CENTRO DE IDIOMAS - Institución Universitaria CEIPA

FINAL EXAM
Teacher: Level: N1
Centro de Idiomas
Student’s name: Date: Score:

1. Listen to the dialogue and circle the correct answer. You will hear the dialogue twice. (5 points)
a. Neil is _________ years old.
(1) twenty-nine (2) twenty-five (3) thirty-five

b. Neil lives _________ .

(1) with his friends (2) with his parents (3) alone

c. Neil works for _________ .

(1) a music company (2) his parents (3) a computer company

d. Emma’s dad doesn’t like _________ .

(1) computers (2) jazz (3) rock music

e. Emma’s dad _________ .

(1) likes Ferraris (2) has a blue Ferrari (3) doesn’t like Ferraris

2. Listen to the numbers and write them down. Each number will be repeated twice. (5 points)
a.__________________________________________
b.__________________________________________
c.___________________________________________
d.___________________________________________
e.___________________________________________

3. Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the present Simple. (5 points)
a. I don’t ________________ products from China. (to buy)
b. He _____________ to a distributor in Canada. (to sell)
c. Do they _____________in a factory in Singapore? (to work)
d. It’s an international business. It ___________ offices in five different countries. (to have)
e. My boss usually ___________ (to go) by plane.

4. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. (3 points)

a. computer chips./ company/ The/ makes
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b. engineers/ Are/ you/ Metro Systems?/ from
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c. get up?/ time/ What/ you/ do
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5. Choose a subject pronoun, object pronoun, or possessive adjective from the box to complete the text (4
points)

I me my he him his she her they them their

My brother’s name’s Jason. ______ lives in Washington D.C. with _______ girlfriend Tracy. I travel every
year with _____ mother to visit _________.

6. What do these people do? (3 points)

a. A teacher ____________________________________________________________________ __
b. An Accountant ________________________________________________________________
c. A waiter _________________________________________________________________________ __

7. Look at the Simpson family tree and fill in the gaps with the correct word (5 points)
a. Lisa is Maggie’s _____________________.
b. Ling is Marjorie’s ____________________.
c. Herbert is Bart and Lisa’s _________________.
d. Ling is Maggie’s ________________________.
e. Clancy is Bart’s _______________________.

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 8. Write a description of these people. Write 30-50 words (10 points)

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9. Read the following article and answer the questions

Lindsay Owen-Jones
Lindsay Owen-Jones is not a big man – about 1.65 meters tall – but he’s president of
L’Oréal, the world’s biggest cosmetics company, and he has a salary of €6.8 million. The
company is very international and has interests in 130 countries; 30% of its sales are to
the US.
L’Oréal is a French company and Owen-Jones is British (he comes from Liverpool). He
lives in Paris and speaks perfect French. In fact, his colleagues say he speaks four languages.
Owen-Jones is a graduate in modern languages from Oxford University and also has a business qualification
from Insead in Paris. His first job with L’Oréal was as a sales representative, selling shampoo. Now he’s CEO.
His employees think he’s an excellent manager. Two French business magazines made him “Best Manager of
the Year” in 1998.
Owen-Jones is now 57 years old. He has a wife and daughter. He likes rugby, football and driving racing cars.

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A. Mark each statement true or false If they are false give the correct answer (5 points).

Example:

L’Oréal is the world’s biggest computer company. False, it’s the world’s largest cosmetics
company

a. Lindsay lives in Liverpool ________________________________________________________

b. He has one child. _____________________________________________________________

c. His wife likes rugby and football. _________________________________________________

d. He’s very tall. ________________________________________________________________

e. He speaks perfect French. ______________________________________________________

Answer the questions in full sentences (5 points).

a. What does Lindsay Owen-Jones do?

______________________________________________________________________________
b. How many languages does he speak?
______________________________________________________________________________
c. How much money does he earn?
______________________________________________________________________________
d. How old is Owen-Jones?
______________________________________________________________________________
e. What does he like doing in his free time?
______________________________________________________________________________

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Listening: 10 points, Use of English: 20 points, Writing: 10 points, Reading: 10 points, Oral: 20 points, Total: 70

Oral: Sample Questions

a. Tell me about your routine.

b. Tell me about your family: are you married? Do you have children? How old are they?
c. What do you like doing in your free time?
d. Describe yourself, describe a family member.
e. Tell me about your job.
f. When is your birthday?

Grading Oral: Fluency 5 points, Accuracy of grammar and lexis 5 points, Use and range of lexis and grammar 5 points,
coherence (pronunciation, linkers etc – was it easy to understand?) up to 5 points

Reading, Listening and Use of English: 1 point for each correct answer

Grading Writing: Range of vocabulary 4 points, Accuracy of grammar 4 points, achieves word limit 1 point,
organization of text and coherence 1 point

Listening 1: New American Inside Out Elementary Test CD Review A [Track 10] Students hear the
recording twice.
[E = Emma; D = Dad]
E: Hi, Dad.
D: Oh, hello, Emma. How are you?
E: Good, very good. I have a new boyfriend.
D: Oh! What’s his name?
E: Neil.
D: Hmm. How old is he?
E: He’s twenty-five.
D: Where does Neil live?
E: Here, here in Boston.
D: Does he live with friends?
E: No, he lives at home with his parents.
D: Does he have a job?
E: Yes, he works for a computer company. He loves computers. Oh, and he really loves rock music. He sings in a band every weekend. He sings really
well, Dad.
D: Hmm. I don’t like rock music. I prefer jazz.
E: And he loves cars, Dad.
D: Oh. Does he have a car?
E: Yes. He drives a red car. It’s a Ferrari, I think.
D: A Ferrari? Mm. They’re great.

Listening 2: read the following numbers twice:

a. 9.72 b. 30th c. 81 d. 1963 e. 40%