Sample questions and mark scheme

Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 4

 

 

Listening

 

Task 1. You will hear a radio interview with a famous cardiologist. For questions 1-3 decidewhether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.

 

Transript 7 (Transcript can be found after the mark scheme).

 

Example: Heart attacks are more common now than they were in the past.True

 

1. Dr. Shaw says most people would have a healthier diet if they had more time.      ______ [1]

2. If you have a healthy diet, with lots of fruits and vegetables, you don’t have to exercise.

______ [1]

3. Dr. Shaw says men in their 50s tend to smoke and drink too much coffee.          ______ [1]

 

Listen again and complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN TWO words.

 

Example: Dr. Shaw gives some advice on how to keep our hearts ingood condition.

 

4.	The main reason for increasing problems with heart is _______________________.	[1]
5.	People tend to eat ____________________________ when they are too busy.	[1]

6. If people do physical activities at a regular basis, they strengthen their muscles and increase their

____________________________.                                                                                                                           [1]

 

 

Total [6]

 

Reading

 

Task. Read the text about Kenneth. Mark the sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the context.

 

My dream job

 

My dream job would be becoming a professional baseball player. I grew up playing little league baseball. I was not the best player on the team; but playing baseball was something I would look forward to doing every day and just have fun doing it. I haven’t played baseball for the last four years. I really missed the times when I would just have that happy feeling when my dad would drive up to the park, when I would get a base hit, when I would catch a fly ball, or just the fact that I was a part of a team.

 

So many baseball players these days take their jobs for granted. Many play baseball not just because they are good at it, but because of the money. Alex Rodriguez signed a $252 million contract for the Texas Rangers in 2000. Anybody in the entire world would love to be in his shoes. After all, what would you do with $252 million? For myself, I would love to be in Alex Rodriguez’s shoes, not because of the money, not because of the fame, but because if I were in his shoes, I would just treasure every moment of every second that I am on the field.

 

I would feel like the luckiest person alive every time I am reminded that I am living the dream, a dream that many people like myself would die to get the chance to do.

 

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Example: A lot of players take their jobs for granted.		True
1.	Kenneth would like to be a basketball player because he was always
the best in the team.				[1]
2.	He enjoyed himself while playing baseball.			[1]
3.	He has continuously played basketball since he was a child.			[1]
4.	He believes that money is one of the main reasons to become a baseball player.			[1]
5.	Kenneth would like to be in Alex Rodriguez’s place because of the fame.			[1]
6.	He enjoys being a part of a baseball team.			[1]

 

Total [6]

 

Writing

 

Task. Choose ONE of the topics to write.

 

Topic 1. Write an essay about the following topic:

 

Nowadays food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live?

 

Give reasons for your answer using your own ideas.

You should write:

 

• An introduction

• Main body

 

• Conclusion

 

Topic 2. Write an essay about the following topic:

 

Doctors, nurses and teachers make a great contribution to society and should be paid more than entertainment and sports celebrities. Do you agree or disagree?

 

Give reasons for your answer using your own ideas.

You should write:

 

• An introduction

• Main body

• Conclusion

 

Total [6]

 

 

Speaking

 

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

 

Card 1

1. In your opinion, are vegetarians healthier than people who eat a lot of meat?

2. Do you agree that women worry more about their diet than men? Why or why not?

3. What do you think about your own eating?

4. Is there any kind of food that you can’t eat?

 

 

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Card 2

1. Is food fuel or pleasure to you? Why?

2. Have you ever eaten “unhealthy’ food?

3. How do you feel about eating junk food?

4. What food do you like to eat when the weather is cold?

 

Card 3

1. What’s your dream job?

2. Does your job require a lot of training or experience? What are they?

3. Do you need to be physically strong to do it?

4. What is the future trend of popular jobs?

 

Card 4

1. What is the usual retirement age for men and women in your country?

2. What do you think is the best age to retire?

3. When would you like to retire?

4. What would you like to do when you retire?

 

Card 5

1. What kinds of job are not popular among young people?

2. What do you think is the worst job in the world? Why?

3. What unusual jobs do you know?

4. Would you like to do an unusual job in the future?

 

Card 6

1. What restaurant would you recommend around the place you live?

2. Why is it a good place?

3. What is your opinion about eating out?

4. What food do you prefer most: homemade or take-away?

 

Card 7

1. Do you think that food defines a culture? If so, how?

2. What are the eating habits in your country?

3. Are there any foods that bring back special memories for you?

4. Are there any eating rules in your family?

 

Card 8

1. Do you think taking a year off is a new trend?

2. In your opinion, what are the advantages of taking a gap year?

3. What are the disadvantages of taking a gap year??

4. Are you planning to take a gap year after school or rather continue studying?

 

Total [6]

Total marks _/24

 

 

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Mark scheme

 

Listening and Reading

 

 

Questi	Answer	Mark	Additional
on №			information
1	True	1
2
	False	1
3
	True	1
4
	modern lifestyle	1	lifestyle
5
	unhealthy food	1	take-out food
6
	lung capacity	1
1	False	1
2
	True	1
3
	False	1
4
	True	1
5
	False	1
6
	True	1
Total marks		12

 

 

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Mark scheme

Writing and Speaking

 

CRITERIA FOR MARKING WRITING

 

Give points out of 6 for each criterion (content, organization, vocabulary and grammar and punctuation), and then calculate a mean to give a total mark out of 6. All fractional marks should be rounded up to the closest whole mark.

 

Mark /		Content: relevance, style and	Organization: cohesion,		Vocabulary and Spelling	Grammar and Punctuation:
		register, and development of
Criterion			paragraphing, and format			range and accuracy
		ideas
	• All content is relevant to the		• Uses a range of basic connectors	•	Uses a range of everyday	• Writes simple and compound
		task.	correctly and attempts to use		vocabulary appropriately;	sentence forms correctly and
	•	The register completely	referencing, but not always		attempts to use less common	demonstrates some variety in
		corresponds to the requirements	clearly or appropriately.		lexical items with occasional	length.
		of the task; consistent and	• Uses paragraphs to separate		inappropriacies.	• May attempt some complex
		intentional misuse of register*	ideas; all paragraphs revolve	•	Has good control of a word	sentences, but they tend to be
		may indicate a writer’s personal	around one idea or a set of like		formation; may make occasional	less accurate, including
		style.	ideas; the size of each paragraph		errors in producing less common	punctuation.
6	•	All content points are fully	allows for a proper and balanced		word forms.	• Errors in grammar and/or
		addressed and developed in a	development of ideas.	•	Spells common vocabulary items	punctuation do not distort
		balanced way.	• The format is appropriate, but		correctly; very few (one or two)	meaning.
	*Such misuse of register should not		may be modified for a better		occasional spelling mistakes may
	harm the format of writing.		reading experience.		be present.
				•	May occasionally misspell less
					common lexical items.
				•	Errors in a word choice and/or
					spelling do not distort meaning.
	• All content is relevant to the		• Uses a range of basic connectors	•	Uses a range of everyday	• Writes simple and compound
		task; insignificant content	correctly.		vocabulary appropriately;	sentence forms correctly, but
		omissions may be present.	• Uses paragraphs to separate		attempts to use less common	does not demonstrate variety in
5	• The register on the whole		ideas; most paragraphs revolve		lexical items, but may make	length.
		corresponds to the requirements	around one idea or a set of like		frequent errors.	• Occasional errors in grammar
		of the task; occasional and	ideas; the size of each paragraph	•	Has good control of a word	and/or punctuation do not distort
		inconsistent misuse of register	may reflect imbalanced		formation; may make errors in	meaning.
		may be present.	development of ideas.		producing less common word

 

 

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	• Most content points are		• The format is appropriate.		forms.
		addressed, but their development		•	Spells common vocabulary items
		may be slightly imbalanced.			correctly; few (no more than
					five) occasional spelling
					mistakes may be present.
				•	May often misspell less common
					lexical items.
				•	Errors in a word choice and/or
					spelling do not distort meaning.
	• Most content is relevant to the		• Uses some basic connectors, but	•	Uses everyday vocabulary	• Writes simple and some
		task; insignificant content	these may be inaccurate or		generally appropriately, while	compound sentence forms
		omissions may be present.	repetitive.		occasionally overusing certain	correctly.
	• The register on the whole		• Uses paragraphs to separate		lexical items.	• While errors in grammar and/or
		corresponds to the requirements	ideas, but tends to misuse	•	Has good control of word	punctuation are noticeable,
4		of the task.	paragraphing (a script is a set of		formation; can produce common	meaning is rarely distorted.
	•	Most content points are	very short paragraphs or some		word forms correctly.
		addressed, but some content	paragraphs may be much longer	•	May make infrequent errors in
		points may be more fully	than other ones for no apparent		spelling more difficult words.
		covered than others.	reason).	•	Errors in a word choice and/or
			• The format is generally		spelling rarely distort meaning.
			appropriate.
	• Some content is relevant to the		• Uses a very limited range of	•	Uses basic vocabulary	• Writes simple sentence forms
		task; significant content	basic cohesive devices correctly.		reasonably appropriately.	mostly correctly.
		omissions may be present.	• Writes in paragraphs, but may	•	Has some control of a word	• Errors in grammar and/or
	• The register barely corresponds		not use them to separate ideas (a		formation; can produce some	punctuation may distort meaning
3		to the requirements of the task.	script may have random breaks		common word forms correctly.	at times.
	•	Only some content points, which	between paragraphs).	•	Makes frequent errors in spelling
		are minimally addressed.	• The format may be inappropriate		more difficult words, but simple
			in places.		words are spelled correctly.
				•	Errors in word choice and/or
					spelling distort meaning at times.
	•	Severe irrelevances and	• May use a very limited range of	•	Uses an extremely limited range	• Writes some simple sentence
		misinterpretations of the task	basic cohesive devices, and those		of vocabulary.	forms correctly.
2		may be present.	used, may not indicate a logical	•	Has very limited control of a	• Frequent errors in grammar
	•	Only few content points, which	relationship between ideas.		word formation; can produce a	and/or punctuation distort
		are minimally addressed.	• Attempts to write in paragraphs,		few common word forms	meaning.
			but their use may be confusing		correctly.

 

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				(may start every sentence with a	•	Makes many errors in spelling,
				new line).		including a range of simple
			• The format may be			words.
				inappropriate.	•	Errors in a word choice and/or
						spelling distort meaning.
	• Attempts the task, but it is		•	Links are missing or incorrect.	•	Can only use a few isolated	• No evidence of sentence forms.
		largely misinterpreted and the	•	Does not write in paragraphs at		words and/or memorized
		response is barely relevant to the		all (a script is a block of text).		phrases.
1		task.	•	The format is not appropriate.	•	Has essentially no control of a
						word formation; can barely
						produce any word forms.
					•	Displays few examples of
						conventional spelling.
	•	Does not attempt the task in any way.
	OR
	• The response is completely irrelevant to the task.
0	OR
	•	There is too little language to assess.
	OR
	• Content is completely incomprehensible due to extremely poor handwriting: very few words are distinguishable, so there is a lack of context to
		verify meaning.

 

 

 

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