Puntaje ideal: 25pts.

Puntaje Obtenido
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LICEO MANUEL BARROS BORGOO

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Miss Garca/mgs

ENGLISH TERM TEST

Date: _______________
Name: _______________________________________

Grade: _______________

Content: Vocabulario clave relacionado con la tecnologa y las innovaciones tecnolgicas; Pasado Simple
de verbos regulares e irregulares; conectores; afirmaciones, preguntas y negaciones; pronombres relativos;
comprensin lectora y produccin escrita.
I.

Analyse the crossword and find at least 14 key words from the unit. (7pts.)
Words can go in the following directions:
Technology and Innovations

1.
2.

4.

5.

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6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

3.

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II.

Choose the appropriate verb form to complete the idea of the following sentences.(7pts)

1. Computers _______________ too big in the past.

a) WAS
b) WERE
2. ___________ Bill Gates ___________ Microsoft in 1975?
a) DID/ FOUNDED
b) DID/ FOUND
3. Thomas A. Edison never ___________ an automatic repeater.
a) PATENTED
b) DIDNT PATENT
4. We ____________ the solution this year.
a) DIDNT FIND
b) DID NOT FOUND
5. Man ____________ the animals and other created species in nature to produce technological devices.
a) HAS OBSERVED
b) OBSERVED
6. They ___________ created anything really, just copied.
a) HAVENT
b) DIDNT
7. I _______ my last project design yesterday.
a) LOSE
b) LOST
III.

Choose the correct Relative Pronoun; WHERE- WHO- THAT or WHICH. (5pts.)

a) Pendrives, external drivers and other devices _____________ we use are not expensive today.
(WHICH/ WHO)
b) The man _______ invented the first telegraph was an american man.
(WHO / WHICH)
c) Singers interpreting songs _________ are intended to motivate violence arent recommended for young people.
(THAT / WHO)
d) I didnt believe the story_________ the step father told the plice.
( WHO/ THAT )
e) The city _________ I was born is not modern at all, on the contrary, its very old.
(THAT/ WHERE)

IV.

Read and find the following information.(6pts.)

1. A connector that introduce
CONTRAST:
2. Three connectors that comes
before additional information:
_________; ____________; _________
3. What are the characteristics of
the snake skin? (1)__________
_______________________________
(2)______________________________

_______________________________

Snake Skin
What makes the skin of a snake so durable?

(3) ____________________________
_______________________________

_______________________________
Consider: The skin of snakes can differ in thickness and structure from one species to another.

However, the skin of all snakes has one thing in common: It is firm on the outside and becomes
progressively softer toward the inside. Why is this advantageous? Material that has a transition from a
stiff outside to a flexible inside can distribute an impacting force over a larger area, says researcher
Marie-Christin Klein. The unique structure of snake skin allows sufficient traction between body and
ground for the snake to be able to move, and at the same time, it evenly distributes pressure from sharpedged stones so that there is less damage to the skin. Durability is vital, since snakes usually shed their
skin only every two to three months.
Materials with the properties of snake skin may be useful in the field of medicinefor example, in
manufacturing slip-resistant and extra-durable artificial implants. Also, drive and conveyor machinery
that mimics the construction of snake skin may require fewer pollutive lubricants.
What do you think? Did snake skin come about by evolution? Or was it designed?
Adapted from Awake magazine, March 2014. 2014 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
Glossary
Thickness: grosor
shed: derramar
Skin: piel
properties: propiedades
Softer: ms suave
slip-resistant:resistente a
Advantageous: ventajoso
machinery: maquinaria
Stiff:
may: puede
Inside: dentro
fewer pollutive: menos contaminante
Allows: permite
come about: llegar a existir
To be able to= can: para ser capaz de
Sharpedged stones: piedras filosas
Damage: dao