INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre

2019

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1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

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

1 S 1- To use money to make more money.

2 T 2- To believe in someone’s honesty.
3 U 3- To be uncertain about something.
4 D 4- Fashionable.
5 Y 5- Colloquial word for ‘television’.

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

1- Dan is very active. He is on the _____ most of the time. a) run b) work c) go

2- My employer doesn’t need me anymore. I’ve been made _____. a) unnecessary b) redundant c) freelance

3- _____ time I sit an exam, I feel nervous. a) All b) Every c) All the

4- John has to pay _____ the mortgage on his flat. a) up b) out c) off

5- I can’t hear you well. You’re breaking _____ a bit. a) up b) off c) on

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.

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 Colin and Simon are talking on the phone.
A- Shall I call B- Never
you on your mind.
Colin: I was wondering if you could do me a favour, Simon.
landline?
Simon: You were wondering if I… 1)____.
Could you say that again?
C- Sorry, I
didn’t catch all of Colin: Would you pick me up at Gatwick Airport tomorrow
D- I didn’t that. morning? My flight arrives at 9:30.
mean to
upset you. Simon: 2) ____. I can hardly hear you. The reception
isn’t good here.
E- I’m sorry that
Colin: 3)____.
I disturbed you.
Simon: Yes, please. I’m sorry about that, Colin.
F- You’ll have
to speak up. Colin: 4) ____.

G- Sorry
for losing my
temper.

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

1- I regret selling my house at the seaside. (WISH)

2- I don’t like rainy days. They depress me. (WHAT)

3- Tom was supposed to do his homework but he didn’t. (SHOULD)

4- Liz: ‘Have you seen my glasses, Fred?’ (ASKED)

5- I’m sure you didn’t leave your keys here. (CAN’T)

6- Fiona paid someone to redecorate her flat. (HAD)

7- Some reporters hate it when they are contradicted. (BEING)

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 8- ‘You crashed your father’s car!’ Tom’s mother told him. (BLAMED)

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

When in Britain, you must never complain. Complaining is very un-British. If you 1) (keep)
___________________ waiting half an hour in a shop, if a bus conductor is rude to you, if a waiter 2)
(bring) ________________ your food ice-cold — you keep your mouth shut. The stiff upper lip is the
British way. Other nationalities might protest loudly or call for the manager, but not the British.
Remember also that British ears 3) (not tune) ________________ to hear complaints. Several years
ago, a friend of mine 4) (be) _________________ a regular customer at a famous and expensive London
restaurant. Every day at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m., the elderly manager 5) (come) _______________ out, as he
6) (do) _______________ for the last 37 years, went from table to table and asked the customers if they
7) (enjoy) _________________ their meal, and his properly brought up customers always replied they
had.
One day, however, the lunch was so abominable that my friend (Dutch father, Albanian mother)
decided 8) (tell) _________________ him the naked truth. So, when the manager 9)
(appear)_________________ at his side and asked him the usual question, my friend replied: ‘Frankly,
not at all. It was appalling.’ To which the manager 10) (give) ______________ his customary smile, said:
‘Thank you very much, sir’, and moved on, quite satisfied.

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

TEENAGERS AND MOBILE PHONES

Teenagers’ late-night mobile phone use is harming their sleep and potentially their mental health, say
researchers. A longitudinal study of 1,101 Australian high school students aged between 13 and 16 found
poor-quality sleep associated with late-night texting or calling was linked to a decline in mental health,
such as depressed moods and declines in self-esteem and coping ability.

Lead researcher, Lynette Vernon of Murdoch University in Perth, said her findings were evidence of the
need for boundaries for teenagers to be established around the use of devices in their bedrooms.
Adolescents who used their phones as alarms should replace them with clocks in order to maintain
‘physical boundaries’, she said.

Vernon said mobile phones had become such an essential part of young people’s lives, and many did not
have their use restricted. She pointed to international research that found about 80% of the young had
access to a mobile phone. She said she had observed her own pupils coming into the classroom tired. ‘I
noticed it was affecting their performance – that was a few years back, too.’

Though the link between late-night phone use and sleep, and between sleep and wellbeing, had been
established in previous research, this was the first study to assess all three together, she said.

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 ‘It’s important to have the research to translate to parents and teachers, who probably haven’t experienced
to the same extent what kids are doing. If you’re finding your son or daughter is more moody and not
coping at school, you often put that down to adolescence – but it could be as simple as them not sleeping
at night.’

The study specified sending and receiving messages and/or phone calls, so it did not distinguish between
mobile phones and smartphones or social media.

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

1) She pointed out that her discoveries proved the necessity to set limits.
2) I realised my students were not doing so well.
3) It’s a good idea to use mobile phones to wake up in the morning.
4) Parents frequently think their children behave like that because they are teenagers.
Task B Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false statement/s on the blank lines below.

4 Teenagers’ poor performance at school is caused by their bad relationship with their T F
parents.

5 Vernon emphasises the number of young people who own a mobile phone. T F

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- Write an ESSAY expressing your opinion about the following topic:

‘Bikes are the most convenient means of transport in a city’.

B- An Italian friend of yours is coming to Argentina and he/she is going to spend a couple of weeks with you and
your family. Write an EMAIL giving him/ her information and advice related to the trip.

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