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Kompetenztest
Testheft
Klassenstufe 8
Gymnasium
Schuljahr 2011/2012
Fach Englisch

Anleitung
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.
Wenn du deine Antwort auf eine Frage ändern möchtest, sorge bitte dafür, dass die
Korrektur eindeutig ist.
Beispiel:
a)
b)
c)
d)
tired
happy
nervous
funny
Good luck.
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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
Listen to the following conversation. While listening, complete the table
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 15 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 20 seconds to look at the task.
audio: © IQB
man
woman
How they communicate (0) letters
(1)
What is good about it handwriting,
(2)
more personal
How people can see
where someone has
been
sends postcards
(3)
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2 First Job
Listen to Andrew speaking about his first job. 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 15 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 20 seconds to look at the questions.
audio: © IQB
0. When did Andrew start the job?
? 2002
1. Where did he work?
?
2. What did he want to use the money for?
?
3. What did he like about his job?
?
4. What didn't he like?
?
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3 Green Tips
Listen to three tips. While listening, match each of them with one of the
headings (a to e). You can use each heading only once. There are two
more headings than you need. There is an example at the beginning
(Tip 1).
You will hear the recording only once.
You will have 10 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 20 seconds to look at the task.
source: www.epa.gov/earthday/podcasts (15.07.2010)
a) Travel green!
b) Save electricity!
c) Use eco-friendly energy!
d) Use less water!
Tip 1 Tip 2 Tip 3
e
e) Drive less!
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4 The Ashes
Listen to an American radio report. While listening, answer the questions
below in 1 to 5 words/numbers. There is an example at the beginning (0).
You will hear the recording twice.
You will have 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 30 seconds to look at the task.
source: "England Wins Ashes Tournament In Australia (07.01.2011)"; http://www.npr.org/player/v2/
mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=132729251&m=132729277 © npr
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
Listen to a radio programme about India and tick
(a, b, c or d).
You will hear the recording twice.
the correct answer
You will have 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answer.
You now have 15 seconds to look at the task.
source: http://www.whro.org/home/publicradio/whrv/localprogramming/discoverynow/ (15.04.2009)
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
Listen to an interview about Anton's class trip. 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 questions.
audio: © IQB
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)
b)
6. What advice does he give?
?
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7 Britishness
Listen to Daniel’s talk on what it means to be British. While listening,
tick the correct answer (a, b or c). There is an example at the beginning
(0).
You will hear the recording only once.
You will have 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 30 seconds to look at the task.
audio: © IQB
0. British people seem to suffer from a loss of
a) international respect.
b) political influence in the world.
c) national self-image.
1. Daniel is proud of being British because his people
a) welcome people from other countries.
b) have many family members in different states.
c) are on good terms with their former colonies.
2. The British regard themselves as being
a) an independent country.
b) a part of Europe.
c) an Americanized nation.
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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
Who has a mobile phone?
Among teens, age is the most important variable in mobile phone ownership.
Older teens are much more likely to own phones than younger teens, and the
largest increase occurs at age (0) right at the transition between middle and
high school. Among 12 year olds, (1) had a cell phone in 2008. Mobile
phone ownership jumped to (2) at age 14, and by the age of (3) more
than eight in ten teens (84%) had their own cell phone.
0
1 2 3
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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 coauthor
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)
0. The study shows that 75% of 12-to
17-year-olds have cell phones.
true false not given
1. Most US teens prefer phoning to
texting.
2. Boys are more active texters than
their female counterparts.
3. Teens love the multimedia
applications their phones provide.
4. Teens like texting because it can
be done secretively.
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10 Golden Gate Bridge
Facts about the Golden Gate Bridge
0. Year construction started
1933
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
11 Northwick Park
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
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.
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
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)
0. Why do a lot of poor children never go to school?
? parents have to pay for school
1. Why is the situation in Kenya better?
?
2. In what way is Kimane Maruge different from the other pupils?
?
3. What are Kimane Maruge’s future plans?
?
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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
0. What do the pupils do?
? write reports
1. How many schools have participated?
?
2. What are the pupils expected to learn?
?
3. Who teaches them?
?
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15 Traffic Light
Listen to an Australian radio programme about the new traffic light food
labelling system. While listening, complete the sentences below using 1
to 5 words. There is an example at the beginning (0).
You will hear the recording twice.
You will have 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 20 seconds to look at the task.
audio: Reproduced by permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC Online. © 2011 ABC.
All rights reserved.
0. The new system helps consumers to
? choose the right food.
1. The food industry is concerned about
?
2. The red label means
?
3. According to Jane Martin, the new system is
?
4. Kate Carnell is against the system because
?
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16 Sailing
Listen to a radio programme about sailing. 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 20 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 20 seconds to look at the questions.
audio: © 2011 Living on Earth. Used with permission of Living on Earth and World Media Foundation.
www.loe.org Living on Earth is the weekly environmental news and information program distributed by Public
Radio International. Use of material does not imply endorsement.
0. Who can take part in "Courageous Sailing"?
? inner city kids
1. How much do the kids have to pay?
?
2. How did the kids change during this project?
?
3. What did Gabriela become aware of?
?
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17 Data Centres
Listen to a radio programme about data centres. While listening, complete
the notes below using 1 to 5 words. There is an example at the beginning
(0).
You will hear the recording twice.
You will have 30 seconds at the end of the recording to complete your
answers.
You now have 15 seconds to look at the task.
source: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/924/ (20.01.2011)
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
Read the advert from a newspaper. Then tick the correct answer (a, b, c
or d).
source: The Epoch Times, June 23 - 29, 2010, p.5
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
true false not given
0. Potter had an accident at Mount Everest.
1. His companions thought he was dead.
2. Other people had fallen down the cliffs.
3. When the rescue crew found Potter, they
were surprised.
4. The rescue crew would not take Potter’s
backpack.
5. This backpack probably saved his life.
6. Potter no longer wants to climb Mount
Everest.
20 Cartoon
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. […]
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.’ […]
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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Words from the text
0. The narrator’s parents speak English
in a strange way.
Maman and Baba’s accent … made
them different
1. The way her mother greets her friends
embarrasses the narrator.
2. The narrator dislikes the taste of
English cheese.
3. She tries to behave like characters
she has read about.
4. Her father behaves as if he was still
living in his mother country.
(Give one example.)
5. Her mother does not do what the shop
signs say.
6. Some women disapprove of her
mother’s behaviour.
7. The narrator dislikes her mother
wearing a headscarf.
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22 Beetle Cam
Words from the article
0.
In the wild the Lucas brothers
prefer taking unconventional
pictures.
fresh approach to photographing
wildlife
1.
They built a camera on wheels,
which they can operate from a
distance.
2.
The first test in the bush showed
that the BeetleCam works well.
3.
The brothers were wrong to
expect their equipment to be
wildcat-proof.
4.
The BeetleCam made wonderful
photos of an attacking lion.
5.
The brothers want to take more
photos of other animals.
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