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Egzamin pisemny- język angielski, poziom B2 ESOKJ
Studium Języków Obcych
Politechniki Warszawskiej
(Wypełnia egzaminator)
Słuchanie
(Listening) Czytanie
(Reading) Gramatyka i słownictwo
(Grammar and Vocabulary) Pisanie
(Writing) RAZEM
(TOTAL) Kody
1.1 (10) 1.2 (10) 2.1 (10) 2.2 (10) 3.1 (8) 3.2 (8) 3.3 (4) 4. (20) (80)
Lektor 1
Lektor 2
Nazwisko i imię (drukowanymi) ....................................................................................................................... (Full name in capital letters)
Nr albumu ................................ Wydział ............................................. Semestr ................ Data 08.06.2018 (WUT ID Number) (Faculty) (Semester) (Date)
Deklaruję chęć otrzymania certyfikatu ACERT: TAK / NIE (zakreślić właściwą odpowiedź)
I would like to obtain the ACERT certificate: YES / NO (circle your answer)
podpis studenta ................................................................... (signature)
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1.1 Listening You will hear a radio programme about technological innovations in medicine. For questions 1-10,
complete the notes which summarise what the speakers say. You will need to write a word or a short phrase
in each box. Write only the words you hear. (10 marks)
The reporter talks to experts about (1) ___________________________________ in different spheres of
life.
Daniel Brooks and his team are well known for cutting edge (2) ___________________________________
and saving many lives.
The listeners want to ask Daniel about (3) ___________________________________ and new technologies
in medicine.
Doctors call him to find out about the cost of the medical (4) ____________________________________ .
Now under clinical (5) ___________________________________ there is a technology that will help
people with severe migraines.
A patient will only have to press a special (6) ___________________________________ to stop the pain-
causing transmitters.
Having to take insulin shots is quite a (7) ___________________________________ for people suffering
from diabetes.
The cost seems a sensitive issue, as (8) ___________________________________ want to get as much as
possible from their ideas.
So-called (9) ___________________________________ uses robot-like machines to monitor people’s
health.
Robots can’t replace surgeons because human judgement and compassion are still needed to
(10) ___________________________________ properly.
Kod sprawdzającego: ______
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1.2 Listening
You will hear a talk about the man who invented the cash machine, John Shepherd-Barron. For questions
11-20, choose the best answer A, B or C. You will hear the recording twice. (10 marks)
11. The cash mashine was invented
A. in Barcley's Bank.
B. by a security expert.
C. over 40 years ago.
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12. It was first used
A. by an actor.
B. in a TV series.
C. as a chocolate bar dispenser.
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13.The inventor first thought of a cash machine when he was
A. travelling.
B. relaxing.
C. looking at a snack dispenser.
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14. The inventor's idea got immediate attention from
A. his wife.
B. a bank manager.
C. a TV producer.
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15. The first cash machine took
A. plastic cards containing carbon 14.
B. plastic cheques with no carbon 14.
C. cheques containing carbon 14.
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16. The inventor proved that
A. Carbon 14 was not a health risk to bank customers.
B. Carbon 14 is not a radioactive substance.
C. Carbon 14 was dangerous to bank customers.
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17. The first cash machine in Zurich
A. had teething problems.
B. was too far from a tram line.
C. was too close to a tram line.
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18. The use of a six digit PIN was suggested by
A. the inventor.
B. the inventor's wife.
C. the army.
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19. How many cash machines are there in the world today?
A. More than a million and a half.
B. 16 million.
C. Over 2 million.
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20. The speaker thinks that in the near future
A. the number of cash machines will increase.
B. the number of cash machines will decrease.
C. the use of cash machines will change.
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Kod sprawdzającego:_______
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2.1 Reading You are going to read an article about ozone. Five sentences have been removed from
the article. Choose from the sentences (A-F) the one which fits each gap (21-25). There is one extra
sentence which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the boxes provided under the text.
(10 marks)
A. We can, however, be sure that things from now on are going to change very quickly indeed.
B. They proved to be a valuable compound, stable, non-poisonous, non-corrosive and non-flammable.
C. Moreover, the levels of chlorine, the ozone-eating chemical, were 70 times higher than normal.
D. It was impossible for the scientists to solve the problem.
E. In southern Chile, blindness began to strike humans, sheep, rabbits and horses.
F. Their combined reaction on the ozone layer is devastating, allowing ultraviolet rays from the sun,
known as UV-Bs, to bombard the earth.
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OZONE
In 1928, Thomas Migdley, a scientist and engineer in America, found a way to use chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) as a refrigerant. (21)xxxx
Their low thermal conductivity made them ideal for coolants in refrigerators and air-conditioners.
In the Second World War, CFCs were widely used as cleaning solvents and in plastic foam for food
and drink containers, and the insulation of buildings. These are the products which, doubling in output
every ten years, have contributed to the destruction of the ozone layer, the thin veil in the stratosphere
which protects animals and plants from disease and, possibly, extinction.
Other man-made chemicals, apart from CFCs, are eating ozone molecules. Among them are halon gases
used in fire extinguishers, aerosols and refrigerators, and two compounds widely used as solvents: methyl
chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. (22)xxxx UV-Bs cause skin cancer. Medical journals in Australia say
two-thirds of the population alive today will develop some form of skin cancer. More than 250,000 of the
continent’s 16 million inhabitants will develop the deadliest of all, malignant melanoma.
UV-Bs can damage the immune system and leave you open to infectious diseases. They damage your eyes,
burning the cornea, injuring the retina and generating cataracts. (23) xxxx The radiation kills off
the plankton on which larger sea creatures depend, and in southern Chile a 12% reduction in plankton has
been measured.
The scientists who know about the ozone layer are worried. They give three reasons for their pessimism:
Ozone depletion is now a global phenomenon, and occurring twice as fast as had been predicted: according
to reports, in the first two months of this year, parts of the ozone layer shrank by 20%. (24)xxxx
Depletion is now being caused by the CFCs released in the mid-1970s, and so the chemicals being released
now will endanger our children.
No one knows what the cumulative effects of the depletion of the ozone layer will be. (25)xxxx
Kod sprawdzającego:_______
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
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2.2 Reading
You are going to real a magazine article about Nobel Prize winners. For questions 26-35, choose from the
sections of the articie (A-D). The section may be chosen more than once. Write your answers in the boxes
provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (10 marks)
Which section(s) of the articie mention(s):
0 being able to help many people in the world? 0 B
26 being able to understand the reason for a medical condition? 26
27 an idea for a treatment for a medical condition? 27
28 an exceptionally strong material? 28
29 an exceptionally simple technique? 29
30 teamwork that improved an existing technology 30
31, 32 discoveries confirmed by other scientists? 31 32
33, 34 disbelief of other scientists? 33 34
35 potential use of the discovery in the automotive industry? 35
Kod sprawdzającego:_______
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
ANDRE GEIM AND KONSTANTIN NOVOSELOV
Konstantin Novoselov, 36, first worked with
Andre Geim, 51, as a PhD student in the
Netherlands. He subsequently followed Geim to
the United Kingdom and they have been working
together ever since. They have shown that
graphene, which is carbon in a one-atom-thick
flat form, has exceptional properties that
originate from the remarkable world of quantum
physics. As a material it is completely new - not
only the thinnest but also the strongest. As a
conductor of electricity it performs as well as
copper. As a conductor of heat it outperforms all
other known materials. It is almost completely
transparent, yet so dense that not even helium,
the smallest gas atom, can pass through it. At a
time when many believed it was impossible for
such thin crystalline materials to be stable, they
extracted the graphene from a piece of graphite
such as is found in ordinary pencils, using regular
adhesive tape.
ROBERT EDWARDS
His achievements have made it possible to treat
infertility, a medical condition affecting a large
proportion of humanity worldwide. He first came
up with the idea for a treatment as early as the
1950s. He then worked systematically to realise
his goal, discovered important principles for
human fertilization, and succeeded in
accomplishing fertilization of human egg cells in
test tubes. His efforts were finally crowned by
success on 25 July, 1978, when the world's first
"test tube baby" was born. During the following
years, Edwards and his co-workers refined the
fertilisation technology and shared it with
colleagues around the world. A new field of
medicine has emerged, with Robert Edwards
leading the process all the way from the
fundamental discoveries to the current, successful
therapy.
DAN SHECHTMAN
His Nobel Prize for the work on quasicrystals has
fundamentally altered the way chemists perceive
solid matter. In all solid matter, atoms were believed
to be packed inside crystals in symmetrical patterns
that were repeated periodically over and over again.
Shechtman's work (started in 1984), however,
showed that the atoms in what he called
quasicrystals were packed in a pattern that could not
be repeated. Such a pattern was considered
impossible so he had to fight a fierce battle against
the scientific establishment. With time though, other
scientists produced other kinds of quasicrystals in
their labs and discovered naturally occurring
quasicrystals in mineral samples. Quasicrystals have
also been found in a certain form of steel, where they
reinforce the material like armour. Scientists are
currently experimenting with using quasicrystals in
different products such as frying pans and diesel
engines.
MAY-BRITT MOSER AND EDWARD MOSER
They were studying rats moving in a room when
they discovered an astonishing pattern of activity in
a part of the brain called the entorhinal cortex. As it
turned out, they discovered a key component of the
brain's positioning system. They identified a type of
nerve cell, which they called "grid cells", that
generates a coordinate system and allows for precise
positioning and pathfinding. Recent investigations
with brain imaging techniques made by other
scientists have provided evidence that grid cells exist
also in humans. In patients with Alzheimer's disease,
these cells are frequently affected at an early stage,
and these individuals often lose their way and cannot
recognize the environment. Knowledge about the
brain's positioning system may, therefore, help us
understand the reason for spatial memory loss that
affects people with this disease.
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B D
C
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3.1 Grammar and Vocabulary
For questions 36-43, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word
in each space. Write your answers in the answer boxes provided. There is an example at the beginning (0).
(8 marks)
INNOVATION IN ENERGY
The problem (0)..... green innovation is that each time you think you might (36)..... found the answer, you
also find a catch. Wind turbines only work (37)..... the wind blows. Hydrogen is a clean alternative to petrol,
but it (38)….. highly explosive and when the first accident happens, there is likely to be a strong public
reaction against it.
(39)….. real innovation in energy probably will not come from a new means of power generation, but in
how the energy network is organized. Advances in IT mean that rather (40)….. connecting big power
stations to a network that delivers electricity to homes, factories and public buildings, in the future all these
places should (41)….. able to generate small amounts of energy, which they could either use themselves
(42)….. put back into the network for others to use. The question is: can we make that change? Some say
that because it is (43)..... in the interest of big business, it is unlikely to happen any time soon.
Kod sprawdzającego:_______
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41 37
42 38
43 39
0 with
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3.2 Grammar and Vocabulary
For questions 44-51, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Write
your answers in the answer boxes provided. There is an example at the beginning (0). (8 marks)
Watch your (body) language
Most research now shows that as much as 70-80
percent of human (0)… may be non-verbal.
This kind of communication has been (44)…
studied since ancient times in an (45)… to
understand people's characters, and experts have
endlessly discussed the significance of the way we
move and position our bodies. (46)… many feel
that the study of body language can be over-
simplistic, there is some evidence to show that
some postures and movements indicate our
emotional states of mind.
The (47)… people shake hands, for example, can
be a good indicator of the power balance between
them. Pulling the person towards you or grabbing
hold of someone's elbow can show you want to
(48)… control.
Personal space is another interesting area. The
vast (49)… of westerners feel uncomfortable if a
friend stands closer than 45 centimeters, although
this will (50)… from country to country.
And finally, it is likely that, if someone is (51)…
to you, they will copy the way you stand or move.
If you're trying to make somebody relax, it can
also help to 'mirror' their movements in this way.
0 A interaction B talk 0 A
C speech D conversation
44 A highly B extremely 44
C widely D strongly
45 A act B action 45
C approach D attempt
46 A But B Although 46
C However D Nevertheless
47 A way B style 47
C custom D manner
48 A be B take 48
C bring D stay
49 A number B quantity 49
C majority D amount
50 A contrast B alter 50
C compare D vary
51 A attracted B appealed 51
C approved D fascinated
Kod sprawdzającego:_______
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3.3 Grammar and Vocabulary
For questions 52-55, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given. Write only the missing words in the answer boxes provided. There is an example
at the beginning (0). (4 marks)
0 A friendly taxi driver drove us into town.
driven
We ......................... a friendly taxi driver.
52 We started to do research on energy saving 25 years ago.
been We ............................. on energy saving for 25 years.
53 It was irresponsible of you to leave the baby alone for so long.
should
You ............................. the baby alone for so long.
54 It was a mistake that I went on the trip without a map.
wish
I ............................. on the trip without a map.
55 “Can you start work immediately?”, they asked the candidate.
if The candidate was asked ............................. start work immediately.
Kod sprawdzającego:_______
were driven into town by
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4 Writing
Choose one of the tasks and write between 150-200 words. (20 marks)
1. You have seen the advert for volunteers to work at a summer camp in the USA:
Write your letter of application.
2. A friend of yours has asked for your help in choosing a mobile phone. Write an email to him/her
describing what you think the mobile should be like. Write about:
apps and functions
manufacturers
price range
other features you consider important
Write your email.
WORK AT A SUMMER CAMP IN THE USA
We are looking for young enthusiastic people to spend the summer working as volunteers
at one of our many summer camps for children (aged between 8 and 16). You should be
able to help organise games and activities such as painting and photography.
The camps are in over ten different states. You receive free accommodation and a salary.
At the end of your six-week placement, you will also have time to travel around the USA.
Write for an information pack and tell us about yourself and why you are applying.
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S2 ..../20
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C ..../5
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LISTENING 1.1
REPORTER: Welcome back after the break. Just to remind those of you who have just joined us, this week
we’ve been talking to a number of experts about technological advancement in different spheres of life.
Today with us in the studio is Daniel Brooks, a physician who has spent his whole career searching for
technological solutions in medicine. Daniel’s team is renowned all over the country for cutting edge surgeries
and saving many lives. Apart from working in the operating theatre, Daniel also collects and shares
information about new treatments with his patients and their families. He’s probably the most popular doctor
in this country!
DANIEL: Oh, come on. I’m just doing my job the best I can.
REPORTER: And the most modest one, too! Daniel, you’ve just been taking calls from the listeners and from
what I know there have been some pretty serious questions to answer. Is that right?
DANIEL: Yes, that’s true. It’s hardly surprising that people are keen to ask questions about new treatments
and new technologies in medicine. I took a lot of calls from patients who are desperate for some innovative
treatments for their problems because no other medicines have been able to help them. Some of the callers
were actually doctors themselves asking about the costs of the medical equipment, but they were a minority.
Most were people genuinely suffering from all kinds of diseases.
REPORTER: So what technological inventions did you tell the callers about?
DANIEL: For example a technology which is now under clinical investigation and which will help people
with severe migraines. To put it simply, a small implant will be placed in the upper gum and when the patient
feels the onset of a headache, he or she will just have to press a special remote control to stop the pain-
causing transmitters.
REPORTER: Sounds wonderful! Anything else?
DANIEL: Yes. This invention will delight patients suffering from diabetes. These people have to take insulin
shots by themselves and it’s quite a painful process. A device is being invented to replace the needle used to
do it with a patch which does not prick your skin. Generally speaking, the trends are to come up with devices
to alleviate as much pain as possible.
REPORTER: I understand that these new inventions don’t come cheap. Who will be able to afford them?
DANIEL: Well, this is always a sensitive issue. I think medical companies always want to make as much as
possible from their ideas, but eventually the devices become standard practice and their price decreases, so
there’s hope they, I mean the devices, will, one day, be mass-produced and therefore will not only help the
wealthy.
REPORTER: Sounds promising. I’ve also heard of robotic check-ups. Could you tell us more about them?
DANIEL: It’s connected with so-called telemedicine which uses robot-like machines to monitor people’s
health. Robotic check-ups are to be run by devices which look like mobile carts with two-way video screens
and medical monitoring equipment. They are programmed so that they can move around hospital wards and
halls. They will help doctors and nurses by saving them a lot of walking about!
REPORTER: Might they, one day, replace doctors or surgeons completely? Should all hospitals rely more on
technology than people?
DANIEL: I doubt it. You still need human judgment and compassion to treat people properly!
REPORTER: Thank you Daniel for sharing all this with us.
DANIEL: Thank you for inviting me.
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LISTENING 1.2
REPORTER: Welcome back to lnventors and their Inventions. Have you ever wondered, while queuing up at
the cash dispenser, who invented these wonderful machines? Well, to tell us today, is security expert, Tom
Bridges.
TOM: Hi. Well, the man to invent the very first cash machine was a Mr John Shepherd-Barron.
REPORTER: Is that so? This invention dates back to 1967, doesn't it?
TOM: That's right. It was installed in a branch of Barclays, in Enfield, north London, 40 years ago this week,
actually.
REPORTER: Really? Do you know who the first person to withdraw cash was?
TOM: As a matter of fact I do! It was an actor from a television series that was being broadcast around that
time. But I can't for the life of me remember his name!
REPORTER: That's alright. How did Mr Shepherd-Barron come up with this idea?
TOM: Well, you'll never believe me, but actually he was lying in the bath at the time. It struck him that there
had to be a way he could get hold of his own money, anywhere in the world or anywhere in the UK, at any time
of the day or night. That's when he hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser and he thought... rather than
dispensing chocolate... it could dispense cash!
REPORTER: How extraordinary! So, once he'd come up with the idea, what did he do?
TOM: He went to talk to the chief executive at Barclays bank who thought it was a fantastic idea. He was so
convinced that he signed the contract, that had been drawn up, there and then.
REPORTER: And how did the machine first work? I mean plastic cards didn't exist then, did they?
TOM: No, they still hadn't been invented. The machine used cheques that were soaked in carbon 14.
REPORTER: Carbon 14? Isn't that a radioactive substance? I mean, wasn't it a bit dangerous?
TOM: No, not as it might seem. There were no health risks for the users whatsoever. I know for a fact, that Mr
Shepherd-Barron actually sat down and worked out that you would have to eat 136,000 cheques for it to have
any effect on you.
REPORTER: Goodness me!
TOM: Yes. The machine detected the carbon 14 and then matched the cheque against a PIN number.
REPORTER: How much could you withdraw from the dispenser, then?
TOM: When it first came out, the machine would only pay out a maximum of 10 pounds at a time.
REPORTER: 10 pounds! Is that all?
TOM: That was regarded as more than enough for a wild weekend in those days!
REPORTER: Yeah, I suppose so. There were a few hiccups along the way, weren't there?
TOM: Yes, there were a few teething problems. The first machines were vandalised, and one that was installed
in Zurich, in Switzerland, began to malfunction mysteriously. It was later discovered that the wires from two
intersecting tramlines nearby, were sparking and interfering with the mechanism.
REPORTER: One by-product of inventing the first cash machine was the concept of the PIN number. Mr
Shepherd- Barron came up with that idea, as well, didn't he?
TOM: Yes, that came about when he realised he could remember his six-figure army number!
REPORTER: Six figures? But the PIN number is only made up of four.
TOM: I know, well, that was thanks to his wife. When he asked her what she thought of using a six-figure
number, she said she could only remember four figures, and that's how four figures became the world standard.
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REPORTER: I see! It's a shame but customers using the cash machine at Barclays in Enfield High Street don't
seem to be aware of its historical significance, do they?
TOM: I know. A small plaque was placed there on its 25th anniversary, but few people ever notice it.
REPORTER: According to statistics, there are more than 1.6 million cash machines worldwide. Do you think
this number will increase?
TOM: I'm not sure. I think its use will certainly be very different in the future. We'll probably stop using cash
altogether within the next few years.
REPORTER: Really? Do you think so?
TOM: Well, money costs money to transport. I wouldn't be surprised if we soon start swiping our mobile
phones at the till!
REPORTER: You never know! Well it's been fascinating having...
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No half marks!
1.1 Listening (10 marks) INNOVATIONS IN MEDICINE Repetytorium maturalne poziom rozszerzony, Longman, 2008
Minor spelling mistakes accepted
1. technological advancement
2. surgeries
3. (new) treatments (OR: innovative treatments)
4. equipment
5. investigation
6. remote control
7. painful process
8. medical companies (always)
9. telemedicine
10. treat people
1.2 Listening (10 marks) THE CASH MACHINE First Buster, ELI
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. C
2.1 Reading (10 marks) OZONE Oxford English for Information Technology OUP, 2002
TWO MARKS PER ANSWER!
21. B
22. F
23. E
24. C
25. A
2.2 Reading (10 marks) NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS Target FCE- Ćwiczenia, testy, wskazówki, Edgard, 2015
26. D
27. B
28. A
29. A
30. B
31. C/D
32. D/C
33. A/C
34. C/A
35. C
3.1 Grammar and Vocabulary (8 marks) INNOVATION IN ENERGY Life, P.Dummentt, J. Hughes, H.Stephenson National Geographic Learning
36. have
37. when / if / provided / while
38. is / proves
39. The / A
40. than
41. be
42. or
43. not
3.2 Grammar and Vocabulary (8 marks) WATCH YOUR (BODY) LANGUAGE Gold First Coursebook, Pearson, 2015
44. C
45. D
46. B
47. A
48. B
49. C
50. D
51. A
3.3 Grammar and Vocabulary (4 marks)
ONE MARK PER ANSWER In key word transformations NO marks are awarded for an
answer if:
the key word is omitted or changed, more than five or fewer than two words are used.
52. have been or ’ve been doing research
53. should not have or shouldn’t have left
54. wish I hadn’t or wish I had not gone
55. if he or she or if he/she or if they could
4. Writing - 150-200 words (20 marks)
FOR ASSESSMENT CRITERIA SEE TABLE
RECORDING MARKS The following symbols are used: T for Task, C for Coherence and Cohesion,
V for Vocabulary, G for Grammar, and S for Score.
Each piece of writing is read by two examiners. Neither of the examiners
underlines or corrects the mistakes.
The first examiner writes down his/her marks in a box provided in the
bottom left-hand corner of the examination paper and folds up the corner so
as not to influence the other examiner. The second examiner completes the
box in the right-hand corner, unfolds the left-hand corner, and calculates the
final score.
Half marks are rounded up (e.g. 10.5 to 11.0). In the case of a significant
divergence (3 marks or more) the two examiners negotiate the final score. If
the two examiners cannot reach agreement, the decision is taken by a
member of the Examination Board.
ACERT B2 Exam - Key Group A – June 2018
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