PRUEBA DE ADELANTO DE INGLÉS - 2º BD – FEBRERO 2015

PRUEBA NACIONAL – ADELANTO DE INGLÉS – 2º BD

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READING A

ALBUM REVIEW: IL VOLOFantastic first album for teen band Il Volo!

Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca are three Italian teenagers with amazing voices. They are the band Il Volo. When you see photos of Il Volo, they look like any other boy

band, but these boys are different. They call their music ‘operatic pop’ – something between opera and pop. They are certainly not what you imagine when you think of opera singers – not many opera singers have teenage girls screaming ‘I love you!’ at them!

The boys have known each other for three years. They met on the popular Italian talent show Ti Lascio Una Canzone. Gianluca was the winner of the talent competition, but the producer of the TV show put the three teenagers together and the band, Il Volo, was born. Il Volo is Italian for ‘flight’ and the boys say they chose this name because when they sing, the music makes them feel like they’re flying. The group’s big success came after they performed on

the TV show American Idol in May, where they sang the Italian song O Sole Mio. They have sold thousandsof records since they first sang together on the Italian talent show.

There is something for everyone on Il Volo’s album.It includes a mixture of Italian, Spanish and English songs. The songs they sing in Spanish have made them famous in Latin America. They are now learningto sing in Chinese because they want to be famous in China, too. The band already has a huge number of fans of all ages and different nationalities.

The three teenagers have loved singing since they were very small children. They say they have learned a lot from their grandparents and from singing at localmusic festivals in Italy. They may be young, but Il Volo’s dream is clear: ‘We want to share our love of music with people all over the world, including kids our own age.’

1. Read the passage and mark the best option to answer these questions.

1. What do Il Volo call their music?

a. opera pop b. pop opera c. operatic pop

2. Who won the Italian talent show?

a. Gianluca b. Piero c. Ignazio

3. What is the group’s name in English?

a. talent b. flight c. band

4. What did they sing on American Idol?

a. O Sole Mio b. Il Volo c. Ti Lascio Una Canzone

5. What language are they learning to sing in?

a. Spanish b. Chinese c. English

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PRUEBA DE ADELANTO DE INGLÉS - 2º BD – FEBRERO 20156. Who taught them a lot about singing?

a. teachers b. friends c. relatives

7. What has made them so popular?

a. their voices b. their looks c. their music

8. What kind of audience do Il Volo singers aim at?

a. only young people b. only old people c. people of all ages

/8 marks2. All of these words appear in the passage. In each group, three of them are related in meaning. Circle

the odd word out.

0. a. teenagers b. children c. kids d. voices

1. a. world b. music c. pop d. opera

2. a. festivals b. shows c. nationalities d. competition

3. a. record b. album c. songs d. talent

4. a. Italian b. Latin c. American d. Spanish

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3. Suzie is planning to attend Il Volo’s next concert. Complete Suzie’s e-mail inviting her friend Martin to go with her.

Hi Martin,

How (0) is / are / am it going? Have you (1) see / saw / seen the poster for the coming concerts (2) on /

at / with Heron Park? They look great! Il Volo are (3) playing / play / plays on the 12th and G Power on

the 19th. I am busy on the 19th. (4) so / but / if fortunately I’m free on the 12th. (5) Do / Does / Did you

want to go and see Il Volo (6) on / at / with me? The tickets are ₤10. I (7) haven’t / hasn’t / hadn’t

bought my ticket yet, but my mum is buying some for herself and her friends tomorrow.

Suzie

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Email (8) me / my / mine this evening and Mum (9) should / must / can get you a ticket, too.

Hope you can (10) comes / came / come.

Cheers,

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PRUEBA DE ADELANTO DE INGLÉS - 2º BD – FEBRERO 20154. Write a paragraph of about 100 words to answer ONE of the following questions. You must use AT

LEAST 6 of the words presented in Activity 2.

a. Would you like to be in a band like Il Volo? Give reasons for your answer.

b. Would you like to be famous? Why / why not?

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PRUEBA DE ADELANTO DE INGLÉS - 2º BD – FEBRERO 2015READING B

The small country of Bhutan in the Himalayan mountains is over one thousand years old. In the past it was a poor country and not many people visited it. But nowadays, it is becoming more andmore popular with tourists. Medicine and health are improving and its economy is growing. King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the king of Bhutan until 2006, talked about his country’s ‘Gross National Happiness’ instead of its ‘Gross National Product’. In other words, he thought happiness is the way to measure the country’s development.

But how do we measure happiness? Perhaps health is the best way because as a famous doctoronce said, ‘Happy people generally don’t get sick.’ It is also easy to measure how many peoplefeel ill or unhealthy in a country. One survey says Iceland is the ‘healthiest country in the world’ because men and women live a long time,the air is very clean and there are more doctors available per person than anywhere else in the world.

However, there was another survey among 155 different countries to determine the happiest countries in the world. Iceland was not near the top. The questions on this survey included: How much do you earn? How healthy are you? How safe do you feel?

So does happiness equal money and good health? Not according to artist Erik Krikortz. He feels that there are other ways of measuring happiness. Krikortz has a website and visitors click on different happy or sad faces to comment on how well they sleep, their family and friends, their level of stress, their enthusiasm, and their physical activity. When you finish, his website adds the results for each area and it gives you a final result for your happiness.

In his home city of Stockholm, Krikortz also shows the results of his survey as different coloured lights on the side of a large building in the city. Red means the people of Stockholm are very happy, green is OK and purple means many people are sad. ‘A lot of people look at the building every day and see how we feel, Krikortz says. The coloured lights are also useful if youare visiting the city - if the lights are red you know the locals are feeling happy!

5. Choose the correct answer (a-c) for the questions, according to the information in the article.

1. How did the king of Bhutan measure the country’s development?

a. by money b. by health c. by happiness

2. Which is easiest way to determine happiness?

a. stress b. health c. development

3. Why was Iceland number one in a survey?

a. because of its money b. because of its health c. because of its happiness

4. How did researchers measure happiness in 155 countries?

a. with answers to questions b. by looking at people’s faces c. by measuring the number of sick people

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PRUEBA DE ADELANTO DE INGLÉS - 2º BD – FEBRERO 20155. What do visitors to Krikortz’s website click on?

a. questions b. faces c. numbers

6. How many categories does Krikortz have for measuring happiness?

a. three b. five c. seven

6. Complete the following categories with words or phrases from Reading B.

PLACES HEALTH ECONOMY

• Countries

1) _______________

2) _______________

• Physical activity

3) _______________

4) _______________

5) _______________

• Development

6) _______________

7) _______________

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7. Write an entry in your blog answering ONE of these questions. You must write between 100 and 120

words and include at least 6 of the words in the diagram of Activity 6.

a. In paragraph 2, a doctor said, ‘Happy people generally don’t get sick’. How much do you agree

with this opinion? Support your answer with ideas from the article.

b. In paragraphs 3 and 4 there are different questions and categories for measuring happiness.

Which do you think are useful for measuring happiness? Which are not very useful? Give reasons for your answers.

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