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London Tests of EnglishCertificate of Attainment

Level 3

Session Two 2006

Time: 2 hours

Materials required for examination Items included with question papers

Cassette player Information sheets1 Cassette per 10 Candidates

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Instructions to CandidatesYour candidate details:Step 1: Write your surname, initials and signature in the boxes at the top right of the page.Step 2: - If you have been given a label containing your details then stick it carefully in the box at the top left of the page. - If you have not been given a label, then write your centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top left of the page.

Do not use pencil. Use blue or black ink. Some tasks must be answered with a cross in a box ( ). If youchange your mind about an answer, put a line through the box ( ) and then mark your new answer witha cross ( ). For Task 5 indicate which question you are answering by marking the box ( ).

Answer ALL the questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper.

Information for CandidatesThe marks for the various tasks are shown in round brackets: e.g. (15 marks).There are 5 tasks in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 100.There are 24 pages in this question paper. Any blank pages are indicated.

Advice to CandidatesWrite your answers neatly.You should remove information sheets 1 and 2 (pages 9–12) to answer Task Three.You should remove information sheet 3 (pages 17–18) to answer Task Four.

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Hello everyone! Today’s test is the London Tests of English Level Three. The theme of

this test is Modern Art Galleries. This test lasts two hours. There are five tasks. Tasks

One and Two are listening. You must listen to the tape and write your answers in this

booklet. Good luck!

1. Task One: Art Galleries in London (15 marks)

Your teacher is planning a class visit to London, and before you leave you decide to

get some information about different art galleries that you could visit. You telephone a

recorded information line to find out details about three galleries.

Listen to the recorded message and complete the notes in the table below. Some have been

done for you as examples.

You will hear the recorded message twice. Do as much as you can the first time and finish

your work the second time.

You have one minute to look at the table.

The Saatchi

Gallery

The National

Gallery

Tate Modern

Artistic focus Work by young and

international artists

5. National

Collection of

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9. British art from

1500 and

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Current special

exhibition

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The work of Frida

Kahlo

Regular

Opening hours

Daily 10–6 Daily 10–6 10.

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Late closing

(time and day)

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Nine o’clock on

Wednesdays

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Standard entry cost 3.

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Free

Nearest London

Underground station

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Charing Cross 12.

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Which buses 12 or 53 8.

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Alternative transport None None 14.

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Telephone Number of Art in London Information Line

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2. Task Two: The Life of Frida Kahlo (15 marks)

After listening to the recorded information about the galleries, you think you would like

to visit Tate Modern. They have a special exhibition of the work of the artist Frida Kahlo.

That evening there is a programme on the radio about her life.

Listen to the programme and write short answers to the questions below. The first one isan example. You will hear the programme twice. Do as much as you can the first time and

finish your work the second time.

You have one minute to look at the questions.

Example: What is the programme ‘Modern Art’ about?

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1. Which city was Frida Kahlo from?

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6. What were the lifelong consequences of her accident?

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7. How many times did Frida Kahlo marry?

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8. What was the event that first made her aware of politics?

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10. What kind of paintings is Frida Kahlo best known for?

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writing of English. Now go on to Task Three.

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3. Task Three: Art Galleries in Other Countries

Task Three (a): Reading (10 marks)

During your visit to London, you realise that you enjoy modern art very much, so youlook for some information on the Internet about galleries in other countries. Read the

information on Information Sheet 1 and complete the task below.

Read the statements below. Decide which gallery each statement is about according to thetext, and put a cross ( ) in the appropriate boxes in the table below.

The first one is an example.

Be careful! Each statement may apply to more than one gallery.

Statement Guggenheim,

Bilbao

Museum of

Modern Art,

New York

Centre

Pompidou,

Paris

Example: This gallery has

received over a million visitors.

1. This gallery has a library.

2. You can watch films at this art

gallery.

3. This gallery has an outdoor

area that is part of the

exhibition.

4. This gallery is unusual in its

construction.

5. The first day of the new

millennium was an important

day for this gallery.

6. This gallery has undergone

alterations and improvements.

7. This gallery was planned

with the help of information

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Task Three (b): Writing a Report (20 marks)

You find the information about these three galleries so interesting that you would like your

teacher to organise a visit to one of them next year. She asks you to write a report about

them.

Use only the information on Information Sheet 1 and Information Sheet 2 to help you writeyour report.

You must include all of the following points:

• basic information about the three art galleries• which gallery you think students would find most interesting and why• reasons why that city would be a good place for students at your college to visit• reasons why the other galleries and cities might not be as good

Use your own words as much as possible.

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Task 3

Information Sheet 1

The Guggenheim Gallery, Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of the most important parts of the plan to redevelopthe city of Bilbao, which has experienced economic problems. Designed by the North

American architect Frank O. Gehry, this unique museum built on a 32,500 square metre site in

the centre of Bilbao represents an amazing construction feat. On one side it runs down to the

Nervión River, 16 metres below the level of the rest of the city of Bilbao. It really feels like

part of the city.

The building is an extraordinary combination of shapes and materials, and looks like a work

of art itself. Angular blocks made of limestone contrast with curved shapes made of titanium.

There are also thin glass walls that provide the building with light and transparency, and

protect the works of art from heat and radiation. The stone, glass and titanium curves are very

complex, and were designed with the help of computers.

The Guggenheim opened to the general public on October 19 1997, and has already received

more than 1,300,000 visitors. There are 19 galleries which contain 11,000 square metres of

exhibition space, and the permanent exhibitions include sculpture and abstract painting.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York

Throughout its 75-year history the Museum of Modern Art has used architecture as a means

of self-expression. The building has recently been redeveloped, and new spaces have been

created in the gallery to improve its presentation of modern and contemporary art. MoMA

conducted a worldwide search for an architect who would be able to transform the buildings

into a spectacular museum. The building contains a combination of large and small galleriesto show different types of artwork, and there are also two theatres where film and media

productions are shown.

Outside there is the famous Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, where visitors can

see masterpieces of modern sculpture, beautiful plants and pools. Future plans for the museum

include an extension to the library, study centres and workshop space for teacher training

programmes. The museum was founded in the 1920s, and its collection has grown from an

initial gift of one drawing to become one of the world’s most comprehensive and panoramic

collections of modern art.

The Centre Pompidou, Paris

The Georges Pompidou Centre was the brainchild of President Georges Pompidou. He wanted

to create an original cultural institution in the heart of Paris that completely focussed on

modern creative art, where the visual arts would rub shoulders with theatre, music, cinema,

literature and the spoken word.

Housed in the centre of Paris in a building designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers,

whose architecture symbolises the spirit of the twentieth century, the Centre Pompidou first

opened its doors to the public in 1977. It closed for renovation work between 1997 and 1999,

and opened to the public again on 1 January 2000, with expanded museum space and reception

areas. Since then it has once again become one of the most visited attractions in France. Some6 million people pass through the Centre Pompidou’s doors each year.


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The Centre Pompidou houses one of the most important museums in the world. It contains

the leading collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, a vast public reference

library with facilities for over 2,000 readers, a cinema and performance halls, a music research

institute, educational activity areas, bookshops, a restaurant and a café. Each year the Centre

Pompidou holds 30 or so public exhibitions plus international events in order to fulfil its

mission of spreading knowledge about all creative works from the 20 th and 21st centuries.

(The Guggenheim Gallery - Source: Adapted from Galleries 103 and 105, www.guggenheim-bilbao.ex)

(The Museum of Modern Art - Source: Adapted from About MoMA, www.moma.org)

(The Centre Pompidou, Paris - Source: Adapted from The Centre Pompidou, Paris, www.cnca-go.fr)

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Information Sheet 2

Bilbao

Hip, buzzing and culturally dynamic, it’s hard to believe that less than twenty years agoBilbao seemed a doomed relic of the post-industrial age. Yet an ambitious urban renewal

project has saved the city and brought it, amongst other things, the Guggenheim, a wonder of

contemporary architecture and an extraordinary gallery of modern art.

The biggest and busiest city in northern Spain, Bilbao is now one of the region’s most popular

destinations. It is surrounded by the green hills of Vizcaya Province, and cut in half by the Ria

de Bilbao. But, it is a city with attitude. Spend an evening here and you’ll find yourself in the

middle of a night of partying. There is little more fun than a night out in Bilbao.

New York

They don’t come any bigger than the Big Apple – king of the hill, top of the heap, New York, New York. No other city is arrogant enough to call itself Capital of the World and no other city

could carry it off. New York is a densely packed mass of humanity – 7.5 million people in 800

square km – and this makes the New Yorker a special kind of person.

In a city like New York it’s hard to pick just a few highlights - wherever you go you’ll feel like

you’ve been there before. For iconic value you can’t surpass the Statue of Liberty, the Empire

State Building, Central Park and Times Square. Bookshops, galleries, museums, theatre,

shopping, people: it doesn’t really matter what you do or where you go in New York because

the city is such a fantastic experience.

Paris

If London is about history, New York fun and people, Paris embodies beauty and romance. The

architecture, the green spaces, the timelessness of the River Seine and the café life all combine

to make this city a monumental, handsome and fascinating place in which to live, work, study

and have fun.

Paris has more or less exhausted the superlatives that can be used to describe almost any

world class city. Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Avenue des Champs-Elysees – at sunrise,

at sunset, at night, in the sun, in the rain – all have been painted, sung about and described

countless times. What many artists, singers and writers have failed to capture, though, is the

sheer magic of strolling along the city’s broad avenues, which lead from impressive public buildings and exceptional museums to stunning parks and gardens.


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4. Task Four: The Louvre Museum

You look on the Internet and you find the following article about the famous Louvre Museum

in Paris.

Task Four (a): (7 marks)

Choose the best title (A-J) for each of the marked paragraphs (1-8) in the text, by putting a

cross ( ) in the appropriate box, as in the example.

Be careful. There are more titles than you need. Do not use a title more than once.

Paragraph Title

A. Some additions to the original

building.

F. New exhibits obtained from overseas.

B. Rapid growth and decline of the

collection.

G. Fighting in the museum.

C. The museum is completely rebuilt. H. A home for creative people.

D. The layout of the Louvre in its early

days.

I. Example: Some background

information.

E. Features of the new construction. J. A solution to problems.

PARAGRAPH TITLEPARAGRAPH

NUMBERA B C D E F G H I J

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Task Four (b): (7 marks)

Read the statements about the information in the text. Put a cross ( ) in the correct box in the

table below to indicate whether the information is True, False or Not Stated.

The first one is an example.

Statement True False Not Stated

Example: The Louvre was a palace

before it was an art gallery.

1. There have been a series of

developments to the Louvre as we

know it today.

2. None of the original building still

exists.

3. Pierre Lescot designed the original

castle.

4. King Henri IV’s addition to the

museum created a new world record.

5. The Denon Wing has never been

altered.

6. Napoleon did not like paintings.

7. The new satellite museum will

house a range of art forms.

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Task Four (c): (6 marks)

For each of the words (1-6) below, choose the meaning (A-I) that corresponds to how it is

used in the text, as in the example. Words (1-6) are highlighted in the text.

Be careful. There are more meanings than you need. Do not use any meaning more than once.

Meanings

Words A B C D E F G H I

conservation

(example)

1. accessed

2. consisted

3. pomp

4. shrank

5. flexible

6. satellite

Meaning

A. arrived F. spaciousB. splendour G. diminished

C. was made H. Example: protection

D. easily changed I. reached

E. secondary

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Task 4

Information Sheet 3

The Louvre

1. The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest, andmost famous art galleries and museums in the world. The Louvre has a long history of artistic

and historic conservation, which began in the Capetian dynasty and continues to this day. The

building was previously a royal palace and holds some of the world’s most famous works of

art, such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People and

Alexandros of Antioch’s Venus de Milo.

Located in the centre of the city of Paris, between the right bank of the Seine and the Rue de

Rivoli in the first arrondissement, it is accessed via the Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre Metro

station. Its origins date back almost a thousand years and its present structure has evolved in

stages since the sixteenth century. With 8.3 million visitors in 2006, the Louvre is the most

visited art museum in the world.

2. The Louvre gets its name from a Frankish word leovar , meaning a fortified palace. It wasthe seat of royal power in France until Louis XIV moved to Versailles in 1682, bringing his

government with him. The first royal “Castle of the Louvre” (it was first mentioned under this

name in a charter dated 1198) was founded on the edge of medieval Paris by King Philip

Augustus. The building consisted of a rectangular wall with towers at the corners and in the

middle of the sides, as well as two strong gates. In the courtyard of the castle was a tall central

tower, protected by water. The remains of these buildings can be seen in the Medieval Louvre

gallery.

3. The construction of the earliest above-ground part of the Louvre was begun in 1535. Thearchitect Pierre Lescot introduced to Paris the new designs of the Renaissance. He designed a

new wing for the old castle, which defined its status as a leader among royal palaces. King

Henri IV, who ruled France from 1589-1610, added the Grande Galerie. More than a quarter of

a mile long and one hundred feet wide, this huge addition to the building was constructed

parallel to the bank of the River Seine. At the time, it was the longest building of its kind in the

world.

4. Henri IV was a keen promoter of the arts, and he invited hundreds of artists and craftsmento live and work on the lower floors of the building. This tradition continued for another 200

years until it was ended by Napoleon III. After Henri IV came Louis XIII. He completed thewing that is now known as the Denon Wing. This has recently been renovated.

5. Following the French Revolution the Louvre became known as the Musée Central des Arts,and officially opened under this name in 1793. From 1794 onwards, France’s revolutionary

armies brought back increasing numbers of pieces of artwork from across Europe, intending to

establish the Louvre as a major European museum. The famous Apollo Belvedere statue, from

the Pope’s own art collection, arrived in Paris in July 1798 accompanied by much pomp and

ceremony.

6. The sheer number of new statues forced the museum’s curators into reorganising thedisplays. The building was redecorated, and renamed the Musée Napoléon in 1803. It

continued to grow, and soon contained many of the best sculptures in the world (Napoleon

directed his soldiers to take sculptures rather than paintings). However, the museum’s

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collection shrank after Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and all

works of art that had been acquired during the war had to be returned to their original owners.

7. Many of the works of art in the Louvre can be viewed only in separate departments – forexample the Gallery of French Painting, the Sculpture Collection, or the Near Eastern Art

Section, all of which were established around 200 years ago. Because this meant that displays

of art could not be very flexible, the museum decided to create a satellite building outsideParis, in order to experiment with different types of display and arrangements of its works of

art. It was also hoped that larger numbers of people would be able to see the Louvre’s

collections. It is planned that this project will be completed in 2010.

8. The new satellite museum, funded by the local regional government, will have 22,000square metres of space built on two levels, with semi-permanent exhibition space covering at

least 5,000 square metres. There will also be space set aside for temporary exhibitions. The

new building will also feature a multi-purpose theatre and conservation areas. The building

will be covered in glass and stainless steel and will be set in the middle of a 60 acre nature

conservation area.

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5. Task Five: Writing about Art (20 marks)

After your visit to London, you return to college and your teacher asks you to complete a

piece of writing.

Choose ONE of the following tasks.

EITHER

A “Art is an important part of a country’s culture. Every city should have an art gallery,

and it should be free to visit.” Do you agree with this statement?

Your discussion should include all the following:

• Your opinion

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Reasons and examples to support your opinion

If you refer to information or ideas from other parts of the test, you should use

your own words as far as possible.

OR

B Here is the opening paragraph of a story you have to complete:

The city was very dark and quiet. So was the art gallery. The thieves had made their

plans carefully and did not expect anything to stand in their way. The security guards

had all gone home for the night, leaving the gallery empty. Only the automatic alarmsystem stood between them and the valuable seventeenth century masterpiece…

Complete the story.

If you refer to information or ideas from other parts of the test, you should use

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