POLITECNICO GRANCOLOMBIANO NAME _____________________

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT DATE _____________________

BASIC THREE / QUIZ THREE

I. Fill in the gaps with the best choice in parenthesis. (25 pts)

1. The world’s biggest bull is ______________ ( as big as / as bigger as / as biggest

as) a small elephant.
2. The weather this summer is __________ ( as worse as / as worst as / as bad
as) last year. It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks.
3. You have to unwrap it ___________ (as easily as / as carefully as / as soon as) you
can. It’s quite fragile.
4. It’s not _________________________ (as heavy as / as weight as / as light as) I
thought it would be, actually. I could lift it easily.
5. Rory hasn’t grown ____________________ (as big as / as tall as / as high as)
Tommy yet. He will maybe grow a little more centimeters at the end of the year.
6. She’s not singing __________________________ (as loudly as / as loud as / as
high as) she can. Her voice is even more powerful.
7. They didn’t play ________________ (as greater as / as well as / as nicer as) they
usually do.

 8. Your book is (much more interesting / much more interestinger / a lot

more
 interestinger) than my book.
 9. Amanda is ___________________ (a lot more young / a lot younger / a
lot less
 young) than Julie.
 10. This exercise is a (little easy / little more difficult / little more easy) than
that
 exercise.

Part II. Based on the words from the box fill in the gaps in the paragraph below (25 pts).

more comfortably / more often / more easily / bigger / newer / seriously / responsible / wider / faster /
better / advanced

What is a consumer society

A consumer is a person who buys things and a consumer society is a society that encourages people to buy
and use goods. Some people think that a consumer society provides people with _________ (1) lives. People
in consumer societies tend to live __________________ (2). They eat a ________ (3) variety of food. They go
to restaurants _____________________ (4) . They also buy a lot of products, maybe more than they need.
Products such as TVs, cell phones and computers used to be luxurious. Today, people can buy these things
_______________ (5) than ever before. The market for these goods is growing ________ (6) all the time.
Consumer societies encourage people to buy _______ (7) and better products. For example, smarter phones
come out every year. In a consumer society, people are often buying _________ (8) and more
____________(9) products. This creates a lot of waste. Nowadays, many people are thinking more
______________ (10) about the effects of consumer societies on the environment and they are trying to
become more _____________ (11) consumers.