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NAME: ____________________________SURNAME: ______________________________

TEENS THREE FINAL EXAM Paper 4
Time allowed: 1h.15’ (+ List: 1h. 30’)

SECTION A: Reading Comprehension

Read the text and circle the correct option, true (T) or false (F).

The Birth of Radio

Today we don’t think twice when we turn on the radio, but when a 21-year-old Italian invented it
over 100 years ago no one could believe their ears.
One day in 1895 in Bologna, Italy, Guglielmo Marconi sent the world’s first radio signal. Using a
simple radio transmitter and a receiver, he sent a signal from his attic room to his brother who was
hidden in a field a kilometre away. When his brother received the signal he fired a gun. The Italian
government showed no interest in young Marconi’s invention, but his mother, Annie, who was Irish,
believed he had a good idea. So in February of the following year, she sent him to England to meet her
cousin who was an important engineer. It was a journey that would change the world.
In England, Marconi and his cousin were joined by two other inventors. In 1897 Marconi formed
Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company in London and started to transmit simple radio signals over
long distances. In 1899 he sent the first wireless telegraph across the English Channel to France. This
meant that ships were now able to send messages from ship to shore if they were in distress.
Marconi had always believed that radio waves could travel round the curve of the earth. By 1901
he had improved his radio system so much that on 12th December he astonished the world by sending
the first radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean. They were transmitted using an aerial flown in the air
by a kite. Marconi’s system was soon adopted by the British and Italian navies. From now on, the
Marconi Company had the monopoly of wireless communication and Marconi became a multi-
millionaire.
Marconi is one of the key figures in the 20th Century. When Marconi died in 1937, wireless
stations all over the world closed down for two minutes as a mark of respect. Marconi made only one
big mistake. He thought that television would never become popular.
(Adapted from Snapshot Pre-intermediate - Longman)

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1. Marconi’s first radio signal was transmitted more than one kilometre away. T/F only

2. Marconi’s invention was recognized by the Italian government. T/F 1st

3. Marconi took his invention to England. T/F

4. The first signal transmitted across an ocean was in 1901. T/F 2nd

5. Marconi was wrong because he thought that television wasn’t going to be popular. T/F
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SECTION B: Language in Use

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I. Choose the best alternative. The first one has been done for you.
e.g. They ____b____ to the Fiji Islands twice and say it’s great for a holiday.
a- went b- have been c- have gone

1- If you keep moving I ___________ a good picture. AACI use

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2- She isn’t ___________ to go to that party. 1st

a- too young b- old enough c- enough old

3- Now CDs ___________ in cardboard boxes. 2nd

a- sell b- are sold c- is sell

4- Tom___________ be late for school or the teacher will get really angry. 3rd
a- don’t have to b- should c- mustn’t

5- The waves are ___________ yesterday. R

a- better than b- the best c- more good than
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Make any necessary changes.
Hi James,

I (1) ___________ (have) a great time here in Cairo. Yesterday we (2) ___________ (visit) the Khan el- AACI use
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Khalili Bazaar. It’s one of the biggest markets in the world! I (3) ___________ (walk) around the shops
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when suddenly I (4) ___________ (get) lost. I (5) ___________ (always/ be) a bit absent-minded and

these things (6) ___________ (happen) to me since I was a little kid. Anyway, in one of the shops I 2nd

(7)___________ (buy) a leather jacket and a rug.

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Tomorrow we (8) ___________ (visit) the Cairo Opera on the island of Gezira.

Well, I must (9) ___________ (go) now. If I don’t sleep well, tomorrow I (10) ___________ (be) R

exhausted.

See you soon

All the best,

Petra

III. Complete the dialogue. Use the word(s) in brackets.

e.g.: Dad: Hi, Ellie! 0) Where have you been ? (WHERE)

Ellie: I’ve been to the cinema with Katie.

Dad: 1) ____________________________________ see? (WHAT)

Ellie: We saw the new Spielberg film. We didn’t like it much, though.

Dad: You 2) _________________________________ the new ‘Incredibles’ film. It’s great! (SHOULD)

Ellie: Really? I heard it is 3) _______________________________the first one. My friends (THAN)

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said they couldn’t stop laughing!
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Dad: That’s right! You can watch it tomorrow. I have the film programme here.

Ellie: 4) ___________________________________ on? (TIME)

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Dad: In the morning at 11 and in the afternoon at 6.

Ellie: That’s great! I 5) ________________________________ Katie to tell her! Thanks, dad. (CALL) 3rd

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SECTION C: Writing
Choose one of the following and write about 70 words on it.
a) Last month you went to a friend’s house. Write an email to another friend telling him/her about the
experience.
Say: ● Where you went ● How you travelled ● What you did there ● If you had a good time or not

b) Write a review of a film that you found boring.

Include: ● Name of the film ● Type of film ● Short information about the story ● Reasons why it was boring

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