Great film directors and their childhoods

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END OF COURSE ASSESSMENT

(UNITS 7–12)

SECTION A: LISTENING

A ECA1 Listen to Ted, Sylvia and Maria discussing crime in their area. Choose the correct answer, a, b or c.

1 The discussion aims to

a get ideas on increasing police numbers in the area.

b decide why the local community is unhappy.

c find ways to reduce crime levels in the area.

2 Sylvia believes that people become criminals because

a they want to be criminals.

b they don’t want to work.

c they lack a good education.

3 Ted believes that

a some people become criminals because of their families.

b families need to support each other to fight crime.

c Sylvia’s idea is a good one.

4 What are Ted’s views about CCTV cameras?

a They really help to prevent crime.

b The police find them useful.

c They can help us find the cause of crime.

5 Ted says that prisons

a teach criminals new skills.

b can change a criminal’s behaviour.

c are too strict at the moment.

6 Ted says some people don’t go to prison because

a the police can’t catch them.

b more money is needed to build prisons.

c they are not old enough.

7 Ted believes that the media

a should make more crime programmes.

b should not show crime as a way to make money.

c can change people’s attitudes to crime.

1b Listen again and check your answers.

A ECA2 Listen to part of a radio talk about women in engineering and complete the sentences. Use no more than two words or a number in each gap.

1 Tricia’s parents wanted her to be a(n) .

2 Tricia first became interested in engineering while on a(n) .

3 The UK has the lowest number of women in engineering: only about percent.

4 About 41 percent of engineering jobs are done by women in.

5 A recent survey showed that girls prefer jobs like providing to poor rural areas.

6 Engineering job opportunities include working for organisations.

7 Tricia advises students to focus on at school.

8 She also suggests doing as much as they can into different jobs.

2b Listen again and check your answers.

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SECTION B: READING

3 Read the article. Are these statements true or false, or does the text not say? Choose the correct answers.

Design plays an important role in our lives these days and is present in every area of life. For example, the latest trends to come out of Italy for interior design use curved lines

and rounded corners instead of sharp edges and straight lines. For some people, these designs may appear ugly, but they are using natural shapes such as the form of large stones instead of square, man-made boxes. Unfortunately, designs like this tend to use more space and will not fit into most of today’s modern homes. However, those people with large bank balances and houses will love them.

Another change within the home is that designers are paying much more attention to the materials they use – there is more focus on texture and touch. People want their furniture and furnishings to feel comfortable, warm and welcoming rather than cold and

clinical as they have been. As a result, knitting has become very popular and is being used to cover furniture and other objects, and not just

for making the traditional blankets and jumpers. One area where design is extremely important

is graphic design. Trends here move very fast

and in today’s information-loaded world, there is now a move away from overcomplicated designs that are clearer and simpler. Although the designs look simpler, they still require a great amount of skill and work to make them function successfully. Of course, clear communication

is the key to good graphic design and this is even more important in a global economy, where international brands must be instantly recognisable across the world.

Another area where trends move faster than ever is web design because it has to keep up with the latest technological developments. Web designers are having to make web design more responsive so that it can match all types of digital media. Our technology devices today all talk to each other: smartphones, laptops, desktops, tablets and so on, so web design has to be able to be suitable for all these different devices.

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1	Italy is the best place for furniture design.	true	false	doesn’t say
2	The Italian interior designs aren’t using straight lines.	true	false	doesn’t say
3	The new Italian designs may not be suitable for some modern houses.	true	false	doesn’t say
4	Designers are using more expensive materials to make furniture.	true	false	doesn’t say
5	The clinical designs of the past few years are more popular now.	true	false	doesn’t say
6	Furniture covers made from knitted materials are fashionable.	true	false	doesn’t say
7	Graphic design is becoming more complicated.	true	false	doesn’t say
8	Global brands need easy-to-understand graphic designs.	true	false	doesn’t say
9	Web design is changing very quickly.	true	false	doesn’t say
10	Digital devices are designed to look futuristic.	true	false	doesn’t say