Top Marks 1 - Spanish - Extra Exam Practice Answers

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 1

11F – the owner fills it up by putting real paper money into one of the special automatic machines around the country / a credit card can be used to fill up the e-cash on the Internet.

2.T – The Japanese don’t like owing money, and consider credit cards to be a kind of debt.

3.F – Thousands of small businesses want to buy the hardware that is needed to scan electronic cards and phone chips at checkouts.

21.c2.a3.a

31.scans the cost of the item into your e-cash card
or chip

2.small enough to be used for small purchases

3.put real paper money into a special automatic machine or use a credit card on the Internet

41.Because paying with e-cash is more convenient than carrying around a lot of coins for small purchases.

2.The demand for e-cash hardware is providing employment for many people in the electronics industry.

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 2

11.many shoppers are attracted to a product by its packaging as much as by what’s inside it

2.people see packaging on supermarket shelves, not in museums

3.governments banned all non-biodegradable packaging or limited the amount of packaging allowed to be used

21.b4.c

2.e5.a

3.d

3problem is created by getting rid of all this material

41.F – In fact for many shoppers, a product’s appeal is as much about the packaging as it is about what is inside.

2.F – There are 10,000 exhibits including bottles, tins, jars, boxes and cartons dating from the early 19th century until today.

3.T – Sometimes the appeal is in the fact that it is hygienic or convenient.

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 3

11.b2.c

21.F – They are supervised by bosses and have to complete fixed amounts of work.

2.F – As players reach the higher levels of a game, they get rewards for their successes and are paid in virtual gold coins.

31.hired4.put it

2.cheap5.trade

3.round

4adverts from people who are willing to buy and sell virtual money for real money

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 4

11.fighting different types of fires under the same conditions as they will fight after completing their training

2.smell and hearing

21.c2.a3.c

31.T – Nothing can take the place of hands-on experience, and the FireServiceCollege makes sure they get plenty of it.

2.T – ... college grounds, which are filled with wrecks of replicas that include ships, helicopters, passenger jets, an office building and a train ... the trainee fire-fighters have to experience fighting fires in all of these situations.

3.F – they learn to work with specially trained dogs
as part of their team.

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 5

11.c2.b3.b

21.b2.c

31.They are based only on the musicians’ artistic and technical qualities and not on public opinion or sales figures.

2.Some people claim that too many of the awards go only to well-established artists or to artists being promoted by the recording industry.

4was made / taken by the Grammy committee to establish a Grammy Foundation

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

EXTRA EXAM PRACTICE 6

11.b2.a

21.F – ... provide consumers with information about companies that care about the environment
and trade fairly.

2.T – A large number of British supermarkets now stock … as a result of consumer demands.

3.F – Major companies in Britain can lose about €3.8 billion a year because of boycotts.

3If a farmer receives a fair price for his produce, he can buy equipment to improve his farming methods, increase his profits and give his children an education.

41.harm3.violating

2.provide4.impact

5Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.