INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre 2017

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A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

1 F 1- money paid to go to a private school or university.

2 R 2- kill somebody intentionally.
3 A 3- a book that has a cover made of thin card.
4 U 4- using violence to steal from somebody in a public place.
5 - D 5- somebody happy to accept new ideas.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 5 x 0.3 = 1.5 marks

1- You _____ to be nervous at your first job interview. a) are unlikely b) might c) are bound

2- _____ buying the book, I borrowed it from the library. a) In spite of b) Apart from c) Instead of

3- He always _____ a good excuse for being late. a) passes on b) makes up c) puts up

4- It took me ages to get used _____ in public. a) to speaking b) speaking c) to speak

5- I’ve never been robbed but my boyfriend’s parents _____. a) have b) haven’t c) were

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION. Choose a suitable expression. There are three 4 x 0.2 = 0.8 mark
extra ones. Write the letter in the blank.

Two friends are talking about children and violent TV

B: I don’t programmes
know about
A: Such as? that… Jill: Some TV programmes make children violent.

Ann: 1) ____ In fact, they should be prohibited.

C: No, that’s not Jill: 2) ____ But I think parents should take measures to
what I meant. protect their children.
D: You must Ann: 3) ____
be joking! .
Jill: Supervise their children when they are watching TV, for
E: I’ve never example.
really thought
about that. Ann: I’ve found the solution in my family. My kids aren’t
allowed to watch TV at all.

F: What about? Jill: 4) ____

G: I cannot argue with Ann: No, I’m not. An exceptional situation calls for
that. exceptional measures.

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 REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them 8 x 0.4 = 3.2 marks

1- Paul didn’t have lunch yesterday. He was starving at 6p.m. (IF)

2- I had a terrible headache but I stayed till the end of the meeting. \ (DESPITE)

3- When Sally was young she never ate vegetables. (WOULD)

4- William gets up at 5 every day, but that’s not a problem for him. (DOESN’T MIND)

5- When I was a kid my parents forced me to take piano lessons. (MADE)

6- My boss won’t give me the day off tomorrow if I don’t finish this report today. (UNLESS)

7- Grace worked in a bookstore. Its owner was a horrible man. (WHOSE)

8- ‘I won’t sign the document’, Frankie Simpson said. (REFUSED)

COMPLETE THE PASSAGE ABOUT SARA’S DREAM WITH THE 10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
CORRECT TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Sara is an Italian girl who is working hard to achieve her goal: she wants to become an astronaut. She 1) (read)

____________________ books about space travelling since she was a little girl. One day while she 2) (watch)

______________________ a documentary about a Russian woman astronaut she realized that her ambition in life

was to become one. The Russian astronaut 3) (fight) ________________against prejudice against women for many

years before she was taken seriously. Sara 4) (know) _________________ very well that becoming an astronaut is

much more difficult for women, but this doesn’t discourage her.

Sara 5) (study) ________________ English for three years and she is going to study engineering when she

6) (finish) _______________ her secondary school. In the summer she works as a waitress to pay for her studies.

She hates 7) (work) _____________ in a restaurant because she would like to have more time to study, but she

needs the money.

Last week she 8) (tell) _______________ by one her teachers that NASA 9) (recruit) ____________________

candidates in Europe for its next mission in space. The problem is that Sara is still too young to apply to take part

in a NASA mission. But she can wait because she is sure one day her dream 10) (come) ________________ true.

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READING: Read this article and do tasks A and B 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

I’ve always detested shopping for clothes, ever since the days when I used to get dragged around
the town by my mother to buy a new pair of school trousers, or a winter coat. A. ____ Believe me,
I’ve tried many times to enjoy the shopping experience, but there are just too many reasons to hate
it.

The first obstacles to overcome are the sales assistants. They are impatient for a sale and I feel
pressured into trying things on I know I’m not going to like. It’s almost a relief to get to the
changing room - perhaps they’ll find someone else to bother now. B. ____ It’s hot and there’s
nowhere to sit and nowhere to hang anything up, so the floor becomes a mess of clothing.

Part of my problem in all this, I suppose, is that I just can’t get excited about clothes. I’m not
bothered if I look scruffy, as long as I feel comfortable. I can wear the same baggy old T-shirt for
days on end, or at least until I have to change it for reasons of hygiene.

So why would I put myself through the torture of shopping unless it were absolutely unavoidable?
But there is an alternative. I have just taken delivery of a pair of trousers for work, which I ordered
online. It’s the first time I’ve bought clothes on the Internet - and it probably won’t be the last.
Importantly, I don’t have to suffer all the hassle of crowded stores, pushy shop assistants and tiny
changing rooms. C. ____

Now that’s a shopping experience I’m happy to go through.

Task A Insert the sentences/clauses 1 to 3 in the corresponding blank and complete the boxes with A, B or C.

1 A simple trip to the post office is all that’s needed.

2 But things don’t get any better there, though.

3 Now I shop alone, but my heart still sinks when I have to shop for clothes.

Task B Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank line/s below.

4 The writer changes his T-shirt often. T F

5 The writer may buy more clothes online in the future. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice.

A. Write a DESCRIPTION of your favourite city anywhere in the world. Describe its location,
the best season to visit it and why, its attractions, the people and the reasons why it is special to you.

B. Write an ESSAY presenting your arguments in favour and against travelling by plane.

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WRITE: 1-fees 2-murder 3-paperback 4-mugging 5-open-minded
CIRCLE: 1-c 2-c 3-b 4-a 5-a
CONVERSATION: 1-G 2-C 3-A 4-D
REWRITE: 1-If Paul had had lunch today, he wouldn’t be starving now. 2- Despite (having) a/my terrible headache I stayed till
the end of the meeting. 3- When Sally was young she would never eat vegetables. 4- William doesn’t mind getting up at 5 every
day. 5- When I was a kid my parents made me take piano lessons. 6- My boss won’t give me the day off tomorrow unless I finish
this report today. 7- Grace worked in a bookstore whose owner was a horrible man. 8- Frankie Simpson refused to sign the
document.
TENSES: 1-has been reading 2-was watching 3-had fought 4-knows 5- has been studying/studied 6- finishes
7-working 8-was told 9-is/was recruiting/going to recruit 10- will come
READING: Task A 1-C 2-B 3-A Task B 4-F (I can wear the same baggy old T-shirt for days on end) 5-T

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