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ENGLISH V

Name : ___________________________________ Date :

Teacher : ___________________________________ Semester :
Course : ENGLISH V Section : FC-PRE_________________

Instrucciones:
 Duración: 90 minutos
 No se permite el uso de material de consulta, ni diccionarios, ni celulares, palm o
laptop.
 Escribir con letra legible utilizando lapicero azul o negro (no lápiz)

I. USE OF ENGLISH (40 POINTS)

A. Vocabulary and Grammar (9 pts, 1 pt each)

For questions 1 – 9, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some lines to
form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning.

Is this what holidays used to be like?

To be (0) __honest__, I was a bit nervous about a holiday at Monkton Wyld. (0) HONESTY
“We all sleep in one room – including the children, the food is vegetarian
only and you do your own washing-up?” I asked my wife. “That’s right”, she
said. “Let’s do it. It’ll be an (1) ____________!” (1) ADVENTUROUS
“But we need a holiday”, I said.
Two months later we’re on a train to Dorset in south-west England. I’m
reading about Monkton on my phone. The house was built in 1848 and since
then, it’s been a hotel, a boarding school and it’s now a farm and a centre for
(2) ____________ education. It offers a (3) ____________ weeks on (2) ENVIRONMENT
everything from beekeeping to building your own outdoor toilet! (3) ACTIVE
We’re going on a “Family Week” with our two children, five and eight. It’s
advertised as “Everything family holidays should be – songs, games, country
walks and (4) ____________ homemade meals!”. Personally, I remember (4) HEALTH
childhood holidays on a beach in Italy, enjoying pizza in a restaurant.
We arrive at suppertime and enjoy the best vegetarian lasagna I’ve ever
tasted – very (5) ____________ with the children too. All the vegetables are (5) POPULARITY
grown in the garden of the house. Soon I’m feeling a lot happier about the
week ahead.
The house is run by 12 people who live permanently at the centre. There are
also volunteers who come and stay at the house for a week just to work in
the garden or help with the cooking. Some of the families have been coming
to Monkton Wyld for several years – it’s become a (6) ____________ for (6) TRADITIONAL
them. They’re fantastically (7) ____________ with all my questions about (7) PACIENCE
the place. Later, with the youngest children in bed, we’re playing silly games

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 in the large living room. It already feels like these people are old friends.
Over the next week, we really did have a week of “family fun”. We painted.
We sang. We made things. We walked to the beach in nearby Lyme Regis –
no pizza though, just chips. And best of all, the children were outside almost
the whole time – away from computers, TV and so on. The rooms weren’t as
(8) ____________ as a 5-star hotel, of course. (8) COMFORT
But several mornings, we managed to have a lien-in – something that just is
normally (9) ____________ on holiday. (9) POSSIBLE
Even the washing-up seemed fun. Well, sort of!

B. Vocabulary (10 pts, 1 pt each)

For questions 1-10, read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only ONE word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark @marktweets
I was never interested (0) ___in___ social (1) ____________ sites until I tried Tweeter. It’s both useful
and a lot of fun. I (2) ____________ about 100 people. Some are connected with work – Twitter is
great for sharing (3) ____________ to interesting articles. Others are celebrities or sports stars. I don’t
tweet that often but I sometimes reply to a few people. I’ve had some interesting conversations –
some complete strangers, some with TV stars, musicians and even politicians. I’ve even
(4) ____________ an app for my phone so I can use it when I’m on the train.

It’s a nightmare!
I’ve always had trouble sleeping, but these days my (5) ____________ is getting worse. Actually, my
problem isn’t getting to sleep, its staying (6) ____________. Take last night, for example. I was
(7) ____________ when I went to bed at 11.00 and I was fast asleep by 11.30. But then I woke up at
3.00 after a terrible (8) ____________. Soon I was (9) ____________ awake and it was impossible to
get back to sleep. Sometimes when I’m awake at that time I get extremely depressed and feel like it’s
the end of the (10) ____________. So I read a book, answered some email, and finally got back to
sleep at about 5.30. The alarm went off at seven and I went off to work feeling awful.

C. Grammar (15 pts, 1 pt each)

For questions 1 – 15, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two (2) and
five (5) words, including the word given.

Example:

0. What type of music do you like best?

FAVOURITE
What ____is your favourite____ type of music?

1. I really love buying new shoes.

INTERESTED
I ________________________________ new shoes.

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 2. People expect you to wear a tie.
SUPPOSED
You ________________________________ a tie.

3. He should apologise to her.

OUGHT
He ________________________________ to her.

4. I’m much less stubborn than her.

MORE
She ________________________________ than me.

5. I’ll come out tonight if I don’t have to work.

UNLESS
I’ll come out tonight ________________________________.

6. Perhaps he’ll call you if he has time.

MIGHT
________________________________ if he has time.

7. He doesn’t know how to cook

CLUE
He ________________________________ cook.

8. The mechanic is fixing my car at the moment.

FIXED
My car ________________________________ at the moment.

9. People can use wind to make clean energy.

BE
Wind ________________________________ to make clean energy.

10. I had planned to go to the gym after work, but I was too tired.
GOING
I ________________________________ the gym after work, but I was too tired.

11. I’d agreed to take Dave and Tina to the airport, but I forgot!
SUPPOSED
I ________________________________ to the airport, but I forgot!

12. We are going on holiday on Sunday.

GOING
They said ________________________________ on Sunday.

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 13. Students must read the news for Monday.
TO
The teacher said ________________________________ the news for Monday.

14. Have you heard from them yet?

WANTED
He ________________________________ had heard from them yet.

15. Will you go to the cinema on Sunday?

ASKED
She ________________________________ go to the cinema on Sunday.

D. Vocabulary (6 pts, 1 pt each)

For questions 1-10, read the sentences below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only ONE word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

0. Have you read the comment I ___post___ on the message board?

1. Mike left the company because it was too ________________. He could never relax.
2. We went on a ________________ tour around the Pyramids. It was fascinating.
3. We couldn’t ________________ the deadline. There was too much to do.
4. I bought four ________________ of beans because they were half-price.
5. My uncle’s very ________________. He never buys any presents, even for his mum.
6. We live on the top floor of an apartment ________________.

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 I. READING (20 POINTS)

A. Read the text below. For questions 1 – 5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
according to the text. (10 pts, 2 pt each)

When musician Colin Baker won five hundred thousand pounds in a competition, it seemed the
answer to his dreams. Almost immediately, he bought a house and made his own CD recording of
some classical music. He intended to save the rest of his money and retire, even though he was only
in his late forties.
Then he saw a violin in a shop. It was of such high quality that even top professional players are rarely
able to afford one like it. “I’d never felt money was important until then,” he explained. “Even with the
money I’d won, I wasn’t sure I could afford to buy the violin, so I started to leave the shop. Then I
thought I’d just try it, and I fell in love with the beautiful sound it made. I knew it was perfect both for
live concerts and for recordings.”
Now all the money has gone. “My wife can’t have the study room I promised her, and I can’t retire,”
says Colin, “but it doesn’t matter.” His wife says, “I sometimes wish he was more responsible with
money, but I’m still pleased for him. I’ve always helped him in his career, as he’s helped me, by
sharing everything. We weren’t unhappy with our jobs, so we didn’t really need the money to escape,
and although Colin considered retiring, I know he wouldn’t be happy doing that – he loves music too
much. I think he did the right thing.”

1. What’s the writer trying to do in the text?

A. advise musicians to enter competitions
B. explain why someone spent a lot of money
C. describe how someone got a CD recorded
D. persuade people to prepare for retirement

2. What can a reader learn from the text?

A. how one man’s dream ended unhappily
B. how much was paid for a special violin
C. how one couple support each other
D. how much money musicians need for their music

3. What does Colin’s wife say about what he did?

A. She wishes he had used the money differently.
B. She feels she didn’t really benefit from the journey.
C. She is sorry she has lost her study room.
D. She accepts the decision that he made.

4. When Colin first found the violin, he thought

A. he might not have enough money to buy it.
B. he should not spend all of his money on it.
C. he was not a good enough player to own it.
D. he could not leave the shop without it.

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 5. What did a local newspaper say about Colin’s story?
A. A well-known record company has asked a local musician to record a CD after winning a competition.
B. A local musician today announced he would spend every penny of the money he’d won in a
competition.
C. A concert audience heard a local musician give a brilliant performance last night on the violin he’d won
in a competition.
D. A local musician has decided to continue his career in music in spite of winning some money in a
competition.

B. For questions 1 – 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0). (10 pts, 1 pt each)

Filming Everest
Film-maker David Breashears (0) ___________ already climbed Mount Everest three times when he
(1) ___________ to make a film, so that audiences could share his (2) ___________.
He set off on this nine-week adventure the following spring, with his photographic equipment and with
six climbers from (3) ___________ the world. (4) ___________ the conditions were hard and
dangerous, with temperatures of -40ºC, the climbers made good (5) ___________. Then, when they
were just one thousand metres from their goal, there was a terrible (6) ___________. However, the
team didn’t give (7) ___________. They hid in a tent on the mountainside until it passed. Thirteen
days later they (8) ___________ the top.
“I was so tired that it was (9) ___________ to enjoy our success at first”, said David. “Climbing Everest
is difficult enough but filming made it (10) ___________ harder. I am really proud we did it in the end!”

0. A) had B) has C) was D) did

1. A) invited B) decided C) organised D) requested
2. A) acts B) events C) occupations D) experiences
3. A) along B) above C) about D) around
4. A) Although B) Because C) Since D) Unless
5. A) improvement B) progress C) increase D) development
6. A) climate B) storm C) weather D) air
7. A) out B) black C) away D) up
8. A) arrived B) landed C) reached D) entered
9. A) impossible B) unable C) unfit D) improbable
10. A) ever B) more C) even D) as

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