FEEDBACK ON TEST C

FEEDBACK ON TEST A
Listening: 78% 39 Right 11 Wrong
Part I
Questions or statements:
1-15 (10 Right 5 Wrong) (#s 2,4,10,14,15)
Part II
Short conversations:
16-25 (8 Right 2 Wrong) (#s 17,20)
Slightly longer conversation(s) (2 in this case)
26-30 (4 Right 1 Wrong) (In the first slightly longer conversation) #26
31-35 (4 Right 1 Wrong) (In the second slightly longer conversation) #32
Part Three
First segment: (Vaudeville):36-40 (4 Right 1 Wrong) # 38
Second segment: (Insomnia): 41-45 (4 Right 1 Wrong) # 43
Third segment: (Language Learning): 46-50 (5 Right 0 Wrong)

Grammar, Cloze, Vocabulary and Reading: 84%

Grammar: 31 right, 9 wrong. 77.5% Right.

51. “Who‟s going to tell the boss?”

“I‟ll do it. I‟m used to ________with her anyway.”
a. argue
b. arguing
c. have arguments
d. argued
Instead of: b), you chose: c) Remember that the expression
“be/get/become/grow/etc. +used to is followed by the gerund form of a verb”

53. “Are you still going to Texas?”

“Yes, I‟ve never been there____________.”
a. since
b. yet
c. again
d. before
Instead of: d), you chose: b) I have not been there yet, is used when you have
planned to do that, and still need to accomplish your goal

62. “You don‟t mind looking after Connie?”

“Not at all, seeing as she‟s _______ well-behaved child.”
a. so very
b. such a very
c. such a too
d. a so very
Instead of: b) you chose: d) Your choice makes the sentence sound like this: “Para
nada, viendo como ella es una tan muy obediente niña.” The right choice makes it
mean: “Para nada, viendo como ella es una niña tan obediente.” You use “so” before
an adjective or an adverb. For example: …as she‟s so very well-behaved, or:”…as she
behaves so very well.”
“well-behaved child” is a “noun phrase”. “well-behaved” is an adjective, and “child” is a
noun. The adjective and the noun, put together, constitute a “noun phrase” given that
the noun (at the end of the phrase) is the most important part of speech in the phrase

64. “Is it difficult keeping fish as pets?”

“No, there isn‟t much _______care of them.”
a. to taking
b. taking
c. having taken
d. to have taken
Instead of: a), you chose: b)

65. “You left the office very quickly.”

“They made ____________ that I wasn‟t welcome anymore.”
a. to me quite plain
b. it quite plain to me
c. me quite plain
d. it to me quite plain
Instead of: b), you chose: c) What you chose could make the sentence mean: “Me
hicieron bastante sencilla que no era más bienvenida.”
The right choice makes it mean: “Me lo hicieron bien claro que no era más bienvenida.”

72. “What did the eye doctor tell you?”

“She said I should___________.”
a. wear my glasses more
b. wear more my glasses
c. my glasses wear more
d. more wear my glasses
Instead of: a), you chose b)
The “way”you perform an action: in this case wear my glasses, should be modified at
the end of the “verb+direct object” compound.

75. “Since Friday‟s a holiday, can I go to the beach?”

“I‟d rather you______to catch up on your studies.”
a. had used the time
b. should use the time
c. used the time
d. will use the time
Instead of: c), you chose: b)
This explanation may help you:
I'd rather and it's time...

These two expressions are also followed by an unreal past. The verb is in the past
tense, but the situation is in the present.

When we want to talk about a course of action we would prefer someone else to take,
we use I'd rather + past tense:

I'd rather you went

He 'd rather you called the police
I'd rather you didn't hunt elephants.
NOTE: the stress can be important in these sentences, to show what our preference is:

I'd rather you went = not me,

I'd rather you went = don't stay
He'd rather you called the police = he doesn't want to
He'd rather you called the police = not the ambulance service
Similarly, when we want to say that now is a suitable moment to do something, either
for ourselves or for someone else, we use it's time + past tense:

it's (high) time I went.

it's time you paid that bill.
Don't you think it's time you had a haircut?

78. “I can‟t understand Kevin‟s behavior.”

“I certainly can‟t account________it.”
a. for
b. on
c. about
d. to
Instead of: a), you chose: b). Maybe, Peter, you got mixed up with the verb “count”,
which is followed by “on”. “Account for something” means “dar cuenta de algo”. “dar la
explicación por algo.”

79. “I wish I knew how Bill was doing.”

“Me, too. Nobody‟s seen him recently,_____________?
a. has he
b. isn‟t he
c. haven‟t they
d. have they
Instead of: d), you chose: c). Remember that “nobody” is already a negative subject,
so the tag question should be affirmative.

CLOZE: 18 Right, 2 Wrong (90%)

“But it was an American, Lewis Terman, a psychology professor at Stanford, who

thought to divide a test taker‟s „mental age‟ as revealed by that score, by his or her
chronological age to_(91)_ at a number that he called the „intelligence quotient,‟ or
IQ.”
91. a. derive c. survive
b. revive d. arrive
Instead of: d), you chose: a)

“Championed first by Charles Darwin‟s cousin Francis Galton, it__(102)__that

intelligence was the most valuable human attribute (103)
102. a. grasped c. held
b. says d. beholds

Instead of: c), you chose: b) The only two verbs in the past form (which would be
suitable for this sequence of verbs) are a) grasped and c) held. However, grasped
means: “captó, etc.” while “held” means “sostenía” which is what applies here, for “it”
refers to the “theory” mentioned in (100) above. Therefore, you can say: “la teoría
que sostenía que la inteligencia era …..”

VOCABULARY: 35 RIGHT 5 WRONG (87.5%)

117. The 6-month-old infant seems to derive endless delight in the simple act of
_____his
toes.
a. wiggling
b. winking
c. wrinkling
d. wagging
Instead of: a), you chose: c)

123. Winter in New England is a perfect time for walks in the countryside through
______ new-fallen snow.
a. crude
b. crisp
c. rigid
d. soggy
Instead of: b), you chose: d)

135. She may be the boss‟s wife, but that doesn‟t give her the right to be so
________ to everyone! What arrogance!
a. humble
b. amicable
c. courteous
d. condescending
Instead of: d), you chose: a)

139. The _______scientist has achieved international renown for his pioneering cancer
research.
a. prevalent
b. eminent
c. reputed
d. imminent
Instead of: b), you chose: c)

141. The city‟s two major newspapers _________ different candidates in the mayoral
elections.
a. upheld
b. nominated
c. endorsed
d. franchised
Instead of: c), you chose: a)

READING: 17 Right 3 Wrong (85%)

Passage One: (TARANTULA‟S BITE-ERRATIC HEARTBEAT) 4 Right, 1 Wrong #154
Passage Two: (TYRANNOSAURS AND THEIR ILK): 4 Right, 1 Wrong #157
Passage Three: (NANOTECHNOLOGY): 5 Right, 0 Wrong
Passage Four: (HURRICANE GEORGES): 4 Right, 1 Wrong #166