LICEO SCIENTIFICO G. GALILEI – PERUGIA PROVA DI VERIFICA DELLE CONOSCENZE E COMPETENZE MINIME DISCIPLINA: INGLESE - 3° ANNO DURATA DELLA PROVA: 1 ORA E TRENTA MINUTI PUNTEGGIO TOTALE:

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LICEO SCIENTIFICO G. GALILEI – PERUGIA

PROVA DI VERIFICA DELLE CONOSCENZE E COMPETENZE MINIME DISCIPLINA: INGLESE - 3° ANNO

DURATA DELLA PROVA: 1 ORA E TRENTA MINUTI PUNTEGGIO TOTALE:

1. You are going to read a text about music in the Middle Ages. For questions 1-6, chose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

1) In the Middle Ages the jongleur was A) only a clown.

B) a musician and an entertainer.

C) a philosopher.

D) a churchman.

4) What is true about jongleurs?

A) There were independent jongleurs who composed satirical songs about current events.

B) Jongleurs were outlaws.

C) No satirical jongleurs performed at kings' service.

D) They could perform in marketplaces but never in abbeys and in castles of nobles.

2) What was the jongleur's function?

A) It was to move from place to place.

B) It was to create and spread his repertory.

C) It was to remain outside society.

D) It was to condemn the Church.

5) The art of the troubadour was A) confined to France.

B) confined to Northern Spain and Italy.

C) an example of sophisticated verse.

D) political.

3) The jongleur's repertory

A) could not be played at wedding cerimonies.

B) was composed for servants.

C) was identical for the rich and the poor.

D) was illegal.

6) What was the principal subject of the troubadour's art?

A) The praise of women.

B) Life in the village.

C) Poetry itself.

D) Their own heroic deeds.

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2. Write a short summary of the text (100 words), talking about the following points:

• origin of the term jongleur

• his social reputation

• origin of folk songs

• main topics of troubadours' poetry

• jongleurs' and troubadours' audiences

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3. Underline the correct verb form A,B,C or D to fill the spaces in 6-10

• About 100 people …... outside the theatre for tickets when we got there.

A were queuing B queued C have queued D queue

• This time last week I …... to Athens.

A have driven B have drove C was driving D have been driving

• By the time the teacher arrived, the classroom was empty: the students …... . A left B had left C were leaving D have left

• The witness claimed he …... the accused before.

A did not see B hasn't seen C wasn't seeing D hadn't seen

• I …... a shower when the telephone rang.

A had B was having C have had D have

• Something really strange …... yesterday at four o' clock in the afternoon.

A happened B was happening C happend D has happened

• You still …... me your report. I asked you for it yesterday.

A have given B hadn't given C didn't give D haven't given

• Ann was happy to be back. Her trip to London …... very successful.

A was B hadn't been C hasn't been D has been

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4. For questions 1 – 10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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**(*) WRITING**

CONTENT LANGUAGE COHESION

a. contenuto completo e

• molto approfondito

• approfondito

10

9

a. controllo morfo-sintattico e lessicale completo e

• ricco ed ambizioso

• sicuro

10

9

a. sintesi organica,

argomentazioni coerenti, puntuali e originali con collegamenti efficaci e significativi.

5

b. contenuto completo e

• ricco

• complessivamente corretto

8 7

b. controllo morfo-sintattico e lessicale nel complesso

• preciso

• appropriato

8

7

b. sintesi coesa con argomentazioni e

collegamenti appropriati.

4

c. contenuto essenziale e adeguato

6

c. controllo morfo-sintattico e

lessicale essenziale ma adeguato

6

c. sintesi essenziale con

argomentazioni lineari.

3

d. contenuto incompleto

• non sempre corretto.

• indeguato

5 4

d. controllo morfo-sintattico e lessicale

• spesso improprio

• spesso limitato

5 4

d. sintesi imprecisa con argomentazioni poco coerenti e collegamenti

generici.

2

e. contenuto frammentario e

• povero

• incoerente

3

2

e. controllo morfo-sintattico e lessicale

• molto limitato

• decisamente carente

3 2

e. sintesi frammentaria con argomentazioni disorganiche e

collegamenti quasi assenti.

1

f. contenuto fortemente carente o

inesistente.

1

f. controllo morfo-sintattico e

lessicale inesistente.

1

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