Exam insight 2

Listening
1Match the words to the definitions. 

forest rangers

farmers

zoos

conservation

  • these people protect the forest
  • these people keep animals for food
  • these places keep animals in captivity
  • protecting the environment
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Listening
2EXAM TASK Play the recording and listen to a radio interview. Then answer the questions with no more than four words or numbers. 

  • 1How many mountain gorillas are there in the wild?

    about 800

  • 2How many mountain gorillas are there in zoos and wildlife parks?

    none

  • 3Where does The Gorilla Organization send information about mountain gorillas?

    schools in Central Africa

  • 4What is the mountain gorillas' habitat?

    forests

  • 5What does the organization teach forest rangers to do?

    protect the forests

  • 6What meat are local farmers now producing?

    pork

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Audio script

Tricia Welcome to My Favourite Charity and on the programme today we have Professor of Biology Tony Bremen, who will talk to us about The Gorilla Organization. Tony, tell us about the work of The Gorilla Organization.
Tony Hello, yes, The Gorilla Organization protects gorillas. There are now only about 800 mountain gorillas in the wild and they all live in Central Africa.
Tricia What about in zoos and wildlife parks? How many mountain gorillas are there in captivity?
Tony Tricia – there are no mountain gorillas in zoos or wildlife parks. Zero. None. So, 800 is the total number of mountain gorillas alive today.
Tricia Right. So, how do they protect these animals?
Tony Well, The Gorilla Organization works in three different ways. First, through education. They send information about the mountain gorillas to schools in Central Africa. Then the schools teach young people about these beautiful animals. Second, through conservation. The mountain gorillas live in forests. That’s their habitat – they need the forests. So, The Gorilla Organization trains forest rangers. These people learn how to protect the forests.
Tricia So, first, we have education – The Gorilla Organization teaches people about the gorillas; second, we have conservation – they protect the forests. And …
Tony And finally, development. Local farmers want to grow food. And they use the forests. But this is bad for the gorillas. It destroys their home. The Gorilla Organization helps the farmers find new ways to produce food. So, for example, now local farmers are keeping pigs.
Tricia Pigs?
Tony Yes, the pigs don’t destroy the forests. We get pork meat from pigs, of course, and pork is a very good, healthy food for the local people. So the pigs are good for the gorillas and the pork is good for the people.
Tricia Fantastic. Well, thanks very much, Tony, for talking to us today about your favourite charity.
Tony Thank you.


Reading
3Read the text quickly and choose the best answers. 

  • 1Farm:shop is in a big city.

  • 2There are herbs and plants in the shop.

  • 3Susan and Pierre often visit the shop.

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Reading
4EXAM TASK Read the text. Complete the sentences 1–6 with the missing words. 

  • 1The writer of the text thinks that the shop is very different from the noisy street outside.

  • 2Some of the plants are not inside the shop, they are in the garden.

  • 3The chickens live on the roof of the shop.

  • 4Local businesses can have meetings on the third floor.

  • 5Susan Turner is buying vegetables and eggs at the shop.

  • 6Pierre Dupont works as a writer.

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Use of English
5EXAM TASK Read the text and choose the correct answers to complete gaps 1–9. 

We live in a small house in the country. It's got a big garden and we grow 1a lot of food in it. We grow potatoes, beans, onions, peas and tomatoes. We haven't got 2any carrots in our garden because no one in our family likes carrots! We've got 3some apple trees at the bottom of the garden, but they don't produce 4much fruit at the moment because they're very young. We also keep some animals; we've got 5a few pigs and a goat called Tilly. I love the pigs, but I don't like Tilly. She's always trying to eat the plants!

It's early April now and 6it rains quite often at this time of year. I don't like getting wet, but I know it's really good for the plants. Today, though, it isn't raining. It's a warm, 7sunny day and my dad and I are in the garden. My dad 

8is digging

 

a hole for some new potatoes. It's hard work and he's very tired and hot. I'm chasing Tilly, but she's running 

9away

 

from me!

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Writing
8Look at the sentences (1–6) below. Are they Formal or Informal? 

  • 1Dear Mrs Smith

  • 2Best wishes

  • 3Hi John

  • 4Yours sincerely

  • 5Write soon!

  • 6I look forward to hearing from you.

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