INSTITUTO DE IDIOMAS

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
PRACTICE EXAM, INGLÉS B2
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I. READING COMPREHENSION (NUMBERS 1 – 20)

Task A Read the text and choose the option – A, B, or C – which best completes the sentence according to the
text.
Graffiti - a dangerous way of life
Just a few weeks ago eight graffiti gang members were convicted (1) of causing £5,000 worth of damage on the
London Underground. They are among more than 70 graffiti artists thought to be operating in London today. Most
are aged under 20.

Graffiti artists, or "graffers", operate in many British towns. They often work at night, covering walls, trains and
railway stations with brightly painted murals or scrawls in spray paint.

Some people regard graffiti as a form of vandalism and a menace. London Underground says that rail-users find it
ugly and offensive. It spends 2m a year dealing with graffiti, and has even introduced trains with graffiti-resistant
paint. "We don't think it's artistic or creative - it's vandalism, it's a huge nuisance to our customers, and it's ugly and
offensive," says Serena Holley, a spokeswoman for London Underground. (2)

"It creates a sense of anarchy and chaos," says Richard Mandel, a barrister who prosecuted the graffiti gang.
"Passengers feel as if the whole rail system is out of control."

British Transport Police has a graffiti unit, designed to catch graffers in the act. It spent five months tracking down
the recently prosecuted gang.

Graffiti art can also be a dangerous pastime. London Underground says that some teenagers have died in accidents
during nocturnal graffiti "raids".

However, others say that graffiti at its best is an art form. Art galleries in London and New York have exhibited work
by increasingly famous graffiti artists. "Of course graffiti is art. There's no question about that," says David Grob,
director of the Grob Gallery in London. Even some of those who think graffiti is wrong admit that graffers are
talented. "It's just that their artistic talent is channelled in the wrong direction," (3) says Barry Kogan, a barrister who
represented Declan Rooney, one of the gang members.

There is a difference between "good graffiti" and vandalism, says Dean Colman, a 24-year-old graffiti artist. "I'd never
spray private property, like someone's house. Some graffiti are disgusting. There's a big difference between that and
graffiti which can brighten up grey walls."

Dean makes a living as a graffiti artist. His days of illegal spraying are behind him, he says. He has worked on a
television programme about graffiti, designed a series of government posters, and decorated nightclubs. He has
exhibited his work at Battersea Arts Centre in London, and he has taught graffiti-spraying in youth clubs. (4)

He began when he was 15. "I used to hang out with some hip-hop guys, and we used to watch films from New York;
that influenced us," he says. "I was never in a gang. That makes it seem violent, which it isn't. We called ourselves
posses or crews." He admits that there is conflict between different crews and intense rivalry, but this seldom turns
into violence.

He taught himself how to spray. His first "illegal" piece was on a wall in south London near his home in Southfields.
He became well known as a graffer in Wandsworth.

“It’s difficult to learn graffiti in a conventional setting like an art school,” he says. "I've met top designers who are
amazed at graffiti techniques. It's something you learn by practising.” He does have an A level in art, however.

Dean sees himself as an artist, and thinks that graffiti art does not get enough recognition. "There's no graffiti art in
the Tate Gallery and there should be," he says. "Graffiti is as valid as any other art form.” (5)
1. The graffiti artists arrested in London were
a) found guilty in court.
b) arrested on the Underground.
c) members of a gang of 70 people.

2. The London Underground is of the opinion that

a) graffiti is a kind of art but some passengers don’t like it.
b) graffiti is something to be stopped at all costs.
c) graffiti shouldn’t be allowed because it’s dangerous.

3. The lawyer who defended one of the convicted graffiti artists thinks they
a) should not have been convicted.
b) should not be considered artists.
c) should use their abilities in different ways.

4. Dean Coleman
a) has encouraged other people to try graffiti.
b) doesn’t earn much money from his graffiti work.
c) has no academic qualifications.

5. Dean gives the impression that he thinks

a) all graffers should be considered artists.
b) you can’t teach anyone to be a graffiti artist.
c) the art world should take graffiti more seriously.

TASK B Read the following text. The heading for each paragraph has been removed. Choose the best heading (B-I)
for each paragraph (6-11) and write the letter in the gap. There is only ONE correct option for each item and there
are two extra headings you do not need to use. The first heading has been provided for you as an example.

Headings:
0 Example Yawning And Dreaming

A. Yawning And Dreaming

B. Haunted By The Past
C. Financial Wrongdoing
D. Always Hungry - NOT NEEDED
E. Anxious Wait
F. Artistic Escape
G. Ordinary People
H. A Varied Routine - NOT NEEDED
I. Wasted Opportunities

Looking Back In Anger

0.  __A___
Max Scheffer gets up at 7a.m. He got up at 7a.m. today and he will get up at 7a.m. tomorrow. Max Scheffer knows
today that he will get up at 7a.m. every single morning for the next 2 years of his life. Which probably explains the
first thing Max intends to do when he gets out of Bayville Minimum Security Prison For Men. "I'm going to spend a
week in bed. I wish we didn't have to get up so early. On the outside, I always hated getting up early." As he speaks
to me, he calmly, almost nonchalantly, carves away at a wooden figurine with deft strokes of what seems to be a
simple Swiss Army knife.

6.  __C___
Max was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for his part in a fraudulent scheme to overcharge clients in his
Toronto-based insurance company. He gives me no more details than that and I don't ask. Two years of good
behavior gives him every hope that he could be released as early as next year.

7.  __G___
"I could never imagine someone like myself in a jail. It's beyond belief. There are so many normal guys like me in this
place. Everyone is in for petty financial stuff. Nothing violent. Bayville is actually a pretty OK place. I just wish I wasn't
so bored all the time."

8.  __F___
Max finds his days organized for him. He spends up to 19 hours locked in his cell but, being a low security prison,
some people would be surprised to find just how many home comforts he is allowed. "I watch a lot of TV. We only
have about six or seven channels. You know, no cable! I got into watching those old black and white classics which is
where the painting started." Max indicated the wall above the TV set to me and there, between huge posters of the
Toronto Blue Jays and Albert Einstein were hung some 15 or so vintage style movie posters, all hand painted by Max
himself.

9.  __B___
I avoid asking Max about the crimes that brought him here but ask him instead about how he feels about being here.
What regrets does he have or does he not waste his time with regrets? It seems Max most certainly does waste his
time. "I regret having been so greedy. I am here for $10,000. It wasn't worth it. I mean, even for a million it wasn't
worth it. But for ten grand it was crazy. I wish I hadn't listened to my colleague who convinced me everything would
go smoothly. I regret being so angry about things in the past I can't change but that's just the way I feel."

10.  __I___
Max's cell shows all the signs of a man struggling with boredom. A harmonica lies at the foot of his bed while his
small bedside table is full of wordsearch and crossword puzzle books. On the sill of his cell window, complete with
screen instead of bars, lies a half-finished model of the Notre Dame in what looks suspiciously like toothpicks. "I wish
I hadn't wasted so much time when I first got here. There are fellow inmates who have taken degree courses,
masters, you name it, they've done it right here inside Bayville. I did nothing but watch TV and read the free
magazines for over a year. I just thought that's what you did! I wish someone on the staff here had taken me aside
and told me what possibilities exist in here. That would be my only complaint."

11.  __E___
As we talk together in Max's cell, I notice him looking more and more at his watch. I ask what the problem is. "I'm
waiting for the buzzer; you know for lunch. You start to live your life according to a buzzer. It's sad I know." Then just
as he says that, the aforementioned call to lunch sounds and I think I see a look somewhere between satisfaction
and relief pass across his very friendly face.

Task C Read a newspaper article about four people who have written travel books. For items 12-20, choose from
the people A-D. The people may be chosen more than once, but there is only ONE correct option for each item.
 On the Road
A Eleanor Young
Young has written a book about a journey which took seven months. Beginning in Beijing, she headed west out of
China and then south to Kashmir. The twenty years of her life until then had been varied – she had been a
correspondent for a French weekly, she had sailed in the Olympics and skied internationally, but her main love was
travelling. She had made a similar journey in Central Asia and had a minor success with the resulting book. When she
writes she thinks of her audience as one family member or one good friend (12). She writes what was seen and felt,
the way it turned up on the road (14) – her descriptions of the camel journey are mixed with discussions about
politicians and images of a girl with her hair in a hundred plaits.

B Fiona Dalton
When Dalton visited the bottom tip of Chile and saw the edge of the ice-field, she decided to cross Antarctica. She
tried not to be discouraged by others who had done it. ‘The men who had skied across alone didn’t know how to
deal with the idea of someone happy to take a plane some of the way, but I wanted to do the trip my own way.’ She
spent seven months crossing the continent, pitching tents on the sea ice. Dalton says that as a woman, her reasons
for exploration are different from those of men. ‘Men have done it to show they can win. I may go to see what the
environment can teach me, or to feel the air and see what it looks like. Or just sit around and appreciate the
scenery.’ (18) She is a writer who explores the world in order to write. She says, ‘It also suits me to get away. I love
to free myself from the bills and the bank manager. (20) Antarctica is perfect for that.’ It was, however, the most
testing environment she has ever experienced – it could be ‘a full-time job just surviving’. (16)

C Ruth Moore
On her first trip, aged 24, Moore hitch-hiked through Nigeria, canoed down the Congo and rode horseback across
Cameroon. What started as a year-long trip turned into a three-and-a-half-year journey. ‘The emptiness that lay
ahead was wonderful – days waiting to be filled. She was raised in the African bush and her mother and
grandmother had grown up in China. ‘I don’t know where I belong. My family thought it totally normal that I had a
larger view of the world.’ She dismisses fear. ‘Wild animals will look for an escape route rather than attack,’ she says.
Amongst other things, Moore has devised her own cure for homesickness. ‘You can always improvise something.
(19) I felt homesick for eggs for breakfast while floating down the river, so I had eggs – crocodile eggs – and felt
much better.’ Moore does believe that a woman’s approach is different. She rarely undertakes journeys with an
ultimate aim, goal or destination – she decides as she goes along, often with the flip of a coin. (15)

D Sally Wade
Wade is probably more of an ex-explorer (0) – her last journey has put her off. Wade was born in Queensland,
Australia. She was sent to boarding school, then just wandered about, studying music, biology and later Japanese. At
25, Wade bought a couple of camels and rode them over 2,000 kilometres across the Australian outback. Her
account became a best-seller. ‘I never intended to write about it – it was a private thing. I wanted to get to know
aboriginal culture and the desert. It was a glorious trip. I went by camel because I was broke and couldn’t afford a
vehicle.’ (17) Then in 1992 she joined a group of Rabari in India. Wade’s account of that Indian journey with them
tells of failure. (13) ‘The two trips were not comparable.’ She tried to live a Rabari existence – except that she could
always leave. She remained an outsider.

 Of which writer is the following stated?

0 = example

She has given up travelling. 0 D

She writes in an informal way. 12. A

One of her trips was not a success. 13. D

Her writing reflects events as they happened. 14. A

 She does not make decisions in advance. 15. C

Which writer says

on one trip, just staying alive took up most of her time? 16. B

she chose her method of transport because of lack of funds? 17. D

she takes pleasure in her surroundings? 18. B

she is confident of finding solutions to problems? 19. C

she likes to escape from everyday pressures? 20. B

II. LISTENING COMPREHENSION (NUMBERS 21 – 40)

Task A You will hear part of a radio interview with a novelist. For items 21-27, choose the best option – A, B or C
– according to what you hear. An example has been provided for you. You will hear the recording twice with a
short pause in between. You now have 1 minute to read the items.

Example: 0 Why did Alice become a writer?

a. Because she was always writing stories as a child.

b. Because she wanted to do what her aunt did.
c. Because she was keen to do any job that didn’t involve routine.

21. What does Alice say about learning to be a writer?

a. The writing courses she did were a waste of time.
b. She learnt to write by doing it.
c. She found it harder than expected.

22. What does Alice say about computers?

a. She's used to using one. 
b. They crash far too often.
c. Her editor has to help her.

23. What does Alice say about being a celebrity?

a. She doesn't enjoy that part of her job.
b. She wasn't looking for fame at the beginning.
c. The best part is talking to the public.

24. Why does Alice sometimes stay up all night?

a. Because her publisher tells her to.
b. Because she's so absorbed in her work.
c. Because she has nobody to talk to. 

25. What does she say about the money she earns?
a. She makes sure that she saves some of it.
b. She dislikes the system of payment.
c. She finds it difficult to live on.

26. What does she say about travel?

a. She can’t afford to do it very often.
b. She wishes she had more time for it.
c. She feels it interferes with her work.
 27. Which of the following best describes Alice’s attitude to her job?
a. She thinks she isn’t capable of doing another job.
b. She thinks that a different career would have been better.
c. She thinks that her income from it should be higher.

Task B You will hear six different people talking about trips they went on. Match each speaker (number 28-33)
with ONE statement from the list (A-H). Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need
to use. An example has been provided for you.
SPEAKER ANSWER

Example: H

Number 28 C

Number 29 F

Number 30 G

Number 31 A

Number 32 D

Number 33 B

Task C You will hear an Arctic explorer talking about an experience he had. For items 34-40, choose the best
answer – A, B or C – according to what you hear. An example has been provided for you. You will hear the
recording twice with a short pause in between. You now have 1 minute to read the items.

0. Example: The narrator

a. had never been to the North Pole before.
b. had been to the North Pole once before.
c. had been to the North Pole twice before.

34. When the incident occurred, Penn Haddow

a. was showing the narrator which direction to go in.
b. was telling the narrator about his experiences.
c. was helping the narrator to learn how to ski.

35. The polar bear

a. started running to catch the men.
b. appeared from behind the men.
c. was hungry and eating seal meat.

36. The narrator and Penn

a. tried to run away from the bear.
b. had trained for this type of emergency.
c. had to abandon their sledges and supplies.

37. The two men

a. were each carrying a gun.
b. had first met in Russia.
c. had different responsibilities.
 38. Penn
a. went crazy and tried to kill the bear.
b. had to use more than one gun.
c. was able to fire his gun only once.

39. The narrator

a. tried to injure the bear with a ski.
b. was carrying a camera in his jacket.
c. felt more frightened after the bear left.

40. The narrator

a. feels worried now about the polar bear’s future.
b. doesn’t plan to return to the same region.
c. returned to explore the same region in 2001.

TRANSCRIPTION OF LISTENINGS

Task A Listen to the interview with a novelist.

I: Today we’re talking to novelist Alice Fernstreet. Alice, you’re now a very successful published novelist … Have
you always wanted to be a writer?

A: I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to write. Once I started school, I spent all my spare time writing
and I always knew I wanted to be a professional writer one day. [Example 0] I don’t know where it came
from because there were no other writers in the family. My aunt is a painter but she’s the only one without
an ordinary routine kind of job.

I: Do you feel you always knew how to write or did you have to learn how to do it?

A: Oh I definitely had to learn and it was just as tough as everyone said it would be because you have to be your
own teacher. I’ve done courses and they’re helpful up to a point especially when you can talk to other
writers but in the end it’s really up to you. You have to just get on with the writing. You learn as you go along.
[QU. 21]

I: Would you say you enjoy all the aspects of your job?

A: I don’t particularly enjoy talking about my work in public – you know, getting it known. I’m just not very good
at it. I do love the actual writing, though, except of course when the computer crashes on you and you lose all
your work. I’ve been using a computer for longer than most people I know and I still have problems. [QU. 22]
Everyone does. Even my editor, and she’s fantastic with everything technical.

I: So you don’t enjoy being a celebrity?

A: Oh I do. It’s very flattering and it can be great fun but it’s not something I wanted when I started out. [QU. 23]
What I’ve always loved is that writing isn’t a job. I mean you can do it whenever you want to because you do it
because you want to. I sometimes stay up all night writing because I’m so involved and interested in what I’m
doing. There’s no one telling me what to do and when to do it. [QU. 24]

I: But surely there are pressures from the publisher and so on.

A: Well, yes. They want to see their books sell and so do I. I’ve been very lucky and my books have done very
well so I don’t really have to worry about money – I’ve got more than enough to live on! – but I do try not to
 spend it all, though. You just never know whether the next book will sell as well so it makes sense to be a bit
careful. [QU. 25]

I: You’re here in London this week and you’re flying to New York on Saturday. How do you feel about travel?

A: I love it but unfortunately even though I always take my lap top; it’s really hard for me to get much writing done
when I’m on the road. There’s too much to see and do. I’d love to be able to do more travel but my writing
schedules mean I often have to say “no” to invitations to talk about my work abroad. [QU. 26]

I: What advice would you give to a young writer starting out?

A: I’d tell them how much fun it is but I’d remind them that not everyone earns enough from their writing to
survive. If they really want to make a lot of money, they should think about another career. In my case, I
really think I didn’t have any choice. I don’t think I would have been good at anything else. Other jobs seem
so much more difficult to me. [QU. 27]

Task B
Example
My language school organized a weekend trip to Liverpool and I was really looking forward to putting into practice
everything I’d studied, but I didn’t get a chance because I didn’t have enough time to do anything. I should have
organized myself better. I rushed round all the sights, there wasn’t any time to speak to anyone and when I tried to
buy something in a shop, I couldn’t understand a word the shop assistant said and that made me nervous so I didn’t
dare to buy anything. I was in a state of nervous tension all weekend and wasn’t able to enjoy it at all.

Speaker 28 - C
When I was at school we went on a trip to the zoo once. I remember that we were all looking forward to it and
everyone was very excited on the coach on the way there. We went around in small groups, each group with a
teacher, and we must have seen just about every animal in the place. The keepers showed us all sorts of things but
what I remember is that after a while we all got very tired and lost interest. We were there from early morning until
late afternoon and we'd all had enough after a couple of hours.

Speaker 29 - F
I went on a business trip to a conference last month. I got to my hotel OK and I registered for the conference and got
my name tag and all that and everything seemed fine. But the whole event was chaotic after that. A lot of the
information we were given was wrong. Events weren't in the rooms that it said on the list and some of the times of
events were different. So people were just wandering around in a confused state, not knowing where to go or what
to do. And there was nobody to ask, so the whole thing was a mess.
Speaker 30 - G
As part of my course, we went on a college trip to the Museum of Photography. We were all really keen on the
subject and enthusiastic about going. We got there really early - they were only just opening the doors! And I must
say I was really impressed by the place and the exhibits. It was great to see things that I'd only seen in books before
and it made me really want to produce things as good as them. I could have stayed there for ages and it was
disappointing when we had to leave. But they were closing then. I hadn't noticed the time because I was running
around looking at one fantastic picture after another.
Speaker 31 - A
A group of us from work went to an adventure centre for a day a few weeks ago. I hadn't been looking forward to it
because I don't normally like things like adventure sports. I thought I'd be scared when I was doing some of the
activities and I wasn't wrong about that! The very first thing involved climbing to a great height and swinging on a
rope and that was enough to put me off straight away. I never recovered from that and spent the whole of the day
terrified. I managed to do all the activities to some extent but I couldn't wait to leave.
Speaker 32 - D
I went on a college trip to 'the big city' last week. I must say I wasn't looking forward to it at all, in fact I was dreading
it. It didn't sound as if anyone knew what was going to happen or what we were going to do. But in fact when we set
off in the coach that morning we found out that there was a schedule and we were given maps and all sorts of
information. We split up into small groups and did some sightseeing and some shopping and it was fine. Maybe it
wasn't the most thrilling day I've ever had but it was worth doing.

Speaker 33 - B
For our 25th wedding anniversary, my husband and I took a trip back to the hotel where we’d stayed on our wedding
night. We had a slap-up romantic candlelit dinner and then went up to the roof to have champagne cocktails and sat
there chatting and admiring the view. A couple of hours later, we returned to our room and everything went heads-
up. I started having acute stomach pains and then passed out, hitting my head on the bath tub as I did so. An
ambulance was called and I was rushed to hospital and spent the next 2 days in intensive care. So much for trips
down memory lane.

Task C

Listen to an Arctic explorer talking about an experience he had.

It was day 2 of my first-ever North Pole expedition (Example 0), back in 2001. I was 23 years old. There were two
people on this expedition: me and a guy called Penn Haddow, who was very experienced so he was really teaching
me how to survive in the Arctic, and it was the morning of day 2 – we’d just taken down our tent and started skiing.
Penn was in front, navigating, and I was following his tracks (QU. 34), dragging my sledge. And I started getting a very
strange feeling that something was wrong and – I wasn’t sure to start with – it felt like I’d forgotten something
important. I couldn’t quite figure out what wasn’t right, and I stopped and turned around and looked behind me and
looked back along our tracks and saw a polar bear walking towards us (QU. 35).

Now, early in the spring, at the very start of the expedition – this was very early March 2001 – polar bears have been
hibernating through the winter so they’re hungry: they’ve just woken up, they’re looking for breakfast; and we’re
wearing black clothing – we probably look a bit like seals, which is what bears normally eat. Bears are also the largest
land-based carnivore in the world so they’re quite big, scary predators, and I turned around and shouted at Penn,
who was in front. Luckily, he heard me and our ‘bear drill’ swang into action.

Now, we’d practised what to do once in the carpark of a café just before we left the UK (QU. 36), and the theory is
that we had to stay where we were and try and convince the polar bear that we were bigger and scarier than it was.
As I’ve said, they’re big creatures: the heaviest adult male ever recorded was, I think, just over 1000 kilos, so a tonne.
They can move at nearly 50 kph if they want to. Now, our top speed, pulling sledges, was about 3 kph so we knew
there was no way we could outrun the bear, so we had to stay where we were, try and look big and scare it away.

Penn was in charge of the gun – we had a shotgun that we’d bought in Russia; that was his job; my job was to look
big and to take off my skis, hold the skis in the air, make lots of noise (QU. 37)… try and frighten away the bear. And
Penn loaded the gun with two cartridges – there were two barrels in the gun – closed the barrels, pulled the triggers
– there were two triggers, one for each barrel of the gun: ‘click’… ‘click’ and he said, “The gun’s jammed.” And I
looked at him; he reloaded the gun, two more cartridges, pulled the triggers: ‘click’… ‘click’ and he said, “The gun’s
still jammed”… And everything went into slow motion.

The bear is walking towards us, Penn is reloading the gun again with the fifth and sixth cartridge. We had 12
cartridges to last 8 weeks so Penn is now halfway through our supply of ammunition. He pulls the first trigger: ‘click’
and then he walks around his sledge towards the bear and I remember thinking, “Wow! Penn’s gone mad
completely. He’s going to get eaten, what do I do?” And I felt quite calm, I couldn’t quite think what to do. I thought,
“Maybe I could throw a ski at it or try and stab it with a ski-pole or something,” And then the bear stopped, Penn
stopped… Bang! The gun goes off in the air: big cloud of smoke (QU. 38) and I think it surprised Penn and me more
than it surprised the bear: the bear looked up, looked down, turned round and walked off. And Penn turned and
said, “Quick, get the camera, take a photograph…” and that was when suddenly I felt really scared and nervous (QU.
39)– I couldn’t even undo the zip on the sledge. That was the morning of the second day of this expedition. We went
out there for two months – 59 days – but we never saw another bear that close.

One of the surprising things I’ve seen, and one of the ways that the Arctic is changing, certainly in my experience, is
that there is less and less evidence of polar bears being there at all. In 2001 we saw many, many sets, dozens of sets,
of polar bear footprints, of tracks in the snow in that expedition, which lasted two months. Three years later I went
back to exactly the same point, I followed the same route, and I saw three or four sets, where 3 years before we’d
seen 30 or 40 sets. So there’s a lot less evidence of bears being around, which is tragic. (QU. 40)

III. WRITTEN EXPRESSION: You must complete Part I and Part II of this section.

Please do not write in this space

Part I Part II TOTAL

/10 /10 /20

Part I. Write 150-180 words in an appropriate style.  Count the words and indicate the number of words
you have written at the end of the composition e.g.: (165).

You have received this email from a friend. Write a reply.

Hi Cristine,
You’ll never believe it, but I’ve been offered a job! The only thing is it’s in Brazil! It would be great work
experience, but I’m a bit worried about moving there. You hear all kinds of things in the news and I wonder
if it would be safe and how easy it would be to communicate and things like that. Anyway, I have to decide
by next week. What do you think I should do?
If you have an evening free, maybe I could meet you somewhere and tell you more about it.
Sarah

In your email you must

 say if you think it is or isn’t a good idea for your friend to accept the job
 refer to the job, the way of life, safety and the language
 give some advice and suggest a meeting

Part II. Write 150-180 words in an appropriate style.  Count the words and indicate the number of words you have
written at the end of the composition, e.g. (165). 

You have had a class discussion about eating habits and your English teacher has asked you to write an essay
with the following title:

Young people today are addicted to junk food. Do you agree?

In your essay you must mention

 the kind of food young people eat
 how young people’s eating habits have changed
 why you think they are or aren’t addicted to junk food
 B2 Writing Evaluation Scale - with coding for corrector
Band 9-10 Very good attempt
91. Very good execution of the task**. All content points are covered and developed and content is entirely relevant.
92. Requires no effort by the reader and creates a very positive impression.
93. Consistent use of appropriate register and format.
94. Very well organised, with effective paragraphing, very good use of punctuation and a variety of cohesive devices.
95. Wide range of structures and vocabulary used appropriately and accurately within the task set.
96. Confident, ambitious use of language with good control.
97. Minimal number of errors, maybe due to ambition.
Band 7-8 Good attempt

71. Good execution of the task**. All the main content points are covered and content is relevant.
72. Requires very little effort by the reader and creates a positive impression.
73. Generally appropriate use of register and format.
74. Well organised, with appropriate paragraphing, good use of punctuation and appropriate use of cohesive devices.
75. More than adequate range of structures and vocabulary, mostly used appropriately and accurately within the task set.
76. Fairly ambitious and generally controlled use of language.
77. Some errors, mostly with more complex language.
Band 5-6 Adequate attempt

51. Satisfactory execution of the task**. All major content points are covered, with some minor omissions. Content is generally
relevant.
52. Requires some effort by the reader but desired effect is mostly achieved.
53. Attempt to use appropriate register and format, although not always successful.
54. Reasonably organised, with an attempt at appropriate paragraphing and adequate punctuation.
55. Use of linking words and cohesive devices but these may be limited or basic.
56. Adequate range of structures and vocabulary, used fairly appropriately and accurately within the task set.
57. Unambitious use of language or, if ambitious, flawed.
58. A number of non-impeding errors.
Band 3-4 Inadequate attempt

31. Poor execution of the task**. There may be significant irrelevances and/or omissions and some irrelevant content.
32. Requires considerable effort by the reader and desired effect is not achieved.
33. Unsuccessful or inconsistent attempt to use appropriate register and format.
34. Unsatisfactory attempt at organisation, maybe with poor paragraphing and/or punctuation and insufficient use of cohesive
devices.
35. Inadequate range of structures and vocabulary.
36. Limited/repetitive use of language with poor control.
37. There are numerous errors which sometimes impede understanding.
Band 1-2 Poor attempt

11. Unsatisfactory execution of the task**. There are serious irrelevances and/or omissions and the task may have been
misunderstood.
12. Requires excessive effort by the reader and creates a negative impression.
13. Little or no attempt to use appropriate register or format.
14. Very poorly organised, with little or no attempt at paragraphing or use of cohesive devices, with poor and/or 15. confusing
punctuation.
15. No evidence of range of structures and vocabulary.
16. Severely restricted use of language with lack of control.
17. There are numerous intrusive errors which impede understanding.
Band 0 Achieves nothing

Language impossible to understand, or totally irrelevant to the task**.

** It is essential that all content points be covered. Failure to do so will be strictly penalized.