 E

a) Mo’s laptop One of Tom’s trumpets Kemal’s car b) Billy/ Lisa’s cat Tom Billy/Lisa’s cat
c) Billy/Lisa’s cat Tom Lisa d) Kemal’s car Mo’s laptop
8 E
1) Ream 2) 201-758-491 3) 615 4) Rahman 5) 14 6) 7CK 7) 01206879879 8) 01206765456 9) British 10) single
11) a medical student 12) 23
9 E
1) Alex 2) Elena 3) Enrique 4) Beatriz 5) Lucas 6) Lourdes 7) Lourdes 8) Lourdes 9) Roberto 10) Isabella
10 E
1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) T 8) F 9) T
11 E
1) 59 2) 740 3) 100,000,000 4) 5 5) 77,000,000 6) 8 7) 9,000,000 8) 1,000,000 9) 3% 10) 500,000
12 E
Part 1

Nationality 6 Where you live 5 Married or single? 3 Brothers and sisters 7 Meat 4 Age 2 Breakfast 1
Part 2

Nationality ✗ Where you live ✗ Married or single? ✓ Brothers and sisters ✓ Meat ✗ Age ✓ Breakfast ✗
13 E
1) stays at home / always does his English homework 2) goes to the swimming pool / has swimming lessons 3) has guitar lessons 4) - 5) goes to the park (with friends) / plays football 6) goes to the cinema 7) visits his granddad
14 E
1) walk his dog 2) read the (morning) newspaper 3) watch the news 4) stop 5) have dinner 6) go to bed
15 E
1) Mike 2) Turnbull 3) 23, Trinity Road, London, SW 18 4) 09732176773 5) 27 6) engineer 7) single 8) gym, squash, Tai-Chi, tennis
16 E
a) Desk 4 b) Delayed (by about 1 hour) c) Gate 12
17 E
a) To the transit desk b) 12
18 E
1) 0870 000 0123 2) 0845 784 4950 3) 0870 580 8080 4) 020 8897 2072 5) 020 8846 9000
19 E
1) Sara 2) Kane 3) Street 4) married 5) ? 6) Yes/She works for FEDEX (as a courier)
20 E
1) In Paris 2) It rains/It’s raining/It’s rainy 3) Some jeans and a jacket 4) In a hotel (in the city centre/near the Eiffel Tower) 5) Sitting a café drinking coffee 6) Bread and cheese
21 E
Cel1: fruit juice bottles bottles bottles wine soap Cel 2: room flowers water ice-cream biscuits
Cel3: bottles paper water lights fruit

22 E
Chicken salad brown bread butter mayonnaise How much? $2
23 E
1) Marcos 2) Jiménez 3) 32 4) 85 5) 43897726 6) 53977520

24 E
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) F 9) F 10) F

25 E
1) 1 2) 0 3) 7:30-9:00 4) Thomas Schicker 5) 713984231 6) 1st and 2nd August 7) 75 euros 8) No 9) Lucy Stillman
26 E

St Fagan’s Museum Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff Bay Techquest Science Museum Lunchtime: Visit Cardiff Bay afternoon: Go shopping, visit the castle, walk in the gardens/park Evening: visit Chapter Arts Centre, go dancing

27 E
a) Helen b) Anna c) John d) Peter and Jim e) Mark and Helen f) Helen g) John h) Carol i) Mark j) John k) Jim
28 E
a) a red jumper, a brown skirt and boots. She’s feeding a dog b) blue jeans with a purple jumper. She’s picking flowers c) a red and yellow cap. He’s reading a book d) a green and yellow jumper. He’s riding a horse e) a big yellow hat. He’s planting some vegetables f) grey trousers. She’s playing with the dog
29 E
1) Friday afternoon 2) By car 3) In a (small) hotel (near the beach) 4) They are hiring a boat on Saturday and have waterskiing lessons on Sunday 5) At 7:30 a.m. (on Monday)
30 E
1C 2B 3C By bicycle Friday evening In a little hotel Saturday night
31 E

Jim: shopping centre and skate park Beth: leisure centre and swimming pool Trish: amusement arcade and theatre
Ken: fast food restaurant and museum

32 E
Age: 15 eyes: brown good qualities: kind and confident hobbies: volleyball and rollerblading
Activities: go rollerblading and go to the swimming pool
33 E
1) Laura 2) Jason 3) Cathy 4) Paul 5) Cathy 6) Paul 7) Laura and Jason
34 E
1) Marta 2) Novack 3) 22 4) Lublin, Poland 5) Polish 6) 37, Midlane, London 7) marta.novack@hotserve.com
8) 020 873 06589 9) 0374 354 85132 10) student
35 E
1) 10:00 am 2) 11:00 am 3) 11:15 am 4) 2:00 pm 5) 3:30 pm 6) 7:45 pm 7) 10:30 pm 8) 1:30 am 9) 1:45 am
36 E
1) goes for a walk/has a swim 2) goes to the gym 3) sometimes meets friends 4) listens to a lunchtime concert 5) stays at work 6) goes shopping 7) relaxes/watches football on TV
37 E
1) You can’t 2) You can’t 3) You can 4) It depends 5) You can’t 6) You can’t 7) It depends 8) It depends 9) You can’t
38 E
Guitar: J y S piano: S sing: J dance: S football: J tennis: J and S ski: S French: J and S Spanish: S bike: J car: S
39 E
David 22 computer programming piano, guitar, drive computer games computer programming
Lizzie 26 College diploma in sports medicine football, basketball, tennis, Portuguese, dancing (No dislikes!)
40 E
Sam: cheese sandwich, fries and coffee. Jeny: salad and water. Total: $16,70
41 E
She buys apples, bananas, beef and chicken.
42 E
Pete has got a studio apartment, a terrace, a fridge, a cooker, a sink, a coffee table, chairs, a sofa, a TV, a music system and a laptop computer
43 E
1) Raharjo 2) 35 3) - 4) Poland 5) - 6) marwara@belanda.net 7) - 8) Gillian 9) – 10) single 11) – 12) 976 343918
13) SA500255 14) Sean 15) 31 16) married 17) - 18) - 19) RI2273168
44 E
Doctor’s: Tuesday and Thursday evening 6:00-9:00 Office:Tuesday to Friday morning 9:30-2:30
Shop: Every day (Mon-Sat) 9:00-4:30 School: Every day (Mon-Fri) 8:30-4:30
45 E
1) D, B 2) G, A 3) I F 4) J C 5) H E
46 E

1) D 2) B 3) A 4) E 5) C 6) C
47 E
About 60, tall man, short grey hair, a long black coat and a shirt and a tie, no glasses, white shoes

Intermediate 2 CD 2 Listening Answers

NI2
CD2
Answer key:

1
1A 2B 3C 4A 5B
2
1 landmarks 2 (British) engineer 3 competition 4 1754 5 9.5 metres
3
1F 2D 3C 4B 5A
4
1C 2A 3B 4C 5B
5
1C 2A 3C 4B 5A
6
1 1987 2 (BBC) weatherman 3 hurricane 4 (weather) forecast 5 lunchtime
7
1F 2A 3C 4B 5E
8
1 15th July 2 over 300 years 3 tomatoes 4 (special) gloves 5 in the crowd
9
1B 2A 3C 4B 5B
10
1 experienced actors 2 being prepared 3 riding a bicycle 4 read the reviews 5 confidence
11
1B 2F 3D 4E 5C
12
1A 2B 3A 4C 5B
13
1B 2B 3A 4C 5C
14
1 play football (professionally) 2 diet and fitness 3 spend time alone 4 plan the (whole) season 5 set a world record.
15
1F 2A 3C 4B 5E
16
1 tied up 2 (expensive) electrical goods 3 mobile 4 tall and well-built 5 in a month