You hear a man talking about buying a lighthouse to live in.

Term 1

Summative Test # 1

Surname ______________________Name________________

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Date_______________________________________________

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I. Listening

You will hear three extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the answers (A,B or C) which fits best according to what you hear.

Extract 1

You here a woman giving a talk to business students.

1. What criticism does she make of much of the advice given to business students about social conversations?

AIt has the wrong focus

B It is too general

C It is ineffective

2. When referring to body language she makes the point that most people

A Need special training to be convincing

B Reflect the body language of others

C Cannot disguise their true feelings

Extract 2

You hear a producer talking to a colleague about a new TV sports presenter

3. Why were some people hesitant to appoint this new presenter?

AHe lacked experience in sports journalism

B His interviewing technique was inappropriate

C He didn’t seem to be a team player

4. What will the new presenter have to change about himself?

AThe way he speaks

B The way he looks

C The way he moves

Extract 3

You hear a man talking about buying a lighthouse to live in.

5. How did he get to know about the lighthouse when it was for sale?

A He was looking for a home for when he got married

BIt was said that a celebrity was living in it

C It was part of something he had to do for his job

6. Why did it take so long to renovate it?

A Too many regulations had to be complied with

B It was too costly to do all the work at once

C Original materials were difficult to source

B. II – Reading

For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B,C or D) which you think fits best according to the text

What’s in a name?

In England alone there are around 45,000 different surnames and the sources from which names are derived are almost endless: nicknames, physical attributes, counties, and trades. Tracing a family tree involves looking at lists of these names-this is how we recognize our ancestors when we find them.

Before the Norman Conquest of Britain, people did not have hereditary surnames: they were known just by a personal name or nickname. When communities were small each person was identifiable by a single name, but as the number of inhabitants grew, it became necessary to identify people further- leading to names such as John the butcher or Henry from Sutton. Over time many names became corrupted and their original meaning is now not easily seen.

After 1066, the Norman barons introduced surnames into England. Initially, the identifying names were changed or dropped at will, but eventually they began to stick and to get passed on. So, trades, nicknames, places, of origin became fixed surnames. By 1400 most English families had adopted the use of hereditary surnames.

Many individuals and families have changed their names or adopted an alias at some time in the past. This could be for legal reasons, or simply on a whim, but points up the fact that although the study of surnames is vital in family history research, it is all too easy to place excessive emphasis on them.

It is important to be aware that both surnames and forenames are subject to variations in spelling, and not only in the distant past. Standardised spelling did not really arrive until the 19 the century, and even in the present day, variations occur.

1. The author explains that, in Britain, people began to have more than just one name as a result of

a) The increase in bureaucracy

b) The increase in population

c) The desire to pass on family history

d) The need to get a register for work

2. The aim of this text is to

a) Encourage readers to research their family history

b) Advise family researchers to go back to before 1400

c) Demonstrate how easy it is to change one’s name

d) Warn researchers not to rely too heavily on surnames

Naming your domain

You’ve come up with the invention of all time; you’re going to conquer the world and make a fortune. Your next step is to set up a domain on the internet where you can start conducting your business. Now you just need to find the perfect name for it. You go to the internet and start punching in clever names, along with their many variations, only to find that all the good ones are seemingly taken.

Given that approximately 50 million COM names are already registered, it’s not surprising that all the short snappy names are taken. Your chances of hitting on a good three-letter name or acronym are close to zero. To get one of these, your only recourse would be to haggle with whoever has already registered the name you fancy and see if you could get him to hand it over – for a certain sum of course.

It’s even worse if you’re thinking of a name with just two letters. If you want one of the 676 possible two-letter sequences, for instance for an acronym or abbreviation, you’re out of luck: they’re all taken. So you have to get smart. Think about adding a digit. Trouble is, quite often the look of it just doesn’t work – so think about a dash. It can fit in with lots of clever designs for logos and so on. One company has a domain name with punctuation written out in words – ‘full stop’. Rather confusing, don’t you think? No, concentrate on the visual impact of your name.

3. According to the writer, the best way of getting a good name with three letters is

A to try to buy one from someone else.

B to think of something really unusual.

C to keep trying variations of the letters.

D to think of a clever acronym.

4 The writer recommends registering a name which includes

A a dash.

B punctuation written as full words.

C letters and numbers.

D only two characters.

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