INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa –Noviembre-Diciembre 2020

NAME: SUPERIOR

1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE WORDS USING THESE CLUES 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

1 M 1- money you borrow from a bank to buy a house.

2 O 2- worth remembering. (adj)
3 N 3- unable to pay what you owe. (adj)
4 E 4- contaminated.
5 Y 5- frightening.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 5 x 0.3 = 1.5 marks

1- _____ my brothers are heavy smokers. a) Both b) Each c) Neither

2- Our neighbours accused him _____ burglary. a) about b) of c) for

3- The shop assistant took 10 % _____ the price. a) off b) of c) out

4- You can use those boxes _____ chairs. a) how b) like c) as

5- There was a leak in the kitchen, so I got it _____. a) fix b) fixed c) fixing

COMPLETE THE CONVERSATION. Choose a suitable expression. There are three 4 x 0.2 = 0.8 mark
extra ones. Write the letter in the blank.

Peter is having dinner with Ben, but he’s had a problem. They
talk on the phone.
A- Are you B- I’m free.
doing anything P: Hi, Ben. This is Peter.
tomorrow
evening? B: Hi, Peter. Where are you? I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes.
C- I’m easy I was worried about you.
Whatever you
like. P: I was on my way to your house and I got stuck in a traffic
D- I didn’t jam. There was an accident on the motorway……
catch all of
that. B: Peter, hello? 1)____ You’re breaking up. Can you say that
again?
E- Sorry, It’s a
bad line.
P: 2)____ I was telling you I’m going to be late for dinner. I
got stuck in a traffic jam.
F-Sorry, I don’t
feel up to going B: OK, don’t worry. 3)____
there.
P: Tomorrow’s fine. We could give that new Italian restaurant
a try.
G- Forget
about it. B: 4) ____. See you there!

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REWRITE THESE SENTENCES Use the words in brackets without changing them 8 x 0.4 = 3.2 marks

1- I hate it when people shout at me. (BEING)

2- ‘Where can I find information about museums in Madrid?’, she wanted to know. (ASKED)

3- They asked a painter to paint the gate. (HAD)

4- ‘I won’t have enough money to finish the job’, she said to me. (TOLD)

5- What’s that noise? Maybe it’s the children playing upstairs. (MIGHT)

6- I’m sorry I didn’t take my mother’s advice. (WISH)

7- Jenny hasn’t turned up. I’m certain she hasn’t forgotten our appointment. (CAN’T)

8- ‘There’s no way I’m going on holiday with mum and dad’, he said. (REFUSED)

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT MARK ZUCKERBERG WITH THE 10 x 0.25 = 2.5 marks
CORRECT TENSE, VOICE OR FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Mark Zuckerberg, the 28-year-old founder of the social networking website Facebook, 1) (marry) _______________
his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan recently. Last Saturday, Zuckerberg married her in the garden of his residence in Palo
Alto, 2) (locate) _______________ in the US state of California. A spokesperson for Facebook described Chan's
wedding ring as a "very simple ruby," which Zuckerberg designed. The couple, who 3) (be) ___________ in a
relationship for more than nine years, first met at Harvard University, where Facebook 4) (launch) _____________
by Zuckerberg in 2004. Zuckerberg and Chan subsequently relocated to California, where Facebook is currently
based. Late last week Facebook 5) (value) ____________ at over US$100 billion in its initial public offering on the
NASDAQ stock exchange. On Monday, the day Zuckerberg turned 28, Chan graduated from UCSF Medical Center.
The guests, a list of under 100 people, initially thought that they 6) (attend) _______________ a weekend celebration
party for Chan's graduation but attended the wedding instead. Zuckerberg 7) (modify) ______________ his
relationship status on his Facebook page to 'married', a status change which has received tens of thousands of likes.
The posting 8) (include) ____________ a photo of the newlyweds: Chan 9) (wear) ____________ a white wedding
dress decorated with lace, and Zuckerberg is dressed in a suit with a relaxed, loosely tied knot. They seem 10) (be)
_________ extremely happy.

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READING: Read this article and do tasks A and B 5 x 0.2 = 1 mark

What Does a Million Dollars Buy?

“What would you do with a million dollars?” most people tend to give similar answers: “Quit my
job,” “Buy my dream house,” or “Go travelling.” People often think that having a million dollars
would make all their dreams come true. In reality, a million dollars may not really be that much
money.

In most industrialized countries, prices from food to transport to university fees have steadily
increased over the years. Housing prices in particular have risen greatly. The main reason is that the
population has increased, but there are fewer homes available for sale or rent. Housing in city
centers also costs more than ever before. People moved from the city center to suburbs to escape
overcrowding and noise. Today, many are moving back because they want to be closer to their
workplace. Since space is limited in these areas, supply has not caught up with rising demand, and
prices have gone up as a result.

Inflation is another important reason for the rise in the cost of living. Over the last 150 years, as
prices have gone up, the value of money has gone down, so we now need more money to buy
things. Of course, people now earn more money than they did 150 years ago, but they also spend
more on necessities such as food, medicine, and housing. Due to this increased cost of living and a
tendency for younger generations to spend more, people are actually saving less than ever before.
People also have to spend more on health care because they live longer; many people in developed
countries now live into their 80s or 90s.

Due to increased demand for housing, higher inflation, and a longer life expectancy, a million
dollars may not be enough to live on. Of course, where you live and how long you live will
influence how far a million dollars can go. To be able to travel the world, and build your dream
home, you may have to be a millionaire many times over.

Task A Underline the parts of the article that tell us the following things. There is one extra sentence.

1 Property is more expensive because there’s greater demand and less supply.

2 The price of properties in cities is higher than ever before.

3 The fact that there were far too many inhabitants in noisy cities was one of the reasons that made
people choose to live in suburban areas.
4 Young people are not spendthrifts.

Task B Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank lines below.

4 You can do whatever you want with a million dollars. T F

5 The cost of living has not gone up due to inflation. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Write one composition using 120 to 160 words. Choose either option A or option B and circle the letter
corresponding to your choice

A) You want to travel to Europe for your next summer holidays. Write an E- MAIL to your travel agent
asking him for information on accommodation, prices in the low and high season, and sightseeing tours
in London, Madrid and Paris. Also ask him to suggest when it is best to travel.

B) Write an ESSAY expressing your opinion about the following statement:

Do you think travelling enriches a person’s life?

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