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Amina’s Story
When Amina Srio had to flee her home in Aleppo, Syria, she was devastated to depart from her much-loved English language centre, which she had run for many years. (0) ................. , she
gained qualifications to teach in Australia and has been giving back ever since.
‘(Q1) ................. , it is my life and I love it. When I’m in the classroom, I forget everything else.
(Q2) ................. in Melbourne, I was happy to be reunited with my sons, but leaving my life behind and starting anew at my age was daunting.
(Q3) ................. to teaching and use my skills here in Australia. I enrolled at university and I got my Graduate Diploma in Education. It was the best thing I could have done.
(Q4) ................. to other refugees has given me the chance to help others and contribute to Australian society. When my students see how much I love my job, they feel inspired to
study. (Q5) ................. : first, learn English. Second, study or look for a job. Finally, I tell them to become an active member of the community.
(Q6) ................. to education is an essential part of helping them to fully participate in Australian society. I meet so many skilled professionals in my class who have a lot to offer, eager to
contribute. (Q7) ................. in Melbourne, perhaps a language centre just like the one I had in Aleppo.’
Amina came to Australia under the humanitarian program. Many refugees and new migrants like Amina bring with them professional training, skills and experience, and want to give back.
(www.dss.gov.au)
Read the text about Amina, a Syrian refugee who lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Parts of the text have been removed.
Choose the correct part (A-J) for each gap (1-7).
There are two extra parts that you should not use.
The first one (0) has been done for you.
0. F. A!er arriving in Melbourne as a refugee
Q1.
Risposta Corretta: D. Teaching means everything to me
Tua Risposta:
Q2.
Risposta Corretta: H. When I arrived
Tua Risposta:
Q3.
Risposta Corretta: B. I desperately wanted to get back
Tua Risposta:
Q4.
Risposta Corretta: C. Volunteering as an English teacher
Tua Risposta:
Q5.
Risposta Corretta: J. My advice to them is always the same
Tua Risposta:
Q6.
Risposta Corretta: A. Giving refugees, like I once was, access
Tua Risposta:
Q7.
Risposta Corretta: G. Today I dream of starting a business
Tua Risposta:
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‘Plogging’ Craze Goes Global

The Swedish phenomenon of ‘plogging’, where joggers combine their run with picking up the trash they find in nature, is going global as both environment and fitness fanatics benefit from the new
trend.
Started in 2016 by Swede Erik Ahlstrom in the town of Åre, which hosted one of the Alpine skiing world championships, the craze is now spreading around the world.
‘The world record is actually in Mexico City, four thousand people have been plogging in one day, but I think it’s about 10 thousand people doing it regularly in India. In India, the biggest trend for
running, it’s plogging right now,’ Ahlstrom told Reuters at a plogging event in Stockholm.
‘In Swedish “plocka” is pick, and then jog of course. It’s a combination word, it’s two words put together – pick and jog,’ Ahlstrom explained as he handed out trash bags to over two dozen trail
runners who were joining him for the evening.
Ahlstrom sent the ploggers on their way with a stirring pep talk about the three million cigarette butts that are thrown away in Sweden every day and the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans.
‘Most of that plastic comes originally from the land, so when we run, let us run with purpose!’ he enthused before ringing a bell to send them on their way.
The ploggers quickly le# the pathway and disappeared into the bushes and trees to spend their evening collecting plastic and paper that they would later dispose of in a trash can near their
starting point.
Ahlstrom said he is delighted by the interest now being shown around the world, but he’s not surprised.
‘It’s so easy, and plogging burns more calories than normal running – you have to bend and squat, it’s good for the legs and you get a better body,’ he explains.
The Swedes are well-known for their love of nature and their environmental conscience, with teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg gaining world-wide fame a#er her school strike outside
government buildings in Stockholm created a global movement.
(Adapted from www.reuters.com)
Read the article about a new fitness trend called ‘plogging’, then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 1-7.
Only one answer is correct.
Q1. Where was plogging practised for the first time?

Risposta Corretta:
In Åre.
Tua Risposta:
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Q2. Which population has most people plogging on a regular basis, according to Ahlstrom?
Risposta Corretta:
The Indians.
Tua Risposta:
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Q3. What’s the meaning of the word ‘plogging’?
Risposta Corretta:
Picking up rubbish while jogging.
Tua Risposta:
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Q4. How many people took part in the plogging event in Stockholm?
Risposta Corretta:
More than twenty-four people.
Tua Risposta:
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Q5. What did ploggers have to collect while running?
Risposta Corretta:
Paper and plastic.
Tua Risposta:
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Q6. What physical benefits can you derive from plogging?
Risposta Corretta:
It shapes your body and it’s good for your legs.
Tua Risposta:
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Q7. What are the Swedes famous for?
Risposta Corretta:
Their love and respect for the environment.
Tua Risposta:
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It’s Your Neighbourhood

It’s Your Neighbourhood is designed to attract volunteer-led community groups which are cleaning and beautifying their neighbourhoods, whether through community allotments, a#er-school
wildlife clubs, school eco-groups, friends of park groups, or adopting pieces of derelict land.
A Uppertunity – The Circle

Uppertunity provides a personal development programme and inclusive social opportunities for adults with additional support needs. The facility has several areas, from gardens to courtyards,
which attract various activities such as yoga and meditation classes.
B Friends of St Katharine’s Park

The group’s aim is to maintain and improve the green space known as St Katharine’s Park by working closely with the City of Edinburgh Council parks team. The group improves the appearance of
the park with regular litter picks and park maintenance duties that include flower planting, tree planting, maintaining paths, installing park benches and other park facilities.
C Friends of Calton and Hillside Area

A diverse team of local volunteers work together to help restore and develop the gardens to appeal to people of all ages and abilities – local residents, walkers, joggers, visitors and tourists. The
group has been working with the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and the City of Edinburgh Council to improve and maintain these historic gardens.
D Friends of Hazlehead
This organisation provides a voice for the local community in the regeneration and improvement of Hazlehead Park. The group is looking at improved provision of the park’s toilet areas and
continues to develop this with the council. An intergenerational play park is being considered to include dementia and autism friendly areas, outdoor table tennis, a skate park and adult exercise
machines.
E Middleton Park School

The children regularly undertake litter picks in the area and sort and recycle the waste they collect. They grow a variety of vegetables in the garden which are used in the school kitchen, giving the
children a good understanding of where their food comes from. A bug hotel has been introduced where various insects have been seen visiting!
F Kingsway Community Garden

This well-established group adopted an old football field which is surrounded by multi-storey flats. It has created a colourful garden which undoubtedly improves the look and feel of the area.
G Shore Sweepers
As the name suggests, Shore Sweepers is a group of volunteers which undertakes beach cleans along a ten-mile stretch of the Cowal Peninsula. Recently it has expanded and is now clearing and
planting in neglected areas. The way that Shore Sweepers has embraced the whole community and inspired new people is to be commended.
H Toward Sailing Club (SCIO)

This club is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) situated in an area of outstanding beauty on the Cowal Peninsula. With 60 people participating in 2018 in its annual beach clean,
the club succeeded in cleaning a large area of the beach.
I Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden

Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden, from North Edinburgh, campaign to safeguard and restore a derelict late-medieval walled garden. Despite limited resources, the group has made
significant progress in areas of the garden that are not out of bounds due to an unstable wall.
J Muchty in Bloom
A small, hardworking group which tends 40 planters and one small plot, plus several areas of verge planting. In 2018, most of the group’s plantings were red, white and blue to commemorate the
100th anniversary of the end of WW1. Two of the larger planters had yellow begonias to mark the Glow Gold campaign for Child Cancer Awareness.
(Adapted from www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org)
Read the texts about some community groups taking part in a campaign to improve their neighbourhood, then choose the correct text (A-J) for questions 1-7.
Choose each text only once.
There are two extra texts that you should not use.
Which community group…
0. planted colourful flower edges to commemorate the end of the First World War? J
Q1. is going to create an area devoted to skating and people with dementia?
Risposta Corretta: D
Tua Risposta:
Q2. is raising money to restore a historic garden surrounded by a decaying wall?

Risposta Corretta: I
Tua Risposta:
Q3. collaborates with the City Council to clean paths and install benches in a park?
Risposta Corretta: B
Tua Risposta:
Q4. transformed a football pitch into a multicoloured garden?

Risposta Corretta: F
Tua Risposta:
Q5. takes care of gardens and yards where people can do yoga and meditation?
Risposta Corretta: A
Tua Risposta:
Q6. launched a successful beach clean initiative which involved sixty people?
Risposta Corretta: H
Tua Risposta:
Q7. involves children in litter picks and has introduced a hotel for insects?
Risposta Corretta: E
Tua Risposta:
Domanda 10
Inscription Reveals Final Years of Life in Pompeii

In the decades before the city of Pompeii was buried in ash by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, everyday life was filled with parties and struggles.
That’s according to a recently deciphered inscription found on the wall of a Pompeii tomb that was discovered there in 2017.
The inscription describes a massive coming-of-age party for a wealthy young man, who reaches the age of an adult citizen. According to the inscription, he threw a massive party that included a
banquet serving 6,840 people and a show in which 416 gladiators fought over several days.
The inscription also tells of harder times, including a famine that lasted four years and another gladiator show that ended in a public riot, Massimo Osanna, the director general of the
Archaeological Park of Pompeii, wrote in a paper published in the 2018 issue of the Journal of Roman Archaeology, which is published once a year.
Osanna deciphered the inscription and discussed some of the findings the inscription reveals, including new information that may allow researchers to determine how many people inhabited
Pompeii.
Coming-of-age party
The inscription says that, when the wealthy man was old enough to wear the “toga virilis” (a toga worn by an adult male citizen), he threw a massive banquet and gladiator show. The banquet was
served “on 456 three-sided couches so that upon each couch 15 persons reclined,” the inscription reads, as translated by Osanna.
This information could help researchers determine how many people lived in Pompeii in the decades before it was destroyed, Osanna wrote. The inscription claims that 6,840 people attended the
banquet. Because a banquet like that would likely be served only to adult males with political rights, and those men probably made up about 27% to 30% of Pompeii’s population, Osanna
estimates Pompeii’s total population to have been about 30,000 people.
The gladiator show held by the wealthy man was “of such grandiosity and magnificence as to be able to be compared with [that of] any of the most noble colonies founded by Rome, since 416
gladiators participated,” the inscription says. A show of this size would have taken several days, if not a week, Osanna wrote, noting that if each gladiator fought one-on-one, there would have been
213 separate fights.
Famine and riots

The inscription also mentions a famine, during which the wealthy man helped his fellow Pompeii citizens by selling wheat at discounted prices and organizing the distribution of free loaves of
bread. A famous mosaic from Pompeii shows three people, including a child, at a stall waiting to get bread, Osanna said, and it’s possible that the mosaic shows the event mentioned in the
inscription.
(Abridged from www.livescience.com)
Read the article about a recent archaeological discovery in Pompeii, then match the beginnings of the sentences (1-7) with the sentence endings (A-J).
There are two sentence endings that you should not use.
0. A burial inscription reveals that many parties and battles were E
Q1. The inscription represents the party organised to

Risposta Corretta: G ; G. ; g ; g.
Tua Risposta:
Q2. It also describes the period of shortage of food supply which

Risposta Corretta: J ; J. ; j ; j.
Tua Risposta:
Q3. The inscription contains new information which proved to be useful to

Risposta Corretta: A ; A. ; a ; a.
Tua Risposta:
Q4. During the party, meals were served to

Risposta Corretta: I ; I. ; i ; i.
Tua Risposta:
Q5. The 6,840 men with political rights attending the party are believed to
Risposta Corretta: D ; D. ; d ; d.
Tua Risposta:
Q6. The party also included a show which

Risposta Corretta: H ; H. ; h ; h.
Tua Risposta:
Q7. The same famine event mentioned in the inscription is supposed to appear on a mosaic portraying
Risposta Corretta: B ; B. ; b ; b.
Tua Risposta:
A. establish the number of people living in Pompeii at the time.
B. people beside a stand where bread is being delivered.
C. celebrate a massive and healthy young gladiator.
D. correspond to over one fourth of the town inhabitants.
E. held in Pompeii before the 79 AD eruption.
F. involved 213 gladiators fighting one-on-one.
G. celebrate a well-to-do young man entering adulthood.
H. probably lasted for almost a week.
I. people lying on sofas with three sides each.
J. struck Pompeii for a period of four years.
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Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Visions of a utopic society, where robots do all the work while humans enjoy all the leisure, have largely come and gone. Developments in genetics, artificial intelligence and robotics mean that
robots could instead destroy livelihoods across vast swathes of the population, with recent research suggesting that about 45% of the activities people are paid to do could be automated over the
next few decades.
However, new data suggests that Aussies are cautiously optimistic about the impact of robots on society. Overall, nearly two-thirds of Australians believe that robots will make our lives easier and
three-quarters agree that robots can do things humans don’t want to do.
Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

Most Aussies are happy to welcome robots into their lives, with less than one in seven saying they would not want a robot.
Out of a list of twelve possible functions, the most popular use for a robot is to help with cleaning the house, which seven in ten would want. Other popular choices include security (chosen by 55%
of respondents) and gardening (selected by 43%).
Women and men appear to be in broad agreement about the use of robots for household chores such as cleaning the house, gardening and carrying things. However, they are more divided about
the use of robots for more socially-oriented tasks. Nearly twice as many men would want a robot to assist with care for the elderly (27% of men do, whereas just 15% of women do). Similarly,
around a quarter of men would want a robot for companionship, while less than a fi#h of women would want the same.
One in ten believe a robot would do their job better than them
Despite being able to see the benefits that robots could bring, Aussies also recognise the threat they pose to people’s employment prospects. Three-quarters of Australians agree that robots will
take jobs away from many of them. However, many do not currently feel personally threatened by robots in the workplace, with only one in ten believing that a robot would be better than them at
their job.
Younger generations are less certain of their place at work. While 37% of those aged 18-29 think that a robot would not be better than them at their job, nearly six in ten of those over 45 do. Those
under 45 are also more likely to think that a robot could do their job at least as well as them. Almost half of 18-29 year olds believe a robot could do their job either the same as or better than them.
This is true for 47% of 30-44 year olds but just 21% of over 45s.
With robots set to shake up our economy there is certainly a challenge ahead. Nearly eight in ten Aussies agree that robots should be regulated carefully, suggesting that regulators will have to
forge a new and difficult path that seeks to maximise the benefits of new technology without reducing citizens’ opportunities and/or income.
(Abridged from www.yougov.com)
Read the text about how robots might replace people in their everyday activities.
Decide whether the statements (1-7) are true (T) or false (F), then write the first 4 words of the sentence which supports your decision in the spaces provided.
0. Recent research suggests that almost half of the jobs might be taken over by robots in the future.
T Developments in genetics, artificial
Q1. Most Australians agree that robots won’t be able to make our lives easier.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: Overall, nearly two-thirds of ; Overall, nearly two-thirds ; OVERALL, NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF ; OVERALL, NEARLY TWO-THIRDS ; overall, nearly two-thirds ; overall, nearly two-
thirds of
Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q2. Housecleaning is the least favourite option for the use of a robot at home.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: OUT OF A LIST ; out of a list ; Out of a list

Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q3. Men and women agree about the possibility that robots might help them with the housework.
Risposta Corretta: T
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: WOMEN AND MEN APPEAR ; women and men appear ; Women and men appear
Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q4. Men and women equally think that robots might help them take care of older family members.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: NEARLY TWICE AS MANY ; HOWEVER, THEY ARE MORE ; Nearly twice as many ; However, they are more ; nearly twice as many ; however, they are more
Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q5. Around 25% of men would like to have a robot so that they can enjoy their company.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: SIMILARLY, AROUND A QUARTER ; Similarly, around a quarter ; similarly, around a quarter
Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q6. Most people aged 18-44 think robots might be much better than them at work.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: ALMOST HALF OF 18-29 ; THIS IS TRUE FOR ; ALMOST HALF OF 18 ; Almost half of 18-29 ; This is true for ; Almost half of 18 ; almost half of 18-29 ; this is true for ; almost half of 18
Tua Risposta:
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next few decades.

their job.
Q7. Robots should be regulated in order to take advantage of the benefits and reduce the risks related to their use.
Tua Risposta:
Risposta Corretta: NEARLY EIGHT IN TEN ; NEARLY 8 IN 10 ; Nearly eight in ten ; Nearly 8 in 10 ; nearly eight in ten ; nearly 8 in 10
Tua Risposta:
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Report della prova

0. F. A!er arriving in Melbourne as a refugee

‘Plogging’ Craze Goes Global

(Adapted from www.reuters.com)

Q1. Where was plogging practised for the first time?

Q3. What’s the meaning of the word ‘plogging’?

Q5. What did ploggers have to collect while running?

Q6. What physical benefits can you derive from plogging?

Q7. What are the Swedes famous for?

It’s Your Neighbourhood

A Uppertunity – The Circle

B Friends of St Katharine’s Park

C Friends of Calton and Hillside Area

E Middleton Park School

F Kingsway Community Garden

H Toward Sailing Club (SCIO)

I Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden

(Adapted from www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org)

Which community group…

Q2. is raising money to restore a historic garden surrounded by a decaying wall?

Q4. transformed a football pitch into a multicoloured garden?

Inscription Reveals Final Years of Life in Pompeii

Famine and riots

(Abridged from www.livescience.com)

0. A burial inscription reveals that many parties and battles were E

Q1. The inscription represents the party organised to

Q2. It also describes the period of shortage of food supply which

Q3. The inscription contains new information which proved to be useful to

Q4. During the party, meals were served to

Q6. The party also included a show which

A. establish the number of people living in Pompeii at the time.

B. people beside a stand where bread is being delivered.

C. celebrate a massive and healthy young gladiator.

D. correspond to over one fourth of the town inhabitants.

E. held in Pompeii before the 79 AD eruption.

F. involved 213 gladiators fighting one-on-one.

G. celebrate a well-to-do young man entering adulthood.

H. probably lasted for almost a week.

I. people lying on sofas with three sides each.

J. struck Pompeii for a period of four years.

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Risposta Corretta: OUT OF A LIST ; out of a list ; Out of a list

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)

Robots Will Take Jobs Away

Seven in ten would like a robot to do their cleaning

(Abridged from www.yougov.com)