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Aptis Practice Materials

Speaking

Mock Test

Level: A1 – C

Mock Speaking Test – 12 minutes maximum

Outline The speaking test consists of 4 different parts. The candidate’s responses are recorded. A maximum of 5 marks are available for each task. The test takes about 12 minutes.

Examiner reads everything from here onwards. The candidate speaks after the BEEP.

Part 1: Welcome to the Aptis speaking test. In this part I’m going to ask you three short questions about yourself and your interest. You will have 30 seconds to reply to each question. Begin speaking when you hear this sound (BEEP)

• Please tell me about your first school. (BEEP)
• Tell me about the last time you visited an old friend (BEEP)
• Tell me about your favourite singer. (BEEP)

Part 2: In this part I am going to ask you to describe a picture. Then I will ask you two more questions about it. You’ll have 45 seconds for each response. Begin speaking when your hear this sound (BEEP)

Can you describe this picture in detail for me (BEEP) (45 seconds)

• Tell me about a time when you laughed a lot. (BEEP )
• Do people from different countries laugh at the same things? (BEEP)

Part 4: In this part, I am going to show you a picture and ask you 3 questions. You will have one

minute to think about your answers before you start speaking. You will have two minutes to answer all three questions. Begin speaking when you hear this sound (BEEP)

Look at the photograph. (10 seconds to look)

• Tell me about a time when you got lost.
• How did you feel?
• What do people usually do when they get lost?

You will have one minute to think about your answers, you may make notes if you wish…

You now have 2 minutes to answer all 3 questions. (BEEP)

That’s the end of the speaking test, thank you.

Aptis Practice Materials

Reading

Mock Test

Level: B1 to C

Task 2

Order the sentences (B-G) below to make a story. Write your answers on the answer paper (Questions 6-11).

The first sentence of the story (A) is given for you on the answer paper as an example.

A Harland Sanders was born in the USA in 1890, but his childhood wasn’t a happy one. B That was when he first learned to cook. C Over the next nine years Harland developed his secret chicken recipe that made him famous. D Sanders continued to work for KFC as a public spokesman and visited restaurants all over the world until he died in 1980, aged 90. E His father died when he was four and his mother had to find a job to support the family, so Harland stayed at home to look after his younger brother and sister. F In the 1950s he decided to close down his restaurant and sold the secret recipe to other businesses one of which became Kentucky Fried Chicken. G He left home when he was twelve and he had a number of different jobs, including being a service station manager in Corbin, Kentucky, where he cooked for hungry travellers.

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(text adapted from http://www.ronford.net/ui/kfc3/townsquare/colonel/colhistory1.htm)

Task 3

Read the text and match each space (12-18) with one word from the box below. Write the

letters (A-K) on the Answer Sheet. The answer to question 00 is given on your answer paper as

an example (L). You will not need to find five of the words.

A Hong Kong hotel has sold individual 00 to be used as homes. It's one of the ways 12 are trying to cope with soaring housing prices, which are among the highest in the world. The hotel suites are cheaper than apartments in Hong Kong. Hundreds of people 13 up for hours to buy a unit at the Apex Horizon Hotel this week. It's not clear whether investors can legally live in the suites but buyers are still eager. The hotel was able to sell all 360 of its suites in two days - a sign there is a 14 for affordable housing. Hong Kong's low 15 rate has attracted hordes of mainland Chinese investors. It pushed home prices to record highs last year. Flats 16 an average of US$14,000 per square metre in central locations. Many residents feel they can no longer 17 to buy apartments. Hong Kong people cope by renting makeshift homes on rooftops, while others move into so- called cage homes - hutches made from wire-mesh, stacked on top of each other in a tiny room. The government's efforts to cool down 18 prices have not worked. So Hong Kong residents have to be creative in finding space to live.

(text adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/02/130225_witn_hotel_home.shtml)

Your answers:

00 = L

A queued 12 =

B interest 13 =

C afford 14 =

D spend 15 =

E residents 16 =

F investors 17 =

G property 18 =

H save

I lined

J cost

K demand

L rooms

2. The introduction of tomatoes to Italian cuisine in the 18th and early 19th centuries finally gave us the true modern Italian pizza. Even though tomatoes reached Italy by the 1530s it was widely thought that they were poisonous and were grown only for decoration. However, the innovative (and probably starving) peasants of Naples started using the supposedly deadly fruit in many of their foods, including their early pizzas. Since that fateful day when peasants first used tomatoes, the world of Italian cuisine would never be the same, however, it took some time for the rest of society to accept this crude peasant food. Once members of the local aristocracy tried pizza they couldn't get enough of it, which by this time was being sold on the streets of Naples for every meal.
3. As pizza popularity increased, street vendors gave way to actual shops where people could order a custom pizza with many different toppings. By 1830 the "Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba" of Naples had become the first true pizzeria and this venerable institution is still producing masterpieces. The popular pizza Margherita owes its name to Italy's Queen Margherita who in 1889 visited the Pizzeria Brandi in Naples. The Pizzaioli (pizza maker) on duty that day, created a pizza for the Queen that contained the three colours of the new Italian flag. The red of tomato, white of the mozzarella and fresh green basil was a hit with the Queen and the rest of the world. Neapolitan style pizza had now spread throughout Italy.
4. The Pizza Margherita may have set the standard, but there are numerous popular varieties of pizza made in Italy today. Pizza from a pizzeria is the recognized round shape, made to order and always cooked in a wool fired oven. Regional Italian varieties are always worth trying such as Pizza Marinara, a traditional Neapolitan from the south of Italy is a pizza that has oregano, anchovies and lots of garlic. Pizza Napoli: tomato mozzarella and anchovies. Capricciosa: a topping of mushrooms, prosciutto, artichoke hearts, olives and a boiled egg. Pizza Pugliese makes use of the local capers and olives of the area while Pizza Veronese from the north of Italy has mushrooms and tender Prosciutto crudo. Pizzas from the Italian island of Sicily can have numerous toppings ranging from green olives, seafood, hard-boiled eggs and peas.
5. One thing to keep in mind when ordering pizza in an Italian pizzeria is that the product is personal size. Each person at a table should order their own individual pizza - one bite will explain why. In certain areas outside Italy, there are a few Piazzioli who keep to their homeland traditions as best they can with the ingredients they have, but it really isn't the same. In the end there is no going back once you try a real Italian pizza, no delivery or frozen product will ever stimulate your taste buds the way a real Italian pizza will!

Adapted from the article of Justin Demetri, lifeinitaly.com, TELC Angol Vizsgafeladatok)

Aptis Practice Materials

Reading

Mock Test

Task 2

Order the sentences (B-G) below to make a story. Write your answers on the answer sheet. (Questions 6-11).

The first sentence of the story (A) is given for you on the answer paper as an example.

A Muhammad Yunus was born on 28th June 1940 in a small village in India, the third of fourteen children, but 5 of those died. B Yunus continued giving out 'micro-loans' or small amounts of money, and in 1983 formed the Grameen Bank, meaning 'village bank’, to help poorer people, particularly women, to start their businesses and not pay more much for borrowing the money. C After this realization he decided to help, and he lent about 17 dollars to 42 village workers and so he began his great work. D That was when he realized that there must be something very wrong with the economics that he had been teaching at the university. E When he was young his father told all of his sons to go to university and his mother always helped the poor who came to her door. F The bank and its ideas spread all over the world, and Yunus and the Grameen bank jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for their efforts to create economic and social development from a grassroots level. G As a professor at Chittagong University, he took his students to a village, where he found a woman who had borrowed money to make a stool, and then, when she gave the money back, she only had one penny left for her and her family.

Text adapted from: http://www.grameeninfo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=329&Itemid= 3

1. A

Task 3 Read the text and complete each gap with a word from the list at the bottom of the page.

Match each space (12-18) with one word from the box below. Write the letters (A-J) on the

answer paper. The answer to question 00 is given on your answer paper as an example (K).

You will not need three of the words.

In the week of the 60th anniversary of the 00___________ time that a New Zealander and a Nepali man 12 _________reached the top of Mt Everest, the world's 13_______________ mountain was climbed by 80-year-old Yuichiro Miura of Japan. Science has made this 14___________ easier. The death rate has dropped significantly in the last 20 years 15_________________to an increased understanding of how to safely climb Everest. Weather forecasting is more16 ___________and draws on satellite data to let climbers know correctly and exactly when there is due to be a period of good weather for climbing to the top. 17__________________ and clothing are much better designed from new materials and this allows the climbers to carry lighter oxygen tanks and use stronger and safer ropes and boots. 18____________________ has improved. In 1953 they used radios to talk to each other. They now use satellites and mobile phone systems. However, not everyone can climb Everest.

Text adapted from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/

Your answers:

00) first

A because 12)

B much 13)

C have 14)

D communication 15)

E accurate 16)

F ever 17)

G highest 18)

H due

I expensive

J equipment

K first

3. Of particular importance to the children is the conviction that it is most often developing countries that are hit hardest by the consequences of climate change. The children are convinced that a solution for climate justice can only be reached through the implementation of a binding global treaty. Plant-for-the-Planet children have been campaigning tirelessly and the children are also taking action themselves by planting trees. This is viewed both as a practical act, as each tree removes harmful CO2 from the atmosphere, and as a pivotal symbolic action for climate justice.
4. On May 4th 2010, 45 children from Plant-for-the-Planet, together with Environmental Ministers from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Canada, Turkey and Mexico planted the one millionth tree in Germany. This planting initiative was held under the programme heading “Stop Talking. Start Planting”, and took place alongside the so-called “Petersburg Climate Dialogue” being held in Bonn. This was also the location where preparations were being made for the climate summit in Cancun. Together with delegates and important participants in the World Climate Change Conference COP 16 in Cancun, December 2010, the children planted another 193 trees. Through this action the children were able to demonstrate to the participating representatives just how important it is that they adopt a global contract for climate justice.
5. If the children were the government leaders, and had to face the big decisions at the next climate summit, they would already have a clear plan of action for the future. On 1st July 2010, the children handed over their “3-Point-Plan” to 133 embassies in Berlin. They also put forward their challenge to the government leaders to reveal their plans and proposed solutions for the climate crisis and subsequently the procurement of a safe future. Their plan:

1. Carbon to be shipped to the Museum: Zero emissions by 2050.
2. Climate Justice: If you want more carbon you have to pay for it.
3. Planting Trees: If 500 Million trees were planted every year, this would mean an additional 5 million tonnes of CO2 could be removed from the atmosphere.

6. The world-wide slogan for Plant-for-the-Planet is “Stop Talking. Start Planting”. The children are adamant in their belief that talking alone does not achieve results and that now is the time for action. This slogan has been adapted into an eye-catching promotion where the children stand along side high profile community members, holding their hand over the respective community member’s mouth and face. A number of prominent community members, such as Prince Albert II of Monaco, Gisele Bundchen and Muhammad Yunus, have already participated.
7. Plant-for-the Planet is set up as a worldwide network. The individual clubs are represented by a world-wide board of directors. Children everywhere are able to cast their votes through the internet. The Foundation helps to fund the activities of children worldwide and the board, with an average age of 12, is probably one of the youngest foundation boards in the world. The tenure of a board member is one year and re-election is not allowed. Adults help the children with advice and practical support. Adapted from: http://cairoclimatetalks.net/sites/default/files/BackgroundInfo.pdf

Aptis Practice Materials

Writing

Mock Tests

Level: A1 to C

Task 2: You’ve joined the ‘ORDER MEALS ONLINE’ site. Fill in the form. Write in sentences.

Use 20-30 words. You have 7 minutes.

MEMBER FORM

Please tell us about your favourite food and time when you prefer to have your meals.

___________________________________________________________________________

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Task 3: You are a member of MEALS DELIVERY ONLINE. You’re talking to J. in the customer

chat room. Talk to J. using complete sentences. Use 30 to 40 words per answer. You have 10

minutes.

J. Hi! I see you’re new here. I joined a year ago after I started living alone. Why did you

join?

You._________________________________________________________________________

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J. What do you think about the service?

You._________________________________________________________________________

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J. How do you feel about the recent rise in the price of pizzas? It was 20% cheaper before.

You._________________________________________________________________________

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Task 4: You are a member of ‘MEALS DELIVERY ONLINE’. On your last visit to their website you

saw the notice below.

Dear valued customers,

We are sorry to inform you that from next month we have to introduce a fee for the meals’

delivery. It will constitute 10% of the meal order. We have to introduce this measure to

reduce the high costs involved in delivering the meals.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email us at

[email protected]

Write an email to a friend who also uses the MEALS DELIVERY ONLINE service. Write your feelings

about the notice and suggest possible alternatives. Write about 50 words. You have 10 minutes.

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