IES Federico García Lorca

Departamento de Inglés UNIT 7 LEVEL 1

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Vocabulary and grammar /25

Reading
/20
Writing /10

Competence 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

VOCABULARY

1 ELIGE LA RESPUESTA CORRECTA (9 points)

1 Our town has got excellent sports … .
a lifts b properties c facilities
2 Meg’s new flat is in a … building near the city centre.
a landmark b high-rise c lift
3 I’m sorry that I … coffee on your shirt!
a spilled b melted c surrounded
4 I … her that it was risky, but she didn’t listen.
a attempted b attached c warned
5 Most of the … of this village are elderly people.
a facilities b landmarks c inhabitants
6 We … to climb the mountain, but it was too difficult.
a ended up b attempted c operated
7 Do you know how to … this robot?
a spill b operate c figure out
8 It’s a small … house.
a high-rise b steel c brick
9 Take the … to the fourth floor.
a facilities b storey c lift

2 UNE LAS PALABRAS EN A CON SU DEFINICIÓN EN B. (4 points)

A B
1 figure out ..... a a strong metal
2 steel ..... b a very tall building
3 skyscraper ..... c understand or solve something
4 turn into ..... d tell of possible danger
5 attempt ..... e try
6 warn ..... f change
 7 office block ..... g a level of a building
8 storey ..... h a commercial building

GRAMMAR

3 COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES CON COMPUESTOS DEL some / any ( SOMEWHERE, ANYTHING,
SOMETHING, SOMEBODY, ANYONE (3 points)
1 We don’t know ............................................. who lives in this area.
2 ............................................. is at the door. Can you see who it is?
3 I can do ............................................. to improve this.
4 Have you seen my sunglasses ............................................. ?
5 I won’t say .............................................to Bill about that.
6 Let’s go ............................................. exciting for our holiday.

4 COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES CON which, who, when or where. (3 points)

1 Erica is a robot ............................................. looks like a young woman.
2 They decided to move to a town ............................................. the school system is excellent.
3 Summer is the season ............................................. most people go on holiday.
4 This will be a conference ............................................. will change technology in the future.
5 Around 700 years ago, Salvino D’Armati invented glasses for people ............................................. couldn’t see well.
6 The date ............................................. the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima was 6th August, 1945.

5. ELIGE LA RESPUESTA CORRECTA (6 points)

1. Where is the drink I asked for?

A. that B. who C. whom

2. Jane is the one suggested we surprise you.

A. whose B. who C. whoever

3. William is the guy parents are so strict.

A. which B. who C. whose

4. I wish you would do the thing I asked you to do.

A. that B. where C. what

5. The girl I have mentioned before is over there.

A. that B. who C. whom

6. This is the house I think is too modern.

A. which B. whose C. what

20 Competence 1 : 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 WRITTEN COMPREHENSION

1 LEE Y ESCRIBE AL LADO DE CADA ORACIÓN EL TÍTULO EN NEGRITA CORRESPONDIENTE (20 points)

Watts Towers
In South-Central Los Angeles, in an
area known as Watts, there is an
unusual landmark which is called
Watts Towers. This landmark was
created by one man, and it took
more than three decades to build.
Building the Towers
Simon Rodia (1879-1965) is the man who built the towers. He immigrated to the US from Italy at age 15,
and began this project in 1921. Rodia was a construction genius. He drew no plans, had no architectural
or engineering training and used only simple, non-electric tools. In 1955, Rodia completed his project,
and then he gave his property to a neighbour and moved away.
Special Features
Rodia’s extraordinary work is the world’s largest structure built by one person. It’s got three towers rising
to 30, 29.5 and 16.5 metres and several shorter ones. Art historians believe that the tall lilies at the annual
lily festival which Rodia saw as a child in Italy gave him the idea for the towers. He used concrete, steel
and wire to build the structures in an “openwork” style – like the Eiffel Tower. Then he decorated them with
pottery, mirrors, glass bottles and seashells.
Safety Concerns
In 1959, the city of Los Angeles ordered the destruction of the towers for safety reasons. But some
people paid for a safety test to be done to save them. A cable was attached between the tallest tower
and a lorry, and the lorry attempted to pull it down. The tower was so strong that the lorry moved off the
ground!
Weird but True
 In 1965, nearly 1,000 buildings in Watts were damaged in protests, but the towers were unharmed.
 Simon Rodia appears next to Bob Dylan on the album cover of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band.

1 “It certainly sounds like his childhood influenced him.”

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2 “I imagine the lorry driver was shocked!”
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3 “Rodia was in his early 40s when he started this project.”
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4 “I wonder why Rodia left the area.”
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10 Competence 2 : 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 WRITTEN PRODUCTION

ESCRIBE ORACIONES CON ESTAS DOS PALABRAS:

1. INHABITANT:

2. LANDMARK: