Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 4

Task 1. Listening

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/elementary-a2-listening/work

1. Check your understanding: gap fill Do this exercise while you listen. Complete the gaps with a word from the following: pilot dentist shop assistant tour guide nurse

1. Speaker A works as a _______________.

2. Speaker B works as a _______________.

3. Speaker C works as a _______________.

4. Speaker D works as a _______________.

5. Speaker E works as a _______________.

Answer the questions

1. When does speaker A work? ________

2. When does speaker B work? _______

3. Does speaker C like his job? _______

4. What does speaker D say is the best thing about his job? __________________

5. What does speaker E not like about her job? ________________________

Task 2 Reading

Fortune Cookies

On the night of March 30, 2005, the Powerball jackpot was 25 million dollars. The grand prize winner was in Tennessee, but all over the United States appeared one hundred and ten second-place winners. Lottery officials were confused, but when they asked the winners how they picked their numbers each had the same response: from a fortune cookie.

What we call Chinese food (including fortune cookies) has become an integral part of the American culture and cuisine. Around the 1850s, Chinese immigrants began to work in laundries and restaurants: industries that are traditionally associated with women’s work. “Chinese” restaurants began to appear, but with new dishes designed to appeal to Americans who tend to want foods that are sweet and fried. The most famous of these faux-Chinese recipes is Chop Suey. Chop Suey is as American as apple pie, this leads us to another essential ingredient for Americans: dessert.

The fortune cookie appeared in the United States in the 1920s, but it was not imported from China. Still, many contemporary cookies and their fortunes are made by Chinese Americans. It turns out fortunes are difficult to write, as they must be upbeat, generally applicable, and, above all, inoffensive. A fortune that reads, “lighten up,” for example, could be taken as a critique of a person’s weight.

Still, neither fortunes nor cookies are Chinese in origin. The woodblock print evidences the cookies originated in Japan. “Fortune cookies” in Japan are larger, darker and less sweet than the American fortune cookies. If these snacks are originally Japanese, why do we eat fortunes with Chinese food? Why not at sushi restaurants?

Like the Chinese immigrants before them, many Japanese immigrants chose to make their living in the food industry. The Japanese also adapted their food to American tastes, and Japanese families frequently owned, and worked in (American-style) Chinese restaurants, and ultimately introduced Americanized fortune cookies.

During World War II, many Japanese Americans had to leave their businesses behind and go to concentration camps. After a four-year period, the concentration camps closed, but by then, people already thought the source of fortune cookies was Chinese.

Nowadays, fortune cookies can be found in many countries around the world. Except in China.

Select True or False:

1. Japanese “Fortune cookies” are larger, darker and less sweet.

2. We don’t eat fortune cookies with Chinese food.

3. Japanese immigrants also worked in restaurants.

4. Japanese immigrants didn’t adapt their food to American tastes.

5. People in China love to eat fortune cookies.

Task 3.Writing

1. Write an essay (100 words) “Food which people will eat in 50 years

2. Write a letter about your favourite food

3. The job which will exist in 100 years

4. My dream job.

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Speaking

Task. Work in pairs. Choose 1 card and answer the questions. You have 1 minute to prepare and 3 minutes to speak.

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Mark scheme

Listening (10 points, one for each write answer)

1. Check your understanding: matching

1. shop assistant

2. tour guide

3. dentist

4. pilot

5. nurse

2. Check your understanding:

1. Weekends and holidays.

2. Summer holidays.

3. Yes.

4.. Visiting different places.

5. The uniform.

Reading (10 points, two for each write answer

1. Japanese “Fortune cookies” are larger, darker and less sweet. True

2. We don’t eat fortune cookies with Chinese food. False

3. Japanese immigrants also worked in restaurants. True

4. Japanese immigrants didn’t adapt their food to American tastes. False

5. People in China love to eat fortune cookies. False

Script

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/elementary-a2-listening/work

A.

I work on Saturdays and in the school holidays. Saturdays are busy because that’s when everyone goes shopping. Our shop sells clothes and accessories for men, women and children.  I work in the children’s department. It can be crazy sometimes, but it’s fun.

B.

I work during my summer holidays when I’m not at university. Oxford has thousands of tourists in the summer, so it’s easy to find a job as a tour guide. I take tourists to visit the university colleges and then we go down to the river. We go along the river on a boat. The tourists love the boat trip, but last summer one tourist fell in the river! I love meeting people from all over the world.

C.

I like my job, but lots of people don’t like coming to see me because they hate dentists. Sometimes it’s very hard work, but it’s great to help people when they have a problem. It’s so important to look after your teeth.

D.

My job is very difficult, but I like it because I love flying. I fly planes that take people to different places on holiday. Most of the time I fly in Europe to places like Spain, Greece and Italy. The most difficult thing about my job is when the weather is bad. Snow and thunderstorms are the worst. The best thing is visiting different places.

E.

I work in a hospital in the city centre. It’s a very big hospital. I help the doctors with the patients. I give them their medicine and look after them when they feel ill. I love my job but I don’t like the uniform and sometimes I have to work at night.