FINAL EXAM

NAME: Laura Arias

LANGUAGE SECTION:
I. MARK WITH AN X THE LETTER OF THE PHRASE THAT BEST
COMPLETES THE SENTENCES. (3 PTS EACH)

1) Sara ___________________ about going to study abroad. She´ll stay in Santiago and
study at PUCMM.
a. changed her mind
b. regret her decision
c. persuaded her parents
d. delayed her stay

2) Mario, we have ______________________ for tomorrow’s breakfast.

Don´t worry. I´ll buy some more at the supermarket.
a. run out of coffee
b. clear up a mess
c. sort out the problem
d. eat up your vegetables

3) Humans will have to ___________________ a way of stopping global warming and

helping the environment.
a. hold off
b. figure out
c. breakthrough
d. batter down

4) Did you talk to your sister?

Yes, she said____________________
a. That she loved me
b. She said to me that she loved me.
c. She said she had loved me.
d. She told me she had been loving me

5) What´s all that noise?

Oh! They are ___________ on Sol St
a. knocking down an old building
b. paying back all the money
c. coming up with a good idea
d. making up an excuse

6) To make a____________________ on a job interview you have to be on time, dress

decently and speak clearly.
a. rationalize well

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 b. good impression
c. sharp intuition
d. come down

7) -It´s a shame I never went to a university.

--What would you have studied?
- ___________
a. Í´d have studied chemistry
b. I will study medicine
c. I have studied a lot
d. I would study for the exam

8) Scientists predict that the rise of water levels will eventually _______________ some
islands and coastal areas around the world.
a. freeze up
b. cold spell
c. shrink
d. mature

9) -When you get a text message from your parents, do you reply right away?
--Yes if they need_______.
a. to get in touch with me I always call back
b. are calling me, I call back
c. called yesterday all the time
d. I never answer

10) You know what I don´t like about Joseph?

He never says Thank you if______
a. You do something for him
b. I have free time
c. I were his best friend
d. he saw me on the street

11) On the last day of class the students _______________________ of the classroom
with their books and ran to the beach.
a. tolerated out
b. stormed out
c. turned down
d. size up

12) Peter, what would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
Of course I ________________ and report it.
a. would call the police immediately
b. would take it to my house

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 c. wouldn´t give it back even if I know the owner
d. I don´t know what I´m going to do

13) Basketball players are always ___________________ because they work out a lot
and run.
a. in shape
b. motivated
c. think over
d. coached up

14) –Rocio, did you stop by the pharmacy?

--No, why mom?
- _____________this morning.
a. I told you to get my vitamins
b. You said to get aspirins
c. she told me she could buy the medicine
d. he asked me what I bought

15) Maria said “I can´t help you because I have too much homework”
a. She said she couldn´t help him because she had too much homework
b. She told him she has homework
c. She asked him if he could help her with the homework
d. She said that she has too much homework that she couldn´t help him

16) The Doctor told me : ¨If were you, I´d lose some weight right away¨
He__________
a. advised me to lose weight
b. ordered me to eat more
c. begged me to stop eating
d. invited me to have lunch

II. Circle the correct verb form. (3 points each)

1. They (can / might) go away for the weekend, but I’m not sure.

2. Tiffany has lost one of her gloves. She (must drop / must have dropped) it
somewhere.

3. Listen, please. You (may not/ might not) speak during this exam.

4. A: I wonder why Jeff was in such a bad mood yesterday.

B: He (might not be / might not have been) feeling well.

II. READING SECTION

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 Facebook’s Influence on Society

With the use of Facebook spreading all over the world, Facebook is no longer just a social
network. Instead, it has become a culture. It is a culture that is affecting every one of us
who is using Facebook, or even those who are not. Undeniably, Facebook has had a great
influence on our society. It has changed our habits, the way we communicate, and the way
people start and run a business.

One of the very obvious effects is that people are more curious about what their friends
are doing nowadays. We update our Facebook status from time to time, so that our friends
know what we are doing or what we are thinking. We may not have much time to talk
with our friends that often, but with a Facebook status, you can tell a lot of your friends
about your most updated news.  We know what our friends are doing through statuses,
but we may feel that we don’t interact with our friends as much, and eventually aren’t as
close as before due to a lack of communication. 

However, I think to some extent we do know more about our friends with Facebook
statuses. It all depends on how you view and use it.  This raises a problem related to
privacy. There are critics who fear that Facebook is unfairly pushing its members to place
too much of their private information into public view. Some users put a lot of personal
information on their Facebook profile, like their e-mail and phone number, their work and
education history, their interests like music, movies and books, etc. Nevertheless,
Facebook suggested that if a user puts his personal information on his profile, employers
may use that information to interview or even recruit a user. The user could get a job from
posting the right personal information on his/her profile. 

However, how Facebook handles users’ personal information and privacy is a concern for
the public and critics. Users have no idea how Facebook is going to use their data.
Facebook has responded to this matter by keeping key personal information private to
other users. Key personal information includes the users’ biography, birthday, sexual
preference, religious and political views, photo albums, users’ own posts, the ability for
friends to post to users’ walls, the visibility of friends’ posts on users’ walls, and comments
on posts on users’ walls.

Undeniably, there are advantages and benefits for users to post their personal information
on their profile. The key is to have a balance, putting personal information on a profile but
at the same time retaining some personal privacy.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE TEXT. (2 POINTS EACH)

1. How could a Facebook user get a job?

Putting your correct personal information on your profile

2. What do some critics believe Facebook is pushing users to do?

Critics believe that Facebook is forcing its users to put too much private information in
public view.

3. What does the writer believe Facebook to be today?

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the writing believes that it´s a culture

4. Why would Facebook users not be as close to friends as before?

due to lack of communication.

5. How has Facebook responded to the criticism of privacy of personal information?

Facebook has responded to this matter by keeping key personal information private to
other users

6. Give two examples of what is considered key personal information on Facebook.

Birthdate, career

7. According to the author, what is the key to having a balance on putting personal
information on a profile?
putting personal information on a profile but at the same time retaining some personal
privacy.

8. What is considered “a lot of information” on Facebook?

e-mail and phone number, work and education history, interests like music, movies and
books, etc

II.WRITING SECTION: Choose one of the following topics and write a

paragraph of eight (8) sentences. (3 points each)

1. In what ways has technology changed your life?

2. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of

smartphones?
Smartphones have the wonderful function that allows us to install any type of generally free
applications and that in this way we always have them at hand. has advantages such as,

The smartphone allows us to be constantly connected to our social networks.

The smarphones allows us to send and receive emails without having to be seated in front of a
computer.

The smarphones allows us to browse different websites without being in front of the computer.

The smarphones allow us to install any type of application without using the computer.

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The smarphone also have disadvantages such as,

children and teenagers who use smartphones may encounter inappropriate content.

Increased probability of robbery and kidnappings because smartphones allow us to share our
location on social networks and other applications.

It makes us antisocial people when we are in a group of friends or family.

Also their prices are every day higher in the market.