PIFLE-I COURSE 3.

- EGAP
WORKSHOP Escuela de Idiomas -
Universidad de Antioquia Phase 2:
Practice English 3 - Medicine
Puntos totales26/26
 

1. What´s your complete name?

Greys Alexandra Garcia Gomez

 
2. Language Section. The purpose of this section is to provide some linguistic
basis related to word category and function, reference words and syntax for a
better reading comprehension. A. Identifying word function and meaning:
Gerunds.Instructions: In the reading passage of section 2, you will find the
following sentences which include an ing-form word. In order to get the porper
interpretation of those utterances, you have to identify the grammar category
function of those words within each sentence and define the meaning of the
boldfaced words based on the context surrounding them. Use the conventions
within the parenthesis. Grammar categories: - Progressive verb (PV)- Gerund
functioning as a noun (Noun-G)- Gerund functioning as an adjective before the
noun (AdG + N)- Gerund functioning as an adjective after the verb (V + AdjG)
- Gerund after a preposition (Prep + G) - Present participle (-ing) as a result of
a reduced a) Traveling has been more than a hobby for me.
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PV
Noun-G
 
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
b) I visited many countries and a variety of interesting places .
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
 
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
c) A North American lady standing next to me, admiring the view .
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause
 
 
d) It is a question I have been asking myself recently .
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PV
 
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
e) Images of oneself and travelling companions at all the sites visited.
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
 
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
f) Look at me, I was there, here’s the proof! Or is narcissism flourishing?
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause
 
 
g) Walk aimlessly and see what discoveries are lurking in the backstreets.
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
 
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
h) Old fashioned bookshops with their towering shelves bending under the
weight of books
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
 
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
i) Restaurants with a delicious, mouthwatering array of vegetarian food
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
 
V+AdjG
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

 
j) I feel more interested in knowing about the culture of such places
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
 
Ing-RClause

 
k) What do you like the most of traveling?
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
Prep + G
 
Ing-RClause

 
l) Any other unsuspected find that could be entertaining.
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PV
Noun-G
AdG + N
V+AdjG
 
Prep + G
Ing-RClause

3. Simple past – Present perfect. The writer in the reading section about
traveling uses either sentences in simple past or in present perfect depending
on what he means. Identify two sentences from the reading passage for each
type of verb tense. Simple past: a) b) Present perfect: c) d)
simple past: a)Many years ago when I travelled round south America(...) b)Over the year
or so I have mentioned to various people(...) present perfect: a)I have visited many
places b)i have been asking myself visited recently

 
4. Reading section. 1 Traveling has been more than a hobby for me. It has
become part of my life style. Many years ago when I travelled round South
America I visited many countries and a variety of interesting places, including
Cartagena and San Agustin in Colombia, Machu Picchu in Peru, Foz do
Iguacu on the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina and the national
park, Torres del Paine, in the South of Chile. I clearly remember enjoying all of
them immensely, and for a variety of different reasons. Another iconic tourist
site I visited during that sabbatical was the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, and I
recall commenting to a North American lady standing next to me, admiring the
view, that it was a shame the day was cloudy, to which she replied that at
least it was another one that could be crossed off the list. 2 And this response
begs the question—why do we travel? It is a question I have been asking
myself recently. On a recent trip to Thailand the profusion of the so called
selfie stick, suggests that one of the reasons is to amass a collection of
images of oneself and travelling companions at all the sites visited. But I also
wonder whether people take shots of themselves in various places of interest
to provide a memory of the trip or to use as proof that the location visited can
now be crossed off the list. Look at me, I was there, here’s the proof! Or is
narcissism flourishing? , in other words, blossoming love to oneself? 3 During
my lifetime I have visited many places and could therefore say I have crossed
many places off the list, however, I don’t really have a list, and these days
when people ask me which destination I would like to travel to next, I often
struggle to come up with more than a few possibilities, and those I do come up
with are not necessarily that exotic, far flung (remote), or exciting; instead, I
feel more interested in knowing about the culture of such places. 4 Over the
last year or so I have mentioned to various people that one day I would like to
return to New York, but not as a tourist per se, but to walk aimlessly and see
what discoveries are lurking in the backstreets—old fashioned bookshops with
their towering shelves bending under the weight of books that probably very
few will ever read, small, quaint cafes where one can relax over a well
prepared coffee and watch the world go by, restaurants with a delicious,
mouthwatering array of vegetarian food or any other unsuspected find that
could be entertaining while away a few hours. I think it would be great to get to
know a different New York to the one most tourists feel they have to know
when they first visit. 5 Wherever you travel and whatever you do when you
travel, above all you should enjoy it and try to find the time to soak up some of
the local atmosphere. Why do you travel? What do you like the most of
traveling?Retrieved from Mark Fletcher’s
blog: http://www.welshviews.com/blog/on-travelling-selfies-and-the-local-
markets-of-chiang-mai-cardiff-and-medellin-as-alternative-tourist-attractions  a.
The author’s main purpose in the first paragraph is
To list all the places he has visited round South America
To remark that South America has a lot of interesting places
To give an introduction to his main concern about why to travel
 
To describe a lady he met in one of his trips

 
b. The word ‘iconic’ in paragraph 1 is opposite in meaning to the following
words, EXCEPT BY…
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Prominent
 
Unexceptional
Uninteresting
Homely

 
c. Based on paragraph 2, it could be inferred that the author’s reason for
traveling…
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is to take shots of himself in various places of interest to provide a memory of the trip
could be motivated by reasons that differ to other people’s ones
 
is to take pictures as proof that the location visited can now be crossed off his list
is to amass a collection of images of people and travelling companions at the sites

 
d. According to the context given in paragraph 3, the phrasal verb “come up
with” means the same as
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Arrive
Think of
 
Come on
Remember

 
e. Based on the given contextual clue in paragraph 3, the word far flung is
opposite in meaning to…
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Faraway
Distant
Further
Near
 
 
f. The expression “to walk aimlessly” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to…
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To wander around an unknown place
To walk toward a known destiny
To go with a defined objective
To walk without a defined target
 
 
g. Which of the following could be the author’s central point in paragraph 4?
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To describe a different New York he would like to get to know in case he returns.
To state that he is not a tourist per se, but an aimless walker of New York streets
To depict small, quaint cafes where one can relax over a well prepared coffee in New
York
To remark a difference between common tourists’ likes and his likes as a tourist
 
 
h. Based on the given context, the expression “to soak up” in paragraph 4, is
closest in meaning to
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To get wet
To absorb the air
To be immersed
 
To keep out

 
i. What is the author’s intention in the last paragraph?
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To explain the reader how to travel if they want to have fun
To advise the reader about what to do when traveling
 
To criticize the travelers who do not get immersed in the local environment
To inquire tourists about their preferences when traveling

 
5. The following section contains some reference words that contextually
appear in the reading section (underlined); match each of them to the concept
or phrase they refer to. Note: For each reference word corresponds just one
option, however in column B there are more options, thus, some of them do
not correspond to any reference word, they would be wrong options. a.____ a
few possibilities of destination the narrator would like to travel to next
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all of them (paragraph 1)
that (paragraph 1)
there (paragraph 2)
those (paragraph 3)
 
one (paragraph 4)
it (paragraph 5)

 
b. ____ New York
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all of them (paragraph 1)
that (paragraph 1)
there (paragraph 2)
those (paragraph 3)
one (paragraph 4)
 
it (paragraph 5)

 
c. ____ South America countries and a variety of interesting places the writer
has visited
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all of them (paragraph 1)
 
that (paragraph 1)
there (paragraph 2)
those (paragraph 3)
one (paragraph 4)
it (paragraph 5)

 
d. ____ Wherever you travel
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all of them (paragraph 1)
that (paragraph 1)
there (paragraph 2)
those (paragraph 3)
one (paragraph 4)
it (paragraph 5)
 
 
e. ____ A location visited by a tourist that can be crossed off the list
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all of them (paragraph 1)
that (paragraph 1)
there (paragraph 2)
 
those (paragraph 3)
one (paragraph 4)
it (paragraph 5)

 
f. ____ A period the writer spent traveling around South America
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all of them (paragraph 1)
that (paragraph 1)
 
there (paragraph 2)
those (paragraph 3)
one (paragraph 4)
it (paragraph 5)