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EXAMEN FINAL TIPO TRACK TEST NIVEL II

NOVEMBER ______ 2020

NAMES_________________________________________________________________________________________

I. READ ABOUT THIS PIECE OF ENGLAND IN CHINA, THEN ANSWER THE TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS.
The building company Hong Kong Housing is building a new suburb in Shanghai, a city with a
population of more than 15 million people. But this suburb is not like other parts of Shanghai. It
is a little piece of England. The name of the new area is "English Town". The manager of Hong
Kong Housing, Shi Guan sheng, says many people in this area of China want to buy an
English house and live in an English town. “This town is like Bristol or Chester. There is an
English square and there are pigeons to feed like in Trafalgar Square, London. There are four
English-style pubs and you can buy English beer to drink. There is a canal and you can row a
boat there like in Cambridge. “Are there any cricket fields? “No, there aren't any places to play
cricket because nobody in Shanghai can play this game. But there is a football stadium like
those in England. And the thing we are very proud of is our shopping street. There are several
shops where you can buy traditional English food like fish and chips or Christmas Pudding.
"The rich Shanghai businessman can do some gardening too. For with every house in "English
Town", there is an English lawn and there are long gardens with ponds and tall hedges. But
there is one problem. The houses in this part of town cost a minimum of $400,000!
1. "English Town" is in a Chinese city. TRUE FALSE
2. These houses are only for English people to buy. TRUE FALSE
3. There are pigeons in all the gardens. TRUE FALSE
4. The English pubs look like pubs in Cambridge. TRUE FALSE
5. There aren't any cricket fields in the new development. TRUE FALSE
6. Shi Guan sheng feels proud about the English-style shops.
TRUE FALSE
7. Most houses have a lawn. TRUE FALSE
8. The houses are cheap. TRUE FALSE

II. READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS, READ AND CHOOSE THE MULTIPLE

CHOICE QUESTIONS.

Patricia Denning stars in a sad movie about ambition and heartbreak. When Cecilia leaves college in
Texas, she has everything: a wonderful boyfriend, Carl, an interesting job and an expensive house in
a pretty town. Her life is perfect. Even her black Labrador dog, Perky, is a star: he wins the local dog
competition and Hollywood wants to put him in a movie. Cecilia goes to Hollywood with him and
leaves her boyfriend alone back home. When the studio fires Perky, Cecilia decides to stay in
Hollywood and tries to get other movie roles for her beautiful dog. Carl gives Cecilia an ultimatum:
come home and stop behaving crazily, or stay there forever. Cecilia decides to stay in Hollywood and
wants to become an actress herself. She sends Perky back to Texas and starts an acting course.
After six months, Cecilia realizes she can't act and she misses home, but it's too late. Carl has found
another girlfriend. Cecilia tries to win him back, and also discovers a lot about herself on her long
journey. This is a very sad movie, which makes you think about what we want from life. Patricia
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Denning is very convincing as Cecilia, but the star of the movie is gorgeous Perky, the black Labrador
who steals our hearts. Black Hollywood is in cinemas from next week.
1. What does Cecilia not have?

A. A house she loves

B. A wonderful husband
C. A pet
D. A great job

2. When does her wonderful adventure begin?

A. When her dog wins a competition

B. When she marries her boyfriend, Carl
C. When she goes on vacation to Hollywood
D. When she buys the house in a pretty town

3. What happens to Perky in Hollywood?

A. He isn't very successful

B. He becomes a star
C. He's too nervous to work
D. He makes two movies and retires

4. What is Carl's reaction to Cecilia living in Hollywood?

A. He doesn't know she went

B. He's angry
C. He doesn't care
D. He's supportive

5. Why does Cecilia stay in Hollywood?

A. She wants to become an actress

B. She is too busy making movies
C. She hates Carl
D. She has no money

III. READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS, READ AND CHOOSE THE MULTIPLE

CHOICE QUESTIONS.

I'm going to tell you about my Aunt Helen's house. It's not her main house, that's in the city. No, this
house is by the lake. There was a small town by the lake called Miller's Ford, but all the people
moved away when the fishing and mining stopped about sixty years ago. But the houses stayed, of
course. My Aunt Helen uses that house as a vacation home and she goes there for a few weeks
every year to relax.

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But staying in that house isn't a relaxing experience. I think the house is haunted! I think there's a
ghost there from many years ago. Helen says I'm silly and that I've got an over-active imagination.
But there are many things that happen in that house that cannot be easily explained.
One day, shortly after getting up, I went to find my Aunt Helen to say "good morning" and I heard her
talking in a room that she usually never uses. I think it used to be the nursery of the house when
Miller's Ford was a busy town in the 19th Century. I listened at the door and could hear Helen reading
something out, or perhaps she was dictating a letter. I couldn't hear any other person in the room with
her so it wasn't a normal conversation. I didn't want to disturb my aunt, so I went back downstairs and
went to make breakfast in the kitchen, which I ate on the porch that overlooked the lake. It was a
beautiful sunny morning. Half an hour later, I heard my aunt's car arriving. She had been to the local
store to buy some bread and milk. I couldn't believe it! "What are you looking so shocked for?" she
asked me.
"I thought you were in the old nursery, working on your letters, Auntie," I replied.
"I never go in that room," she said. "I haven't been in that room for fifteen years."
A few other things like that happened over the next few visits I made to that house and I grew to
dislike it very much. Then, one day in my local library, I found a story in an old newspaper with the
title "The Constant Babysitter". The story was that a baby had died in one of the houses by the lake at
Miller's Ford and the babysitter was blamed, a woman of 37 who was a family friend and had offered
to look after the baby. But she spent all her time in the kitchen writing her letters and didn't know that
someone had climbed in the baby's window and taken her. The baby was never found. The woman
killed herself through depression after the baby's disappearance and local people then said her ghost
stayed very close to where the baby was left by the parents - in the nursery.
I never went back to that house, despite my Aunt Helen's many invitations.

1. The narrator describes the house where her aunt lives all year.

A. false B. true

2. Why did the people leave Miller's Ford

A. the lake flooded
B. the haunted house
C. the economy
3. Aunt Helen also believes there's something "strange" in the house.

A. true B. false

4. Why was the narrator looking for Aunt Helen?

A. to tell her about the nursery
B. to have breakfast
C. to greet her
5. Why did the narrator think it wasn't a "normal conversation"?
A. she heard only one person
B. the people were shouting

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6. What did Aunt Helen say about the nursery?
A. she didn't like to use it
B. that she never used it
C. the room was locked
7. Who took the baby in the story?
A. a friend of the babysitter
B. the babysitter
C. nobody knows
8. Why does the ghost probably stay in the nursery?
A. it feels guilty about what happened
B. because of the lake view
C. she jumped from that window

IV. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.

READING SKILLS IN SIMPLE PAST AND FILL IN THE BLANKS

Benjamin Franklin…………………. (Be Born) in Boston in 1706. He …………………. (Be) the fifteenth
of the seventeen children of a poor candle maker. He …………………. (GO) to school only one year.
He …………………. (BEGIN) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he ………………….
(DECIDE) to be a writer. He …………………. (COPY) the great stories of famous writers and later he
…………………. (BECOME) the best known writer in his time. When he …………………. (BE)
seventeen, he …………………. (LEAVE) Boston and …………………. (ARRIVE) in Philadelphia with
only a few coins in his pocket. He …………………. (GET) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and
………………….. (RETIRE) from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………….
(SPEND) the next forty years for his government. He …………………. (PLAY) an important role in the
founding of the USA. Franklin …………………. (BE) also an important scientist and inventor. He
…………………. (DRAW) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He …………………. (WRITE) one of
the first text books on electricity. He …………………. (INVENT) a simple lightning rod and many other
practical tools. He …………………. (MAKE) a study of water and …………………. (DISCOVER)
many principles of hydrodynamics. He even …………………. (INVENT) bifocal glasses when he was
seventy-eight and…………………. (NEED) them himself. Franklin …………………. (DO) all these
things and many more because he …………………. (BELIEVE) he …………………. (CAN).

V. GRAMMAR QUESTIONS. READ AND CHOOSE THE BET OPTION TO ANSWER

THE QUESTIONS.
1. Is your pen red?

A. No, I am not. C. No, it is.

B. Yes, it is. D. Yes, I am.

2. There.... many pens on the table. B. a

A. an C. are

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D. is B. have
3. I ...... a headache. C. has
A. her D. It

4. My birthday is.... January. 5. Last week, I.... go to the party.

A. on A. isn't
B. to B. didn't
C. at C. doesn't
D. in D. aren't

6. Do you like to swim or dance? 7. I was born.... 1993

A. No. A. on
B. I cannot swim. B. to
C. I like to swim. C. at
D. Yes, I do. D. in

8. I go to school.... Monday..... 7 o'clock 9. I.... sick yesterday.

A. in / at A. am
B. at / to B. was
C. on / at C. are
D. at / in D. Is

10. I ...... two sisters. 11. He.... two brothers.

A. her A. his
B. his B. have
C. have C. has
D. Has D. him

Listening 1: Sports centers: Listen to the people introducing two different sports centers and do the exercises
to practice and improve your listening skills. Choose the right answer from the multiple choice questions.

1. Gym A has ________.

a) lots of activities in the b) a few activities at c) lots of activities at

evenings different times different times of day

2. Gym A ________ ten years ago.

a) moved into a new building
b) built a sauna
c) opened
3. In gym A, you can have a massage ________.

a) at a reasonable price b) free if you are a member c) if you book in advance

4. Gym B can give you advice about ________.

a) training, lifestyle and diet
b) sports injuries and diet
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5. The lifeguard can also ________.

a) give you some tips to improve your swimming
b) demonstrate the best way to swim
c) give you swimming lessons

 Listening 2: New inventions Listen to the radio program and do the exercises to practice and
improve your listening skills. Then choose T (TRUE) F (FALSE) and justify your false answer based
on the listening.

1. Wing suits allow people to fly or glide. TRUE FALSE

___________________________________________________________________________
2. Wing suits are getting cheaper. TRUE FALSE
___________________________________________________________________________
3. James Cameron invented a new underwater camera . TRUE FALSE
___________________________________________________________________________
4. MIT students have invented a new type of ketchup. TRUE FALSE
___________________________________________________________________________
5. The science correspondent thinks the clouds are ugly. TRUE FALSE
___________________________________________________________________________

VI. WRITTEN PART: WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE, USE SIMPLE PRESENT,
SIMPLE PAST, PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND TRY TO CONNECT YOUR IDEAS. USE 200
WORDS.
TOPICS TO WRITE: CHOOSE ONE TOPIC AND BEGIN TO WRITE.
 A FAMILY TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE.
 A VACATION TRIP TO EUROPE.
 A NEW PROJECT IN YOUR LIFE.
 A NEW BRAND HOUSE YOU WANT TO BUY.
 MAKING A PARTY FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

VII. Read the paragraphs and answer the questions:

Hello! My name is Douglas Hunter. I’m a pilot for British Airlines. I fly planes. I am not
working today. I am playing golf. It is my favorite sport.
1. What is his name?
2. What does he do?
3. What is he doing now?
4. What is his favorite sport?

He is Gordon Lester. He is a champion jockey. He rides racehorses, but he isn’t riding a

racehorse now. He is dancing with his wife.
1. What is his name?
2. What does he do?
3. Is he a good jockey?
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4. Where is he now?
5. What is he doing?
6. Who is he with?
They are Bob and Michael. They teach English in a school. They aren’t teaching now. They
are in the pub. They’re talking and laughing.
1. Who are they?
2. Do they teach?
3. What do they teach?
4. Where are they now?
5. What are they doing now?

She is Rosalind Graham. She is a ballet dancer. She dances for Royal Ballet. She isn’t
dancing now. She is having a bath.
1. What is her name?
2. What does she do?
3. Is she dancing now?
4. What is she doing?
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BY USING (WHEN/WHILE) SIMPLE PAST AND PAST
PROGRESSIVE TOGETHER.
A. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)
B. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
C. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
D. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
E. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
F. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
G. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
H. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
I. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
J. How did Martha fall? (dance)