Examination Specification Level B2 (Grade 11)

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SECTION 3. Writing (40 minutes)
Health
A group of students from another country is going to visit your school. They have asked about ways that people in your town keep fit. Write a report about the most common things people do in order to get exercise where you live.

Write a report. Write between 120 and 180 words.

if not medals. I’m sure I must have won something, although the details are again lost in time.

It was at secondary school that sport turned into a disappointment. We no longer played football, but rugby and hockey – and cricket in the summer. You could see the hockey pitch from some of the classrooms and I couldn’t wait until I was old enough to try it. But I quickly gave it up, as I did with cricket, because I wasn’t good enough. Rugby was a different story. I must have been quite good at it because I was picked for the team several times and I can even remember scoring. My rugby teacher spoiled it for me though. I loved playing, but training was like a punishment.
The teachers clearly took sport very seriously and it was important for the school’s reputation. We didn’t know it at the time, but the teachers’ jobs were probably on the line if the teams didn’t win enough matches. The main thing we students felt was that if you weren’t naturally talented, they made your life difficult. I wish I loved sport now – teachers should encourage students to love their subject. I think they should have succeeded in doing that at least.

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   In paragraph 1, the writer refers to people who have suggested that
   

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   sport is bad for young people.
   
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   students make too much noise when they do sport.
   
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   people should not do sport in school.
   
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   sport is a valuable lesson which should be taught in schools.
   

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   At primary school, sport was fun because
   

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   they could choose what to do.
   
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   they only played team sports.
   
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   it didn’t matter whether they won or lost.
   
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   they entered a number of different competitions.
   

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   What does the writer say about football?
   

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   There can’t have been any training at all.
   
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   He had to miss a lesson to play it.
   
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   They should have had a referee.
   
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   He wasn’t good enough for the school team.
   

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   In athletics, the writer
   

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   was disappointed not to win any medals.
   
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   thinks he won a prize.
   
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   preferred running to long jump.
   
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   won a prize but has since lost it.
   

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    At secondary school, the writer
    

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   wasn’t allowed to play hockey.
   
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   played football mostly.
   
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   enjoyed playing rugby.
   
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   was too young to play cricket.
   

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