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June 2019

THAMES EXAMINATIONS

LEVEL FOUR SECTION A : READING 2 Parts (20 marks) SECTION B : WRITING 2 Parts (20 marks) SECTION C : ENGLISH USAGE 2 Parts (20 marks)

90 MINUTES

Please answer ALL the questions Please use CAPITAL LETTERS

Family name

First name

Date of birth

Candidate number

Town

DO NOT START UNTIL THE INVIGILATOR TELLS YOU TO


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 1 SECTION A: READING Part 1 10 marks

THE LONGEST ROAD IN THE WORLD

The world’s longest road is the Pan-American Highway, which runs for 30,000 kilometres and passes through seventeen countries in North, Central and South America.

This famous road begins in Prudhoe Bay in the USA and ends in Ushuaia in Argentina.

One part of the road is called the Northern Pan-American Highway and goes through nine countries. The other part, which is called the Southern Pan-American Highway, travels through eight countries.

There is a break of a hundred kilometres in the road in Central America, called the Darien Gap. This is because there are lots of rivers there, which make the land very wet and impossible to build a large road on.

The building of the Pan-American Highway started in Mexico in 1937 and finished thirteen years later in 1950. The Mexican people were proud to be the first to complete their part of the longest road in the world.

Some people have become famous for travelling along the Pan-American Highway. Tim Cahill, an American, drove a car from Ushuaia to Prudhoe Bay in twenty-four days, while Kevin Sanders, from the UK, took thirty-four days to ride the length of the road on a motorcycle. Another British record breaker, Dean Stott, cycled the 30,000-kilometre journey in just under a hundred days.


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Decide if these sentences are TRUE or FALSE, according to the text. The first two are examples. TRUE FALSE

0 The Pan-American Highway is a road.

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00 The Pan-American Highway is a river.

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1 The Pan-American Highway is thirty

thousand kilometres long.

2 The world’s longest road goes through more than 17 countries.

3 The Pan-American Highway finishes in Central America.

4 The Northern part of the Pan-American Highway passes through more countries than the Southern part.

5 There is no Pan-American Highway for 100 kilometres in Central America.

6 The land in the Darien Gap is very dry.

7 The Mexicans finished their part of the Pan-American Highway first.

8 An American drove along the Pan-American Highway in 24 hours.

9 Kevin Sanders took more time to finish the 30,000-kilometre journey than Dean Stott.

10 Dean Stott completed the journey on a bicycle.


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 3 SECTION A: READING Part 2 10 marks

KAMI RITA

Kami Rita is a forty-nine-year-old Sherpa. Sherpas are men and women whose job is to carry heavy things up and down mountains for mountaineers. These are people who climb mountains for sport. They need

the help of Sherpas to reach the top of very high and difficult mountains. Sherpas come from the small Asian country of Nepal, which is home to Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

Kami Rita has climbed Everest twenty-two times, which is more times than anybody else. His father was also a Sherpa and taught Kami Rita how to climb mountains and carry heavy things in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Kami Rita first climbed Everest when he was twenty-four years old and has done the same thing almost every year since. He plans to climb the mountain twenty-five times in his life because it would make him feel very proud and happy.

In May 2014, there was a serious accident on Everest. A lot of snow and ice fell onto the tents of a group of Sherpas. Luckily, Kami Rita’s tent was on a different part of the mountain, so he was not hurt.

The accident has not stopped Kami Rita from climbing. He says, “I don’t want to give up this job, even though I’m old for a Sherpa. While I’m healthy and strong, I’ll keep going. It’s very hard work, but I love my job”.


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 4 Choose the best answer (A, B or C), according to the text. Then put your answers in the box at the bottom of the page. The first one is an example. 0. Which is correct? A. The text is about a place. B. The text is about a man. C. The text is about a woman. 1. Which is correct? A. Only men can be Sherpas. B. Sherpas carry mountaineers. C. Sherpas are from Nepal. 2. Which is correct? A. Kami Rita has climbed Everest 25 times. B. Kami Rita has climbed Everest 24 times. C. Kami Rita has climbed Everest 22 times. 3. Which is correct? A. Kami Rita’s father was a Sherpa. B. Kami Rita taught himself how to climb. C. Everest is the world’s most dangerous mountain. 4. Which is correct? A. Kami Rita was on Everest in May 2014. B. Kami Rita was hurt in May 2014. C. Kami Rita was alone on Everest in May 2014. 5. Which is correct? A. Kami Rita plans to stop climbing. B. Kami Rita enjoys his work. C. Kami Rita thinks being a Sherpa is easy.

0 1 2 3 4 5 B


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 5 SECTION B: WRITING Part 1 10 marks Last week, you went to your school’s end-of-year celebration. Write an email (80-100 words) to your British keypal telling him/her about it. Use the pictures to help you (you do not have to use all of the pictures and you can use your own ideas).


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Hi Jo! I’m emailing to tell you about……….


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 7 SECTION B: WRITING Part 2 10 marks Look at the picture and write about 60 words.


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 8 SECTION C: ENGLISH USAGE Part 1 10 marks Write an opposite word(s) for each word(s) in the box. The first one is an example.

0 HOT

COLD

1 ask

2 richest

3 weaker

4 loud

5 wake up

6

happy

7

slimmest

8

narrower

9

throw

10

heavy


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 9 SECTION C: ENGLISH USAGE Part 2 10 marks Choose the BEST answer to complete each sentence. Put your answers in the box on the next page. The first one is an example. 0. Is this book ?

A. theres B. theirs C. their D. they’re

1. While we __________________ by the pool, it started to rain.

A. sit B. are sitting C. sitting D. were sitting

2. Linda __________________ out later because it is her name day.

A. might going B. may go C. might to go D. may goes

3. Have you ever ___________________ a famous person?

A. meet B. meeting C. met D. meeted

4. There are _________________ cafés near the beach.

A. a lot of B. lot of C. a lots of D. lots

5. I __________________ a bicycle when I was five years old.

A. could ride B. can ride C. could to ride D. can riding

6. While he was crossing the road, Richard ________________ over.

A. was falling B. fell C. fall D. was fell


THAMES EXAMINATIONS Level Four 2019 Page 10 7. The Nile is __________________ river in Africa.

A. the most long B. more long C. the longest D. longer

8. I have a headache so I _________________ TV this evening.

A. won’t watching B. don’t watch C. don’t watching D. won’t watch

9. Those bikes aren’t theirs. They’re ________________ .

A. ours B. ours’ C. our’s D. our

10. Last Friday, we _______________ an exam at school.

A. were having B. have C. had D. were had

ANSWERS:

0 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


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