PRUEBA: CLIMATE CHANGE

ANSWER KEY including SMART TIPS

ICOMPREHENSION(4points)

ANSWERQUESTIONS13ACCORDINGTOTHEINFORMATIONGIVENINTHETEXT.USEYOUROWN
WORDS.

(1pointperanswer)
1) Whatisthedifferencebetweenclimatechangenowandinthepast?
Suggestedanswer:Thecurrentclimatechangeisdifferentbecauseithasbeencreatedby
peopleandtechnology.
SMARTTIP:givingfullanswers
Remembertoincludeallthecorrectinformationinyouranswer.Studentssometimesdonotgetthe
fullpointbecausetheiranswersareincomplete.TheanswerThecurrentclimatechangeis
different.wouldnotbegivenafullpointbecauseitisnotafullanswer.

2) WhyisclimatechangeabigprobleminAfrica?
Suggestedanswer:Asaresultofclimatechange,thereislesswaterandlandforfarmingin
Africa,andsomepeoplearedying.
SMARTTIP:usingyourownwords
Youshouldalwaystrytouseyourownwordswhenyougiveananswer.Forexample,youcansay
somepeoplearedyingratherthancopyingitisalreadycostinglivesfromthetext.

3) Howmightclimatechangeaffectnortherncountries?
Suggestedanswer:Northerncountriesmightbecomeverycoldwhentheicecapsatthe
northandsouthpolemelt.
ARETHESESTATEMENTSTRUEORFALSE?JUSTIFYYOURANSWERSWITHTHEPRECISEWORDSOR
PHRASESFROMTHETEXT,ORUSEYOUROWNWORDS.
(0.5pointsperanswer)
4) NorthernEuropeancountrieshavenotexperiencedwarmtemperaturesbefore.
False.Athousandyearsago,Britain,IrelandandScandinaviaweremildenoughfor
inhabitantstogrowvinesandmakewine.(lines56)OR(suggestedanswer):Thewriter
tellsusthatsomenorthernEuropeancountriesexperiencedwarmweatherathousandyears
ago.
SMARTTIP:givingevidence
Remembertosupportyouranswerswithevidence.Youwillnotgetanypointsifyouonlywrite
trueorfalse.QuotetheEXACTwordsorphrasesfromthetext,ORuseyourownwords.Donttry
todoboth!

5) Thenumbersofcertainspeciesofanimalsaredecreasing.
True.Thisishavingadamagingimpactonlocalwildlifepopulations,suchaspolarbears.
(line21)OR(suggestedanswer):Thetexttellsusthatclimatechangeiscausingthe
numbersofpolarbearsandotheranimalstodecrease.

IIUSEOFENGLISH(3points)

6)FINDINTHETEXTONEWORDMEANING

tellpeopleaboutsomethingbad(VERB)
warn(line2)

7)GIVEONEOPPOSITEFORdrop(VERB;LINE24).

Suggestedanswers:rise;goup;climb;soar;increase

(0.25points)

(0.25points)

8)FINDINTHETEXTTHEWORDWHICHHASTHEFOLLOWINGDEFINITION:
inawaythatcantbechangedback(ADVERB).
irreversibly(line28)

(0.25points)

SMARTTIP:partofspeech
Alwayscheckthatyouransweristhecorrectpartofspeech.Sometimesthinkingaboutcommon
suffixescanhelpyou.Forexample,manyadverbsendinly.

9)FILLINTHEGAPWITHTHECORRECTOPTION:

(0.25points)
Theplanetishotter......thanitwasinthepast.actually/directly/nowadays
nowadays
SMARTTIP:falsefriends
Watchoutforfalsefriends!Actuallymeansreally,NOTcurrently.

10)GIVEAQUESTIONFORTHEUNDERLINEDWORDS:

ThescientistsmetinGenevayesterday.
Suggestedanswer:Wheredidthescientistsmeetyesterday?

(0.5points)

11)FILLINTHEGAPWITHACORRECTFORMOFTHEVERBINBRACKETS.
Theplanet......(get)severaldegreeshotterlastyear.
got

(0.5points)

SMARTTIP:timeexpressions
Weneedtouseapastsimpleforminthissentencebecauseofthetimeexpressionlastyear.Time
expressionscanoftengiveyoucluesaboutwhichtensetouse,soitisimportantthatyourevise
these.Thefollowingtimeexpressionsareoftenusedwiththepastsimple:
(aweek/month/year)ago
last(week/month/year)
yesterday(morning/afternoon/evening)

12)USETHEWORDSINTHEBOXESTOMAKEAMEANINGFULSENTENCE.
(0.5points)
USEALLANDONLYTHEWORDSINTHEBOXESWITHOUTCHANGINGTHEIRFORM.
bookamewasgivenprizethisasto
Thisbookwasgiventomeasaprize.
SMARTTIP:usingallthewords
ItisimportantthatyouuseALLthewordsintheboxes.Dontaddany,ormissanyout!Itcanbe
helpfultocrossoutallthewordsyouuse.Forexample:this

13)TURNTHEFOLLOWINGSENTENCEINTOREPORTEDSPEECH.
Whendidglobalwarmingbegin?sheasked.
Sheaskedwhenglobalwarmingbegan.

(0.5points)


IIIPRODUCTION(3points)

14)WRITEACOMPOSITIONOFAPPROXIMATELY120WORDS.CHOOSEONEOFTHE
FOLLOWINGOPTIONS,ANDFOCUSSTRICTLYONIT.SPECIFYYOUROPTION.
A) Whatcanwedotohelptheenvironment?
B) Howwillglobalwarmingaffectourlivesinthefuture?
Manydifferentanswersarepossible.Herearetwosuggestedmodels.

AWhatcanwedotohelptheenvironment?
Therearemanythingsthatwecandotohelptheenvironment.
Firstly,wecanallmakechangestoourpersonallives.Wecanrecyclepaper,glassandsome
plastics,andwecanalsotrytouselessenergyathome.Insteadoftravellingeverywhereby
car,weoughttowalk,cycleorusepublictransport.
Secondly,weshouldtrytopersuadethegovernmentandbusinessestodomoretoo.For
example,wecouldcampaignforcompaniestouselessoilandgasintheirfactories.We
couldalsodonatemoneytoenvironmentalcharities.
Inconclusion,Ithinkthereisalotwecandotoreducetheimpactofclimatechange.Saving
theplanetiseveryonesresponsibility,andweallneedtohelp.

BHowwillglobalwarmingaffectourlivesinthefuture?
Ibelievethatglobalwarmingwillhaveahugeimpactonourfuturelives.
Theworldwillbecomehotter,andwewillexperiencemoreextremeweatherconditions,such
ashurricanesandtsunamis.Asaresultofthechangingclimate,someanimalsandplants
maylosetheirhabitatsandbecomeextinct.Soon,itmaynotbepossibleforeitheranimals
orpeopletoliveinsomepartsoftheworld.
Naturalresourceswillbecomeveryexpensive,andtheremaynotbeenoughfoodandwater
foreverybody.Somepeoplemaydieofdisease,povertyorstarvation.
Unlesswedomoretohelptheenvironment,Ithinkthatourliveswillbeverybadlyaffected
inthefuture.Consequently,weneedtotakeactionnow.
SMARTTIP:thinkingabouttenses
Beforeyouwrite,thinkcarefullyaboutthegrammarandtensesyouneedtouse.
Inthiscomposition,youwillneedtousepresenttensestoexpressyouropinion:
Ibelieve/thinkthat....
Youwillmainlyneedtousefuturetenses,especiallywill,tomakepredictionsaboutthefuture.
Rememberthatyoucanalsousesomeothermodalverbsinsteadofwillforvariety,includingmight,
may,couldtotalkaboutafuturepossibility.
Alwaysreadyourcompositionafteryouhavefinishedandcheckthatyourgrammar,spelling,
punctuationandwordorderarecorrect.