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__** Exam Practice -May 2012 **__


 * 1) Read the article carefully and do the task below: **


 * Tamara Adams BY KATHERINE PARKER – June 2010 **

Tamara Adams is fifteen years old. She normally catches the bus to school at 8.30. She meets her best friend, Billy, at the bus stop. Like all the other students at Westin High School in Manchester, Tamara likes studying, playing volleyball and tennis, and doing well in exams. When she comes home in the evening, she does her homework and watches TV. But this week Tamara isn’t going to school. She isn’t living at home. She’s staying at an expensive London hotel. And she definitely isn’t doing her Maths test. She’s writing a novel for a popular writers’ company in London. Six months ago Tamara won a competition in Teens Write magazine. The prize was to write and publish a novel and become a famous writer. So now it’s 11 o’clock on Wednesday morning. At this time Tamara usually walks across the school playground to her next lesson. Nobody looks at her: she’s just another girl with her friends. But this week things are different. She isn’t walking across the playground. She’s walking along the long corridor in the London writing company and talking to important people who are publishing her book in some weeks. Tamara’s father, Martin, is here, too, accompanying his daughter. Tamara’s mother is in Manchester because she is a doctor and had many patients. At the moment Martin is sitting with Zoe Carson from the Teen Writers’ Agency: ‘I think Tamara has a great future as a writer. Today writers are like film stars. They have to work hard but they can earn millions.’ What does Tamara think? ‘Well, I’m enjoying this week. I’m meeting lots of new people and celebrity writers. I have my mid-term exams in July and I’m studying hard for them, but after that, well, I want to be a famous writer: that’s my dream’ Martin, her father, is a bit worried: ‘Tamara’s only fifteen, and yesterday the Writers’ Agency offered her a contract for $50,000 a year. That’s a lot of money. But things can change so quickly. This year you’re number one and next year nobody remembers you. But nobody can take your education away from you.’

1. What does Tamara usually do during her day?
 * a) Answer these questions: **

2. Is Tamara enjoying her new life?

3. What is Tamara doing this week?

4. Does Tamara like studying?

5. Is Tamara doing her test at the moment?

Tamara is staying at home this week _____ __ After finishing school, Tamara hopes to go to University ___  Tamara is worried about her new life _____
 * b) Write True (T) or False (F) **

__** c) Alejandra interviews Tamara. Complete the conversation **__ __Alejandra: Hi, Tamara! Tell me: _____ you?__ __ Tamara: I’m 15. __ __ A: Oh, you’re very young! Where __ from? T: I am from London. A: And where _now?  T: Now I live in Manchester.  A: And ___at the weekend?__ __ T: I like watching TV, playing volleyball and tennis and going out with my friends. __ __ A: And _____ this week?__ __ T: This week, I am staying at an expensive hotel! :D __ __ A: And what ___ now? T: Now I’m finishing the last chapter of my novel. A: Great! And any brothers or sisters? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">T: No, I don’t have brothers or sisters because I’m an only child. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: And you happy now about writing your own book? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">T: Of course! I want to be famous! :)


 * B) Tamara’s mother wrote her a letter from her home in Manchester. Complete it withputting the verbs in brackets in the correct form: **

Dear Tammy, I 1-(be) very happy about your new life. You 2-(be) very intelligent and I’m sure you are going to be famous. Now I 3-(work) __a lot but I 4-(miss)__ you so much. I like 5-(watch) photos and videos of you when you were a baby… I 6-(go) __to bed some minutes because I 7-_____(be) very tired. By the way, your hamster Mickey is OK and he 8-(eat)___ at the moment. He misses you, too! I hope you are fine. Take care of your dad! And write soon. Love, Mom.

> Write about a celebration you like. Include what you do during this celebration, what happens, the activities you can do, what you eat (the food and drinks), what the guests wear, etc. Also say why you like this celebration.
 * C) Writing **
 * Choose one of the following topics and develop it in about 10 lines (approximately): **

> Write an e-mail to your friend telling them what you do every day (your routine), your favourite activities (your hobbies, what you like), your hopes and dreams, your talents, and what you are doing at the moment (now!).

> Write a blog entry about your daily life. Include: - who you are with - where you are - what is happening - what you’re doling - how you feel