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London Tests of English

Certificate of Attainment

Level 3

Session Two 2006
Time: 2 hours

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There are 5 tasks in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 100.
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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

…............................

9. British art from
1500 and

…............................

Current special
exhibition

…............................

.…...........................

…............................

The work of Frida
Kahlo

Regular
Opening hours

Daily 10–6

10.

…............................

Late closing
(time and day)

…............................

Nine o’clock on
Wednesdays

11.

…............................

Standard entry cost

…............................

Free

Nearest London
Underground station

…............................

Charing Cross

12.

…............................

Which buses

12 or 53

…............................

13.

…............................

Alternative transport

None

14.

…............................

Telephone Number of Art in London Information Line

15. ….............................…...........................….............................................................

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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 is
an 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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2. What is her official date of birth?

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3. What disease did she have as a young child?

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4. What injuries did she receive from her accident?

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5. Why did she start painting?

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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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9. Where were her parents from?

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

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That is the end of the listening tasks. The other tasks test your reading and

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 you
look 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 the
text, 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
technology.

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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 write
your 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.

Write 120 – 150 words.

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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 redevelop
the 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 galleries
to 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. Some
6 million people pass through the Centre Pompidou’s doors each year.

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

and 21

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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Task 3

Information Sheet 2

Bilbao
Hip, buzzing and culturally dynamic, it’s hard to believe that less than twenty years ago
Bilbao 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 TITLE

PARAGRAPH

NUMBER

A 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.

(Total 7 Marks)

Q4(b)

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. spacious

B. splendour

G. diminished

C. was made

H. Example: protection

D. easily changed

I. reached

E. secondary

(Total 6 Marks)

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Task 4

Information Sheet 3

The Louvre

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest, and

most 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.

The Louvre gets its name from a Frankish word leovar, meaning a fortified palace. It was

the 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.

The construction of the earliest above-ground part of the Louvre was begun in 1535. The

architect 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.

Henri IV was a keen promoter of the arts, and he invited hundreds of artists and craftsmen

to 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 the
wing that is now known as the Denon Wing. This has recently been renovated.

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.

The sheer number of new statues forced the museum’s curators into reorganising the

displays. 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.

Many of the works of art in the Louvre can be viewed only in separate departments – for

example 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 outside
Paris, 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.

The new satellite museum, funded by the local regional government, will have 22,000

square 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

•

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.

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 alarm
system 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
your own words as far as possible.

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