Adaptacin a Grado en Ingeniera

Mecnica
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Borja Cabrillo del Pino

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Practice section:
Exercise 1
1. Tin
2. Cellar
3. Pollution
4. Cope with
5. Log on
6. Get around
7. Knitting
8. Brother-in-law
9. Arrange
10. Interested in

Exercise 2
1. Met
2. Happiest
3. A few
4. Which
5. Is going to rain
6. Could
7. Would you do
8. To watch
9. Is believed
10. Asked

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Exercise 3
1. Nice to meet you
2. I would like to speak
3. Do you want
4. Did you say
5. Let me explain

Exercise 4
1. Make
2. Nothing
3. Such
4. On
5. Take

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Practice section:
Reading section 1
Exercise a
1. Yes, I have seen Michael Jordan playing with the Chicago Bulls
2. I think people reach their peak in these sports depend
3. No, I dont know what this people are doing nowadays
Exercise b
I think most sportspeople find difficult to retire because when they retire
they dont know what to do with their lives
Exercise c
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

F
E
C
B
A
D

Exercise d
Luis Enrique, ex- football player. Now he is coaching the F.C.Barcelona.
Yes I Do, he retired at the right time because now he is coaching one of the
best team of the world

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Practice section:
Reading section 2
Exercise a
My react is bad when I lose. Yes, in my family my brother is worse than me
when he lose.
Exercise b
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

McEnroe
John Howard
Jon Drummond
Nelson Piquet
Ahn Jung-Hwan

Exercise c
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Out
In
Down
Past
Out of
Out of

Exercise d
1. Arbitros
2. Arbitro
3. Descalificado
4. Entrenador
5. La Carrera
6. Estrello
7. Marco el gol
8. Equipo de futbol
9. Partido
10. Derrota
11. Medallas
Exercise e
1. I think the worst loser was McEnroe
2. I think the most understandable behaviour was Nelson Piquet
3. Yes I know. Pepe, a football player of Real Madrid

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Practice section:
Reading section 3
Exercise a
I think that when I go on holiday my life change because I know new people
and new customs, which make me think in my way to live and how can I
change it.
Exercise b
1. She is working at Monkey World
2. She was working as a manager at Next, a British chain store
3. She went on holiday to Borneo. She worked with apes and enjoy it. When
she came back she was found it difficult to return to her old life. She decided
to go back to the university and study biology
4. She is really happy now. She feel that she is doing something important.
Exercise c
1. She is living on the Greek island of Lipsi
2. She was living in London. She was working for American Express She had a
good social life and salary
3. She went on holiday to Lipsi with a friend and love it. A few months later she
applied for a job at the travel company which had organized her holiday
4. She cant imagine living in London again. She is very happy there
Exercise d
I think Victorias life has changed the most because she was working as a
manager at the beginning but after all she became a chimpanzee keeper.
I would choose Sallys holidays because love sun, mountains and delicious
food.

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Practice section:
Reading section 4
Exercise a
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

He went on holiday to Thailand.

He went with his girlfriend Mia.
He stayed in quite expensive hotels.
The weather was lovely.
He didnt enjoy the holidays because he and his girlfriend were argued
about everything.

Exercise b
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

She went on holiday to Venice.

She went with two friends, Linda and her best friend Isabell.
She stayed in a small apartment whit fantastic views of the canals.
The weather was perfect.
She didnt enjoy the holidays because his friend Linda was so mean, she just
didnt want to pay for anything.

Exercise c
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Hostal
Ambiente
Ligar
Romper
Vistas de los canals
Sentir pena por ella
Desastre

Exercise d
No, I always enjoy my holidays.

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Practice section:
Reading section 5
Exercise a
Yes I usually complain to the seller.
Exercise b
A. 2
B. 4
C. 7
D. 5
F. 6
G. 3
Exercise c
Mr Thomas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

His laptop computer

It was getting slower
He took it to a local repairer and then to a computer shop
It was too expensive repair
Toshiba
The company collected the laptop, repaired it and retuned it with a new
battery, all without charge
Mr Oakley

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

A DVD player
They didnt have one in stock
He went back to the shop and phoned many times to reserve one
Because they just told him to come back but it never arrived
The Managing Director of Argos
He got his DVD player and ten recordable DVD discs

Exercise d
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Branch
Staf
Goods
In stock
Services
Compensation
Guarantee

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Practice section:
Reading section 6
Exercise a

Exercise b

Exercise c

Exercise d

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Practice section:
Reading section 7
Exercise a
I use to see my really good friends once a month. I would like to see them
more often but we have to work and study and it is difficult to agree to see
us.
Exercise b
Decide which of your friends are really important for you.
Exercise c
1.
2.
3.
4.

C
B
A
C

Exercise d
Yes, I agree with the article, sometimes I think that I would edit my friends
but I dont do that because may be I will need them.

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Practice section:
Reading section 8
Exercise a

Exercise b

Exercise c

Exercise d

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Practice section:
Reading section 9
Exercise a
3
Exercise b
Because she wants to prove that money is not important. what is important
is what kind of person you are.
She does things for other people and in exchange they give her what she
needs to live.
Exercise c
1. She was a psychotherapist
2. A few clothes and a few personal belongings
3. She set up a swapping circle
4. First she house-sat, now she lives in a student residence
5. Yes, but she doesnt get paid
6. She asks friends or she does something for someone
7. That all jobs are equally important and that we shouldnt judge people
according to how much they earn
8. She gave it away
Exercise d
1. Yes, I agree with her because all jobs are equally important and most
people dont like their jobs but is not easy to live like Heidemarie. If you
need to feed your sons you must work and have money in your pockets.
People use to judge us according to how much we earn that is really sad
but it is real.
2. I would like to have Heidemarie as a friend because she likes help
people.
It is not easy to live without money because you always have to be worry
about what can you do each day.

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Practice section:
Reading section 10
Exercise a

Exercise b

Exercise c

Exercise d

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