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2nd Year Lettorato Exam September 9th 2010
Turismo
Section I
Choose a, b, c or d to fill in the blanks in the most appropriate way.
1. “Unfortunately, we never had any pets at home when I was a kid.” “ ……………….”
a) Neither have we b) Nor we c) Nor do we d) Neither did we
2. I’ll get the hairdresser ….. .. my hair tomorrow morning before the wedding.
a) to do b) doing c) do d) cut
3. I arrived at the cinema at 8.15 p.m., but the film ……………….. .
a)already started b) had already starting c) has already started d) had already started
4. “Nobody has phoned, ……..?”
a) has it b) hasn’t he c) has she d) have they
5. I ……………….. if you would like to come for dinner tomorrow evening.
a) ‘ll invite you b) would invite you c) invite you d)was wondering
6. Do you know where ……………?
a) is the nearest bus stop b) the nearest bus stop is c) can I find the bus stop d) is the bus stop
7. What a football game! I wish we ………. the game live!
a) saw b) would see c) could have seen d) have seen
8. What are you doing here? I thought you ……………….. on holiday!
a ) ’d gone b) ‘d been c) still were d) are
9. It ……………….. a lot more serious if the accident had happened at rush hour.
a) has been b) ) might have been c) could be d) must have been
10. In the past, children ….. leave school at fourteen years old.
a) can b) may c) were able d) could
Section II
In the following, choose the option which is correct and has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
11. The professor did not let the students leave the exam early.
a) The professor didn’t permit the students leave the exam early.
b) The professor didn’t allow the students to leave the exam early..
c) The students were not let to leave the exam early.
d) The students were not allowed leave the exam early.
12. Look at those storm clouds coming this way!
a) It is raining soon.
b) It rains soon.
c) It’ll be raining soon.
d) It will have been raining soon
13. Tom: “ Mum! Where have you been all day? I tried to call you 5 times. I was worried”
Mum: “I couldn’t hear the phone because ….”
a) I had been tidying up the garage.
b) the garage was being tidied by me.
c) I have been tidying up the garage.
d) I had tidied up the garage.
14. Jenny is finding the book she is reading boring.
a) She is bored from her book.
b) She is boring by her book.
c) She isn’t interesting in her book.
d) She is bored by her book..
15. Local people have noticed far more tourists in the city recently.
a) Numerous new tourists in the area are noticed by local people.
b) Lots more tourists have been seen in the city.
c) Many more of tourists were noticed in the city.
d) A lot more tourists are being seen in the city from local people.
16. ‘The crisis will finish before next summer’.
a) They thought the crisis would finish before the following summer.
b) They thought the crisis would have finished before the following summer.
c) They thought the crisis will finish before the next summer.
d) They were sure the crisis finished before the next summer.
17. What’s the use of complaining when nobody ever listens?
a) Why on earth did you write complaining?
b) I think there is really no point in complaining.
c) It’s hardly worth to complain.
d) Can you be bothered by complaining?
18. Let’s go when it stops raining.
a) When the rain will stop, we will go
b) If it stops to rain, we will go
c) When the rain will have stopped, let’s move from here.
d) Why don’t we make a move as soon as the rain has stopped.
19. Mike: “Why do you work so hard?”
a) Mike asked to us why do we always work so much.
b) Mike asked to us why are we always working so hard.
c) Mike asked us why we always worked so much.
d) Mike asked why we always are working so hard..
20. “ I’ll call the hotel if you don’t have time.”
a) I will call the hotel unless you don’t have time.
b) If you will be busy, I can call the hotel.
c) Let me call the hotel if you are busy.
d) I would call the hotel if you were busy.
21. You should take a dictionary because you might need to use it.
a) I don’t know if you’ll need a dictionary but it would be better to take one.
b) Take a dictionary if you need one.
c) In the case of needing a dictionary, take one.
d) Take a dictionary in case of needing one.
22. The cyclists will have to pass a series of rigorous drug tests.
a) A series of rigorous drug tests must be passed by the cyclists.
b) A series of rigorous drug tests will be being passed by cyclists.
c) The cyclists ought to pass a series of rigorous drug tests.
d) Cyclists will be passing a series of rigorous drug tests..
23. You need to concentrate in order to pass our exam.
a) Concentration is necessary for to pass the exam
b) If you don’t concentrate, you won’t pass the exam.
c) You won’t pass the exam unless you don’t concentrate.
d) Unless you concentrate, you’ll pass the exam.
24. It’d be better to ask someone professional to design your webpage.
a) You should have your webpage designed by a professional.
b) You’d better get a professional designing your webpage.
c) Your webpage must be designed by a professional.
d) You would better get a professional to design your website.
25. I’d sooner go to the cinema.
a) I should prefer going to the cinema.
b) I’d like going to the cinema.
c) I expect to go to the cinema soon.
d) I’d rather go to the cinema
Section III
From The Times
May 5, 2010
Italian police fine woman for wearing burqa in public by Richard Owen, Rome.
The growing European row over bans on Muslim veils …26… to Italy yesterday after a Tunisian-born woman was fined …27… a burqa, the first time such a penalty …28… in the country.
Amel Marmouri was stopped …29… in a spot check outside a post office in Novara in northern Italy and given a 500 euro (£431) fine, payable …30… 90 days. The fine was imposed under a city ordinance introduced in January in Novara banning …31… clothing which “prevents the immediate identification of the wearer …32… public buildings, schools and hospitals”. It marked the first time the regulation had been enforced; …33… similar local regulations have been passed at Treviso in the Veneto, Fermignano in the Marche and Montegrotto Terme near Padua.
Ben Salah Braim, the woman's husband and a building worker, said he …34… the regulation, but …35… to confine his wife at home …36… the Koran forbade other men to see her face. “Amel …37… by other men,” he told Corriere della Sera. “Our religion is explicit on this,” he said. “If this is the law in Italy, what can I do? I don't know how …38… the money to pay the 500 Euro fine.”
However, the head of the Islamic Community and Organisations Union in Italy, said it was a “matter of interpretation” …39… the Koran forbade women to show their faces in public. 'We are for the freedom of women and against veils of any kind,” he said, adding “Italian laws must be respected.”
Last Friday Belgium's lower house voted unanimously to prohibit women from wearing full face veils in public. If the bill …40… by the Belgian Senate it will become Europe's first national 'burqa ban'. The French Government of President Nicolas Sarkozy is also drafting a bill that would make it illegal to wear the burqa.
26. a) has spread b) spread c) was spread d) has spreading
27. a) having worn b) due to wearing c) for wearing d) despite wearing
28. a) was being imposed b) has been imposed c) imposed d) would be imposed
29. a) by carabinieri officers b) from carabinieri officers c) by carabinieri’s officers d) from carabinieri’s officers
30. a) by b) until c) within d) for
31. a) any b) a c) some d) her
32. a) into b) inside c) through d) over
33. a) despite b) then c) thus d) meanwhile
34. a) is respected b) respect c) would respect d) has been respecting
35. a) must b) would have c) would d) should have
36. a) while b) since c) owing to d) in case
37. a) mayn’t look b) can’t be looked c) may not be looked at d) must not look at
38. a) will I find b) I’m finding c) I’m going to find d) I would find
39. a) whether b) when c) about d) for if
40. a) passed b) pass c) is passed d) will be passed
Section IV
As the wishes and ……..41… of tourists and visitors change, tourist …. 42… have to change as well. In the last twenty or thirty years, there have been some significant …43…… .
…44… attractions like sandy …45… and mountains cannot change very much, but nevertheless there have been developments. In particular there is a growing concern to preserve the …46… and to make any buildings fit into the natural context. However, the greatest changes have been in …47… attractions like historic …48… and museums, which have become more interesting and …49… places to visit, while still maintaining their …50… of teaching visitors about the past . In many of them, the aim is not just to display the past, but to take visitors into the past in a(n) …51… way. Some have been converted into ‘…52… museums’ where actors in costumes meet the public and play the roles of characters from the past. In others, history is made vivid and exciting through the use of realistic …53… , sounds, and even smells, to conjure up a sense of the past.
…54… festivals by definition do not change very much, but there has been a …55… to increase the number of special events and festivals as cities realise that …56… a music festival or an arts event is a good way of attracting tourists.
Entertainment and …57… facilities are always having to change. In the developed world, simple …58… are no longer enough – it has to be a water …59… with chutes, splash zones and …60… machines. The tourist is always looking for new attractions, and the ‘attractions industry’ has to keep on changing.
41. a) interest b) tastes c) categories d) wantings
42. a) places b) locals c) holidays d) attractions
43. a) exchanges b) animatronics c) comforts d) developments
44. a) Nature b) Natural c) Green d) Touristic
45. a) bunkers b) sightseeing c) landscape d) beaches
46. a) nature b) environment c) configuration d) anecdote
47. a) on purpose b) unnatural c) man-made d) construction
48. a) venues b) camps c) sites d) facilities
49. a) funny b) leisure c) responsible d) entertaining
50. a) role b) action c) opportunity d) design
51. a) friendly b) interactive c) speedy d) diverse
52. a) life b) alive c) living d) lively
53. a) people b) waxworks c) sightings d) imagines
54. a) History b) Traditional c) Countryside d) Artistic
55. a) trend b) situation c) moving d) try
56. a) holding b) to transmit c) participating to d) to organise
57. a) event b) leisure c) free d) sportive
58. a) swimming pools b) swim ponds c) swim centres d) bathrooms
59. a) pool b) park c) well d) spa
60. a) heavy b) exotic c) marble d) wave
Turismo
Long Task:
You work for a Tourism organisation in Turin. Recently you have started organising all-inclusive tours around Piedmont, taking people to see the Turin shroud ( sindone), some of the Savoy castles and a wine tasting experience in Alba. You have received the following complaints:
· The shroud is only a copy and not the original
· Visitors spent a lot of time in buses and waiting for buses, and not enough time in the castles.
· On Mondays everything is closed
· There were not enough free glasses of wine at the wine tasting
· The weather is either too hot or too wet
Write a reply. Use formal letter layout. Invent any other information that you need.
Your address: PiedTourismo, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 165 / bis, 10100 Torino
The client: Mr Kevin Good, Italian Places, 16 Georgian Terraces, Bath.
Short task:
Write a short email ( no more than 40 words) to one of your guides, Gina. You want:
· her opinion of the Savoy castle trips she has worked on. Explain why you want to know.
· a reply by 15th September.
2 Key. September 2010
1. d
2. a
3. d
4. d
5. d
6 b
7 c
8 a
9 b
10 d
11 b
12 c
13 c
14 d
15 b
16 a
17 b
18 d
19 c
20 c
21 a
22 a
23 b
24 a
25 d
26 b
27 c
28 b
29 a
30 c
31 a
32 b
33 d
34 c
35 b
36 b
37 c
38 c
39 a
40 c
41 b
42 d
43 d
44 b
45 d
46 b
47 c
48 c
49 d
50 a
51 b
52 c
53 b
54 b
55 a
56 a
57 b
58 a
59 b
60 d
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