A. LISTENING. 1-5 B. VOCABULARY 6-15 C. GRAMMAR. 16-25

UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
EXAMEN DE SUFICIENCIA NIVEL 2
(SAMPLE EXAM)
NAME:___________________________________________________ /50
A. LISTENING. 1-5
Listen to a radio interview with a representative from Friends of the Earth.
Choose the correct answer.
1. Friends of the Earth was founded in:
a. 1971 b. 1917 c. 1901
2. How many countries have Friends of the Earth groups?
a. 70 b. 75 c. 200
3. Peter says that the organisation’s most important activity is:
a. protecting wildlife b. encouraging recycling c. fighting climate change
4. Who has to cut carbon dioxide pollution, according to The Kyoto Agreement?
a. The UK b. Rich countries c. Scientists
5. How much of the world’s carbon dioxide does the UK produce?
a. 20% b. 2.3% c. 1%
B. VOCABULARY 6-15
Circle the best answer.
6. I’m going to the (chemist’s/ lab/ optician’s) today. I think I need glasses.
7. You shouldn’t (eat/stop/skip) meals. It’s bad for your health.
8. Can you (borrow/lend) me £10 please, Dad? I’ll pay you back.
9. Matthew gets a better (salary/pay) than me.
10. Did you (open/switch/make) the printer on?
11. You should regularly (print/save/sent) your work when you use a computer.
12. There are nine planets in the(solar system/ Earth/ space)
Complete the sentence with the missing word
13. There’s an excellent _________________ fiction film on at the moment.
14. I like playing _____________________ sports.
15. Can horoscopes p_______________________our future?
C. GRAMMAR. 16-25
Circle the best answer
16. If you heat ice, it ................ .
a. melts b. melt c. is going to melt
17. She ................ stay at home today. She’s got a bad cold.
a. shouldn’t b. should c. mustn’t

18. I don’t mind …… . It’s quite relaxing.
a. to fish b. fishing c. fish
19. Can you pass me …… tomatoes from the fridge?
a. a few b. a little c. any
20. Is Ben the boy (whose/who/what) sister you like?
21. She asked me (if/did/) I knew the answer to the question.
22. I (told/said) her that I wasn’t going to the exhibition.
23. The novel was (wrote/written/write) by D. H. Lawrence.
Fill in the gaps with will/’ll or be going to.
24. A: There aren’t many potatoes left. B: Oh right. I _____________ go and buy some then.
25. A: Where are you going, Frank? B:I’m going to the florist’s. I ______ be back in an hour.
D. READING 26-45
Reading
Read and match the notices (A-H) to the sentences (26-31).
A
Tickets for children
under 12 and
students only
£4.00
B
COMING SOON!
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
X-MEN 3
C
EMERGENCY EXIT
KEEP CLOSED
D
NO
CAMERAS
E
Performance Times:
3 pm
6:30 pm
9:30 pm
F £4.99
Popcorn
Bucket to share!
G
Phantom of the
Opera: 7:30 pm
SOLD OUT
H
Careful!
Cleaning in progress
26 We don’t show films in the morning.
27 You mustn’t open this door.
28 You mustn’t take photos.
29 There aren’t any tickets for this performance
left.
30 Not everyone pays full price.
31 These films aren’t out yet.
Find in the notices two words that are
formed by suffixes and write them in the
space provided.
32. _______________________________

33. _______________________________
A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER
I. We were all in good spirits after spending the
whole summer camping in Europe. Italy was our
final destination and we were setting up camp
for the very last time. We were staying at a
fantastic campsite, big trees shaded our tent. At
night you could hear voices happily chatting in
the darkness and insects buzzing in the trees.
II. One evening, we decided to go to a traditional
Italian restaurant. We had been cooking for
ourselves most nights, so it seemed like a real
treat to have someone prepare our meal for us.
Everyone got dressed up in their best clothes
and we headed off towards the town. The food
was delicious. We tucked into all kinds of pasta,
pizzas and juicy fresh fish dishes. Then after
we’d finished eating there was a special dancing
demonstration by some of the locals. We
clapped and cheered as they whirled around the
dance floor. Then, they made us have a go. No
one was very good but we had a great time
trying to get the moves right.
Complete the statements with the
information from the text.
34. They camped in ..........................................................
35. They think the food was ..............................................
36. After dinner they .........................................................
Circle True or False
37. At first they noticed the restaurant was
trembling. True/False ...................................................
38. Nothing got broken in the restaurant
True/False. .......................................................................
49. They will never remember this holiday
True/ False ......................................................................
40. They got very scared. True/ False ............................
Find in the text a word that is similar in
meaning to the following. (The paragraph
where you can find the word is in
parentheses)
41. Talking( p. I)_________________________
42. People from the city or town (p. II) ________
43. Trembling (p. III)_____________________
44. Continued (p.IV)_____________________
III. When the music finally stopped we noticed
that everything in the restaurant was shaking
from side to side. “Quick! Get under the tables.
It’s an earthquake,” shouted one of the waiters.
We hadn’t noticed the ground moving before as
we had been concentrating on dancing!
45. Fortunately (p.IV) ___________________
IV. We were trembling with fear by the time the
earthquake was over. It only lasted a minute,
but it seemed like much longer. Luckily no one
was injured and the restaurant wasn’t damaged,
apart from a few broken plates and glasses.
One thing is certain though, my friends and I will
always remember the night when our dancing
nearly brought the house down!
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E. WRITING 46-50
Your computer has crashed. You take it to be fixed. Leave a note for the person who is going to
fix it. In your note say where you are, why you are there, when you are coming back.
Write approximately 50 to 60 words. Use the appropriate vocabulary and grammar structures.
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