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1 UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE -SELDA ANNO ACCADEMICO LINGUA INGLESE CORSO BASE PROVA DI IDONEITA TIME ALLOWED ONE HOUR WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED COGNOME NOME MATRICOLA PART 1: Look at questions In each question, which sentence is correct? Example 0 Don t forget flight BA692, 6.45 p.m. The plane arrives at A quarter to seven in the morning. B quarter past six in the evening. C quarter to seven in the evening. The correct answer is C, so put an X in box C on your answer sheet. 1. John Graham founded the company in A The company closed in B The company was sold in C The company has existed since Perrier sells water in supermarkets. A Supermarkets only sell Perrier water. B Perrier buy water in supermarkets. C Perrier water is sold in supermarkets. 3. It s Friday 13 th March. Next Tuesday is A 17 th March. B 18 th March. C 19 th March. 4. I go to the cinema twice a month. A I go to the cinema twelve times a year. B I go to the cinema every two weeks. C I go the cinema four times a year. 5. Can you deliver the clothes by next Friday? A I would like the clothes next week. B I will buy the clothes next Friday. C I would like to receive the clothes before next Saturday. 6. Students must not speak during the exam. A Students should speak after the exam. B Students don t need to speak during the exam. C Students have to remain silent during the exam. 7. Parking only Monday to Friday between and A You can park here at the weekend. B You can park here on some afternoons. C It is possible to park here on Monday morning.. 8. I have worked here for 10 years. A I started working here 10 years ago. B I worked here for 10 years. C I don t work here now. 9. Sales fell last month. A We sold less last month. B We sold more last month. C Sales increased last month. 10. John sold me his car in June. A I sold my car to John. B I bought my car from John. C John bought a car in June.

2 PART 2: Questions Read the article about Juan Trippe and decide if sentences are Right (A), Wrong (B) or if there is not enough information to answer (C). Juan Trippe was one of the pioneers of modern air travel. His company Pan American Airways was one of the first to offer cheap air travel round the world. Trippe was born in New Jersey in After graduating from Yale in 1921, he worked first on Wall Street, and then as a flying taxi pilot. From 1924 to 1926 he worked for Colonial Air Transport, and founded Pan American Airways the following year. At first, Pan Am offered flights across the Caribbean and South America. This was so successful that Trippe started to offer flights to Asia eight years later. At the end of the thirties he introduced the first transatlantic flights. Immediately after the Second World War, Trippe decided to offer cheap transatlantic flights. Other airlines objected they wanted to keep prices high, and earn maximum profits. For several years many airports in Europe refused to accept Pan Am flights. The other airlines only finally agreed to offer economy flights in Trippe started on his next project the same year the development of the jet engine. This would make it possible for planes to fly longer distances at higher speeds. He commissioned Boeing to build passenger planes for Pan Am. The first Pan Am jet a Boeing 707 flew from New York to Paris in Juan Trippe s company was the first to offer cheap air travel. 12. He didn t go to University. 13. Pan American Airways was founded in His first flights were not successful. 15. Before 1952 other airlines didn t offer economy flights. 16. Pan Am was Boeing s biggest customer. 17. In 1958 Pan Am was the only company flying jets from New York to Paris.

3 PART 3: Questions Read the text below about Federal Express and choose the correct word to fill each gap, from A, B, or C. Federal Express Package Cycle First of all your package (18).... picked up from your home, and all the details of your shipment are (19).. by the driver on a barcode scanner. Then your package is (20). to the (21) collection station. International and long-distance shipments are (22).. to the airport, where they are flown to an international hub airport. These are located in (23).. than 200 countries worldwide. When they arrive, shipments are transported (24).. plane to a regional airport, or they are transferred immediately to a delivery station. Finally, your package is delivered to its final destination. The progress of your package is monitored at all times by our tracking system, and you can contact us at any moment to (25).. out where it is. 18. A was B is C be 19. A recording B recorded C record 20. A took B taked C taken 21. A nearly B near C nearest 22. A send B sent C sold 23. A more B most C many 24. A in B on C by 25. A know B find C look PART 4: Questions 26-30: read the memo and the information about office laser printers. Complete the order form below. To: Tim Nichols From: Rachel West Date: 10 December 2003 NEW COLOUR LASER PRINTER Close & Sons Memo We ll have to order the new printer today or it won t be delivered before Christmas. Could you look at these 3 printers and choose one? We need a printer that is fast but 45cm. wide maximum. Could you place the order for me this morning and leave me a copy of the order form? Thanks Office Laser Printers Order Form 560Pro Tek200 Pro-jet Company name: Width 50cm 40cm 62cm Contact Person: Depth 53cm 50cm 49cm Date of order: Height 40cm 33cm 37cm Product: Pages per Price: min Memory 12MB 24MB 20MB Price

4 PART 5: Questions Match the questions on the left with the answers on the right, as in the example. Put an x in the correct box on your answer sheet. Would you like a drink? A He s horrible 31. What was the film like? A coke please. 32. What would you like to do this evening? B Yes, but not for ever. 33. What s your new boss like? C A meal in a restaurant would be nice. 34. Do you like living in Bobbio? D Wonderful really exciting. 35. Would you like to work in another country? E It s OK. PART 6: WRITING Read this letter of complaint from one of your customers. 3 rd January 2004 Dear Mr Welch Ref: job number WX/3445 Brown and Sons 3, Willow Drive Northampton NH5 3HT tel/fax I am writing concerning the above repair, requested on 7 October. You agreed to send an engineer to repair our photocopier on 28th December at 9.00 am. The engineer did not arrive until am. When he came, he did not have the right parts with him, and so the repair was not completed until 4.00pm. Now the photocopier has gone wrong again, so I don t think the repair was properly carried out. I should be grateful if you could resolve this problem in the near future. Yours sincerely, David Bownes Office Manager Write a letter of reply to David Bownes - thanking him for his letter - apologising for the problem - explaining what caused the problem - saying what you are going to do about it. Write words on your Answer Sheet.

5 LISTENING PART 1 Listen to the information about Bill Gates and answer the questions. 1. In which year was he born? In the seventies what did he want to become? (two answers) When did he create his company? When did he stop studying? Who asked him to develop software? PART 2 Listen to a description of the Reebok Sports club and put an x on the correct letter on the right. 6. The sports club is in A. Newark. A B C B. York. C. New York. 7. How big is it? A. 15,000 square metres. A B C B. 50,000 square metres. C. 105,000 square metres. 8. How many running machines are there? A. 21. A B C B. 20. C Which activity is not mentioned? A. Skiing. A B C B. Baseball. C. Golf. 10. If you want to relax you should go to : A. The Zen Meditation Room. A B C B. The Simulation Centre. C. The Virtual Tennis Court. PART 3 Listen to an interview with Pilar Almeida and put an x on the correct letter on the right. 11. She is A. 43 years old. A B C B. 37 C How many woman directors are there in her company? A. 1 A B C B. 2 C When did she get her first management post? A A B C B C In the public sector what proportion of company directors are women? A. 4% A B C B. 14% C. 40% 15. How many employees do they have in Europe, outside Spain? A. 600 A B C B. 500 C. 100

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